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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1936
Page
14
Iowa expects more than 135 million dollars in federal cash, bonds, and loans in 1936, lifting total federal aid since the New Deal to over 682 million dollars. Nearly half must be repaid, with major items including corn-hog payments, adjusted certificate bonds, and road construction funds.
Anamosa convict hero Martin Norton, 29, once a star on Green Bay and Minneapolis pro squads, aided guards during a riot January 19, earning parole interview. He warned that professional sports erode futures, later turning to magazine sales after forging two checks for eight dollars.
In Dubuque Iowa Governor Clyde Werring faced Catholic opposition after his remarks seeming to support sterilization of chronic defectives in relief rolls. The Witness diocese weekly denounced eugenic sterilization as immoral and despotic, claiming 300000 Iowans condemn it, and asking the governor to clarify if misinterpretation occurred.
Des Moines reports Governor Clyde Herring clarifies his remarks on sterilization saying he supports reducing relief costs through sterilizing chronic cases but denies advocating compulsory sterilization of a broad scope. He emphasizes misinterpretation of his comments.
Louis Winkler of Monticello was jailed on a $1000 bond after a raid on his home yielded 168 gallons of alcohol and seven gallons of whisky. Marshals, sheriff, and deputies uncovered 164 more gallons during a subsequent search. Two Cramer brothers, staying with Winkler, were questioned and released. Winkler moved from Worthington last December. raids on his home have occurred before.
Davenport AP: Richard A. Dutton 21 of West Liberty admitted stealing about 300 dollars worth of tools from the Iowa state highway commission maintenance garage. He was arrested at Officer William O. Perry’s home in Moline and confessed to the theft to Perry before being brought to Davenport after waiving extradition.
Des Moines Governor Clyde L. Herring announced plans to involve United States Army engineers and CCC camps in an urgent flood prevention program. He urged surveys to identify danger points and relocation of CCC camps as needed, with mayors and county boards enforcing local safeguards and Red Cross chapters on alert for emergencies.
A community driven program in Belle Plaine provides free hot lunches and milk to sixty undernourished children daily through public schools. Funds, raised in three weeks, cover food costs while cooking is funded by the school board.
DES MOINES AP Gov Clyde L Herring running for Senate nomination criticizes Senator L J Dickinson for not backing the new farm bill in Congress. He cites Sen Murphy and notes Iowa's nine congressmen voted for the bill, stressing the public deserves the fact.
Special to The Gazette Iowa City University of Iowa student relief workers will receive full contract pay despite December checks being cut by 1. Officials said January payments may also be slightly under the agreed amount. The university will use state funds if needed to ensure every student is paid in full. Students usually do not work full time, but this year is an exception as many stayed in Iowa City during Christmas vacation and the $12,000 monthly government provision fell short. Workers are paid on an hourly basis.
Sheriff reports Mrs. Ora Forman, 50, strangled her 80 year old father Oborn Lopez at a snowbound farm near Indianola, attempted to kill her 15 year old son Fred, then drank poison. She is in critical condition. a letter cited dire financial losses as motive.
George Kern of Columbus City, a lifelong Louisa county resident, has maintained a daily Bible reading habit for over twelve years with only five missed evenings. He reads from Genesis through Revelation twice for every one Old Testament read, occasionally finishing New Testament in three evenings and Old Testament in twenty-one.
County Attorney reports a 38 year old widow using the name Anna Johnston bought poison at Ahren s drug store last December. She and her husband are held for questioning in the death of Mrs Floyd Horton 37. A schoolteacher tenant is a material witness. Autopsy ordered after poison found in Horton s viscera. Horton and Johnston families live near Bedford Iowa.
Clauda Slagle 22 a brother of Ruth Slagle and witness in the Floyd Horton case was killed when struck by a tree he was felling for fuel on the Henry Russell farm nine miles southeast of Bedford. News of his death was kept from his sister for a time.
At Clarinda State Hospital two patients died from meningitis prompting the isolation of a ward housing sixty men. Dr. Roscoe D. Smith says no patients show symptoms yet, but quarantine will last at least a week. All inmate gatherings and church services are halted. Victims: Clarence Wolquist, 36, Des Moines, and Jack Berry, 24, Norwalk.
Clinton AP reports Inter state Power company uses an airplane to patrol high tension wires between Clinton and Dubuque as roads are closed by snow. Pilot Lewis Boxleiter flies with an observer. he needed a commerce department permit for low flying. The ski equipped plane can take off from Dubuque airport through deep snow.
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