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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1938
Page
1
King George informs Parliament of accepting Roosevelt invitation to visit the United States during his Canadian tour next spring. The likely dates place the royal visit around June 20.
White House spokesmen disclosed that President invited King George and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain to visit the United States next year. The king and queen hope to accept with plans for a four to five day stay next summer, though no definite arrangements have been finalized.
The king told the Lords and Commons he and the queen accepted an invitation to visit the United States before finishing his Canadian tour. He also spoke of aiding in end to the Chinese Japanese and Spanish Civil Wars and fostering British German friendship. He noted visits by King Carol of Roumania and President Lebrun of France and said a report on Palestine would be published soon with legislation to aid Czechoslovakia.
London report of a pivotal by election where a female Labour candidate won a Conservatives seat amid debate over the Munich agreement and the fate of Czechoslovakia. The result prompted protests over Prime Minister Chamberlain’s peace strategy.
East Cedar Rapids precincts showed lighter early voting but overall Cedar Rapids and Marion anticipated heavier turnout than in 1934. Republican chairman Carl Hendrickson warned eastern precincts must mobilize to avoid headaches in Linn County as total mid day counts rose above previous off year totals.
Berlin reports a German foreign office organ charging the United States with inciting South American nations against Germany. It cites Sumner Welles’s radio address and warns that Washington seeks to use the Monroe Doctrine to divide nations. It says America aims to boost influence at Europe’s expense, even at blood costs.
Tokyo warns foreign powers to avoid the new zone of hostilities extending from Yunnan to Szechwan and Kansu. It seeks to deter air overflights and urges foreigners to travel at their own risk while noting Japan cannot guarantee protection for property used by Chinese forces.
Monsignor E J Flanagan of Father Flanagan's Home for Boys at Boys Town Nebraska said he will ask the state parole board to release Gary Ames 14 of Wilmington Massachusetts from prison in Kearney. Ames was convicted of complicity in the murder of Edward J Billings of Chicago and would join Boystown if paroled following Ames and Don Galloway 21's confessions about the crime and the beaten victim.
About 50 Western Union messenger boys in the Bronx walked off their jobs on Tuesday to press for enforcement of the new federal wage hour act.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette defends its reporting on Governor Kraschel in Clinton, noting voters have made up their minds. It cites a legislative committee’s findings on university fund charges and accuses Kraschel of libel in denying the published truths.
Cedar Rapids and vicinity woke to bright sun after a heavy snowstorm as sidewalks and streets turned slushy. City and state crews worked overnight with seven snowplows and sixty extra workers plus health trucks to keep main streets passable while highway crews cleared roads.
Nine accidents were reported to police Monday as Cedar Rapids motorists and pedestrians slipped and slithered about. Two injuries were reported. Mabel Fisher 20 of 1522 Avenue NW was treated for cuts and bruises after stepping from a bus at Avenue B and Highland Drive NW and struck by a car driven by M J Miller 1869 Ellis Boulevard NW. She was released. E C Knight 55 of 639 Fifteenth Avenue SW suffered head and facial cuts when his car was struck by a North Western train Monday morning. Traff ic Sergeant Gordon Hughes urged caution on icy streets.
Mexico faces a diplomatic crisis as the Netherlands warns it may sever relations unless Dutch Shell properties are returned or compensated. The expropriation policy provokes this strongest retaliation to date and could strain international ties.
Mrs. David Gray aunt of Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt returned from Europe with the view that President Roosevelt would not seek a third term. She said I hope and pray he will not and that it is a hard job for any man. The Grays spent two months abroad.
Anti Jewish demonstrations erupt in Vienna and Germany after Ernst vom Rath is shot. Berlin police chief von Helldorf claims disarming Jews as authorities seize arms. Authorities ban Jewish papers and meetings, and Jewish children face forced schooling in Jewish institutions.
Washington AP lists key races across states for upcoming elections. Governors and senators include Curley versus Sattonstall in Massachusetts and Dewey versus Lehman in New York, with multiple candidates in Ohio Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Illinois Iowa Kansas California Oregon and more. The compilation notes party affiliations and major contenders across governor and U S Senate races.
The Official Gazette said forty Jews were stripped of German citizenship on Tuesday, among them former world chess champion Emanuel Lasker.
Wall Street betting favored Gov. Herbert H. Lehman by nine to five over Thomas E. Dewey on Tuesday with Lehman seen as the stronger candidate in market odds and political expectations.
In Hyde Park the President cast ballot number 28 in the third district after a two hour delay to await his wife Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt. He declined to reveal his choices on the ballot and constitutional amendments, saying it was a secret. Special lines were set to keep him updated on returns at his family home.
Iowa voters flocked to polling places under clear skies as mid day tallies showed turnout above normal in several cities. Dubuque reported over 3,000 votes in four hours, Clinton near normal, Council Bluffs 20 percent heavier, Charles City about normal, Fort Dodge normal with a late surge anticipated, Keokuk normal, Muscatine about 10 percent below normal, and Spencer slightly above average as the state eyed the Gillette Dickinson race and their running mates Kraschel and Wilson.
In southern Missouri incomplete returns show early totals for U S senator Clark and Caulfield as rain and disordered polling mark a nationwide election day. Reports describe heavy balloting despite bad weather across multiple states and strong turnout in New England and the Midwest with many races nationwide.
A 1938 essay by Arthur Bugs Baer argues democracy protects the vote for every man even if not counted. It emphasizes the right to vote, political expression, and republican government amid civic pride and unity.
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