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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1935
Page
5
Reports from Washington over Harold Rugg textbooks spark debates on communism. The Cedar Rapids board waits for protests before reviewing such references while liquor and crime notes hint at broader social tensions and political maneuvering.
The British grand council adjourned after a three hour meeting amid fears of war with Italy. Britain pressed Mediterranean powers to be ready to mobilize and enforce sanctions including an oil embargo.
A column recalls sharp remarks by Thaddeus Stevens about Cameron and Lincoln's rebuke, contrasting with Stanton's gentle humor. It argues that sharp words hurt families, urging readers to temper tempers, retract harm, and cherish kind words. The piece notes Lincoln's patience as a model of wisdom and kindness.
U S agriculture department reports 47 529 000 acres planted in winter wheat as of December 1 1935 with potential yields of 530 million bushels if rated average. Production last year 433 447 000 bushels. ten year average 618 186 000. Seedings increased in all major states except Washington.
Grand jury subpoenas target Pat Di Cicco and Margaret Lindsay in Thelma Todd death inquiry. Probes focus on Di Cicco ex husband and Roland West movements and on eight witnesses who claimed sightings up to 20 hours after Todd’s supposed carbon monoxide death.
Los Angeles reports a kidnap threat against head waiter Alex Hourie at the Hollywood club where Thelma Todd attended a party before her death. Hourie said two men shouted threats after blocking his car, and a clipped postcard note was found for fingerprint examination. Captain Blaine Steed notes Hourie had previously worked at the Tropadero club.
President Roosevelt announced on Friday the reappointment of Clyde B. Aitchison of Oregon and Claude R. Porter of Iowa to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
A blaze razed Thomas Edison Junior High School in Gary Indiana causing about 40000 dollars in damage and prompting five hundred students to miss classes on Friday officials said the fire left the building unusable and prompted cleanup and investigation efforts
Senator Thomas D. Schall of Minnesota, 58, was gravely injured and unconscious after being struck by an automobile Thursday night. Doctors reported a fractured skull, broken left leg, and internal injuries with a critical condition at Casualty hospital. O. R. Leen, his office clerk, also injured with head wounds and shock.
Isadore Blumenfeld known as Kid Cann was indicted by a Minneapolis grand jury on a first degree murder charge in the Liggett assassination. The case follows seven witnesses including Liggett's widow and Wesley Andresen who placed Cann near the scene, while Cann offered alibis from various witnesses amid reported discrepancies. Liggett was shot by a machine gun December 9 as he exited his car behind his home.
Robert M. Kennedy pleaded guilty to robbery with aggravation and received a 25 year sentence from Judge John E. Craig. Kennedy was captured after a hold up on an oil station operated by Robert Kavanaugh, and Sheriff Harry Maas took him to Fort Madison penitentiary.
Washington AP report says the AAA announced the 1929 balance between farmers gross cash income and total national income has been restored. Economic adviser L. H. Bean warned the key task ahead is preserving this balance amid ongoing industrial growth and rising national income.
A federal court granted a temporary injunction restraining collection of the full 15 percent Guffey coal tax. Pittsburgh Coal Co and Union Collieries secured the order after refusing to sign the soft coal industry NRA. Washington filed a cross appeal to test the act's constitutionality in Carter v. United States.
In Rockford Illinois a thief stole the gloves from the overcoat of Judge O M Williams during a criminal trial in the court chambers adjacent to the courtroom.
The U S Bureau of Investigation said Caleb J Milne’s abductors demanded 20000 dollars and no payment was made for his release Officials indicated Milne was questioned but provided no full account The case remains under federal inquiry with possible death penalty implications for kidnappers and milne’s condition improving by Friday
Bernard Schwarzkoff of Carnarvon was injured when his coupe and an empty Boslonga Automobile Transport Co. truck left highway No. 30 eight miles west of Cedar Rapids around 2 p m Friday. He was in St Luke's Hospital Friday night with a forehead cut and injuries to both legs. Deputy Sheriff Payn assisted at the scene. the truck drivers were not identified and patrolman Rhoades led the investigation.
New York report says the south is nearly solid for the Roosevelt New Deal while other sections oppose the administration. The Literary Digest straw poll, tallying 819,320 votes from 34 states, shows 57.69 percent disapprove of the acts and policies to date, up from 57.24 percent a week earlier.
Washington—Japanese Ambassador Hiroji Saito cabled a full Las Vegas speech report by Sen. Key Pittman on possible war with Japan. Tokyo called the remarks painful for showing a misunderstanding of the Far East while noting Japan’s long history of expansion toward the north Asiatic mainland.
Italian troops with tanks air power and bayonets mopped up Ethiopian detachments in the Tambien sector west of Makale and near Selaclaca ten miles west of Aksum. Ethiopian cavalry retreated leaving their dead and wounded on the field as Askaris pressed the pursuit.
Washington officials indicate two Harold Rugg texts used in industrial history have been phased out this semester. The industrial history course was replaced by community and vocational civics, and the Rugg books are no longer used as texts though kept as supplementary readings in some schools.
Special Prosecutor H M Havner argued that Attorney General Edward L O Connor avoided the stand to deny charges in the gambling conspiracy trial in Sioux City Iowa He urged jurors to apply everyday reasoning to his non appearance and to compare it with a hypothetical innocent man denying charges He contended the state has proved everything in its opening and more and that O Connors knowledge of slot machine conditions was proven He noted First Assistant Attorney General Walter Maley Tom Conroy and Joe Gagen did not testify and denied claims they directed a slot machine syndicate The defense rested without surrebuttal after the judge overruled a directed verdict and struck part of the testimony including Atwood remarks The state presented forty one witnesses in ree rebuttal through Friday morning
German film star Marlene Dietrich declares life in America is too expensive due to heavy taxes and high rents. She plans to return to Europe in February and may stay there if she likes it. She would not object to high income tax if America were her home.
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