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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1938
Page
12
President Roosevelt nominates Solicitor General Stanley Reed to the Supreme Court to succeed retiring Justice Sutherland. Supporters praise Reed as a progressive conservative, while calls for public hearings grow amid concerns over Justice Black’s Klan past and future court leanings.
Willkie argues that government purchase of utilities and transfer of personnel threaten 80,000+ investors in Commonwealth and Southern. He contends cities will only want standby plants and TVA power, while generation and transmission lines may be left to lose value as junk and that workers face uncertainty. He also criticizes Roosevelt’s broad holding company death sentence.
Spanish insurgent bombing squadrons attacked government towns and cities along the Aragon front while government reports claimed little damage. In Teruel the front was quiet though insurgents held out in a convent and the Bank of Spain building with Captain Llorente in command. Insurgent reports said reinforcements were expected to attempt a recapture after rains end.
Rival fraternities clashed with snow balls Saturday causing heavy damage to eight houses on the University of Iowa row. Delta Tau Delta suffered the most with three windows intact. Phi Delta Theta Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Chi Beta Theta Pi Phi Gamma Delta and Delta Upsilon also sustained pane damage. Organizers vowed damages would be settled and peace restored at the next interfraternity council meeting.
Three federal judges weighed the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority after two months of hearings. Utilities led by Commonwealth and Southern argued TVA exceeds federal powers by selling electric power. TVA contends its river development for navigation and flood control justifies power generation as a secondary duty.
Makoto Watanabe, a Japanese nationalist, handed a foot long dagger to Britain as a gift for Anthony Eden. Initial reports claimed it was an ancient relic for pressuring Britain to reverse Far East policy. Later Domei and Watanabe insisted the interview was friendly. he was detained for examination with police notified beforehand.
The Iowa division of the Order of United Commercial Travelers marked its golden jubilee with a Saturday gathering at the Roosevelt hotel Cedar Rapids. About 250 attended a business session initiation banquet and dance. Led by secretary William F. Sarset the event featured speeches by national and state leaders and musical performances by Cedar Rapids students.
Japanese forces push through Kiangsu toward a crucial sunghai and Tientsin-Pukow junction as Chiang Kai-shek's army braces for a major confrontation. Officials report executions of Han Fu-chu and two aides for weak resistance. Domei predicts recall of the Japanese ambassador and Chinese mission departure.
Cedar Rapids saw a stable temperature trend from Saturday afternoon to Sunday dawn under overcast skies. Readings fell from 34 degrees at 3 PM to 32 by 7 PM, then 33 at 12:30 AM Sunday, per Cedar Rapids Gas Company records.
Donald Kimball of 124 Twenty seventh avenue SW skated Saturday night at the municipal rink at J street and Thirteenth avenue SW. He left his shoes with a friend who also skated briefly. Upon return, the shoes were missing and Kimball reported the loss to police.
London reports Britain will push for an Anglo Irish naval air and military alliance in talks with Eamon De Valera. Britain seeks assurances on not aiding rival powers, use of Ireland bases for transatlantic flights, wartime naval facilities at Lough Swilly Berehaven Cork and other ports, and Irish troop barracks. De Valera arrives after a stormy sea crossing as Neville Chamberlain and ministers prepare discussions.
In a Michigan field near Belleville two women, Mrs. Barker and Mrs. Cummings, argued after returning from Chicago. Police believe Barker shot Cummings twice. Barker fled, later surrendering in Detroit after changing clothes and burning papers. Authorities tie the pair to a Kentucky land swindle claim and note Barker’s motive concerns avoided prison.
Kentucky authorities allege a real estate holding scheme involving five defendants including Mrs. Cummings and Mrs. Barker. The Detroiters allegedly sold shares to Kentuckians claiming land would be bought by Henry Ford, while both women faced extradition after bond.
French Premier designate Bonnet seeks participation of socialists in a radical government backed by communists but faces refusal from socialist deputies who demand continued enforce ment of the popular front program and state control of foreign exchange to defend the franc. Bonnet plans further statements through the weekend as talks continue.
New York dispatch reports Robert Ritter was ordered held without bail on armed robbery and related charges after police learned he is not the famous actor Red Ritter. He explained the real Red Ritter is his brother, both called Red, who was linked to Broadway years ago. Ritter allegedly robbed the Atlantic Steamship Supply company of $686 and committed multiple assaults while fleeing the scene.
An automobile left highway 275 at the Pioneer Trail junction five miles south of Council Bluffs causing one fatality and three injuries. Driver W. G. Keith, 46, Prescott Indiana, died instantly. Mrs Keith, 37, and two youths, Lorraine Keith 16 and Eldon Keith 14, suffered severe injuries with skull fractures. Eldon lost part of an ear.
The street now known as Wall Street derives its name from a Dutch-era wall that once protected New Amsterdam. The wall stood along the thoroughfare during early colonial settlement and contributed to the area's historic identity.
A large business advisory council, led by W A Harriman of Union Pacific, heads to the executive mansion to discuss industrial planning, installment selling, monopolies, utilities, housing and labor policy with the administration. The aim is to align business activity with national needs and ease cyclical swings.
The nomination of 53-year-old Stanley Reed to replace 75-year-old Justice George Sutherland would reduce the Supreme Court's average age by just over two years from a shade over 69 to about 66. Hugo Black at 51 once lowered the average when he replaced 78-year-old Willis Van Devanter, and current justices Brandeis 81, Hughes 75, McReynolds 75, Butler 71, Cardozo 61, Stone 65, Roberts 62 remain in office.
Kansas City police report Carl Stevens regional UAW organizer and Ford strike leader was ambushed by armed men at a filling station. He suffered a serious head injury requiring thirty stitches and was hospitalized after the attack Saturday night.
James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, hurried back from Washington to Framingham with two secret service operatives after his seven year old daughter Sara fell seriously ill with influenza. The Framingham return was reported by the Boston Advertiser in a copyrighted story.
Milwaukee railroad fireman Winter Ogden reported his gold case watch missing from the roundhouse washroom after finishing work at 4 p.m. He recalled cleaning up and leaving the watch on a window ledge, and by 4:30 p.m. it had vanished. Value set at 35 dollars.
The American Veterans Association meeting in New York announced its opposition to a plan paying Spanish American War veterans aged 65 and older a monthly pension of 60 dollars.
The author contrasts democracy with fascism nazism and communism arguing that only democracy preserves individual rights and freedom of speech through a constitutional framework. He cites Sinclair Lewis saying the US faces a choice between dictatorship and democracy and urges adherence to constitutional liberty.
A mob of about 50 wrecked and burned the Church of Christ in Vera Cruz, one of North America’s oldest churches. Interior is destroyed, priceless paintings relics and carvings vanish. Two worshippers wounded and a raider stabbed. Police delayed fire response amid controversy remarks by Mayor Sanchez Torres.
An eight state alert was issued for Leo Vitch 39 alias John Reo of Lynhurst New Jersey in connection with the killings of Jeanne Schuellain 19 and Lenida Waite 59. Inspector Harold R King said Vitch is distantly related to Mrs Waite and visited for a week after Thanksgiving. The victims were found shot in the head by Waite's son George who reported a New Jersey man threatened the family last Thanksgiving.
San Francisco report says Ronald Gay a 30 year old garage foreman and Ann Cooper Hewitt 23 an heiress whose sterilization claim was noted, have ended their brief marriage after incompatibility between wealth leisure and the husband’s wish to work. A prior reconciliation lasted one month.
Haven Y. Simmons of Trewin, Simmons and Trewin was elected president of the Linn County Bar Association at the Roosevelt hotel during the annual meeting. Owen D. Elliott was named vice president Abe W. Bass reelected secretary and Fred Fisher Jr treasurer. New members H L Nehls Jr John Locher William Dallas Robert Moody Carl Garberson and Elbert Heiserman joined the bar.
Funeral services for Mrs Jo sephine Setlek will be held at 8 30 Tuesday morning at the Kuba funeral home and 9 o'clock at St Ludmila's church officiated by Rev Frank R Hruby. Burial will be in St John's cemetery. Friends may call at the Kuba funeral home Sunday or Monday.
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