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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1935
Page
4
Congress faces a stalled NRA renewal as Wagner bill sponsors seek to fold the Wagner measure into an NRA act. Big business opposes the plan but fears losing NRA continuity, prompting a flurry of lobbying and a potential filibuster to block or push through changes before June 16.
Ohio penitentiary warden James C Woodard reports that 978 of 1056 convicts returned to work after a strike over parole delays. The 78 holdouts face usual disciplinary measures, previously confinement in a disciplinary cell block or solitary confinement.
Chicago Mayor Ed ward J. Kelly left by train with Mrs. Kelly for a San Francisco vacation. It is his first trip since taking office in 1933. The mayor traveled Wednesday night after speaking with reporters.
Washington officials heard George T. Hargreaves of International News Service critique AT&T and call for removing the 25 percent premium on high speed leased lines. He warned of crippling press rates and emphasized Washington news dominance in national coverage.
Ames. Prof. G B McDonald reports the Forestry Service will continue to operate soil erosion projects for the present. The notice reflects ongoing federal support for watershed protection and farm land conservation programs.
Belle Plaine mayor and city council buy 24 acres to convert into a city park from Robert Britton, Thressa Graff Webber. Lamont teachers list includes Young Taylor Carrigg Miller Boysen Simmons Newman, plus many more. Sigourney CCC camp back to 30 new members. Decorah district manager Wuerth arrives. Marengo CCC sent 18 men. DeWitt Equity Exchange reelects directors. Webster senior activities schedule listed. Manchester tuberculin tests. Webster burial of Anna Wine. Tipton honor society inducts five members.
Clarence Darrow, 78, voicing views on wealth distribution from his Chicago home, says the world improves with knowledge but calls for a more equitable sharing of wealth. He notes his health is good and predicts cycles of prosperity return within four years. He also mentions his NRA testimony and ongoing concern over industrial peace.
About 1 000 Muscatine high school students marched from classrooms to protest the board of education removing three faculty members, principal Fred Messenger track coach Leonard Hunn and math teacher Marinus Jensen for reasons of economy. A special board meeting was set for late Wednesday or Thursday.
London dispatch reports Maxim Litvinoff and Pierre Laval reached agreement on the final draft of the Franco Soviet accord after lengthy talks in Geneva. Signatures will follow Laval’s Moscow visit after the League of Nations council sessions conclude.
Six hundred Wisconsin citizens marched into the capitol to threaten a tax strike unless lawmakers cut government costs and taxes. Richard Lehmann of the Taxpayers' association spoke before the assembly hearing on tax bills.
A steel framed mountain funded by the PWA rises at the Washington zoo but native wild sheep refuse to approach the man made craggy structure. zookeepers face difficulty in encouraging the animals to roam the new exhibit.
A dense listing of radio programs by time and network from NBC CBS and affiliated stations. It names shows such as Galaxy Who and Mary Marlin with plural stations WMAQ WBBM WCCO WEAF and others, plus performers like Tony Wons Gale Page and Mary Marlin.
King Levinsky Chicago heavyweight and Baer title contender, driven in a Cadillac at 65 mph, was stopped by Motorcycle Patrolman John Hanna and fined $26.50 for speeding. Lena Levinsky, his sister and manager, assisted, and Levinsky said he was headed from Denver to Chicago to sign with Joe Louis and to fight Cedar Rapids in about a month.
Policeman Edward J. Bazarek, a noted member of the Dillinger squad, was shot to death by his wife Sarah during an argument at home. He returned late from work and died minutes after at St. Anne's hospital, leaving three children. The couple's sons Jerry and Roy, ages 4 and 6, witnessed the shooting. Buddy, 12, was at school. Bazarek had served with the department since 1921 and was regarded as one of the force's best.
Bertha Hurd, 44, was freed of an assault with intent to kill charge against her foster father Herbert Hurd, 72, who shot his wife Nellie A. Hurd two weeks earlier. The case stemmed from a claim she aided the wife in torturing him for money and to admit a supposed affair. The elderly man refused to prosecute at the preliminary hearing.
Fourteen year old Larry Harper died after using a diving helmet he built from a gas line drum and bicycle pump at Devil's Hole in Flycreek. He tied a sash to his arm to prove it would work, but the air pump failed and two hours of resuscitation failed to revive him.
In Toronto Ohio a clash between strikers and workers at the Kaul clay plant left one man dead and three injured. The dead man Andy Laceraka 30 of Port Homer was a striker shot during the melee. Deputies fired on over 300 pickets as the plant reopened after a wage dispute.
London reports Britain proposes separate naval limitation discussions with Germany and with Russia. The talks would be outside the Washington treaty framework and not involve signatories Germany or Russia.
Improvements for the Roosevelt Hotel costing about 25000 were authorized at a joint meeting of directors of the First Avenue Holding company and the Roosevelt hotel company. All dining rooms lobby and mezzanine floor will be air conditioned. An artesian well will be sunk. Bids have been received and work is to start at once.
Spencer G. Frink Robert H. France and William Makemson sue for 300000 from the Independent Order of Foresters Toronto Canada they filed an answer to objections to producing company records in court here They allege the sum was paid illegally to several persons including officials of the Modern Brotherhood of America who negotiated the absorption of Brotherhood a fraternal insurance company by the Foresters They say the district court lacks jurisdiction over its records and they cannot travel to Toronto to inspect books or obtain photostatic copies A hearing is set for Monday
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Senate killed an emergency bill prohibiting deeds before March 1 1937 tied to tax nonpayment and preserving redemption rights. A House bill approved set dairy show funding at 2000 for 4-H calves at the state fair. Another House bill allocated 265 for election contest expenses.
Paris AP reports the engagement of Prince Juan, third son of former King Alfonso, to Princess Maria Mercedes de Bourbon, announced officially Wednesday after Prince Carlos de Bourbon had said it informally days earlier.
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