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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1939
Page
17
Hoover urged an international Christian Endeavor gathering to back pacts banning wartime food blockades and civilian bombings. He called for neutral enforcement and outlined vows: exempt food ships from blockade and prohibit bombing civilians except at front lines or munitions works.
The George A Hormel and company obtained a district court judgment for 2 574 178 39 against Ransom J Cy Thomson a former comptroller accused of embezzling over 1 25 million. The case renews an older judgment, with interest since 1930, and officials doubt collection while Thomson works as a farmhand after prison.
The Hatch clean politics bill announced by Vice President Garner was sent to the House floor by the rules committee after a partisan clash Rep. Claude Parsons denounced the measure as idiotic impracticable and asinine and said the fight will extend into party ranks
The committee voted to report the measure with a two hour general debate rule to start Monday, contingent on Rep. Jack Dempsey bringing the bill to the floor. Dempsey, a Democrat from New Mexico, intends to pilot the measure.
The Senate voted to authorize a land acquisition program for a Seventh Corps area training center. The bill allows 5 million dollars to obtain lands across 14 posts including 40,000 acres in Iowa, 7,780 acres at Fort Meade South Carolina, and 1,000 acres at Camp McCoy Wisconsin with half the funds for 1941 and 1942. Decatur county Iowa is the tentative site for the Iowa training ground.
DES MOINES Iowa governor George A Wilson said the state will name a car dispatcher soon to supervise automobiles used on state business. Berry Halden currently serves as secretary without an assistant. the governor has discretionary power to appoint a dispatcher if economy is improved.
Ellsworth P. Conkle, University of Iowa playwright, will resign to accept an associate professorship at the University of Texas starting September 1.
Detroit INS says Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg Republican of Michigan stated in a letter on Thursday he would accept the presidential nomination in 1940 if offered but would not campaign for the honor.
WASITINGTON AP House approves a bill authorizing Cassville Wisconsin to build and run a toll bridge over the Mississippi River to Guttenberg Town with a plan to remove tolls within 25 years. The measure now goes to the Senate for action.
Ida Sellery reports that a sparrow's nest in Shelley municipal park building caught fire when a bird carried a lighted cigarette. The volunteer fire department extinguished the blaze and investigators found the nest as the origin.
A dense historical radio schedule lists programs across stations WMT WOI WGN WHO KPIB KFJB WSUI WOC and others. It catalogs nightly lineups with concert features sports summaries news features and orchestras.
A dense listing of Saturday morning time slots across WMT WGN WHO KFJB WOI WOC WSUI WSUI and others detailing programs from Sunrise Hour to Weather forecasts and concerts. Notable items include Morning Parade Morning Melodies Pete's Mountaineers and the American Art Quartet with various news, market reports, and art programs.
The House approved Representative WS. Jacobsen's bill to build a new bridge at Davenport with bonds retired in 30 years from income. It allows a semi public bridge commission. Senate-House differences trigger a conference. The bill ends tax exemption on bonds, aiming for presidential approval.
The Senate approved a $350 million expansion to the tenancy program without a record vote after about an hour of debate. The measure, backed by 52 senators, would allow the government to insure loans for tenant farmers buying farms, with funds already authorized for this year and a plan similar to FHA mortgage insurance. Senator Vandenberg questioned 100 percent loan insurance.
Vandenberg contrasts farm loan terms with FHA limits noting no premium for tenancy insurance and a 3 percent interest rate described as well below FHA levels. The remark highlights favorable provisions in farm financing discussions.
Roger Pryor band leader and husband of Actress Ann Sothern filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 41145.41 and assets of 553 including a trombone clothes and 3 cash. Principal liability 37000 owed to Priscilla M Frierson Fort Riley Kaw from a 1935 settlement in Los Angeles.
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