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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1938
Page
15
The article outlines U S concerns over Mexico’s oil property seizures and the silver bounty, notes on Cardenas’s stance, and critiques a Roosevelt proposal to admit persecuted refugees. It discusses practical limits on resettlement, including funding, employment, and capital transfer barriers, casting the initiative as a modest gesture rather than a major solution.
John Lewis has been engaging in private discussions with congressmen over a wage floor, showing alignment with Bill Green and President Roosevelt on 30 to 35 cents rather than 20. Southern congressmen quarrel over the President’s Gainesville speech and concerns about administration harassment from industrialists quoted or not.
Facsimiles of the Austrian German plebiscite ballot provoke amusement as diplomats note a massive circle next to the ages making the vote readable from the back. Nazi ballot workers could detect how each person votes, ensuring apparent unanimity and a 98 percent approval.
Gannett urges state groups to oppose the government reorganization bill as a threat to democratic institutions. Frank E. Gannett, committee chairman, says the senate passage signals a major fall election issue and calls for nationwide voter organizing to lobby congressmen.
President Roosevelt praised the Senate's approval of his government reorganization program calling it proof the Senate cannot be bought by telegrams based on misrepresentation. He spoke at an outdoor press conference in Warm Springs Georgia and waived the rule against direct quotation. He indicated a subsequent message to Congress on railroad aid but said no new investigations would be needed.
Harry Goodland, 54, of Des Moines, received a six month county jail term effective Feb 28 for larceny from a building and a suspended three year sentence at Fort Madison prison after pleading guilty to petty larceny in a Cedar Rapids theft case and admitting three prior petty larceny convictions. He was arrested Feb 28 by Deputy Sheriff Dick Payn.
In Chicago four board of trade memberships sold Tuesday at 2500 dollars each the lowest price since 1915 Three seats were relinquished by Car gill Grain officials expelled by the board last week after an inquiry into the September coin squeeze Prices were 300 dollars below the previous sale offering a sudden drop in seat value.
Dr. W. N. Vigor traveled from Brecksville to prepare for Charley Bowlzer's appendectomy. Twelve hours before surgery he felt side pain and allegedly beat his patient to the operating table. Both doctor and patient were said to be doing well Tuesday.
New York dispatch notes Miss Jean Colwell of Fort Worth Texas proposing a blonde brigade to join future frontline effort. She envisions thousands of fearless blondes meeting in homes, seeking government recognition, with drills unnecessary and the aim to deter war.
Munich Germany Fritz Reinhardt state secretary in the finance ministry announced subsidies for all German families with more than two children. Effective April 1 the family head must be a wage earner and income must not exceed 3208 dollars annually. The subsidy totals 401 dollars per month for the third and fourth child and 8.02 dollars for the fifth and subsequent children. A 208 520 000 dollar appropriation was set for marriage loans and child subsidies in 1938.
Washington AP report notes ten governments have agreed to Secretary Hulls plan to aid political refugees from Germany and Austria. Belgium Brazil Dominican Republic El Salvador France Haiti Mexico Peru Uruguay Sweden joined while Italy opposed or silent as Hull sought 33 responses.
A union protest over a National Labor Relations Board order reached President Roosevelt and was referred to the board and Labor Department. The ruling, upheld by the New York circuit court, requires reemployment of 4,000 workers who lost jobs in a past strike, even if it means hiring new staff to make room for strikers across Connecticut New York and Ohio plants.
In Cass Lake Minnesota 200 Chippewa Indians squat inside the consolidated Chippewa agency delaying removal efforts to Duluth. Agency officials abandon plans and trucks return empty as chiefs keep watch to ensure promises are honored.
Center Point citizens cast the smallest vote on record for a town election with only 24 of 450 voters participating. All incumbents were re elected: Mayor E. D. Neighbor. council members W. H. Roy, C. E. Liabo, J. R. Lee, G. F. Brookman, H. W. Holman. treasurer Hattie Rogers. assessor R. S. Knight.
VOTE AT BERTRAM The town election was held Monday and the following officers were chosen Mayor August Pospisil treasurer Edward Pospisil councilmen Maurice Kearns Ben Black Glenn Blaine George King and G R Jorgenson assessor Mrs Glenn Blaine
There were 177 votes cast in the Monday city election. Dr. W. S. O'Brien was elected mayor, with councilmen James McLellott, Al Schermer, Joe Weiler, Leo Fay, L. V. Ware also victorious. U. S. Baxter was chosen treasurer, John Dolphin assessor.
Ninety two votes were cast in Center Junction Monday with Roy Snell as mayor and H. E. Stingley E. L. Tomlinson Fred Carson J. B. Seehusen Herbert Cox as councilmen. Meta Prahm elected treasurer and A. R. McDonald named assessor.
The daily grid covers 6 AM to 11 PM with rosters of NBC CBS and mutual affiliate stations, listing hosts and acts including Dizzy Gillespie, Hamilton Fish, and Margaret McBride for talk and music segments, noting chain overlaps and regional stations.
Senator Lewis of Illinois charged in the senate that foreign governments use debt adjustment talk as propaganda to secure favorable trade treaties with the United States. The item includes an advertising note about help in a painting, wallpapering or cleaning job.
The Senate finance committee approved a plan to drop the notary oath for income tax returns. Senator Walsh proposed substituting a clause where the taxpayer agrees to liability for prosecution if a false statement is made.
The World Jewish Congress executive committee in Geneva voiced profound gratitude to the United States for Secretary Hulls refugee plan. The statement expressed hope that the initiative will be crowned with complete success.
At a Vienna rally Nazi Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels declared Germany strong enough to resist any French attack. He mocked France's impotence and asserted fears of Paris to Berlin have passed, saying there will be no advance from Paris to Berlin again.
Linn County supervisors approved purchasing four one and a half ton trucks from Ward Chevrolet of Central City and a two and a half ton cab over engine truck from Reo Jones of Cedar Rapids. Bids totaled ten, with Ward Chevrolet at 2884 dollars described as low. Trade ins include a one ton truck from 1930 and a two ton truck from 1931.
Warsaw reports Poland banned the American film Life Of Emit Zola starring Paul Muni on grounds that some scenes harmed the honor of officers.
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