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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1938
Page
12
France announced a staged series of moves to strengthen the Maginot line and internal defenses amid German maneuvers. Reservists trained for fort duties join the ranks as Paris readies mobilization if Czechoslovak crisis worsens, while Marseilles port control is tightened to avert strike disruption.
Des Moines AP Gov. Nelson Kraschel tentatively refused Jasper County Attorney Luther Carr’s request to turn over military commission testimony from the Maytag labor controversy. The commission examined 100 witnesses and produced 2,000 pages during martial law July 20 to Aug. 19. Carr seeks the records to aid prosecutions. Kraschel will consult with Attorney General Mitchell before a final decision. Maj. Hallagan calls the testimony military secret.
An editorials argues for a right wing rabble rouser to mobilize fast action amid California pension plans and Texas political shifts. It warns against slow education methods and urges emotional, urgent campaigning to awaken voters and defeat costly schemes.
Results of group judging in the Guernsey class at the All Iowa Fair were announced Tuesday. District No 1 won the dairy herd contest with top cattle from the Fayette county home herd and R C Blake of Fayette county. District No 3 placed second and No 2 third. Parish herd judging No 1 won again with No 3 second, only two entries in the class and C A McBride taking both awards.
The report lists results in the cow class with R C Blake securing first place and a partner in fourth. The summary notes William Oelrich finishing in third place. The context appears from a livestock show or fair contest listing placements among competitors.
Dr. Marston Taylor Bogert of Columbia University, professor of organic chemistry, was awarded the Priestley Medal, the American Chemical Society’s highest honor, on Tuesday night for distinguished services to chemistry.
The All Iowa Fair shows 36 entries earning top twelve in three baby beef divisions. Wendell Willer, 13, Tipton, exhibited the grand champion Angus. Elton Melberg, Norway, led Hereford. Jack Dun can, Columbus Junction, topped Shorthorn. There were 91 total entries.
Local clubs set Friday meetings and events including Rock Island Woman's club at 2 p.m. Y W C A Cedar Rapids Fish and Game Restoration club at 8 p.m. 621% Six teenth avenue SW West Highlands Community club picnic at Cleveland school 6 p.m. Lions club luncheon at Roosevelt hotel Thursday noon features Dr M Ivins on Medical Relief and State Medicine Past Matrons' association of Cedar chapter O E S meeting postponed indefinitely Police report rear license plate stolen from Rudolph Pisarik Jr car Fire department respond to alarm near Sixth Street Eighteenth to Nineteenth avenues SW no blaze found Mrs A A Miner undergoes appendectomy at St Luke's hospital condition fair Russell Voespel Navy arrives San Diego to visit ill mother in St Luke's Case of Louis Freese assault charge continued to Saturday Tory Name society St Matthew's church meeting 8 p m Maddigan school entertainment and lunch E W Lambert drives into street light pole sparing globe intact 55 000 Town centennial stamps sold at Cedar Rapids post office 35 000 sold in four days 90 000 more on order Peter and Mrs McCracken return from Chicago after the death of Mr McCracken's father funeral held in Chicago James McCracken attends Westminster Presbyterian luncheon at 1810 Fourth avenue SE.
Don Engles Noble A Smith Wallace Dieh were fined 50 dollars each with 40 dollars suspended for good behavior after appearing before Justice H R Churchill on charges of engaging in a fight at the Valley Inn west of Highway 30. Also named in the incident was Stanley Kolsto. Date listed September 4.
Father Jack O Hearts of Valhalla edged his son Jack's Royal of Shermanhurst for the grand championship in the Brown Swiss bull division at the All Iowa fair. Henry A. Sherman owned multiple top cattle taking first in aged and senior yearling classes among 66 entries judged by Dr. C. Y. Cannon at Iowa State College. Ralph Bowers of Arlington and W. H. Azeltine of La Porte City also claimed high placings in several divisions.
Complaint filed by Henry Matejka. Kolsto has not yet appeared to answer the charge. The U C T meeting will be held Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Roosevelt hotel with a business meeting and initiation of candidates. Plans for fall activities will be outlined. The women's meeting will be held at the same site in another part of the hotel. Three narcotics tubes and a narcotics case with a syringe and needles were stolen from Dr J Stuart McQuiston's medicine kit while his car was parked near St Luke's hospital Wednesday morning. police were informed.
The Cedar Rapids Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers association will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Crystal room at the Montrose hotel to finalize plans for a large picnic this month for grocers their employees and families.
The world premiere of Boys Town, the film about Father Edward Flanagan's town for boys near Omaha, will be shown tonight at a Tri States theater in Omaha. Father Flanagan and Nebraska Governor Cochran will participate in the premiere, with a 7 45 p m broadcast on WMT for the local area.
At Camp C. B. Robbins national guard hospital tents during an Iowa fair a performer in Lady Godiva costume was treated for minor injuries. A corpsman, recalling the show, recorded the patient as Lady Godiva after a night performance, noting the missing name was intentionally left blank.
The third annual barbecue sponsored by Cedar Rapids Knights of Columbus will be held next Tuesday evening at Frolic field J street and Twenty-first avenue SW. Walter Grady is general chairman. A steer is being purchased and barbecued on site. William Dytert handles meat prep and free barbecue sandwiches. Carnival games and music add entertainment. Tickets are available from Knights of Columbus members.
Representatives for William Randolph Hearst announced on Wednesday that the American publisher has decided to sell his Fourteenth century St Donats castle in Wales. The move follows years of ownership and interest from potential buyers around Europe.
Sir Nevile Brenan's London conferences were said to have not fully reached Hitler. Von Ribbentrop allegedly delayed informing Hitler of the gravity of the message believing Britain bluffing. Diplomatic sources suggest Hitler may deliver a major Nuremberg rally speech on September 12, assuming Britain will not intervene to block arms moves toward Czechoslovakia.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain ended his Scottish holiday to rush to London for a high level conference with Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax over the Czech German crisis.
A 12 year old Muscatine boy stole a purse containing 12 dollars from Mrs. J. Melshee at the All Town fair. He claimed teasing by other children triggered the theft. Ten dollars were found in his bank, the coat and purse recovered behind cattle barns, and police handed him to juvenile authorities.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs George Martin of Fairfax on September 6 at Mercy hospital. A daughter arrived for Mr and Mrs Paul Hayes of 348 Eighth avenue SW on September 6 at Mercy hospital. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Finnegan of 2044 O avenue NW on September 7 at Mercy hospital.
Crowds topped 27 000 over three days as harness racing concluded with multiple heats and a fatality after 2:12 event. A late-night crowd thronged the fair, while acts from Ernie Young's Cavalcade of Hits provided entertainment.
The Rev Marion H Williams of First Christian church praised a sign reading Make Cedar Rapids glad you live here at a Kiwanis pie luncheon in Montrose hotel. Four speakers were chosen by lottery with E A Johnson elected president and Lyman Jones first VP.
Arthur Emil Hansen, a Wakanda, South Dakota farmer and former well-to-do resident, was convicted by a superior court jury on two counts of manslaughter for the courtroom slayings of two attorneys. He faces a sanity hearing before the same jury the next day to determine his mental state.
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