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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1939
Page
1
A level headed reader discusses Roosevelt’s drive amid wartime headlines. Congress wary of war, cites war veterans and a nonpartisan defense push. The piece notes treasury inflation debates, calls for monetary discipline, and signals looming public notices from the Douglas aircraft matter.
A Boeing Stratoliner crashed on a Saturday afternoon near Seattle, killing two Dutch air officials and eight Boeing executives. The accident sparked sabotage rumors and drew attention to the aircraft coming tests before licensing. Dutch consulate reports a letter from a victim’s brother hints at secretive travel.
Mrs Ralph L Cram of SeaHurst was rushed to a hospital Saturday after collapsing upon learning of her husband’s death in a 33 passenger plane crash near Alder Washington. She was an expectant mother and a Davenport Indiana native.
Ralph L. Cram chief flight engineer for Boeing was killed in a plane crash at Alder Washington. He was the son of Ralph W. Cram editor and publisher of the Davenport Democrat. He was born in Davenport November 6 1906. He studied at Ames and New York University before joining Boeing and later helping design the Boeing Clipper. He is survived by his wife Doris Archibald Davenport a son Ralph Archibald Cram eight his parents and three sisters.
A 50 man posse surrounded Ryone Knopp's ranch house in Powell Wyoming seeking Earl Durand the fugitive who killed Undersheriff Baker and Town Marshal Lewis. Durand known as Tarzan of the Tetons fired on officers earlier. no entry allowed.
Chicago NBC program will feature Dr Eduard Benes former president of Czechoslovakia discussing alleged international intrigue that toppled the republic He will speak at 1130 a m CST on WMAQ and the University of Chicago round table in a nationally carried event Masaryk is tied to the movement and plans to return to London as Benes denies any provisional government actions
A federal grand jury indicted six people including Bart B. Chamberlain Jr. for conspiracy to threaten Henry P. Ewald former editor of the Mobile Press Register. The group allegedly attacked Ewald on February 14 to stop the paper’s lottery racket exposure. Ewald resigned and left town.
Weather outlook for March 20 to 25 indicates little precipitation and temperatures near or above normal across the upper Mississippi valley. Forecast emphasizes dry spell with mild conditions expected.
John P Frey of the AFL metal trades division charged that John L Lewis labor unity proposal mirrors a communist party idea from two years earlier. Frey testified before the Dies committee that the plan to fuse AFL CIO and railroad brotherhoods into two national federations is impractical and risks deepening divisions. He warned that CIO infiltration by communism complicates any unity effort and noted the proposal remains on the AFL CIO peace committee agenda.
Cedar Rapids police report a daylight burglary at 430 Seventh Street SE where a purse was taken from 3 to 4 p.m. The purse contained $4.90 in change and a gold cross with sapphires valued at $20. The entry was made through an unlocked door.
A Moscow source told London dispatchers that Soviet Russia fields over 1000 airplanes and at least 500000 men within striking distance of the Roumanian frontier. Moscow expects to aid Roumania if Britain and France defend against Germany and may act even without those allies. The source also notes rising tension with Japan over a fisheries dispute likely to reach a head next month.
Special to The Gazette Iowa City family to Rome will link with Emmett Toomey, newly ordained priest in Rome at midnight Iowa time. The Toomey family plans a three minute call with father D. C. Toomey, sister Margaret, brothers Newman and Paul, Pauls wife, and Reed. Emmett studied in Rome four years and belongs to the first class ordained under the new pope.
Cedar Rapids saw a sunny rise Saturday with a low of 6 degrees, hitting 31 by 5:30 p.m. The temperature fell to 24 at midnight and rose to 25 by 1 a.m. Sunday, staying just above freezing.
Dr Felix B Janovsky Czechoslovak consul in Los Angeles said Eduard Benes former president would soon announce the formation of a provisional government in the United States.
In Washington, Vladimir Hurban, a 56 year old former Czech soldier diplomat, keeps the Czechoslovak legation alive after Germany seized the country. He refuses to surrender the embassy, noting a $100,000 building and reduced funds yet vows to stay open while awaiting potential postwar realignment support. Diplomatic colleagues and Washington envoys send support as Berlin tempers its pressure.
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Key Pittman announced plans to repeal the neutrality law and replace it with a cash and carry export regime for munitions to nations in declared or undeclared conflict. The proposal, though not tied to any nation, would aid Britain and France by ensuring access to American resources via Atlantic shipping lanes.
Cedar Rapids woman Mrs Edward Edinger dies in Fort Worth Texas at 8 30 p m Saturday after a long Cedar Rapids life She is survived by her son Edward Edinger of Bedford Indiana and a daughter Mrs E Glenn Downing of Cedar Rapids Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
A colonial era column by Arthur Bugs Baer argues peace talks breed silent bargains that lead to later betrayals. He contends treaties seed grudges as nations promise inaction in exchange for similar restraint elsewhere.
London reports say Britain will consult France the United States Soviet Russia and the dominions on a united front against Germany. Paris notes the French chamber granted Premier Daladier extraordinary powers as Paris and London plan to secure Soviet aid in a three front effort against German economic pressure on Roumania.
The Sun day Dispatch reports King Carol of Roumania urged King George VI for help after Germany pressed Roumania to accept Nazi economic control. It also claims Britain would potentially aid Roumania if Germany attacked.
Washington notes plan a protest to Germany by the State Department and treasury duties on German imports. Paris and London seek unity against German aggression as Daladier gains expanded wartime powers. Berlin recalls an ambassador as France and Britain refuse conquests. Romanian and Hungarian troop movements raise war fears with massed Transylvania forces.
Berlin rejected British and French denunciations as baseless while Hitler prepared a homeward report from envoy von Dirksen. Henderson left London to relay developments as Berlin named von Neurath reichs protector of Bohemia Moravia. Rumors swirled of German pressure on Hungary Romania and Poland amid expanding Nazi influence.
Mrs Frederick S Glanville of 1807 Bever Avenue SE was left with a badly bruised left knee and foot after her car collided head on with a machine driven by E R Thames of 1691 Fifth Street NW in the 1100 block of First Street NW at 4 50 p m Saturday. Glanville said he had stopped to make a left turn when Thames’ car bumped his. Thames was reported to the highway patrol for driving without a license.
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