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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1939
Page
5
Industrial output soars with steel in gushing demand for 1940. Ingot production set to top records as auto and rail demand build stocks. Washington warns the surge may fade. Japan-US relations face adjustments after Grew's Tokyo dinner remarks.
The piece notes President Roosevelt urging true neutrality and public comments growing sharper. It cites a widening gap between administration sentiment and commentator critique, and mentions First Lady’s column accusing Colonel Lindbergh of pro German sympathies amid wartime discourse.
Roger Cunningham 34 confessed killing his socially prominent wife Eudora and faced a life trial in district court before Judge Ben Arnold amid a crowded courtroom.
On October 14, 1939, V. Shonka, attorney, was appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Joseph Nassis of Linn County Iowa. All debts are payable to the estate, and those with claims must file authenticated proof in the Linn County District Court.
10 20 30 Stuart Paterson becomes head of Cedar Rapids Christian Endeavor replacing Miss Dorothy Roberts. Rev I E Linkletter leads the advisory aboard with Miss Roberts Lloyd Schukencht and Ralph Cuter. Snow and rain mark first storm of the season. Rio Rita is staged at Shrine temple tonight.
Milan Lusk, violinist, performed to a large crowd at the T. M. Sinclair Memorial chapel last evening while plans formed at a booster meeting in South Side Commercial club rooms. Speakers include W. H. Stepanek and Henry Rickel urging support to move the court house to Cedar Rapids.
A half column interview with Charles D Huston city commissioner on the plan of government here was reprinted in The Gazette from the Washington Star The article notes the reprint origin and discusses local municipal governance stakes. Alice Richie Mrs Bart McGowan and Miss Mary Paul returned after a summer in Ireland. Beck and Son built a 3 ton truck for Warfield Pratt Howell company with a 25 horsepower engine.
A Miss Manners column discusses dealing with showy behavior and bashfulness among teens. Readers ask how to help a shy, nice looking boy speak up and how to handle a classmate who has become suddenly angry. Advice focuses on kindness, sympathetic listening, and tactful inquiries through mutual friends.
Washington Isenhour reports the War Department will not participate in the Finland Olympics next summer. Secretary Woodring said officers at West Point training for events must devote full-time to intensive winter maneuvers. Fifteen officers were preparing for events.
The cactus, once native to the American continents, has been distributed worldwide by plant collectors and enthusiasts, marking a global expansion of its cultivation and novelty appeal.
Article outlines duties of nurse examiners and several commissions including aeronautics, the blind, and uniform state laws. Details member names and term dates, explains functions, authority to administer oaths and issue subpoenas, and notes governor appointments.
The article outlines a national conference promoting uniform state laws with governor appointed four year terms for J C Pryor Wiley B Rutledge Jesse E Marshall. It details an Interstate Cooperation Committee with five senators five representatives and four gubernatorial appointees including Geske Evans Augustine Beardsley Byers Peisen Burma Morrison Shimanek Porter Everett Bagley Thorns burg with term dates and eligibility through 1941.
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