25 Jan 1939
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1939
Page
1
A local appeal urges Linn county residents to pay 1300 Christmas Health Seals to combat tuberculosis. The piece links civic duty to home health and mentions national concerns about European dictators, Nobel peace, and fragile democracies, then ends with a quip on Colorado legislative overreach. A friend supplies the note.
Both houses adopted resolutions asking President Roosevelt to withdraw Thomas R. Amlie’s nomination to the Interstate Commerce Commission. They urged the Senate to reject the appointment if Roosevelt fails to comply citing alleged communist alignment and policy views. The Senate approved by voice vote. the Assembly vote was 59 to 29.
A Clarence reader recalls the old Washington high building and notes a Readers Digest piece on a Den ver school offering broad vocational training. The writer cites Cedar Rapids history with Grant high school and notes the cost and effort needed to revive such a program at the old Washington building.
Wisconsin lawmakers draft a joint resolution urging rejection of Thomas R. Amlie progressive for the Interstate Commerce Commission. The measure claims Amlie has aligned with the communist movement and warns a confirmation would harm democracy and American industry. Roosevelt had nominated a Democrat to the post.
President Roosevelt expressed resentment at a press conference over questions about former Rep. Thomas R. Amlie Wisconsin his qualifications for the interstate commerce commission post. He indicated the nomineed needed to be non Democrat and declined further detail.
Washington talk turns to neighborly politics and neutrality as issues loom. The column notes cabinet shifts, three thousand airplanes, WPA budget items, and relief politics with Carter Glass angered by large incidental figures totaling 4.806 billion dollars in 1938.
In 1939 reflections urge swamping negative emotions such as fear and envy with positive actions. Jesus offers rest for the weary by a life of love, service, and joy, promoting inner peace and unified purpose rather than fatigue from lingering negativities.
The Commerce Department reports that total income received by individuals in the United States fell to 64 billion dollars in 1938, down seven percent from 1937. Wages salaries dividends interest and other earnings included relief and social security benefits. Urban living costs were about 14 percent lower than in 1929.
Cedar Rapids police arrested Frank McDonald on a driving while intoxicated charge after his car veered toward the river, was stopped by lumber and streetcar rails, and collided near First Street. McDonald’s license lists 609 Second Street NW but he said Weing Road NE. Officers Hines and Walters made the arrest.
New York reports Fortime magazine survey names District Attorney Thomas E Dewey as the Republican favorite for president next year. The brief notes support from Mayor LaGuardia and Senator Arthur Hy Vandenberg as contenders.
In Racine Wisconsin attorneys announced a settlement to end the contest of Mrs May belle Horlick Sidley s will. W Perkins Bull renounced his half million residual share and William H Sidley agreed to drop his challenge. The estate to be administered by Sidley and Col F Farrand.
Rep. James E. van Zandt of Pennsylvania urged in the House that President Roosevelt be summoned before congressional committees to answer questions on foreign affairs. He charged the president had raised a phantom menace to U.S. peace to justify a new arms program.
In Des Moines and Cedar Rapids scenes the Iowa Teachers Association sent red carnations to honor Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper. The gesture recalled his stand on a teachers’ annuity during the seventh legislative session two years earlier. He served in the Iowa House and later as an officer in the Senate.
Faward B. Lee, vice-president of the National Power and Light Company, died early Tuesday aboard the S.S. Castilla, the Electric Bond and Shares Company announced. The NY—based executive passed away from a stroke while at sea.
A conflagration destroyed the Eclipse lumber yard in Kalona on a Wednesday afternoon. Loss estimates range from 40000 to 50000 dollars as fires threatened the business district, aided by firefighters from Iowa City Washington Wellman and Riverside. The iron roof helped contain the blaze. several nearby buildings suffered roof damage, and Kalona used chemicals and a bucket brigade to fight embers. The blaze began when two employees started a gas engine with a blowtorch. two workers suffered minor burns.
A violent quake in seven provinces of Chile killed at least 100 people and injuring about 500. Towns such as Talca Linares Chillan San Carlos Parral Pailaheque and Concepcion were affected with Concepcion reported totally destroyed and Talcahuano zone placed under siege.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces a daily feature by home economist Miss Meta Given to help home makers buy and prepare nutritious, tasty meals on a budget. The guide aims to reveal how to bring out the food's hidden goodness with simple methods.
The State Department declined Germany’s bid to connect Austrian debt payments to the German American trade balance and to deny legal responsibility for Austria’s debts. The $26 million relief obligation to the U.S. remains under discussion as Washington urges separate consideration of Austrian indebtedness. The notes outline U.S. positions and the German demand to tie settlement to trade balance, with other nations urged to adopt similar terms.
Republican county leaders in Fort Dodge condemn State Secretary of Agriculture Mark Thornburg for naming Dr. A H Seidell of Fort Dodge as state veterinarian. The resolution accuses Seidell of switching party affiliation to keep his job and criticizes Thornburg for rewarding a party switcher.
President Roosevelt will keep a hands off approach and not lift the arms embargo on Spain. A revision of the neutrality act will be sought later this session to reflect a nonintervention stance while the civil war drags on.
Rome reports 60,000 reservists from the class of 1901 were recalled for training as of February 1. The move coincides with Italian fears over Spanish insurgents and French-Russian tensions in the Mediterranean.
Lieut. Col. Rene G. P. Weiser says a French air mission to the United States is negotiating for the largest order of fighting planes ever placed by a foreign power. The deal could involve several hundred aircraft, possibly up to 800. Paul Chemidlin, injured in a Douglas bomber crash near Los Angeles, is said to be part of the mission.
Winthrop Rockefeller, 27, son of John D. Rockefeller Jr., joined the Vacuum Oil Co foreign relations department in New York. He was uncertain about his exact duties at the outset and began work Wednesday.
Insurgents report entering Barcelona from the south and surrounding the city with a gun arc while government troops withdraw to a new defensive line. Fifteen Americans flee toward safety aboard the Omaha and Badger as planes bomb Calderas.
In Philadelphia at Jefferson Hospital an ether explosion burned a surgeon and a woman anesthetist but they completed a throat operation with the patient unharmed. Dr Louis H Clerf of Jefferson Medical College and Mrs Charles Garver paused to adjust anesthesia equipment and were treated after the procedure.
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