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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1939
Page
5
The piece recalls General Moseley before the Dies committee, urging discipline and duty. It profiles a Cedar Rapids worker who embodies hard work and American resilience, and notes Senator Vandenberg’s 1940 presidential intentions within a call for unity and restrained power. The column hints at graft cases pending against Pennsylvania political figures.
Major General George van Horn Moseley, retired, told the Dies committee in Washington that President Roosevelt should empower the army to fight communism at home. He claimed the army was restricted and could expose plans to combat internal threats quickly if freed. He asserted a White House order barred Army investigations and cited a plot against the government relayed by a reserve officer.
Cedar resident Leonard Johnson 46 of Mount Vernon was fined $100 and costs by Judge Thomas B Powell in police court for reckless driving following a 10 p m crash on First avenue. Three men filed the information James H Quimby Edwin Nechville and Quentin Nemmers. Johnson admitted drinking beer earlier in Marion.
Descriptions of showdowns and crowded indictments in 1935 Iowa reveal attempts to shield facts from grand juries in Sioux City and Des Moines. The piece notes indictments in Pennsylvania and other states, arguing public confidence demands punishment of those who betray it.
A reader counters a skeptic stance praising Minot Savage and a psychic case in New Hampshire where two boys disappeared. The letter argues against cosmic reservoir theory and urges seeking truth through evidence, noting mind tricks and reluctance to accept uncomfortable facts.
Senate action on Roosevelt neutrality policy to lift arms embargo was postponed to after June 14 as leaders plan adjournment by July 13. Foreign Relations Committee chair Pittman was told to seek a formal bill form from Secretary Hull, with Borah keying the delay. The American Legion and the AEF oppose a national referendum before war, saying mass votes cannot decide wartime necessity.
Funeral services set for Friday for Murdo MacKenzie a veteran cattle baron of the old west who died Tuesday after a long illness in Denver. The 89 year old ranching figure was among the last of his era in the cattle industry.
The Townsend bill to fund old age pensions up to 200 dollars monthly moved to general debate after a gag rule limited amendments. Supporters forecast about 50 Democrats and 75 Republicans backing the measure, with a final vote likely Thursday.
Cedar Rapids reports a futile river search for an 18 year old girl said to have drowned at Ellis park beach. Police, firefighters, and volunteers scoured the river from 1 50 pm to after 6 pm but found no body or clues as witnesses differed.
Lorenzo McCracken, 94, Lancaster's sole active Civil War veteran, waited in uniform for Memorial Day parade duty that never came. He stood at attention as the parade rolled by, having heard the band but not the call to lead.
Vic tor P. Collins dragged injured companion Ray Dearborn from a blazing one and a half ton truck that skidded down a steep hill north of Viola. Dearborn and Labarge sustained injuries while Harry Dearborn had a fractured arm. all were taken to Mercy hospital Anamosa.
Cedar Rapids druggist and boating enthusiast Leo Skvor died of a heart attack in his store after returning from aiding in a search for a drowned girl at Ellis Park Beach. He was 53, served in the navy in World War I, and was a member of several local veterans and fraternal groups. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Barta chapel with burial at Linwood Cemetery.
Mrs Helen Varney Vanderbilt wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt telephoned from California to learn if any news exists about Airman Thomas H Smith. She wondered if he left a note and hinted at marriage plans while Smith's fate remained uncertain. Navigator Charles Zweng was driving the car from Detroit toward the west coast.
London reports Thomas Smith from Old Orchard Beach took off Sunday in a 64 horsepower plane with 169 gallons of fuel on a projected transatlantic flight. Rescue depended on landing near a landline without radio. several sighting rumors lacked confirmation. A telegram claimed a mystery plane sighting over Welsh mountains Monday night, but the air ministry had no crash information.
Edouard Herriot former French premier sustained slight head injuries Wednesday after a car accident in Paris.
Henry, a seven year old largely spent in the hospital, hopes for three weeks at Camp Good Health run by Cedar Rapids Public Health Nursing. Doctors say his lowered vitality makes him infection prone, and a full camp stay would aid his social and physical recovery. Contributions to the Fund support physically handicapped children from needy Cedar Rapids homes.
An explosion ripped through a two story Barberton schoolhouse injuring between 30 and 40 pupils. Some children were treated for facial injuries while others suffered cuts and bruises. A teacher and a janitor were hurt as debris fell into lockers and a basement area. Authorities suggested a natural gas buildup may have fueled the blast.
Stephen Paine former partner at Paine Webber and Co. was indicted by a federal grand jury on 17 counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy. The Boston office leader was suspended from the New York Stock Exchange for three years amid an investigation of investment trusts. The case also names three Boston lawyers and a Canadian broker connected to loans to finance voting control stock in investment trusts and Insuran shares Corp. of Delaware and Bureo Inc.
Three men were injured in a late Tuesday collision east of Cedar Rapids involving a Keeshin Motor Express truck driven by James Edmunds and a Chicago and Denver truck from Howard Gardner. Both semis were destroyed. Ritter and Edmunds remained in St Luke's hospital with chest, head, and limb injuries. Gardner was treated and released.
The cedar rapids area recorded 93 degrees at 2 30 p m on Wednesday marking the year's highest temperature for the second straight day. The same 93 degree reading occurred Tuesday at the same time, surpassing the prior 91 set on May 26. Overnight and late readings rounded out the day with a low of 70 and a midnight 74.
Moscow reports Molotov rejects latest British French mutual aid proposal while leaving door open for talks. He calls such bloc building unsafe and insists on united defensive front. London and Paris react with shock at the Premier's stance.
In a long speech to the Supreme Soviet Molotov asserts Russia will defend its frontiers and hints at resuming trade talks with Berlin. He warns Britain and France against assuming mutual aid will force Russia into conflict and stresses patience has limits with Japan.
Several thousand German soldiers who fought for Franco in Spain were welcomed home on the Elbe as five ships carried them upriver. Field Marshal Goering saluted on behalf of Hitler while Franco began repaying part of his war debt with oranges.
Commentary notes how national memories erase Europe from thought. The piece mocks collective amnesia and contrasts it with Europe’s influence, referencing England and Russia pairing off and a lyric about dancing in someone’s arms as a metaphor for forgetting.
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