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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1938
Page
13
Cedar Rapids begins a broad campaign to replenish the Community Chest with a mass meeting at the Chamber of Commerce drawing about 400 attendees. Leaders praise early plant and business unit drives and contrast local philanthropy with hardships in Europe, signaling an auspicious week ahead.
The PWA rejects Cedar Rapids plea for a municipal swimming pool grant and loan. It warns funds may be redirected to other communities, noting the city ranks high in state income tax payments but unlikely to receive proportional federal support. Local demand for better sanitary swimming facilities exists, but enthusiasm has been weak.
The piece warns the Czechoslovak crisis mirrors the 1914 Serbia crisis, noting Hitler’s threats echoing past ultimata. It recalls how Archduke Francis Ferdinand’s assassination sparked world war and contrasts historical reactions with today’s allied temperaments. The analysis highlights similar demands and diplomatic pressures.
The decree demanded arrests of smugglers and punishment for them, and compelled Serbia to explain statements by Serbian officials to Vienna. Serbia faced a harsh, largely accepted ultimatum but rejected foreign punishment of assassins. Serbia sought Hague arbitration. Austria Hungary broke off relations, declared war on July 28, and Belgrade was bombarded. Russia and Germany followed, drawing in France Britain and others.
A long essay argues that discontent spurs reform and that ignorance blinds a nation to better ways. It contrasts American complacency with Sweden’s advances in housing, public health, and reform, noting skepticism toward profit and the role of media, fashion, and war-time rhetoric in shaping opinion. It ends with a call to correct a dated sentence as a nod to attention to language.
New York Day by Day columnist Charles Driscoll profiles the Circus Saints and Sinners, a New York business crowd turned social club that meets monthly at the Commodore ballroom. The group funds a home for aging circus performers in Sarasota, started by Benham, a former World writer and advertising executive, to aid neglected retirees.
Gene Buck, 53, from Michigan, lives in Great Neck with wife and two sons. He writes lyrics for Ziegfeld shows and has produced over 500 popular songs. Despite razzing when speaking about others, his earnest, apologetic demeanor reveals a plain, steady stage presence amid Broadway chaos.
Dan Anderson left for Tulsa to spend winter with his sons W F and R H Anderson. William Beebe leaves for Des Moines as safety supervisor and Otto L Luhring for Monticelo as exchange manager. F L Kilberger bruised when his team was struck by a car near Frontier Park and he was thrown out. Frank C Welch heads to Philadelphia for the American Bankers association meeting. Roscoe Wright to Grinnell for the Student Army Training Corps. Charles Melsa of Swisher, a Cedar Rapids figure, was killed in action in France per war department telegram. Miss Mary Oxley, children’s news continues.
The librarian at the public library has accepted a similar post in Long Beach California. A farewell reception was held last evening at the First United Brethren church honoring Rev J C H Light and his family as they depart for their new home in Reading Pennsylvania.
The extravaganza The Wizard of Oz played at Greene's opera house today. The Reverend Joseph Fort Newton, new Universalist pastor, preached his inaugural sermon on The Church of Today. Miss Maude Tisher departed for El mir e California for the winter. Ed L. Hughes, veteran flour dealer, returned to Cedar Rapids to establish headquarters after years away.
Faith visits her grandparents who try to pair her with a town beau but she refuses and finds happiness with another. They see her joy and begin to accept that she should choose her own mate, though envy lingers among townspeople.
A Miss Manners reply notes bashful people often overestimate self focus. By forgetting yourself and showing interest in others, one can conquer shyness. Observe people you know, study their features, listen, and pose intelligent questions to engage them and reduce self concern.
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