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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1936
Page
1
Obituary note on King George V and Edward VIII transition, plus legal analyses of Iowa Supreme Court rulings on the Duckworth case and grand jury testimony. Also mentions a Cedar Rapids ISU student on an alleged hanging incident and Senate action on the soldiers bonus bill with changes affecting veterans who paid interest on adjustment certificates.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled 9 to 0 that former Woodbury County Attorney Max Duckworth did not forfeit his immunity by testifying before a grand jury. The decision held immunity is not waived by grand jury testimony and that neither the prosecutor nor the jury could grant immunity. The ruling avoids deciding whether Duckworth was coerced or offered inducements.
A reader criticizes a sister who, influenced by psychology, analyzes others and lets a four year old misbehave. The piece argues psychology is in its infancy, many schools exist, and ordinary adults should use caution, relying on common sense and awareness of parental impact. It warns that overanalysis can harm family relations and a child.
Linn county board of supervisors unanimously approved a five dollar per month increase for about forty clerks and office staff in auditor treasurer district court recorder relief and sheriff offices as an adjustment of 1933 salary cuts. The boosts apply to workers earning 75 to 100 dollars monthly with duties in multiple offices and move one clerk from extra help to regular payroll.
An influential congressional group considers appealing to President Roosevelt to let the new bonus bill become law without his signature or veto. They debate funding options, including appropriations in a pending deficiency bill, while the House moves toward final action after Senate changes. The bill, approved 74 to 16, would redeem $50 bonds payable at post offices. Speaker Burns predicts quick House action Wednesday.
Blood stained a Louisiana primary as Gene Gille, Long party ward leader, was shot at the fifth ward polling place. Joe Schultz surrendered to police after the shooting and conferred with anti-Long officials. Watchers were ejected from polling places in Calcasieu parish amid clashes over election oversight. Governor O K Allen’s successor faced a high-stakes fight for a four-year term amid broader contest between Long faction and anti Long groups.
Special to The Gazette Sioux City Iowa reports that Walter Maley first assistant attorney general refused to honor a proposed settlement of graft cases. The plan would have seen Maley resign after dismissal of gambling conspiracy charges against Attorney General E L O Connor and himself. Joe Gagen who ran a slot machine syndicate would be billed with maintaining a gambling house and fined $1000. Other defendants faced simple gambling charges. County Attorney Maurice Rawlings reportedly planned to dismiss O Connor’s and related charges, considering lack of conviction prospects after the supreme court removed Max Duckworth as a witness. It remains unclear if any prosecutions of Duckworth will proceed despite his bribe confession.
Clair E. Hamilton, assistant attorney general of Indiana, resigned his post with an effective date to be set, returning to private practice in Winterset. He had been in office since January 3, and cited a desire to return to private practice. Edward L. O'Connor, the attorney general, said he would appoint a successor and noted Hamilton’s handling of key state tax and enforcement cases.
An undetermined origin blaze Tuesday destroyed the $30,000 consolidated grade and high school building at New Milford five miles south of Rockford. Rockford firefighters could not assist due to lack of water. about 100 students were at home for lunch when the fire started.
Twenty passengers traveling from New York to Springfield and Haverhill Mass. were injured, seven seriously, when their bus collided with a loaded coal truck at a street intersection in Middletown Connecticut early Tuesday.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace on Tuesday challenged the justice of the Supreme Court order directing the return of $200,000,000 in taxes collected under the AAA to processors. He spoke before the press, signaling his first public comment on the ruling.
President Roosevelt hinted the Supreme Court reversed its stance on limiting Congress powers. Cabinet members voiced concern over the court’s processing of the Louisiana rice millers tax case. White House signaled support for new farm aid bills to replace the invalidated AAA for two years and fund crop Subsidies and conservation acts. Justice Department noted likely injunctions against taxes under New Deal laws.
Grace Findley, widow of Park A Findley Iowa state investigation chief, charges 97000 was unaccounted for in bonds jewelry and mining stock and seeks court action to involve sister Ricka in disputes over Des Moines bank safety deposit boxes. One hearing set for probate court January 30 details a contested matter from the estate.
In Des Moines Mrs. Bessie Merrigan, administrator of Donald Merrigan’s estate, accepts a $2000 damage judgment against Dewey Berlovich for the March night club killing. Berlovich, now serving a life term at Fort Madison prison, faced a $20,000 claim.
Sandringham mourners prepare for King George V burial with a simple Tuesday service at St Mary Magdalen. Foresters, farmers, and Windsor family members file past as Britain awaits a state funeral next Tuesday in London. The oak coffin and somber procession reflect royal mourning, with the body to lie in Windsor vault at Frogmore.
In Iowa City a 6 year old boy, Jackie Moore, lies in critical condition after an accidental shooting at his home. He was home from school due to cold weather, found a revolver in an upstairs bedroom, and was attempting to remove it when it fired, the bullet entering his chest.
Iowa Supreme Court Justice Leon W. Powers of Denison announced his resignation to become general counsel for the Farm Credit Administration in Omaha effective Feb. 15. He will be succeeded by appointment by Governor Clyde L. Herring. Powers was elected to the court in 1934 and the FCA operates from Omaha serving Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming.
Edward VIII, Britain's new bachelor king, flew from Sandringham to London to take the oath of accession and receive parliamentary pledge. He becomes the first sovereign to fly, with ceremonies at St James's Palace and Parliament marking the start of his reign amid royal mourning for George V.
Rosa Rothafel widow of Samuel L Rothafel known as Roxy testifies in surrogate's court that the theater magnate died January 13 and left an estate valued at less than five thousand dollars in New York.
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