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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1939
Page
4
An Iowa reader recalls 1917 and urges senators to oppose entanglement in Europe. The piece notes how Herring Gillette and Jacobsen handle antiwar and prowar letters, touts Roosevelt’s White House talks, and praises Lindbergh’s antiwar address while recounting historic journalism feats.
Irwin Eldon F Irwin 28 of 859 Fifth Ave SE dies after his car and a three quarter ton truck collide on Highway 30 four blocks east of city limits Rain and slippery pavement blamed Irwin suffered a crushed chest and skull fracture The truck driver Warren 42 of Estherville swerved left to avoid the car and the two men were the only injured party with Irwin dying at the hospital Funeral services set for Thursday at Harris and Garrison mortuary in Quasqueton.
Slovakia starts demobilization of its army with confirmation from DNB, the German news agency, announcing at Bratislava on Tuesday. The move marks a formal reduction of military forces in the country amid post conflict adjustments.
A reader letter argues that true pacifism rejects killing even in war, favoring passive resistance and Christlike nonviolence. The writer cites faith, courage, and the danger of Crusade mentality, noting cowardice in killing and praise for peaceful methods. Distributed to Feaure Syndicate. Ine DR. NEWTON
In Paris brief notices appeared in several papers on Tuesday noting soldiers who died for France. Three deaths were listed in one paper with phrases like Died for France and Fallen Gloriously for France. The individuals included a civilian clerk a newspaper employee and a marine ministry official.
Berlin report says Col. Gen. Walther von Brauchitsch led the state funeral in pouring rain for Werner von Fritsch with Goering representing Hitler. A 3,000-person crowd attended as officials and officers honored the slain general who died near Warsaw.
A writer recalls the tension around a resignation from the Minneapolis Tribune that led to a new job opportunity and relieved university professors of a lingering third problem. The tone reflects postwar press life and personal debt to a mentor.
German army dispatch reports storming Warsaw defenses after Polish commander rejects surrender. Mokotowski fortress captured, Warsaw suburb Mokotow falls as forts Bema Wolski Szczesiwick guard the city. Western front air activity rises with six French planes downed. Rumors of Paris-Germany détente swirl amid calls of neutrality fears near Belgium and the Netherlands.
French observers in Paris expect a two pronged German offensive through Belgium and Holland into Switzerland by October 0, leveraging weather and troop concentration. They warn of a major breakthrough to strike now to counter Allied air power and push toward Poland’s borders, with emphasis on sustaining momentum through neutral territories.
Rep William S. Jacobsen arrives in Washington with an open mind on the proposed repeal of the arms embargo. He plans to decide after hearing both sides and will keep his Clinton office open two days weekly for the special session, his secretary Pat Kehoe reports.
A fire hose snapped across the lawn at First avenue and Twenty-second street E in Cedar Rapids when unkninked after water turned on on Monday. Bertha Ainsworth 36 of 1222 N street SW was knocked down while waiting for a bus and rushed to St Luke's hospital with shoulder injuries. Doctors could not determine a fracture Tuesday while the blaze was confined to a dump at the intersection and extinguished by one engine company in under two hours.
A cold front brought steady rain across Cedar Rapids with lows dipping to 38 39 degrees and a low 33 early Tuesday morning. Rainfall totaled about a quarter inch with overcast skies and a cool breeze continues as the day progresses. Local thermometers registered near 52 briefly then fell to 60 later and to 30 by dawn as temperatures recover slowly.
Snow and sleet moved across Des Moines and western Iowa with a light glaze and temperatures around 30 degrees in Estherville. Reports from Cresco Algona and other northwestern towns cited traces of snow turning to rain as cold air settled. In Nebraska and South Dakota winter weather brought brief snow and flurries with the Black Hills spared from heavy accumulation.
New York AP reports Francis James Gavin, who began as an office boy in 1837, was elected president of the Great Northern Railway on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain reports progress in the war effort while Churchill adopts a more optimistic stance. He cites sinking three neutral ships and increased Allied maritime activity, with expectations of stronger anti submarine actions next month.
William H Haase of Spokane Washington undertook a 11000 mile trip to visit his aged father in Germany. He traveled by ship to Hamburg and learned from the American consul to leave within thirty minutes. Haase returned aboard the Holland America liner after a brief visit.
Baer asserts that Floyd Gibbons missing coverage leaves war reporting incomplete. He muses that without Gibbons, the war lacks official weight and credibility, likening it to a football game where a key player is absent.
Coast Guard reports at least 30 pleasure craft unreported since the weekend storm. Reports say boats range from zero to ten persons aboard and several were lost or damaged near island shores. One rescue effort involved a tow of a damaged vessel as weather warnings continue.
Tean Fritz dies of injuries from a crash on September 13. The report notes the accident near Cedar Rapids and mentions hospital treatment before death. Details on location and timing are incomplete in the surviving text.
Reports from Moscow say the red fleet is on a war footing with warships patrolling northern waters off Russia and Finland. Romanian and Hungarian frontiers are cited as tense areas with Soviet troop concentrations and diplomatic maneuvering shaping regional alignments.
London dispatch reports an expert neutral observer says neither the Nazis nor the Allies can win quickly. He notes French and British aims may force German capitulation by prolonging the war while leveraging strategic durability and moral pressure on the German home front.
Cedac Qanids Newy- Jerry Dytert, 48, of 2818 Aaves nue NE, was arrested at 3 05 p m Tuesday for driving while intoxicated. Capt Gordon Hughes observed the weaving on First Avenue East between Nineteenth and Crescent streets and Dytert denied drinking at the station.
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