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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1935
Page
4
The piece reports Secretary of Labor Perkins preparing to leave with Frank Murphy set to assume the labor portfolio. It notes cabinet shakeups, potential replacements for Cummings, and aims of expanding labor and antitrust actions. Also mentions Labor politics, Fish campaign, and industry tensions ahead of 1936.
Chicago report says rain led to a quick arrest as William Coleman 33 was nabbed shoplifting a $1.84 umbrella at a department store. Identification at police headquarters tied him to murder charges in San Francisco.
Frank S. Meador a San Antonio bank clerk and former Broadway actor confirmed that he and Anne Gould Meador granddaughter of Jay Gould have separated. He said We have separated that is all neither of us has entered suit. He added she did not like Texas and remained in Florida after her father's funeral months ago.
Congress debates four key farm relief measures as New Deal era policy faces delays. House committee reconsiders AAA licensing powers while actions on farm credit terms await rate adjustments. The Frazier Lemke bid to infl ate currency to wipe farm debt and Senate delay on the Jones Dempsey bill expanding federal anti erosion work hinge on administration priorities. The administration presses for a broad dust storm soil erosion program using part of the $4.88 billion work relief fund.
Lieut J A Whelan of the McGregor CCC camp and local sportsman A J Cords caught 12 trout in Clear Creek south of McGregor while snow fell. Several trout measured up to fourteen inches in the icy outing.
In St Louis a judge used humor to dismiss contempt charges after a deputy sheriff ordered the summoned juror to appear. Circuit Judge James Douglas showed leniency and freed the man from further contempt proceedings.
A dense listing of Wednesday morning, afternoon, and evening radio programs across CBS NBC and other networks. The schedule includes talk shows, serials, music programs, broadcasts from cities like Budapest, concerts, and orchestras with station calls WBBM WCCO WEAF WJZ WHO and more.
In Beverly Hills a domestic dispute between former actor Walter Emerson and Barton W. Sewell escalated into a fist fight on the driveway of Mrs. Jane Sholtz Emerson. Emerson claims he knocked Sewell down four or five times while Sewell alleges Emerson struck him with a gun.
Pablo Romero, 45, of Rocky Ford, Colorado, died in a freak accident when his horse threw him after being frightened by an approaching train whistle.
Romero was dragged along the highway in front of an automobile driven by Henry Miller, the Manzanola Colorado postmaster. Miller could not stop his car and Romero died an hour later at a local hospital.
Samuel Tornadone, 38, tavern owner and reputed Capone gang distiller, was killed by two shotgun blasts through an open window in his mother's home. A pellet grazed Tornabene's mother-in-law, and his wife Mary witnessed the shooting. Police found a 50 gallon still and 2,000 gallons of mash at the residence in East Hazel Crest.
Washington alerts France to immediate loss of special trade benefits if discrimination against American goods continues. President Roosevelt outlines possible end to trade pacts with Germany Italy Denmark Portugal and notes Belgium-US treaty in a broader foreign trade policy.
Newark New Jersey AP report says Robert S. Powell seeks a divorce after stating he has seen his wife Isobel only three times since eloping after a flirtation. When asked how long they had been married he replied thirty one years.
A 1935 Cedar Rapids toll report cites 88 accidents resulting in 103 injuries and 6 deaths. The figures summarize roadway dangers and fatalities for the year.
Lyle Purdy of Rockford Illinois received 30 days in county jail after pleading guilty to transporting 36 pints of whisky and two quarts of gin without proper stamps. The Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello was fined 25 dollars for under 80 percent milk fat butter shipped May 3 1933. R E Hazard of Tama pled guilty and got 90 days for 26 gallons untaxed moonshine. Howard Snyder of Cedar Rapids was sentenced to 60 days and paroled for six months for illegal transport of five gallons untaxed alcohol.
Aviation experts in New Orleans assess the Delgado Maid built by Delgado Trades School students led by Byron Armstrong. Pilot W C Penny Rogers flew the maiden test at 225 to 250 mph with a low-pitch lift propeller, before adding streamlined pants and a revised propeller for official speed attempts.
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