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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1939
Page
29
The Senate passes a massive farm bill totaling 1.2187 billion dollars as President Roosevelt orders the Navy to buy cheaper Argentine canned beef. Critics warn such spending, borrowing, and taxes will push prices higher and strain the economy while the administration pursues costly agricultural support.
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey announced a ring of chiseling employers and bribed state accountants costing an estimated 15 million dollars annually. Bernard Botein reported 19 auditors indicted and 100 employers convicted, with about 80 fund accountants named as bribe-takers. Joseph Malone admitted accepting illegal fees and implicated many others.
Samuel Goldwyn purchases the stakes held by Mary Pickford Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin in United Artists studios. Announcement due Monday in New York. The group had produced few pictures in the past decade. Goldwyn has long clashed with other major stockholders over inactivity. The studios may be renamed Samuel Goldwyn, Inc.
Cedar Rapids enjoyed comfortable conditions as temperatures rose from 41 degrees at 6 a.m. to a high of 75 between 3 and 4 p.m. Clear skies prevailed with 61 degrees at 8 p.m. and 59 degrees at midnight.
Chicago weather forecast says the week will be generally fair with above normal temperatures in the first half. Occasional showers and cooler conditions expected in the latter half, as a shift in the pattern approaches the valley.
A speaker describes a volatile financial structure with convulsions and collapse while noting the ongoing war. Josh Lee, an Oklahoma professor, supposedly entered the senate after teaching public speaking. The speaker muses on his potential as an astronomy professor.
Freddie Snite Jr, an 11 month old in an iron lung, begins a 15 000 mile journey to Lourdes France for religious rites and healing waters. He will attend masses and drink the waters of St Bernadette, staying eleven days, then sail from New York aboard the Normandie.
Elliott Roosevelt disputes President Roosevelt's praise of Argentine corned beef. He asserts Texas beef is superior and argues U S beef is safer and cannable locally, urging an end to South American imports for U S Navy canning needs.
Prague AP Premier Alois Elias announces measures to enforce German ways of living and working in the protectorate. He cites restrictions on personal liberty, price and wage controls, hours of work, and a potential compulsory labor service. Details on Jewish policy are deferred.
Britain and France push to seal an anti aggression front spanning Europe North Africa and the Near East as Poland warns Germany war could follow any Danzig move Moscow likely to reject limited Soviet participation but may offer a mutual aid pact with talks set for Geneva May 22.
For nearly seventy years Mrs. Annette Walker, 78, waves to railroad crews from her cottage near the North Western tracks in Montour Iowa. On Saturday passenger train No. 15 stopped at her home and the trainmen presented gifts in observance of Mother’s Day. Gift bundles of magazines and candy came from numerous crew members and engines. Mrs Walker has seven children listed with their residences in Oklahoma City Cambridge Ottumwa Manly Cedar Rapids and Monmouth.
President Roosevelt plans to draft high ranking non cabinet officials to head the new lending welfare and works agencies created by his reorganization order. The order takes effect June 24 and RFC Chairman Jesse Jones may become head of the lending agency if he accepts.
Edison J. Nelson aged 40 of 544 Vernon Drive SE was arrested at Third Avenue and Tenth Street SE by highway patrolmen for driving while intoxicated. He was booked at the county jail at 8 pm Saturday and released at midnight to report to County Attorney G. K. Thompson on Monday morning. Patrolmen James Gildroy and Harold Parr assisted, Nelson driven to jail after collision with a northbound car.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports the Public Health Nursing Association opens its fifteenth annual Camp Good Health campaign. It aims to send at least 180 children to a summer health camp after pre camp medical exams and corrections. A dedicated infirmary and on site nurse support care, with physician cooperation, underpins the program.
An 11 year old girl from Glendale Queens climbed to a three story building roof and threatened to jump after a scolding over minor disobedience. Police and firemen laid a life net as detectives urged her to step back. Father Fred Norbling talked her down as she warned him not to stop her. She was returned home after the dramatic near fall.
In Pittsburgh Dr Eduard Benes urged a European federation from chaos in Europe. The Slovak League of America executive committee refused to back his push to revive the Czechoslovak republic, saying Slovaks were exploited by the Czech government and that they have parted ways with Benes.
Column notes wars of language over Polish Corridor as Pink map area shifts to black and blue. Author predicts sixty or seventy more treaties and eventual conflict only when ink runs dry. P.S. claims England will share troubles with Russia, promising second helpings.
The American National Livestock Association telegraphed President Roosevelt to protest his order for 48,000 pounds of Argentine canned beef for the U S navy. The group argued Argentine beef cannot match American beef in taste, quality, or finish and urged support for American producers.
Washington reports Germany will be barred from commercial transatlantic air service to the United States until Britain and France routes are established and profitable. Officials say economic factors drive the decision, with political strains noted but secondary. American carriers are operating Britain and France routes and seek no immediate German service.
DES MOINES Senator Clyde L. Herring said he sent the name of former Lieut Gov John K Valentine to the White House for the federal attorney post in Iowa and spoke with Valentine for several weeks. Gardner Cowles Jr of the Des Moines Register joined the conference Saturday.
National guardsmen are activated to keep peace as Harlan area operators refuse to sign the New York agreement with the United Mine Workers. Gov. Chandler vows no coercion and guarantees miners’ right to work, while West Virginia officials pledge border restraint. First troops reach Harlan Sunday evening.
Secretary Frances Perkins stated that embattled mine operators and miners have reached a settlement on the labor dispute. Details and terms were not disclosed as of Saturday.
Hollywood financier George Palmer Putnam says a ring of international terrorists kidnapped him but he defies them to stop publication of his book The Man Who Killed Hitler He was found bound and gagged in an unfinished Bakersfield house and calls the incident a painful non publicity stunt He challenges anyone to claim it was staged for promotion He is the former husband of Amelia Earhart and denies Nazi involvement.
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