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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1938
Page
1
Ten thousand attend opening day at the All Iowa fair in Cedar Rapids with 5 000 more strolling the grounds. Gus Schrader wins the Sweep stakes auto race at Hawkeye Downs, amid a daylong program of livestock judging, demonstrations, and Ernie Young’s Cavalcade of Hits.
If you lose a watch ring glasses necklace purse or dog over the holiday place a Lost ad in The Gazette at once Hundreds of lost valuables and pets have been recovered through Gazette Lost ads Dial 2-112 to phone your ad or call The Gazette office before 12 o'clock noon Tuesday to start your ad in Tuesday's Gazette.
The nation’s violent deaths over the Labor Day weekend rose toward 300 with at least 200 dying in motor crashes amid peak travel. Drownings, personal crises, and homicides followed. notable incidents included a parachute jumper in Pennsylvania a mountain climber in New York a race car driver in New Jersey and a man suffocating in a homemade diving helmet in Missouri. A sedan bus collision near Charlotte killed five and injured twenty eight. a New Jersey vacation party of five died in a car train crash near Meredith New Hampshire. Three burn deaths occurred in California and Ohio logged the most fatalities with twenty six auto deaths and three from a plane crash.
European nationals rush to dollar and gold, pushing the pound to its lowest level since early 1935. Gold climbs to the highest quotation in years as Britain’s equalization fund fails to stem the decline. Official gold takings reach 1,816,000 pounds, with about half of recent sales destined for shipment to the United States.
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe, physician to the Dionne quintuplets, denied reports that the children would have tonsils and adenoids removed. He said he never heard of such an operation and called the report untrue as far as he knows.
Mexico rejected U S calls to escrow a fund for arbitration of about 200 American land claims and to halt further expropriations until prompt payment is assured. Mexico accepted part of a prior suggestion to submit future cases to a two man mixed commission with an impartial umpire.
Norma Warnock Meeks, a Rio Oso housewife, survived a brutal kidnapping linked to a $15,000 ransom after being held blindfolded in an oak grove ten miles east of her home. She escaped Sunday as three youths fled their hideout amid a nationwide hunt by authorities.
In Glendale California Warren Murphy 17 confessed to police that he shot himself last Friday to get in right with his girl Charlotte Beamer 17. He had given several explanations for the bullet wound in his left side including a dispute after a disparaging remark about Beamer.
Federal agents and deputy sheriffs arrested Pat Murphy alias Samuel Gallagher alias Gerhart M. Patton at a Reno summer home. He is charged as a leader of a large Texas narcotics ring and faces federal drug conspiracy counts.
Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German American Bund, outlined a nine point program to be carried out over the coming year. He said the plan would save America from being controlled by international Marxist Jews.
The Roosevelt visit to Maryland’s eastern shore sparked a turnout dilemma between curiosity and politics. Supporters of Tydings and Lewis debated attendance as banners and hospitality framed the event, with some anti Lewis factions staying home. Party dynamics hinge on a county unit system that could swing Monday’s primary.
Five days of solemn funeral rites will honor Patrick Cardinal Hayes archbishop of New York who died in his sleep at age 70. Hayes led the nation’s wealthiest diocese and guided 1,000,000 Catholics from St Patrick’s Cathedral during a career marked by strong advocacy and charity. The cardinal’s body will lie in state at his residence then at St Patrick’s Cathedral before burial in the cathedral crypt alongside other diocesan leaders. Pope Pius XII praised his life and President Roosevelt lauded his spiritual leadership.
Night shows at Hawkeye Downs featured Ernie Young and his Cavalcade of Hits as All-Iowa Fair activities drew crowds. Emma Calder sang with a polished ensemble, a tropical bird dance and the parasol glow finale drew cheers. Betty Lee performed on xylophone and Stalaac Brothers plus Pearl danced in tails. Drum corps and local acts rounded out the 7:30 schedule with a 20 minute drill and vaudeville routines.
A two day county fair features 9 a.m. judging of Jerseys by Dr. S. M. Salisbury of Ohio State University, farm boy and girl judging Sam, 1:30 p.m. purebred beef heifers judged by Rex Beresford of Iowa State, market pigs judged by Allen Nash and John Vavra of Wilson Cedar Rapids, 1:45 p.m. marching by State Training School Band Eldora, 2 p.m. harness horse racing in 2:24 trot and 2:24 pace with vaudeville in between, evening performances include 7:15 marching by State Training School and 7:30 Ernie Young's Cavalcade of Hits, followed by 9 a.m. baby beeves judging by Rex Beresford, 2 p.m. harness racing 2:13 trot and 2:12 pace with four entries, grandstand intermission.
John Couch, 22, fled Ramsey county jail in Minnesota and was nabbed by St. Paul police in a stolen car less than half a day later. He had abducted Peggy Gross and Daniel Fahey in St. Louis, released them near Minneapolis, and was wounded and captured after a fellow accomplice died. Details say Couch escaped by squeezing through a hole after removing bricks from his cell.
Police found eight year old Barbara Driscoll under a railroad loading platform after she had been missing for several hours. Her head was crushed. Two youths aiding a search party found the body. Police Chief Leonard Hewitt believed she had been slain.
Milwaukee Wisconsin production in the laboratory of vitamin E the anti sterility vitamin will be announced this week at the 96th meeting of the American Chemical Society It is hailed as highly significant for preventing sterility of farm animals Chemists say the achievement marks a major advance in veterinary and nutritional science
Gray skies and light rain marked Labor Day in Cedar Rapids. Temperatures rose from a 64 degree midnight low to 70 by 7 am and peaked at 88 at 3:30 pm before 75 at 7 pm. The Chambers Inskeep company dial recorded the day’s readings.
Nationalist forces tightened control around Corbera on the French Spanish frontier after a 24 hour offensive. The town fell and the insurgents extended their hold in the region near Hendaye.
Washington reports Labor Day events as unions and leaders call for peace between the AFL and CIO while workers nationwide celebrate with parades picnics and meetings. President Roosevelt plans a 1 pm EST radio address from Denton Maryland endorsing Rep David J Lewis in the Democratic Senate race against Millard E. Tydings. Green of the AFL urges unity to strengthen labor and living standards. CIO's John L. Lewis answers indirectly.
Five persons were injured in two automobile accidents Sunday. At First avenue and Thirty-second street E Clare L Charles 55 of Grovecourt SE collided with a panel truck operated by Marion Kouns 19 of Vinton Kouns truck overturned leaving Anna Dirks 228 First avenue E and Delbert Butz 1024 Fifth avenue SE with arm injuries. In the second crash Leo Phillips 35 of West Liberty sustained a forehead cut when his car driven by Milton Rockwell 20 West Liberty rear ended BH Champlin 35 of 425 Thirty-first street NE near Sixth street and Twenty-eighth avenue SW.
AP report from Dallas says S J Baldy Whatley, once linked to the Barrow gang, was jailed after a shooting at the Barrow filling station. Mrs Henry Barrow, 65, and her nephew Lewis Francis, 32, were wounded. Barrow's son C L Barrow reported the fight to sheriff. Francis’s injuries were superficial.
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America CIO aims for a blanket agreement with the whole electrical industry as delegates begin a weeklong convention in St. Louis. President leads the drive for a sweeping pact to cover wages, conditions, and bargaining across manufacturers and suppliers.
Paris reports all army and air force furloughs in France cancelled amid German troop movements to the Siegfried line. Daladier says reservists are called up, Maginot Line fully manned, gendarmes and communications staff recalled. Navy unaffected unless needed.
The United Press reports escalating European tension as France cancels furloughs and mobilizes reservists along the Maginot line. Konrad Henlein signals Hitler’s backing in Sudeten demands, while Britain withholds public judgment on its mediation. The Nazi party congress in Nuremberg draws hundreds of thousands amid fears of peace or war.
Syracuse flyers Merrill Phoenix and Harold Allen established an endurance record for light airplanes by surpassing 63 hours and 54 minutes early Monday after their cabin plane continued flying past 3 a.m., accumulating more hours as it droned on.
The piece notes hints of graft in the building of grand boulevards across New York New Jersey Long Island and Connecticut. It criticizes the Merritt parkway style lanes from Mount Vernon to Norwalk as fine reinforced linoleum and mocks roadside attractions.
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