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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1939
Page
1
A reader letter condemns anti neutrality sentiment while noting wartime censorship. The piece discusses American neutrality, press coverage, radio influence, and President Roosevelt assurances despite government censorship restrictions on news during the ongoing European conflict.
The piece argues Congress will reconvene to decide whether to amend or repeal the neutrality act, which aimed to keep the US from aiding belligerents and potentially entering war. It contends the act now hinders aiding Britain and France and advocates crushing Hitler, with repeal possible through democratic process.
Johnson county officials deem the deaths of George and Mary Novotny a double homicide at their 120 acre farm near Shueyville. Neighbors found the couple shot in the kitchen after arrests were made and doors appear left open. Investigators tied the crime to robbery with motive suspected.
This excerpt reflects on the Bible idea that every person contains a divine inner light. It contrasts the libertine and saintly paths, uses Browning and Eliot as echoes, and urges nurturing the inward spark to endure when external guidance fails. It cites Newman and a warm, moral exhortation.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department forecasts this year’s corn at 2.523 billion bushels and wheat at 736 million, suggesting quotas may be unnecessary. The 1938 crop control law triggers a referendum if surpluses are excessive. quotas would tax or require storage for excess. States’ production figures and year-to-year comparisons are listed.
Cedar Rapids detectives rounded up four local youths in a weekend sweep that ended a two year plus spree of more than ten breakins and car thefts. The suspects Bert Peddycourt Philip Wilhelm Russell Carne and George Keller ages 19 to 23 were arrested after confessions tied them to crimes dating back to 1937. Peddycourt a dental lab assistant in the Dows building possessed a key and had prior drunkenness arrest in 1935. Detectives say the case may expand with new links from the Dows building theft study.
Paris reports important progress by French troops along the western frontier in communique No 16. For the eighth straight day the army gained through the Saar valley, crossing mined no man’s land toward the German west wall. Air raid alarms and isolated combats punctuate the advance as observers note local victories and no major operation yet.
London dispatch reports Polish defenders, including women, repelling German forces around Warsaw as a 250 mile front shifts to general resistance. Losses include Krakow and Lodz with German forces expanding to about 1.2 million. War updates say Polish main force remains intact amid withdrawals.
London reported the British government refused to sign any peace with Adolf Hitler but said it would negotiate a "just and honorable settlement" with a German regime whose word could be trusted. The Ministry of Information denounced Goering's Versailles claim, calling German policy violent and unreliable and urging a return to decent international relations for lasting peace.
The speaker urges full disclosure of war realities, urges uncensored reporting of causes, and warns that censorship in Washington and elsewhere harms public understanding. He notes democracy’s duty to inform and contrasts it with England and France now under dictatorships while the press fights to reveal truths.
The text warns prolonged heated debate over an embargo may prevent adjournment until the regular session, possibly delaying until after a war ends. It cautions against dictatorial executive power and urges unity and independent thought to avoid a repeat of 1917 18.
A Washington correspondent warns that U S foreign and domestic policy may shape the nation’s future. Secrecy at the state department and secretive White House disclosures to press and radio are cited as troubling trends. The piece argues postwar betrayals by European allies and urges unity behind a president to maintain neutrality.
Emil and Rufus Law, both Black, were taken into custody in Trenton. Unaware of each other’s detention, they sought bail from the other, only to discover they were in the same jail and unable to assist one another.
Ottawa reports Canada may raise an immediate war fund and decide on sending an expeditionary force to Europe while aiding Britain. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announces plans to safeguard possessions, train airmen, and ship munitions as Canada joins the war effort.
The remark argues against a totalitarian drift and defends Wilsonian policy of open covenants. It frames abandonment of bipartisan openness as inviting disaster and asserts the current state is not totalitarian.
Cedar Rapids ranked among thirty nine U S cities showing the greatest business gains in August according to Brooke Smith and French Inc. survey. The nationwide trend indicated eighty one improving areas with Cedar Rapids up at least 3 percent, while twenty areas held steady and forty six declined.
City council unanimously approves a resolution urging the United States to stay out of the European conflict. The measure authorizes Mayor F. K. Hahn or another official to present the city’s view at a forthcoming meeting of municipal officers. Commissioner Dave Williams calls for government representatives to be alerted to potential dangers.
Dr. Moses Edward Haase a retired physician from St. Louis died in a local hospital at 7 25 am Sunday after a long illness He had come to Cedar Rapids eleven months ago to be with his son Edward E Haase and daughter Mrs B J Newburger He was born July 14 1862 in Madison Florida and practiced medicine after study in Paris Berlin Vienna and Prague He retired in July 1938 Survived by son daughter and two granddaughters Cremation and memorial at Mayer Undertaking in St Louis burial in family lot beside his wife
Des Moines report from the federal Agriculture Department gives a projected 484,654,000 bushels for Iowa corn in 1939, up 19,582,000 from August 1 and 15,731,000 above 1938. The estimate cites the highest per acre yield yet seen. Continued on page 2 column 8.
Coe College is one of five Iowa institutions selected for the federal civilian pilot training program. Dr. Harry M. Gage, Coe president, announced plans for introducing the course with registration set for Thursday through Saturday and opening exercises next Monday. Hunter, Cedar Rapids airport manager, will be flight instructor with aides Robert G. Strait Earl T. Hemminger and Pete Klimek. Enrollments may reach about 40 students with more instructors if needed.
An editorial by Arthur Bugs Baer critiques the start of a war as inevitable and uncredited, likening peace efforts to a blame-fixing committee. The piece suggests tension among neighbors and the difficulty of assigning responsibility for the conflict.
President Roosevelt returns to Washington from Hyde Park and is expected to call a special session of Congress late this week to revise the neutrality law. An Oct. 2 convening date is considered likely as he seeks a cash and carry policy replacing the embargo on arms. Canada’s declaration of war yesterday extends embargoes and neutrality rules to the North American continent. Clerical sources say the administration fears an isolationist filibuster and may invoke cloture to limit debate while pursuing repeal of the arms embargo with leaders in both houses.
Germany promised a vigorous counter-attack, likely by submarines, against the British blockade. It outlined plans to draft a contraband list of goods, prevent war materials and food from reaching Britain through neutral states, and compile a blacklist of firms dealing with Britain.
Verne Even, 28, of Raymond Iowa, was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated after a motorist followed his weaving vehicle from Center Point. Joe Carberry reported the incident from F avenue and Center Point road NE. Even was found later in a car on A avenue between Second and Third streets NE with James Schlares, 24, La Porte City, who said he warned Even multiple times about drinking.
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