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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
9
A newspaper column defends press freedom while criticizing President Roosevelt’s White House tactics. It questions Cedar Rapids city rules on licensing electrical workers, arguing the ordinance unfairly blocks competition and relies on self interested boards. The piece urges a legal review of the measure’s constitutionality and calls for examiner accountability.
Copenhagen reports claim Stalin widened the Finnish campaign purge to include industrial and diplomatic figures. A A Zhdanoff and Meretzoff allegedly executed, V K Dereviansky also noted as executed, with rumors of Stalin personally supervising operations against Finland.
The Iowa social welfare board approved Linn county's selection of Mildred Hunt as county social welfare director. The appointment follows a state mandate to integrate relief, old age aid, and aid to the blind in counties accepting state funds, despite earlier delays and funding concerns. The decision signals enforcement of integration policies and places heavy responsibilities on Hunt.
Finnish sources report ogpu and other picked Russian troops used on the Suomussalmi front in a vain effort to avert a disaster to three divisions. They also indicate such forces have been thrown into the Salla front above the Arctic Circle where another large Russian force is said to be in difficulties.
About 60 to 70 members of the Columbus crew rode west on the Chicago and North Western Pacific Limited to reach San Francisco and beyond via the Pacific Ocean Japan and Siberia. Train officials learned of the journey only on arrival at Cedar Rapids Union Station. The liner was scuttled in December after failing to evade a British warship.
Fort Towson Oklahoma AP reports lawyer Houston Lambert, a farmer, identified two prison camp convicts Frank Wellman and Floyd Carpenter as the killers of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rogers and their son Dean. The Rogers bodies were found in the burned ruins of their home New Year’s Eve. Lambert said he was forced to drive the men to the Rogers residence.
The article notes Japan's reaction to the cancellation of a trade agreement and the risk of cabinet resignation in Tokyo. It questions Cordell Hull's diplomatic success as the two week deadline for cancellation nears.
The House approved 264,611,252 for Army Navy Coast Guard and FBI for the current year, cutting President Roosevelt's request by 7,388,271. The bill faces Senate action with objections over a potential neutrality patrol and a proposed cut to winter maneuvers. Admiral Stark hinted at possible Navy expansion needs.
Lee C. Robinson Jr. of Cedar Falls, a University of Iowa freshman law student, died after shooting himself in a downtown Iowa City restaurant. He was with two friends who tried to dissuade him. he left a note in English and French. He had spent time at ISU and UI and recently pushed a Students League resolution opposing Soviet Russia.
Phoenix AP reports actress Joan Bennett age 29 married producer Walter Wanger 45 on Friday in a simple ceremony officiated by Justice of the Peace Harry Westfall.
Hanford MacNider criticizes Roosevelt policy and urges national unity and budget balance at a Tulsa Alexander Hamilton club address. He argues for trimming federal spending to boost American business and restore confidence, insisting the nation must put its house in order to aid world stability. The speech critiques the New Deal and previews 1940 campaign dynamics.
Col Charles B. Robbins of Cedar Rapids Ohio a general counsel for the American Life Convention an association of 140 life insurance companies denied SEC investigators H A Blomquist and Charles E Grea ney access to private letters between officers of the association and members of Congress Robbins said the group is campaigning for state rather than federal regulation and sees the investigation as an effort to push federal supervision. He said Blomquist claimed to be the SECs chief investigator and promised a subpoena for the files.
Port Walter on Baranof Island recorded 255.23 inches of precipitation in 1939, according to the weather bureau. The note is part of a report on extreme rainfall in Alaska.
A United Airlines 14 passenger sleeper en route from New York to San Francisco made a forced river landing on Rock River near Moline Illinois after one engine failed. Pilot Charles Wheeler steered the craft to the river bank and skimmed across ten inch ice smashing into a retaining wall but saving all eight aboard. Four passengers and two pilots plus two crew members suffered only minor injuries with ambulances ferrying them to hospital.
A reader’s letter praises a cathedral sermon on love, recounts a lifelong home conflict that harmed health and hope, and urges ongoing preaching of kindness. The writer describes unhappy parents and a battleground home, noting how lack of love affected belief in heaven and children.
Arthur Bugs Baer argues the Navy is overhauling thirty six destroyers noted as top heavy as an admiral hat. He compares the force balance issue to the national debt and likens shipbuilding to erecting stable bungalows rather than risky scaffolding.
Rear Admiral Robinson invited the house appropriation committee for a destroyer ride but the crew chose to wait until the water warmed.
Linn county social welfare board action on Jan 5 increased Joseph Roeder to 175 as assistant director but the state social welfare department reversed the raise. The state kept Roeder at 160 while boosting Mrs Mildred Hunt to 185 for county social welfare director. The state letter, from John DeMerritt, notes no recent increase for Hunt and reinforces the titles and salary decisions.
Merrit Miller aged 35 of 1439 Avenue NE was fined 100 dollars and costs for reckless driving after a crash on an icy Central City road. Olaf Johnson aged 37 of 110 Fourth Street NW received 25 dollars and costs for intoxication. Both paid fines.
Cedar Rapids attorney Elmer A. Johnson, a Republican and | Forty eighth general assembly member, announces candidacy for one of Linn county’s two state representative seats. He says the next legislative session will be vital and vows to resist pressure group bills while promoting free enterprise. He had planned to retire after the last session but changed course due to the anticipated drive by selfish interests.
Harvey H. Snelson, 38, formerly of Indianola, was questioned by Secret Service in Cedar Rapids after being nabbed in Waterloo on New Year’s Eve. He allegedly passed 30 counterfeit ten dollar bills in five Iowa cities since December 1. A companion, Iola Brookson, 22, Marshalltown, was detained for further investigation. Snelson faces federal charges and possible transfer to state court.
Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper charged during a Cedar Rapids address that national demagogues seek new revenue sources through government control of private life insurance. He cited $33 billion in American insurer investments and argued life companies paid far more to beneficiaries than government relief, warning against politicized encroachment.
In Bartley West Virginia the Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Co mine accident leaves 25 bodies recovered and 67 trapped under 600 feet of rock with rescue crews continuing efforts. Officials cite gas-filled entry and timing before shift change as contributing factors with 47 escapees reported.
Iowa state employment service director E. R. Herbert and worker H. J. Eberhart were indicted in Charles City on perjury charges tied to testimony given before the unemployment compensation advisory board on April 19. Herbert has said he is glad for an opportunity to prove the statements he made regarding the discharge of Alva Aldridge for incompetence and being a disorganizer.
Police search for a driver who skidded from Sixteenth Avenue onto J Street SW between 4 and 7:15 am breaking a front window at the Rosebud tavern 1623 J Street SW and drove away without reporting. Manager Jim Benda found the damage at 7:15 am as patrols noted ice on the street and prior check showed the window intact. A neighbor estimated the crash occurred shortly after 6.
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