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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1938

Page

3

Clash on Peril to Freedom of Press

In Charlottesville Franklin Waltman of the RNC and Charles Michelson of the DNC debated press freedom at the University of Virginia. Waltman warned of indirect attacks on free speech citing NRA code and investigations while Michelson defended lasting liberty and an ethical press, noting abuses by some publishers and others.

Charlottesville Franklin Waltman Republican National Committee Charles Michelson Democratic National Committee Institute of Public Affairs University of Virginia Waltman Minton Ind Roosevelt Frank Hague Jersey City Michelson

City Briefs and Personals Summary

Chester S Johnson of Washington Avenue SEH returned from Memphis on Quaker Oats business. Robert Green of 303 Thirty-fourth Street NE was fined $2 for improper lights. Eddie Mimms of 1110 Thirteenth Avenue SE was released after a companion withdrew an assault charge. Roy Hollenbeck of Cedar Rapids reported a $345 campaign expense for state commerce commissioner race. The Friendly Strollers plan a hamburger fry trip from First Avenue to Shaver Park. Cedar Circle No 1367 Companions of the Forest will meet at Odd Fellow hall with officers in white. G A Gruver of Long Beach arrived to visit his mother on Washington Avenue SE. he manages a hotel. Howard M Tomlinson underwent an appendectomy at St Luke's Hospital. visitors restricted until Thursday. Marjorie Jirinec, Pekin Illinois, visits local friends. Meant Lorry of Waterloo reports $1.98 stolen from his wife’s purse left in a parked car.

Cedar Circle No Companions of the Forest Odd Fellow Hall Second Avenue SE Howard M. Tomlinson Louisa Street St. Luke’s Hospital

Obscure Puzzle Grid and Cedar Rapids News Montage

Puzzle clues mix with Cedar Rapids police notes and city council items. A chase of a boy at Ellis park, stolen license plate reports, and a hollyhock derby plant growth accompany traffic safety standings and budget figures for the city.

City Hall Paving Petition Referred for Sixth Street NW

A petition to pave Sixth Street NW from I to L Avenues was sent to the engineering department for plan preparation after 43 percent of the 2,288 foot frontage property owners signed. The June city financial statement shows a cash balance of 375,380.56 with receipts of 76,324.93 and disbursements of 111,775.10, leaving a June 1 net balance of 410,830.73 and outstanding warrants listed.

Sixth Street NW L Avenues Engineering Department L. D. Burgus

Leaders Elected at Camp Waubeck Scout Camp

Patrol leaders and assistants for nine tents are named for Camp Waubeck's current session. Honor campers include members of Troops 25 10 4 and 47 with Eagle palms awarded to A J Coburn. Tenderfoot pins and merit badges are presented by Scout leaders Elmer Grissel Harold Blocher Larry McKay and William Kelsey.

Camp Waubeck Leo Grubich Charles Miller Jack Zoruba Robert Nemec A. J Coburn James Battin Harvey Luedeman James Kemp Weston Ralston John Miller Edwin Little Belle Plaine Don Ford John Jiruska Ralph Rose Marion James Holmes Ray Cooney David Northcutt Robert Knowles Robert Mitchell Tom Shive Don Lehmkuhl Craig Satterly John Hillstead Vinton Elmer Gr

Dairies Maintain High Standards in Cedar Rapids Milk Quality

The June report by City Dairy Inspector A. R. Menary shows Cedar Rapids dairies upholding quality amid heat. Milk must have at least three percent butterfat. cream at 16 percent or more. Readings list numerous dairies with very low bacteria plate counts, confirming strong compliance across many suppliers.

Cedar Rapids A. R. Menary Bindler Roy _pact Blue Valley Dairy Carver's Dairy Carver's Cedar Heights Farm Cedar Valley Cedar Springs Davis Dairy Davis Dow Lawn Edeewood Lyertreen Fry's Dairy Fry's Forest Lane Forest Grave Iishland Imperial Krebs Dutch Girl Guerr Krebs Dutch Girl Dairy Lencox Mann Homer McNulty Dairy McCoy Dairy Gre A McRalth Dairy Melrose Dairy Pennyingroth Peonineroth Pairy Petty Daly Searles Dairy Searles Stark's Dairy Sunnyside Usher Otto Vondracek Dairy Whiting Eh Williams Deiry Searles Dairy Sealion Hotle Valley Dairy

County Reaches for Relief Bill Savings Amid State Backlash

Linn county supervisors approved a $2,240.50 state relief claim and criticized the stance of economy. May relief was funded 30 percent by state, 70 percent by county. county spent about $7,300, below the projected $15,275 total for 650 cases, triggering a state adjustment and higher county minimums. The May total rose to $9,590 with the TERA share at $2,567.99, prompting concerns over reduced aid and penalties for thrift.

Linn County State Relief Department State Office Tinn Alice Ferber

Funeral services for Mrs Otto Pump in Spring Creek township

Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Jubilee church Spring Creek township conducted by Rev W F Domres for Mrs Otto Pump who died after a major operation Saturday at St Francis hospital Waterloo. Born Anna Marie Barenth in Yorktown Il March 12 1887 she lived on a Spring Creek farm with husband Otto. Survived by two sons Richard and Calvin at home and several sisters and brothers.

LA Porte City Otto Pump Spring Creek Township W. F. Domres Pump St. Francis Hospital Waterloo Anna Marie Barenthein Yorktown

Wholesale prices show slight rise on week end July 2

The National Fertilizer Association index rose to 7 42, up from 74.1 the prior week, with gains in foods and live stock driving the uptick. Cotton and livestock lifted farm products while grains fell. fuel, textiles, and non ferrous metals edged higher but metal prices were dampened by steel declines.

Washington INS National Fertilizer Association

Radio models shown by Checker Electric Supply in Cedar Rapids

The 1939 RCA line of radio receivers was displayed last week by Checker Electric Supply district distributors to agents from eleven counties who visited Cedar Rapids for a sales conference. Myron Prince supervised the display with H A Bergstresser and Ho Vo Summerville assisting. arrangements were made to keep the advance display permanently.

RCA Checker Electric Supply Company Cedar Rapids Vietrola Myron Prince Checker Electric Supply H A Bergstresser Ho Vo Summerville Kansas City

Rumor Of Eicher Federal Judgeship Circulates

Reported by well-informed Iowans in Washington that Representative Eicher may be named a federal judge for the District of Columbia. Eicher has not confirmed plans beyond his withdrawal from the Iowa campaign to focus on the monopoly investigation committee. The congress recently created four new judgeships in DC.

Washington Eicher Iowa District of Columbia Congress Lowan

Hartington Senior Drowns at Crystal Lake Beach

Sioux City reports E N Burney 17 Hartington Neb high school senior died as a drowning victim Tuesday at Likuwanta beach on Crystal Lake.

Sioux City Neb INS E. N. Burney Hartington Likuwanta Beach Crystal Lake

Land Results of National Labor Board

The American Civil Liberties Union reports that the National Labor Relations Board and five state boards reduced violence and intimidation against labor. It notes broad Supreme Court support for the board, but cites extensive interference with civil rights in several cities including Jersey City, Tarland County, Memphis, San Antonio, Tampa, Chicago, Boston, Porto Rico, and Gallup.

New York National Labor Relations Board American Civil Liberties Union National Labor Relations Act Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal Jersey City Frank Hague Tarlan County Nentucks Memphis Tenn CIO San Antonio Tex Ate Tampa Fla Chinigo Boston Porto Rico Gallup No MM

Man Who Started La Follette Career Dies at 93

Charles W Netherwood, 93, credited with starting Robert M La Follette on his political career, died Monday in Obeqq, Wis. A Civil War veteran and Wisconsin progressive pioneer, he urged La Follette to run for Dane County district attorney in 1880. La Follette later rose to governorship and U.S. Senate.

Obeqoon Wis Charles W Netherwood Robert M la Follette Netherwood

Ringling Circus Sends Aid to Barnes Show in Northeast

The Ringling circus, after an early closure not tied to labor action, dispatched twenty one railroad cars of acts performers coats and tents to the Al GG Barnes show in the northeast. The train headed to Redfield South Carolina where it will almost double Barnes attendance and attractions, following Ringling's Scranton Pennsylvania closing last week.

Sarasota Fla Ringling Circus Big Brother al GG Barnes Redfield S. C Scranton

Pleasant puzzle yields daily fortune message

A short note describes a daily numerically based fortune game. Start with your first name, adjust its letter count by rules, then check key numbers across a rectangle to read the hidden message formed by the letters under those positions.

One Traffic Injury Reported In City On Fourth

A single traffic incident on the Fourth of July in Cedar Rapids resulted in a personal injury. The accident involved Carl Schlie man of 804 Nineteenth Avenue SW whose car reportedly stopped and struck Earl Owens, a 2 year old, in the 1400 block of Street SW.

Cedar Rapids Carl Schlieman Nineteenth Avenue Earl) Owens Bail Owens Fruitland Boulevard Schheman Street

Boy injured after slow vehicle bump incident

A boy suffered a head bruise when a vehicle traveling under five miles per hour bumped him and knocked him down. Police report notes the injury as minor with no serious harm.

Five Jews killed in series of attacks in Jerusalem

Five Jews were killed and five wounded in a sequence of terrorist attacks in Jerusalem on Tuesday. The violence came as authorities urged calm and security forces conducted operations across the city.

Jerusalem

Also Mentioned on This Page

Chester S Johnson Washington Avenue Seh Quaker Oats Company Robert Green Justice H R. Churchill Eddie Mimms Thirteenth Avenue SE Lucille Wood Roy Hollenbeck Secretary of State First Avenue Thirteenth Street Shaver Park G. A. Gruver Long Beach Calif A. G. Gruver Gruver Marjorie Jirinec Frank Jivinec Pekin, Ill Frank Jordan Twenty-Ninth Avenue Outlook Drive Hilbert Karns Second Street Charles Jirinec Route 4 Dr. Doherty Star Jewelry CO Second Street SE South Carolina Compass Point South America This Republic United Bile Ellis Park Long Anc R. McBeth Ottumwa First Street Fifth Avenue C Street Edna Bowersox United Brethren Mission School New Mexico Women's Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church H. FE. Viall Twenty-second Avenue SW Roger Ryan Oclwein Sixteenth Avenue SW Equitable Life Assurance Association of United States Department of Public Safety Davenport Sanitation Department Ninth Avenue Fourth Sixth Streets Sixteenth Avenue Sixth Street Ollie Allick Twelfth Avenue Anna Henderson H Avenue Superior Court Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Company Fire Department E. P. Kohout Philip City Hall Cemate Strana Sindl Dairies Neumode Hosiery Shop Rumor Eicher National Labor Board la Follette the Tonic DOG Food Ead DU XTRA Wadaine Wiad Rinso France Lux Binder Lee Seap Clapp’s Red Sunkist Lemons
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