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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1940
Page
12
The writer recalls a local working man who farms a 12 acre plot near Wellman while keeping a union job. He milks cows, raises hogs, trades livestock, and earns profit. He considers selling for a larger farm and plans to quit his job to pursue agriculture full time. The piece notes government aid as a factor.
Widespread fear of a new front spreading the war dominated European developments this weekend. In Kishineff King Carol of Romania vowed no enemy would foot on Romanian soil, signaling unity over possible threats to Bessarabia. Italy and Hungary discussed Balkan security in Venice while Ciano urged delaying Romanian revisions to keep Danubian unity. The Netherlands pledged to resist aggression, and Belgium faced German propaganda over possible troop movements toward its front lines.
The Curtis Publishing Company plans a national series called How America Lives, starting in Cedar Rapids with the Griffins as representative local family. Editors sought households with incomes from 2000 or less, aided by a committee including the Chamber of Commerce secretary and Mrs. Griffin. The plan aims to show democracy in action amid poverty and unrest, echoing Roosevelt era deficits and budget concerns.
Garland Millburn 40 of 727 Fifth Ave SW escaped serious harm when his dump truck crashed into a Rock Island train at A street near Sixteenth Avenue SW. Police charged him with driving while intoxicated after train staff reported he appeared drunk. The truck was crushed and carried along a boxcar before wedging against a stone levee. Millburn, who rents to Concrete Materials, claimed he had crossed the crossing many times and did not see the train.
Alfred M. Landon, 1936 Republican candidate, praised Roosevelt’s budget message as a step toward economy. He cautioned the President must fight to implement his announced principles, saying it looks like a start but its duration is uncertain.
Milwaukee news reports grocer Frank Jilek left a $5,000 estate to his sister in the former Czechoslovakia but directs it be held in trust and no distribution occur until Czechoslovakia becomes a republic again. Sister is Mrs. Katerina Kanka of Cervena Rechce.
Finland reports continued Soviet raids and shifting tactics after a 38 day war. Finnish ski patrols allegedly cut the Murmansk Leningrad line in multiple spots and advanced toward the Kandalsk base. The Finns claim to hold the Karelian isthmus defenses while Russian forces mass near Koivosto and Viipuri with air and ground assaults impacting dozens of towns.
The text notes Roosevelt’s approach to deficits and contrasts it with Mrs. Brenda Diana Duff Frazier, a New York glamour figure, who tells the court she must have $1,000 a week for expenses.
Dr. Hugh S. Magill president of the American Federation of Investors will discuss Protecting the Small Investor or Property Owner at a Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting in the Roosevelt hotel Tuesday noon. Reservations to the Roosevelt clerk. All interested citizens invited to hear him. The federation, a national non profit group with 50 000 members, campaigns against wasteful government spending and high taxation.
The Republican National Committee condemned Postmaster General Farley's annual report, claiming the Post Office Department ran a deficit of 38.7 million dollars last year after excluding non postal items, arguing true deficits ranged from 38 to 88 million during Farley's tenure alongside a three cent non local first class rate.
Fred C. Perkins the York, Pennsylvania industrialist known for NRA defiance received a state extension for unemployment compensation taxes but refused to pay the roughly $222 owed. He stated by phone that the new deadline would not change his stance and he would not comply.
Arthur Baer notes President Roosevelt has appointed Murphy as the fifth young member of the Supreme Court, with the nine-judge bench under a policy of bringing in younger talent. The administration now controls five seats, aiming to train new justices while maintaining the old bench.
Two men robbed Mr. and Mrs. Myron Mason after closing their grocery at 1021 Avenue NW. They took about $23 total from a suitcase and Mrs. Mason’s purse, then escaped in a waiting car. Detectives suspect a prior view of the shop and a staged theft.
A Swisher man, 50, Steve Cloughy, was arrested at 10:15 p.m. Saturday by Sheriff Jim Smith and Deputy Harlan Snyder on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a crash on highway 218 north of the Cedar Rapids airport. Two Cedar Rapids youths, Perry Jayne Jr. and Donald McLeod, both 16, escaped unharmed when their car overturned in a ditch while they swerved to dodge an auto with no taillight.
Newark Mayor Meyer C. Ellenstein and six co defendants were acquitted Saturday night of charges that they conspired to defraud the city by purchasing meadow land in the Newark area at prices beyond the land’s value.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi discussed with President Roosevelt a plan for Congress to draft its own budget, a move Roosevelt called a step in the right direction though some doubt its passage remains. Senate leaders also favored quick action on extending the reciprocal trade agreements act for three years over creating a Senate budget committee to scrutinize spending and tax hikes.
Luncheon guest reports House leaders favor advancing supply measures. Harrison proposes a 24 member joint House and Senate committee to study the 1939 budget for 60 days before making recommendations. Byrnes endorses standard procedure, sees no gain in delaying bills. Senate discussion notes need for future studies. Lynch law bill on Monday in the House.
The cold wave loosened on Saturday as the thermometer rose to 18 degrees above zero by 2 30 p m and stayed there until 4 p m The reading fell to 12 above at 7 p m then drifted to 8 9 10 above before rising again to 10 above by 11 30 p m The low for Saturday was 5 below at 8 a m.
Heavy snow and sub zero conditions spread from Utah to the Atlantic coast. An eight inch blanket fell in northwestern Oklahoma and six inches in parts of Wyoming and Colorado. The cold moved southeast, plunging Indiana to 11 below zero and then reaching Kentucky as frigid air roared through the Midwest.
Des Moines AP reports a strong gusty storm driving snowfall east across Iowa Saturday night. Southwestern Iowa saw the heaviest accumulation with drifting from last week’s storms. Clarinda recorded four inches atop a ten inch base.
Lord Beaverbrook asserts in a London Daily Express piece that the United States forced Britain off the gold standard in 1931 and never opened debt negotiations on a swap of Bermuda and Caribbean possessions. He recounts Britain’s 1923 gold payment, Baldwin’s role, and claims US leaders and lawmakers encouraged hopes debts would be canceled.
Washington group of house Republicans condemn the suspension of Argentine American reciprocal trade talks as a plain demonstration that the Roosevelt administration fears public opinion. The stance drew backing from Senator Barkley and Senator Murray while the National Grange hailed the breakdown as welcome to farmers. Hearings begin soon before the Ways and Means Committee with Secretary Hull slated as first witness.
Washington officials say the United States will abandon reciprocal trade talks with Uruguay after failing to secure a trade treaty with Argentina. The State Department had recently begun negotiations with Uruguay, as both countries produce similar goods and proposed treaties would be nearly identical.
AP weather outlook for the week of January 8 calls for a generally cold period across the upper Mississippi Valley and northern Great Plains. Little precipitation is expected, keeping dry conditions with below normal temperatures dominating the forecast.
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