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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1938
Page
1
The state spends 11 million on old age pensions while only 2.5 million is budgeted for relief, with 966000 in the fund at year end split among 39000 pensioners. Rising costs threaten closures of institutions and spark criticism of lawmakers and radio censorship talk.
FBI agents swarmed St Paul in a mysterious operation surrounding the Charles S Ross abduction. Peter Anders, arrested in California, was brought to St Paul as Hoover and agents pressed questions about unsolved disappearances including Arthur Fried.
A Minnesota farmer notes that business and sick cats improve when left alone. The piece satirically envisions Henry Ford building a multi tasking tracier to plow hogs, scare crews, and dig oil wells, hoping the Model T era ends the lack of gasoline. The quip plays on frontier common sense and the era’s auto industry buzz.
A 1938 reflection uses John Donne and Moby Dick to argue that fear can be healthy when tied to real danger. It cautions that fear turned inward becomes a paralyzing funk, while reverent fear guides wisdom and prudent action.
President Roosevelt writes that America relies on patriotic citizens to defend the nation when threatened. He notes the small regular army as the nucleus of an expanded force and urges learning about the military defense system on Army Day April 6.
Three holdup men robbed the First National Bank at South Charleston of between 20 000 and 25 000 dollars on Wednesday.
After two weeks of prolonged filibustering, Vice President Garner enforces Senate rules technically to curb extra speech while southern senators block action on the anti lynching bill. House debates naval appropriations as a farm relief compromise nears draft.
Washington news centers on Gov. Nels Kraschel. He meets Sen. Clyde Herring and avoids Sen. Guy Gillette as Democratic maneuvers on senate candidacy unfold. Gillette gains favorable signals from the national committee while Kraschel lines up possible White House and party contacts.
J F T O Connor, longtime currency comptroller, resigns his federal post to return to politics. His letter was accepted, signaling his decision to pursue the California governor’s race.
The International News Service reports Shanghai as the current danger point where a single violent act by youths could trigger a new global war. Knickerbecker warns that the settlement’s tensions, censorship, and covert groups in both Japanese and Chinese camps heighten the risk and demand decisive diplomatic restraint.
Eighteen large Navy bombers completed the fastest mass flight to Hawaii, landing at Pearl Harbor after a 2,570 mile trek from San Diego. Lieut.-Commander S. H. Warner led the arrival, saluting the Pearl Harbor commandant as the squadron built its base at Oahu's midpacific air facility.
The writer Mark Linder sues Mae West and Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles claiming breach of contract conspiracy and fraud for damages up to 1 million dollars over the film She Done Him Wrong. Linder says he sold a screenplay interest to Paramount in 1932 and later learned West received substantial royalties. He seeks an accounting of profits and royalties from the movie.
Eskimo girls will model parkas sealskin muk tuk shoes and other fur habiliments at the third annual fur rendezvous in Anchorage Alaska in February.
Prince Fumitaka Konoye, son of Japan's premier, told the Knights of Columbus at Princeton he believes the United States would be defending natural rights if attacked after Japan sank the Panay. He spoke as a private citizen and questioned whether Japan could be labeled an aggressor in current Sino Japanese tensions.
Cedar Rapids woke to a fresh one inch snow cover with overcast skies and temperatures climbing from 28 to 36 degrees before dipping to 30. The Cedar Rapids Automobile Club reported no major highway problems aside from ice on a Dubuque area highway. snow accumulation for Tuesday night measured 0.18 inches.
Senator Pittman told the senate that the public lands committee heard astounding revelations about laxity and inefficiency in the interior department during hearings on E K Burlew’s nomination as first assistant secretary. Testimony showed Reno Stitely, a department pay clerk, defrauded CCC funds totaling $84,000.
Senator Key Pittman requested a new appearance by Secretary Harold Ickes before the Senate public lands committee. The panel recessed as Senator Nye urged inquiries into a war department retirement potentially linked to Stirley's $84,000 fraud case.
Wendell Willkie president of Commonwealth and Southern corp rejects the government bid to sell the utility. He insists the entire system must be sold as a single unit rather than in parts.
Jaméa H. R. Cromwell urged immediate repeal of all income taxes and a broad tax overhaul. He proposed estate and gift tax revisions and a manufacturers sales tax to create a scientific system that would reduce corporate versus unincorporated bias and boost labor power. He urged favorable treatment for investors in new enterprises to raise living standards and worker bargaining strength. Other experts warned against hurting savers and workers, while calls for repealing undistributed profits and capital gains taxes aimed to restore business confidence. Senate leaders expect a tougher tax revision.
A City Lines bus, driven by E A Johnson, collided with two cars at C avenue and Sixteenth street NE. Turner, of 1648 C avenue NE, suffered a head laceration from broken glass. Arthur E. Toms Jr. of 920 Maplewood drive NE was the other driver. Toms failed to notice Turner's car, causing a chain collision that badly damaged Tom's car and Turner's vehicle while the bus incurred minor damage.
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