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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1937
Page
2
The Iowa House committee review upheld a Peace victory over Judd by three votes but noted 33 missing ballots and irregularities in 21 precincts. Diltz and others pressed that the Clinton county canvass could not overturn without the missing ballots.
Yu Pin Wang says his father General Wang, a 14 year veteran of the Chinese army and landowner, was killed hundreds of miles north of Hankow. Funeral not held yet. burial planned at West Lake cemetery near the family home. Wang arranged for his son to attend Coe College last October. the son aims to study agriculture before returning to China.
Des Moines AP Iowa senate rewrites parts of the homestead tax relief bill to give city homeowners a more equal break with farmers. The chamber sent the measure to a special advisory committee to define a homestead while voting to proceed as a committee of the whole. The redistributed fund would grant each home owner the same tax credit per dollar of home investment up to a 2500 valuation, with a cap at total taxes owed.
The red haired film star Mary Astor wed Del Campo at 5 30 a m CST in Yuma after earlier marriages and a bitter custody fight with Dr Frank Thorpe over their daughter Marylyn. Thorpe claimed she wrote diaries linking her to George Kaufman and other famous men.
Alex Fidler, noted boxing and wrestling referee, spoke before the Lions Club at the Roosevelt hotel on Thursday noon. He labeled the current heavyweight crop as “bums” and predicted Jim Braddock would outpoint Joe Louis if they meet. His remarks on modern wrestling drew the loudest response as he admitted he disliked refereeing the mat sport.
The city council approved a $300 allocation to the clerk’s office to cover overtime work by City Clerk L. J. Storey as commissioner of the permanent registration system before the last fall general election. The motion also allows part of the funds to pay his deputy Maude Krebs though no basis is listed.
In Des Moines members from both parties applauded Rep. B. B. Hickenlooper after he apologized to the Iowa House and to Rep. Fred H. Wehling amid a heated election dispute. Hickenlooper had accused colleagues of whipping and troubling consciences.
Charles and Anne Lindbergh completed a flight segment from Rutbah Wells to Basra and then Bahrein in the Persian Gulf region. They reached Basra at 12:15 p.m. after a six hour 600 mile leg. An Egyptian pilot noted the Rutbah Wells sandstorm was so severe even Lindbergh paused there.
In Des Moines Iowa the house seated Rep R G Moore Dunlap by a 55 to 53 vote backed by one Republican on charges of election irregularities in Harrison county The contest centered on absences of election board members and the potential disenfranchisement of Logan voters The majority report maintained Moore was entitled to his seat while a minority favored seating H Peyton Logan with a 48 vote margin The canvass later certified Moore by 2 votes and the dispute highlighted arguments over ballot sanctity and franchise rights.
Plans outline removal of a stairway north of the entrance and major renovations on the main floor. The basement will house a new luncheonette, while the second floor gains a cotton shop and fittings rooms. Children’s and art needlework move to the third floor to free space. a third‑floor playroom is considered. Chromium furniture has been ordered for the men’s and shoe departments.
At Cook County Jail guards prepared the electric chair for two of four condemned murderers. Rufe Swain, 27, a Negro policy runner, faces execution at 12:02 AM for killing Mrs. Mary Louise Trammel in a hotel. Joseph Rappaport, 30, scheduled to die moments later, was convicted of murdering Max Dent, a government informer and trial witness on narcotics charges.
In recess, joint committee continues study of departmental reorganization while La Follette panel probes labor espionage. House debates treasury post office appropriations and considers FTC act strengthening. Agriculture resumes farm tenancy hearings. Immigration continues study of protections for American artists and musicians. Senate approves billion dollar appropriation, House passes minor bills.
A Republican resolution opposing President Roosevelt's court reform program was killed outright Wednesday in the New York Senate Judiciary Committee, controlled by Democrats. The action signals party opposition to the plan within state politics.
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