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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1935
Page
1
The Senate appropriations committee added 2.55 million dollars to the second deficiency bill to air condition the Capitol and the Senate and House office buildings. Critics say the plan wastes money and offer that cooling may reduce heat related discomfort for lawmakers.
Gerald Thompson faced a circuit court jury in Peoria Illinois after closing arguments over the murder of Mildred Hallmark a 19 year old host and victim. State and defense counsel clashed as the jurors heard calls for the death penalty. Thompson who allegedly raped Hallmark and left her body in a Springdale cemetery ravine faced jeers as he passed from courthouse to jail.
Sheriff A E Thompson of Buena Vista county is bound over to the grand jury on a charge of malicious mischief from an incident during Gov Clyde L Herring's visit to Storm Lake two weeks earlier. Three farmers filed the charge in Justice Cunningham's court.
Des Moines resident Donald Lanning, 27, is sought by police and state agents for questioning in the slaying of John LeClair, a garage mechanic. Detective Tom Pettit disclosed that Lanning was identified as the man who allegedly drove LeClair’s car to an Anamosa filling station, forced the attendant to shelter at gunpoint, and then fled with the vehicle.
The Senate approved the House bill restoring about 45 million dollars in pension benefits to Spanish American War veterans by a vote of TL to 1. The measure now heads to the White House for final action.
A concise report notes committee members remembering their obligation to hold and defend the Constitution, reaffirming their resolve to uphold constitutional principles.
An exhortation to seize daily life with faith and courage. Each day brings opportunity and wonder, urging readers to abandon fear and old habits, live fully, and share the journey toward joyful enduring purpose.
The agricultural adjustment administration announced four year wheat contracts paying about 400 million dollars to roughly 500000 farmers, covering about 80 percent of the U S wheat crop. A 15 percent acreage reduction is required for 1936 with adjustments allowed within counties to correct inequalities.
Cleveland chemistry professor Walter J. Bauer, 38, was murdered in Chicago by a man identified as Manville Zenge. Bauer, who had married two weeks earlier, said Zenge had courted his bride for ten years and forced him at gunpoint to drive to Chicago where the attack occurred in a south side area. Bauer died from blood loss after a mutilating knife operation performed during the assault. His wife, nurse Louise Bauer, traveled to Chicago with Zenge photos to aid police.
Mrs Katherine Bauer, widow of Walter J Bauer the 38 year old Cleveland chemistry professor murdered in Chicago, testified she believed he was in Ann Arbor for a postgraduate course and did not know he was married or in Chicago. She had no idea who his wife might be.
The king and queen with the Duke and Duchess of York arrived at Cowes aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert to begin a two week holiday.
The item reports toll figures for Cedar Rapids in 1935, noting numbers for accidents injuries and deaths. It lists a total owed amount of 994 with 267 attributed to related charges or settlements.
Sioux City Mayor W. D. Hayes petitions Judge F. Hl. Rice for an ex parte hearing as an ouster action, based on a Woodbury county grand jury inquiry into a state wide slot machine racket. Hayes had sought to expunge alleged libelous grand jury statements, but that request was denied.
Sioux City defense seeks to strike the amended abstract filed by Woodbury County Attorney Maurice Rawlings in the Joe Siegel manslaughter appeal. Siegel's lawyers call Rawlings' amendments error filled and request certification of Siegel's trial transcript for comparison. They contend the amendments were filed late and should have come from the attorney general rather than the county attorney.
Rome under a royal decree creates state monopolies on coal including coke and metals such as copper tin and nickel. The ministry of communications will administer the monopolies and oversee state railways, with effect starting Thursday.
The senate approved a bill restoring pension reductions made by the 1933 economy act for Spanish American War veterans. The measure passed 74 to 1 with Senator Hastings of Delaware casting the lone dissent.
Democratic tax drafters backed a limited income tax deduction for corporations on gifts to charities, defying President Roosevelt. The move surprised some leaders as the plan aimed for floor debate by week’s end while plans to finish work by August 20 were discussed with the President.
Organized business shifted its campaign against the President Roosevelt tax policy to the Senate Finance Committee. Nod Sargent of New York, tax economist for the National Association of Manufacturers, labeled the President's policy and the $270,000,000 House Ways and Means plan as flawed.
A county grand jury charged Mrs. Evelyn Smith and Mrs. Blanche Dunkel with the torso murder of 28 year old Ervin J. Liang. The indictments aim to pursue the electric chair as Cook County's first female victims. They are expected to be returned before Chief Justice Cornelius J Harrington in criminal court Thursday.
On the Orphir salvage ship a 3,360 pound diving suit was lowered to 360 feet to inspect the sunken Lusitania hull. Captain Russell watched as oxygen, lines, and batteries were checked while the ironman suit rested at the sea floor for an hour, a shark encounter triggering concern among the crew.
David E. Howell a Cedar Rapids business leader and former director of the Merchants National Bank died at his home at 8 50 a m Wednesday after a short illness bronchitis He was 76 born November 15 1858 in Bridgeport He attended Meadville College and worked at Warfield Grocer company later forming the Warfield Pratt Howell firm He moved to Cedar Rapids in 1898 to open a branch later liquidated eight years ago He was a Mason Shriner Elk and former Cedar Rapids Country Club president He is survived by his wife a daughter and three grandchildren Funeral services set for 4 p m Friday at Turner chapel with Oak Hill cemetery burial
Washington AP reports price fixing removed from the AAA amendment after a conference committee agreed to the senate attached measure. The action ends the bid to keep price fixing language in the bill as it moved through negotiations.
The Soviet submarine B-13 sank after a submerged collision in the Gulf of Finland. Fifty five crew members including seven cadets died. The government granted 10 000 rubles to each victim's family and granted pensions. Salvage operations are underway at Kronstadt with state funerals planned.
Berlin authorities issued extraordinary police precautions after observers linked Germanys economic crisis to intensified Nazi campaigns. Count von Helldorf ordered readiness across the city while observers warned of reactionary divisions and possible measures against Jews and dissenters amid price and policy tensions.
A colliery explosion in ERMELO Transvaal traps four Europeans and 75 natives, burying all 79 workers alive and risking fatalities before rescue attempts.
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