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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1938

Page

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Austria under Nazi censorship blocks Cardinal Innitzer attack

The Austrian press faces Nazi censorship and prints only approved notes after the Vienna palace incident. Neueste Nachrichten cites Burgomaster Neubacher condemning the cardinal for a sermon. The piece notes deaths from the regime and warns Americans about government manipulation and demagogues.

INCE Austria Hitler Germany Paul Goebbels Vienna Cardinal Innitzer Neueste Nachrichten Neubacher

Japan Launches South China Offensive Against Canton

Foreign nationals evacuate as 30 000 Japanese troops push toward Canton while Britain warns Tokyo over South China actions. Hong Kong braces with British forces near the frontier as the Kowloon Canton railway is cut and foreign evacuations intensify.

Hong Kong Canton South China Shanghai Japan China Kowloon- Canton Middlesex

Innitzer Urges Catholic Weddings Amid Nazi Law Clash

Vienna Cardinal Innitzer called on Roman Catholics to perform both religious and civil wedding rites to seek divine blessing. Placards with the appeal appeared in all churches of the Vienna archdiocese. Civil ceremonies remain mandatory under Nazi policy. The move signals the church’s stand against government prerogatives amid recent mob incidents and a critical speech by Burgomaster Neubacher.

Vienna Cardinal Innitzer Innitzer Neueste Nachrichten Burgomaster Neubacher Saint Stephen’s Palace

Bride’s Kin Nabbed After Abducting Preacher Mate Attack

Marietta Ohio AP report says Rev Joseph A Dixon 42 Nazarene evangelist of Madison Sr and his 22 year old bride Opal Hasley faced honeymoon turmoil after ten relatives were jailed on kidnapping charges. Dixon said he was abducted after a wedding and tarred and feathered. he was found by a patrolman and returned to the scene.

Washington County William Summers Charlie Campbell Ohio Highway John Mundrake

Power Break at Cedar Rapids Plant Blamed on Switch Box

A Cedar Rapids power breakdown disrupted the Iowa Electric Light and Power system Tuesday afternoon. Manager Earle Nichols said the No 4 turbine and its switch control box suffered damage and an explosion followed by smoke. Service was restored within an hour as the crew isolated the fault and cut off the overloaded circuit.

Cedar Rapids Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Earle Nichols Nichols

Liberty Industrialists Seek Liberty to Dislocate Labor Markets

Richmond Va. Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson charged that the liberty desired by many industrialists is the liberty to dislocate labor markets and assemble vast numbers of men dependent upon them for work to sustain life.

Richmond, Va Llp Robert H. Jackson

Another Car Plant Has UAW Sitdown

In Detroit the Motor Products plant was shut by a UAW sitdown strike. Two thousand four hundred workers were left idle as the action closed the factory on Wednesday.

Detroit SNS United Automobile Workers Union Motor Products Company

Pius XI Warns Catholics Defend True Human Liberties

Pope Pius XI urged U S Catholic prelates to defend true human rights and liberties against attacks on Christian teaching. The message, read at the Catholic University of America convocation, framed liberty as tied to the dignity of person and warned against civic philosophies that dehumanize individuals or push class conflict.

Washington Pius XI United States Catholic University of America Christ

Saloon Problem Extends To Fowls

A Southside woman complained after chickens staggered home at night. Police found a three gallon still seven gallons of liquor and eight gallons of mash at neighbor Jacob Sowa 60 charged with liquor law violations. The chickens had been feasting on the mash.

Pittsburgh Jacob Sowa

Rain Dampens Cedar Rapids Weather Outlook

Clouds lower and a brisk wind bring a dull tone to the forecast in Cedar Rapids. Temperatures rise from 57 at 9:45 a.m. to 61 at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday’s high reached 77 with a cool night around 68 and 62 by 7 a.m. Wednesday.

Cedar Rapids Mercury Chambers Inskeep Company

Columbus as a World Traveler in 1936 Satire

A Bugs Baer column mocks Columbus by imagining him surviving today and returning to build a raft from pump handles. The piece notes his pursuit of Asia by way of Oregon Short Line, mocks his judgment of distance, and reflects on Spain and American peace with a satirical lens.

Arthur Bugs” Baer Columbus America Christopher Oregon Asia

Badger Leads To Discovery Of Rich Mine

San Francisco businessman Edward R. Boomershine aided by prospector George Burris uncovered a Nevada mine 12 miles south of Hawthorne on the Lucky Boy grade after Burrisne noticed a badger digging. A limonite sample assayed around 65 dollars per ton and the pair have mined more than 800 tons of ore valued between 30 and 300 dollars per ton.

San Francisco Edward R. Boomershine Nevada Burris Bureau of Mines Boomershine

John Amen Former Cedar Rapids Banker Dies in Northwood

John James Amen a former Cedar Rapids resident died at his Northwood Iowa home early Tuesday He had worked as a banker in Missouri Valley and as a state bank inspector in Cedar Rapids He moved to Northwood 14 years ago and later ran a grocery before retiring His wife a daughter Edith Amen and sons Harlan and Curtis survive He was born June 11 1856 in Sinking Spring Ohio Funeral services were held in Northwood Wednesday at 3 p m Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery Cedar Rapids Thursday at 2 p m

John James Amen Cedar Rapids Northwood Iowa Amen Missouri Valley Edith Amen Harlan Curtis Mason City Sinking Spring Ohio Mayo Oak Hill Cemetery Robert A. Little First Presbyterian Church

Slovaks Ask Hitler Mediation Over Komarom Border Row

Bratislava and Prague report that the Slovak delegation urged Adolf Hitler to mediate in the Hungary Czechoslovakia border dispute at Komarom. Premier Jan Syrovy rejected a plan to house Sudeten refugees in Czechoslovakia, saying talks unlikely to bridge gaps. Hungary seeks about 8 000 square miles in Southern Slovakia while Slovaks offer around 2 000 square miles.

Komarom Hungary Czechoslovakia Adolf Hitler Prague Jan Syrovy Slovakia

Hungarian Forces Hold 250 Foot Front Amid Czech Border Crisis

In Budapest, Hungarian troops and Czechoslovak forces set fighting positions 250 feet apart as diplomatic talks stall over demands for Czechoslovak territory. Earlier, Hungary occupied two frontier towns Ipolysag and Satoralja Ujhely in a move described as a symbolic overture to reclaim thousands of square miles. Czechoslovak forces withdrew and dug in, with both sides forming trenches in fields and forests.

Budapest Cazechoslovak Ipolysag Satoralja Ujhely Czechoslovakia

Fifteen Year Old Boy Seeks Chance To Be Somebody Scout

Allen Matheson, 15, says he wants a chance to work and study, hoping to become a self reliant citizen. A first class Scout from Chicago, he was picked up on Route 30 between Mount Vernon and Lisbon and taken to Linn county jail for lodging. He spoke of Father Flanagan's Boys Town as a possible destination and shared a life of frequent moving and hunger.

Allen Matheson Allen Mount Vernon Lisbon Linn County Scout N. Harold West Larry Condon West Condon Chicago James H. Smith Allegan Clinton

Pretender To Old Russian Throne Dies

Paris reports the Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovitch head of the House of Romanoff and self proclaimed czar of all the Russias died in an American hospital at 62. He had suffered two weeks from gangrene in one leg and was too weak for an operation. He proclaimed himself rightful czar on August 31, 1924.

Paris Cyril Vladimirovitch House of Romanoff Russias Russian Empire France Nicholas

State Board Defends Illinois Coal Deals in Iowa University Row

State Senator Hugh W Lundy accuses the State Board of Education of alibiing for Illinois coal purchases amid a deferred contract decision for the University of Iowa. Mason City board member Earl Hall denies charges from Otto Muntz that Illinois coal was used or stored in surplus. The Iowa Geological Survey is cited in the dispute.

ALBIA Hugh W Lundy Towa Coal Institute State Board of Education Illinois Iowa University of Iowa Earl Hall Mason City Otto Muntz Greater Iowa Commission Hall Muntz Lundy Iowa Geological Survey

Wage Hour Board Extends Act To Interstate Workers

Washington June ruling by Wage Hour Administrator Elmer Andrews declares that maintenance workers watchmen clerks stenographers and messengers in interstate commerce are covered by the new wage hour act. The decision says the act applies regardless of where the employee works whether at home in a factory or elsewhere.

Washington Elmer Andrews Andrews Andrews

Acceptance by Benes as Glasgow rector candidate hoax

Scottish Nationalist association members said former Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes agreed to be Glasgow university rector, but the Czechoslovak legation denied the invitation and a nationalist statement called the telegram a possible hoax from opposition clubs.

Glasgow Scottish Nationalist Association Eduard Benes Czechoslovakia Glasgow University London Dr Benes Benes

Chain Store Curbs Highlight US Democratic Struggle

Chicago report notes Donald R. Richberg, former NRA head, telling the National Association of Food Chains that America will face the autocracy versus democracy clash seen in Europe. He cites legislative curbs on chain stores as evidence of the conflict between voluntary cooperation and organized force.

Chicago America Europe Donald R. Richberg Richberg NRA National Association of Food Chains

U S Economic Outlook Heats Up With 1938 Half-Year Gain

Economists report national income may rise by about 5 billion dollars in the second half of 1938, the largest post midyear expansion in a decade. Employment improves as more than a million return to work, with steel and building sectors showing notable gains and projections for a strong year-end recovery.

New York Alexander Hamilton Institute National Industrial Conferences Board

King George and Queen Elizabeth to Visit U S Next Summer

News Review reports the British sovereigns will travel to Canada early next summer and cross into the United States as private citizens. President Roosevelt would meet them on the American side of the Niagara Falls bridge and accompany them to Canada. Washington visit ruled out for lack of time.

London INS George Elizabeth United States Canada News Review Niagara Falls Roosevelt Washington

Deaths of Mr and Mrs Thomas Linked to Drug Overdose

Mrs Rudolf Thomas wife of the editor of Prager Tagblatt died Wednesday from an overdose of a drug she and her husband took Monday. Mr Rudolf Thomas editor died Tuesday in Prague following the same incident.

Prague Rudolf Thomas Prager Tagblatt Thomas

Discovery Day Promises Free Theater Tickets on Page 8

Columbus Gazette announces October 12 as Discovery Day and invites readers to find an easy way to win free theater tickets by checking page 8 today.

Discovery Day Gazette

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