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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1938
Page
1
In Cedar Rapids oaks in city parks and many private properties face a serious infestation with no official action. Experts warn death could appear in the near future as vacant lots and parks harbor the pests, urging immediate eradication. The piece also critiques tax policy and cap reveals, noting Joe Louis earnings and a potential postponed fight with Maxie Baer amid rising government deficits.
In a ten minute session Countess Barbara Maugwitz-Reventlow withdrew charges that Count Haugwitz-Reventlow threatened her and he was discharged. The unnamed “gentleman in London” remained unidentified as royal gossip swirled around the couple and a $10,000 bail was refunded.
Cedar Rapids records a sultry day as light rain clears and a 92 degree high is logged by 2 50 pm. The previous 1938 heat record of 98 stood from Tuesday afternoon, with 93 by evening and 76 at 7 am, according to Chambers Inskeep company recorder.
In Wallingford Connecticut heat caused the highway to ignite due to sun baked buffing dust used in road construction. Firemen attributed the blaze to spontaneous combustion of dust particles under intense sun.
The text notes that 1939 deficits will exceed January expectations by three billion dollars. It points out that deficits rose in the three recent election years and relief outlays peak before voting. Hopkins counters there is no WPA politics, despite a defeated Senate measure.
Newton C10 three union officials were found in contempt of court for mass picketing at the Maytag plant. William Sentner James Carey and Hollis Hall were fined 500 and sentenced to six months in jail. Judge Fuller noted the injunction allowed limited picketing and warned against further strikes.
Defense lawyers repeatedly stated denials of urging breach of an injunction against mass picketing. The motion and arguments continued through page 2 column 1, with further testimony anticipated.
Coroner Landus Brannon oversaw 15 gambling raids in Will County after swearing in 50 farm youths as deputies. Slot machines and other devices were seized and taken away in hearses, actions taken because the sheriff would not. The Will County raids followed 243 raids in Lake County three days earlier.
John P. Bathelt Jr. 26, New York sportsman, pled guilty to second degree murder in the cement coffin slaying of Charles Morris, 48, a former horse track associate. He was sentenced to life in Charlestown State Prison after a grand jury indicted him for first degree murder, then the indictment was not pressed. Bathelt was declared sane by two state alienists under Massachusetts Biggs law.
A late trading halt stopped a fresh stock market bull run in New York as selling trimmed gains. Many issues had posted new highs since autumn, but heavy selling in the final hour halved gains and some slipped below Tuesday’s close.
Frank Olson, who confessed the Mattson kidnapping murder of 10-year-old Charles Mattson, was revealed as an escaped inmate from the Medical Lake state insane asylum. Olson fled a week earlier with the prisoner by automobile, prompting officials to say he could not be linked to the Mattson case. He had used the name Clarence White and was suspected after a Ritzville farm encounter where he spoke of crime and wanting police protection. Prosecutor Elliott refused to file charges while Olson’s mental state remained in question.
A 82 year old itinerant man Frank Miller was crushed on the North Western freight loading plat form at 326 First Avenue E at 1 54 a m when a freight engine pushed a box car onto him His left foot was mangled and amputated at the ankle He came from Boston with no home or relatives and was taken to St Luke s hospital by police and ambulance crews
Harold Amundson a 45 year old Duluth mail carrier with 20 years service was charged with first degree murder in the death of J A Lubansky 60 assistant superintendent of mails Lubansky was shot at a noon hour in Duluth The shooter stepped from a passing car and fled Amundson is father of four children Detective Chief Robert E Donaldson announced the charge and provided no further details
President Roosevelt travels by train through Utah and Nevada promoting the New Deal to voters en route to the Pacific coast. Len Thomas draws Oklahoma primary praise and smiles appear aboard the presidential car. Senator Alva B. Adams joins the journey as his renomination bid faces Judge Benjamin C. Willard. Roosevelt offers no public endorsement.
London reports that Britain cannot form an international commission to probe air bombings of civilian centers in Spain. Instead a two-man British mission will go to Spain as the United States and Sweden decline the invitation.
In Oklahoma City AP report, Senator Elmer Thomas widens his Democratic gubernatorial and U S Senate leads amid Roosevelt tour. Thomas leads Smith and Marland in early returns. Phillips tops Murray and Key in the governor race. Walton and Finley trail on the Republican side as late ballots come in.
Washington reports the commodity credit corporation set aside 100 million dollars to finance wheat loans. Secretary Henry A Wallace was expected to announce the loan rate shortly.
The Linn county relief director, Mrs. Alice Ferber, abolished three volunteer positions after a board session with Supervisors Seevell and the Cedar Rapids district member. She said volunteers worked for experience and without pay, while Seevell argued the relief office should not serve as a proving ground and that the policy was not used in other county offices. No vote was recorded as the discussion closed with the director ready to follow orders.
Greenbelt Maryland residents vote to establish a blood exchange center the first municipal undertaking of its kind. Volunteers will be tested and blood typed with donors matching in transfusions. The clinic is funded by member fees and a monthly $2 upkeep charge.
Nettie Costin aged 21, a Louisville social figure, was released at French Lick Indiana after being abducted from a parked car with Louisville attorney John Schactel. Major James Stewart said Costin, tied to a tree and gagged, cut free with a stone until a farmer helped. Police suspect the kidnapper aimed to steal Costin’s car.
PWA head Harold Ickes charged Riverside California with lobbying to obtain nearly a million dollars for a sewer system. He suspended Riverside's grant appeal and disclosed an additional 14.19 million dollars cut from 48 nationwide projects, including 21 public power plants. Ickes demanded Mayor Evans explain the engagement of lobbyist Glenn E. Miller and payment for alleged services to win PWA approval.
A Cedar Rapids resident touts The Gazette Want Ads for quick help in the fields. J. R. Severe hired 30 bean pickers after placing a Want Ad and urges dialing 2-1121 or mailing to reach The Gazette Want Ad department.
Howard Hughes and four companions fly the $200,000 monoplane at over 200 mph along the Yakutsk to Fairbanks leg of the New York to New York world flight. They hope to beat Wiley Post's record by about three days, facing Arctic fog and ice hazards as they near the Siberian coast with 3,380 miles to go.
Aviation essay by Arthur Bugs Baer notes Howard Hughes reduced travel time to Europe, claiming a Paris run in sixteen hours and likening the achievement to Lindbergh era thrill. The piece mocks long flights and imagines future speeds, with playful rhetoric on air reach.
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