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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1938
Page
12
Washington reports indicate lawmakers push to finish the 4.512 billion lending spending program while parties seek adjournment between mid May and mid June. A House subcommittee previews relief and public works bills with Fiorello LaGuardia and union leaders as witnesses.
Patrolman Weiland caught Guy Bonebrake of 1022 Third Street SE in the act of siphoning gasoline from a car parked near B Avenue and First Street NE. Bonebrake, armed with two two-gallon cans and a siphon hose, held on a larceny charge. the car registered to William Barnes at 1551 B Avenue NE.
Bernard Schellhase 31 of Center Point charged with reckless driving. Donovan Hudson 28 of Urbana and Lynn Differding 19 of Walker charged with intoxication after their car collided with D J Koehler's vehicle at First Avenue and Seventh Street SE. Koehler said the trio threatened to beat him. officers arrested Schellhase and recovered a pint bottle.
President Roosevelt names Myron C. Taylor of New York as American member of the refugee haven committee and appoints 11 Americans to handle refugee issues. Taylor sails to Italy to set up details for a June meeting. Ellis Island passport hurdle noted but expected to be resolved.
The NLRB faces a possible withdrawal of rulings amid claims of unfair procedures in the Ford Motor case. Ford asserts the board failed fair play and seeks to reopen hearings and rehear evidence, warning the move could mask improper conduct. Charles Fahy indicated a decision on recalling orders against Republic Steel may come in days. The actions follow a Supreme Court Morgan ruling and parallels to a Kansas City cattle-transport case where due process was cited.
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings marked his sixty eighth birthday by spending a full day at his desk in Washington while many government workers enjoyed the half holiday on Saturday afternoon.
President Roosevelt left Charleston aboard the cruiser Philadelphia for a West Indies vacation. He will study government reports and mail at sea while on holiday and plans fishing near the Bahama islands.
Bishop James Cannon Jr. told a church supreme court hearing that he believes the Methodist union merging northern and southern branches is illegal. The statement followed the Judicial Council's consideration of the 434 to 26 approval by the 23rd quadrennial conference.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt told Simmons College alumnae that wealthy girls should avoid taking jobs needed by poorer sisters. She urged dignity for manual labor, cautioned against deadening machine age occupations, and called for shorter work weeks to foster craft pursuits. She emphasized education, recreation, and public‑private welfare cooperation to curb youth crime.
Iowa Governor defends action to force out of state firms to comply with state law under a 100 dollar daily penalty. Wegman spent over six months studying more than 100 corporations doing business in Iowa, with no compensation to be paid. Firms named include National Distillers Products Corp New York City Frankfort Distilleries Louisville Schenley Distillers Corp New York Addressograph Multigraph Co Cleveland Excelcis Beauty Products Corp Salt Lake City and A B Dick Co Chicago.
Secretary of State Edward J. Flynn said the national progressive party led by Gov. Philip F. La Follette must gather at least 12 000 signatures on a petition to be placed on the New York ballot. At least 50 signatures from each of New York's 62 counties are required, with 50 000 votes needed in a gubernatorial election to remain on the ballot. Only four parties are recognized: Democratic, Republican, American Labor, and Socialist.
Wisconsin Governor argues real wealth comes from productive labor not money, cites 1918–1938 as decline in real wealth, praises Roosevelt, condemns starvation of production, calls for political action and a new Progressive movement to unite earners and reform parties. Iowa leaders join Minnesota allies in a rally for an American third party.
Luther Allen alleged cellmate Creighton faked blindness for four years to gain sympathy and parole. He admitted the ruse after being confronted by Warden Sanders, who ordered him to work in the kitchen instead of punishment. Creighton had jabbed his eyes to appear blind.
New York INS reports negotiations to settle the battle for control of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway collapsed as Guaranty Trust Co as trustee for Allegheny bondholders and Robert R. Young contested each other in public statements. Hearings resume Monday before the U.S. circuit court of appeals on an appeal from the district court ruling denying an injunction to restrain the trust from voting Chesapeake stock.
The federal security board ruled Oklahoma must strengthen its welfare program and show factual compliance with federal law before payments for public assistance resume. It acknowledged some progress after recent halts but insisted on thorough house cleaning.
Dave Sweatt with his wife and four children traveled 700 miles from Brownsville Texas to Eunice Alabama in a light wagon loaded with provisions and utensils. He aims for Baton Rouge Louisiana for a job and declined local aid saying he can drive four miles per hour on a good road.
Dean Arthur Wald of Augustana College Rock Island Illinois was elected president of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study at its annual meeting in Madison Wisconsin He succeeds Professor Einer Haugen of the University of Wisconsin Also elected were Professor Henning Larsen University of Iowa as vice president Professor Joseph Alexis University of Nebraska as secretary treasurer and A M Sturtevant University of Kansas as editor
La Follette promotes a National Progressive entry into 1940 elections with candidates for Congress in every state, Senate seats open, and state tickets from governor to local offices. He outlines rapid state committee organization and a midwest national convention to unveil the plan, warning that delay risks democracy and economic collapse.
New York governors third party bid drew cold reaction from the American Labor Party whose Luigi Antonini warned it would alienate labor. The North American Office of Little Business praised a program to ease business fear saying it could restore confidence if offered by La Follette.
Wisconsin Governor Philip La Follette and Iowa Governor Nelson Kraschel met in Des Moines to talk fishing before La Follette's Cedar Rapids trip. Kraschel greeted him warmly and pressed for another fishing outing, but La Follette said they only talked fishing. The visit followed a past fishing expedition by La Follette hosting Kraschel and Illinois Governor Horner.
Two of the five paintings stolen from Chilham Castle near Canterbury were recovered in a London office wrapped in a newspaper. George Owen, 38, a general dealer, was remanded on charges of involvement in the theft and receiving the Gainsborough works.
Rep. Hamilton Fish, speaking in Albany, argued Gov. La Follette’s third party push underscored the failures of New Deal policies and scarcity. He faulted Roosevelt for a government mood and urged cross party unity under the Republican banner to win in 1940 with a square deal for labor farmers and business.
New York political observer quotes Mayor LaGuardia on Governor La Follette’s third party idea. He notes the emphasis on work and full employment in a resource rich nation and says progressives could unite for the country’s good.
Former President Herbert Hoover urged revising anti monopoly laws in Los Angeles on Saturday and called for an inquiry into government competition with private enterprise as part of the investigation.
Funeral services for Mrs Vaclav Fisher will be held at the Polansky chapel at 2 p.m. Sunday with Rev T B Hlubacek officiating. Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery. She was a former Cedar Rapids resident.
Wisconsin and Minnesota figures press a merger debate with Iowa as a tentative step toward a third party. Governor La Follette meets Iowa leaders in Cedar Rapids while a July convention is slated to decide any name change for the Iowa Farmer Labor Party.
Harold Peterson says Minnesota farmer laborers will stay out of Gov. La Follette’s national progressives until the new party is democratically organized. He cites desire to see broad third party backing including AFL CIO and farm groups, and notes strong local support for La Follette’s liberal platform.
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