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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1938
Page
16
Washington whispers on the farm program expose pressure on Henry Wallace as corn prices loom and a 57 cent loan figure faces loans due at 50 cents last year. Treasury burdens and 46 million bushels looming add pressure, hinting at a fiscal tangle for farmers and the government.
A farmer can profit by buying corn at market price and repaying under a 40 cent loan while using the same corn for feed, then borrowing 57 cents on a new crop. The piece notes how loans can act as subsidies under rigid planning rules and surveys political forecasts on House changes, with Democrats and Republicans each presenting uncertain tallies. It highlights a split in the NEC anti monopoly committee over hearings on bank influence and industrial boards, ending with a mixed verdict favoring factfinding.
Burns suffered by Lyle Talbot while saving his boyhood friend Franklin D. Parker from Talbot’s blazing home will not delay his comeback to film work in a few months. Dr Jerry Joney issued the update on Wednesday. Nebraska is an Indian name meaning water valley.
Albert Payson Terhune extols Swansea Jack England’s famed life saving dog owned by William Thomas of Treboeth Swansea. In seven years he saved twenty nine people from drowning and rescued two dogs, earning medals and honors. He never fumbled and died after seven years of heroic deeds.
A quoted note from a 1938 publication expressing disdain for dog poisoners and seeking a special corner in the Hereafter for the person who harmed Jack. The writer uses sharp satire to ostracize the wrongdoing and invoke moral judgment.
The 1939 De Soto is shown at Wagner Motor Company in Desoto. The model features a roomier body over 200 inches long, a widened front compartment, a giant V type windshield, a 27 percent larger luggage locker, handy shift on the steering column, safety signal speedometer, super finishing on engine parts, automatic overdrive for economy, and a new duro sheen enamel for longer-lasting finish.
Indianapolis AP report cites John D. M. Hamilton GOP chairman alleging New Deal spending consumes about one fifth of yearly incomes. He forecast Republicans could gain 30 to 40 seats in Congress in November, with about six Senate seats and gubernatorial wins in three to four big states and four to five smaller states.
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