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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1932
Page
3
The piece argues against speed traps run by villages and warns motorists to avoid towns with such setups. It notes opposition to a state patrol, mentions the Bonus Army debates and Arlington burial, and discusses highway truck restrictions and psychiatrist critiques.
Robert P Lamont resigned as secretary of commerce and Roy Chapin of Detroit was appointed as his successor. Chapin, a pioneer in the auto industry, earlier led Hudson Motor and held multiple transport and highway posts with the Lincoln Highway Association and the International Chamber of Commerce. He is a former president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce and was born in Lansing Michigan in 1880.
Robert P. Lamont resigned as secretary of commerce and plans to return to business. Lamont, a longtime Hoover appointee from Lake Forest Illinois, is succeeded by Roy D. Chapin of Detroit Michigan a prominent automobile executive.
State police rushed 32-year-old Francis Nash from Manister Michigan after the bruised body of 17-year-old Evelyn Sanford was found buried in a cottage cellar. A mob gathered outside the county jail while coroner Dr. Rupert Stephens said the girl was gagged and strangled.
In Dublin the Irish Free State senate approved a motion to reopen negotiations with Great Britain over land annuities. Senator Connolly, minister of posts and telegraph, said Ramsay MacDonald will gain no consideration from America on war debts while the annuities dispute remains unsettled.
Des Moines AP The state bureau of criminal identification will compare fingerprints of a man using the name Roy Mercer arrested in Oklahoma City and held for Iowa authorities. The inquiry aims to match this suspect to Roy Mercer wanted for the August 8 1930 killing of Tipton vigilante R G Sproat.
Ellen Browning Scripps, 95, noted philanthropist and sister of E. W. Scripps, died at her La Jolla home. Born in London in 1836, she moved to America, helped found Detroit News, funded major gifts over a lifetime, and remained active in Scripps-Howard papers.
New York AP report says Samuel Seabury issued a 20000 word rebuttal to Governor Roosevelt defending charges against Mayor Walker. Seabury accuses Walker of equivocation and official misconduct and rejects the mayor’s explanations as untruthful.
A Tuesday night fire at the Peoples clothing store in Marshalltown caused about 10000 in damage and was insured. The blaze was reported to local authorities and investigators assessed the scene.
The Bonus Army in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, voted unanimously Wednesday to abandon its rain-soaked camp. Mayor Eddie McCloskey pressured leaders to leave, arranging possible rail transport home and warning of actions against resistors as ambulances treated illness and a paratyphoid case. The roughly 8,000 veterans, families, and supporters began evacuation plans with no disorder expected.
Secretary Hurley described the Washington eviction of the bonus army as carried out with unparalleled humanity and kindness. He said troops protected women and children and that only marchers caused property damage, denying evacuation of families and blaming propagandists and radicals. notes continued on page 14 column 5.
George Saling of Iowa wins the Olympic 100 meter hurdles Wednesday in a six runner field with several knocked down barriers. Percy Beard of Alabama takes second and Jack Keller of Ohio State third securing a U S sweep of the top three. Results note box scores and other Olympic events and major league games in the sport section.
Washington and nineteen Western Hemisphere powers refuse to recognize territorial gains by force in the Gran Chaco dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay. The move signals a broad Hoover doctrine expansion to the region and warns against aggression as Asuncion and Bolivian capitals prepare major offensives at multiple forts.
Geneva dispatch reports the League of Nations efforts to urge Bolivia and Paraguay toward peace in the Chaco dispute were ignored by both nations. No replies were received to President Matos of the league council exhorting peaceful settlement.
Mrs. Coral Glassford of Alamo Heights won a divorce from Pelham D. Glassford Washington police superintendent. She said she was abandoned on January 1, 1927. the couple married at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1907.
New York trading saw bursts of buying with stocks climbing 2 to 7 dollars in many names and grains rallying as farm shares and implement makers led gains. Bonds strengthened after morning irregularities while heavy volume pushed prices above last week, with U S Steel and other stalwarts jumping as shorts covered. In Chicago wheat rebounded about three cents from a dip, ending near a 21 2 cent gain as prices recovered roughly half of last week’s losses.
Four Van Horne men accuse Deputy Sheriff August McClellan of failing to aid a four-site robber capture. The suspect hid in a cornfield until a volunteer posse nabbed him at 3 p.m. Wednesday. The group criticizes the deputy for breakfast and detours while the hunt continued.
Beverly Hills report recalls a dawn event where 26 army officers from 10 countries rode four miles over 22 jumps at five minute intervals. Will Rogers credits American army horses as brave and argues cavalry still valuable despite air power.
National Guard troops moved into Sullivan county to impose martial law and quell ongoing clashes between strikers and Dixie Bee miners near Terre Haute. Col. Paul Selberling led the operation from Indianapolis by plane and planned a cleanup march with 1,000 soldiers to the Dixie Bee shaft area 12 miles south. The clash left one dead, eight wounded and a beaten newspaper man. 820 troops and 58 officers traveled to Terre Haute amid use of gas bombs and machine guns.
Mrs. Arvetta Smith, who escaped from the Rockwell City women's reformatory June 28, was returned Tuesday from Oklahoma City.
In Missouri Democratic Senate race Bennett C Clark trails Charles M Howell after 2508 of 4195 precincts report. Republican governor race leads Henry W Kiel over Dewey Short with 1301 precincts tallied. Local anti prohibition mood noted in St Louis returns.
In Topeka Kansas the primary results show Senator George McGill leading Chauncy B Little for the Democratic nomination by 13 697 to 6 785 with 799 of 2 676 precincts reporting while Ben S Paulen leads Republican field by about 11 000 over Joseph H Mercer as the dry state persists.
At the Iowa American Legion town convention in Fort Dodge, delegates voted 1,261 to 400 for immediate cash payment of the soldiers bonus and urged the town’s delegation to back the plan at the Portland national convention. W Earl Hall was elected state commander by a wide margin amid a heated exchange over the measure.
Mrs Jessie M Keith-Miller testified of a bitter argument hours before Haden Clarke was fatally shot at her home in Miami. Capt William N Lancaster, on trial for first degree murder, allegedly learned of Clarke's engagement to Clarke's fiancée and shot him in a jealous rage.
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