12 Feb 1935
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1935
Page
1
The Current Comment reports total milk fund pledges reach $687.10 with many individuals donating monthly amounts. Deliveries will begin soon as nurses and principals audit undernourished pupils and cross-check relief sources.
A jury of eight men and four women was sworn in for the Harold M. Cooper liquor control act case in Cedar Rapids court. Jurors were sequestered for adjournments, with opening statements set for Wednesday morning and trial defense questions focusing on media influence.
A reprint of Lincoln’s definition of liberty discusses competing meanings of liberty and tyranny. It argues real liberty requires equal liberty for others and limits the right to do as one pleases when it harms others, warning that without this balance liberty becomes anarchy. It cites a wolf in sheep’s clothing metaphor and notes the piece is © 1935.
The Executive contends the huge appropriation must be used without binding limits on relief wages. He argues he cannot proceed if forced to pay higher wages than the proposed fund allows and resents attempts to restrict his discretion in spending.
Mrs Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte was advised by her attorney on Monday to exit Italy at once to avoid possible bigamy complications in Naples.
In Pawnee Oklahoma the murder trial of Phil Kennamer begins with heated exchange between counsel during juror examination. Prospective jurors are questioned on death penalty views and insanity as a defense as the trial for the death of John F. Gorrell unfolds in the village’s new stone courthouse. The clash prompts Judge Thurman Hurst to curb remarks and expects jury selection to stretch into Tuesday.
Detectives said 21-year-old William Hardy confessed to kidnapping his eight-year-old half sister Helen Williams and beating her, then repudiated the statement. Police planned to question him again as the girl remained unconscious in a Hollywood hospital with grave injuries but not believed to be criminally attacked.
A Cedar Rapids hit and run killed J. L. Brodie 80 of 421 Thirty-fifth Street NE last Thursday evening. The driver, writing from Anamosa, said he struck a man while passing another car near the eastern edge of Cedar Rapids and did not stop to hurry to see a man in a town east of the city. He signed the note as one who is sorry.
Dr. A G Black head of the farm administration corn hog section denied farmers in the northwestern belt relief on the 1935 reduction contract. Land held out of production under contract cannot be planted to corn for fodder but may be used for other crops. He warned further relaxation would jeopardize program aims and complicate contract compliance.
Sen. Huey P. Long of Louisiana introduced a resolution in Washington to investigate the conduct of Postmaster General James A. Farley amid questions raised by his acts and political actions.
The estate of Susan C. Mudge in Linn county Iowa yielded 162.21 in inheritance tax on a taxable value of 2474.50 according to Leo J Wegman treasurer of state on Monday.
Rome reports Italy ready for African duty with more than 250000 fighters as Mussolini presses protest over Ethiopian clash. censorship tightens. secret depots prepare modern units for potential war in Eritrea and Somaliland along the Red Sea.
London reports that Britain is offering its good offices to mediate between Italy and Magastine to avert war as of Monday, with officials noting Washington and other powers are watching the diplomacy.
Major Charles A. Shepard, 63, a retired army tuberculosis specialist, was acquitted by a Topeka jury of poisoning his second wife Zenana Shepard to speed his marriage to Grace Brandon of Texas. The two-week trial followed a prior 1930 conviction overturned by the supreme court.
A chartered plane carrying Mary McElroy her uncle W B McElroy and Clifford Mutchler Kansas City PWA director left Springfield at 523 PM Monday It had picked up Miss McElroy the daughter of City Manager Henry F McElroy of Kansas City who vanished from her home Sunday night at Normal and stopped to discharge Miss Margaret Dallman She left home worried about Walter McGee sentenced to death for kidnapping her May 27 1933 His appeal is before the Missouri Supreme Court.
Gary Leon and former Marcia Mace wed and honeymoon in Agua Caliente Mexico. The dancer is linked to a legal dispute over his estranged wife with Rudy and Fay Vallee, who claim she was friendly with the performer.
The Australian cruiser Australia raced to the four masted schooner Seth Parker after SOS calls from the vessel reporting it in distress and leaking badly off Tahiti. The Duke of Gloucester aboard Australia joined the rescue effort, with the Parker later reporting seas abating and danger passed.
London officials say the Seth Parker incident is being seriously investigated by the admiralty after the Australia veered 300 miles off course. If proven a hoax, Britain may file diplomatic representations with the United States through regular channels. Public details remain limited as the inquiry continues.
Washington AP Representative Gillette said an insurance company pursuing large scale farming on foreclosed Iowa land will abandon the policy. He cited a money losing venture that damaged fences buildings and homes, destroying farming communities, though he would not name the company.
Washington AP reports George D. Yard former assistant to ex president Clinton L. Bardo testified Monday before the Senate munitions committee about an ad mission he heard that the New York Shipbuilding corporation and two other large firms planned to divide naval contracts.
Washington AP dispatch reports administration chiefs feared a Democratic push to slash two billion dollars from the four point eight eight billion relief bill. The Senate appropriations committee debated a prevailing wage clause, which the White House opposes, and deferred final decisions until Tuesday. Senate action could also target cutting the total to about two point eighty eight billion, with a challenge to let the President decide fund use.
Cincinnati dispatch says the U S district court of appeals upheld the five year federal farm mortgage moratorium act in a far reaching decision. The measure affects eight billion dollars in mortgaged farm property and allows farmers to file bankruptcy while keeping possession of their farms with a buy back option at an appreciated value.
President Roosevelt hosted labor leaders including William Green to smooth a rift between organized labor and the administration. Green criticized the cigar code as too low despite a 40 hour week and wages from 25 to 40 cents, urging better wages and unity.
In Flemington New Jersey Edward J Reilly urges the jury to find Hauptmann as the sole kidnapper and killer of the Lindbergh baby. He accuses a gang of betrayers and claims police planted evidence while detailing names like Betty Gow Violet Sharpe and Isidor Fisch and alleging a backstairs plot. The defense faces an electric chair verdict path after prosecutors outline the state case.
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