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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1937
Page
3
J Edgar Hoover denounces a soft penal system and paroled criminals who resurrect lawlessness. He cites federal agents killed by parolees and condemns political pressure against him while warning that soft treatment erodes respect for law. The column also critiques Trotzky and the Soviet crackdown in Moscow.
Circuit Judge Paul V. Gadola denied a request to postpone the hearing on an injunction suit filed by General Motors. He ordered UAW attorneys to show cause why sit-down strikers should not be removed from two Flint plants.
The Supreme Court returned from a three week recess and announced rulings in 23 cases while deferring decisions on major matters. It struck down Texas gas allocation limits and a Washington rail and utility fee, and saw Justice Stone back at the bench. Three cases were ordered re argued including Washington’s Grand Coulee dam construction tax.
Newport Tenn. authorities led by Solicitor General J W Wolfenbarger search Tennessee statutes for a legal path to annul Eunice Winstead age 9 and Charles John age 22 who wed on a backwoods road two weeks ago. No formal petition filed yet but action is being considered as clergy and social workers back scrutiny.
The Iowa legislature is urged to set clear uses for profits of the liquor control commission. Voters expect transparent accounting and wise allocation of funds as government costs rise and revenues are debated in the budget. Taxpayers deserve specifics on how liquor profits support public needs.
Delegates to Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor refuse to approve a resolution endorsing the General Motors sit-down strike. J. C. Lewis of the state federation sent the resolution, but leaders fear aiding John L. Lewis in his battle against William Green and the AFL. The episode highlights a pivotal clash within American organized labor and the broader power struggle between Lewis and Green.
CENJURO HAYASHI is asked by the emperor to form a new cabinet as the old one falls amid a crisis caused by military faction troubles. Hayashi seeks guidance by directing prayers to dead soldiers and sailors, a move that may reflect a Japanese custom or novelty. The piece reflects on the fatalism of the fighting man and whether the dead could influence the living, noting they cannot.
General Motors faces a court hearing in Flint on a petition for a mandatory injunction to remove sit-down strikers from two Fisher Body plants. UAW leaders including Homer Martin named as defendants, with Gov. Murphy and Labor Secretary Perkins involved in ongoing mediation efforts.
Sterling Illinois coroner juries ruled excessive speed by Julius Kaplan of Chicago caused a head on collision on the Lincoln highway west of Sterling. Five men from Cascade Iowa died. Porter rode with Kaplan. Ridenour of Manchester Indiana survived with injuries after leaping from the burning truck.
Funeral services for three Cascade victims of a Saturday Illinois truck collision are set for Tuesday. Nathan Hunter's service is 9:30 a.m. at Devaney chapel with Rev. W. J. Macauly of Monticello Methodist Church officiating. Clem Koppes's service is 9:30 a.m. at St. Martin's Church led by Rev. Thomas J. Rooney. Leonard Parker's service is 9:00 a.m. at St. Paul's Church in Worthington.
Thirteen former Bolshevik leaders convicted of treason by the military collegium were shot by a firing squad on Monday in Moscow. A Daily Mail Warsaw report claimed four of the condemned were once honored Bolsheviks and that Mme Madejda Krupskaya was arrested, with exile for Gregory Sokolnikoff’s wife. The government reportedly refused to commute the sentences after a central committee debate. An influential French politician in Moscow reportedly attempted to intervene unsuccessfully.
Ten years after George C. Diehl built a bridge over dry land in Cheektowaga the Works Progress Administration has allotted funds to divert a creek so it can flow beneath the structure as a flood preventive measure. Diehl predicted the bridge would be needed someday.
President Roosevelt's flood committee led by Harry Hopkins moves to coordinate aid as 150000 workers combat the Mississippi flood. Cairo Illinois faces sea wall strain while Memphis New Madrid Missouri await tours aboard the Inspector. Flooding pushes refugees from towns along the Ohio Mississippi front.
Five women were forced to flee as a severe winter blaze gutted the Mrs Holloway residence at 1507 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Firemen fought the two hour and 29 minute fire that sent flames twenty five feet into the air and destroyed the interior, saving only the shell and flooring. The tenants Miss Malinda Gollobitz Miss Theresa Gebhart Miss Agnes Powers and Elizabeth Reiling escaped with coats after failing to reach a phone. Fire was discovered in the cellar by Miss Gollobitz who smelled smoke and investigated. A delayed alarm due to a party line and a passing train added minutes before help arrived.
J Edgar Hoover announced federal agents captured John Joseph Oley in Brooklyn and Harold Red Crowley in New York for the July 1933 kidnapping of John J O Connor Jr at Albany N Y A third man Francis Leo Oley was held in Denver January 20 and provided information aiding the capture of his brother and Crowley.
Thirty five crew aboard the American freighter Meanthat were sinking north of the Azores as the Holland American liner Edam dashed through a gale to aid. Edam guided by rockets reached the scene while other vessels reported heavy seas and S O S signals from Corona Irtych Ingaro and Fleming. Cliffwood stood by Corona after steering gear failure and flooding.
The J. I. Case company of Racine Wisconsin farm implement makers purchased the 82 year old Rock Island Plow company in Rock Island Illinois. A new firm will begin operations soon on the plow company's 22 acre site with details not released.
In Paducah Kentucky Mr and Mrs R R Henecke and their 17 month old daughter Judith Ann endured a week marooned in a schoolhouse as Ohio River floodwaters rose peaking near four feet in their home. Rescued by a government power boat they describe freezing nights and the loss of utilities.
The Linn county flood relief fund nears fifteen thousand dollars with fourteen thousand seven hundred thirty four by noon at Red Cross HQ. Cedar Rapids and Cedar Rapids churches report increasing donations ahead of a national radio benefit from 9 to 11 p.m. CST on the Blue network featuring stars from stage screen and radio. Admiral Cary T. Grayson will address the drive as Cairo faces inundation fears. Local contributors include J K Miller and Howard Hall while Salvation Army Adjutant Percy Stevens seeks volunteers to collect garments for flood victims.
Merlin H. Aylesworth, longtime NBC and RKO executive, to join Scripps-Howard as a member of the newspapers' executive staff. He will retire as RKO chairman and assume the new post around March 1, after arriving from the East. A Cedar Rapids native, he led NBC for a decade and joined RKO in 1932, resigning as chairman last year.
Col and Mrs Lindbergh departed secretly from Lympne airfield at 10 am in a Miles Mohawk monoplane with extensive luggage and a first stop reportedly Cairo. Scotland Yard aided the secrecy as they flew over Calais toward France while their infant son Jon remained under governess care in Kent. Col Lindbergh turns 35 on Thursday.
Sneedville Tennessee Charlie Johns 22 barred reporters from his father in law’s three room Clinch mountains cabin where he was honeymooning with Eunice Winstead a 9 year old bride. Johns declared there will be no more pictures or stories about the marriage. The girl bride tenderly clutched a doll and cried.
In Sneedville a 22yearold man marries a nineyearold girl drawing calls for a modernized marriage law in Tennessee. Knoxville civic leaders and mountain neighbors condemn the union while the girl's parents defend it. Local officials and women's groups urge legislative action to curb child marriages.
Squadron Leader Francis R. D. Swain received Britain's royal air force medal for the altitude flight conducted last September reaching 49,944 feet. The achievement marks a record high for the service and honors Swain for his bold ascent and technical skill.
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