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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1939
Page
2
The piece tracks the freighter City of Flint risking capture or sinking in the North Sea after Normandy style hostilities rise. It also reports on U S industrial boom strength and bank clearings in October 1936. It discusses Dies investigations and Chicago mayoral frictions with state controls plus traffic dangers for elderly pedestrians in Cedar Rapids.
President Roosevelt applying the new neutrality law excludes American shipping from most European ports except neutrals. The combat zone covers Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and via the Baltic Finland and Russia. Arctic routes allow Russia and Finland. approved neutral ports include Norway, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania. Shipping coastwise and between U S territories remains unaffected.
Milo Jilovec 31 of 504 Second Street SW was arrested at 3 50 p m on reckless driving after being trailed by Patrolman Remington from Tenth Avenue and Second Street SE to Sixteenth Avenue and B Street SW. He was driving 45 mph and a bottle of whisky was found in the car.
West Point star Charley Daley, a Yale and West Point alum, stayed on the squad by becoming a faculty member to remain eligible. He weighed 128 pounds and kept a strict military bearing, yet railroads disrupted schedules for a grade crossing.
Helsinki reports revived hope that Finland and the Soviet Union can resolve differences without war after talks in Moscow. A Kremlin meeting and a Finnish communique described the atmosphere as amicable while Moscow rumors of a large Soviet frontier force circulated. Premier A K Calander affirmed Finland’s readiness to defend itself and denied provocations allegations from Pravda.
DeWitt farmer George A. Herrington, 37, was electrocuted Saturday when a sun lamp short circuited after tipping against a bath tub. His 11-year-old son James unplugged the device and alerted neighbors. a physician and deputies arrived but Herrington could not be revived.
Cedar Rapids saw a fall day pattern with a low of 17 early Saturday from 6 to 8 a.m. The high reached 43 by 3 p.m. under a partly cloudy sky. By 7 p.m. it cooled to 31 and midnight brought a 27 degree reading.
Public welfare bureau trims duplication among Chest funded agencies as the 1940 silver anniversary drive nears. Salvation Army re joins Chest after seven years and will handle clothing distribution with an Army truck while the Sunshine Mission and Community House shift to other duties. The Mission takes over transient aid, and Chest policy bars double funded relief, aligning gifts with county tax dollars.
Police reveal the Rock Falls foreman known as Tommy Allen is Mildred Beatrice Allen 28 formerly of Kay Claire Wis. She admitted marriage to a chorus girl and said she became a timekeeper then led a gang of up to 25 workers on a sewer job to earn more money. She and Jimmy Mercurio 18 of Chicago were jailed after being found in a plate-less car.
London reporting that Britain plans to order a number of submarine chasers from American shipbuilding yards. The Evening News stated the plan was outlined on Saturday with details to follow.
New York AP reports federal officials consider a far reaching plan to reorganize interstate electric utility systems under the 1935 act. SEC and industry leaders describe the move as audacious with wide legal and financial hurdles and potential nationwide restructuring if approved by affected systems.
In Bergen harbor the freighter City of Flint faces homeward options after a 3000 mile Arctic voyage under a German prize crew. Norwegian authorities freed the ship at Haugesund and interned the German crew as Berlin presses to reclaim the vessel.
Weather outlook for Nov 6 to 11 shows temperatures normal or above in the upper Mississippi valley and northern and central Great Plains. Overall a relatively dry week with limited precipitation expected.
The Virginia Sinclair reported at 10 48 p m Saturday that she was alongside the sinking tug Hi C Cadmus of Mobile Alabama which ran aground on the Charleston bar and was abandoned by her crew. The tanker gave no details on the tug crew's condition.
Washington sorrow and memory mark Armistice Day as a new generation faces a renewed global conflict. The Unknown Soldier’s bier at Arlington draws leaders from France Britain Belgium Italy Czechoslovakia and Poland with Pershing Wilson and Harding among those paying tribute.
Bruce Crozier, seven, wandered from his Winslow home and survived six freezing nights in northern Arizona. He was found 10 miles from Heber by two game hunters who drove him to safety. He wore tatters, had a little fever, and said he slept in caves while living on water.
Harold Sanford of Monticello is jailed on larceny charges after a stolen bicycle was found in the ill fated steam truck driven by Cr ith Griffith. Police link Sanford to a series of city bicycle thefts and he was arrested on a warrant by Justice Churchill. Griffith received fines for leaving the scene and speeding.
The U S weather bureau ordered storm warnings from Cape Hatteras to Nantucket as a storm formed over North Carolina. Gale force winds swept the coast from Cape Hatteras to Atlantic City Saturday night and were expected to move northward Sunday morning.
Football scores list many games with mixed outcomes. Notable results include Ohio State defeating Indiana 24 to 0, Oklahoma beating Iowa State 38 to 6, Missouri edging Nebraska 27 to 13, and Dartmouth leading Yale 33 to 0. Other matches show Illinois 16 over Michigan 7 and Virginia 47 over Chicago.
Rep Vinson announces plans to ask Congress for a large naval buildup including 95 combatant ships, 31 auxiliaries, 2 395 planes, and 36 lighter craft with a total near 1.5 billion dollars. He aims for completion by 1944, arguing a balanced fleet suffices to deter aggression without pursuing a two ocean navy.
Mrs. Erich Remarque, wife of the author of All Quiet on the Western Front, was temporarily released from Ellis Island under a $1,000 bond after arrival with a faulty passport. She may board the first ship to Mexico and stay in New York for several days.
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