22 Dec 1935
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1935
Page
1
A Cedar Rapids social appeal asks volunteers to provide food baskets for 150 needy families on Christmas morning. The Y M C A bureau lists the names and accepts funds or deliveries, with $2 per basket for a childless couple and 50 cents per additional child.
The Army Air Corps awarded contracts for 103 multimeored bombing planes to Douglas Aircraft and 90 all metal low wing bombers, plus 13 four motor sky cruisers from Boeing. Boeing aircraft were linked to a Wright field crash, while a later inquiry absolved Boeing of defects. The week’s purchases leave about $11,000,000 of the prior appropriation unspent as the Dern five year plan calls for 800 planes annually. The service currently operates 1,196 planes, with 839 in combat and 370 already ordered for 1936 delivery.
New York loan sharks are blamed for the kidnapping of Mrs Constance Ritter a 23 year old Brooklyn housewife who escaped a sedan in Brooklyn and flagged down a police officer in Jersey City. Chief William Crossey says police believe the case is connected to the loan racket and Brooklyn detectives later returned with her to their home after the escape. Three men later picked up on Hudson Boulevard were released when she did not identify them.
Mrs. William Griffith 27 died when the car she rode in with her husband struck the rear of a coal truck during a Christmas shopping trip. Her skull was crushed in the fatal collision.
The speaker suggests increasing the pension from $200 to $1,000 to spur economic growth and trigger a significant boom in business activity. The idea emphasizes strong monetary support to boost commerce and investment.
A 1935 reflection urges individual strength and social cooperation. It cites the Spartan tale that a city’s walls are its people and argues that every person must act as a brick to strengthen nation city church and community. The piece emphasizes unity without losing individuality.
An official German report notes the Dairy Association asked the secret police to act against peasants passive resistance. General Goering orders ruthless crackdown on sabotage to feed the nation as farmers object to fixed price dairy deliveries under state control.
President Roosevelt signed an executive order designating the Jefferson memorial site in St. Louis as a national park and provisioning initial funds. Mayor Bernard Dickmann hailed the move as the project begins with $9 million for site purchase and clearance, with the city contributing one dollar for every three from the government.
Governor Harry W. Nice announced a February first week special session of the Maryland legislature to act on relief measures.
Federal agents questioned Chester hotel clerk Philip McMahon about a man who registered as Harry McLaughlin of Buffalo, claimed to be Milne, IV, three days after his New York disappearance. McMahon described the visitor as alone and nervous, with a camel hair coat, and checked out at 8:30 AM. The Milne case centers on a roadside ditch discovery near Doylestown the following day.
Caleb Jones Milne IV, heir to a textile fortune, relapse after five days in captivity by a kidnap gang. He collapsed on arrival at his mother's Woodstock home from Doylestown, Pa., and was ordered to bed. Dr. Charles E. Parsons of Kingston said the youth was not in serious condition. He was brought home by auto after hospital treatment for narcotic overdoses. He was accompanied by his mother Mrs Frederica Milne and federal agents.
A historical note records traffic tolls in Cedar Rapids for 1935 detailing the number of accidents, injuries, and deaths. The fragment notes appear to be a statistical summary from local records or a city report.
Victor Cleave a railway worker and World War I veteran awoke from a four year sleep in Folkestone England. Doctors kept him nourished during the ordeal and he did not recognize his children on waking. He returned home where friends say he seems younger but eyes appear tired.
Pretty Patricia Maguire of Oak Park Illinois remains in a near dormant state after four years of lethargic encephalitis. Doctors Berry and Syverton of the University of Rochester report propagating the encephalitis virus as a first step toward a vaccine, offering new hope to baffled medicine.
Hubert Newlin, 35, of Viola, died after his car left the road 2.5 miles east of Viola and plunged 20 feet down an embankment. He had skull fractures and died en route to hospital. Survived by widow and two children Jack and Patricia. Funeral arrangements pending.
Rome reports Premier Mussolini rejected any quick peace in Ethiopia and shifted focus to Italy's goals. Marshal Badoglio received a free hand to pursue Ethiopian objectives while sanctions against Italy were said to revive Italian industry. The fascist Grand Council offered no formal reply to the Franco British peace proposal.
London officials weigh Rome reaction to Britain’s rapid move to secure allied support if its fleet is attacked in the Mediterranean. Uncertainty and caution grip the government as it prepares precautionary measures while awaiting Mussolini’s response amid ongoing crisis. Turkey, Greece, Yugoslavia mentioned as possible steps continue.
AP reports a US weather outlook for Chicago and surrounding valleys. Cloudy skies expected with near normal temperatures turning colder through December 28.
A red faced Marshall Missouri pastor posing as Santa Claus checked into a New York hotel. He told reporters he receives children letters, preaches in Marshall every Sunday, and is raising funds to build a church. He planned to return home after a radio broadcast.
Emma Willis 18 told county jail officials she killed her father I H Willis while he slept after claiming years of abuse. The coroner’s jury ruled the death not justifiable and the murder charge was filed.
Frank Williard, 19, of Topeka Kansas, was booked on larceny charged after being observed shoplifting an article in a downtown retail store Saturday at 9 p m. He said he had just arrived in town, was broke, and sought funds for lodging. A merchant and a police officer employed by the store held him.
The Minnesota Senate offered a $2,500 reward for the arrest and conviction of Walter Liggett's killer, with the house still to pass the bill. Isadore Blumenfeld nicknamed Kid Cain was indicted for first degree murder and will face district court on Monday, while a second indictment names an anonymous John Doe as the alleged car driver.
The Cedar Rapids main post office will keep the stamp window open Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. to handle packages and letters. Monday hours extend to 9 p.m. while Tuesday closing is 6 30 p.m. Mail sorting continued late Saturday with extra staff to meet trains.
Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis in Kansas City holds the Wagner labor disputes act unconstitutional, blocking a National Labor Relations Board complaint against Majestic Flour Mills of Aurora Missouri. The ruling rejects Congress’s power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among states.
The Armington labor dispute remains undetermined with sessions set for next week. Edwin S. Smith, on the board, declined further comment, noting Otis ignored the act’s core principle that labor disruptions affecting manufacturing impact interstate commerce.
Judge Otis warns the Wagner act could make unions and labor boards extend to small operations like Aurora mills, arguing the act targets interstate commerce. He notes the act seeks to regulate unfair labor practices across businesses but may not apply to purely local employment relations.
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