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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1939
Page
2
The President and aides pledge cooperation with business to move relief reform, while fights over a $150 million deficiency relief request and tax repeal linger. Iowa faces trailer trucks on highways and calls for action to curb road hazards and pavement wear.
Madrid reports say General Segismundo Casado, head of a new defense council, offered peace with the Franco faction if republican leaders are given safe conduct out of Spain and Italian troops may enter Madrid. Casado urged a peace based on independence and liberty while rejecting foreign influence.
President Roosevelt accepted the American Hebrew Medal in Washington on Monday, saying Americans are united in defending freedom of religion. The award honors service in 1938 promoting Christian Jewish understanding, presented by General Hugh S. Johnson for a committee of fifty five diverse faiths.
The text questions a proposed new bureau empowered to draft regulations after public hearings. A governor-appointed director would lead, limited only by a governing board, raising concerns Iowa should avoid concentrating such power. It asks how unemployment relates to civil service and hints at broad jurisdiction.
The article argues for mobilizing moral force through mass prayer to curb hatred and bigotry. It envisions five minutes of daily nationwide prayer for a week, including prayers for dictators like Hitler, to influence leaders and reduce conflict. It cites David Lawrence and asks if religion’s truths have been tried.
Col Ed win M. Watson a 33 year Army veteran and six year White House aide will become secretary to President Roosevelt in April. He will serve in a liaison role with a salary of 10000 dollars annually. James Roosevelt quit last year to join Samuel Goldwyn enterprises leaving Marvin McIntyre and Stephen Early as White House secretaries.
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII, tired by recent duties and the shock of his election, was advised by Vatican physician Dr Aminto Milani to ease his workload and get more rest before the coronation ceremony next Sunday. The Pope’s long schedules since Pius XI’s death and a fall before election are cited as factors.
Roumania will support Poland for a joint Polish Hungarian frontier by incorporating Carpatho-Ruthenia the eastern part of Czechoslovakia into Hungary. Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu announced in Warsaw on Monday.
Admiral Leahy urged a $5 million Guam improvement to create a seaplane takeoff area and breakwater, arguing it would serve as a Pacific listening post. Senators pressed whether fortifications would follow, while Leahy said Guam would not aid any enemy if seized.
Iowa senate voted 26 to 19 to shift the commerce commission to appointive status, reducing terms from four to two years and rejecting a lawyer engineer accountant composition amendment. The chamber also advanced reforms on superintendent selection and party list naming, and passed a bill extending workers compensation to highway patrol personnel.
State’s Attorney S J Holdermin demanded the death penalty for lifelong friend Mason Elvin Wood in the murder of Abner Nelson, a wealthy bachelor farmer, in a crowded circuit courtroom. Wood pled guilty, showing unease as Holderman called him a friend lost and a man who fell from grace. The court heard the call for capital punishment in the named county courthouse.
Five year old Jimmy Hodges of 822 Seventh avenue SE was hit by a two tone truck driven by Fred Resch at the Eighth avenue and Eighth street SE intersection. The right leg was mangled and later amputated above the ankle. Resch contends the boy ran into the path as he entered the intersection and applied brakes, the truck skidding to a stop within twenty feet. The driver was cleared by police. Jimmy, a first grader, identified himself to officers before being rushed to Mercy hospital. This was the year’s first serious accident involving a school child.
In Czechoslovakia the eighty ninth birthday of Thomas G Masaryk founder of the republic will not be officially observed on Tuesday marking a break with wartime practice. On Sunday over 20000 people traveled by bicycle car and on foot to Masaryk's grave at Lana castle to lay flowers in a silent pilgrimage.
ARTHUR Bugs Baer argues the two party system needs balance and warns against forming a third party. He mocks the rise of sensible democrats and praises Republicans as a counterweight while noting the 1940 contest could reverse past partisan trends.
William P Purkhiser, an insurance executive, murdered his second wife, their child, and fled to Topeka before killing himself in a rooming house. Police tied the killings to a long dispute over loans and a failed marriage. Notes found in Purkhiser’s room indicated premeditated intent to harm the Scharber family and his wife. He left behind two daughters and a widow.
DES MOINES INS A nine man sifting committee was named by Lieut Gov B B Hickenlooper to direct action on ninety four bills ready for introduction during the week vacation The members are E P Donahue E P Corwin Howard C Baldwin H V Levis G R Hill Carl O Stalin Lester S Gillette A Evans and Sanford Zeigler Jr Hart Keokuk moved to place all bills except appropriations claims and the public safety department measure under the committee's jurisdiction
Bob Murray 22 of Dravensport Cornell College wrestling star dies from skull fracture after auto crash seven miles west of Cedar Rapids. Other injured teammates Gene Tomnquist Mitchellville and Marcus Daley Havre Mont recover from head injuries at St Luke's hospital. Funeral at Cornell chapel 4 10 pm Monday with faculty ministers and college officials attending.
Cedar Rapids reports a heavy snowfall of seven inches with rapid plowing. City crews, aided by 1990 workers, clear streets for Monday traffic while state highways are open with caution. Rail and bus lines face no major storm troubles as temperatures rise and snow melts.
The Iowa House approved a concurrent resolution to pave remaining primary road segments between county seats before any new major construction program. The vote was not recorded as members adjourned for an open hearing on appropriations. The session also debated tax stamps on cigars and vending machine bans, deferring a vote, and approved Senate amendments repealing certain standing appropriations, sending the bill to Gov. Wilson for signature.
President Roosevelt plans to renew a request for 740 million dollars to fund WPA relief this spring after a White House meeting with congressional leaders. He argues a relief emergency exists and that reductions under current appropriations would hurt relief programs after April. Lawmakers voiced support for cooperation with business to spur recovery.
Cedar Randdy Neuws Wilbur Leinen aged 26 of 108 Sixth street NE was fined 25 dollars and costs in police court Monday on a reckless driving charge. He allegedly ran into a traffic signal on First avenue at Second street East, skidded, and crashed into two parked cars in front of Hotel Roosevelt. His car also collided with a machine owned by J. F. Hohenadel of Chicago, damaging Day’s car, and Patrolman Earl Davis cited possible inebriation though not intoxication.
Washington senator George W Norris Nebraska urged a senate investigation into what he called fabulous prices the government is paying for airplanes. He labeled costs excessive and demanded scrutiny of pricing practices.
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