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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1936

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Roosevelt tax program draws business fears and support

Briefs filed with the house ways and means committee reveal business worries that a proposed billion-dollar tax plan would hinder employment and capital formation. Support comes from the Inter-Professional Association and industry leaders like Hyman L. Battle who warn of uneven effects on mills and surpluses.

Washington INS House Ways and Means Joseph B. Gillman Inter-professional Association Pork Buffalo Supreme Court Bufalo Park Hyman L. Battle Rocky Mount Mills North Carolina

Suicide by Coiled Rope and Rifle Shot Near Iron Hills Farm

Clyde Reynolds, 16, living with the Mel vin Morehead family on a farm near Iron Hills, died Monday morning by a self inflicted rifle shot and hanging. His body dangled from a hay mow rafter, neck broken. Doris Morehead heard the gunshot and alerted his mother who cut him down. No motive was given. the boy’s mother has been hospitalized at Independence.

The Gazette Maquoreta Clyde Reynolds Melvin Morehead Iron Hills Doris Morehead

Roosevelt nominates Iowa postmasters George Smith Tipton Beigard

President Roosevelt sent to the senate postmaster nominations for Iowa naming George M. smith of North English and Peter T. Beigard of Tipton.

Washington Roosevelt Senate Iowa George M. Smith Peter T. Beigard Tipton

Iowa City Driver Held on DWI Charge

Francis L. Billick 23 of Iowa City is jailed in lieu of a $300 fine after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. Sheriff Frank Martin arrested him near Walcott Saturday after the truck he drove forced another motorist into a ditch.

Davenport Francis L. Billick Iowa City Walcott Frank Martin

Brookhart Probe Details Army Deals and Export Clauses

A congressional committee reports that modifications to Army contracts favored contractors. It cites profits of 408 085 and efforts to sell abroad despite a domestic clause. Officials faced pressure to amend export terms, though not proven unlawful, the changes questioned as compromising public interest.

Sistant Frederick H. Payne Newbury England Germany Russia William Berwin Payne H. H. Woodring Berwin Brimley Corporation

James M. Beck Dies At Washington Former Congressman

James Montgomery Beck former solicitor general and Pennsylvania representative died at his Washington home at 75 of coronary thrombosis. He collapsed after appearing well at a luncheon and died at 4 30 pm. Beck retired from the House in 1934 after a third term saying Congress had become a rubber stamp for the executive.

Washington James Montgomery Beck United States Pennsylvania Beck House American Liberty League

Supreme Court To Rule On Iowa Chain Store Tax

The Supreme Court agreed to hear three appeals from Iowa taxing authorities challenging a federal court ruling that parts of Iowa's gross receipts tax on chain stores are unconstitutional. The law set per store and receipts based taxes, with the federal decision upholding store counts but striking the gross receipts portion.

Supreme Court Iowa Washington LLP

Louis Clay Trial Heads to Jury After Defense Testimony

In Iowa City the Louis Clay retrial neared closing Monday as eight defense witnesses finished their testimony. Closing arguments were set for Monday afternoon with a verdict expected Tuesday. Clay denied visiting the Folsom home or knowing the victim, while his former wife Mabel Davis testified that Clay robbed and choked George Folsom on Christmas Eve 1933.

Iowa City Louis Clay Clay E. A. Baldwin W. F. Murphy George Folsom

Correction on Duke’s race in Iowa Cay trial report

The Gazette corrects a Friday Iowa City Cay trial article noting D. J. Duke was misidentified as a Negro. Duke is a white man.

the Gazette Iowa City D. J. Duke Duke

Notice in Linn County District Court on final report

Notice of final report filed by I. Ware sole referee in the estate cases of C F Nietert and J H Nietert. The court sets a hearing for April 20 1936 at 9 00 in Cedar Rapids to approve the accounting and determine distributions to interested parties and discharge the referee and bond.

District Court of Iowa Linn County J. Nietert C. F. Nietert J. H. Nietert District Court Iowa I. Ware Seid Jacsnae Lynch, Anderson

House bloc seeks 700 million for PWA relief program

A house caucus led by Rep. Beiter of New York urged earmarking 700 million of a 1.5 billion relief fund for PWA projects. Beiter claimed broad support despite only a dozen attendees, and criticized Interior Secretary Ickes for not appearing before the appropriations committee.

Washington INS PWA House Rep. Beiter New York Interior Ickes House Appropriations Ickes WPA Harry L. Hopkins Beiter Interior Department Appropriations Committee Secretary of Interior Roosevelt American Federation of Labor West Virginia Rep Randolph

Rotarians Elect Directors After Spirited Cedar Rapids Campaign

The Cedar Rapids Rotary Club elected seven directors at the Hotel Montrose after a lively race. Winners include L D Burkhalter Jr C W Cottingham F Cruz Hahn Joseph A Lattner Joseph M Long Ed F Moorman and Dr J Stuart McQuiston. They will meet Thursday to pick officers and take office July 1.

Cedar Rapids Hahn Rotary Long Moorman Santa Claus Burkhalter Dr. McQuiston Rotarians Escanaba Mich

Police Seek Two Suspects in Bath Tub Slaying

Police hunted two unidentified men in the murder of Mrs. Nancy Titterton, describing one as tall and effeminate and the other stocky and coarse. Witnesses linked a pair of men to attempts to gain entry at the Tittertons' Beekman Place home and to a costly costume show fiddle involving a non existent country club. The case, still unsolved, has drawn heavy police effort and state of the art detection methods.

New York Nancy Titterton Margaret Arbeiter J. D. Wooster Lambert Lambert Chemical Company Helen Meyer Park Avenue

Probe Faces Fertilizer Trust Allegations in Farm Theft Claim

Washington AP reports a Justice Department inquiry into a possible fertilizer trust harming farmers. Assistant Attorney General John Dickinson ordered the probe after Representative Tarver of Georgia charged farmers lose millions annually to alleged price manipulation and anti competitive practices.

Washington Justice Department John Dickinson Anti-Trust Tarver

City Hall Notes on Vehicle Purchase and Steam Main Work

The city council authorized the public improvement department to buy a new automobile to replace a junked one. It also granted Iowa Electric Light and Power permission to install a steam main on Third street SE from the alley between Third and Fourth avenues south 760 feet and into the rear alley of Petersen Baking Company about 125 feet.

Public Improvement Department Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Third Street Third Avenue Fourth Avenue Petersen Baking Company

Dearborn Brass property zoning set for final hearing

Ordinances rezoning the Dearborn Brass company heavy and light industrial property pass first and second readings by the city council. Final consideration set for a public hearing April 30. T Roscoe Andrus asked permission for summer street meetings, with matter referred to the council.

Dearborn Brass Company T. Roscoe Andrus Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints

City Council approves flag sale by Daughters of Union Veterans

The city council scheduled a flag sale on Monday, organized by the Daughters of Union Veterans, to be held on June 13 on public streets. The event aims to raise funds for veterans' causes and community programs.

Daughters of Union Veterans

City Panel Grants Shrine Body Carnival Appearance Permit

The city council approved the uniform bodies of El Kahir temple of the Shrine to sponsor the Royal American Shows carnival in town from June 15 through June 23.

el Kahir Temple of the Shrine

Delegation Plans Set For Ames State Conference

City council delegates arrangements for a state planning conference delegation to Ames under the state planning board and national resources committee. Ed Stefan park commissioner was tasked with organizing the details on Monday.

State Planning Conference Ames State Planning Board National Resources Committee Ed Stefan

Delaware County Young Democrats to Elect Officers

An organization meeting at the courthouse Thursday at 8 p.m. will elect officers for the ensuing year and select delegates to the state convention in Davenport next month.

Manchester Davenport Delaware County Young Democrats Club

Nevin Nichols Named Supt of Recreation

Nevin Nichols, recreation supervisor, was appointed superintendent of recreation by the city council on Monday following the playground commission recommendation. He succeeds his mother, Clare Nichols, who resigned last week. Nichols is a graduate of Coe College and the National Recreation Association School in New York City.

Nevin Nichols Playground Commission Nichols Clare Nichols Coe College National Recreation Association New York City

Townsend and Community Notices Briefs

Townsend No 1 club meets Monday at 7 30 p m in the superior court room. Cedar Rapids Gas cooking schools held Tue and Thu at 2 30 p m. Crandie Display Club meets at Montrose hotel Tue Apr 14 at 8 p m. Boy Scout troop committee meets Mon at 7 30 p m at Garfield school. Townsend residents Dairy Dale hold meeting at Dairy Dale hall 6 p m Apr 14. Rev N C Dreier speaks Tue noon at Canopus club luncheon Hotel Roosevelt. Miss Maude Carr of 219 Twenty fifth street drive SE called Riverside due to sister Mrs William G McCreedy death.

Garfield Dairy Dale Dairy Dale Hall N. C. Dreier First Congregational Church Canopus Club Hotel Roosevelt Maude Carr Twenty-fifth Street Drive Riverside William G. McCreedy

Knights of Pythias meeting to confer Page rank

Star of the West lodge No. 1 will meet tonight at 7 30 in the K P hall. The rank of Page will be conferred. Candidates from Marengo are expected to be present.

Star of the West Lodge Knights of Pythias K. P. Hall Marengo

Bankruptcy petition filed by Charles W Kunath in federal court

Charles W Kunath of 308 Thirtieth street SE filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court here Monday reporting debts of 1082 and assets of 200 with exemptions claimed. Fines and costs for overtime parking were listed against four individuals in police court. A Cedar Rapids Negro Institute basketball game is set for Tuesday evening with no admission. Scout swimming finals Tuesday at 7 p m feature eight events with Troops 16 10 9 and 6 having district prelims.

Charles W. Kunath Workman Thirtieth Street L. C. Anderson C Avenue NE B. K. Anderson Ridgeway Drive S. F. Fillmore First Avenue E H. E. Booth Sixth Street Cedar Rapids Negro Institute McKinley High School Bethel A.M.E. Pioneers Newsboys

Multiple Chimney Roof and Grass Fires Reported

Firemen responded at 9 40 a m Monday for a chimney fire at the home of Mrs Sarah Walker 420 Sixth Street SE and at 11 27 a m for a roof fire at the home of G Hofferber 1842 Ellis Boulevard NW Grass fires were extinguished during the forenoon at 610 Thirty six Street NE 1610 C Avenue NW Twenty eighth Avenue and J Street SW and at 2302 C Street SW

Sarah Walker Sixth Street G. Hofferber Ellis Boulevard Thirty-sixth Street C Avenue Twenty-eighth Avenue J Street C Street

Wrist Tendons Severed In Auto Glass Accident

Donald O'Neill aged 25 of the Y M C A and Bennett Tire employee sustained deep gashes and severed tendons in his right wrist when a headlight glass shattered while he adjusted the lens. He was taken to Mercy hospital and confined.

Donald O'Neill Bennett Tire Company O’neill Mercy Hospital

Roof Fire at Panek Home and Several Grass Blazes

Firemen responded at 7 a.m. Monday for a small roof fire on the home of Frank Panek 1310 Third street SE. Grass fires were extinguished Sunday along Thirty-fourth street between Bever and Cottage Grove avenues SE near D avenue at Twenty-third street NE and at Twentieth street SE between Mount Vernon avenue and Van Vechten park.

Frank Panek Third Street Thirty-fourth Street Bever Cottage Grove Avenues D Avenue Twenty-third Street Twentieth Street Mount Vernon Avenue van Vechten Park

Disturbance Fines Hit Burgess Brothers in Police Court

Russell Burgess aged 20 and his brother Ralph 19 of 1247 Thirdst NW were fined 25 dollars plus costs for disturbing the peace. Walter Bower 40 of 108 Sixth Ave SW Norbert Neidl 34 of 1509 Sixteenth Ave SE Madonna Burrell 24 Negro of 1109 Fifteenth Ave SE and Ben Farnsworth 23 were fined 10 dollars plus costs for intoxication.

Russell Burgess Ralph Walter Bower Sixth Avenue Norbert Neidl Sixteenth Avenue Madonna Burrell Fifteenth Avenue Ben Farnsworth

Dickinson Attacks New Deal In Campaign Speech

Senator Dickinson denounces the New Deal as un-American and unconstitutional. He claims centralization and socialization threaten liberty, critiques soil conservation as a political ploy, and argues federal aid cannot solve local ills. He notes growing support in recent years amid changing public sentiment.

Senate Dickinson United States

Bachman resigns from church youth work to pursue poultry farm management

Ralph V. Bachman director of young people's work at First Presbyterian church resigns effective May 1 to manage his family farm near Cedar Rapids nine miles east on highway 30. He is a North Central College graduate and former staff member of Chicago Central Y M C A.

Ralph V. Bachman Mount Vernon Road First Presbyterian Church Charles G. Bachman Cedar Rapids Bachman North Central College Chicago Central

City offers par for bonds held by RFC in disposal plant swap

The Cedar Rapids city council voted to exchange par and accrued interest for 3000 in sewage disposal plant bonds held by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. These bonds stem from 1090000 in bonds canceled during a PWA grant. 1060000 was canceled with cash, leaving the city aiming to swap surplus cash for the bonds to cut interest costs.

RFC Reconstruction Finance Corporation Federal Reserve System PWA Cedar Rapids

Council Told Lack Of Funds Prevents WPA Work At Sewage Plant

WPA work at the sewage disposal plant grounds cannot continue due to lack of funds. William Yokum, district WPA director, told the city council in a letter that money is unavailable for the project though he desires completion. An allotment was approved last fall, but the crew was reassigned to another project after ground freezing.

WPA William Yokum Yokum Waterloo

Canadian Engineers Inspect Cedar Rapids Sewage Plant

Three Canadian engineers from Winnipeg visited Cedar Rapids Monday to study the operation of the city's sewage disposal plant. The group included W. D. Hurst Winnipeg waterworks engineer C. F. Landen dominion government engineer in charge of relief projects and A. W. Barker chief engineer of high pressure waterworks at Winnipeg.

Winnipeg Cedar Rapids W. D. Hurst C. F. Landen Dominion A. W. Barker

Bishop Leete to be honored at Omaha farewell dinner

Retiring Omaha area Methodist leader Bishop Frederick D. Leete and Mrs. Leete will be feted at a farewell dinner Friday at First Methodist in Omaha Nebraska. More than 400 Nebraska Methodists and regional church representatives will attend before the couple heads to the general conference in Columbus Ohio and then Florida to make their home.

Frederick D. Leete Omaha Methodist Church Upper

Discontinue Recreation Leadership Institute

There will be no more Monday morning sessions of the recreation leaders training institute for the young men and women employed by the playground commission under the national youth administration. The improved weather requires the services of men workers in parks and playground gardens, so the six two hour sessions of theory and practice of game leadership are ended. Women on the project will report for full time work at the centers where they have been stationed as assistants in recreation.

Recreation Leaders Training Institute Playground Commission National Youth Administration

Andelfinger Announces Run for Congress in Second District

Martin B. Andelfinger of Dubuque a Republican announced his intention to seek the nomination for Congress in the second district. He was the Republican nominee in 1934 and was defeated by incumbent B M Jacobsen of Clinton.

Des Moines Martin B. Andelfinger Dubuque Congress Andelfinger B. M. Jacobsen Clinton

I Felt Strong Again With S S S Tonic

A reader recalls feeling run down and weary until starting S S S Tonic. After a course, skin color improves and fatigue fades as red blood cells regain strength, restoring energy and the sense of being back to normal.

S.S.S. Tonic

Also Mentioned on This Page

Ica of Pa Eyar House Group John W. O'Leary Machinery and Allied Products Institute O’leary H. W. Boal Andrews Steel Company Newport Wisconsin North English and Fred Astaire Feg Lionel Barrymo Louis Wolheim Barrymore King Features Syndicate, Inc Great Britain Brookhart James M. Beck House Bloc Fertilizer Trust City Hall Townsend Club No Superior Court Room Cedar Rapids Gas Company Crandie Display Club Montrose Hotel Dickison Ralph Bachman Bishop Mrs. Leete Recreation Leadership Institute DeWitt
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