25 May 1938
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1938
Page
1
Amid protests over WPA funds a Kansas City paper notes Harry Hopkins endorsed Representative Otha A Wearin as a Senate candidate. The item highlights Hopkins public role and criticizes politicizing relief programs while contrasting Wearin with incumbent Guy M Gillette.
United Airlines president reported both engines failed just before the crash into a suburban ravine near Cleveland, killing ten including North Dakota GOP chairman John Brostuen and seven passengers. Fire followed impact. investigators seek cause.
Harland Bartholomew, renowned city planning engineer from St. Louis, met Cedar Rapids officials to discuss a park system and riverfront improvements with potential WPA support. The session was led by T. R. Warriner, with commission members present, including Mrs. Kate Loomis and others.
The article notes Hull's heavy sale of American goods, arguing the volume makes the overall arrangement profitable for agriculture. It emphasizes the economic impact and the connection between merchandise sales and farm income.
Robbers pried out a steel box from Richards Pharmacy safe and stole 151 dollars plus 4 in change. Two schools Roosevelt and Franklin were entered with limited losses, Franklin cafeteria $8, Roosevelt nothing. Entry gained via east window, box later found in an alley. hammer and chisel left on floor.
Washington reports the United States has a definite hands off isolationist policy for Europe. The stance was shaped in recent White House conferences amid fears the German Czech crisis could spark a devastating war before summer's end.
The foreign office and the American embassy denied on Wednesday a report that France asked US help to support British and French efforts to avert war in central Europe. The denial frames the claim as a reversal of Roosevelt Hull policy and a move to keep the United States insulated from potential conflict.
In Cedar Rapids and nearby towns the St. Luke's hospital campaign shows women’s teams at $7,756.55 in pledges while men total $7,084.16. Regional gifts include Upper Iowa conference pledges of $24,500 and additional conference support pending announcement. The overall raised amount reaches $117,583.79 with Mount Vernon leading local towns at $2,328 and other communities contributing modest sums.
A German minister said Czech military planes violated the frontier, while Czech authorities reported steps to prevent repeats. In Eger two Sudeten Germans were honored after a frontier shooting, with Hitler wreaths and German officers involved. Czech observers warned of anti Czech reports and a possible German ultimatum, amid Czech resolve to defend independence with Western help.
Ford Motor company reports a 1937 surplus increase of 5,419,263 bringing total surplus to 608,085,935, the largest since 1932, per balance sheet filed with Massachusetts state tax commissioner. The annual certificate of condition, filed only in Massachusetts, marks the first hint of Ford's financial results for the year as no income figure is published.
A Gazette Want Ad description praises the ads as a seeing eye blind to sales. L H Andrews of 1248 19th Ave SW notes advertising 15 stands of bees led to 15 buyers and all bees sold. With 42 000 reader families, Want Ads connect buyers and sellers. call 2-1121 to place one.
The book assembles eighty-eight stark images of Depression era ruin from Arkansas sharecroppers to a Texas rebel in California. MacLeish accompanies the photographs with vivid lines about liberty and despair, framing a piercing meditation on economic collapse and displaced Americans.
The Commerce Department reports a $114,575,000 favorable April trade balance with exports of $274,482,000 and imports of $159,907,000. For January–April 1938, exports total $1,102,263,000 and imports $666,951,000, with shipments up and certain imports down compared to the prior year.
Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary backed quick final approval of wage hour legislation. He pledged support for reconciling House and Senate versions and favored sending the bill to conference for resolution of divergences after weeks of struggle.
Seven members of the Iowa house delegation voted for the wage hour bill as the house passed it. Republicans Dowell Gilchrist and Gwynne opposed it, Thurston did not vote, and Democrats Biermann Eicher Harrington Jacobsen Wearin supported the measure.
Differences chiefly center on the House version lack of flexibility. Senator Barkley said a joint Senate House committee should be appointed to work out a compromise with the Senate version passed last July. Southern opposition and fears of a filibuster loom as adjournment nears.
Denver police and the state humane society studied whether to file cruelty charges against Reynold Carson 21 for allegedly keeping live rabbits as part of his carnival act The incident drew attention to animal welfare concerns in the entertainment context.
A community Camp Good Health Fund update notes almost halfway to the minimum goal as 115 physically handicapped Cedar Rapids children await care. Donations arrive from groups including United Packing House Workers Union No 51 CIO and local P.T.A. members.
Des Moines Governor Kraschel blasts nonresident federal appointees for pressuring the Iowa Democratic primary on United States senator. He cites WPA director Hopkins backing Wearin and says the move breaches WPA non involvement policy. He praises Senator Guy Gillette and notes his own reelection bid. He remains a staunch New Deal supporter.
Iowa congress members wary of the Wearin Gillette clash keep names off the fight. On Wednesday one figure warned Harry Hopkins he must cool off within twenty four hours or face continued political confrontation.
Capt J E Shields of the Sophie Christensen vows a personal war against Japanese vessels in the Bering Sea after awaiting rifles and ammunition. The Wilson and Sophie Christensen seek arms to deter foreign fishing, arguing U S rights and protections for American fishermen are at stake.
A late morning shower lifted humidity with scattered clouds in Cedar Rapids. An earlier rain measured .04 inches of moisture. Temperatures ranged from 55 at 6 am to 79 by 2:30 pm. Tuesday's high of 69 fell to 58 by midnight on the Chambers Inskeep company dial.
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana assails Harry Hopkins on the Senate floor accusing relief officials of meddling in primaries. He endorses earmarking funds from the $3.25 billion recovery bill and criticizes Hopkins and Ickes for political interference affecting Iowa and Gillette versus Wearin.
Louisville Kentucky reports that U S Senator Alben W Barkley has secured the endorsement of John L Lewis CIO and UMW president for his Democratic bid in Kentucky. This support comes via Barkley ally who announced the backing.
W Stanley, 57, longtime president of the Sedalia Democrat company and publisher of the Sedalia Democrat and Capital, died Tuesday night in Sedalia Missouri. He led the newspapers for more than four decades and influenced local reporting and community service.
Arthur Bugs Baer argues the Hoover London Knox meeting in New York will shape how unemployment is discussed. He asserts real seriousness hinges on Democratic mention and notes Hoover will wait until June 2 to confer with the Republican leadership behind closed doors.
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