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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1939
Page
3
A wide front of commentary argues Hitler’s influence over Slovakia and Hungary’s push on Ruthenia, while U S pacifists are mocked for shifting stance. The piece notes Roosevelt seeks another WPA appropriation for looming World Fair construction and critiques alleged relief fund graft and mismanagement.
President Roosevelt declares the relief situation is very serious and asks Congress to approve an additional 150 million dollars to fund the WPA through July 1. He says unemployment conditions have not improved and warns that one million plus workers would be discharged without new appropriations. The House Appropriations Committee quickly plans a bill, with Rep. Taylor directing action.
A 1939 reflection honors Steward Robert Spence who sacrificed himself during the Cavalier airship disaster rescue. The piece lauds his selflessness as he gave life belts and helped others while perishing in the sea, exemplifying noble conduct and humanity amid disaster.
Two passenger liners a British freighter and a U S coast guard cutter raced through mountainous seas to reach the Norwegian freighter Belner, stricken about 400 to 500 miles east of Norfolk as she fought to stay afloat until aid arrived.
The piece argues about relief policy amid unemployment, noting many on WPA work relief are honest workers seeking private industry jobs. It highlights Milwaukee’s 65 year old Christopher Petersen who repaid relief funds, illustrating ordinary people needing aid while criticizing political grafters and hypocrites.
Cedar Rapids truck driver True 25 in critical condition at Austin Minnesota hospital after a Monday collision with a car driven by John Schuett of Austin. True sustained spine fracture paralysis crushed chest and other injuries. car driver Schuett unharmed. Firemen and patrolmen freed him after 20 minutes. True works for Homer Walcott and home is with Duwayne Walcott in Cedar Rapids. He was en route from the Twin Cities, former Waverly resident.
Public notice by Arthur Bugs Baer mocks tax dates as the author claims March 15 is significant for every taxpayer. He jokes about deadlines and payments due by midnight and contrasts postcard debt collection with legal notices, mentioning June 15 September 15 and December 15.
Hollywood report says Jackie Coogan and his mother Mrs Lillian Bernstein will divide about 125000 in non income property and film rights, plus 20000 in jewels and 42000 excess items including brother Bobby earnings and life insurance notes. The settlement ends a long court battle over Coogan earnings from The Kid and other films.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture approved $250 million in parity payments for farmers for the next fiscal year starting July 1, to be added to a $1.06 billion agriculture department supply bill. The action awaits full committee approval and would supplement $500 million in soil conservation benefits. Parity payments began last year under President Roosevelt's recovery program.
Des Moines Iowa Republicans suffered a setback as the House adopted an amendment moving the public safety department from the governor to the state attorney general. The 59 to 44 vote, led by Rep Lampman, delays the GOP reorganiz ation plan and faces conference committee hurdles.
Des Moines Iowa state lawmakers spar over a public safety department bill. Rep Gus tave Alesch sought to delay action to compel testimony from Secretary of State Earl G Miller and Safety Council president W Earl Hall Mason City. The session heated quickly as the dispute surfaced.
Ice floes drift along the Cedar River amid a spring rise in Cedar Rapids. The river hits 64 feet on the Iowa Wind Mill and Pump gauge, rising 11 feet from Monday. Thermometer climbs from 33 at 7 am to 6 pm, with warmer readings earlier.
In an interview near his 60th birthday, Albert Einstein outlines a unified field theory aiming to merge gravitation magnetism and matter under a single mathematical concept. He notes progress with collaborators and discusses potential global guidance by a future supreme court of wisdom.
London and Paris press echo a hands off stance as Chamberlain, turning 70, signals no further Munich era intervention. Viscount Halifax warns against universal policing while Britain debates a border guarantee deemed unnecessary amid rising German pressure.
Harold Trewin and Mrs C T Hickok were elected to the Cedar Rapids school board with 1 169 and 1 102 votes respectively while William McCall trailed with 462. Proposals to sell two Dairy Dale schools passed by broad margins as total ballots reached 1 436.
Associate Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts was in Garfield hospital Tuesday for an undisclosed ailment. He attended a brief Monday session of the court.
Prague reports that the Czechoslovak federal state is formally dissolved after Slovakia declares independence under Adolf Hitler. German troop movements are feared to threaten Carpatho Ukraine as Prague seeks discipline and transition amid foreign occupation. President Emil Hacha and Foreign Minister Chvalkovsky confer with Hitler while Bratislava’s secession alters central Europe.
Prague acting government ordered Gen Lew Prehala to withdraw all Czech troops from Carpatho Ukraine after Hungary's ultimatum. Budapest demanded evacuation within 24 hours amid reports of clashes on the frontier. The note was delivered as tensions rose between Hungary and Czechoslovakia over Ruthenia.
Reports from Prague and London indicate no Czech withdrawal orders from Slovakia while new upheavals unfold. Carpatho-Ukraine proclaims independence, troops mobilize in Hungary, and German reserves are called up amid tensions surrounding the Austro German Anschluss.
Police found Paul R. Rea, 55, after a brick building collapsed on him in Logansport Indiana while he slept inside. He was discovered amid bricks and timbers but unharmed and still asleep, despite the wreckage.
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