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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1935
Page
5
Four donors pledge $151 monthly to the Milk Fund ending June, including a father who lost a child and commits 25 dollars monthly and E. E. Pinney with ten dollars monthly. Daughters of Isabella add cash with promise of equal monthly support, totaling 366.77 for four months to buy about 150 quarts daily.
Harold M. Cooper, chairman of the state liquor control commission, was found guilty of violating liquor laws in a district court verdict returned at 5:30 p.m. after a trial that began Monday. The case involved permitting J LeRoy Farmer to possess alcohol with Cooper accused of sending state liquor seals to the stock. The offense is a misdemeanor with penalties up to $1000 fine and one year in jail. Cooper plans an appeal and a $1500 bond was set for a new trial motion.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann swore anew that he is innocent of kidnapping and murder in a statement dictated to Laura Apgar on the eve of his removal to a Trenton prison cell. He said a grave miscarriage of justice occurred and vowed to die protesting his innocence.
Bruno Hauptmann, awaiting transfer to the death house, told his lawyer he has no money and must rely on the public for an appeal. In his jail interview he refused to name kidnap suspects, saying he cannot confess and would have done so if he had one.
From Kamenz Germany Bruno Richard Hauptmann, 69, received a cablegram of encouragement from his sorrowing mother. The message read I believe everything will be all right signed Your trusting mother.
Jed Fry, a blind man from Allerton, was assaulted after cashing a check when two men asked him if he could see them and then rolled him. Fry reported the attack to local authorities and received medical attention.
International News Service reporter James L. Kilgallen recounts a face to face interview with Bruno Richard Hauptmann in his Flemington, New Jersey cell. Hauptmann remains calm and composed, saying if he faces the electric chair he will go like a man.
The Iowa house concurred 104 to 0 with senate amendments to create a six member joint committee to probe issuance and sale of public warrants and motor vehicle fuel tax refunds since 1925. The panel may subpoena witnesses and must file a transcript with the general assembly.
Arthur W. Cutten, major figure in grain markets, promised a judiciary appeal Friday against a federal order barring him from activity on American grain markets.
A partial OCR item reports toll data for Cedar Rapids in 1935, noting figures for accidents injuries and deaths. The fragment lists columns for number of accidents and number of injured and deaths, but details are incomplete.
In a reflective column from 1935, the author cites Wilder and figures like Jesus Saint Francis Gandhi to argue true wealth lies in character, kindness, and action, not money. The piece urges abandoning money talk to focus on living well, helping others, and appreciating life beyond wealth.
Governor Clyde L. Herring said he would talk with Harold M. Cooper in Des Moines Saturday after learning of Cooper's Cedar Rapids conviction. He had not decided whether to renew the demand for Cooper's resignation as Iowa liquor control commission chairman.
Federal Judge Franklin E. Kennamer sobbed in a state court witness chair recounting futile pleadings to curb his son Phil whose escapades led to the fatal shooting of John Gorrell Jr. The stern Oklahoma jurist described quail hunts and efforts to keep Phil in school as he faced a distracted youth with grand but doomed plans. Miss Virginia Wilcox, daughter of a Tulsa oilman, testified as a contrasting witness.
The 1935 farm livestock value on January 1 reached 3.102 billion dollars, up from 2.877 billion a year earlier. Swine numbers fell to 37.0 million with a per head value of 6.41 dollars, while cattle and calves totaled 60.7 million valued at 21.07 per head for a farm total of 1.278 billion.
Chicago buyers paid up to 8.60 per hundredweight for hogs at the stockyards in a tight market. The supply of top quality animals remained low, with few choice hogs available as trading continued.
A head on collision between two Canadian National railway trains near Lynden, ten miles from Brantford, Ontario, early Friday killed one man whose identity was not yet released.
Washington AP report notes House un American activities committee authenticated Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler claim of a fascist army march on Washington. The panel urges laws to curb foreign propaganda and deportation deals, plus penalties for advising disobedience and aiding foreign political efforts.
Dr B F Wolverton told Linn County Medical Society that many indigents seek medical aid without true need. He reported 500 indigent cases assigned in two weeks under a county paid plan and urged doctors to limit glasses and curb unnecessary demands while continuing care for the truly needy.
A head on collision on highway 161 near Marion injures Morris Hoag 22 Springville George Wassenaar 35 Cascade mayor E H Huibregtse 40 Monticello riding with Wassenaar. Hoag suffers head injuries and body bruises Wassenaar has facial lacerations and leg injuries Huibregtse badly cut forehead and arm and leg injuries All three taken to St Luke's hospital.
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