20 Aug 1935
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1935
Page
1
The piece muses on Wiley Post and Will Rogers taking off in fog after a ten minute emergency flight from Point Barrow. It notes Rogers rapid dispatching and roving journalism drives, recalls Cedar Rapids visits, vaudeville pay, and a hotel room typing scene.
Will Rogers and Wiley Post were flown from Seattle toward Oklahoma in a funeral voyage. Crosson delivered the bodies from Vancouver to Seattle, then onward toward Glendale and finally home for Oklahoma burials. The ceremony will be private with Rogers in state at Forest Lawn before Thursday services.
A London man once blind describes how faces look when seen for the first time noting angular forms and weary expressions, while in Clarinda Iowa a late beloved minister is praised for walking the streets, a living face of good deeds and community care.
Secretary Wallace ducked out after protests from Detroit housewives who demanded an immediate investigation into meat prices. Mrs. Mary Zuk led the group, pressing for 20 percent price reductions and open discussion with reporters present. Wallace cited drought conditions and avoided direct answers.
Paris dispatch says Baron Pompeo Aloisi an Italian spokesman in the Italo Ethiopian dispute hinted that circumstances may force Italy to quit the League of Nations within a few weeks. The report notes ongoing negotiations and Italy's potential withdrawal as a possible outcome of the crisis.
Associated Press reports Paris talks collapse over Ethiopia dispute. Italy's invasion considered inevitable by officials. London warns war risk to Britain as Italy rejects concessions. Addis Ababa unites to defend empire while Rome hints at imminent military action.
Paris dispatch reports a total breakdown of negotiations among France Britain and Italy over the Ethiopian dispute. The threat of an Italian Ethiopian war looms with fears of a broader African and Asian outbreak. Britain may lift the arms embargo. Laval weighs a last appeal to Mussolini as war seems probable.
Fire started by a burning cigarette swept through a hotel room in Chicago trapping Sally Bruner 27 and Mary Breen 26 as they slept. Breen died before rescue and Bruner died later in hospital with extensive burns.
Thomas Thomsen, attorney and secretary of the Elkader fair association, bound over to the grand jury on a manslaughter charge after a shooting on the Elkader fairgrounds. Five thousand dollar bond set. three men detained for questioning. coroner says no inquest. Thomsen says he fired into the air as three men approached. a shot then struck Jimmie Jacobson in the head.
County Attorney Roger F. Warin pressed Governor Clyde L. Herring to probe Garner a farmer robbery convict allowed two weekend home visits from Woodward hospital for epileptics. Warin sought full explanation from hospital superintendent Dr. A R Schier, who said visits occurred in sickness cases. No family illness was found.
The house Monday passed the Cros ser bill creating a railroad retirement system for about 1.1 million workers to replace the law struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. A companion tax bill has not yet passed.
Florence Arlington, a Broadway actress 45, died Sunday in a New York hospital. She appeared in Alrie's Irish Rose and supported Lenore Ulric in Her Man of Wax.
Cedar Rapids moves into a new era as the Mississippi River no longer blocks eastern markets. The change hinges on destination classifications that let Cedar Rapids manufacturers ship east or west at the same rates, a victory long sought by Harry F. Sundberg and officials. This ruling, backed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, promises to spur growth for eastern interior Iowa industry and bridge the river barrier.
The Guffey coal stabilization bill passed the House by a narrow 194 to 168 margin with two present. It aims to create a national coal commission to enforce a wage hour trade code and tax structure yielding a 90 percent drawback on a 15 percent mine-mouth tax. In the Senate, supporters expect a stand after tabling a similar measure.
The bill declares coal mining in the public interest and creates a five member national coal commission with $16 000 salaries along with a consumer’s counsel and coal labor board. It imposes a 15 percent tax on soft coal with most rebates to compliant operators, divides regions into 23 districts, authorizes marketing agencies and minimum prices, prohibits unfair trade practices, and establishes worker collective bargaining rights. A key provision makes hours and wages agreements by two thirds of producers and majority miners binding nationwide.
The Will Rogers estate will be probated under California tax law rather than Oklahoma law. RFC chairman Jesse Jones stated estimates of 6,000,000 dollars were grossly exaggerated and declined to reveal details of the Rogers’ affairs.
Washington AP report on Howard C. Hopson before the Senate lobby committee. He recited personal profits from power firms and spoke of efforts to sway newspapers against the public utilities bill. He faces a contempt citation, while Schwellenbach cites a $654000 ten year gain from Jones Operating and Financial, with Hopson asserting minimal capital input.
Otto Vogel the University of Iowa baseball coach was appointed chief of police for the newly incorporated suburb University Heights in Iowa City. He called it the first political appointment he ever received and joked it might be a better job than coaching.
Congress completed action on the banking act and sent the measure to the White House for President Roosevelt to sign. The bill seeks to reform banking rules and oversight, signaling a major fiscal policy move by the administration.
Republicans joined Democrats to approve the Frazier Lemke farm credit measure after brief discussion. The bill lets farmers facing foreclosure enter bankruptcy and, under court appraisal, keep possession with three years of rent to cover taxes and insurance. A purchaser could bid at auction up to the appraisal or mortgage value. Critics fear it harms farmer credit and loan access.
The Woodbury county grand jury asked Gov. Clyde L. Herring and the state executive council to withdraw special investigator Maurice J. Breen, claiming the council’s probe obstructs the grand jury. Breen was brought in to probe political motives and testimonies, despite a petition by 118 Sioux City residents. The panel continued questioning investigators and sought postponement of appearances by Attorney General O Connor and others.
A Berlin radio exposition fire trapped 100 people in a restaurant atop a sixty foot tower. The main building and two wings were destroyed. damage estimated at 2.5 million dollars. Eight people were burned during rescue. hundreds of fire units fought the blaze.
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