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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1937
Page
2
President Roosevelt presses for international currency stabilization with an expanded stabilization fund and devaluation leeway to protect the dollar. Morgenthau testifies behind closed doors on extending authority as Congress weighs future domestic reforms and labor policy.
Marjorie Wilson 27 wife of Harold Wilson was found lying in the road at Thirty second street and Center Point road NE shortly after 10 p m by Lynn Crozer. She appeared in a coma with no physical injuries and was taken to St Luke s hospital. Harold Wilson identified her as his wife and said she had been missing since 9 30 p m after he returned from work. The couple s two children were home. Mrs Wilson remained hospitalized.
Recounted moments show Elaine and Barrymore’s turbulent courtship beginning with a hospital visit in New York in 1935. She chased him by plane and train across the country, they united in Hollywood, and planned marriage before a sudden retreat to normal life.
William Moyers, former Georgia Liberty League chairman, prepared an appeal after his five to ten year sentence for the Ernest Woodruff Coca Cola executive and T. K. Glenn bank president robbery. Moyers claimed the $30,000 represented commissions on funds to defeat President Roosevelt. Woodruff and Glenn disputed the claim. Moyers was captured four days later with nearly all the money.
Fairfield AP report says a mild scarlet fever outbreak leads Parsons College to quarantine 19 girls in Ballard Hall as date week looms. Officials plan semester exams for quarantined students and may postpone the event if more cases arise.
Akron Ohio reports George Pierce age 53 shouted for release from intoxication custody and produced six five dollar bills hidden on his person. He obtained bond after the display.
Dr Karl Menninger told Linn County Medical Society the concept of chronic death by own action is widespread and serious. He cited alcohol addiction and self denial as paths to slow self destruction and urged therapy through diversion of energy to healthier pursuits.
ALICE LONGWORTH argues in favor of extending the merit system and replacing a three member civil service commission with an administrator. She contends such changes need not abolish the commission and would avoid harming honest programs while both major parties face the spoils system.
Barcelona reports reveal a plot by fourteen conspirators to seize strategic points on the Catalonian coast and hold them for a landing force. Rome and Berlin discuss a possible marines and infantry intervention to crush Barcelona if Franco still lacks full foreign backing. Italy has denied Balearic deployments despite rumors of air power near Majorca.
Belle Plaine defeated Toledo 28 to 11 in Friday’s league contest, with Allen scoring 11 and Boothman 8 for Belle Plaine while Maplethore and Blake led Toledo with 4 points each. The half stood 12 to 8, and Belle Plaine surged late in the fourth quarter.
Detroit and Anderson begin evacuation of sit down plants as General Motors seeks peace talks with unions. Flint plants to follow Sunday with a victory mood. National guard demobilization nears, with final decisions pending at GM headquarters in Detroit.
In Mexico City AP reports the burned wreck of a missing air liner with nine aboard was located, raising this week’s Mexican air disaster death toll to twelve. The craft carried six passengers and three crew. no U.S. citizens were on board. The wreck lies deep in mountains south of Playa Vicente, destroyed by storm winds.
Paris reports the chamber of deputies granted Premier Leon Blum six months of full powers to stop French volunteers joining the Spanish civil war. The vote was unanimous with abstentions from Communists to protect the Popular Front. Blum led the push and urged automatic, nationwide enforcement.
In Asbury Park, New Jersey, mothers and fathers fear for their children’s access to Asbury Park schools. They say Deal residents’ kids are superior and should not have to attend local schools.
United States Steel announces a $60,000,000 expansion led by Myron C. Taylor as labor and capital urged cooperation to end discord. The program covers Clairton and Edgar Thomson works with new hot strip and cold reduction mills, a Braddock slab mill, and power facilities slated for 1938 operation. About 9,000 workers are active across Clairton and Edgar Thomson.
Chief William H. Cole questioned a suspect with a declared grudge against the upper class as the Pigeon creek district west of Everett was searched for another suspect. Fred Haynes, once in California, remained in custody after surrendering. Federal agents traced two extortion calls to Dr. Mattson, father of the slain boy, who tried to contact the kidnapper near a Seattle service station. Citizens in Everett prepared to lynch the kidnapper slayer, prompting police to deploy safeguards and plan transfer to federal facilities if arrested.
Joseph Schuster, 30, a parolee, confessed to killing Patrolman Arthur Sullivan on an elevated railway station stairway during a custody transfer. Casimir Kulis, the sole eyewitness, identified Schuster, who had been paroled from Pontiac reformatory on March 10 1934 after a robbery and bank messenger shooting conviction.
Herale E. Hansen, 43, told police the water was too cold when he attempted to take his life by jumping into Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles. He was pulled from the water by officers.
Portland officers sent fingerprints of a man resembling the kidnapper of Charles Mattson to the FBI and the War Department. Col. Wilson B. Burtt held William J. Gallagher, 30, for further military record checks after Gallagher, allegedly drunk, sought shelter at Fort Williams. Fort Ethan Allen denied the report of Gallagher’s desertion, noting a man of that name was discharged dishonorably March 15, 1928, after a 30 day jail sentence for drunkenness.
In Boston Miss Viola Kirtley of Nebraska City Nebraska faces possible throat surgery at New England Baptist Hospital while doctors weigh risks from nearby artery. Romance figures in as she shows a photo of Dr W V Kennedy who favors no operation. Meanwhile at Massachusetts General Hospital a new chemical therapy may end kidney stone formation for Gunsmith Robert Brooker of Birmingham Alabama.
Coe college will host forty Iowa Presbyterian ministers on February 10 and 11 during World Fellowship week. The Rev. Robert Worth Frank of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago will speak on February 7 and 8. Coe students run chapel services while Dr William Boddy of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis addresses gatherings. The Cedar Rapids Presbytery plans a spiritual retreat during the week.
The Rev. Melvin Neubert, formerly of Chicago and now permanent pastor of the Foursquare Gospel church in Cedar Rapids, will lead a mid winter revival at the local tabernacle at 609 First Avenue West. Daily services for three weeks run Tuesday through Friday at 7 45 p m with Sunday programs including Sunday school at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 and evangelistic service at 7 45 p m The Sunday morning sermon is Wounded and the evening topic Is There Nothing to Those Who Pass By Neubert recently returned from a California Foursquare convention and has conducted campaigns in the west and midwest He has headed a Chicago Foursquare pastorate and preached in major tabernacles including Angelus Temple in Los Angeles
M. E. Bridge of 424 Ninth Street NW fractured his right wrist after slipping on an icy sidewalk in front of 1130 Ninth Street NW. He was taken to a physician's office for treatment. The Junior Law Club, guests of T. M. Ingersoll at 1400 Second Avenue SE, held their annual stag party Friday night at the Montrose hotel with twenty in attendance.
Twenty five members attended the informal session at the Montrose hotel. Nathan Greenberg, president, presided as provisions of fair trade legislation now in force were examined by the group.
The three act play scheduled for Sunday at 7 30 p m has been postponed to Sunday Jan 31 due to the death of John Stamy, father of Mrs I E Link letter wife of the pastor.
Miss Helen Hubbard chairs Linn county Red Cross volunteer service and appeals for knitters to make garments for veterans in several hospitals. Volunteers may call the Red Cross office at 2-2031. yarn will be furnished.
Mrs. Mary Landa, 60, of 1201 First Street SW fractured her left wrist after slipping on ice and falling in front of her home. She was admitted to St. Luke's Hospital at 10:30 p.m. in confinement. Mrs. A P Sloan, 38, of 1721 D Avenue NE cut on the head when her sled crashed into a culvert on a west side hill. She was treated at St. Luke's Hospital and discharged.
The Church of the Nazarene on Fourteenth Avenue at K Street SW lists Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. morning worship at 10:45 a.m. and evening services at 7:30 p.m. Young people meet at 6:30 p.m. A cottage prayer meeting is Tuesday 2:30 p.m. at Mrs Etta Turnbull’s home 610 Sixth Street SE. Midweek prayer and praise is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The Rev. E E Russell is pastor.
Iowa City High defeats Davenport 24 to 21 after leading 12-9 at halftime. Kieth Horn scores nine points for Iowa City and Lucier adds eight for Davenport in a tight late contest.
Roosevelt high school staged two plays by the Gamma Delta dramatic club on Friday night. Within the Hour featured seven scenes across the world with a large cast led by William Hensley and Jeanne Kelly amid influenza illness. Bargains in Cathay, a bookstore comedy, drew a bigger crowd with Mavis Nelson and Walter Heaton in lead roles, directed by Roberta Sheets.
Elkader junior college opened conference play with a 31 28 victory over Maquoketa junior college as Walch and Jones tied for high points with ten each. Elkader led early second half and held on as all regulars scored. The Elkader high school squads also beat Strawberry Point varsity 30 23 and junior high 14 8 with Rogers totaling seventeen for Elkader.
Gladbrook defeated Tama High 21 to 12 on Tama’s floor Friday night. Tama led 9 to 7 at halftime but Gladbrook tied it 12-all in the third and pulled away as Tama missed several free throws. Tama forward Cory scored six, while Dusek led Gladbrook with five.
McGregor high nipped Waukon 38 to 29 in the opener and won the junior game 24 to 9 on Friday night in McGregor Iowa.
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