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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1938
Page
1
The piece contrasts Nebraska's debt free status and pay-as-you-go projects with Iowa's tax burdens and rising debt. It cites Lincoln capitol construction, road-building, and public institutions paid without debt, then critiques national fiscal policy under Roosevelt. It warns readers about rising national income and debt, and looming 1938 tax burdens.
British rejection of Japan’s demand to close Yangtze to non Japanese shipping. US and German trucks totaling about three thousand reportedly assembled in Hong Kong for Chinese forces resisting Japan. Japan also alleged half a million tons of munitions moved from Hong Kong to Canton via new highway amid broader accusations of Allied support. Chinese defense retreat from Tsining acknowledged as Lunghai rail line looms as potential Japanese target.
Ernest Kennedy a 70 year old architect known for Cedar Rapids homes and the Higley building died in Minneapolis at 5 40 p m Tuesday Funeral services set for Thursday in Minneapolis Local relatives Fred Higley and Elmer Higley are mentioned with family links to Cedar Rapids and Florida
Torio reports the Italian embassy said Premier Benito Mussolini is sending a mission to Japan to cement friendly relations and study industrial and educational programs.
Iowa State Senator Leo Elthon Republican proposes resigning from the general assembly or the Emergency Conservation Work unit if an interim committee or the attorney general advises it. Critics had demanded he refund salary and expenses earned as an ECW employee since last July and quit one post.
Ted Miller of North Liberty says he was slugged and robbed of about $70 after midnight Tuesday. He identified a man and a woman who had been with him Tuesday evening at the Hi-Way tavern and in the interurban area. Miller suffered a head wound and went to the police station in a dazed condition. His wife reported his disappearance earlier that day. Police continued inquiries into the incident and named the two suspects a man and woman seen with Miller.
Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper announced fifty top business leaders will meet President Roosevelt on January 19 to discuss cooperative efforts for economic recovery. The attendees come from the business advisory council and include leaders from Libby Owens-Ford Glass Co., American Locomotive Co., U S National Bank, and Federal Home Loan Bank.
Edwina Keyser aged 13 and Lowell Mast aged 14 were found in Miami Beach after a six day search. They claimed they ran away because Edwina damaged her father's new car, denying any elopement. Juvenile authorities held them pending parental word from Bremen Indiana.
Southern senators push anti lynching bill to include gangsters and mob violence. House labor committee votes to report a wage hour bill to the House, but rules blocking further action remain.
President Roosevelt asks Congress for authority to veto individual items in appropriation bills. The House approved by amending the independent offices bill to cut 44 million from this year’s budget, sending it to the Senate. A judiciary subcommittee plans hearings January 21 on a constitutional amendment approach led by Senator Vandenberg.
Four Cedar Rapids banks report satisfactory 1937 business conditions at annual stockholders meetings. N P Craemer and S W Wilder named as directors of Guaranty Bank and Trust. retiring directors Fred J Figge Ossian Earle Muzzy and Weaver Witwer replaced. Richard E Killian Scarsdale N Y added to Merchants National Bank board, J Hamilton Bell P M Lattner Manufacturing added to Peoples Savings Bank board. No other changes in directors or officers at First Trust meeting.
A 1938 reflection on belief in the Devil, arguing the Devil is not dead but that people enact his work through hate. It cites Twain, Paris, and a new English story Angry Dust to illustrate the line of least resistance as the devil’s form. It condemns hostility toward capital labor and political figures as the age’s tragedy.
The house ways and means tax subcommittee proposes boosting the rate on the 15 percent of intercorporate dividends from two and a half percent to about three percent while maintaining an 85 percent exemption. A secret-session report drafts changes in undisturbed profits capital gains and other provisions ahead of a full committee review. Public hearings begin Friday with Morgenthau Magill outlining the administration’s tax stance.
A cold front brought wind and light snow over Cedar Rapids as temperatures dipped. Readings began at 21 at 8:30 a.m., rose to 22 by 9:30, then reached 22 at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday’s high was 36, easing to 35 by evening and down to 31 at midnight with no major road alerts reported.
A strong earthquake struck western Japan for about 15 minutes Wednesday. No deaths were reported, but extensive property damage followed as many houses collapsed and others were severely damaged.
New York reports that John L. Lewis faces his biggest challenge as David Dubinsky of the ILGWU warned that no single man controls the labor movement. The ILGWU leader spoke to 1,200 local board members and blamed the peace conference breakdown on his group, signaling potential moves to resume talks.
Des Moines Mayor Joe Allen issues proclamation for a special election Saturday February 12 to decide whether the city shall adopt the city manager form of government. The legal department notes petitions do not meet requirements but supports holding the vote due to legal uncertainties.
FBI reports the capture of bank robbers Alva Dewey Hunt and Hugh Gant in Houston, ending their status as public enemies. Gant, 36, and Hunt, 38, fled from Geneva Alabama in 1933 and faced multiple robberies, with Alene Bledsoe, 20, identified as Hunt’s companion. Both surrendered without resistance.
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings proposed extending the corrupt practices act to bar corporate political contributions after elections as well as before. He sent a bill to Congress and noted no law violation in the sale of campaign books to corporations. The proposal would outlaw any corporate contribution linked to elections for president, vice president, or Congress and tighten fines for violations.
Emmet county officials differed over the blast source that killed William Powers, 45, and wounded his wife in Graettinger. Mrs Powers, 44, was hospitalized in Emmetsburg, regained consciousness but cannot recall details. doctors fear pneumonia. The coroner and deputy sheriff offered conflicting statements while awaiting the wife’s full recovery.
Two men were brought out after a blast at the Harwick coal mine near Pittsburgh. Rescuers could not reach eight others believed trapped. A second explosion followed the first as workers reported about 35 men were repairing and cleaning the mine.
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo grows critically ill as a council of specialists meets at his bedside. Physicians report his condition worsened after an attack of shingles and grippe, with heart disease complicating the fight and signaling a grave prognosis.
Pan American Airways President confirms seven crew members including Captain Edwin C. Musick died when the Samoan Clipper burned near Pago Pago after a fuel discharge. The craft carried 900 pounds of express for Australia on its second Honolulu to New Zealand round trip.
By Arthur Bugs Baer the column argues the Ludlow resolution should seek a venue change but lawmakers table the measure amid partisan sniping. It notes Uncle Sam has chips in the game with a narrow victory margin and hints at divided sentiments among legislators.
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