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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
3
A Henry Link poll of about 70 cities without rural areas shows 33 percent favor business leaders as the country’s top need, 31 percent favor religious leadership, 20 percent want political leaders, while 16 percent offered no choice. The survey’s significance is debated.
A two alarm fire at the Sears Roebuck building on Fifth and Walnut in Des Moines hurt six firefighters from smoke. The blaze damaged the top floor and stock, with water damage spreading to lower floors and air conditioning equipment valued at about $20,000. Firefighters fought the two hour blaze while rescuing records and plans from the fifth floor.
A Wednesday night blaze at the Osmundson Spade factory near Perry caused $50,000 to $75,000 in damage. The one story brick plant employing about 40 people was partly destroyed after a 24 hour effort by firefighters. Cause undetermined. firefighter Fred Harvey was overcome by smoke but revived. The factory makes plow shares and cultivator shovels.
An explosion at 8 45 a m rocked east side houses from blasting at the Concrete Materials company quarry on Pleasant Valley Avenue SW. Officials question if excessive charges were used while a city ordinance limits blasting time but not dynamite amounts. The city safety commissioner plans talks with the quarry superintendent and the company to review blasting operations.
A terse message says work was attempted three times and urges action. It accuses the business office of sleeping and tells "the cops" to be notified, implying ongoing problems or a security concern. No names or locations are provided.
The piece argues that everyone will be possessed by something before the day ends, using Michelangelo and a Biblical tale to illustrate how a great dream or cause can possess a person. It urges embracing a noble motive beyond self interest to gain purpose, happiness, and power.
President Roosevelt told congressional leaders he hopes neutrality legislation will not prolong the July session. He discussed the issue with Vice President Garner, Speaker Bankhead, Senate Leader Barkley, and Rayburn, noting it should not hinder four main items: corporate tax revision, relief appropriations, social security act amendments, and railroad aid bills.
Washington AP says the Senate approved an administration measure removing the 30 billion dollar cap on federal bonds. The overall debt limit of 45 billion remains unchanged.
Roosevelt nominates Herbert E. Gaston to be assistant secretary of the treasury as a troubleshooter for Secretary Morgenthau Jr. in Washington.
Washington a mysterious aide of Major General George van Horn Moseley refused to let Moseley drink from a witness water supply during his second day of testimony on communist activities. The aide warned Moseley not to touch the water and carried away a glass to refill it. Moseley noted uncertain payments for speeches to Indiana Republicans and Sentinels of the Republic while continuing questioning by committee counsel Rhea Whitley.
Two bingo games were closed after county attorney King Thompson and Detective Chief Earl Stanley investigated. A. R McElwain of Marion ran a Musketeers drum and bugle corps game at the C S P S hall on a 50 50 split, while Raymond T. Carter operated a game in the name of the father corps at the Hasek building. The Y M C A drum and bugle corps seeks funds to Philadelphia for a Lions club convention contest on July 19, and the Musketeers aim for a trip to the V F W national convention in Boston in August.
DES MOINES AP Karl Fischer Iowa public safety commissioner on Wednesday ordered members of the state highway patrol to refrain from political contributions. He said the patrol must stay out of politics entirely.
A 10-year-old girl named Virginian Deming vanished Thursday from Lassing Manor school in Cover Plains New York. State troopers and volunteers including bloodhounds searched dense woods after a Wednesday disappearance, fearing kidnapping or assault though police think she wandered off.
Dallas report states Franklin D Roosevelt is physically unable to run for a third term due to strain from years as president. Dr E W Cary, former AMA president, contrasts Roosevelt with Vice President John N Garner who is deemed in excellent physical condition under a strict regimen as he addresses Baylor university medical school graduates and alumni.
Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railway announces plans for a new passenger station at A Avenue and Tenth Street NE. Attorney Owen Elliott says the company has options on properties from A to B Avenues NE on the west side of Tenth Street and will use the site of the Eastman Small Animal clinic. Construction path was cleared Thursday.
British official sources say Moscow may join the British French front but insists on guarantees for the Baltic states Finland Estonia Latvia Poland Romania, posing a difficult issue. Molotov’s speech signals the dispute over how a three power mutual aid pact would apply to western borders and the Baltic nations.
In Cedar Rapids hot homes deprive 180 children of sleep and nourishment. Public Health Nursing seeks donations to fund Camp Good Health a summer program for 6 to 12 year olds one week to three weeks or longer. Each child costs 5 dollars per stay with nurses and doctors providing care and meals. Campaign urges readers to send funds to The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Investigations by the Ohio state industrial commission East Ohio Gas and the Barberton school board begin into the blast that wrecked an eight room frame schoolhouse gas ignition suspected from a basement leak. Janitor P S White among the most seriously burned four pupils Frances Fish ey Mary Mattingly Dorothy Young and Ella Chambers face severe injuries.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa faces nearing 100 degrees as the weather bureau eyes only slight relief. Cooler readings forecast in the northwest and extreme north with thundershowers possible Thursday night and Friday. Official highs near 96 to 98 reported. some towns had light rains overnight.
Clouds scatter as Cedar Rapids tops ninety in the afternoon. thermometer hits 94 at 4 pm, three degrees shy of the year's high. Earlier the day began at 68 and rose to 87 by 2 30 pm with a drop to 74 by midnight.
Secretary Morgenthau stated the U.S. Treasury will not borrow new money this summer and will refund a note maturing September 15. The treasury holds a cash working balance of about 2.265 billion dollars sufficient to cover deficits until the next regular financing date. He plans a five year note offer to holders of 426.555 million dollars in notes at 1.125 percent, to be announced Monday with a low rate. He stressed ample cash resources justify no extra borrowing this month.
In a roll call action the Townsend aged pension bill failed 302 to 97 with two not voting. Iowa congressmen split: three for the measure and five against amid party lines. The Ways and Means Committee reported without recommendation as Townsend urged defeat.
Arthur Bugs Baer reports in a light tone about Jack Garner planning to attend a royal spectacle in Washington this week. The piece notes a front window admission price of ten shillings and mentions curb service and curtsying lessons from Lord Lindsay as part of the preevent antics and preparations.
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