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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1939
Page
3
The piece analyzes Goebbels propaganda and wartime signals showing Germany’s air and submarine actions, while Britain and France maintain leverage. It notes Germany’s limited strategic gains, Russia’s constrained aid, and U.S. political murmurs about Roosevelt’s third term amid a cautious, observed war economy.
Operators protest that block booking forces them to pay for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington without showing it to the public. They argue the practice leaves them unable to avoid presenting the film and urge passage of anti block booking legislation.
Washington The British government formally denied that the S S Athenia carried munitions when sunk on September 3 with 28 American lives lost. The denial rebutted American survivor Gustav Anderson and Officer M B Copland affidavits claiming coastal defense guns were aboard.
Des Moines report shows corn dropping from 48 to 39 cents a bushel and hog prices down from 7.10 to 6.60. Eggs and butterfat rise notably while other grains inch lower and soybeans gain five cents. Agricultural Statistician Leslie M. Carl notes overall price levels remain higher than a year ago.
LeMars Iowa AP Sheriff Frank Scholer said he was informed Clifford Kilker, the local youth who escaped custody, was shot by Los Angeles police while allegedly stealing a car. Police fingerprint match confirmed the slain man. Kilker previously played football for Western Union College and had served time in Anamosa State Reformatory for theft.
New York AP reports the railroads will extend for another year the $90 coach fare for the grand circle route to boost travel to the New York and San Francisco fairs. The announcement came Monday as officials kept the promotional price in place.
Radio listings show a dense slate of programs across stations WSUI WMT WGN WCCO KFJB WHO KPJB and more detailing dinner car broadcasts news sports and music from 6 pm through late night including Captain Midnight Easy Aces and Bob Crosby performances along with weathered times and cutoffs prior to sign off. The schedule notes frequent changes and unspecified station gaps with reminders that unread listings may be altered.
Readable radio schedule fragment shows a morning lineup across stations WMT WOI WCCO WHO WGN KFJB WSUI and others. Entries list programs such as Sunrise Hour Morning Parade Farm News Musical Almanac and News Slants with various hosts and musical segments through 11:50 AM.
Des Moines AP reports that new Iowa bar rules tighten admission. Applicants must study eight hours daily, 48 weeks yearly in a general practice office, with weekday offices open. Must have two years of college, and investigation fees drop to 10 dollars while entry fees rise for out of state lawyers.
Labor leader John L. Lewis accuses 11 state branches of his nonpartisan league of backing a secret January conference in Salt Lake City to promote a third term for President Roosevelt. He cites secrecy, finances, Hatch Act concerns, and Labor exclusion as reasons for opposing the gathering. Sen. Schwellenbach and Sen. Johnson comment on potential Hatch Act issues and attendance.
Berlin accuses the United States of two faced policies favoring Britain as Germany cites the City of Flint incident to claim U S drift toward war. The Foreign Office notes Roosevelt’s August 1936 speech and presses neutrality measures while criticizing selective treatment of ships and prize cases.
In Dallas Texas two men were killed when an army training plane crashed. The victims were J. H. Kilman a civilian instructor from Greenville and C. H. Goodwin Jr a student flyer from Stephenville.
The Finnish steamer Juno of 1241 tons sank in the North Sea after an explosion on Monday. Nineteen of the 23 aboard were landed at Englang Monday night by the Norwegian ship Minona, including five women among the rescued.
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