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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1939
Page
27
The column reviews Tom Mooney's Washington speech drawing cheers from economy critics and shows ongoing friction over WPA relief and hiring. It also notes Iowa dam proposals, British Italo German tensions, and a French relief policy affecting workers overseas in a broad roundup.
Prague Nazis warn of a purge targeting Czechoslovak nationalist elements in Bohemia Moravia after unrest allegedly fostered by foreign powers led by England. The Deutsche Diplomatisch Politische Korrespondenz says Germany will act to maintain quiet and rebuild Bohemia.
A Czech official was killed in Nachod as two German police were fired on and returned fire. German authorities said suspects were arrested and an investigation ordered by Reich pleni poten trol Konstantin von Neurath. Neurath vowed no more vengeance against Kladno after a German sergeant was slain. an extended ultimatum expired with no arrests reported.
A Cedar Rapids group reports repeated visits by a solicitor for Insistent Woman Magazine. Housewives express irritation at door to door pitches and urge the firm to cease calls and visits. Local police advise residents to record incidents and ignore further approaches.
An insistent young woman posing as a subscription seller frightened several women in Vernon Heights on Saturday. She claimed six years of residence and spoke of a nurse training fundraiser but offered no verifiable identity. No Gazette article corroborates the tale.
The passage warns that wartime powers could subvert democracy. It notes France granted dictatorial authority to its president, and fears similar US legislation could turn people and property into state pawns. It questions the Workers' Alliance interest.
A cyclone swept through three midwestern states Saturday night causing at least two deaths and multiple injuries. Gerald W. Brown 26 was killed in Schneider Indiana when a building collapsed. Mrs Herschel Freeman was fatally injured operating a farmhouse lifted by the storm near Stockland Illinois. Rollins Michigan was nearly destroyed with the lumber mill church and several homes wrecked isolating the town of 100 people.
Nick Gilbert a 70 year old bachelor farmer from New Hampton Iowa died after his car skidded on wet pavement and overturned in a ditch along highway 63 north of Denver Iowa His brother and two sisters in New Hampton survive him.
Two cordial young people from East Orange New Jersey meet King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the world fair. Roy MacDonald Syme and his wife Mrs. Syme share four minutes of friendly chat recalling Glamis childhood ties.
Secretary of State Hull approves Poland's request for 220000 feet of American helium to inflate a stratosphere balloon for summer flights. It marks the first fully approved helium export by the United States. The move limits Germany access and comes after a prior 17.9 million cubic feet export halt.
A playful note describes frogs as a natural burglar alarm. When the pond is noisy, everything is fine, but silence signals strangers approaching. The piece emphasizes the frogs buzzing as a safety signal and mentions a diplomat named Arthur Bugs Baer in a whimsical context.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia turns to address King George and Queen Elizabeth as they arrive in New York City. Governor Lehman stands forward, facing ahead.
In Moscow the U S embassy weighs diplomatic steps to locate Ruth Marie Rubens missing since her release was promised. She pled guilty to illegally entering the Soviet Union and was to serve 18 months. authorities say her husband Adolf Arnold Rubens may be an American citizen.
The National Industrial Conference Board estimates the national income dropped 10 percent in 1938 from 1937. It reports 1937 income at 69.4 billion dollars and 1938 at 62.5 billion dollars, with per capita income down 10.6 percent after adjusting for population rise of 958 thousand.
After a Saturday strike vote by 165 members of Local No. 365 Baker and Confectioners Workers of America the union announced a walkout to begin at 6 p.m. The action targets Colonial Baking, Petersen Baking, and Cedar Rapids Bakery seeking a wage raise under the new wage hour law reduced hours.
Workers complete preparations for Camp Good Health as 60 physically handicapped children ready to arrive Monday. Volunteers and staff stock cupboards, organize files, and prepare hospital records at Cedar Rapids facility eight miles east of the city on highway 30. Yellow Cab provides transport. stay length varies from three weeks to all summer depending on each child’s condition.
New York AP dispatch cites Louis P. Lochner noting Germany’s vast effort to avert war and prepare if one erupts. He says Germany believes Britain and France seek dominance, and rearmament signals possible conflict. The Siegfried line work pulled hundreds from ordinary work. Continued on page 2.
In Newark a German shepherd seeing eye dog named Bonzo and blind student Joseph Melillo 22 paced to the rostrum where Bonzo received a diploma for canine fidelity. Melillo earned a bachelor of arts and the John Cotton Dana prize for highest scholarship magna cum laude.
The Sunday Express reports Britain asked President and Mrs. Roosevelt to visit London with Buckingham Palace as the potential base. Acceptance hinges on the President’s duties, while lobbyists push for a formal royal invitation amid chatter about Anglo American unity.
The Cedar Rapids forecast shows a fall from a 72 degree high at 4 p.m. to 59 by 6.30 p.m. and 55 at midnight. Light showers occurred earlier with overcast skies persisting into the evening.
The Commerce Department estimated the 1937 general and selective property tax base for the 48 states and DC at 139.005 billion dollars, a per capita of 1083 dollars, down 14.9 percent from 1932. Only Delaware, Florida and Iowa rose. homestead exemptions and tax relief efforts helped drive the decline.
Cedar Rapids retailers join the midweek half holiday plan closing stores at noon each Tuesday to cut weekly hours. The move, announced Saturday, aims for full employer agreement and replaces an earlier Wednesday option.
The ancestral Roosevelt residence in Hyde Park welcomed King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, who endured a grueling day of ceremonies and crowds in New York and Washington before finding relief at the quiet estate. Queen Elizabeth reportedly halted further personal presentations, citing fatigue after a long, hot schedule and a relentless world fair tour.
The Cedar Rapids chamber executive committee announces summer store hours starting tomorrow with weekday openings at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. closing. Most shops will stay open until 9 p.m. on Saturdays, continuing through Sept. 5.
Chicago area forecast reports the upper Mississippi valley will see a fair start to the week with showers in the middle, then clearing. Temperatures should run near to below normal in the northern portion and near to above normal in the southern portion as the week ends.
Maxine Elliott, famed stage star of the late 1890s and prewar Broadway era, was reported dying Saturday at her home in Juan-les-Pins France aged 68. The veteran actress had been a leading darling of stage and screen.
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