02 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
1
Reports say Japanese admiral apologized after an American tug seized by Japanese forces had its flag torn from the vessel and returned to its owners. The flare up in China faded as tensions eased and crews recovered the flag from the river.
In Cleveland workers approved a company bid granting pay raises but rejecting a closed shop. The settlement, announced by federal conciliator John S. Conner, provides about 15 dollars extra per month for drivers and expanded base pay for lower earners. Drivers will also be paid for dead-heading at half the mileage rate.
The justice department filed two petitions in the southern district of New York charging Western Union Telegraph Company and Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation with violations of the Sherman antitrust act. Attorneys General Cummings and Jackson seek to enjoin the companies from continuing the conspiracy to monopolize interstate telegraphic commerce and from future similar actions.
Des Moines AP State Treasurer Leo Wegman renewed his drive for a new cigaret tax law. He said current evasion costs Iowa about 2.5 million dollars annually and that convictions are hard to obtain, with bootlegging widespread as offenders dodge the law.
The senate backed a law last winter but the house did not. Mr Wegman questions how wholesalers and manufacturers could predict which cigarette cartons would be bought out of state by Iowans, highlighting transport concerns.
A panel of four advisers joined ten men and ten women aged eighteen to twenty five for a private discussion on love and marriage. They debated sex, morality, work, and the meaning of life with frankness, noting the era’s material focus and fear of life.
Iowa Liquor Control Commission plans a second Sioux City state store soon after a lease is secured. Manley cites demand and reduced bootlegging as reasons, noting sales rose from 23008 in August to 41934 in October and that illicit operators have quit under pressure. The new store would be near the stock yards district. Des Moines and Waterloo each have two stores.
Henry James Friel 27 of Sioux City was arrested in Long Beach California in connection with a two year old kidnapping of two Iowa farmers. He is suspected of being one of four men who robbed a Woodbine filling station on March 19, 1935. After exchanging gunfire with officers the victims were abducted and later released near Charter Oak and Sioux City respectively.
Belgium opposes German colonial ambitions in Africa and rejects any challenge to its Congo sovereignty. Britain and France edge toward a bargaining phase with Italo German blocs as talks hint at broader participation and security demands. Germany seeks a mandate for a shared colony sphere and a chartered company control with 51 percent share.
Governor William Langer ordered a statewide eviction moratorium in North Dakota delaying dispossessions until March 15. Judges and peace officers are to refrain from eviction actions unless tenants can show financial ability to pay, citing widespread financial hardship.
Elliott Brown of Rose Hill Iowa won the senior and grand championship among Aberdeen Angus females at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. F W Hubbell of Des Moines showed the grand champion Shorthorn breeding female, a two year old heifer. Hereford and Milking Shorthorn grand females were also named for Fos ter Farms Rexford Kansas and Borg Farms Delavan Wisconsin. Other placings include Hillandale Farm Muscatine Iowa and E M Mitchell and Sons Reinbeck Iowa with Angus and Milking Shorthorn entries.
London reports say Buckingham Palace denies that the Duke of Windsor authorized Compton MacKenzie to write an official abdication version. MacKenzie and publishers claim the duke approved the project and later refused after reading a synopsis, with royal pressure cited in the dispute.
John Ketchmark, who fled in 1920, told reporters outside that conditions were terrible and he was glad to be back. Warden Joseph Montgomery verified the escape, noting Ketchmark will serve seven more years to finish his term. The 52 year old had been sentenced in Sangamon county in 1912 for burglary and larceny.
Regional official William McArthur forecasts about 50 000 Iowa farmers will claim nearly half of the national 150 million bushel corn loan limit under the 75 million federal appropriation. Loans at 50 cents a bushel, forms distributed through the Town AAA offices, sealing to begin next week. Eligibility limited to participants in the 1937 soil conservation program. loans expire in ten months no later than November 1, 1938.
In Shanghai the Japanese navy apologized for seizing an American flag tug and returning the vessel Feiling and two Italian tugs. Rear Admiral Yarnell protested, but the flag was restored and the incident closed amid diplomatic and naval notes.
The Japanese consul general denied reports he told British authorities Hongkong could be drawn into the China Japan dispute. He said he asked Hongkong's colonial government to suppress an anti Japanese secret society threatening local merchants dealing with Japan.
London asserts that no power may take unilateral action in Shanghai's international settlement. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden backs U S France and Britain protests and says the settlement administration must remain under shared oversight.
Thomas E. Dewey, as yet not sworn in as district attorney, sent a letter to Governor Lehman alleging a direct link between Tammany Hall and organized crime. He cites Marinelli as a political ally of thieves and racketeers and presents corroborative evidence to support his charges amid LaGuardia’s reform push to dismantle Tammany remnants.
Governor Lehman directs New York County Clerk Albert Marinelli to file an answer by Monday to removal charges filed by District Attorney-elect Thomas E. Dewey of New York. The notice comes amid ongoing political and legal pressures in Albany.
Federal Judge Albert B. Maris ruled that pupils whose Jehovah's Witness beliefs forbid flag salutes cannot be expelled for refusing to salute. The decision involved two Miner’sville children expelled two years earlier, and it does not order reinstatement but requires the board prove the refusal harms public welfare. Walter Gobitis, father of Lilian and William, filed suit arguing religious beliefs grant the right to decline the daily salute.
Air planes troops and police scoured the Transjordan frontier in a manhunt for terrorist bands who killed two British policemen near Taifa at night.
Federal Communications Commissioner George Henry Payne urged a nationwide push to raise radio program quality to adult levels. He warned current content risks immaturity and urged action under existing law, with potential new legislation if needed.
Secretary Wallace denounces the Senate farm bill as inadequate and urges strict crop control with marketing quotas and penalties. He pushes funding via processing taxes and stronger granary provisions, aiming to disrupt cotton and wheat subsidies and pressure Congress before the special session.
General Erich Ludendorff, aged 72, remains critically ill after bladder infection surgery in Munich. Doctors warned he may linger for hours or days as his wife stays at the hospital to be near him.
In a wry 1937 column Arthur Baer notes the Brussels peace conference failed to end major conflicts or spark new ones. He dismisses optimism with sharp humor about Europe and Asia, calling the season of peace lightly troubled by regional tensions.
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