20 Jan 1939
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1939
Page
1
A mid year graduation at McKinley is celebrated with hopeful parents and proud seniors. The writer recalls graduates, memories from kindergarten to today, and the enduring spirit of students amid talk of education and pay.
Berlin reports Chancellor Hitler ousted Dr. Hjalmar Schacht from the Reichsbank and placed Walther Funk, economics minister, in charge. The move unites the bank with the ministry of economics under Nazi supervision as Goering ally Funk receives three tasks to reshape Germany’s financial system. The change follows prior downsizing of pre Nazi figures, including von Neurath’s removal.
A graduation address urges graduates to follow a plan for making a life with fairness generosity and self honesty. Parents admit anxiety over their generation’s failings yet emphasize effort to provide opportunity and guidance for the young to pursue meaningful adventures in the United States.
London sources say the exiled king of Spain Alfonso resigns to the fact his full kingship will never be restored amid ongoing exile discussions.
Berlin AP The German government notified American negotiators that talks on Dr Hjalmar Schacht Jewish emigration plan were discontinued The removal of Schacht from the Reichsbank presidency is seen as the basis for the decision The Rublee party may seek to continue conversations through diplomatic channels or another spokesman
Detroit report states President Homer Martin suspended 15 UAW officers and executive board members after a factional bloc threatened his leadership. Ten supporters had been removed by the hostile board a night earlier. Names include R J Thomas, Richard Frankenstein, George Addes, Walter Reuther, and Tracy Doll.
The German Der Angriff accuses Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt of accepting gifts from Barcelona and alleges the Spanish government stole Goya drawings for her. It hints the U.S. reception may be used as propaganda and implies counter-presents could include hand grenades.
Iowa State Senator George L. Parker accused several state mental hospital superintendents of mismanagement and neglect after showing images of crowded wards and inadequate facilities. Health officials noted rules may hinder improvements as Parker pushes bills to replace hospital management with a business administrator.
Surgeon General Charles R. Reynolds reported on Thursday that the physical condition of the U S army is better now than at any time since the Revolutionary War.
New York, the late Col. Jacob Ruppert left Helen Winthrope Weyant, a former chorus girl, $300000 outright and a one third interest in trusts for the Yankees owner’s ball club and residuary estate. He also left $150000 to Lenox Hill Hospital and select items to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Weyant is sister of Rex Weyant, and the will names executors including H Garrison Silleck and Frederick E Grant.
Iowa Attorney General Fred D. Everett warned all county attorneys to enforce state liquor and slot machine laws. He said county attorneys head enforcement for the liquor control commission and that all gambling devices with a chance element are prohibited. The office will provide full support to enforce the laws across the state.
City Attorney Don Hines said the I B McGladrey firm completed its audit of the Cedar Rapids Gas company and a separate assessment of the physical property by Howard R Green Engineering. A joint report to the city council is expected next week, likely Monday, to gauge rates amid the 1934 natural gas transition.
Fight for happiness by Adaire and Barry faces great odds in a new serial by Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith. The Cedar Rapids Gazette starts the romance next Monday and highlights Mrs. Smith's sympathetic storytelling in this tale of two youths misjudged.
The 1200 members of the New York local of the American Federation of Radio Artists vote unanimously to strike if the national body issues a call. A Chicago vote follows tonight and Los Angeles and San Francisco actions are scheduled. Members include Eddie Cantor, Bing Crosby, Edgar Bergen, Jack Benny, Phil Baker, Lanny Ross and others.
Ernest Lane of 609 Fourth Avenue SE reported by The Gazette read about a river search and revealed his own ice break occurred near the Cedar River north of the Quaker Oats elevators. He crawled to safety after breaking through the ice around 10 45 a m Wednesday suffering a cold.
Clouds limited sunshine as Cedar Rapids recorded a morning low and rising daytime temperatures. The Mercury readings moved from 11 at 10 p.m. Thursday to 16 by midnight, then climbed to 26 at 3:30 p.m. and 18 at 7 p.m. Be Chambers Inskeep Company.
A 1939 piece urges readers to slow down and seek moments of quiet. It contrasts frantic daily routines with earlier simpler days, urging people to prune trivial tasks, plan personal time, and ponder life’s meaning rather than rush through duties.
The US currency stabilization fund yielded a net profit of about 10 million in 1938. Operated by a small team of Treasury experts, the 2 billion dollar secret fund aims to stabilize the dollar amid volatile international exchange. Only President Roosevelt receives a full report. detailed balances are kept secret.
A sardonic 1939 column by Arthur Bugs Baer jokes about progress through spending and political theater. It references the works program, Senate and House approval, Senator Borah, and the metaphor of a gold plated pump handle.
Senator Guy Gillette Iowa said in the senate he would vote to confirm Harry Hopkins as secretary of commerce though he dislikes him. He defended the President's right to choose his Cabinet and pledged to back the administration for 3,000,000 Iowa supporters.
Lester J. Krizek, 23, of 618 Seventh Avenue SE, already at large on bond from October larceny charges, was arrested again Thursday and charged with larceny from a building. He pled not guilty in district court and the bond was set at 1000. He admitted stealing a loaded .25 caliber pistol from a service station on Second Avenue SW, six hours after detectives Haberle and Kudina found him. He had earlier been accused of stealing gasoline from the police station on October 10 and was released on his own recognizance before a venue change to Justice W R Watsabaugh. Details of prior cases remained unsettled.
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