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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1938
Page
5
Detroit dispatch reports a United Automobile Workers strike halted production at the Plymouth plant. About 1,000 workers gathered at the gates while only a few entered, in a protest over seniority and a spread-the-work plan. No violence occurred as shifts planned to resume at 2 p.m.
President Roosevelt has sent a message to Prime Minister Chamberlain regarding aid for political refugees. The note arrived through the American embassy in London on Thursday, with the State Department saying it did not concern refugees in Czechoslovakia. An international commission aiding German and Austrian centers is meeting in London.
Stuarts Inc opens at 115 Second Street SE Cedar Rapids offering men's quality suits overcoats and sportswear in two price ranges. The remodeled building features curved glass display windows and a modern interior as executives targeted midwestern markets for expansion.
Notice sets November 16 1938 in Palo Town Iowa for voters to decide on adopting Ordinance No 19 granting Town Electric Light and Power Co a non exclusive twenty five year franchise to build maintain and operate electric transmission and distribution systems within Palo Territory with conditions and penalties and mayoral oversight. Polls at Ladies Aid Hall open 8 am to 8 pm.
In Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin James Daane suffered severe head injuries after leaping from a wagon onto a moving silage conveyor and was thrown against a tractor. Son Howard Daane nearly dislocated his shoulder when a ladder rung broke as he went to help. The wagon overturned a team frightened by the accident. Mrs Daane recovering from an appendectomy had a relapse from the effort.
13 month old Jackie Holt sat on kitchen linoleum after a snail pierced his head to a depth of one inch a shingle and nail held in place by a nail driven into the skull. He was taken to a hospital and the nail pulled out with no brain injury found though infection risk remained.
The public debt rose for the third straight day on Oct 5 reaching 38,428,368,707 dollars, about one million above the previous peak. The figure was released by the Treasury and confirms a new high in the federal debt level.
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