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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1936
Page
3
The columnist denies death rumors while detailing a long recovery trip to Mississippi. He pledges no retreat from exposing public graft and corruption in Iowa, notes a new attorney general soon, and forecasts continued scrutiny of law enforcement laxity in major counties.
Washington reports the second annual industry conference of the Council for Industrial Progress adopting a four point program. It calls for a minimum wage in industry and substantial overtime for hours beyond a reasonable work week, aiming to raise purchasing power and aid re employment amid tech change. It also supports an economy of abundance, curbs on unfair trade, and a permanent economic advisory council. Secretary Perkins urged employment of unskilled workers and older workers to reduce unemployment, warning taxes may be needed to support widespread joblessness.
The writer notes a shift away from politics while recalling courthouse notes and court charges from the recent campaign. A Mississippi vacation reveals southern placidity, urging northerners to slow down and imitate. The column jokes about WPA labor and lazy mules on sand scrapers, highlighting taxpayer expense.
Twenty five women employed on a Michigan Works Progress Administration sewing project were overcome by fumes in Lansing. Officials reported 18 likely out of danger, while the rest were treated and sent home. Wood alcohol fumes were detected, and a garage owner disputed carbon monoxide as the cause.
A series of vignettes shows people in everyday life evaluating their choices. A boy misleads a clerk about a job, a New York student seeks life purpose, a preacher’s old sermons fail, and a wife rethinks her marriage after honest questions. Copyright 1936.
Detroit AP report shows Common Pleas Judge Ned H. Smith ordering nineteen men held for trial on a criminal syndicalism indictment accusing them of helping organize the Black Legion and plotting to overthrow the federal government. Viggo C. Rasmussen was released on motion by Chester P. O'Hara. Police could not arrest two other indicted figures, Virgil Efinger and Isaac White.
Martin Moore a 22 year old Negro was executed in North Carolina's gas chamber for the hotel room slaying of Helen Clevenger a New York University student in Asheville last July. At the last moment the warden said Moore repudiated the confession previously attributed to him by the parole commissioner and officers.
Dublin AP A bill to abolish the governor general and end using the king's name in domestic affairs was introduced in Dail Eireann by President Eamon de Valera. It would transfer most functions to the Free State president while keeping royal ties for foreign matters under certain conditions. A republic status was deemed unlikely as Co-operation with empire parts was still anticipated.
A second sub-zero wave pushed the temperature to 4 below zero at 7 a.m. Friday. By 2:45 p.m. it rose to 20 above after a clearing sky, with 2 above at 10 a.m. The record low for the season was 8 below at midnight last Sunday. The week’s highs and lows followed a 23 at noon Thursday, then 8 above at 7 p.m. and zero at midnight, per Chambers Inskeep company records.
Special to The Gazette reports Decorah woke to a Friday morning low of 16 below zero the coldest reading of the winter season.
Forest Harwood, general sales manager of Cherry-Burrell, died in San Francisco California from a heart attack. His body will be brought to Cedar Rapids arriving Sunday afternoon. Services at Turner's chapel Monday time to be announced. He resided in Kenilworth Illinois and was traveling with Mrs Harwood to Australia and New Zealand.
A mother saved her two year old and a baby from a second floor crib as fire and smoke filled the Joseph A Stephan home at 250 Johnson avenue NW. The 5 year old Ralph was also rescued from a basement fruit room before the mother led them outside. Neighbors including Clarence Dixon and Rudy Felter assisted, Felter wrapping the infant in an overcoat before taking the child to a neighbor’s house.
Mrs Wallis Simpson travels in a royal French limousine with Lord Brownlow and a Scotland Yard detective as reporters are kept at bay. She says she expects a final divorce decree without complications and plans to stay in southern France for weeks, while Edward may depart London soon. The two may not meet until public interest quiets, likely after Simpson's absolute divorce next April 27.
A Cedar Rapids report lists 1936 tolls with 474 accidents 377 injured and 0 deaths. The figures reflect urban road hazards and injury totals for the year.
A 1936 British newspaper column declares the throne’s severest jolt since establishment. It argues King Edward abdicated for personal reasons not parliamentary pressure and critiques constitutional monarchy. Churchill and Baldwin are cited in the political context. Continued on Page 11.
London reports Queen Mary issued a nationwide message of gratitude for sympathy during a time of anxiety. She recalls sorrow from the previous year, notes her son’s abdication and the new king, and asks loyalty to the royal family and unity of the realm. She signs Mary.
London report outlines a parliamentary bill that confirms King Edward's abdication. The measure states his irrevocable decision to renounce the throne and enactment as directed by the royal message of December 10. It notes Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa consented to the act.
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr son of the President lay in Massachusetts General Hospital with fever delaying a planned operation to relieve an acute sinus infection The doctors expected the procedure to be performed Monday as hospital notes indicated
The Duke of York will be proclaimed king at St James Palace at 3 p.m. Saturday with the accession meeting of the privy council at 11 a.m. to take the royal oath. This follows his approval as the new monarch after the late king’s reign.
London reports England's new king is George VI the Duke of York who ascended after Edward VIII abdicated. The king chose the name to honor his father George V and respect Queen Victoria's past wishes, avoiding the name Albert I despite his given name Albert.
The former king Edward of England dined with the royal party in London in what appears to be his last meal before departing the country. The gathering underscored an imminent exit from his native land as heightened public attention surrounded his arrangements.
A radio program by David Windsor formerly King Edward VIII is scheduled for 4 p m Iowa time or 10 p m London time. American networks will carry the broadcast and it will be heard across major stations.
King George VI and Queen Mary hosted a dinner at the royal lodge in Windsor park with the Duke of Gloucester Princess Alice and the Earl of Athlone in attendance during Family Friday night.
London reports Edward VIII signs away the throne in a four hour abdication. Edward becomes Edward Windsor as his brother the Duke of York succeeds him, with Queen Mary assured he need not go into exile though he may never return to British soil.
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