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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1932
Page
4
The text surveys multiple political frictions from a New Deal era, including court limits on probing public officials, Texas gubernatorial race dynamics, German Reichstag turmoil, and American Legion disputes. It notes Roosevelt’s stance on Jimmy Walker's fitness, Texas returns, Hitler’s choler, and Atlantic Pacific flight records, with local hurricane precautions and Moonshine lore.
A Cedar Rapids US dairy pact raises the basic price for 3.5 per cent butterfat milk from 140 to 200 dollars per hundredweight effective Sept 1. The deal ends July 1 price reductions and restores 10 cent per quart consumer pricing, aiming to prevent strikes and protect farm returns amid regional picketing.
Virginia Lee Corbin formerly Mrs Theodore Krol welcomed an eight pound son. Richard Dix and his wife Winifred Coe of San Francisco announced they are expecting a child in March.
President Hoover named Newton D. Baker to head the general relief conference set for September 15 to coordinate federal and private relief agencies for the unemployed. The Reconstruction Finance Corp announced loans totaling 50 million dollars to the American Cotton Cooperative Association and the Cotton Stabilization Corporation, secured by cotton at 25 dollars per bale. The Agriculture Department reported a two point rise in the farm price index since July 15, and the Home Loan Bank Board chair announced nine more states join the 60 day moratorium on foreclosures, bringing total pledges to 29. Connecticut California New Jersey Vermont South Carolina Massachusetts Arkansas Delaware joined the effort.
New York AP report says Rudy Vallee faces a rift with wife Fay Vallee former Fay Webb. Attorney Hyman Bushel quotes they cannot get along and Fay plans to leave New York at week’s end destination uncertain Reno discussed but not confirmed. Domestic tensions stop short of divorce.
U S Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania pleads not guilty to two indictments charging distribution and sale of lottery tickets and conspiracy. Bail is set at $1,000. Co defendant Theodore G. Miller also pleads not guilty. Miller is a publicity man and executive of the Loyal Order of Moose, of which Davis is national head.
Chicago AP report shows Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau federation condemning the midwest farm strike as sponsored by a limited group of misguided farmers allied with radical agitators. He urged farmers to vote and support a bureau program instead. Des Moines AP notes Milo Reno calls O Neals charges absurd and accuses him of red baiting.
Milwaukee passenger No. 8 wrecked at Atkins at 1.42 am as it struck a slowly moving freight train. Fireman John Riddle of Savanna Sr and conductor Dan Rees of Perry were seriously injured, with Riddle not expected to live. They were treated at St Luke’s hospital Cedar Rapids. Ollie Taylor of Perry was uninjured. The crash left debris along a 200 foot path, but no passenger cars derailed.
The Associated Press reports scientists and spectators flocking to New England for a total solar eclipse. Forty three expeditions set up instruments while a wary weatherman predicts partly cloudy skies in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont impacting the view and research plans scheduled for 2 30 p m Iowa time.
The page notes a complete Wednesday morning sport edition includes box scores from Tuesday major league games, a full summary of day one at the Iowa open golf meet the PGA tourney and the Western women's open along with other sporting items.
Des Moines reports a truce in the Farmers Holiday association disputes with an armistice in effect on most fronts. In Omaha city officials moved to break a blockade and the sheriff summoned deputies to push pickets beyond three miles, seeking National Guard aid. Ten highways into Sioux Falls faced picketing as farmers aimed to raise milk prices up to 50 cents, targeting 1.75 dollars per hundredweight. Cedar Rapids dealers agreed to raise milk to 2.00 per hundredweight. Des Moines enjoyed increased peace, with deputies and armed drivers suppressing key picket groups. Receipts remained normal and prices held steady to five cents lower.
Funeral services for Miss Sue McNamara feature writer for the Associated Press in Washington D C who died Monday at a Cedar Rapids hospital will be held at 4 p m Wednesday at the home of her sister Mrs J W Dean of Tipton Rev Mr Van Buren of Tipton will officiate Ashes cremated Monday will be placed in the Masonic cemetery at Tipton
New York Mayor James J. Walker lies seriously ill from heart trouble in his apartment after being confined to bed since Monday. Gov Franklin D Roosevelt intends to let the ouster hearing proceed despite questions about a fair trial, with Chief Counsel John J Curtin focusing on the decision denying a writ of prohibition. Roosevelt and supporters expect continued hearings and possible dismissal requests from Seabury.
In Exeter England Nell a canine medium relays Rin-Tin-Tin’s spirit messages via her owner T J Littlejohn. Rin-Tin-Tin says he is happy in the great beyond and has sent a replacement dog for the movies. He notes reuniting with a blue eyed three year old boy and suggests a tall Russian wolfhound may be his successor.
Will Rogers comments from Bishop California about Governor Sterling and the Texas political scene. He notes Texas as a great continuous force and jokes about a year needing someone to "lay our lils onto" while highlighting the state’s enduring course.
Detroit pilot Russell A. Hosler escaped unharmed after his new Tilbury and Fundy Finish racing plane overturned during a test flight at Cleveland air races. The craft, built in Bloomington Illinois for the event, suffered propeller and wing damage.
AP reports from Tyndall say spring is arriving with trees blooming including apple, lilac and other shrubs responding to warm weather as measured by the weather bureau.
Iowa residents will witness a solar eclipse with peak coverage at 2 17 p m Iowa time. The event begins at 1 04 p m and ends at 3 26 p m Prof C C Wylie of the University of Iowa notes 73 percent of the sun will be obscured at maximum.
Edwin D. Krenn, heir to five twelfths of Edith Rockefeller McCormick’s estate, turned over securities worth 1 260 000 in an emergency to the late Chicago society queen for her. Judge Charles B. Cutting recounts their deep friendship and Krenn’s pledge of devotion. The will filing suggests the executor may nullify an agreement with Edward A. Dato granting Krenn a lifetime 24 000 annual annuity. If any heir sues the will, he must surrender his share to Krenn.
Berlin AP reports the new Reichstag opened with communist demands to impeach President von Hindenburg and the cabinet. Hermann Goering was named permanent speaker as the session adjourned amidst threats of dissolution and political upheaval.
Freeman Clayton and Clelia Clayton were arrested in Cedar Rapids after Peoria Illinois police issued a murder warrant for Henry Pach's Aug 2, 1930 killing. The couple, neighbors of Pach, allegedly knew details of the crime and waived extradition as Peoria officials prepared to proceed.
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