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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1936
Page
1
The court dismissed Lee Moor's challenge to the Bankhead cotton act while upholding lower court injunctions against processing taxes that funded farmer payments under control programs. It notes government suffers questions on returning escrowed funds and who paid the taxes while continuing naval conference tensions with Japan.
A gray haired Chicago man, John W. Keogh, shot and killed Attorney Christopher G. Kinney in a mortgage dispute hearing, fired at Judge John Prystalski, and injured no one else as court staff restrained him. Keogh claimed motives linked to crook judges and foreclosures, and he praised the act as a protest.
The speaker denounces the President’s labeling of independent citizens as defenders of entrenched greed. Critics of the New Deal are cast as enemies of mankind, with no distinction made between dissenters and supporters. The passage condemns the broad attack on those who ask for accountability.
Sioux City Iowa AP The second gambling conspiracy trial of Attorney General Edward L O Connor is set to begin in district court on January 23 Judge F H Rice also scheduled January 23 for the trial of State Treasurer Leo J Wegman on perjury charges and for hearing William Arthur's demurrer on a perjury indictment The graft grand jury returned both perjury indictments O Connors attorney Fred H Free argued for immediate retrial while County Attorney Maurice Rawlings resisted noting the defendant can wait until the regular jury report on January 20 The outcome hinges on whether Rawlings seeks dismissal due to insufficient evidence and the heavy cost of the first deadlocked trial The court assignment does not prevent further actions until the grand jury returns new work
Rudyard Kipling, 70, is critically ill in a London hospital after an emergency operation for a gastric disorder. A late bulletin at 9 30 p m said his condition remains grave though he rallied after the operation.
Counsel for Bruno Richard Hauptmann held a secret conference in Trenton with two Washington constitutional law experts to map a path back to the U.S. Supreme Court. They plan to seek a writ in federal district court, likely a habeas corpus, either in Newark or Trenton, and pursue further review.
A Sioux City Bar Association inquiry seeks the disbarment of former Woodbury County Attorney Max E. Duckworth for accepting bribes from gamblers and failing to testify in the O Connor trial. Prosecution may fall to the attorney general or the case may be referred to the Iowa Supreme Court.
Senate debate centers on a proposed bonus measure to pay veterans with immediately redeemable $50 bonds. Senator Harrison says the plan requires no new taxes and would be funded by ten year bonds at 3 percent interest._support from Byrnes Stein er Clark and Democratic Leader Robinson noted.
Linn county attorney G. K. Thompson said he would investigate Cedar Rapids residents holding federal liquor permits to sell without risking federal prosecution. He stressed that possession of a permit does not prove guilt and aims to learn why the permits are held. Identified holders include the Montrose and Magnus hotels, Milo Chehak, Paul Lebeda, the Elks club, and Charles Zastera.
The Senate munitions committee released a Wilson memo doubting Germany's sincerity and recounting diplomacy around the Lusitania sinking. It cites J P Morgan testimony and notes Federal Reserve financing of $100,000,000 for Allied trade while the US was neutral. Midvale Steel's output and British anxieties over US shell delivery are also highlighted.
Washington reports indicate the New Deal aims to salvage the AAA by adopting seven point program principles centered on soil conservation. Officials foresee pre court plans for AAA’s future and possible congressional action though farm groups debate export subsidies. Rexford Tugwell returns to lead settlement work while Tolley stays to advise as de mobilization plans and staff cuts are discussed.
Webster county grand jury indicted Benevolent Order of Elks Loyal Order of Moose and Veterans of Foreign Wars for maintaining a liquor nuisance in Fort Dodge Iowa Officers of the groups were not charged personally. The probe followed a request from Attorney General Edward L O Connor and focused on federal liquor stamp purchases to avoid state law violations.
A pair of reader letters discuss peace, collective action, and population pressure. One argues borders cannot stay fixed if nations grow, suggesting redistributing territory and access to raw materials may avoid war. The other urges realism, noting a world court still needs enforcement and that God helps through human effort.
Coin machine manufacturers report sales more than doubled from 15 million to about 35 million dollars in the past year as 85 makers displayed exhibits at a national convention. Delegates attend from South America, South Africa, and several European nations.
In Cedar Rapids the Iowa State Employment Service reports that nearly all WPA relief recipients certified for jobs have been assigned, while Linn County figures show 268 certified individuals yet to be placed. The gap suggests continued direct relief for over 200 clients, with no job verification from Waterloo district records.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that $200 million in AAA processing taxes held in escrow in lower federal courts must be returned to processors. The decision leaves open questions on refunds of $1 billion in taxes and touches on Bankhead cotton act challenges. It also dismisses suits against the TVA and signals further litigation to resolve unsettled issues.
The federal court clerk's office reports about 1.25 million dollars in processing taxes impounded by injunction suits from seven Iowa processors in the southern Iowa district. Recovery awaits an order from District Judge Charles Dewey.
Processing tax suits were filed in federal court at Cedar Rapids by Rath Packing Waterloo Morrell Packing Ottumwa Penick and Ford Cedar Rapids and the Iowa Soap Burlington but all files in the cases have been taken to federal court at Sioux City home of Judge George C. Scott and the amount of tax impounded was not available here.
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