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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1935
Page
1
The article blends a hospital of crime with a political tirade noting a supposed link between mob violence and demagogues. It cites a sheriff cases and a chain of accusations about public officials and liquor grafts. It also references a murder spree in California and a call for caution on rural highways.
Thelma Todd death autopsy shows inconsistent findings and excludes heavy alcohol, heart disease, prompting a wide open inquest set for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Investigators doubt a suicide as a film colony party guest list is reviewed and phone records are checked for a late voice trace.
The Iowa Supreme Court released fifty four decisions but did not rule on the appeal of Charles J. Haas from Judge A. B. Clark’s election contest in the Eighteenth district. Clark, a Cedar Rapids Republican, defeated Haas, a Marion Democrat, after a recount in January following November 1934 returns. The court also did not rule on Harold M. Cooper’s Linn County liquor violation conviction appeal.
Marie Sevigny, 26, unregistered nurse known as a mercy killer, pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in Woonsocket Rhode Island. She cried for a mercy death from police and swooned in custody. authorities plan arraignment and expect alienist examination.
In West Union on Tuesday afternoon 53 year old Fayette county worker Andy Sullivan jumped from a truck he believed would skid into another car. He landed on his feet then toppled and died from a broken neck. The truck driven by Roy Kline missed the car and struck an electric light pole. Kline was uninjured. Sullivan was employed by Fayette county for several years and is survived by his widow and eight children.
Findley diary entries from March to May 1933, kept when he led the state bureau of investigation, were ruled admissible by Judge Earl Peters in the gambling conspiracy trial of Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor. The proceedings also covered severance motions for Walter Maley and related court activity.
Minneapolis grand jury presentation delayed to Friday as officials reveal Senator George Wolfe at the murder scene and a liquor store check transaction after Liggett slaying. Bank official reports Cann sought a signed alibi declined, while Gov Olson criticizes federal inaction.
A narrator seeks rest from city heat and noise in a Wren church near a busy London station. Reading the Evening Prayer collect, they find solace and a sense of inner security amid light from stained glass and silence. An hour on London Bridge completes a brief reflection on life, rest, and the search for calm amid modern bustle.
President Roosevelt said a proposed million dollar bridge across the Missouri River linking Omaha Nebraska and Council Bluffs Iowa appealed to him. He noted his reply to governors Cochran and Herring that if the roads bureau finds no extra cost and no objections arise, it is a pretty good idea to build the bridge.
AP reports poet Lizette Woodworth Reese, author of Tears and famed for a highly praised English sonnet, died early today in Baltimore. The notable writer was celebrated for her precise verse and literary contributions to American poetry.
First returns from Michigan's third district in a special election indicate voters favor the Townsend old age pension plan by more than two to one.
Washington AP report notes farm officials studied a plan to re enact processing taxes as simple excises. If struck down, a bill could revive the taxes as excises detached from crop adjustment, with new appropriations for farm payments. Secretary Wallace cites farm income gains and a push for higher non agricultural production.
Washington reports the future of the New Deal farm program, vital to 20 million people nationwide, hangs in the balance as coverage continues on page 4 columns.
Five robbers held up the First National bank in Ardsley New York taking about $10 000 in cash and fled without a shot being fired no injuries reported authorities searched the area for the suspects as details emerged through AP dispatch
The Cedar Rapids WPA picture remains unclear as relief offices delay aid due to hundreds awaiting WPA job assignments. Linn county officials report about 400 individuals still lacking WPA placement, while direct relief orders extend pay gaps and strain staff amid red tape and shifting relief plans.
A Chicago AP report says a jury of leading economists offered a split verdict on how large a US national debt could be. Some support a 55 to 70 billion range, others doubt fixed figures, and several warn against excessive debt, citing living standards and taxation concerns.
Two Cedar Rapids residents connected with the Iowa Novelty company were served subpoenas in Woodbury County to testify in the state gambling conspiracy trial of Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor in Sioux City. The order requires records on slot machines operated or serviced by them or their company during 1933 1934 and the first half of 1935.
Washington AP report says the Republican high command bonds to an educational and organizational campaign to overthrow the New Deal in 1936. Chairman Henry P. Fletcher announces a June 9 Cleveland convention, with funds to back a nationwide campaign led by William B. Bell.
King George approved a decree dissolving parliament and calling a general election for January 26. The new national assembly will be convoked on March 12.
The attorney for Max Duckworth asked the Sioux City Supreme Court to release Duckworth from jail on contempt charges until it decides his appeal of a district court ruling. Special Prosecutor Havner argued Duckworth knew his rights and testimony to the grand jury was voluntary. The court spent the day hearing arguments and took the case under advisement.
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