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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1939
Page
3
The piece argues Washington uses European danger to distract from domestic affairs and warns of belligerent trends. It notes Senate skepticism, calls for congressional restraint, and cites Iowa state politics as leaders push to fix abuses and costs after a contentious session.
Congressman Elliott accuses Interior Secretary Ickes of using influence over park funding to sway California voters. Rep. O Connor says he will petition the Public Lands Committee to invite Ickes to testify, denying any wrongdoing. The dispute centers on the John Muir Kings Canyon National Park bill and related park land purchases.
Willard Burke a 27 year old from 82774 R avenue NE was treated for pavement burns after being pitched from his motorcycle when it struck a car at A avenue and Fifth street NE at 5 15 p m. Burke suffered facial, hand and knee burns and a forehead cut. Police ordered him to report to the highway patrol office for operating a motorcycle without a license.
President Roosevelt signed a defense bill authorizing 153 million dollars in immediate appropriations and contracts for critical army seacoast defenses and fleet expansion.
In Birkenhead England forty thousand spectators cheered Britain's second 35 000 ton battleship under the new rearmament program as she was launched on Wednesday named the Prince of Wales. The princess royal christened the vessel.
Members of the national Chamber of Commerce gathered for a morning session and drew attention to ongoing policy discussions. Observers note a tense mood as speakers urged reforms, while attendees highlighted regional business concerns and economic priorities.
The piece argues each person carries a unique life problem that varies with age and situation. It urges facing the issue honestly, recognizing a hidden factor within oneself, and realizing that often the problem is oneself. Only by confronting it squarely can one solve it.
The Navy Department announced that all first enlistments in the American navy after July 1 will be for six years, extending the previous period by two years. Enlistments under 18 will be discontinued as the change aligns with foreign navies where service ranges from five to seven years.
Rumania presented the United States with a formal note offering settlement of its war debt of about 64 million dollars. Rumanian Minister Radu Irimescu delivered the note to Secretary Hull and discussed it for about thirty minutes. The state and treasury departments will study the offer to advise Congress, with President Roosevelt likely to forward the note with comments.
The French naval squadron that gathered at Gibraltar on April 17 steamed out of the harbor on Wednesday bound for an undisclosed destination as Mediterranean tension eased.
Administration recommendations for a cash and carry neutrality bill would amount to a reply to Hitler. Secretary Hull plans to present an outline before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee proposing to reinstate cash and carry with modifications. The measure would extend arms sales to warring nations, with President's discretion, and could allow continued shipping to non danger zones of the belligerents' territories.
A coalition led by Senator Millard E. Tydings and joined by Senator Hiram Johnson and Senator Connally backs keeping Congress in session to prevent early adjournment amid looming European war threats. They oppose Bankhead's bid to scrap neutrality laws and end Congress by June 15.
President Roosevelt sent a telegram of friendship to Polish President Ignacy Moscicki on Constitution Day. He expressed hearty felicitations and wished continued ties of friendship and understanding as Polish German tensions drew European concern.
The House Naval Affairs Committee on Wednesday favorably reported a bill to spend $6,660,000 to modernize and rechristen five 35,000 ton battleships, authorizing the expenditures and work to be completed.
Dr Sigmund Wirschfeld used a razor blade to operate on a bandit at gunpoint in a dim rooming house after a tavern robbery ended with a fatal shooting and two police wounded. A second bandit and an accomplice fled with the wounded man as the doctor struggled with no medical tools. The woman witness aided the robbers as they drove away.
John Barrymore sues his wife Elaine Barrie for separation and seeks an accounting of about $300,000. Named defendants include Barrie, her mother Edna Jacobs, and financial adviser David Fisher. The suit alleges conspiracy to defraud and improper transfer of funds to buy property and place title in Barrie’s name.
The European crisis creates a paradox where nations at odds trade arms and technology. Britain confirms royalties paid to Germany on Bren gun patents despite war needs. Officials defend legal contracts while alarm grows over war material flows and shifting alliances.
The Foochow port near South China, housing about 332 000 residents, has been leveled to the ground by ongoing Japanese bombings, a Chungking report cites as of Wednesday. The city lies midway between Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Le Havre reports James Roosevelt departed on Wednesday for New York aboard the S S Queen Mary, marking a transatlantic voyage.
Three Monona youngsters Dick Kettelkamp 7 Bill 6 and Patty Wirkler pose on a candid camera boulevard during a city visit. They will get a 7x9 enlargement as a souvenir after sending 25 cents for prints. Mrs Edward Bauman also receives a free enlargement.
Berlin reports Hitler proposes identical non aggression pacts with Denmark Norway Sweden Finland and considers Latvia and Estonia while excluding Lithuania due to separate treaty. Aims include isolating Poland preventing encirclement and signaling peaceful German intent. Stockholm talks among Sweden Norway Denmark and Finland to craft a joint reply as Britain and France press Poland.
Cedar Rapids News reports preliminary plans for a statewide Czech Day at the All-Iowa Fair on Aug 16. The Czech-American Alliance executive board led by T. B Hlubucek will send invitations to more than 20 000 Czechs in Iowa and seeks an internationally known Czech speaker for the event.
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively adopted a plan to reduce payroll tax from three to two percent for unemployment compensation while freezing the two percent old age tax for three more years. The move, agreed after secret talks, would aid employers in states with large unemployment reserves and redirects old age accounts to unmarried decedents’ parents.
The AP reports Maxim Sitvinoff was released from the post of foreign commissar of Soviet Russia. Britain France and Soviet Russia plan a Geneva meeting May 15 to break the deadlock over the alliance as the League council meets there. Prime Minister Chamberlain outlines potential nonaggression assurances with Germany while seeking to keep Poland safe and curb Soviet ties.
Brig. Gen Vladimir Kokkinaki, Russian transatlantic flyer, told reporters in New York that he was forced down short of his goal by the lack of reliable weather data on this side of the Atlantic.
Journalist Arthur Baer argues the line between talk and war is unclear as treaties surface and dissolve. He notes the press and diplomats will stay busy signing and postponing agreements while conditions show tentative signals of peace.
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