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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1936
Page
1
A secretary to the U S treasurer notes about 134 million checks are drawn yearly with 63 000 per hour and 1 000 per minute. The table shows government spending 1 95 for each dollar taken in and a 1 785 billion deficit, with debt rising nearly 2 billion since last July 1.
Washington reports that Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson announced a new farm program likely to reach Congress late this week and he will sponsor the bill. Senator Norris endorsed curbing Supreme Court powers as part of broader AAA reforms. House Agriculture Committee backed a $40,000,000 crop production loan bill and discussed a domestic allotment plan tied to a soil conservation program.
A 1936 column reflects on Bishop Gore’s clear faith by likening life to arithmetic. It argues that truth in belief comes from careful, honest calculation of facts about self, others, and love, yielding consistent results. Faith, fear, courage, hope, and love are weighed as numbers in a moral sum.
Chester C. Davis, executive, refused Dan D. Casement's invitation to a conference to devise a substitute for AAA. Davis said the meeting was for farmers and their representatives, implying critics of New Deal agricultural relief would not be admitted. Casement, a Kansas farmer known for opposing collectivism, sought attendance.
British author Rudyard Kipling remained in critical condition after an emergency abdominal operation for a perforated ulcer at Middlesex Hospital. Doctors reported great anxiety over his status while noting brief moments of rest between updates.
Ottumwa sheriff C E Harding said he was told by convict Al Ross that Robert Kennedy killed a youth found under driftwood near a railway in Ottumwa on November 18 1935. Harding planned to confront Kennedy at Fort Madison where he serves a robbery sentence.
The Senate Finance Committee approves a new baby bond bonus payment bill 15 to 2 despite Morgenthau testimony on an $11 billion funding need over 17.5 months. Couzens accuses Morgenthau of evasiveness while outlining projected deficits and debt figures. The committee backs a bill with costs differing from the House version and plans to debate in the next session.
CHICAGO UP The Rosenbaum Grain corporation once a leading grain trading house was expelled from the Board of Trade for alleged rule infractions. Directors also expelled E F Rosenbaum and suspended E S Rosenbaum for five years. The bankrupt firm had filed for reorganizations under section 77B. A federal stay order had blocked enforcement until Judge William H Holly dissolved it.
A brief note records traffic toll in Cedar Rapids for 1936 with counts of accidents and injuries. No fatalities are listed in the entry, keeping details sparse and focused on toll figures.
A Chicago radio skit aired by WGN portrayed the New Deal as harmful, dramatizing regimentation taxation and debt while showing a couple canceling a marriage because of deficits. It depicts rising meat prices from a 1934 pork sale to 1935 imports and ends by calling it the New Deal for foreign farmers.
Mrs. Thomas D. Schall announces in Washington her bid to become Minnesota's third woman senator prospects shaped by her husband’s death and Governor Floyd Olson’s illness. Olson denies health limits yet to decide. Theodore Christian looms as primary rival. Benson could shift races if Olson withdraws.
The House agriculture committee approved legislation to provide 40 million dollars in seed and seed loans to farmers for the 1936 crop year.
In Broadus Montana Robins fed Tuesday in Bill Ramers barnyard as a snowstorm buried nearby roads. A tunnel through a massive snowdrift carried motor cars, illustrating harsh winter conditions in the area.
Nat Milgram of a Kansas City grocery chain urged millers and meat packers to hand over about 200 million dollars in impounded processing taxes to charity. He argued the taxes were collected from consumers via higher prices and should aid relief efforts, calling for bread price cuts to match the earlier reduction by nationwide chains. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling that the taxes were collected unconstitutionally.
National Radio reports all passengers saved from the Chilean steamer Cautin aground on Lobos de Tierra island off northern Peru. The master stated the vessel was a total loss and passengers were being transferred to the S S Chimu of the Panama Mail Steamship Company. crew details unavailable.
Woodbury county supervisors approved two more expense bills raising the total cost of Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor's gambling conspiracy trial to 11 718 23 dollars. The board paid 33 35 dollars for court reporting and 238 88 dollars for driving Special Prosecutor H M Havner on investigations. Havner told the board he still seeks further payment. total paid to the special prosecutor now stands at 5 400 dollars.
Former Woodbury County Attorney Max Duckworth surrendered his rights to Justice J. W. Anderson of the Iowa Supreme Court amid disbarment proceedings. The action ends his ability to practice law statewide and avoids a formal disbarment hearing. Duckworth, a central figure in the graft inquiry, had earlier resisted testifying and spent more than a month in jail for contempt.
Max Duckworth former Woodbury county attorney surrendered his law certificate to Supreme Court Justice John W. Anderson. He said he does not intend to practice law and hopes the step will relieve the bar association of an unpleasant proceeding and end the publicity burden on Sioux City and Woodbury county.
Duckworth testified before the grand jury in a graft payoff investigation tied to Attorney General O Connor. A new trial date for O Connor is set for January 23 with potential compulsion to testify again. Duckworth faced possible disbarment proceedings, while his grand jury testimony referenced payoff money from a slot machine scheme. He has never been indicted.
Four area banks reported higher business and deposits at annual stockholders meetings. Merchants National Bank added Roy E. Curray John M. Ely and John T. Hamilton to its board and elected Hamilton assistant cashier. Remaining directors include Robert C. Armstrong F A Beals H N Boyson E B Cameron and others. continue on page 2 column 3.
William Norwell Grimm 27 of Springfield Missouri was ordered jailed without bond for trial in April on a first degree murder charge. He is accused of killing Clair E. Larson 26 of Decorah Iowa in a love triangle shooting on New Year’s day. He reportedly repudiated a confession police say he gave after the tavern affair.
U S Circuit Judge Davis denied a writ of habeas corpus and a stay of execution for Bruno Richard Hauptmann ahead of his scheduled electrocution. The ruling follows arguments by defense counsel Neil Burkinshaw and Nugent Dodds seeking relief, while Attorney General David Wilentz was notified during the proceedings.
A court house vault used by the Dickinson county treasurer and auditor was blasted open with nitroglycerine Monday night in Spirit Lake. The burglars took about 80 dollars from the auditor’s cash box. all other county funds had been banked.
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