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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
1
A conference committee proposed compulsory corn quotas when national stock plus harvest nears 2.795 billion bushels by Oct 1. The agriculture secretary would set projections, with a two thirds participating farmer vote to enforce quotas and a 15 cent penalty for excess sales.
A White House aide said President Roosevelt will invite small business leaders to join a nationwide council to help shape economic policy. The move follows calls for broader participation beyond industry and labor leaders. Labor unions criticized the demand to publicize their finances, with AFL chief William Green saying their annual reports already disclose full financials to members and press.
President Roosevelt pressed immediate aim to create a national planning council to guide the country out of the business recession. The move followed Thursday discussions with 50 members of Secretary of Commerce Roper's business advisory council who voiced both cooperation and alarm over policy uncertainty.
County Attorney G K Thompson filed a true information charging Robert F Boland aged 40 with making a false statement of a material fact in applying for an individual liquor permit at the Cedar Rapids state liquor store on November 22. Boland is accused of using a fictitious name to obtain the permit after one in his own name was revoked last March. The hoax was revealed after Boland was arrested and fined 10 dollars in police court for intoxication. Judge C J Haas approved the information and set bond at 500 dollars.
A collection of aphorisms on character, conscience, and courage drawn from everyday life. It contrasts broad mindedness with principles, warns against overcommitment, and notes how small acts and humor shape a meaningful life. The piece ends with Ernest Renan’s note of Courage from a sunken tomb.
Patrolman William Milke arrested Harold Thomason and Lawrence Swore after a pawnshop report led to the Central City break in at the Lynn Hamilton residence on January 8. Officers found a 38 caliber Luger, binoculars, and a car linked to Thomason, who is on parole from San Quentin.
Acting Governor John Stelle delayed the executions of Mrs Marie Porter and Angelo Ralph Giancola for one week in Chester. The reprieve came after Giancola's mother appealed, while Governor Horner had refused clemency.
Reports from Hankow claim Chinese forces surround Japanese held Wuhu and foresee the city’s fall any moment while Japanese troops stall northward due to rain and snow. Japanese police in Shanghai arrest 98 more suspects in a terrorism crackdown bringing totals to 187.
Bishop James M. Maxon of Memphis suspended fasting by Dean Israel Harding Noe at St. Marys Episcopal Cathedral as Noe weakens. The bishop, ill himself, announced he would assume deanery duties and urged an end to the fast that has been kept since January 2 by communion only.
An automobile struck six children after a coasting party in Waterbury Connecticut killing three and injuring three, one critically. The driver reportedly remained at the scene as authorities investigated the crash.
Maurice Pew, 39, named Iowa state insurance commissioner to succeed Ray Murphy who resigned to return to private business. Pew, deputy insurance commissioner and Murphy's assistant, was appointed by Gov. Kraschel and will serve until July 1, 1939 with a salary of 5000 dollars. He is a Cedar Rapids attorney, born LeMars in 1898, and has been active in the Elks, American Legion, and Cedar Rapids Tennis Club.
Thieves broke into two Cedar Rapids businesses Wednesday night or Thursday, stealing cash from Schillig drug store and attempting to break into Phillips Petroleum bulk plant safe. Merchandise losses included pens cosmetics cigars chocolate and snacks. Post office receipts were taken from the substation. suspect responsibility noted as with the proprietor.
U S tanker Nantucket Chief reportedly captured by Spanish insurgent forces near Barcelona while attempting to run the blockade. The ship was said to be under charter to the loyalist government.
Los Angeles police Captain Earle Kynette and aide Dan Draper were ordered held on suspicions of wire tapping at the home of injured Vice Investigator Harry Raymond after a bomb blast. District Attorney Baron Fitts accused surveillance of Raymond and rented a nearby house for tapping, while other squad members were released.
Rain fell in Cedar Rapids under drab skies with cooler temperatures. The thermometer slid from a Wednesday high around 36 to 32 by 5:30 p.m., with 33 at 9:30 a.m. on the Chambers Inskeep recorder, as road conditions remained generally favorable but slick ice could form with further rain.
A senate judiciary subcommittee unanimously approved the nomination of Stanley F. Reed to the Supreme Court after a brief hearing. Reed, the solicitor general, attended with Attorney General Cummings who praised his legal ability and called the nomination a great personal satisfaction. The subcommittee will forward the nomination to the full committee for early next week confirmation.
Senator Clyde Herring acknowledged to The Gazette that he and Iowa Governor Nelson Kraschel discussed the governor challenging Senator Guy Gillette in the race for reelection. Kraschel denied any discussions and said no political developments would be announced.
Washington AP reports a joint congressional panel backed acreage and marketing controls on corn only in the commercial corn area within the corn belt. Quotas would trigger when supplies exceed normal levels by ten percent, with compromise between House and Senate plans guiding the final bill.
Dr. William W. Mattson says his two younger children viewed Peter Anders and cleared him as their brother Charles Mattson's kidnapper. Reports from San Francisco police are confirmed. Anders had been suspected as the ransom plot individual and was described as a former Washington logger.
J Edgar Hoover and Peter Anders traveled from Superior Wisconsin toward St Paul as part of the Ross kidnapping probe. Hoover said by phone there would be no announcement before late Thursday while aides and two prisoners remained unaccounted. Hotel staff noted a prisoner resembled Anders and the pilots left with baggage as fog hindered takeoff.
Dispatches from Tarragona report the British freighter Thorpeness badly damaged in an Israeli? no. air raid on the Spanish port southwest of Barcelona. Several crew members were killed during the assault carried out by insurgent forces.
Comic riff on French politics notes the 1938 cabinet is the 1937 group with a polish. The joke implies ministers stay in power by altering systems rather than winning new votes.
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