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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1939
Page
14
Sixty Cedar Rapids men appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to staffs All-Iowa fair committees for August 13 to 18 at Hawkeye Downs. Exposition, Advertising, Finance, Buildings and Grounds, Transportation, Public Safety, and Improvements groups named with Cedar Rapids leaders and several out-of-town members.
Infantry reserve officers from Cedar Rapids area are ordered to report to Fort Des Moines July 29 for a two week training with the 349th Infantry headquarters company and first battalion. Command will be held by Maj Walter A. Meyer and Captains Harry G Powell and Donald C Sloan with accompanying lieutenants. Capt Runyon is assigned to Fort Snelling for July 22 to Aug 5 unit training. Col Otto Mull will lead Fourth Army field artillery maneuvers at the Presidio in August.
B R Smallwood of Chicago a brother in law of Thomas Combs was killed in an automobile accident Friday evening. Surviving family includes wife and three sons and a daughter. Albert F Thenhaus of Sixteenth Street SE died early Saturday with funeral set for Monday at Moon chapel Cedar Memorial burial to follow. He is survived by a brother and a sister and may have services at Moen chapel.
Foreign policy turmoil dominates the report as OEE Chamberlain is ousted and Germany orders German citizens out of Italian Tyrol within months while negotiations over Tyrol remain unsettled. Amid global tensions Spanish and Japanese moves threaten broader crises.
The piece recounts a feud between Farley and McNutt dating to 1932 and notes third term proponents pressing a scheme to push McNutt from Indiana leadership to Postmaster General and shift a loyalist to head the vast pension and benefits agency.
Leo Earl Terwilliger and Albert Koroll were held for investigation in Linn county jail after a blanket theft from Leo Anderson’s parked car. Officials said the blanket was found under a bridge and identified by Anderson. The pair were brought to Cedar Rapids by deputy sheriffs Snyder and Whittemore. Six days after hatching the honey bee weighs 1,500 times more than at emergence.
East side churches sponsor August Sunday union services at St. Pauls Methodist Third Ave and 14th St SE with First Presbyterian First Congregational First Baptist and St Pauls Methodist. Services at 1030 am Aug 6 to Sept 3 feature speakers Dr Robert Little B A Barlow Dr Charles J Bready W A Ball Rev Grant F Anderson George B Sherman H F Blomquist.
Rome reports fascist Italy tests show blind operators of airplane detecting devices possess sharper hearing than sighted counterparts, prompting plans to employ blind men to listen for raiding airplanes in future war scenarios.
The writer argues state audits often amount to surveys of accounts rather than genuine checks. Real accountants are needed to uncover irregularities in state owned funds and materials. Akers questions Boone supervisors' actions but notes audits have been irregular, and private audits could improve accuracy.
Rescue worker Vester Parker identified 13 bodies after a dust explosion in the mine galleries Friday night. The blast tore motors from equipment, ripped rails from ties, and hurled a 3,700 pound car 2,000 feet. Several men died from gas as rescuers attempted a deeper reach before being overcome.
Elliott Roosevelt accused Father Coughlin of supporting the communist cause and hoarding the British white paper of 1919. Coughlin denied the charges and urged Roosevelt to hire a better campaigner while defending his anti Semitic remarks and documents used in talks.
Cedar Rapids couple Norman Workman and Vida Heckart wed twice after crossing the Jones county line for a license. Pastor C. H. Hook married them in Linn County then again with witnesses near the line, calling it his 406th wedding and his first error. They plan which anniversary to celebrate.
The note highlights the sparrow as the closest relative to the brilliantly colored scarlet tanager, contrasting muted and vivid plumage in a brief zoological observation.
Postwar Europe sees Poland clinging to gains in East Prussia and Danzig while negotiating with Germany over the corridor and Free City status. US and British leaders weigh responses as Nazi activity and Eastern crisis dominate headlines.
Vehicle driven by Robert F Gramenz, a farmer near Independence, went out of control two miles south of Center Point and struck a cement culvert abutment. Gramenz and Mrs Gramenz suffered serious injuries. Mrs John Johnson of Independence had severe leg lacerations. They were transported to a hospital. deputy sheriff investigated.
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