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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1939
Page
4
The piece weighs American attitudes as Europe reels from war. It contrasts 1914 anxieties with today, noting fears of U S involvement amid booming belligerent trade. It urges cautious, wiser policy to keep the United States out of full conflict, with careful judgment and luck.
A young inmate John Mc Avoy escaped from Pennsylvania State Prison on Aug 21 with two others after study of a guard key. Observing keys for three weeks he copied one, enabling the breakout. The piece notes irony as employers seek similar memory skills for legitimate work, while war looms in the background.
In a reflective note to Louise the writer recalls a boy named Billy in the old Walker house. He is described as angelic yet spoiled and prone to fights, with adults comparing his behavior to broader adult quarrels and insisting love and patience are key to civilized living. The piece urges kindness and warns against hate.
The passage muses on why a talented young man named Mc Avoy would pursue banditry and other risky crimes instead of securing respectable work. It questions the allure of criminal life for a capable individual and worries about jail or worse outcomes.
Cedar Rapids for the second time in three years crowns its baseball season as Ollie Marquardt and the Raiders clinch the pennant at Hill Park. The 1939 team, built with local spirit, delivers clean outdoor entertainment and boosts city enthusiasm, sales efforts, and future league demand.
Answers to the horizontal and vertical clues tied to a Falls themed crossword appear in this listing. Readers can check terms like water outlet, units, and plant life for the Lake Erie crosswords amid a dense set of definitions and cross references.
A dense listing of evening and afternoon radio programs across stations WMT WGN WSUI KFJB WOOD WHO WOC and others. It catalogs orchestras bands news summaries sports summaries and variety segments with times from 6:00 to after midnight including specific performers and programs.
A Q and A on gambling, marriage, and memory. The author argues slot machines exploit hazard over rational odds and notes college women’ s lower marriage rate harms the race while offering a memory improvement booklet for 10 cents.
A chaotic scene on the AP floor as Tass Reuters Havas and the Polish bureau clash amid Nazi graffiti and mutual snubs. U S pledges to ship war materials to England and France. other tidbits include a Greek divorce case and jokes about Hollywood figures and crime reporting.
A distressed diner complains about his coffee while a Dies hearing reveals Harvard students trained by Dr Goebbels’ bureau in Germany to spread hate in the U S. The group leader is the son of an American newspaper man with band members in the U S using short wave radios from home. An American woman operates a station with patriotism as a racket and holds a shortwave license. The truth is being mailed to authorities.
Secretary Wallace told farmers to ignore Europe’s outbreak and keep to 1940 production plans. He warned against expanding wheat and other crops, citing large current supplies of cotton wheat corn meat and many commodities. The appeal, approved by President Roosevelt, aired on NBC.
Otis N. Brown of Greensboro North Carolina was elected commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars without opposition. He succeeds Eugene Van Antwerp of Detroit and will become senior vice commander. other officers include Dr Joseph V Menendez Max Singer Robert B Handy Robert Merrill Dr Samuel Crawford Bostic Rev Daniel F Monaghan.
Dies committee drafts expose on covert foreign influence and film and radio tactics. It notes British and other powers spend heavily to steer American opinion while Congress debates wartime powers and sunset clauses. Pa Watson’s White House efforts clash with Frost of press, while Norwegians visit Hyde Park reveal comical misstatements.
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