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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1936
Page
1
Current Comment critiques Roosevelt's stance on the Agricultural Adjustment Act and the Supreme Court ruling. It argues the AAA was a strong instrument of public power unfit for constitutional violation, urging collaboration among agriculture business and government to find lawful farm aid alternatives.
Governor Herring says there will be no appointment of a special assistant attorney general to probe new graft charges in Woodbury county until the executive council is assured the graft extends beyond that area. Sioux City officialsHad urged Fred Free to lead the investigation, a move critics call a conflict given Free’s prior roles defending O’Connor and Hayes.
Sioux City Iowa district judge directed drafting of disbarment accusations against Max E. Duckworth former Woodbury County attorney for alleged unfaithful and fraudulent conduct including accepting bribes to protect gambling and liquor law violators Duckworth resigned after removal bids and contempt of court sentence for refusing to testify in the O Connor trial Three lawyers were appointed to prepare the charges which may be sent to the state supreme court for appointment of judges to hear the matter
Paris reports a plan to supply Italy with oil from an American refinery in Hamburg before a League of Nations oil embargo. It involves exchanging Italian real estate on the Champs Elysees for German frozen credits to finance purchases, with Davis Rudd linked to the Hamburg refinery steering the deal.
Washington report on testimony before the senate munitions committee reveals that Woodrow Wilson helped clear obstacles to early American loans to allies. J Pierpont Morgan Frank A Vanderlip and Thomas W Lamont describe lenders as reacting to government policy not driving neutral stance.
Montgomery Ward and company reported record sales for the 11 months ended December 31, with a total of 287,593,356 dollars, up 17 percent from the prior year. December sales reached 39,474,902 dollars, up 13 percent from December last year.
Robert McKee of Centerfield bit into a banana split in Canandaigua and found a stone in his spoon. A jeweler confirmed the blue white diamond weighs a quarter of a carat and is worth about 50 dollars.
A heated plea argues the indictments are illegal and that seeking to dodge trial corrupts the system. The speaker condemns the entire prosecution as a travesty of justice.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann received a brief delay in his execution from Trenton state prison officials. The date was postponed from Tuesday night January 14 to later that week, possibly Friday January 17, due to the legislative opening. The parole commutation appeal was scheduled for Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
County Attorney Maurice Rawlings withdrew his telegram request to Governor Clyde Herring to appoint a special assistant attorney general to probe graft claims. He said recent disclosures show neither the state nor Woodbury County is an interested party in the Hollar proceedings.
The executive committee of the mercantile bureau endorsed a city and industries promotion plan presented by Clare R. Marshall. Ads will run in The Gazette every Tuesday in 1936, and a Santa Claus parade is planned for the Friday after Thanksgiving.
President Roosevelt said he would ask Congress for an appropriation to pay farmers who signed 1935 AAA contracts in good faith. The administration cites $600 million in pledges from the crop control program, while repayment of processing taxes remains under debate. The press conference touched on farm policy after the Supreme Court ruling and possible new farm legislation.
In Ames Iowa six Supreme Court justices were hanged in effigy near Iowa State College after the court struck down the agricultural adjustment act. The effigies bore names Sutherland Van Devanter McReynolds Hughes Roberts and Butler, tied to the opinion ending AAA support. Police removed the figures and opened an investigation to identify those responsible.
The essay contrasts the Dinosaurs with humans, noting the Diplo docus’ great mass and tiny brain and arguing that true power comes from how the brain is used. It insists heart and empathy surpass mere intellect for survival and leadership. The piece cites Kant and an English butler as contrasts in brain use and urges humanity to value heart over brute size.
Dr Nathan P. Colwell 65 longtime secretary of the AMA Council of Medical Education and Hospitals died Tuesday in Chicago. Born in Osceola Iowa he was a son of Fernando and Mary Shields Colwell.
San Francisco attorneys accuse misrepresentation in a 500000 sterilization suit filed by Ann Cooper Hewitt 21 heiress of Peter Cooper Hewitt. Police probe ordered to determine possible criminal act as grand jury may open an inquiry. The case targets Hewitt’s mother and three co-defendants with claims of deception surrounding the sterilization performed in 1934.
Morristown New Jersey AP report says Captain John Charles Colwell 79 retired U S Navy, participated in the 1881 82 Greely relief expedition, personally located Adolphus Greely and surviving party after earlier searches. He retired in 0.
Iowa farm leaders pressed for a soils conservation plan as a substitute after the Supreme Court struck down the AAA production control program. They planned to join a Wallace conference in Washington to craft a new farm program while stressing Iowa’s stake and the need to keep farmers united.
In Washington AP report CCC officials say corn loans will continue to be made while a final decision is reached on future lending policies for agricultural crops. The loans were authorized for farmers in the now invalid AAA corn hog program. No immediate decision on continuation amid loss of price protection. A related Iowa corn loans story appears on the farm page.
Linn County Farm Bureau sent two telegrams to Washington on Tuesday afternoon signed by D. R. McCreery and twenty four officers expressing appreciation for Roosevelt and support for Wallace. The group endorsed court authority over the AAA while backing controlled production and planned township meetings.
Guardians announce the Dionne quintuplets each have a net value of 24 000 dollars with a 120 000 dollar government bond trust fund. The Ontario government has overseen their affairs for a year as they reach 19 months old. If they live to three, the fund could total about 300 000, with interest funding care. About 35 000 has been spent in the past year on their care and hospital home costs. Money comes from film contracts and royalties on postcards calendars coats bonnets and dolls.
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