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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1938
Page
1
Readers observe a world spanning rapid aviation milestones as Wright tradition remains alive. Iowa unemployment delays prompt critique of relief versus insurance while political battles surface in Oklahoma and national policy debates unfold amid drought impacts in Canada and the United States.
Thompson, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor from Muscatine, quit the ticket on the eve of the state convention. He defeated B Hickenlooper in the June primary by 112 931 to 100 920. Thompson cited personal attacks and urged delegates to choose a strong successor while pledging support for the ticket.
Katharine Hepburn left her Fenwick Point summer home in a car driven by a chauffeur shortly after news of Howard Hughes' Minneapolis landing. Reporters were told she was not at home and no destination was disclosed. Her engagement rumors with Hughes had circulated for a year.
The piece notes Canada’s gold production rising from 155000 ounces monthly at 20 dollars per ounce in 1929 to 400000 ounces monthly at 35 dollars per ounce under New Deal pricing. It claims most of Canada’s gain is bought by the United States and buried in Kentucky, and argues prosperity comes from borrowing billions to spur revival.
President Roosevelt arrives in California for a three day stay on his cross continent journey. Crowds in Crockett exceed five thousand while refinery workers fill the streets. Secret service disrupts a photographer who disobeyed orders as the President tours in his official auto.
Army and navy engineers plan work on Midway Island and Palmyra to enhance peacetime and wartime utility. At Midway, about 200 men will dredge a channel and build a harbor for flying boats on the transpacific route. Palmyra will have coral blasted from a lagoon and fuel tanks installed for long-range patrol planes.
Secretary Wallace announced federal loans on 1938 grown wheat will average 59 to 60 cents a bushel for producers holding grain to wait for higher prices. The plan bases loans on a forecast crop larger than domestic use and exports, with 967,412,000 bushels forecast plus a 200,000,000 bushel carryover.
Cedar Rapids enjoyed a temperate spell as a cool wind kept temperatures down. The thermometer rose from 65 at 6 a.m. to 79 by 2 30 p.m. Thursday, following a Wednesday high of 94 and evening lows near 70, according to the Chambers Inskeep recorder.
Frank Olson once again lies in the asylum after police and six men questioned him for two days about a supposed kidnapping murder of 10-year-old Charles Mattson. State police say Olson’s confession was fictitious and he escaped from Medical Lake asylum last week before being returned.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reminds readers to arrange vacation mail delivery by contacting the circulation department or their carrier to have the paper mailed to a vacation address. Readers are urged to plan ahead to stay informed while away.
The 1939 city budget of 1,388,466 was presented by Finance Commissioner L. D Burgus and filed by the city council with final passage slated for July 28. The plan increases total spending by 66,692 from 1938 and allocates 826,643 for taxes, 479,817 from non tax sources, and 82,006 as anticipated surplus.
Rome reports that Fascist Italy serves notice that Jews are not members of the purely Aryan Italian race. Deans of Italian universities publish a racial purity theory urging race conscious Italians and a sharp line between Mediterranean Europeans and Orientals and Africans. Observers fear possible anti Jewish measures similar to Germany.
Judge Homer Fuller sentenced three Maytag strike leaders William Sentner James Carey and Hollis Hall to six months in jail or 500 fine each after finding them in contempt of court He reopened testimony amid defense objections and cross examination was rescheduled in Des Moines appeals linger as Connolly seeks writ of certiorari with the supreme court awaiting commitment papers.
Newton reports a calm start despite ongoing Maytag plant strike. CIO pickets lined plant entrances while back to work leaders stayed outside. The governor’s arbitration board opened with six union witnesses expected and company briefings. Contempt cases against three union leaders for jail could see higher courts if appeals fail.
Read Saturday's Junior Gazette for contest details open to all active 4 H club members in Iowa. The prompt asks 100 to 200 word letters with prizes for best entries. Judges will be three prominent Iowa farm life figures. Deadline is July 22.
The Associated Press reports the globe circling flight timeline from Floyd Bennett Field New York to Europe Asia and back to New York. Key legs include Paris Moscow Yakutsk Fairbanks and Minneapolis with distances and times noted across July 1938.
Frederick B. Snite Jr the famous “plucky boy in the iron lung” traveled to Arlington Park race track in a specially designed trailer truck. A periscope above his eyes let him follow the ponies while his father and two nurses watched. He reportedly placed bets as his party clutched a growing stack of bills.
Holland Michigan reports at least five dead after sudden ten foot waves surged into Lake Michigan beaches late Wednesday. Coast guards and fishermen rescued several others along piers and breakwaters as undertow swept swimmers unaware of the peril. Victims include Ruth Riksen 18 Catherine Schutt 16 John D Lent Jr 20 Herbert Brower 40 and Oscar Thorsen 49. Weather from Wisconsin shore storms blamed for the surge.
Howard Hughes and four companions complete a 14 824 mile world flight in 3 days 19 hours 17 minutes setting a new speed record at Floyd Bennett Airport New York City. The group lands amid a 25 000 strong crowd with officials including Grover Whalen and Mayor LaGuardia welcoming them.
Analyst article by Arthur Bugs Baer previews a 1939 deficit of four thousand million dollars and notes liberal spending amid economic strain. The piece uses satire to mock fiscal policy and public sentiment toward government budgets.
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