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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1939
Page
2
The piece criticizes President Roosevelt for using opponents' stragegies against them and portrays the New Deal as failing to change signals. It questions reliability of federal programs including WPA misuses, land bank claims, and alleged political graft, urging honest investigations and accountability.
The U S submarine Squalus with 62 crew members is trapped at 243 feet off White Island near the Isles of Shoals after a deep dive. Rescue ships rush to scene as divers study closing the open valve and potential raising of the vessel.
A Scots tale recalls a farmer’s practice of leaving one weeded field to the Devil as a safeguard and links it to modern habits of offering parts of our temper, tongue, or weaknesses to mischief. The piece warns against hypocrisy and rash boasts about illness or anger, urging vigilance in guarding our lives.
Cedar Rapids report says Lee Reid 65 and A M Walker 55 suffered multiple leg fractures and head and chest injuries in a two-vehicle collision five miles south of the city on the Ely road at 8:30 am Tuesday. They were taken to Mercy hospital. The collision involved Walker and Frank Brosh, local undertaker, with injuries to Mrs Brosh and Robert Brosh.
Cedar Rapids continued under humid heat with a new daily high of 91 at 3 30 p.m. Monday, the year’s to date peak. Temperatures rose from 63 at 6 a.m. to 86 at 10 a.m. and 87 at 2 30 p.m. Tuesday, with others logged during the day under cloudy skies.
The Yankee Clipper, inaugurating transatlantic air service, landed at Southampton England on Tuesday after departing Marseille, completing the first leg from New York. The flying boat left New York Saturday for the maiden route.
Citizens celebrate as official authority acts decisively to end Pen Dergast s alleged influence in Kansas City. Authorities moved quickly to restore order and confidence, signaling a decisive shift in local governance and public safety.
London reports Queen Mother Mary, 71, escaped serious injury after her car overturned in Putney. She sustained bruising and shock, but her general condition remained satisfactory. Lady Constance Milne Gaskell and Lord Claud Hamilton were with her. helpers freed occupants and a ladder aided their ascent to the road.
Republic Steel sues the Congress of Industrial Organizations the Steel Workers Organizing Committee John L. Lewis and Philip Murray for $7.5 million damages claiming $2.5 million in losses and threefold damages under the Clayton act. The suit names about 700 strikers and officers across Ohio cities including Cleveland Youngstown Warren Niles Canton and Massillon alleging unlawful acts to force a bargaining contract. The filing cites six weeks of disrupted deliveries and notes deadly clashes near Chicago plants.
Cedar Rankde News reports city approves widening of Third Avenue SE from Fourth Street to the river bridge after injunctions from Fidelity Realty and others are dismissed. Six foot widening on each side will require moving building basements back, walls erected, and private contracts by property owners. Haegg Construction will start within five weeks as council plans traffic and parking changes with police and bus officials.
Cedar Rapids volunteers seek help to send 180 physically handicapped and undernourished children to Camp Good Health run by the Public Health Nursing association. Donations underwrite one week per child or three weeks for those in need. goal is to provide summer relief and health recovery.
The Iowa state comptroller listened to a 15 minute hearing in Cedar Rapids on the legality of issuing 30000 bonds to fund an exposition hall at Hawkeye Downs. Porter's decision was deferred to Thursday while he found no illegality in council procedure.
Want ads in The Gazette reach over 43 000 readers. Lorraine Marquardt sold a portable Corona typewriter by placing an inexpensive ad, contacting the first buyer who answered. Call 6679 for details.
President Roosevelt’s Mon day night address to retailers reaffirmed New Deal spending and tax policies and sparked speculation on a possible third term. He pressed for unity with New Dealers as true conservatives and attacked radical critics, while urging small businesses to support his approach. Reactions from federation members and lawmakers were largely favorable, calling the speech mild compared with past remarks.
Paris reports that France Britain and Soviet Russia have tentatively agreed on a mutual aid cooperation pact. Terms remain undisclosed with officials noting only that negotiations close to completion continue.
Kansas City AP report says Tom Pendergast will serve 15 months in Leavenworth for income tax evasion, eligible for parole after five months. At 66, he may influence the 1940 elections as his machine faces a transfer to Jim Pendergast. A $2,000,000 horse racing spending pattern is noted.
King George and Queen Elizabeth take a breather during a crowded itinerary in Canada visiting Quebec Toronto and Callander after meeting the Dionne quintuplets. The royal couple avoided banquets for a calmer day as the Dionnes return to Corbeil with their guardians and nurses after a landmark royal encounter.
Arthur Baer reports the GOP plans a 1940 slogan featuring black ink and a national debt week with Democrats as guest artists. The 1944 campaign motto will urge voting for a Republican for a balanced budget and prosperity, highlighting a line of novelties and work themes.
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