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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1936
Page
2
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Illinois and California fair trade statutes are constitutional. The decision allows private agreements between retailers and wholesalers to maintain resale prices, without compulsory force, recognizing brand value and goodwill as protectable property.
The court held the DC Supreme Court may order a stay in the North American company suit testing the utility holding company act. It set reasonable limits to avoid delaying the Bond and Share decision, noting common issues with the New York case.
The mercury fell to 33 degrees below zero at Warroad in northern Minnesota. Some northern roads were blocked by weekend snows as extreme cold spread across the region.
A compact collection of humorous quips and pointed maxims from 1936. The snippets poke fun at fools, fate, and ambition with lines attributed to Twain, Carlyle, and a medical journal. Subtle social satire wrapped in pithy proverbs and mock-epigrams.
In Tucson the U S district attorney seeks indictments on alleged use of the mails to defraud in ransom notes as a federal grand jury weighs the case of six year old June Robles held nine teen days in a corrugated iron cage in the Arizona desert. Seventy witnesses were called in a prior effort to charge someone with the kidnapping.
Mrs. Roy Cromwell of Omaha sustained fractures to both bones in the left forearm and severe lacerations after a car driven by her husband skidded on snow and ice on highway 30 seven miles west of Cedar Rapids. Mr. Cromwell injured his left hip. both were taken by ambulance to St Luke's hospital.
Mexico grants asylum to Leon Trotsky, saying it reflects a tradition of sheltering political refugees. Foreign Minister Eduardo Hay dismisses political significance, while Diego Rivera had urged President Lazaro Cardenas to admit Trotsky.
Paul F. Jones, a local attorney, was returned to Cedar Rapids from Los Angeles to face charges of child desertion, embezzlement, and cheating by false pretenses. He waived extradition after discussions with officials and is jailed on $3,000 bond.
Cedar Rapids endured a first real sub zero spell after a Saturday snowfall of about four and a half inches. Temperatures fell from 31 above at 1 a.m. to 8 below by midnight, then rose to 11 above by Monday afternoon as crews cleared and sanded streets and highways. Trains and utilities reported only minor delays or normal service returning by Monday.
In Los Angeles a temple worker, Ernest Thomas Eade, filed a $100,000 slander suit against Rheba Crawford associate pastor of Angelus temple. The complaint alleges Crawford accused Eade of making love to Aimee Semple McPherson and boasted she has the goods on him.
Silent film star Bessie Love obtained a default divorce from William Hawks in Los Angeles on cruelty grounds. She received $750 monthly support for herself and daughter Patricia 4, plus a share of Hawks earnings.
The Court of Claims dismissed former Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter of Florida from seeking $833.33 in back pay. The court ruled it had no authority to review the Senate impeachment of him.
Vatican reports Pope Pius aged 79 shows improvement after a bout of paralysis and asthma with uremic poisoning. He spoke with Cardinal Pacelli for an hour and insisted on rising Tuesday. Gemilli left for Milan, prompting speculation about his condition as lay nephew Franco Ratti joined Advent services.
In Sauk Center Minnesota five buildings on Main Street were burned to ruins in the worst fire in the city’s history. Damage is estimated at 145000 to 150000 dollars. Three persons were injured.
George A. Ball testified at the Senate inquiry into railroad financing that he paid 274,682 for stock controlling a 3.18 billion dollar railway and industrial empire. He bought the Allegheny system at public auction in September 1935, a group of about 23,000 miles of railroads and related interests.
A Big Four freight train struck a truck at a grade crossing near Karnak Illinois killing four members of the Metcalf family. Tony Metcalf 45 from Joppa Illinois Adele 41 and their daughters Adele Jenine 4 and Carol Sue 6 died in the incident.
Viscount Rothermere urged the British government to legalize a morganatic marriage between King Edward and Mrs Wallis Simpson. He argued it would be simple to legalize, harder to abdicate, and predicted a huge parliamentary majority. The Daily Mirror featured five questions on abdication and the king's status, framing widespread public scrutiny.
Mrs. A. A. Happel suffered bruised back and shoulder when a car driven by her husband collided with Eldon Bearhiem’s at Bever avenue and Fifteenth street SE. Earlier, Donald Deamer was struck by R. E. Johnson on Bever avenue SE. also reports of minor bumps on J street SW and First avenue SE.
Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson rests at Villa Lou Viei Cannes after a frantic automobile dash across France. She phones London for updates on her romance with King Edward and awaits the British government’s decision while a crowd gathers to watch.
U S Judge George C Sweeney ruled the federal social security act valid for unemployment insurance tax. He denied an injunction against Boston and Maine railroad stockholder George P Davis of Waltham. Davis will appeal to the circuit court of appeals. first ruling nationwide.
King Edward, fortified by government patience, stays at Fort Belvedere and resumes his routine walk as legal adviser Monckton heads to London to discuss the Downing Street apologia. The king weighs between Mrs Wallis Simpson and the throne amid mounting crisis.
King Edward has not decided on marrying Mrs. Wallis Simpson. Prime Minister Baldwin told the Commons the government will not push new law and that delaying a decision could harm national and imperial interests. He said the king will inform his governments once a conclusion is reached, and Attlee urged patience.
The toll from the November 24 collision between an elevated train and an interurban express rose to eleven with the Sunday death of Harry Walborne, 45, a railroad employee. An inquest into the deaths has been postponed.
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