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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1939

Page

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Eccles urges loans reform using gold profits cushion

Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve, urged Congress to use part of gold content reduction profits to back a new small business loan system. He proposed a $112 million fund to create long and short loans insured under conditions, with a $25 million capital revolving pool to back $250 million in small loans.

Washington Congress Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Utah Senate Banking Eccles Senators Treasury Federal Reserve System Banking Authority Mead N. Y

Eccles hints at recovery ideas before senators inquiry

The primary motive power to full recovery becomes the focus as Senators Tobey and Towns ask Federal Reserve Chair Eccles what actions could spur recovery. Eccles jokes he cannot answer quickly but promises to outline his theories and will appear again before the committee.

Tobey N. Y Townsend Del Eccles Federal Reserve

Reich Protests To U S Against Nazi Spy Film

The German government lodged diplomatic representations with the State Department over Warner Brothers film The Confessions of a Nazi Spy. Berlin denounced it as pernicious propaganda harming German American relations. Germany seeks suppression abroad while preparing counter documentaries in retaliation.

Washington INS State Department Warner Brothers Hans Thomsen Hull Department Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America Hays Organization Thomsen Thomson Los Angeles George Gussling Gyssling Hollywood Germany Italy Japan United Kingdom British Empire Paul Joseph Goebbels

Packing Workers Union Weighs National Strike Action

In Chicago at a national conference on July 17, Packing House Workers Organizing Committee officials will consider a possible national strike in the meat packing industry. Henry Johnson says CIO chairman John L. Lewis will attend, signaling labor’s readiness to use its last resort.

Chicago Packing House Workers’ Organizing Committee Packing House Workers Henry Johnson Congress of Industrial Organizations John L. Lewis CIO

Radio Program Schedule Dense with NBC Networks Listings

A long dense listing outlines evening and morning radio schedules across stations WMT KFJB WGN WHO WSUI WOC WOI WSOI and others. It lists program names hosts acts orchestras and times from 6:00 p.m. through midnight and into morning, including concerts news sports weather and variety shows.

WMT Green Hornet Wooi—Musicale WGN Heidelberg Concert Orch WISUI Johnny KFJB Wwoc Glen Gray Lightning Jim Wooc iIndustry Virginia WSUF Voices of Friendship Heidelberg Morton Gould Bob Hope WOC Tote Peter McGregor Inside Story Freda Sullian Elsa Maxwell Northerners WSII Los Angeles Fed. Symphony Walter Dream H. V Kaltenborn WeTIT _Nave Rudy Valiee Nat Buddy Fisher Wocc Carlos Molinas Tony Cabot Pliner Earl Orch Louis Prima Ted Black Pinkie Tomlin Henry King Freddy Martin Boone WOOI WOI Lou Jerry Jean’ Abbey Music Shop Buckeye Four WSUI Morning Chapel Central Kitty Kelly Manhattan Wwooc Musical Mail Box Woman In White Time Sui—Service Betty Wells David Harum Lorenzo_ Jones WCC WoOlf—Service Jane Anderson Widder Brown KFJE WHC Kitty Keene, Inc Sones Homemakers Arnold Grimm Hilltop House Jane Baier Hollywood Corntussel Nooz Happy Gang Judy and Jane Earl Hunt Wa Rpads Don Roth Ralph Ginsburgh Betty Bob Street Forum Sweet Alice Voice of Iowa Dr. Malone Eer Ene Czz Agriculture Lady’s Answer Cedar Valley Hillbillies Joe Doakes Orch Betty_ Crocker Marv Marlin West U. S. Navy Hitmakers Ma Perkins Pepper Young Judy Woi—Palace National_ Parks Guiding Light White Sox Daily Almanac Woo Wsui—Educational WHO Stella Dallas Maurice Reese Bel-Wsui Ideals of Stephen Wester Johnson Hannah Adrian Rollin Tom Owens KPJ2 Eton Boys Sam Ae Aces Buck Rogers Wsui—Strings Waikiki Aloha Land Aeolian Ensemble Tracer Herne Iowa Arnold_ Family Foto Chuck Shank Riis

Packinghouse Workers Plan Action Over Collective Bargaining

Inghouse workers map weeks of action to press the big four packers Armour Cudahy Swift and Wilson to accept collective bargaining. Delegates may prepare for a national strike if needed, citing Armour and Company chain of 17 major slaughtering plants as certified sole agent and refused negotiations under the Wagner act.

Inghouse Armour, Cudahy Swift Wilson Armour and Company National Labor Relations Board PWOC

Ickes Fires Blast for F D R Third Term Drive

Secretary Harold L. Ickes urged a third term for Franklin D Roosevelt in Look magazine, framing it as a stop Garner push and signaling national sentiment surveys. He said he would sacrifice personal peace for the country and listed potential 1940 contenders including Garner Hull Farley and Wallace.

Washington Interior Harold L. Ickes Roosevelt Look Ickes John N. Garner Cordell Hull James A. Farley Agriculture Henry A. Wallace Thomas E. Dewey New York Arthur H. Vandenberg Mich Robert A. Taft Henry

Ickes Attacks Third Term Backers In Political Row

Secretary Ickes singled out two unnamed presidential hopefuls for sharp attacks. He argued a viable candidate must command respect at home and in world affairs, criticizing backers of a third term for Calvin Coolidge and recounting past supporters of Theodore Roosevelt. He cited Alf Landon, William Allen White, and Gifford Pinchot among historical backers.

Cabot Lodge, Jr Mass Ickes George Washington Calvin Coolidge Theodore Roosevelt Alf M. Landon Kansas William Allen White Emporia Kan Gifford Pinchot Pennsylvania

Haarlem Oil Capsules Promoted as Safe Diuretic

An advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules priced at 35 cents a box. It claims the capsules cleanse kidneys and bladder, flush toxins, relieve troubles, and start at once, urging consumers to trust the original Haarlem product from Holland. It lists symptoms like backache moist palms puffy eyes and scanty passage as signs of kidney and bladder issues.

Haarlem Holland

Block Proposal For Library To House Roosevelt Papers

Washington AP report says Republicans blocked passage of a government library at Hyde Park to house Roosevelt papers. The vote was 229 to 139 with 139 Republicans against and 8 for the bill. leaders had required a two thirds margin.

Washington House Hyde Park N. Y Roosevelt

President Names Postmasters For East Iowa Towns

The President sent to the senate for confirmation postmaster nominations in Iowa. Central City Lester A Falcon Deep River Anna M Stephenson Edgewood Myrtle E Smith Elgin Gordon J Mosby Fort Atkinson Julius J Chekal Garrison Harry R Merchant Garwin Eva L Ochs Grand Mound Harry W Kelly Lisbon John E McHugh Lost Nation James B Gilroy McGregor Frank G Huebsch Reinbeck Ruth M Emmett Richland Charles E Horning South English Jonathan F White What Cheer Myrtle Ruth Lash Wheatland William Hoker Wyoming Ernest Reitz.

Washington Senate Iowa Central City Lester A. Falcon Deep River Anna M. Stephenson Edgewood Myrtle E. Smith Elgin Gordon J. Mosby Fort Atkinson Julius J. Chekal Garrison Harry R. Merchant Garwin Eva L. Ochs Grand Mound Harry W. Kelly Lisbon John E. McHugh Lost Nation James B. Gilroy McGregor Frank G. Huebsch Reinbeck Ruth M. Emmett Richland Charles E. Horning South English Jonathan F. White Myrtle Ruth Lash Wheatland William Hoker Wyoming Ernest Reitz

Tax liens name John and Elaine Barrymore in Los Angeles

The federal government filed income tax liens naming John Barrymore for 17 296 dollars and Elaine Barrymore for 14 462 dollars in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles John Elaine Barrymore

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