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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1939
Page
3
A crowded column blends reflections on nature and national concerns. It notes spring improvements in farms near the Rock River valley, analyzes Japan war materials and U S policy, and reports Fritz Kuhn’s jail bid with Dewey’s remarks. It also covers Nels Kraschel’s finances and Paderewski’s farewell New York concert illness.
The navy begins raising the Squalus and recovering 26 dead from the Atlantic floor. Divers descend to attach lines as salvage plans move forward while crews honor the 33 survivors at Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Cedar Rapids’ heat eased after a Thursday electrical storm that soaked gardens and lawns. Rain amounts varied from .05 inch in Vernon Heights to 1.30 inches near Ellis Park, with wind bringing down a few limbs but no major damage. The day cooled from 90 to 78 at evening, then 68 overnight, and Friday reached 83 in the morning and 91 in the afternoon, tying the season high.
Chicago AP report states Dr. Charles Mayo, famed Rochester surgeon, is failing and no blood transfusion was given as it would be useless.
Each year before Decoration Day peonies are sold through the Flowers for Sale column in The Gazette Want Ads. Ads for Saturday’s Gazette must reach by noon Friday and Sunday’s by 8 PM Saturday. call 2-1121 to place your ad.
A speaker argues the current crisis is spiritual, not just political or economic. He says fascism, especially in Germany, threatens religion, while Christianity alone upholds human dignity and democratic life. He calls for renewal and a world council of churches to meet the era’s threats.
Police report two separate nighttime assaults on women on the near southeast side. A Black male suspect was identified and nabbed near a Midway Beer tavern after witnesses noted his matching description. The targets were Mrs. Huston and Miss Bernice Vyskocil.
Washington reports the House Rules Committee granted sponsors of the Townsend old age pension plan a showdown vote likely next Wednesday. A gag rule will bar floor amendments as Rep. Hendricks of Florida pushes the measure.
Attorney General Frank Murphy acts as a peacemaker between President Roosevelt and Democratic senators wary of the New Deal. He consults anti New Dealers and purged officials on federal judges, district attorneys and marshals with the President’s knowledge. Murphy defends the practice as the American way to secure able men, citing appointments in Iowa Virginia and Ohio as evidence.
Chicago AP report states Fred W. Sargent resigns as president of the Chicago and North Western Railway and as a director of all subsidiaries for health reasons. Samuel U. Cady, vice president, confirms the move and cites Sargent’s departure from the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Railway as well.
Fred Sargent told The Gazette he will spend the summer at a remodeled farm near Mount Vernon. He recently returned from Rochester after three weeks of medical examinations for a liver issue and will return in 30 days for another checkup.
HARLAN AP An offer announced that Nelson Graschel former Iowa Governor bought three farms totaling 580 acres south of Audubon Iowa The farms are adjacent and will be operated with his cattle business They were bought from Actna Life Insurance Company under the company's long term farming plan
The War Department launched its own investigation into alleged anti Semitic acts by Maj Gen George V. Moseley following disclosures from the Dies Committee. The inquiry is led by Lt Col Lawrence Hendrick, head of military justice, in Washington.
Major General George Van Horn Moseley, retired, accuses the Dies committee of a swearing campaign to discredit the army. The War Department seeks to determine if Moseley violated articles of war while on the retired list and whether he participates in movements to change the American form of government. No testimony or evidence has been presented in public hearings proving wrongdoing.
The New York State Supreme Court ruled that an Austrian aristocrat cannot claim child support from his son, Peter Hudeston Rogers, heir of Henry Hudeston Rogers, as the law governing support for dependent parents did not apply to an alien. The ruling notes the statute aims to relieve community burden and did not extend to incomer claims.
Cedar Rapids Elks donate 100 dollars boosting Camp Good Health Fund run by the Public Health Nursing association. The fund supports Camp Good Health for physically handicapped children from low income homes, financing twenty weeks of camping and health supervision.
New York reports pianist Paderewski canceled his Thursday concert at Madison Square Garden after doctors warned playing could trigger a fatal heart attack. Publicist Lawrence Fitzgerald disputed the claim, saying a mild heart attack was misrepresented. The 77 year old, transported to a hotel in New York, halted the tour and planned to return to Switzerland for rest.
Gov George A Wilson vetoed four more acts as the legislature adjourned and signed two. he rejected a 420000 bond issue for Green Bay’s district pumping rehab while approving funds for tax credits to agricultural land and independent school districts. The uniform trust bill was rejected for a broadly worded prison provision and concerns it could violate treaty constraints.
One hundred American Legion auxiliary workers will sell memorial poppies in Hanford on Saturday. Wear a poppy to honor fallen servicemen and support disabled veterans and families. Poppies are handmade by World War II era veterans in government hospitals and workrooms. no fixed price, donations welcome. Co chairs are Mrs. Walter A. Kansky and Mrs. L. V. Koch.
Fritz Kuhn national leader of the pro Nazi German American Bund pled innocent in New York court to forgery and grand larceny charges involving more than fourteen thousand dollars in Bund funds. He was arrested in Pennsylvania and extradited after authorities traced Bund money misdeeds including theft from funds for a Madison Square Garden rally.
The article quotes Bugs Baer arguing that without a peace treaty no fights should occur, criticizing European disarmament talks as double-talk. Latvia and Estonia are noted as excluded from the latest agreement, with commentary on distrust of signatories and a World’s Fair display of twenty-one gun salutes.
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