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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1938
Page
12
The article notes an anticipated five-seat council race with all current members likely seeking reelection. It discusses plans for registration ahead of the March 15 primary, party maneuvering, and the historically rare chance of an entire council returning intact.
In San Pedro California two people were injured when a bombing plane burned during ongoing searches for the twin engined bomber that vanished during Pacific maneuvers. Admiral Hepburn reported a landing crash aboard the Saratoga Friday injuring Pilot Lieut J M Elliott and seaman M A Belgum as naval forces pressed ahead with 35 ships and 383 planes over vast ocean areas.
Douglas Kirk, longtime head of the package department, moves to St Joseph Missouri as assistant superintendent of operations. He succeeds Ed Sheehy returning to Cedar Rapids as plant superintendent. Earle Muszy, current superintendent, is promoted to vice president in Chicago to lead export sales. Kirk has worked for Quaker Oats since 1929.
Alfred Sloan tops a long list with the highest salary in the U S eight. Woodruff of Coca Cola earns 108 333. Du Ponts have multiple earners above 50 000. Lammot du Pont receives 129 406 and Lillian S Dodge 100 000. Bruce Barton 58 333 and Frank Knox 75 000 also listed. R E Henderson earns 102 435 and S L Avery 100 160. R E Wood 90 000 and L J Rosenwald 71 250 shown among executives.
Mrs Bert Miller 42 of Indianola died from injuries after a late Saturday crash between the car she rode in and a transport truck on a bridge ten miles southeast of Indianola. Her husband, severely injured and unconscious, was hospitalized in Des Moines. Gloria Bristol 10, Miller's daughter from a previous marriage, had minor injuries. Edwin and Frank Gentry of Kansas City, Missouri, aboard the truck, sustained head cuts.
Charles H. Swab a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died at his home 428 B avenue NW Saturday at 7 30 a m after a brief illness Funeral services will be held at Turner chapel Monday at 2 p m conducted by Rev William M Evans and Rev Richard V Clearwaters Mount Hermon lodge will lead Masonic rites and Knights Templar will form an escort Burial is in Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel All Master Masons should meet Mount Hermon lodge at the Masonic hall at 1 30 p m Monday to attend the services.
Des Moines physicians reported they had saved 14 month old Susan Reeves daughter of Mr and Mrs John Reeves after she drank kerosene on Saturday doctors said the child was improving by Saturday night though the incident remained under medical observation in Des Moines Iowa authorities had not released further details
The government announced that Saturday the entrenched garrison in Teruel had been cleared from the strategic Aragon city.
In a stirring address, President Roosevelt argues that a small minority seeks autocratic power and vows to fight to maintain democracy's morals. He traces a long lineage from Jefferson and Jackson to Wilson, warning against concentration of power and urging cooperative reform with business and the public.
Mexico's finance minister Eduardo Suarez announces a U S agreement to use Mexico's stabilization fund to maintain the peso's value as needed. He says this move supports greater trade with the United States and stabilizes the Mexican economy.
MAQUOKETA Mrs Eleonora Heinecke 77 mother of Sheriff Leo Heinecke died at her son's home here Saturday Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p m at the Buckner chapel She was a native of Jackson county Besides her son she is survived by two daughters South Dakota has 4 192 miles of railways within its boundaries
The column muses on a possible 3 million dollar surplus for the next legislature and the idea of scrapping the food sales tax. It laments Tom Heflin as a political sideshow veteran and reflects on Hugo Black’s ascent to the Supreme Court, noting Heflin’s past senate days and the public weariness with his antics. It closes with a wry jab about doctors and oxygen.
The postal committee of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association replied on Saturday to President Roosevelt's remarks on mailing rates by submitting figures that show postal handling costs publishers more than private distribution. The committee urged that publishers should not rely on postal subsidies and instead reduce reliance on government support.
Authorities link two suspects to Linn county burglaries in Cascade. Crawford and Huffman denied knowledge of Linn jobs. They were held briefly in Cedar Rapids in 1936 on resisting an officer charges and released without charges.
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