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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1939
Page
4
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth received a peak welcome in New York as they toured the World’s Fair. The royal party arrived at Flushing Meadows amid heat and uproar and rode through the fairgrounds after a fast motor tour around Manhattan’s outskirts.
Queen Elizabeth, visiting with King George, began to feel the strain of thanks at the World’s Fair. Scotland Yard chief Albert Canning said she is exhausted and urged reducing the number of people presented to her after luncheon at the federal building.
Rain cooled as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived by car and destroyer for a sweltering New York reception. Grover Whalen hosted at Perylon Hall while 13 000 police secured crowds estimated at 2 to 3 million along a 46 mile route to Flushing Meadows. Former Gov Alfred E Smith attended in top hat as crowds packed the Battery and Queens mosques?
Washington officials welcomed King George of Britain after he requested information on New Deal bodies including the civilian conservation corps CCC and the wages and hours act. Fechner's staff will compile the history and operation of the CCC while Elmer Andrews prepares a wage hour act comparison with British practice. The royal tea at the White House included officials and women guests, with questions from Katherine Lenroot about mothers and children workers.
President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt journeyed on a presidential train to Hyde Park to prepare the estate for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, at 84, will join the welcome, as the royal couple will tour the Hudson estate after a busy West Wing and New York visit.
A revived chain letter scam titled Iowa Vacation Club circulated in Cedar Rapids this week. Letters, sent to lawyers and others, promise a $256 payout for a vacation prize to the world’s fair or Minnesota fishing grounds, urging quick action.
A Czech policeman was killed in a gun duel with Nazi police near the German border. German authorities imposed a 17,250 dollar fine on Kladno, with Jews and Believers of exiled president Eduard Benes bearing the burden. A curfew was ordered and a 3,450 dollar reward offered for information leading to the assassin. Funeral services for Wilhelm Kriest were held in Kladno with a wreath bearing Hitler’s name.
M C Kellaney of 407 Twenty sixth street SE was charged with reckless driving after a bicycle wreck at Third avenue and Fourth street SW reported by Wilbur Lentz of 2687 Fruitland boulevard SW. Lentz said his lighted bike was struck by a Century cab driven by Kellaney, who later stated the rider had no light. In court Kellaney pled not guilty. case continued 10 days. The city attorney said no prosecution if Lentz’s son buys a new bicycle.
John Draganza of Rochester, Pennsylvania, a CCC enrollee who met King George VI in Fort Hunt Virginia, began selling handshakes to fellow enrollees. Purchasers traded for a bottle of pop, cigarettes, or shoeshine, while Draganza recalled the royal encounter with humor and pride.
SEQUIN WASH AP Mass immunization near Dungeness valley town aims to curb a major typhoid outbreak. 62 schoolchildren and one teacher ill among 600 residents. no deaths. About 1,000 immunized as two already infected children join the line. State health director cites school lunchroom refrigeration failure as cause.
Coroner John R. Burrows recessed the inquest into Mrs. John L. Robinsons death until Tuesday at 7 30 pm after four witnesses testified Friday. Testimony included injuries to Mrs. Robinson, opinion that driver Kenneth Wagner was drunk, liquor found in the Wagner car, and a blood test sent to Iowa City for analysis to be used in the drunk driving case.
Arthur Bugs Baer critiques democracy as a gymnastic form of government where voters elect someone they dislike to oust him later. He argues reform waves drown reformers and notes prerogatives and emoluments of power. The piece portrays democracy as a subdivided monarchy serving various tenants.
Baker, 24, of Cincinnati, pled guilty to grand larceny for robbing the Tait and Wagner company safe of 173 dollars at 1 30 p m Friday and was headed for Fort Madison penitentiary for up to five years. He confessed to detectives and joked with officers as he awaited transfer while revealing a family with a history of crime.
Paris reports from Berlin say Adolf Hitler is preparing specific peace proposals to France Britain and the United States for a wartime settlement. No official confirmation. Diplomats note Halifax speech as possible trigger and discuss Germany Italy concerns over British and French economic pressure.
London reports indicate a renewed British push for central European settlement based on fears of imminent developments. Chamberlain told a Birmingham audience that Britain pursues two aims: resolve causes of war and rapidly strengthen national defenses to deter any party from forcing terms.
Members of Peoples church and friends plan the annual Church in the Woods service at Bever Park at 6 a.m. Donations from the offertory will aid Camp Good Health run by the Public Health Nursing association for physically handicapped Cedar Rapids children. Breakfast follows with a small charge. rain moves the event to the park pavilion.
A reader writes about a life filled with repeated misfortune from childhood to old age. She recalls deaths, dementia, cancer, and a sense of cursed fate while yearning for faith and guidance. The reply stresses that none can explain another life but urges resilience, grace, and grit to endure hardship.
Flint Michigan reports that Homer Martin as UAW AFL president announced a strike expansion until recognition. Most GM plants closed for the week end as 150 maintenance workers faced 90 UAW AFL pickets at the Saginaw Chevrolet gray iron foundry. Police arrested three for disorderly conduct as production remained idle in Chevrolet plants.
E. J. Stanzel testified in the mail fraud conspiracy case against Willard F. Main and twelve others that he paid 29.50 per machine in 1935 and earned only about 30 cents monthly. He recounted sales promises by Pasteur and questioned contract clarity, as defense showed Main company terms.
The House approved by 361 to 2 a broad social security revision aiming to add about 1.76 billion dollars in benefits over five years and save 1.71 billion in payroll taxes over three years. The measure moves to the Senate, with only two Republicans voting against.
A tip sheet urges selling berries quickly via want ads in The Gazette Good Things to Eat. Mrs Frank Lorene of Cedar Rapids says a 40c Thursday ad sold 100 quarts in under 24 hours and drew about 30 calls. Call 2-1121 before 8 pm to place your Sunday ad.
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