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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1939
Page
2
Governor Wilson orders immediate general audits of bank receiverships in Iowa and Johnson County to uncover asset manipulations and protect depositors. The effort targets long-closed banks and requires careful scrutiny of court and county records for potential improper gains.
The Justice Department filed a federal complaint in Washington charging the Association of American Railroads its officers and 236 member railroads with restraining trade by denying motor carriers cooperation in freight and passenger carriage. It alleges joint rates and practices kept rail and motor carriers from competing, harming U.S. commerce. Civil action will further present the issues.
Essay discusses artistic repetition as a method to convey ideas to diverse minds. Citing Phillips Brooks and Jesus, it argues repetition helps, though full understanding may come only after a thinker is gone. The piece urges continuing clear truth-telling with best artistic craft.
Paris dispatch notes continued hand to hand fighting on the western front with patrol and artillery activity west of the Saar river. The central sector saw German forces launch a surprise attack Tuesday, prompting renewed combat after days of quiet.
The piece argues that U S experience cannot solve Europe's long standing conflicts and warns Washington against overreliance on past lessons as Europe remains in ferment amid malt spirits metaphor. It notes the danger of treating experience as a universal teacher in current policy debates.
London reports RAF reconnaissance in the last 24 hours including night flights over Berlin Hamburg and Magdeburg. German broadcasts and von Ribbentrop remarks spurred air raid shelter use while Parliament awaited Chamberlains response to the Danzig speech.
Police guards tightened around the French liner Normandie and the Cunard White Star Queen Mary in New York harbor after naval intelligence warned of a possible sabotage. A naval intelligence lieutenant commander briefed both ships and received pleas for added protection. the specifics of the plot, including method, were not disclosed.
Berlin and Moscow held talks Wednesday over the release of the American freighter City of Flint. The ship had been seized by a German prize crew, sailed to Tromsø and then toward the Russian Arctic coast.
Mrs. Roberson of Norfolk Virginia disclosed that the City of Flint carrying contraband was loaded to the hilt when captured by four German warships. Jesse V. Roberson the third assistant engineer wrote his wife on the eve of sailing and believed the ship would not reach its destination.
German sources say the prize crew offloaded contraband and sought release while the American crew was uncertain. The ship, deemed unseaworthy after navigation maps were hidden, sailed from Tromso to Murmansk with the prize crew seeking safe harbor.
Full information about the German capture of the American freighter City of Flint was sought Wednesday before government moves to obtain her release from a Russian Arctic port. President Roosevelt said he hoped to recover the vessel seized by a Nazi cruiser while carrying contraband to Great Britain. Continued on Page 2 Col 3.
Column argues over warm water ports in Europe could trigger further conflict. Author warns incorrect temperature could provoke Russia and suggest drastic action like a New York janitor analogy. Images a prolonged dispute with potential for broader war and even boiling eggs in the Mediterranean.
Winnie Ruth Judd, known as the trunk slayer of two women in 1931, has escaped from an Arizona state hospital. Judd was sentenced to death for one murder but was declared insane in 1933, suspending the sentence. The victims were Agnes Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson, slain in Phoenix on Oct 16, 1931, with bodies sent to Los Angeles where she was arrested.
San Francisco AP Wallace states wartime needs and farm prospects favor a third Roosevelt term. He notes agriculture brighter than two years ago and predicts farm income near eight billion dollars this year. September price gains faded but offset a possible 1938 income decline.
The U.S. Army will retain olive drab uniforms but adopt a new design for comfort. Long trousers replace breeches and shoulder cuts on shirts and coats will be looser, as announced by Secretary of War Woodring.
The Senate defeated a proposal to remove presidential discretion from neutrality law in a 61 to 26 vote. Senator La Follette proposed an advisory national election before any overseas war declaration, while Nye expected 55 to 60 votes for repeal. House Republicans vow to challenge the bill as debate slows toward Thursday or Friday.
The Dies committee released a membership and mailing list listing 563 federal and District of Columbia employees tied to the American League for Peace and Democracy. Notables include Edwin S. Smith and Louis Bloch with $10,000 salaries, and Harry C. Lamberton at $6,000. The roster spans major agencies, led by 85 in the Social Security Board and 74 in Agriculture.
Hope waned for J L Drakos and Frank Krumpar who vanished after a hunting trip from Arrowhead lodge Ontario on Oct 13. Their companions Balear Vraak and Farmed searchers scoured Regina bay near Lake of the Woods as boats moved and beacon fires burned seeking signs of the trio.
Cedar Rapids News reports Myton PooW Myton 59 of 1229 Second Avenue SE in fair condition after his car struck the rear of a wagon loaded with corn around 3 30 pm Monday. He was unconscious for hours with possible internal injuries and facial cuts. The wagon driver Tom Sulman was thrown but unharmed. wagon wrecked and corn scattered.
James T. Graham of 810 First Street SW pled guilty to reckless driving after police Officer Scotty Duncan followed him from Nineteenth to Sixteenth streets on First Avenue E. Graham admitted drinking a few beers and chose to serve Ts days in the city jail instead of a $23 fine plus costs. He had earlier reported a $30 gold watch theft from his room.
Cedar Rapids saw warm weather after a night rain of .03 inches accompanied by thunder and lightning. The day rose from a 54 degree low at 6 a.m. to 78 with humidity by 2:30 p.m., while the night saw erratic moves from 60 at 8 p.m. to 55 at midnight and back to 62 at 2 a.m. before dipping to the morning low on the Chambers Inskeep company dial.
Joyce Kilmer's widow forbids use of the poem Trees in the film The Fighting 69th Warner Brothers announced. She called Trees one of the worst poems he ever wrote.
Gov George A Wilson ordered a blanket audit of all receiverships under the state banking department to determine the scope and speed up liquidation. The audit will be conducted by two state auditor examiners and may cover years when many banks closed, focusing on active receiverships not yet closed.
New York appellate division rules that a motorist must yield if a pedestrian who started crossing on a red signal still has time to reach the opposite curb after the light changes. Rose Nazinitsky, 21, granted a new trial in a $15,000 damages suit against taxi driver Murray P. Sincoff after allegedly being injured moments after a signal change.
In El Reno Oklahoma AP Jack Keller aged six asks his teacher to advance him from first to third grade claiming he can beat all the kids up to the second grade.
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