09 Jun 1938
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1938
Page
1
The column recounts the Jimmy Cash kidnapping and murder with ransom payment debate. It then covers southern senators opposing a uniform wage floor, Hickenlooper versus Thompson in Iowa GOP primary results, Des Moines school board rescinding a married teachers ban, and the Christian Science Monitor critiquing federal grant systems while praising Roosevelt.
Southern senators demand wage differentials and threaten filibuster to reopen discussions on the wage hour bill. A new compromise would set 40 cents minimum across interstate industry in seven years with sectional exceptions. Pepper proposes geographic differentials and 44 to 48 hour limits depending on industry board findings.
Revised unofficial totals show George A. Brown leading with 40,361 votes, Lucy Hall 40,075, and G B Ferrell 33,767 for the Iowa superintendent of public instruction primary. If official canvass matches, Brown would be the party nominee without a state convention. Ferrell lost nearly 3,000 votes after the revision.
Column by Arthur Bugs Baer jokes about Canada wanting a slice of Maine if Republicans allow it. Governor Barrows refuses to redraw borders for map costs as a forested enclave in Maine sits closer to Canada than to the state. The piece notes the political and logistical friction and mocks Jim Farley’s post office ambitions.
Burt J. Thompson presiding at the Iowa State Bar association meeting says the legal field is overcrowded with many new entrants. He calls for a systematic newspaper advertising campaign to promote the services of lawyers and the practical value of a local law office.
In Cedar Rapids eight year old Buddy Anderson Jr. saw a crowd at Center Point road and avenue NE and found his father Arthur E. Anderson 52 a painter lying after a stepladder he carried on a bicycle rammed the window of a car driven by Frank Kulish. Anderson died in hospital at 10 15 am Thursday. Dr J J Terrall deputy coroner is investigating and may hold an inquest.
The Iowa state board of education recommends a $2 246 000 building and improvement program for state schools to be funded at $1 123 000 per year for two years The plan targets the University of Iowa $525 000 Iowa State College $380 000 Iowa State Teachers College $137 500 Iowa School for the Deaf Council Bluffs $50 500 and Iowa School for the Blind Vinton $30 000 The proposal responds to a request from the legislative interim committee for the 1939 session.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette offers vacation mail options. Contact the circulation department or give your carrier an order to have The Gazette mailed to a vacation address.
British officials consider an international air patrol after a Spanish insurgent air raid on merchant shipping near Castellon de la Plana. The Denia and Denia area attacks killed and wounded sailors, with Britain seeking swift action to curb raids and pressure Franco.
Des Moines Iowa Thompson Muscatine republican lieutenant governor nominee says he is a political unknown and congratulates opponent B B Hickenlooper Cedar Rapids for a clean campaign He credits farmers laborers and citizens for the GOP support and vows to back the party platform and run with Governor candidate George A Wilson Des Moines.
A clouded, windy change swept in behind morning sun as temperatures fell from 77 at 12:30 p.m. to 69 at 2:45 p.m. after a 55 to 60 degree rise earlier. The Cedar River, swollen by recent rain, fell from 59 feet Wednesday to five plus feet by Thursday noon per the Iowa Windmill and Pump gauge.
A reader recalls a conversation where everyone boasted of hobbies until a shy woman revealed her hobby of collecting memories. The piece praises memory as a divine, lasting treasure that sustains us through dark times, old age, and even death, urging kindness and memories to bless others.
The Duke and Duchess plan a three month tour of the United States next March. The trip will be a personal vacation with no official sponsorship. The Duke hopes to study social conditions during the journey.
Dr. Earl E. Harper of Simpson College denounced citizen passivity in public life and urged firm demand for integrity in government. He warned that graft and moral laxity threaten American civic life, while noting tyranny abroad is less dangerous than corruption at home.
Col Charles A Lindbergh and his family quietly left their Longborn estate on Wednesday and were believed to be en route to a new home on an island off the French coast as reported by United Press.
The report highlights donations and volunteer work at Camp Good Health. Women of St James Methodist Church clean the camp site while Cedar Rapids firefighters Local No 11 contribute $50 and other groups donate cash and labor to support disadvantaged children. Old friends provide toys and restoration efforts resume seasonally.
The body of James Bailey Cash Jr. was located near his home in Miami. FBI Director Hoover announced the recovery of the $10 000 ransom and the arrest of Franklin Pierce McCall a 21 year old truck driver and minister's son who admitted writing the ransom notes and taking the money. The case remains active with possible confederates under investigation and a special grand jury called.
Miss Ella Marsh 20 from Des Moines was struck on the head and face by an unidentified man in a car on the statehouse grounds Wednesday night. An AP dispatch says she resisted an attempted assault while walking to a show and was hospitalized with bad bruising but no broken bones. no Cedar Rapids Ella Marsh listed in directories.
Chicago AP reports Robert Nix 18 repudiated his admission of assaulting a woman in a loop hotel while being questioned to aid in freeing Thomas McCall 39 serving a five year term for the crime.
The NLRB filed an objection with the Sixth U S circuit court to Henry Ford counsel's bid for a stay of the court order granting NLRB leave to withdraw without prejudice its petition to enforce a cease and desist order against Ford Motor Co.
The Knoxville Journal ran a Republican weekly feature with the title Roosevelt's Wearin' Out In Town. It reported Senator Gillette's 2 to 1 renomination victory over Rep Otha Wearin, who had New Deal support.
The Iowa Bankers Association adopted a resolution at its convention in Des Moines opposing the national administration's pump priming recovery appropriation bill. It urged Congress to balance the budget and rejected pump priming as a stimulus method.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.