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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1938

Page

6

Wage stalemate swirls around Green and AFL execs

Administration negotiators pressed for a compromise on wages and hours but Bill Green and his AFL executive council held the deciding veto. Silent dinners and chamber discussions surrounded key senators and committee leaders as Gallant hopes faded for a quick settlement.

Vvsseineton Bill Green A. F L. Executive Council House Green Labor Department Thomas Senate Labor Committee Ramspeck CIO National Labor Relations Board

Kraschel names 17 to study federal funds use in state

Governor Kraschel named 17 Iowans to a committee to review how federal funds are used in Iowa and to identify the wisest expenditures. Members include M. L. Hutton, George Keller, W. W. Waymack, O. R. Latham, and several university and farm organization leaders.

Kraschel Des Moines Nelson G Kraschel M.L. Hutton The Conservation Commission George Keller WPA

Amarillo Plans Mother-In-Law Day Parade

Amarillo, Texas prepares for a large Mother-In-Law Day celebration begun in 1934. Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is slated as honor guest, with governors Allred Ammons Marland and Tingley among the attendees. A grand parade will feature white and Navajo mothers in law as guests.

Amarillo Tex Panhandle Franklin Delano Roosevelt James V. Allred Texas Teller Ammons Colorado E. W. Marland Oklahoma Clyde Tingley New Mexico Navajo Reservation

Readings on Opportunity and Caution for Birthdays

The passage speaks of a day’s lunar and mutual aspects signaling potential advancement and prosperity. It warns of fraud or deception requiring vigilance and discernment, and notes a birthday person may face great opportunities alongside difficult subtleties. A child born then may show talent and ambition with risks of seclusion.

Edgar A. Guest Poet of the People Life and Death

A compact tribute outlines Edgar A. Guest as The Poet of the People, noting Death as indifferent to human ills and Life as awareness of care. It includes a quip on laughter and a meditation on success, then redirects readers to farm supplies ads in the Farmers Market Place.

Edgar A. Guest the Poet of the People

New Ultraviolet Lamp Kills Germs Without Harming People

The American Institute announces a new ultraviolet lamp that sterilizes germs on money hands and surfaces without eye irritation. It is first installed at the Lafayette Bank & Trust teller window in Suffern New York. Doctors report significant infection reductions in operating rooms and other settings, touting broad use from banks to restaurants and dairies.

New York The American Institute Lafayette Bank & Trust Company Suffern Suffern Bank Deryk Hart Duke Hospital Durham Hart Harvey C Rentschler

Rail rider contracts infection in semi public place

A regular railroad passenger falls ill with an infection after visiting a local restaurant or drug store. Dr Rentschler, director of research at Westinghouse Lamp Co Bloomfield N J, is co inventor with Dr Robert F James of the same firm.

Rentschler Westinghouse Lamp Co Bloomfield N. J Robert F. James

Mexico Embargoes Oil Firm Bank Accounts

Mexico City reports the federal labor board embargoed banks holding the accounts of American and foreign oil companies to pay petroleum workers for May 28 to June 9 strike period. The move follows a wage award totaling 7.3 million pesos annually and concerns warned of potential plant withdrawals or reduced operations.

Mexico City Federal Labor Board Mexican Supreme Court Mexico

Farley Reveals New Presidential Stamp Series

Post master General James A. Farley announced a complete revision of regular postage stamps the first since 1922 23. The 31 stamp series timelines presidents in order with portraits of deceased leaders and new denominations 45 18 19 35 and 40 cents. Former President Hoover will not appear.

Washington James A. Farley Farley Roosevelt Herbert Moorer Golden Gate Niagara Falls Statue of Liberty Buffalo Arlington and Lincoln Memo

Radio Programs Evening Schedule Across Networks

The listing details NBC CBS and affiliated stations with dense hourly programming notes for WEAF WJZ WABC and WBBM. It covers dramas comedies musical variety talk and soap variety shows along with orchestras and notable performers such as Al Jolson Ruth Carhart and Dick Powell across times from 6 to 11 PM and beyond.

Andy NBC WEAF WJZ Chain Vocal Varieties Weaf Chain Mr Keen Lost Persons Hollywood CBS WOC WABC WBBM KMOX WCCO Dick Gasparre Orchestra Harry Jack WJZ Helen Menken WAHC Heay Pin Della Chitsa Russ_ Moregan al Jolson WARBC SMOX NDC Horace Heldt al Pearce His Gang Bert Lytell Jimmy Valentine Nbct WHBM Ernest Gill Harry Kagen Lenny Goodman Jimmy Fidler Weaf Chain -Follies Program (Cbs) Wbbm Woc Kmox Wcco Dale Carnesie Knute Hul Ruby Newman Stlening Busse Na&c WIZ Bunny Berlgan Wabc and Chain Woody Herman Bhlek Webb WIZ Chain Red Norvo Mike Riley Lucile Lanny Don McNeill M.c Wd2 Frank Luther Maadison Ensemble Walc and Chain Landt Trio Mary Margaret McBride National Farms Helen Trent Emerson Gill Amarillo Tex Arnold Grimm Daught Earl Sheanord Youns's Deen River Boys SAP the Guiding Light Metropolitan Opera Guild Lorenzo Jones Ransom Sherman Mary Marlin Nuehes Reel National Congress of Pta WAZ Hitty Keene Road of Life Allan RR. Dafor Bennett and Wolverton Monon WABM Sas Ava Sablon Imo Abner Cbsl Antoi 'No WJ2 Uncle Ezra Hendrik Willem van Loon Manario Cozzi Acolian Trio Woco Wwoc tHenry Burbig Wasc and Chain Roy “Shield WJZ —Cavalcade of America Tommy — Dorsey’s Orchestra Weap Chain Harriett Parsons INBC Eddie Can WABG Wwhett KMOS Weco Jimmy Kemper and Noln Dany Gene Arniolds Lobby Aealthy Woust Dick “ Gasparre's Ink Spots Hob Crosby Sp-Harace Egns Ain —Eddy Duchin George Olsen Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong's Orchestra Orriner Era WEA Chain Erstine Hawkins Horace Trenderson Wccco

Stamp series for U S commemoratives announced by Farley

Farley revealed a planned stamp series featuring U S Capitol and Goddess of Freedom imagery with top honors given to Benjamin Franklin on the half cent and George Washington on the one cent. The list includes presidents from John Adams to Calvin Coolidge across multiple denominations with Martha Washington as the only woman in the set. Designs and sale dates to be announced later.

U. S. Capitol Benjamin Franklin George Washington Martha Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin van Buren William H. Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Farley

Walt McDougall, Famed Cartoonist, Dies By Gun

Walt McDougall a famed American cartoonist dies at eighty from a self inflicted gunshot using an old horse pistol. He created Absent Minded Abner Hank the Hermit and Teddy in Africa and was mourned widely in Waterford Connecticut.

Waterford Conn Ins Walt McDougall America McDougall Abner Hank the Hermit Teddy Africa

Minority warns against Navy Bill in House report

The minority report of the House Naval Affairs Committee opposes Roosevelt’s navy expansion, arguing it grants the President power to enforce foreign policy via power diplomacy. It calls the measure not a defense bill and urges a disarmament conference of great powers.

Washington House Naval Affairs Committee Roosevelt United States Asia Navy Department White House Ralph E. Church Wl. W. Sterling Cole N. Y Ralph O. Brewster Congress

Predicted Revolution Aims to Halt Invasion of China

New York based analyst Gerald Eckelmann, a longtime adviser to Chiang Kai shek, predicted a communist revolution will besiege Japan and divert attention from Japan's domestic problems, potentially saving China from Japanese influence. He cites Japan artificially creating tension in China and notes his deep knowledge of Japan and connections in Chiang's circle.

New York INS Gerald Eckelmann Japan China Eckelmann Chiang Kaishek

Farmers to Receive 335 Million From March to June

Washington AAA announced farmers will share more than 335 million dollars through the agricultural conservation program between March 1 and June 30 with peak payments in March. Through July 1, 1938, payments are expected to exceed the prior seven months by 300 million dollars, with 72 million already paid in the first two months of 1938. Of the 335 million, officials said 110 million would go to farmers in March and 100 million in the following month.

Washington INS AAA

Estimated payments for 1938 period vs prior years

April 80 million dollars, May 80 million, June 45 million. The March through June 1938 total is set against 287 million in 1937 and 168 million in 1936. The figure excludes 130 million dollars in cotton price adjustment payments.

Youthful Slayer Of Mother Indicted In Chicago Case

Sixteen year old Theodore Danielsen Jr was indicted for murder by the March grand jury after testimony that he killed his mother with a butcher knife when scolded for truancy from school. Prosecutors say no death penalty. minimum prison term of 14 years deemed satisfactory.

Chicago INS Theodore Danielsen, Jr New March Aleady

Boardwalk Hotel Fire Wrecks Ocean Grove Shorefront

A five story North End hotel on Ocean Grove New Jersey boardwalk was destroyed by a blaze that burned inside for over six hours. Eleven firefighters were injured in the fire.

Ocean Grove N. J Big North End

Penetro Cold Relief Ad Promises Fast Counter Irritation

An advertisement touts Penetro for colds melts that rub in to increase blood flow and relieve local congestion and tightness. The 35c jar claims to contain twice as much as the 2hc size and urges demand at all dealers for stainless Penetro.

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