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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1937
Page
4
William M. Down a 91 year old Civil War veteran from Newark New Jersey was injured on a WPA swimming pool project but insists on being rehired saying pensions are for the young. He shows stamina and refuses to blame others, a lighthouse figure amid bleak times.
The piece critiques Senator Tydings plan for a balanced budget and notes vice inaction and ridiculing. It then covers Indiana Senator Arnold’s proposal to depoliticize courts with nonpartisan ballots and merit based selection. Finally it describes a government gold transfer to a Kentucky vault as wartime precaution amid disbelief over policy shifts. The column riffs on political automata and Morgenthau’s grasp of the situation.
New Iowa Governor Nels G. Kraschel outlined a 10 point legislative program after taking office in Des Moines. He backed $6 million annually for old age pensions, tax proposals, road funding, state building projects, higher teacher salaries, and moving the state superintendent selection to the state board of education. He urged cooperation with the federal government on agriculture and called for broad policy changes across taxation education and infrastructure.
A 1937 piece explores how many men shield deep tenderness behind outward brusqueness. It cites Hemingway Lawrence and Housman as examples, noting their fear of intimate contact and the fragile heart beneath tough exteriors. The author argues many men remain silent, guarded, and misread, craving acceptance yet fearing close connection.
A three engine army plane climbed to 10 000 feet above Rome and stayed aloft two and a half hours. Gen Giuseppe Valle awarded Mussolini a military pilot's license but the leader will not fly again. He seeks loftier heights than any aircraft can reach.
Jean Destour once named best workman in France lost his job when the Lille metal shop where he worked closed. Authorities sought to place him elsewhere after the plant shut, citing embarrassment at the turn of events.
Four Civilian Conservation Corps youths were stranded on an island in Twin creek near Eaton Ohio. Reports said the boys faced imminent danger as floodwaters rose. Emergency calls were sent to Dayton and officials pledged immediate rescue with boats. Two youths were stranded late Wednesday. a rescue attempt Thursday failed when a boat capsized.
Red haired actress Judith Allen says she will file for divorce from her husband Jack Doyle immediately. The Los Angeles report notes the statement came Thursday in California.
Verl Lahs a sit down striker at Cadillac plant was instructed by telegram to report to the Armory for strike duty with the 125th Infantry in Flint. The shop committee met and granted him permission to abandon his sit down, saying they respect the Michigan national guard.
The Brookings Institution told the Senate Government Reorganization Committee that consolidating federal lending agencies could save about 30.16 million dollars annually, with 24.5 million saved by merging the Federal Housing Administration and the Home Owners Loan Corporation. Byrd supports greater savings and notes agencies employing over 25,000 people cost over 60 million annually. The report proposes consolidations, transfers to farm credit and treasury, and liquidation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation assets, with more sections to come.
The old federal building at Second avenue and Third street will go on sale via the United States Treasury in February. Proposals must be sealed and received by Feb 15, 1937, with a 5 percent bid check. Terms require all cash at deed or one-fourth cash with the rest in quarterly installments over twelve months. The site, including the WPA-built pavilion, fronts 130 feet on Second avenue and 140 feet on Third street, and sale ads run Feb 1, 3, and 5.
CHICAGO UP Bruno Ruminski hospitalized after trying to kill himself amid revelations his two sons, Stephen 14 and Marion 12, wrote a ransom threat handwriting notes home to a Dr. Meyer S. Pedott father of three children. The note demanded 30000 dollars and warned of the child being next. The boys claimed the act was a joke and the older boy Marion confessed writing the note to get even with Shirley Pedott.
Clare R. Marshall of 355 Pleasant Drive SE was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Country Club at a Thursday noon board meeting at the Elks Club. He has served as vice president. Van Vechten Shaffer of 304 Nassau Street SE was named vice president, and Ben H. Witwer of 1928 Linden Drive SE was reelected secretary and treasurer.
Grace Boston of Cedar Rapids Town Hall clubs weighed booking Martin Johnson and his wife for a 1936 37 program versus Father Hubbard for an illustrated lecture. The Johnsons, recent Africa returnees, were en route to Pasadena when the Western Air Express plane crash caused their United States tour plans to shift.
Paris reports indicate Germany was promised sweeping concessions for Spanish Morocco's mineral wealth by General Franco in exchange for armaments to the insurgents. German engineers have landed in Spanish Morocco, drilling machinery arrived, and prospecting for oil and lead is underway, with maps from 1926 in German hands.
Italy and Germany renewed their handclasp in a gesture of widened accord. France agreed to meet the nazi reich halfway in solving their economic and political problems, signaling a cautious path toward negotiated settlement. Continued on page 2 column 4.
Federal Judge David J. Davis of the northern Alabama district court upheld the constitutionality of the social security act on Thursday. He denied Alabama firms’ petition to stop the collector of internal revenue from collecting the compensation insurance tax on employers under the act. The informal opinion provides a detailed defense of the law.
Washington AP Roosevelt initially declined attending his own inauguration claiming he was too busy yet hinted a possible change of plans. A souvenir invitation sparked a playful exchange via White House staff before Roosevelt wrote that he had rearranged engagements and might be able to go, with a definite decision due January 19.
In Des Moines Iowa democrats challenge Republican control of the upper chamber filing a formal protest against the creation of a powerful Senate committee system. Senators Sam D Goetsch and Roy Stevens refuse to serve on committees they say would deny democrats influence and break faith with Iowa voters. The move follows the Republicans’ maneuver to shift appointment power away from Lieutenant Governor John Valentine.
Mrs. Nellie A. Nusz, 76, rode two days and nights with the body of her brother Stephen Nelson of Waverly Indiana in a Rock Island Transcontinental Pullman compartment. The train began in Los Angeles and was bound for Cedar Rapids Iowa when Nelson died after illness. Nusz blocked access claiming he was ill and wired an undertaker in Columbus Junction Indiana to meet the train. The telegram prompted investigators and the body was removed at Pratt Kansas.
Washington officials report Frances Perkins discussed possible presidential intervention with Roosevelt while in Lansing Gov Murphy convened a meeting with strikers and GM management to seek a formula to reopen plants and return 115 000 idle workers to duty. The talks marked the first corporate union conference since the strike began two weeks ago.
Everett police recovered a piece of feminine wearing apparel in the Mattson kidnapping case. Detectives, seeking the black whiskered kidnapper Tim, intensified the search for a female accomplice or companion believed to have aided in the crime that killed 10-year-old Charles Mattson.
Washington IN S (INS) reports J Edgar Hoover, head of the bureau of investigation, suggesting more than one person may be involved in the Mattson kidnapping and slaying. He said they would stay quiet until they catch him or them, then declined further comment during a Capitol visit.
Federal investigators probe a car linked to the Tim kidnapping near Everett. A satin slip found by an IN S correspondent spurs a broader search while authorities note a hammer, blood, and a newly tied suspect, Harold D. Sproule, 38, with Santa Rosa ties and facial resemblance to the kidnapper.
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