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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1938
Page
1
A Roma Reader from Clarence laments direct primary flaws, cites Linn county ballot chaos, and mocks democracy. A second fragment humorously recounts a hot water faucet disaster, plumbing delays, and guest disturbances in an old house.
Des Moines AP bulletin reports light noontime turnout in Iowa’s primary due to weather and farm work. The campaign focused on Senate renomination for Guy Gillette against Otha Wearin with New Deal ties cited. Democrats expect over 150000 votes, Republicans over 250000, amid cross‑faction tension and court reform debate.
The Cedar Rapids forecast for election day reports sun and clouds with a shower risk. Voters faced a 13 of an inch downpour at noon, brief hail, and scattered sprinkles during breakfast. Temperatures ranged from 64 overnight to 82 midafternoon, then cooled to the mid 70s. Humidity remained high as Sunday stayed fair.
A narrator muses on the lack of hot showers and gas for heating while a baby wakes in a quiet house. Plans drift to replacing outdated plumbing with 1938 era systems and tearing walls, debating long lasting solutions versus future replacements.
A reflection on cultural difference contrasts Western and Eastern customs from dining to everyday tasks. It notes flaws in assuming universality, cites Japan and China as examples of opposite practices, and invokes Kipling’s line East is East and West is West. The piece urges tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
One hundred seniors graduated at Coe College’s fifty-seventh commencement in the T. M. Sinnclair Memorial Chapel with four honorary degrees. Alexander E. Patterson of Philadelphia delivered the address “Our Common Inheritance.” Patterson received a Doctor of Laws, while Dr. Edwin W. McDaniel of Los Angeles earned a Master of Science for medical missionary work in Siam.
Senate and house conferees near agreement on a wage hour compromise inspired by NRA principles. The plan starts at 25 cents, rises to 27 1/2, then 30, with boards to study exemptions and push to 40 cents while shortening the work week to 40 hours where feasible. Debate over a labor standards board continues as southern conferees seek wage differentials. House members push to expedite passage amid farm aid concerns and potential adjournment.
London Kentucky AP Federal District Judge H Church Ford ruled that NLRB testimony is admissible as government evidence in the criminal trial of forty four Harlan County residents charged with conspiring to keep coal miners from joining a union. The ruling came in week four and reversed a prior decision. Government lawyers argued the hearings by defendants may be used, marking a milestone since the Wegner Labor Relations Act of 1935.
Mrs. Geo Stefan of New York and Mrs. Betty Horowitz of the Bronx were hospitalized Monday after a head-on collision on highway 30 six miles east of Belle Plaine. Horowitz turning to pass a car failed to see Stefan approaching. Stefan had almost stopped. Injured were Mrs Stefan, Mrs Horowitz, a son and daughter of Horowitz, and Louis Tarness of Chicago. both women remained under treatment with no report on injury extent yet.
Detroit columnist reports Rev. J. Frank Norris claims Father Charles Coughlin is banned from public appearances until next November. Coughlin says he plans several speeches in coming months and calls the ban claim a mistake after authorities said he was out of the city.
The senate judiciary committee approved a resolution to form a committee to conduct a broad investigation into monopolistic trends in industry and finance, aiming to heed President Roosevelt's recommendations.
The Federal Trade Commission charged eight leading farm equipment firms with monopolistic practices and propaganda to keep prices high during depressions. The 1,000 page report, part of a broader monopoly inquiry ordered in 1936, notes industry concentration and coordination on pricing. It names International Harvester, Deere and Company, Minneapolis Moline, Allis-Chalmers, Oliver, Massey Harris, Racine’s Case, and Avery and Sons, and cites an industry institute accused of propagandistic work. Last year was the most prosperous for farm machinery since World War I.
The House sent the 3.723 billion relief recovery bill to conference with the Senate after disagreeing with its changes. Speaker Bankhead named House conferees Edward Taylor chair, plus Woodrum, Cannon, Boylan, Ludlow, Snyder, Taber, and Wigglesworth. Senate conferees already named.
Canton dispatch reports Japanese war planes struck the Doumer hospital in Canton as bombardments continued for the tenth day. Six leading American doctors appealed to the United States to halt the daily massacres amid the French owned facility sustaining a direct hit and a side of the building blown out.
Cedar Rapids police raise funds for Camp Good Health run by Public Health Nursing association. The Cedar Rapids Policemen's Protective Association contributed 25 dollars this year, marking the third straight season of support. The fund, sole income for the camp, covers 5 dollars a week per child for 3 weeks, aiding 115 physically handicapped children aged 6 to 12 from needy families.
In Princeton Florida M Braxton and his son James, detained since last Wednesday over the James Bailey Cash Jr kidnaping, were freed after wives appealed to the FBI. Neither man spoke. Cash reopened his station and lunchroom with no new leads. A rumor of a snatch leader’s identity prompted a broad questioning of associates, all released.
Primary voting pace in Linn county remained light at mid afternoon with 1,864 voters by 2 30 p m across twenty precincts Cedar Rapids precincts 14th ward had 48 ballots Marion township 36 voters and Marion wards showed the heaviest activity in upper east Cedar Rapids with near 150 votes per machine Weather showers and few county contests were cited as factors compared with 2 164 votes by 2 p m two years ago
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said on Monday that the American government has no intention of summoning a new world conference to maintain peace and order in the world at this time. The denial comes as Washington discusses international diplomacy and global stability.
A satirical column by Arthur Bugs Baer mocks Washington spending. The piece references Senator Byrd and a claimed $48,000,000,000 by 1940, joking about where the funds went. The tone ridicules political finance and public concern amid a dubious money flow.
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