Pay-as-we-go defense funding debated by Roosevelt
The article argues pay-as-you-go or borrowing for defense costs, noting no tax would be needed if borrowed. It suggests Congress should consider new taxes to ensure careful scrutiny of defense needs, enabling concrete plans for ships, ports, roads, and weapons while weighing vital U.S. interests and Monroe Doctrine commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Florida
United States
China
Europe
New Emphasis on Floating Mines Guards Waters Near Britain
The week’s most dramatic development in the European war is reportedly a rise in floating mine warfare by German planes. Thousands of tons of shipping have sunk, and there seems to be little defense against loose mines. The tactic risks neutrals and allies alike and may reflect Germany’s push beyond neutral boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Germany
United States
Europe
Washington
London
North Sea
Bryan
Great Britain
Russia
Mines and Ship Losses in World War I
A historical summary notes that 46 crew were killed and 14 injured by mines, with six American ships sunk and one damaged after WWI armistice signing. It recounts mine warfare escalation, Allied and German mine policy, and U.S. diplomatic responses from 1914 to 1916 including proposals on mine use and warnings to neutral nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
English Channel
U. S. State Department
North Sea
Norway
United States
State Department
Earthquake Missed in Cedar Rapids by Local Paper
Residents of Cedar Rapids felt tremors shortly after 9 AM as Professors Macy and Perkins reported mild shocks. The writer quips about a dull Thursday morning, noting no one noticed the quake while they read papers and reflected on detecting public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macy and
Perkins
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Sayings on war, democracy and business leaders
A collection of quotations from figures such as Dr. Max Steer, President Albert Lebrun, Gov. Loren Dickinson, Robert C. Lee, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Topics include pacifism in speech, reparations for Austria and Poland, life in prison, war hysteria, democracy’s defects, roaming dogs, and cautious reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Albert Lebrun
France
Loren Dickinson
Michigan
Robert C. Lee
Moore-McCormack Steamship Lines
Iowa to Split in Two for 1940 Census Oversight
The federal census plans split Iowa into eastern and western zones with Cedar Rapids as a major eastern hub and Des Moines as western capital. Milo Sedlacek and Frank Wallace will supervise eastern district work, overseeing 350 enumerators in six counties while training and coordinating with Washington. Pay scales range from 100 to 350 dollars monthly for supervisors and a lump sum of 2000 dollars for district managers, with training set to begin soon and appointments expected by December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Federal Census Bureau
Milo Sedlacek
Frank Wallace
Glenwood
Roscoe Wright
Sedlacek
Wallace
Dubuque
Jackson
Clinton
Scott
Jones and Linn
Davenport
Des Moines
Ross Ewing
Nic LeGrand
Woodbury
Monona
Mount Pleasant
Waterloo
Mason City
Ottumwa
Council Bluffs
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Cherokee
Wright
Iowa Area
Herring
The
Gazette
Ewing and
LeGrand
Ewing
Gillette
Otha Wearin
Hastings
Gazette Files Compilation by James J. Hruska
The Gazette Files compilation credits James J. Hruska as author and details archival notes. It outlines historical clippings and notes drawn from the Gazette's file evidence. The summary highlights the editor’s method, sourcing, and periodical context without introducing new facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
James J. Hruska
Organize Youth Temperance Union at mass meeting
A mass meeting at the Second Presbyterian church organized a local Iowa Young People's Temperance Union with officers named including Prof. E. M. Sefton president and N. G. Pike, Fred Morgan, Charles A. Scott, Susie Parsons, and H. McDonald. Other items note a Woman's club prize, a Cedar Rapids Wheelmen chief consul, Crokinole club season start, a literary social club for young married women, Home for Friendless land purchase, and local entertainment and market snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Presbyterian Church
Iowa Young People’s Temperance Union
E. M. Sefton
N. G. Pike
East Side
Fred Morgan
West Side
Charles A. Scott
Susie Parsons
H. McDonald
Clayton Peck
Bert McDaniel
Mae Graham
William Baylis
Frank Watson
Charles H. Baliheim
Willard Howe
Charles H. Bunger
How to Be Happy A Poem By Edgar A Guest
A reflective verse urges living day by day with generosity and hard work. It advises thinking of others, sharing what you can, avoiding selfishness, and keeping a clear conscience to find happiness in daily life. The piece emphasizes balance between pleasure and sorrow and offers practical guidance.
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes and gossip mix
A reel of Broadway chatter from 1938 includes Walter Winchell snippets about Sigismund Bestoff, alleged German and British links, a Times quote, Franklyn Hutton, Yuletide gifts, Mira Stephans, and Nassau Bahamas hotel discontent. The column touches on boxing promos, Shubert jabs, and wartime curiosities with a lively, insider tone.
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Berlin
Sigismund Payne Best
London Express
Mr. Thompson
London Telegraph
Faulkner
Best
Broadway
Bestoff
Prague
Mike Best
Mike
Munich
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Max Steer
Purdue University
George T Hunt
Cleveland College
Henry H. Curran
Yorkville Court
N. Y
Roger Babson
Financial Statistician
Crick
H. Prince
Boston
Fred
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan and Company
Eleanor Roosevelt
ED Radley
Rep
W. S. Jacobsen
Henry Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Wardman Park Hotel
Tama Jim” Wilson
ED Hadley
Organize Youth Temperance Union
Madison
Woman’s Club
Longfellow
C. B. Whelpley
League of American Wheelmen
E Avenue
Fifteenth Street
G. F. van Vechten
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Grace Edwards
Abbie Morgan
Emma Theison
Ida Spaight
Grace Mentzer
Lulu Jones
Jessie Weyrick
Susie McLean
Alta Dickinson
Mary Bevins
Ida Douglas
Mary Kramer
Edna Mentzer
Carrie Kramer
May Chase
Bertha Sylvester
Lillie Wade
Edith Paxson
Bessie Paxson
Lillie Ramsey
Ray Newton
Maude Denny
C. B. Bristol
Alaska
Toledo
Greene's Opera House
Lewis Morrison
Hoyt
Edgar A
Edger A. Guest
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror, Inc
Worthy Downs
Sabbatine
Arthur Train
Eddy Duchin
el Rancho Grande
Club Comique
Leon
Eddie
Ben Wain
Mira Stephans
State
Den’t
Mira
Lwow
Sam
Mr. Hull
Mr. Berle
Mr. Welles
Messerschmidt
Coens Snyder
Ruth Etting
Franklyn Hutton
Journal-American
Madison Square Garden
A. J. Liebling
Shuberts
New Yorker
Lee
Winchell
Nassau
Bahamas
Miami
Fritz Thyssen
Hitler
Thyssen
Ermit Roosevelt, JR
Trib
Harvard
Rhodes
Chesterfield
Gels
Dana Dale
Florence Dornan
Susanne Shaw
Starr Faithful
Genin
Cousticon
Merchants Bank
Sears
Great Toyland
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Third Ave
Perpetual Loan Assumiation Home Loans Foi
Third Street
Cedar Rapides
Long
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