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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1937
Page
1
The piece critiques Nels Kraschel's inaugural remarks, noting anticipated continued high spending and re enacted sales tax. It praises some agricultural policy while warning against vague homestead exemptions and tax schemes that could confuse counties. It also cites J Edgar Hoover on youth crime and the need for punishment to deter lawbreaking.
Max E. Duckworth former Woodbury county attorney applied to the Iowa Supreme Court for reinstatement of his certificate to practice law. He surrendered the license Jan 14 1936 amid graft investigations at Sioux City and is supported by a panel including A R Strong Franklin E Gill and Ralph A Oliver Judge F H Rice Carlos W Goltz and Ole T Naglestad. The court will decide after a sixty day waiting period and officials will survey jurists and bar associations on the matter. Duckworth resigned during ouster proceedings and previously faced contempt for refusing to testify while claiming immunity in a gambling conspiracy trial.
The piece recalls former Comptroller General John R. McCarl’s warning about abandoning the office as urged by President Roosevelt. It notes McCarl’s fifteen years safeguarding public funds under congressional appropriation, and explains Roosevelt’s plan to replace the comptroller with a federal auditor who can only flag waste after spending occurs, surrendering Congress’s spending power.
Frederick Green sued London for injuries from diving into an empty municipal pool. Attendants warned him, but he ignored them. He argued water was usually in the tank, yet the jury disagreed. The case prompts a broader reflection on blind hope and collective fate.
A local theater corporation informs Mayor Golly that no city ordinance is needed to stop bank night cash drawings in its Spencer, Iowa venues. The president telegraphed intentions to terminate bank night drawings, signaling a growing cautious stance against the attendance teaser.
Max Duckworth admitted to collecting bribes as Woodbury county attorney and confessed to a grand jury on July 2, 1935. The grand jury did not indict him, prompting resignation and speculation of immunity for testifying. Former Attorney General Edward L. O Connor was indicted and tried amid political graft probes in Iowa.
A sub zero cold snap gripped Cedar Rapids Thursday night with readings dropping to 5 below zero at 7 am. By Friday noon the temperature rose to 3 above, then to 5 above by 2:30 pm under a fair sky. Thursday’s high reached 12 above at 3 pm before a late drop.
The passage argues bank nights promote gambling among the young and spur desire for freebies. It notes courts label bank nights as lotteries, or at least functioning as lotteries in practice, and suggests moviegoers’ behavior on bank night reveals the effect.
Attorney General John A H Mitchell announced a statewide campaign against gambling devices. Federal and state agents raided sites, arresting Charles Eaton and seizing eight slot machines, nine cases of alcohol, seven cases of whisky, and one illegal pinball machine in a west end residence.
Berlin warned of a radio war with France if the Strasbourg Alsace station continues anti German propaganda in German. The Boersen Zeitung accused the French government of complicity and argued Germany must create a strong western station to enlighten the French people in self defense.
AP report describes Policeman Arthur Sullivan killed on an elevated railway station stairway in Chicago after arresting a robbery suspect. Witness Casimer Kulis said the gunman fired at Sullivan at close range as they moved toward the platform and fled down the track. Sullivan, 38, married with four children, had pursued a suspect connected to a restaurant robbery.
Reports say a $25,000 cache of gold and silver was found in the mountains west of Trinidad. The finder is Novoerto Abeyta, a former WPA worker who does not speak English.
Gov. Murphy announced a peace after fifteen hours of bargaining with General Motors and the United Automobile Workers. The pact requires sit down strikers to leave five GM plants by Monday and bars tool and material removal except for export. GM pledges non discrimination and to bargain nationally within fifteen days.
A Colorado legislature bill proposes sterilizing defendants who plead insanity and are convicted of murder or sex crimes. If passed, the law would be applied after insanity pleas lead to convictions.
A 1937 reflection surveys diverse views of America from figures like Columbus Penn Washington Webster Lincoln Whitman Hegel Ibsen Zangwill Graham Gorky Wells Bennett and others. It concludes that America is a land of sublime adventure and a note in the biography of God, inviting readers to consider its future meaning.
Robert Simpson, 17 year old sweetheart Ellen Sullivan, died from a fall at a New London beach casino last July 17. Prosecutor and defense moved to dismiss murder charge and assault charge. jurists ruled state failed to prove either count and discharged Simpson.
In Klagenfurt an Austrian court gave 43 year old Robert Pluch a thirty day prison sentence after he refused to reveal the accomplice who provides for four children. Normally the term would have been much longer.
In Pryor Oklahoma Gulf Oil and Refining workers caused a line blast while repairing a leak. Four women and two men died near Strang with five others seriously burned. Injured named include John Estes and John Lamb. Women trapped in car burned as flames rose from the line.
Joe Brink a 66 year old chicken farmer near Chain Lakes took up skates Friday morning for the first time in years and boarded for a ride after reaching the Cedar Rapids viaduct at the city limits in 45 minutes. He started nine miles from the business district and traveled six miles on ice before rough conditions forced him to seek a ride.
Georges Bonnet former French finance minister accepted the post of ambassador to the United States. He will depart for Washington soon and serve simply as ambassador with no special mission on war debts, replacing Andre de Laboulaye.
The Gazette announces the Silver Skates carnival will take place Sunday at 2 p.m. on the new rink at E avenue NW by Hill park instead of Cedar river. Officials cite excellent ice conditions and additional work to create an ideal racing strip. details appear in the sports section.
In Washington the Senate rejects Senator Byrd's bid to limit the RFC extension to June 1938 and passes the 1939 extension 73 to 1 with Byrd voting no. The chamber also prepares to route Roosevelt’s reorganization plan through a joint Senate and House committee to streamline government costs.
Local detectives raided a restaurant operated by A. W. Quinn at 130 F avenue NW. They confiscated a quart bottle three-fourths full of whisky and arrested Quinn on a charge of violating the state liquor law for selling state liquor by the drink. Detectives Marshall, Wilson, Condon and Kudina made the raid. The liquor bore an Iowa liquor commission label. The charge will be filed in district court.
Berlin reports that Adolf Hitler is to deliver a major statement on Germanys foreign policy at a proposed Reichstag session on January 30. The announcement, attributed to officials, signals a key political move in the Nazi leaderships public diplomacy.
Floods threaten lives and property across northern Kentucky southern Ohio Indiana and Illinois and eastern Missouri as Mississippi and Ohio tributaries stay above flood stage Rain falls continues in five states forcing hundreds from homes and swelling farm losses Officials warn more rain and a central cold wave may worsen conditions along the rivers.
John W. Forehand, a chief gunner's mate, was swept to his death from the deck of the destroyer Worden during gunnery practice off San Diego. The ship reported the accident by radio on Friday.
President Roosevelt nominated George Keller Friday as works progress administrator for Iowa, naming him to lead the WPA office in that state.
William M. Leiserson of Ohio was re appointed by President Roosevelt on Thursday as a member of the national mediation board.
Seattle Washington INS reports Leigh Haskell Fowler, 36, already under a 20 year sentence for a December robbery, placed in solitary confinement in Whatcom county jail. G men seized a cap Fowler wore, sent to Tacoma for identification by child witnesses. A Stanwood arrest and a visiting woman are noted as officers pursue an accomplice theory in the Charles Mattson kidnap murder.
Fred Orrin Haynes former Folsom inmate surrendered to Seattle police claiming to be innocent in the Charles Mattson kidnapping and murder inquiry. G men questioned him at the station after which Capt. Scrafford said Haynes appeared uninvolved, raising hopes he would be cleared. Police had raided a cabin near the murder site finding a clay bank and blood traces but no decisive clues.
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