15 Dec 1934
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1934
Page
1
A lengthy editorial critiques Governor Herring for calling the Cooper Commission seals gift a closed incident. It argues the matter remains unresolved amid broader bribery issues, noting a Des Moines indictment and the state accepting a $10,602 check from a Chicago furniture firm. The piece questions motivation and calls for accountability, tying into broader anti bribery concerns and public integrity.
County Attorney G K Thompson said he will investigate whether Harold M Cooper Iowa liquor control commission chairman violated the law by giving 200 state liquor seals to J LeRoy Farmer president of a local canning company. He warned Cooper would be treated as any violator if a breach is found. Governor Herring’s stance was not a factor, Thompson said. Police traced liquor seals to Cooper after Farmer produced a letter showing receipt of the seals.
Gov Clyde L Herring calls the action by Harold M Cooper head of the Iowa liquor control commission regrettable though a near closed incident. He planned to meet Cooper Thursday but the meeting was not held due to his office business. After Farmer and plant superintendent Delbert Greb were arraigned, the county attorney prepared forfeiture notices for 678 bottles of liquor and for the cash from a nickel slot machine seized. Hearing on the forfeiture is set for Dec 24.
Omaha detective and Union Pacific officials reported Jack OConnell 64 a railroad crane pilot was killed Friday when he was crushed in the gears of a traveling crane in Omaha Nebraska.
Revelations of huge profits by munition makers from World War I keep senators probing the profits. Trence du Pont warns that wrangling over millions could threaten national security in another war. In Chicago a jail warden speaks with two youths sentenced to prison for fifty burglaries, ages 15 and 16, and gains little understanding of their crime.
A 1934 meditation on listening and perception. The speaker contrasts ear afflictions and willful deafness with the idea that God speaks through nature and events. Great leaders hear public thinking and act, translating unformed dreams into guidance.
President Roosevelt announced at a Friday press conference a working understanding with power company heads to lower rates. Talks focused on capitalization of firms and net profits, with officials willing to shed excess stock to stabilize prices. He urged cooperation over litigation and keeping talks open.
DES MOINES AP James E McCoy owner of the Black Cat raided in a cleanup by liquor control commission agents was indicted by the Polk county grand jury on bootlegging charges The grand jury did not charge the raiding agents named Rich Anderson Roy Moon G W Larson J W Neilson S S Staley and W P Haley with any wrongdoing
Chinese government forces and allied troops push into Anhwei to crush a bandit group that killed Mr and Mrs John C Stam and abducted their two year old daughter Helen near Tsingteh. Rumors of danger to Rev Kohfield and family prompt continued alarm and mobilization.
Mrs Estella Wilcox of Waterloo, former wife of Albert Fish, confessed kidnap murder of Grace Budd six years earlier and said she does not care what happens to Fish. She married Fish on February 6 1930 in Waterloo, filed for divorce April 2 1930, later married James Allison in 1931, and later moved to become a maid after losing her property.
Abyssinia telegraphed the League of Nations on Friday night noting the gravity of border clashes with Italian forces in northern Africa. The message did not invoke any article of the covenant but was seen as a preliminary step toward a formal appeal to the league.
Arthur A. Taylor 64 longtime Cedar Rapids jewelry dealer died at 10 50 am today at Commonwealth apartments after a March heart attack in Florida. Born June 5 1870 he was son of the late A C Taylor a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident educated locally and at the Chicago School of Optometry. He operated a Second Street SE shop for ten years after his father’s death and later retired before returning with Merchants National Bank in its new building. Continued on Page 20 Col 4.
Ten seamen were feared lost as lifeboat crews from the Black Gull and Jean Jadot battled fierce seas to rescue the Usworth’s crew. The Jadot boat overturned with unknown survivors. Ascania reported eighteen aboard. Thirty men were taken from the Usworth before the rescuers returned to their ships.
A ten foot wall of water and mud swept through the Montrose La Crescenta foothills after an earth fill debris dam washed out. Deputies told the sheriff no lives were lost in the incident near Los Angeles.
An express train carrying Reichsfuehrer Hitler struck a bus near Verden Friday night killing 13 people. The accident occurred as the vehicle was crossing a level line, with authorities reporting the fatalities and investigation pending.
Senate munitions committee weighs examination of J. P. Morgan & Co and other major firms ongoing probe shifts from weapons to finance. Chairman Nye indicated movement toward possible Morgan books review as part of the inquiry into international loans bonds and dollars used in war financing.
Nye committee links Morgan partners J P Morgan Thomas Lamont and Henry P Davison to war profits from financing Allied credits and munitions. Reports say Morgan lent funds to Britain and France, then invested in munitions firms, profiting in two ways. A cable from Walter Hines Page warned war on Germany might be needed to protect trade and avert a panic.
Chief Justice R F Mitchell of the Iowa supreme court appointed Judge Harold D Evans Judge Sherwood A Clock and Judge Carl B Stiger to hear the contest of Charles J Haas Marion Democrat against Judge Atherton B Clark republican incumbent. The panel will meet in Cedar Rapids December 20 to organize for the hearing with the date to follow. The contest stems from Haas’s 15 vote victory in Jones Linn and Benton counties in the Eighteenth judicial district.
New York AP Ogden Mills former secretary of the treasury demanded the senate munitions committee retract its report asserting he earned at least 1 million dollars annually from 1915 to 1918. The request highlighted national concerns over wartime arms inquiry reach.
The war industries board clashed with Du Pont officials over profits at the Old Hickory powder plant near Nashville Tennessee. Irenee du Pont warned that profit wrangling could threaten national security if new war comes, defending the company against claims of exorbitant contract terms. The dispute stretched three months during a critical wartime period and highlighted the plant’s wartime construction challenges.
Pierre S. du Pont recounts how his family’s munitions business faced ridicule and investigations over powder plant deals. He cites Secretary Baker’s view of the company as a kind of outlaw in 1917 during preliminary talks for the Old Hickory development and expresses his resentment.
Albert Fish, the 56 year old painter linked to Grace Budd's 1928 abduction and murder, says something overcame him as investigators piece together the crime. He is held without bail and to be handed to Westchester authorities after a murder indictment is filed.
Senator Logan with Senator Norris and ABA help drafts a federal court of administrative justice to review 10000 plus New Deal orders and regulations. He aims to ensure publicity for administrative decrees while warning against government by bureaus and unchecked executive power amid oil code cases.
Mrs Mary Krejci of 632 Seventh street SE was injured when an automobile driven by J G Pauba of 2250 Bever avenue SE struck her near Seventh street and Seventh avenue SE at 11 15 p m Thursday. Pauba took her to her home where a doctor treated her for bruises to legs and arms.
Senator Couzens of Michigan warned that blending legislative judicial and executive powers could destroy government. He feared the current appeal system would delay prosecutions in the recovery program. The Anhwei nationalist drive followed strong U S representations by Consul General Peck in Nanking over the Stam murders.
President Roosevelt assured organized labor that the administration will keep worker protections in the replacement for the NRA. He cited bans on child labor and provisions for minimum wages and maximum hours in codes, announced after a meeting with AFL President William Green.
In early returns from the Bankhead act referendum farmers in the southeast largely supported retaining compulsory cotton production controls. Georgia reported 25,194 for and 3,306 against in 36 counties, Arkansas showed one opposing vote in the first 400 ballots, Alabama had 697 for and three against, and North and South Carolina reported nearly 100 to 1 in favor. About 2,000,000 farmers were eligible to vote.
Sunday feature urges readers to place Want Ads for the Big Sunday Gazette between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Saturday. It promotes high reply potential and directs readers to dial 2-1121 for placement.
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