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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1939
Page
2
The sun won a contest with morning clouds in Cedar Rapids pushing the mercury to mild summer levels. The day rose to 76 at 2 30 p.m. after a low of 46 at 7 a.m. Thursday's high was 79 at 3 p.m., the season’s peak to date. The 7 p.m. reading stood at 70 and midnight at 50 on the Chambers Inskip company dial.
At St Luke's hospital a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs L N Andrew 408 A avenue NW on March 23 A daughter to Mr and Mrs Loren Schrader 1237 Fourth avenue SE on March 23 At North Liberty a son was born to Mr and Mrs George Sebetka on March
Ray K. Gunther and Ethel L. Bender of Independence, Ernest Irving Benedict of Anamosa, and Lola Maxine Long of Monticello are named in a local notice listing residents involved in a pending matter.
Sam C Hoglan aged 83 died early Friday at his home 500 B avenue NE. Mrs Lucy Krebs aged 82 died early Friday at her home 3520 First avenue E.
Friday at 8 50 a m a roof fire broke out at 626 Seventh Avenue SE triggering a general alarm reported by M Duffy.
Secretary Morgenthau urges Congress to fund old age insurance with a contingency reserve not exceeding three times the highest projected five year benefits. He favors a three member board of trustees and opposes the Townsend pension plan.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins said a trusted man will investigate United Mine Workers charges that Appalachian producers plan a lockout of 338000 eastern miners on April 1. Conciliator James F. Dewey remains in close touch as negotiations continue in New York.
AP dispatch details Hitler returning to Berlin after Memel acquisition and treaty ties with Lithuania Romania and Hungary. It notes the expansion of Greater Germany, the buffer against Soviet Russia, and shifts in eastern diplomacy as Hitler appeals for peaceful reparation ending.
Sam C Hoglan 83 longtime Linn county native and woodcarver died Friday at 4 45 am at his home 500 B avenue N E after a three week illness Born 1856 in a Cedar river area log cabin son of Jackson J Hoglan and Mary Ann Van Sickel Hoglan He married twice and is survived by four brothers two sisters and two step daughters Funeral services set for 2 pm Sunday Beatty chapel burial in Greens Grove cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
The council plans open competition for the citys workers compensation insurance with Travelers as the current provider. Iowa Mutual protested that they had not been invited to bid, and Burgus admitted no other proposals were obtained besides Travelers. The council will seek bids before any policy is accepted.
Market update shows mixed bond and stock activity. The Dow Jones averages edge higher with gains in high grade rails and utilities, while industrials rise modestly and second grade rails gain slightly.
The Iowa House debated a 10 percent liquor tax amid arguments about crime, price comparisons with Missouri and Illinois, and revenue projections from 1938 gross liquor sales. An amendment to cut the liquor permit fee to 25 cents failed 67 to 25, while an 8 o'clock closing and single-purchase limit for state stores were rejected 78 to 7.
A petition with about 50 000 signatures from Iowa chiropractors was presented to Governor George A. Wil son in Des Moines. The appeal asks for the right to use light air heat and other forms of treatment and included an additional 22 000 names already on file.
Dense lacquer smoke pours from a Chandler enamelware plant as lacquer cans ignite, drenching floors two and three with fumes and fire. Chief Kohout notes crowding hampered crews. one injured fireman required hospital care. Salvation Army provided coffee and doughnuts post battle as salvage work proceeds.
Friday morning session yields numerous class B C Superior marks across cornet saxophone and clarinet events. Competing solos and ensembles include performers from Independence Belle Plaine Montour Traer Norway Center Point and Cedar Rapids with top honors noted for several instruments and chamber groups.
The Anamosa subdistrict music contest began Friday with morning events, announcing results for the first session. Competitors and judges gathered as scores were tallied in the preliminary rounds.
Allen Beucher 16 of Postville wins a superior rating in multiple solo divisions at the Elkader subdistrict music contest. Participants from Edgewood Elkader Sterley West Union Postville Fayette Monona Maynard Stanley Guttenberg Manchester and Clermont competed in tenor contralto soprano and baritone categories across divisions 1 and 2.
Bob Hathaway and Harry Hoover, both 18, were arrested by patrolmen on a charge of stealing gasoline from automobiles after officers found Hoover pumping a nonflat tire with a three gallon can and siphon hose. They admitted stealing a tire and wheel from a car behind Danceland last Tuesday. Each received 30 days in county jail for petty larceny.
DES MOINES AP conferees from the senate and house appointed to reconcile differences on the public safety department bill failed to reach an agreement and Friday asked to be discharged. The key issue is whether the new department should come under the attorney general or under a governor appointed commissioner.
The article profiles Hutchins as a prime candidate for the next SEC chairman, noting his prior role with the New York Stock Exchange public governors and his influence with policy, despite earlier resignations and criticism of Wall Street leaders. It covers his Brooklyn birth, Oberlin and Yale education, WWI service, and tenure as Yale Law School dean.
Lieut. E. E. Holcombe died when his army pursuit plane crashed during a routine night flight from Langley field Virginia. His body was found near the wreckage beneath his partially opened parachute, north of North Beach Maryland AP report.
Washington. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, back from vacation, condemned German actions in Europe without naming Germany. He called recent developments evidence of international lawlessness and urged all nations to seek peace while pledging U.S. effort to help.
A shell shocked army officer killed one passenger and wounded six others in an out burst on a Japanese train the war office reported on Friday.
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