24 Jul 1939
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1939
Page
1
London government denies responsibility for a proposed five billion dollar international loan to appease Germany and notes talk of US involvement. Berlin meanwhile rejects that Dr Wohlthat discussed any plan in London.
Six WWCOE hikers were trapped on Mount Baker after an avalanche swept down a rugged cliff. Two victims, Alice James and Julius Dornblatt, were recovered while four others remained missing. Survivor accounts described the massive slide and near-survival moments as searchers continued.
The agreement reached in Tokio between Japanese officials and Britain aims to outline limits on actions in China during ongoing hostilities. It preserves a cautious stance by Britain while denying any de facto recognition of Japanese sovereignty and quelling talk of concessions. The debate in Parliament centers on the implications for the Far East and the handling of German refugees and economic concerns.
Cartoonist Bugs Baer portrays Sam Pettingill of Indiana predicting a future where every old folks home features a stadium while noting the national debt and sports lore. The piece satirizes politics and funding, with references to past congress and economic strain.
Rust Heinz of Pasadena California elder son of Howard Heinz died from injuries after a head on collision on the Lincoln highway Sunday. Six others were injured in the same crash.
A reader asks about life after death following the sudden death of a mother. The writer cites Jesus sayings about paradise and the living presence after death, describing comfort in belief of continuity and the idea of many rooms in God's house. The note ends with the unseen world seeming nearer since the mother's death.
London officials said the Irish Republican Army planned to blow up the houses of parliament. Sir Samuel Hoare disclosed the information in the House of Commons as the government prepared a bill to expand police powers against terrorists with Labor support expected to speed its passage.
A Sunday lightning storm struck the crowded Jackson Country club injuring and killing several. Victims include Tom Burkitt 36 a prominent businessman and his caddy Henry Robinson a Negro. John Overton nephew of Memphis mayor and Jack Harding druggist were revived and survived.
Cedar Rapids records show a warm spell as Monday climbs from a 65 degree 6 am low to 92 by 2 30 pm under sunny skies. Sunday’s temperatures peaked at 94 before easing to 86 by 7 pm and 70 at midnight according to the Chambers Inskeep graph.
Washington insiders report housing activists accused the US Housing Authority of funding a propaganda push to pressure the House Rules Committee over the administration’s 800 million dollar slum clearance bill. Rep Cox of Georgia and Rep Mapes of Michigan led the charges as Roosevelt’s lending program seeks rapid action on jobs and broader fiscal measures.
The Federal Reserve Board notes continued improvement in U S business with a slow but steady recovery since last April. Industrial production rose to 97 in June from 92 earlier, and indicators suggest a possible 99 in July. Steel mills and coal mines drove the June output rise.
Henry Bourgeois, 51, of Gramercy Louisiana, believed a bee sting caused a swelling on his head after sitting in a municipal park. Doctors at Charity hospital found a .32 caliber bullet lodged under his scalp on X ray. the bullet had spent its force and was removed before Bourgeois returned to his farm.
Police in Benton Illinois have no clues or motive in the murder of Mrs Nancy Gore 45 wife of a prominent surgeon. She was shot five times as she stepped from bed early Sunday outside a porch while she and her husband slept and the killer fled in a car.
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia signaled an independent bid for New York State Court of Appeals chief judge this fall. He attacked the court as reactionary and said the people reject hand picked judges. Crane slated to retire at 70 under constitutional age limit.
Philip F. La Follette announced that progressive party units were being formed in about 20 states in preparation for the 1940 election. After addressing 50 western Massachusetts liberals, he said no presidential ticket decision had been made but committees were being organized.
A group of southern and midwestern congressmen urged removal of trade barriers with Germany to aid U S cotton and hog farmers. They asked Secretary Wallace to use surplus commodity funds to aid producers and propose exchanges of surplus agricultural goods for German goods without penalties.
Ted Nesper Jr 11 son of Mr and Mrs T F Nesper 2022 A avenue NE suffered a skull fracture bruises and shock Sunday after riding a bicycle from behind bushes on Twenty first street NE near B avenue and colliding with Ira Weed 24 of 402 Eighth street SE The boy was taken to Mercy hospital where Monday his condition was fairly good Weed said he was traveling south on Twenty first street when Nesper's bike struck the side of his car continuous damages not specified
Webb Miller reports from a U P canvass that Europe may avoid general war in 1939 but face a dangerous crisis in September or October. Hitler may seek a cheap victory in southeastern Europe if Danzig stalls, with possible gains in Slovakia Hungary or Yugoslavia and potential Mussolini aid. Transac tional talks on Danzig drive cautious British Polish diplomacy, but a misstep could trigger a major crisis.
An Arab emissary carrying ransom money was believed negotiating for the release of Gerould R. Goldner, American missionary held by desert kidnappers since Wednesday. The money, reportedly $50 in silver, was to be delivered with the son left as a guarantee, and the Y M C A official A L Miller traveled to Bethlehem for the possible release within hours.
Cedar Rapids will host the Iowa County Officers Association 1940 convention June 19 to 21 with about 1,200 visitors expected. R F Hockaday announced the event organized by Linn county officials and the Chamber of Commerce. Attendees include supervisors auditors treasurers recorders court clerks county engineers and home matrons and stewards. Linn county officials Robert Vesely and Ed Lundquist chair the auditors and clerks groups.
President Roosevelt and James A Farley held their latest in a series of talks at Hyde Park about the 1940 issue. A labor expert noted pressure from CIO and other unions for a third term, while officials deflected questions and hinted no new information would be released.
Tom Boyce, 27, admitted strangling and drowning Elizabeth DeBruicker whose body was found in a ravine at Harrison Hills Country Club golf course where he worked as greenskeeper. He testified after hours of interrogation and asked for a final visit to his wife and children before being jailed. A crowd gathered when he was first arrested and he had previously received a suspended sentence for molesting a 9 year old.
City council, moved by public protests, postpones final passage of a resolution for a preliminary survey and development plan of six city parks. The measure would allocate 1500 dollars to Hartland Bartholomew and associates of St. Louis for landscape architecture work.
Mrs Delbert C Miller of 875 Center Point Road NE was taken to St Luke's hospital in a fair condition after a golf ball struck her above the left eye on the Ellis Park course. She was unconscious for about an hour before admission while police and course officials searched for the unidentified shooter.
The Atlantic Clipper returning from Marseilles to the United States was lightly damaged during a landing at Horta in the Azores. All eight passengers and twelve crew aboard were unharmed, Pan American Airways officials reported in New York.
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