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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
1
The article argues most editors uphold constitutional press freedom as a guard against government interference. It condemns President Roosevelt for staging a mythic White House visitor during the Jackson Day dinner to portray opposition to his policies as insincere.
Copenhagen reports claim Stalin broadens the purge to industrial and diplomatic leaders after the Finnish campaign setback. Zhdanoff, Meretzoff, and Dereviansky are named among those executed, while Stalin allegedly oversees the Finnish fighting from the Kremlin.
A critic mocks an unnamed editor praised by the President as “one of the ablest” and questions his public stance. The piece urges Cedar Rapids city council scrutiny of an ordinance penalizing free men seeking electrical work, arguing its constitutionality is doubtful and it unfairly benefits insiders.
The Iowa social welfare board approved Linn county's choice of Mildred Hunt for county social welfare director. The appointment aligns with Des Moines integration guidance for relief old age and aid to the blind in counties accepting state funds.
Finnish sources say picked ogpu troops were sent to the Suomussalmi front to retrieve a disaster affecting three Russian divisions. Additional units are reported to have been deployed to the Salla front above the Arctic Circle where a large Russian force is believed to be in difficulties.
About 60 to 70 crew members from the scuttled liner Columbus traveled through Cedar Rapids on the way home via San Francisco Japan and Siberia. Two special sleepers and a diner were used on the Chicago and North Western Pacific Limited. Officials said there was no advance notice of the trip and the train departed Cedar Rapids at 4 23.
Fort Towson Oklahoma AP reports lawyer Houston Lambert named two prison camp convicts Frank Wellman and Floyd Carpenter as killers of farmer Elmer Rogers his wife and their son Dean The Rogers family bodies were found in the burned home New Year's Eve according to Sheriff Roy Harmon Lambert said the convicts forced him to drive to the Rogers residence
A sharp shift in policy reverberates as Japan cancels a major trade agreement. Eyewitness accounts suggest Tokyo faces internal pressure with a possible cabinet resignation looming, while Cordell Hull appears to have scored a strategic, bloodless victory for the United States.
Washington The House approved by a wide margin a 264 611 252 emergency defense appropriation for the army navy coast guard and FBI a figure 7 388 271 below Roosevelt's November estimate After rejecting a bid to bar funds for ships patrolling the 300 mile Welles neutrality zone the House sent the measure to the Senate The related Navy panel heard Admiral Stark say a potential request for larger cruisers may come later
Lee C. Robinson Jr. a Cedar Falls freshman law student at the University of Iowa killed himself with a .32 caliber revolver in a second floor Iowa City restaurant after being talked out of suicide by two friends. He left a mixed English French note and bought the gun at a pawnshop. He had earlier spent two years at the Iowa State Teachers College and one year in Liberal Arts, and had just piloted a resolution denouncing Soviet Russia at a local Students League meeting.
Actress Joan Bennett age 29 and producer Walter Wanger age 45 married Friday by Justice of the Peace Harry West in Phoenix.
Hanford MacNider of Mason City Iowa urges balance of the federal budget and reopening national unity as the best national defense. He criticizes President Roosevelt foreign policy and the New Deal while urging free government and a chance for American children to grow up as Americans. The speech reviews the state of the Union and foreign affairs. (Continued on Page 12, Col. 1.)
Col Charles B. Robbins of Cedar Rapids Indiana refused a request by H A Blomquist and Charles E G reany described as SEC investigators to examine private letters between association officers and members of Congress. He said the American Life Convention will push state regulation and oppose federal supervision. Blomquist allegedly promised a subpoena for the files.
Port Walter on Baranof Island reported 255.23 inches of rainfall in 1939, a figure released by the weather bureau. The coastal Alaska village records one of the nation’s higher annual totals, underscoring its rainy climate.
United Airlines DC sleeper with 14 passengers and crew of three faced motor trouble near Iowa City. Chief Pilot Charles E. Wheeler steered to Moline and landed on Rock River ice. The plane slid across ten inch ice, struck a wall, but five passengers and two pilots survived with minor injuries. stewardess Mary Ann McCleary aided the injured. passengers later continued the trip.
A reader shares how a Cathedral sermon on God’s love felt like a House of Jewels and gave new hope after a childhood spent in a bitter, loveless home. The letter contrasts family discord with warnings against unkindness, citing famous unhappy marriages and urging continual kindness.
Arthur Bugs Baer argues the national debt's center of gravity is too high. He likens the Navy overhaul of thirty six destroyers to top heavy structures and warns the balance could fail if support is removed too soon.
Rear Admiral Robinson invited the House Appropriations Committee to ride a destroyer. The crew said they would wait until the water was warmer before taking them aboard.
Linn county social welfare board on Jan 5 reversed its plan to raise Joseph J. Roeder's salary to 175 dollars as assistant county social welfare director. The state social welfare department confirmed Roeder remains at 160 dollars while Mildred Hunt's salary was boosted to 185 dollars. a note cites no recent increase for Hunt.
Merrit Miller and Olaf Johnson were fined for reckless driving and intoxication after a car left the road on an icy Central City street. Miller paid $100 plus costs and Johnson $25 plus costs, choosing to settle promptly. Deputy Harlan Snyder reported Miller at the wheel and Miller denying intoxication.
Cedar Rapids attorney Elmer A. Johnson announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination as one of Linn County's two state representatives. He cites the coming session as vital and vows to oppose pressure groups and laws he deems unfriendly to free enterprise.
Harvey H. Snelson, 38, formerly of Indianola, returned from Waterloo for questioning by Secret Service chief Russell Daniels in Cedar Rapids on passing 30 counterfeit ten dollar bills in five Iowa cities since December 1. A companion, Iola Brookson, 22, of Marshalltown, was detained for further investigation.
Lieut. Gov. Hickenlooper told Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters the administration seeks new revenue sources and greater control of private enterprise. He cited $33 billion in American life insurers and contrasted private solvency with government relief and bank takeovers, calling for caution against demagoguery and overreach.
Rescue teams pulled 21 bodies from the Bartley No 1 mine with 67 miners still missing after a massive explosion. Officials said 92 men were trapped 600 feet underground, making it the nation s worst disaster since 195. Forty seven escaped earlier and four bodies were recovered before the blast site was reached. Relatives faced cold drizzle as crews labored to reach the trapped men.
DES MOINES AP E R Herbert Iowa state employment service director indicted Thursday at Charles City for perjury said Friday he would be glad of an opportunity to prove statements made in connection with the discharge of Alva Aldridge from the employment service setup. The indictment of Herbert and H J Eberhart an employment service worker were said to be based on testimony before the advisory board of the n employment compensation commission April 19. Herbert said Aldridge was discharged a year ago for incompetence and for being a disc organizer. The director's statement on the Charles City indictment follows: The statements which I made at the Charles City hearing before the appeal board of the advisory.
Police sought the driver after a car skidded от Sixteenth avenue onto J street SW around 4 to 7:15 a.m. broke a front window at the Rosebud tavern, 1623 J street SW, and fled. Manager Jim Benda reported damage at 7:15 a.m. Ice on pavement and skid marks were found. a neighbor said the crash occurred shortly after 6.
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