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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1937
Page
4
The Alabama Senate backs a bill turning violations of campaign pledges into felonies with one to ten years in prison. Critics warn such a law would cause chaos if universally enforced and could jail candidates after elections. The piece also cites Trotsky on economic systems and notes shifts in U S production and living standards.
In a confrontation before a House committee Townsend defied investigators over his pension plan for the aged and claimed injustice. The article also notes Roosevelt nominees for WPA Iowa director Keller awaiting confirmation amid opposition from Hubert Utterback and Clyde Herring. It discusses Iowa sales tax threats by northern merchants and broader revenue struggles as neighboring states avoid similar taxes.
Riverside County District Attorney ordered a thorough probe into Humphrey Pearson's death in Palm Springs after the 43 year old film writer was found shot in his desert home. A .38 revolver was recovered and police questioned Pearson's wife who was intoxicated and hysterical. Autopsy and powder tests were initiated as investigators weigh murder against suicide.
A Virginia girl sued a famous entertainer for 500000 claiming breach of promise. The suit drew headlines as details emerged of her marriages at age 12 and aggressive legal maneuvering. Some lawyers quit. others demanded share of the winnings as evidence was sought from a violinist.
The article hints at who conceived the suit and why while noting a hat-check girl may be blamed, though she sought many advisers before appearing in court and the headlines. It suggests she did not rely on plumbers for guidance.
A critique argues that modern jargon from Marx or Freud obscures Hamlet analysis and that the so called new mind is as dated as the old. The piece questions whether 1937 insights surpass 1908 understanding and laments the era’s rush to be up to date.
Three North Castle police blocked a speeding robbery car and recovered $40,000 in cash within half an hour after a daylight bank holdup in Katonah, New York.
Five murderers two of them women face execution by electric chair after midnight Minnie Mitchell Mildred Mary Bolton Joseph Rappaport Rufe Swain and Allen Mitchell await their fate at Menard prison and Cook County jail respectively.
Moscow police detained forty five Germans since October on espionage and dissemination of Nazi propaganda. Ten were ordered deported to Germany Thursday while investigations into the remaining suspects continue. Evidence details and trial dates have not been disclosed.
Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis sentenced seven election workers for vote fraud conspiracy in the November general election. Sentences ranged from six months to three years. four women received one year probation. The cases involved wholesale falsifying of election returns in two precincts in Kansas City.
Kenneth Nison, 29, of Minneapolis, perished in a blinding snowstorm five miles south of Delta, Ohio when his plane crashed after repeatedly circling a field. He reportedly jumped, the parachute failed to open, and his body was found twenty feet from the wreckage. He had refueled at Des Moines the day before.
Cedar Rapids sees sun disperse morning clouds and light snow flurries as temperatures rise from 2 above to 22 by afternoon. Chambers Inskeep records show Wednesday’s high of 12 with flurries. Cedar Rapids Automobile club reports state highways traversable and city crews removing storm remnants with eighty extra workers and full gear.
An Addis Ababa dispatch reports Ras Desta Demtu, the last major Ethiopian leader resisting Italy, captured and executed after a battle near Addis Ababa. The bombing that wounded Gen Liotta and Marshal Graziani prompted a harsh retaliation against Desta and two other chieftains. Emperor Haile Selassie may name Desta as his representative at King George VI’s coronation.
Roy Hopkins 38 of Fountain Inn South Carolina is jailed in St. Joseph Missouri for attempted safe breaking Detective Chief John T Duncan said. A card signed repenting of my sins linked Hopkins to a Cedar Rapids Iowa mission and to the Missouri Water and Steam Supply Company break in. Hopkins admitted the attempt and implicated 19 year old Doyle Dickerson of Salt Lake City as an accomplice.
Rev. Frank H. Ward of the Sunshine Mission notes a decision card sign-in suggests a transient guest. Cedar Rapids Detective Earl Stanley reports a Roy Hopkins, 25, Greenville S C, was sentenced March 3 1934 at Anamosa for shoplifting, with fingerprints to confirm identity in a few days.
Eugenio Pereyra Iraola two year old son of a wealthy Argentine family vanished from Mar del Plata residence. Police mobilized provincial forces and searched for remnants of a kidnap gang led by Rogelio Gordillo known as Pibe Cabeza Baby Face.
Across the nation negotiators tussle to bridge gaps keeping about 27 000 workers idle. Sit downs end or begin at Decatur Springfield Los Angeles Portsmouth Spokane Philadelphia and Santa Monica as unions press pay gains recognition and hours.
A U S treasury representative stayed two days at the Hotel Roosevelt assessing value of the old federal Building at Third Street and Second Avenue SE. He met bankers and property owners as bids arose with Stewart Holmes bid- ding $100,000 for an undisclosed client. government valuation was about $125,000.
The Week reports pressure over Mrs Wallis Simpson returning jewels given by the Duke of Windsor. Court circles fear coronation crowds may be smaller than hoped amid boycotts by the Irish Free State and Gandhi followers. The Duke resents pressure on Mrs Simpson and hurried trips to Castle Enzesfeld are noted.
Emmett Idaho AP Sheriff said Kenneth Crowther 22 shot himself on a country road minutes after Gynell Loom 20 escaped from his car where she had been abducted from a church. The all night search ended with the youth’s body found in the automobile as townspeople joined the pursuit.
London foresees a delayed neutrality blockade as six powers meet to discuss patrols. In Spain fierce fighting rages from Madrid north to Oviedo near the Bay of Biscay with major battles for Pinzarron and Naranco hills. Royal Oak shelling off Valencia raises risks of further incidents amid international discussions on arms exclusion.
Ohio Supreme Court ruled that killing a person with an automobile in a private driveway is not a crime under state law. The decision notes that automobile killings on public roads or highways are crimes, and sustains Clyde Root's appeal after his second degree manslaughter indictment was upheld.
Senator Borah proposes a constitutional amendment to rewrite the Fourteenth Amendment. The change would keep due process limited to administration and enforcement of laws, lifting federal reach and returning power to states, affecting state wage, labor, and other social measures. The proposal also adds a separate state rights framework and extends First Amendment protections to support state governance.
The Cedar Rapids school election field grows to six with J. C. Blodgett of 1727 Grande avenue SE joining the slate. Nominations close Friday noon February 26 with C. D. Hedberg, secretary of the board. Voters must register or change addresses by 5 p.m. tomorrow at City Clerk J. Storey’s office.
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