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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1936
Page
2
Iowa's lame duck legislature meets in a special session to push a broad unemployment insurance law aimed at funding benefits for unemployed workers. Critics warn the move risks costly errors and federal tax losses if not approved soon, urging careful, independent state action.
President Roosevelt and Kansas Governor Alf Landon spent nearly an hour together in the White House trading fishing tales and talking about grandchildren and children. Landon said no politics were discussed and called the visit very nice.
Obituary notes A. L. Urick sixteen years as state labor commissioner and ten years as Iowa Federation of Labor president. He guided organized labor with fairness and integrity, avoiding bluster while achieving progress. He earned governors' trust for prudent counsel.
Massman Construction of Kansas City starts initial work at Sixteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids for Highway 30 viaduct. W. H. O Donley directs with four test piles driven by Stark Building Cedar Rapids. Grading contracted to D L Lundeen Montezuma delays until rail lines move wires. viaduct will cross interurban Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Chicago and Northwestern and Milwaukee tracks. Highway 30 to main Cedar Rapids route across new Cedar River bridge planned at Eighth Avenue.
A reader quotes an Armistice Day talk urging peace with justice and warns against fascist expansion. The letter discusses redistribution of territory, collective action, and the psychology of war, noting how perceptions of restraint can trigger conflict. Copyright 1936.
In Versailles district magistrate Pierre Grenier charged Irene Schmeder with wilful battery and injury after a flight from Paris ended with her landing on the English coast and co pilot Pierre L Allemant shot during the flight. She was held by British authorities.
Pierre L Allemant was shot in the back as his partner Mme Irene Schmeder took control of their plane near Paris. She landed on the English coast after a dangerous gliding descent with an empty fuel tank while police watched her on the beach and the wrecked craft lay beside the sea.
The Iowa House voted 90 to 6 to not seat six members appointed by Gov. Clyde Herring, ruling the governor cannot fill vacancies by appointment. The session opened with a dispute over Constitutional procedures before further proceeding.
Winter enters Cedar Rapids tonight at 6 27 p m with a light breeze and mild Marchlike high. Weather records show temperatures rising from 22 overnight to 28 by nine this morning and 32 by afternoon with a Sunday low of 26 and a 32 peak at 3 p m.
Pope Pius XI plans a Christmas Eve radio address despite circulatory congestion and fever. Father Soccorsi consults on technical setup for a 12 30 p m Thursday broadcast from his study. Doctors report the Pope’s health and influenza concerns, with limited cardinal audiences.
Mrs Elsa Einstein, wife of Albert Einstein, died Sunday at their Princeton home after a year of illness. Sources say her condition worsened six weeks ago and she spent the last two weeks in a near coma. Details on age were not immediately available. Dr Albert Einstein declined comment.
Police raided the Windsor hotel on Sunday night leading to an injunction suit against manager Charles D. Cutter to stop gambling and a charge against Mrs Kathrine Cutter for selling beer on Sunday. The raid found a pint beer purchase, a punch board with prizes taken as evidence, and unlit tap room during service. Earl Stanley led the raid with chief detective remarks.
Rome dispatch reports Britain and France notified Italy that their legations in Addis Ababa will be closed. Italian sources say the move signals Franco British recognition of Italy as the conqueror of Ethiopia.
Officials fear a rising death toll after a major earthquake leveled San Vicente and damaged surrounding villages. Communication lines failed, Red Cross sent aid train, and Gen. Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez rushed to direct rescue efforts.
Miss Eutona Blayney 26 of 1419 Fifth Avenue SE and Jack King 19 of 319 Center Point Road NE were injured when their car on Highway 20 east of Waterloo overturned on a curve early Monday. Blayney suffered a fractured neck and King a back fracture. they remain in a Waterloo hospital. Driver Duane Nicholas 19 of 1602 Oakland Avenue NE was unhurt. The party had traveled to Waterloo Sunday evening. King is a Lowe Construction bookkeeper. Blayney works in the Iowa Electric Light and Power purchasing dept. Nicholas formerly starred at Washington High School.
In heavy fog two trolley cars collided head on in New Orleans. At least forty five hurt with thirty nine sent to Charity hospital. several unconscious. Officials blame fog and traffic signal mix up for the collision.
Lieut. Bryan Cooper of the Washington National Guard said he sighted Northwest Airways missing mail plane on Cemetery ridge twelve miles southeast of Kellogg Idaho. The Lockheed Electra fuselage lay with wings about 200 feet away on a 4000 foot mountainside. no signs of life found. Pilots Joe Livermore and Arthur A Haid were aboard when it disappeared en route from Missoula to Spokane. A. R. Mensing said a rescue party would go in on foot due to deep snow and lack of roads.
United States army regulars and CCC recruits totaling 800 began a ground search south of Salt Lake City for the Western Air Express liner missing six days with seven aboard. Allan Barrie, WAE vice president, said ground search at best remains the only feasible method. Planes have scouted the route and mountains since Tuesday without results. Barrie posted a $1,000 reward for information.
Amelia Earhart Putnam, America’s premier woman flyer, joined Monday in the search for a missing Western Air Express liner that vanished in a Utah storm early last Tuesday.
Dr. Franz Sargas, known for his dueling fame, welcomes a seven-pound daughter named Anna born at dawn in a public hospital after private clinics refused entry to his wife Mme Sargas. He joked about forgiving enemies but said honor prevents it.
The Iwers will case in Cedar Rapids spurs a motion for a new trial after a Tipton trial. Seventeen relatives seek to overturn the 350000 instrument naming Louis Voss and Margaret Voss as sole beneficiaries. A jury found the will valid after ninety minutes of deliberation.
The Supreme Court agreed to review the constitutionality of the revised Frazier Lemke farm moratorium law on appeal from Robert Page Wright of Bedford County Virginia. The case will be set for oral argument within about two months with a decision expected afterward.
The Supreme Court, in a 7 to 1 ruling by Justice Sutherland, upheld the 1934 arms embargo act granting the President power to bar sale of munitions in foreign wars such as the Chaco conflict. Justice McReynolds dissented. Justice Stone was absent due to illness. The decision clarifies federal authority in international relations and the delegation of power to the executive branch.
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