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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
5
In The Gazette Forum, Mrs. Birdie E. Moore from West Branch lauds a new frontier of thinking free from witchcraft and hate. She urges organization to guard progress, honor science, and protect families and nations from fear and prejudice.
The Gazette is commended for opposing repeal of neutrality law and urges steadfast neutrality. The piece warns participation in war would bring divine and worldly wages of sin and argues no nation wins a war leaving civilization improved. It cautions against Europe’s plans and cash and carry proponents.
A letter from G WV Shakespeare of the city argues against neutrality in the European crisis. He says Hitler and Stalin threaten the church, urging aid to Europe and a shared triumph for Christianity over totalitarian regimes. He criticizes dollar prosaic pragmatism and calls for moral action.
Edward Rubin 64 president and chairman of American Silk Mills fell from a third floor dumbwaiter shaft to the basement in New York. Police say he went to the shaft to retrieve his newspaper and suffered a fainting spell before the plunge.
Commerce department experts are reviewing Latin American trade inquiries worth millions of dollars. The war has cut Germany off from South American customers and shifted England and France to military orders, making the United States a natural shopping ground for Latin American goods. The exact totals and items remain undisclosed.
Inquiries pour in from Latin American firms about buying specified items, pricing, credit terms, and currency exchange barriers. Dudley P K Wood, formerly handling foreign business, bears the bulk of the Latin American trade workload. Robert Louis Stevenson and Mark Twain did much of their writing in bed.
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, 81, was reported slightly improved by his personal physician. He remained ill with bronchitis and a moderate fever around 100 degrees. Associate Justice Pierce Butler, described as ill with a black derailment, was reported about the same.
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