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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1939

Page

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War Editors Debate Censorship and Propaganda Challenges

AP Managing Editors gather in New York to discuss censorship and propaganda in wartime journalism. The session reviews coverage by AP war correspondents, newsroom workflow, and the handling of 1,400 member newspapers, with committee recommendations on executive board re‑election and new members.

New York Associated Press Managing Editors Association Association N. R. Howard Cleveland News Kent Cooper The Service Byron Price S. L. Latimer, Jr Columbia S. C Robert Choate Boston Herald-Traveler R. H. McCaw New York Times Frank S. Hoag Pueblo Colo Star-Journal Chieftain

The Handsome Road Continues a Struggle for Freedom

Corrie May Upjohn leaves plantation life to survive in a river town after a harsh Civil War era, finding refuge with a Black family who feed and shelter her. She supports herself through laundry work, raises her son Fred, who grows determined to rise socially through schooling and hard work. The tale follows poverty, race, and ambition in a transforming South.

Corrie May Fred Ann Carrie May

Market quotes for hogs steers and lambs

Eges .38 hogs 9.35 steers 14 lambs 11. Prices listed in cents and dollars per hundredweight for cattle and hogs in the weekly market report.

Retiring minister to be succeeded at United Brethren church

The Rev. M. R. Drury retires after forty seven years as a minister and will be replaced by the Rev. C. L. Young of Muscatine as pastor of the United Brethren church. Don C. Cook will hand over most duties to George H. Viktor at the local American Legion post No. 5 executive committee meeting. The post has 529 members. Lumber on the island will form arches for the new First Avenue bridge. Market results list prices for wheat corn oats barley rye hay eggs hens steers and lambs.

M. R. Drury C. L. Young Muscatine United Brethren Church Don C. Cook No. 5 American Legion George H. Viktor First Avenue

Teachers Visit Washington High for Northeastern Iowa meetings

Teachers arrive in the city to visit Washington high school and 13 grade schools before opening sessions tomorrow of the Northeastern Iowa Teachers association. C. D. Huston named to the legislative committee of the Iowa League of Municipalities. Markets report grain and feed prices with listed values.

Washington High School Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association C. D. Huston Iowa League of Municipalities

Hogs and Livestock Prices Nod to Market Cedar Rapids Rail

The report lists hogs at 7.40, steers at 6.50, and lambs at 6.50 per hundred. The Cedar Rapids and Marion City railway runs extra cars to the Evangelist Sunday tabernacle advancing weekend travel.

Cedar Rapids Marion City Railway Evangelist Sunday Tabernacle

Unkle Hank Sez 16 20 30 Years Ago in the Gazette

Freddie Welch made a double parachute drop at 1 000 feet in the rain before a large airport crowd. The John Huss vested choir performed at Bert Ram Methodist Church led by Mrs J S Lilley and Miss Alma Janko. Waltonians paid 25 dollars for tips leading to two fish dynamiting convictions in Linn county. Wheat 1 20 per bushel corn 86 oats 42 rye 80 barley 60 hay 12 straw 8 hens 21. City Fuel Co offers Wasson s Harrisburg White Ash Coal. Dial 2 1151.

Freddie Welch John Huss Bertram Methodist Church J. S. Lilley Alma Janko Waltonians Linn

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