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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1936
Page
1
A sprawling, closely spaced column reviews federal liquor sales in Iowa, medical trust schemes, homestead projects for miners, Senator Nye’s war-claims attacks, and press critiques. It notes Nye challenging wartime treaties, governor Herring entering the Democratic senatorial race, and Kraschel’s gubernatorial bid as primary season looms.
Gov Clyde L Herring disclosed a late Saturday report blaming a deceased former liquor commission employee for stealing and selling Iowa liquor seals to bootleggers. The document clears Bernard Manley of any link to seals circulation while noting three possible motives cited by Mercurio a Des Moines bootlegger. The governor says he is disappointed at lack of corroborated stories but gratified no current liquor commission staff are involved. The assistant attorney general Lehan T Ryan compiled the findings.
DE NEWTON surveys Huxley’s Brave New World style vision of 1940s warfare followed by plague, science dominated life, and a utopia of space travel. The piece notes a future where peace and progress rise after destruction, yet questions life’s purpose amid a sterilized, love-free, religion-free paradise.
Akron Ohio reports that a five year old blond blue eyed boy in the Miller home near Akron fits the Lindbergh baby description but is claimed as Robert Dolfen by the caregivers. Officials conclude the tale is a hoax and the boy belongs to the Dolfen family. the grandmother cutter tale.
A brief data-brief notes a toll in Cedar Rapids for 1936 listing 23 accidents 26 injuries with no deaths recorded. The entry presents figures in a compact tabular style without further context or sources.
Memphis based report states American Airlines and the bureau of air commerce opened a probe into possible foul play after the Southern airliner crashed into an Arkansas swamp killing seventeen. Agents will check every passenger's movements 48 hours before boarding as corpses are searched.
Memphis AP reports federal investigators pursue the human element in the Southerner crash in Arkansas as American Airlines pilots are ordered to keep doors between cockpit and passenger cabin locked during flight.
Ned Parker, Burlington County famed solver, comes to aid Governor Hoffman facing calls to deny the Hauptmann reprieve. He argues there is something wrong with the case and supports commuting Hauptmann to life. No new leads have emerged, but Hoffman presses a justice driven justification amid mounting political risk.
In Los Angeles the End Poverty League rallyed to name California's delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Despite a state convention and a Friday central committee meeting, McAdoo allies with proxies prevailed as the committee deferred delegation selection to President Roosevelt and blocked a policy declaration.
Washington AP report notes Iowa Senators Murphy and Dickinson split on the Thomas amendment to pay soldiers bonuses in new currency. Debates over a $2 billion debt payoff in cashable bonds delayed the final vote, with Majority Leader Robinson calling for executive session and leaving no decision on the measure. Packed galleries watched as the coalition bill stalled just before a likely passage.
In BISBEE Arizona a four day search for four year old Roy Rogers ended with his frozen body found near a lodge in the Guadalupe mountains. Roy wandered from his uncle Lawrence McDonald’s ranch Wednesday and was last seen alive two miles away. A booted highway department driver spotted the body as investigators said the boy likely died the first night he was lost after a search involving 300 ground crew and six airplanes.
Two of Emperor Haile Selassie's generals were rushed to Northwest Gojjam to quell a serious revolt. Reports of battles between loyal troops and rebels reached Addis Ababa despite censorship. Ethiopian officials are described as seriously concerned over the situation.
President Roosevelt will speak Sunday afternoon in New York at 1 pm CST to dedicate the state's Theodore Roosevelt memorial. The program will be broadcast nationally over WJZ NBC and WABC CBS.
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce reports that federal expenditures suppress business and employment. A unanimous vote by local directors urged cutting government spending and balancing the budget, and results were sent to the U S Chamber of Commerce in Washington. Yes votes covered multiple questions on reducing federal costs and avoiding new taxes.
The forecast covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with snow on Monday or Tuesday, a fair midweek, then more snow around Thursday or Friday, temperatures generally below normal.
Madison Wisconsin. Assemblyman Marius Dueholm a progressive member of the state assembly since 1931 died at his home in Luck Wisconsin on Saturday. Governor La Follette's office was informed.
DES MOINES AP reports snowdrifts blocked many town roads while main highways cleared. Frigid air hit the region with subzero lows expected, while Chicago and Midwest states faced hazardous travel, with several weather related deaths and search efforts continuing in New England and Dakota areas.
London report explains the constitutional rule that the Prince of Wales becomes monarch immediately upon the king's death, preventing any interregnum. It lists current line of succession with ages and notes future marriages could alter precedence, suggesting Princess Elizabeth may become queen.
Adolf Hitler sent a telegram of friendship to King George expressing sincere wishes for a speedy convalescence and complete recovery after learning of the king's serious illness. The message marks a strong gesture of goodwill between Germany and Britain.
Britons pray as King George VI battles cardiac weakness and bronchial ailment at Sandringham. Oxygen supplies held at a hospital near the royal residence to aid rapid transport if needed.
Prince Teh, a claimable descendant of Genghis Khan, reportedly proclaims autonomous government over eastern Inner Mongolia. He names Changpei in Chahar as its capital, a move that would bolster Manchukuo's northern stance and weaken China.
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