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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1938
Page
11
A Washington report accuses John L. Lewis of organizing WPA relief workers into CIO unions, risking taxpayer funds to pressure relief benefits. The piece urges the President to decisively draw a line between real jobs and artificial ones, warning that inaction could deepen economic fears before 1940.
Allied analysts favored making Czechoslovakia autonomous as Bohemia offers central European strategic depth between Germany and the Black Sea. The Sudeten German minority complicates defense and potential German intervention. Czech forces are large and well equipped though outmatched in air power.
The piece argues Germany could threaten Czechoslovakia for a month or more and prolong a war three to four months. It notes Czechoslovakia relies on ententes with Romania, Yugoslavia, France, and Soviet Russia, but defense hinges on French action against Germany. A failed defense would curb French British influence in southeastern Europe and put supply lines and Skoda works at risk. continued eastern expansion could pit Germany against Britain and France, threatening imperial routes.
Mrs Frank lin D Roosevelt spoke in Boston urging frugal spending for valid returns. She emphasized teaching children to spend only what they have and to invest to recover what they spend, asking listeners to consider how spending brings desired results.
The speech contrasts two methods of dealing with people whether by persuasion or power. It argues that free and democratic societies favor fair play while fascism and coercion replace liberty with might. It notes parental hardening, cautious authority, and the test of sincerity under power. It cites education, class, and political images to illustrate the tension between liberty and control.
A cryptic style crossword list featuring biblical names and party clues. Includes hints like Elder son of Rachel and Jacob and King of Bashan along with various numbered across and down prompts and partial words.
The column recalls domestic scenes at week end including Captain Kidd’s improvement and a dog’s first scratch since police dogs. It notes a Frank Healy letter, a book trade talk with Leon Epste in, and editorials on New York writers, Hank Grady, Atlanta pride, and a Harlem Sunday promenade as summer arrives with colorful fashion.
The piece notes Corliss Lamont’s shift from Harvard brilliance to praise for the Russian model and his parents’ tolerant stance. It mentions his father HOMAS LAMONT of J P Morgan fame and elite social rounds with figures like Butler Smith Wag ner Saxe Swope. The excerpt ends with a personal quip about unreliable timepieces.
A reader asserts jealousy over his attractive wife risks losing her love and respect unless he accepts her fidelity. The column advises recognizing her value and preventing strain through trust and behavior.
Harold Rush 34 hobbles into hospital with bloodied wrist claiming a bullet bite yet doctors find no bullet, coat untouched, and no shot heard. Separate notice lists executor appointment in Linn County Iowa for Edward Victorine estate with debts and claims due.
The piece profiles Charles Evans Hughes, noting his early brilliance and career ascent to governor and Supreme Court but cites a cold aloof manner and failure to win friends as the reason he failed to capture the presidency in 1916. It references his California loss by 23 electoral votes after a snub to Governor Johnson.
Major Frederick Doetzel Cedar Rapids instrumental music supervisor leaves for Lincoln Nebraska to judge at the state music contest. Also notes air express first Midwest package delivery to reach local service from Springfield News agency preparedness and reports on hot weather reaching 88 degrees as the day’s peak.
Marion E. Cloud vice-consul of the United States at Manchester England is in the city for an extended visit with his parents Mr and Mrs J D Cloud Miss Maude Edwards cashier of the Columbia theater has distinguished herself as a scenario
The Witching Hour drew crowds at Greene's opera house last night. Roland Shaver filed nominating papers for district court clerk, the first to do so. George F. Miller resigned from Merchants National as teller to become cashier of Alburnette Savings. Thomas A. Berkabile of Cedar Rapids was elected vice president at the Delta Sigma Rho national convention in Iowa City.
A compact view of science guiding moral questions, hereditary traits, and social order. The author discusses bleeding as an inherited female trait revealed in men, marriage strategies, sleep science from brain waves, and budgeting for working girls with dress emphasis as a deep human need and social signal.
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