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 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1939
Page
10
The federal reserve weekly report shows US monetary gold nearing sixteen billion dollars, about two thirds of world reserves. The piling of gold here prompts questions about its effects on global economies, currency confidence, and foreign trade, with calls for experts to pool ideas for a redistribution solution.
The piece surveys how nations adjust pay for workers with dependents. It notes the US little progress since a war era practice of matching allotments, references trials at Wells College and Indiana canning, and contrasts widespread family allowances in France Italy Belgium and other regions. It explains funds pooled by industry to avoid individual employer bias.
The text notes Belgium and Italy expanding family wage systems in the 1930s. Belgium began with coal miners in 1915 and by 1930 made allowances mandatory across private industry, covering agricultural workers and domestic staff. By 1937 over a million workers were affected. Italy implemented general family wages in 1936 and 1937, aiming to cover over five million workers, with part of the payments funded from the national treasury. Children are eligible up to 14, or 16 if in school, and up to 18 for professional workers.
The writer defends Mrs. Roosevelt as hostess to the visiting king and queen while questioning her Hyde Park picnic remark. He asserts American can rival British cuisine, praising the hot dog as an American iconic dish and rejecting condescension from British tastes.
A long column presents a mix of parental letters and moral reflections. It cites John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath and uses Ruthie as a foil for neighborly conduct, civility, and social scorn, urging careful regard for others and quiet, responsible behavior. It surveys manners, hypocrisy, and civic duties, interleaving quips about politeness, profanity, and public discourse with editorials on education, politics, and national character.
Numerous Cedar Rapids churches plan Children's Day programs Sunday with a full schedule of songs solos recitations and living pictures. Highlights include junior and primary department offerings led by church officials and youth choirs along with prayers and a postlude performance.
Program begins at 7 15 p m with a processional and songs such as Weve a Story to Tell to the Nations and Jesus Loves Me The program features multiple department acts including kindergarten primary junior and pastor remarks The Dutch Dolls cornet solo The Holy City request and a benediction detailing participants Wayne Burger Billy Roller Mary Ann Galloway Betty Van de Walker Anne Louise Stoddard Shirley Mead Joy Kennedy Don ald Wright and others"]
Program notes list Mia, Starkweather as director and Koehn as superintendent for a school service. Highlights include an opening prayer by Gwen Krippner and primary children performances with original prayers, songs such as All Things Bright and Beautiful and Jesus Loves Me, a baptism by Rev. George Brauffacher, and a sequence ofReadings, songs, a clarinet solo by Beverly Ann Larson, piano duets, and a certificates presentation by Mrs. Everett Finch. The event ends with Benediction by Rev Staulfacher.
A Sunday church service features an organ prelud e and various musical numbers led by Mrs. David Mitchell and Alf Barnes with primary and children's choirs. The sermon and offerings include "Little Givers" and "All Things Bright and Beautiful." The foxe offering supports the Nachusa orphanage in Til.
Service begins at 10 a m in the main auditorium with reserved sections for all school departments. The program includes an organ prelude Flower Song and Onward Christian Soldiers processional. Choirs and departments are led by Mrs L J opood and principal Clarice Beeson with pieces The Reason Why and a dramatization What Can We Bring.
At 9 30 the Beginners department presents a playlet Each Likes Three Its Own Home Best featuring children and recitations plus songs. The primary department plans a radio broadcast and a quad of songs and a pageant The junior department mounts The Unexpected Angel with a guardian angel cast and a multi episode sketch listing various students and staff roles.
The service includes call to worship, prayers, and multiple musical pieces led by Jean Baer Dorothy Bradley and others. Readers and classes perform recitations and exercises guided by Rev. Kerr and various choral and instrumental numbers conclude with a postlude by Mendelssohn.
A 9:45 a.m. program features a processional and pageant with readings and a pensive Cradle Roll display. The Beginners' department under Mrs. Mary Portach presents recitations by Sonny Byrnes Brenda Seneke and Cameron Cummins with Esther Lou Conard Pegey Paterson Mary Ellen Farr and Beverly Wolfe. The Primary department led by Mrs. W. J. Barngrover offers Barbara Jean Denny Gerald Pollock Joan Smith and others in recitations and singing. The Challenger department under Mrs. W. P. Enright presents songs This Is My Father s World In My Heart There Rings a Melody and The Beautiful Garden of Prayer. Recessional While We Have a Story to Tell to the Nations.
The program begins at 11 a.m. with Prelude and Processional. Includes Call to Worship, responsive reading, and messages from the primary and junior departments. Named participants include Alice Kills, Richard Spinka, Lois Jean Wolf, Robert Red, Robert Peck, Myron Peterson, Dick Harman, and others delivering greetings and selections. An exercise by boys of the junior department follows.
A Reading and music program conducted at Central Presbyterian Church features a Children’s Day service with junior choir and Sunday school participation. The event includes scripture, recitations, songs, a baptism, offerings for Christian education, and a sermon by Rev. C H Hook.
The program begins at 10 30 with exercise and Children’s Day entries. Listed are Sonne Kizer Carol Burk Jean Newhouse Doris McPherson Betty Umstead Levon Ramaker Arlene Hollister Ardyth Burk Jean Mallas Evangeline Chukas Jean Mon eypenny Doris Clifford and others performing prayers recitations and offertory. The pageant The Children Come features property boy Elmer Paciee and child roles with Mary Jane Lemaster Mary Agnes Williams and Mary Hamer. Christian Education is noted with Bernadean White and a long list of participating children and guides.
The Church of the Nazarene will sponsor a daily vacation Bible school for boys and girls opening Tuesday at 9 a.m. Classes end each day at 11:30 a.m. Six teachers and a supervisor conduct the school. No tuition, but an offering will be received at the close. The school runs three weeks and is open to all.
St George’s Episcopal Church in Stuyvesant Square features a modern chapel with wall panels listing vestry names since founding, including Morgan and Whitney. The church emphasizes democracy in governance, a weekly Negro spiritual service, and a centralized funeral system with up-town chapels and professional porters handling coffins.
Radio programs across stations WMT WGN WHO KFJB etc feature a dense evening lineup with Jimmy Dorsey, Glen Gray and Steve Leonard orchestras, comedy, news and dance music. Major names include Dorsey, Gray, Eddy Duchin, Phil Spitalny, Jack Teagarden. frequent times span 6 to after 12 with summaries of concerts and variety acts.
Senator Herring of Iowa proposed Queen Elizabeth as a unifying presidential candidate for 1940. He told 27 senators they backed her, praising her grace to rally all factions. He argued the queen would ease tensions over a third term and other candidates like Farley and Garner.
Notice records the incorporation of The Master Tire Tread Company under Chapter 304 of the 1935 Code. It outlines Articles I through X detailing name, principal place Cedar Rapids Iowa objects, capital stock of 25000 dollars, term 20 years with renewal, governance by a board of 3 to 5 directors, officer roles, meeting rules, stock voting, and amendments with signatures of organizers and filing date May 10 1938.
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.