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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1939
Page
3
Article reviews three month business decline, forecasting an upturn as machine tool output rises and government deficits grow. Economists expect March deficits near 300 million, with summer recovery tied to PWA contracts and continued spending. Mentions Morgenthau red ink and inflationary effects on the economy.
The standard monthly chart indicates business performance has fallen for the last three months. Each figure reflects a percentage of normal 1923-25 averages.
The report notes seasonal adjustments across payrolls and retail trade near yearly peaks, with outdoor work starting in April boosting activity. Auto and furniture installment buying remains strong, inventories are low beyond coal cotton and copper, profits for the first quarter expected higher, and social security tax plans discussed with no reductions anticipated.
Leslie Crabbs, secretary at the Y M C A, was elected secretary treasurer of the state association of boys secretaries at a Waterloo meeting. Miss Margaret Larimer, daughter of Mr and Mrs E J Larimer of Cedar Rapids, takes a Bermuda cruise with sixteen Bradford Academy classmates. Mrs F D Wasson returns from a two month Tulsa visit. Mr and Mrs D R Ashby and children John and Jean move to Northport Conn for their future home.
Mrs James W Good arrived back from Washington with most of the family while Mr Good remains away. Miss Mollie Wolf returns from California to Cedar Rapids after months of recuperation. Archie Petersen named captain of the Tiger basketball team for next season at a banquet hosted by Coach and Mrs Leo Novak. Mr Louis Maybauer and daughter Miss Edith return from a winter in the south.
Miss Inez Jackson resumes Wells College studies after a twelve day home vacation. J E Ives returns from eight months in South America via England and London. William Edwards Jr a North Western switch foreman suffers a crushed thumb at Union station between two couplers.
In 1800 Napoleon Bonaparte led a brigade through the St Bernard Pass after an avalanche destroyed a bridge. Five dogs accompanied the Alpine expedition. Two strongest dogs crossed the chasm to rejoin the soldiers, while three were lost. Their loyalty and courage honored the aid.
Helena Arkansas AP dark haired violinist Hope Brewster a Memphis musician who took a solo trip down the Mississippi in a $2 skiff triggered swift searches by speedboats and planes. She initially said she would not return to Memphis but later agreed to go back with Captain Frank Glisson and Frank Sturm.
A 1939 advertisement touts Fleischmanns High Vitamin Yeast as a simple daily habit to restore energy and improve general health. It claims vitamins support nerves, cold resistance, digestion, elimination, and skin clarity, with two daily cakes eaten before meals.
Washington AP reports President Roosevelt was told by senate leaders there is no hope of confirming Thomas R. Amlie to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The President would consult Amlie about withdrawing the nomination, though Amlie had previously refused to withdraw and preferred to face Senate rejection.
Glenn Curtiss earned a $10,000 prize in 1910 for a flight from Albany to New York. The record notes two landings between terminals and a total flight time of two hours and 51 minutes.
In Linn County Iowa District Court Mae Like files a petition as owner in fee simple seeking to quiet title to the east forty feet of Lot 14 Block 3 Wellington Place Second Addition Cedar Rapids. The filing seeks to bar any claim or lien by E W Speedling and to prevent future right or claim against the described premises.
Plaintiff seeks to perfect title and clear clouds on real estate in Linn County Iowa. Defendant pressured to appear by May court term under threat of default and decree. Attorneys listed include C J Lynch Donnelly Lynch Anderson and Lynch.
A work-passenger brakeman named E. R. McKinney describes years of poor digestion improved after two weeks on Fleischmann's Yeast and continued health with the High-Vitamin Yeast, stating no days missed from work due to sickness.
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