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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1938
Page
1
A concise roundup touches on conservation with beavers aiding dam projects in Idaho and Iowa origins, postwar employment shifts to public payrolls, graduation address cautions on government dependence, a Chicago actress profile of Etheldra Leopold, Cedar county ouster case fallout, and Senate action to relax 1939 wheat crop acreage limits amid surplus concerns.
Japanese authorities warned 150000 Chinese civilians may have perished as Yellow River floods spread through northern Henan, with worst damage near Chungkow east of Chengchow. Engineers noted heavy rains and deliberate dike destruction contributing to the overflow, while Japan eyes a Yangtze drive and foreign ships ready to evacuate.
A 1938 reflection argues the flag embodies divine will and human welfare rather than a Betsy Ross myth. It lauds the flag as a unifying symbol blending colors of labor, peace, and faith, honoring those who fought for freedom and urging peace, education, and social progress.
New York AP report describes nine year old William Crichton son of Kyle Crichton magazine writer who sacrificed his life attempting to rescue his dog Puddles in a Garden City park near an elevated rail line. Both boy and dog were struck by a passing train after the dog ran onto the tracks.
The speaker argues that dictating agriculture through Henry would be safer than Senate control, claiming Henry has practical farming knowledge and insight into agricultural needs.
A Linn county WPA project to improve farm to market roads has been approved with a total outlay of 68 610 in federal funds and 24 290 in county money. Bids for four trucks will open next Tuesday at 2 pm after specifications were sent to 33 local firms. The program will employ 60 to over 100 workers performing grading resurfacing riprap and drainage work to boost safety and road quality.
The Interstate Commerce Commission voted Tuesday to reconsider its decision denying eastern railroads permission to raise passenger coach fares from 2 to 2.5 cents per mile. A further hearing is set for June 27 in Washington for carriers and other interested parties.
Washington insiders report the House rules committee defied CIO chief John L. Lewis by tabling a motion to give Walsh-Healey contract bill preferred status. The measure would extend Walsh-Healey wage and hour rules to contracts over $2,000 and blacklist noncompliant firms. Only four of fourteen supported advancing the bill, with Speaker Bankhead showing no plans for action.
Cedar Rapids experienced a warming trend Tuesday with 0.07 inch of rain earlier. The day moved from 60 degrees overnight to 84 by 2 45 pm under partly cloudy skies. Monday rainfall totaled 0.18 inch.
Washington story reports a bitter division within labor, with a CIO affiliate breaking from the UAW amid suspensions of five top officers. The split is described as among the most bitter since the CIO's separation from the AFL, detailing a deep rift in leadership and structure. The report notes a thirteen eleven division within the 24 man executive group.
CIO leaders clash in a bitter power struggle with John L. Lewis at the center. Forked alliances, charges of communism, and broken friendships frame a looming battle for the 400,000 members. Lewis aims to steer but wrestles with deep factional rifts and a fractured organization.
A mysterious triple killing surfaced in Tamaqua Pennsylvania as a man staggered into a tearoom after collapsing on a highway. Police believe two bodies in an abandoned roadhouse near the tearoom are Peter Biscieetti and Gustine Starace of Philadelphia. the third victim, the tearoom entrant, is unnamed.
The black rust spread northward through the U S wheat belt spurred fresh buying in Chicago wheat pits on Wednesday with prices jumping over five cents from early lows. End of year delivery rose above 83 cents a bushel and July contracts traded above 81 cents.
Forty relief clients began a sit down strike in the Illinois house of representatives chamber Tuesday with the intention of staying until further relief funds are provided.
Fifty children opened Camp Good Health this week with only one homesickness report and record food consumption. The youngest girls favored four helpings of vegetable soup at lunch while other meals featured meat stock soup bread and butter sandwiches milk and fruit. Rain kept play indoors as staff recalled Mrs Johnston a former public superintendent whose portrait hung in the lodge.
Franklin Pierce McCall pleads guilty on arraignment to kidnapping James Bailey Cash Jr for ransom a capital offense but pleads innocent to murder charges. A true bill by a special grand jury names one kidnapping count and two murder counts. The court may proceed without a jury or summon a jury for the murder indictment. McCall remains under guard as he faces possible death sentence.
Cedar Rapids police adopt a new shift change method. Patrolmen on loop duty and squad car details report 15 minutes before shift start and are relieved by incoming officers at the loop. The change, agreed with the assistant chief and two captains, ensures a full force in the business district and continuous squad car operation. A sergeant or senior patrolman accompanies the outgoing shift to ensure proper relief and stations.
A 20 year old Des Moines youth surrendered to detectives in connection with an attempted assault on Ella Marsh, 20, of Cedar Rapids, on the statehouse grounds Wednesday night. Rawles gave the name Gerald Joseph Rawles and was jailed awaiting arraignment after Miss Marsh identified him. He said he was at the statehouse grounds but would say nothing more.
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected Associated Railways seven railroads request to acquire, abandon, and split the bankrupt Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad. The decision blocks about 300 miles of track from transfer and warns that segment abandonments would disrupt routes and trade. Signed by Chicago and North Western, Chicago Burlington and Quincy, Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific, and others including Great Northern, Illinois Central, and the M S P S S M Railway.
The Iowa Mutual Tiability Insurance Co and officers win a first district court round as plaintiffs and intervenors drop their bid for a temporary receiver for Preferred Class Mutual with prejudice after opening arguments. Costs taxed to plaintiffs Walling Stumps Blakeslee Merritt Hetzel Hellwig. case continued.
Dr William Wallace Campbell aged 75 noted astronomer and former UC president killed himself Tuesday by leaping from a window of his apartment with three notes found among his belongings. Coroner T B W Leland said his son Wallace cited ill health as the cause. a farewell to his wife Elizabeth read I go away now with my powers nearly all gone.
The article notes a session marked by cross-eyed sharp shooting at the treasury, yet claims the appropriation committee moved smoothly through fiscal matters without opposition. Sam Rayburn is quoted about the old bus terminal becoming vacant tomorrow night as a symbolic finish to a historic appropriation spree.
Washington The house passed the conference report on the relief recovery bill with the farm benefit and rural electrification provisions removed for separate votes. The wage hour measure would establish minimum wages starting at 25 cents an hour rising to 40 cents in seven years with industry based adjustments. Senator Buley demanded lengthy debate, Taber criticized overstepped authority, Norton praised the bill as best yet for workers. Senate committee also favored railroads loan liberalization, awaiting final action with White House approval reported.
A .22 caliber bullet fired mid afternoon from the west of the Clifford Newman home narrowly missed the Newman baby in a dinning room crib. The missile shattered a storm window pane and landed eight feet from the crib. Patrolmen Moore and Simon diagnosed the shot as a stray from a hill behind a house across the street.
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