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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1937
Page
2
A newspaper editorial discusses the tension between protecting young offenders and public safety. It notes the role of probation officers and judges, recounts two reformed youths released from Anamosa reformatory, and laments that they pawned their coats for drinks after being discharged.
The narrator recalls conversations with discharged prisoners and questions prison reform. He notes few return to his office and doubts the rosy forecast of one man who plans to return to Kansas. The piece then shifts to a constitutional warning about expanding the Supreme Court and executive overreach.
One death was reported from the weekend blizzard as Des Moines weather improved and crews cleared drifts. Nels B. Nelson, 73, of Atlantic, died after walking through heavy snow toward a neighbor’s house. A rural mail carrier escaped a flooded river incident. High winds, drifting snow and cold halted rail and road traffic but eased floods along the Des Moines area as conditions improved Monday.
Jay Franklin defends socialism by recalling that even Washington contradicted government control. He argues Roosevelt’s defenders portray constitutional limits as outdated and claim free governments may be sacrificed for perceived security and social reform.
Two more candidates join the race for the board of education as Edward E. Lowe an insurance man and Paul N. Clark a realtor file nomination papers at the school board office. The filing deadline is noon Friday and the election is set for March 8 with three seats open as Penningroth and Sadowsky seek re election and Moore has not stated plans.
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa recovered from a weekend blizzard that dumped heavy snow and paralyzed travel. Plows worked overnight as winds eased and schools shifted to a full day holiday while parochial schools remained closed. Local districts planned full operations Tuesday as roads, rails, and streets reopened.
An air plane motor dragged from San Francisco bay may hold clues to the Feb. 9 United Airliner crash that killed 11. Grapplers recovered the motor a quarter mile from the crash site. experts cautioned on its significance. Department of commerce officials planned to renew inquiries upon R. W. Schroeder's return from Chicago.
Public hearings on Roosevelt's plan to enlarge the Supreme Court begin March 9 after the House bill was favorably reported. The committee defeated all amendments, reporting the measure by 13 to 5 with dissent from several senators. Farm leaders met Roosevelt but avoided public positions on the court issue.
Bergen county authorized a 25000 appropriation to form a temporary detective bureau to pursue the Newark slaying of R Norman Redwood. The plan includes sending six NYC homicide detectives to work with local and Teaneck officers while pursuing leads and identifying suspects and weapon provenance.
Prairie Creek rose rapidly east of Highway 161 south of Cedar Rapids flooding a wide area and driving the Vis lisel family from their home. Neighbors moved stock from Kouba Zurka and Merrill residences as water tipped into barns and outbuildings. Kouba, left in need of food and clothing, faced fuel Shortages as his wood floated away.
A 1937 reflection on George Washington praising his indispensability to the Revolution while lamenting the distance created by his reserved nature. The piece argues his diary offers little personal insight and laments the gap between reverence and intimate understanding.
In Los Angeles a doctor extracting objects from James Lawler's lungs reports recovery then discovers more metal fragments including an open safety pin a screw three nails and a wheel from a toy train hidden inside the boy.
Tokyo reports plan to bolster forces after noting a growing Soviet army in Asia. War Minister Gen Seugiyama outlined a four point program including air defense expansion, Manchukuo unit strengthening, greater arms stocks, and general war material buildup. The move accompanies a relaxation of recruiting rules to secure more manpower.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a revised Guffey Vinson coal control act aimed at stabilizing the bituminous coal industry. Key changes include raising the compliance tax from 1.34 percent to 1.9 percent on noncompliant producers, reducing the excise tax for administrative expenses to 0.5 percent, and exempting captive coal from the code.
A graphic account from Miss Marjorie Voigt details how 60 people, including two babies, sought shelter in a rural Des Moines area schoolhouse after their bus stalled in a blizzard. They kept warm with a coal fire and improvised sleeping arrangements as snow plows failed to reach them.
Ottumwa police held Paul Schroeder 32 and Everett Schroeder 30 for investigation in the Earl Heider murder during a Carroll crap game robbery and Ottumwa drug store hold up. The brothers, wounded, fled Oska loosa, boarded a farm car, and were captured near a relative’s home after a blizzard driven chase.
Cape May New Jersey AP reports coast guard officers studied the rusted two cockpit open sea plane fuselage dragged from 80 fathoms of the Atlantic seabed. The bare wreckage offered few clues to identify the craft or explain its flight and plunge into the sea.
Baron Konstantin von Neurath arrived for a state visit in Vienna and Austrian Nazis staged a large demonstration. Police were placed on alarm as thousands gathered and blocked routes to greet the German foreign minister. Nazis waved swastika flags and shouted anti Jewish and pro Hitler slogans across the city.
Nine firemen including Fire Chief D. M. Brosnan were overcome by gas while battling a blaze at the Atlantic Ice and Coal company plant in Albany Georgia. Assistant Chief J. J. Romeo and Joe Stephens were reported in serious condition.
Dayton Dean the brutal Black Legion executioner admitted a three hour tryst with 17 year old Lucille Turner in his Detroit jail cell. A wrench was found in the ninth floor cell grill after Turner was located in the cell bathroom Saturday night. Turner said she and Dean shared dinner he had kept in his cell before she escaped from the eighth floor sewing room. Police said Turner gave conflicting accounts of how she reached the ninth floor. A jail grill and recess design allowed possible access between floors. Policewoman Hutzel doubted Turner's tale calling her fantasy prone. Continue on Page 2.
Peter J. Buch, 37, of 2310 B avenue NE, a pipe organ salesman, lies in St Luke's Hospital with a broken back after falling sixteen feet into an open elevator shaft in the Lyman building on February 15. He regained consciousness as the hoist approached and cried for help, stopping the elevator by warning the men. He drove home before learning of his injury.
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