This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1937
Page
4
Linn county residents respond generously to the Red Cross flood relief appeal as towns and countryside boost donations toward the 10,000 target. Officials urge rapid fundraising due to the urgent crisis faced by more than 1,000,000 refugees.
Moscow reports the Soviet supreme court prepares verdicts for seventeen men on trial for plotting to overthrow the government. Karl Radek says he was tortured for ten weeks to force a confession in the Trotzky conspiracy case, though others claimed their confessions were voluntary.
A Florida circuit judge delayed foreclosure on a 1200 mortgage under the Federal Home Owners Loan Corp plan. The judge urged a trustee be appointed to help the borrower meet repayment, noting thousands of HOLC borrowers face defaults while the program aims to protect homeowners.
Karl Radek and Gregory Piatakoff, leaders among seventeen defendants in a high profile anti-Stalin conspiracy trial, urged for death as they confessed to plotting to draw the Soviet Union into war and aid Japan. Radek denied Trotzky’s influence, claiming motive was shared views. The court slated speedy sentencing with death within days.
Lawrence Cipra, a farmer near Albert Lea, died in hospital after a savage attack with an iron bar. Sheriff Myre sought Leonard Gade, a former employee, as the assailant. Cipra’s hired man Reuben Moller and cook Mrs. Sarah Johnson were injured. Johnson froze legs escaping for aid. Cipra had fired Gade Tuesday over improper advances to Johnson.
Washington leaders push a civil service bill to cover 14 000 first to third class postmasters. Amendments by Ross Collins fail, Ramspeck defends intent as power outages interrupt voting, Senate fate pending.
In Des Moines Rep. B. B. Hickenlooper of Cedar Rapids introduced a bill to require a simple majority at an election for a city council to grant a bus franchise. The measure would change current voting rules for transit franchises.
The Cedar Rapids measure, tied to Hickenlooper’s proposal, would alter bus franchise approval by requiring a simple majority of the total vote rather than a turnout threshold. Under current state law, 40 percent of the last general election vote must favor buses, meaning over 13 000 voters must cast affirmative ballots.
Emperor Hirohito appoints General Senjuro Hayashi, former war minister, to form a cabinet amid a constitutional crisis. General Ugaki resigns in frustration, citing grave domestic and foreign conditions and a looming choice between fascism and parliamentary government.
Cedar Rapids news reports the Red Cross flood relief drive amid the disaster spanning 200 counties in 11 states. Subscriptions from Linn county totaled 9 883 49 by Friday noon, with 8 000 sent to St Louis headquarters. Local volunteers process donations as Salvation Army joins clothing drives and churches appeal for gifts.
Edward G Bremer, linked to the Barker Karpis snatch, is targeted again in a fresh extortion scheme. Fred Eiden, a former Cleveland junior high teacher, confessed after attempting to collect threats against Bremer, who leads Commercial Savings Bank. The note demanded ten thousand dollars to be delivered in person with an envelope marked Hello Ed.
Washington United Press report states Rep. Otha D. Wearin of Iowa introduced a bill in the House to prohibit joint ownership of radio stations and newspapers. Wearin said the measure aims to prevent monopoly of public opinion by combining press and air media.
H M Cooper former Iowa liquor control chief plans a new libel action against The Cedar Rapids Gazette editor Verne Marshall and three Benton county distributors over five campaign addresses broadcast by the editor. The suit seeks $150000 in damages and follows a demanded retraction that the Gazette did not publish.
A 1937 column questions the wisdom of coercion and the demise of liberty in society. It contrasts American ideals with Europe and warns against suppressing dissent while urging respect for free thought and speech amid rising authoritarian vibes. The piece follows a report from Lansing where Governor Murphy declines force to end a GM sit down strike and predicts a break in the Detroit labor action.
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor said the federation opposes Frances Perkins proposed subpoena powers in industrial disputes. He warned the measure could lead to compulsory arbitration which the AFL opposes, and said the stance would be presented to Congress despite Roosevelt's personal support. Green noted he informed Perkins of the AFL position.
Detroit AP reports General Motors asks a Genesee County judge for an injunction to remove sit-down strikers from two Fisher Body plants in Flint Michigan. The petition says the men are no longer employees and must vacate the premises. A hearing is set for Monday at 1 p.m. CST.
A Washington, D. C. sailor, John Anderson Jr., was targeted by psychiatrist F. Logan Thomasson and Boston color ray scientist Karl Von Schilling who offered $1,500 to use him as a human guinea pig for pilot reaction tests. They seek to replicate mental and physical pilot processes for air disaster research and would pay for a year with an absolute release.
In Louisville flood chaos looters stalked the city raiding food stores jewelry stores and liquor shops while 400 police and 400 national guardsmen tried to protect 230 000 homeless. The Kaufman Straus department store faced collapse as a commission prepared to survey four blocks.
A resolution from J. C. Lewis seeking approval of the current sit-down strike at General Motors plants was tabled by the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor. The federation refused to concur, aligning with local delegates who sympathize with strikers but oppose Lewis and his push for a dual union, per ongoing labor council discussions.
Buffalo New York Chief Clerk George W. Riebold hung a "Stop That Kiss" sign on Thursday, saying couples view the area as a place to practice and that the practice is tiresome and unhealthy for the public.
Flood waters from the Ohio valley surged into the Mississippi delta from Cairo Illinois to Memphis Tennessee. Army engineers mobilized 100000 workers to fortify levees as refugees flooded Barton Arkansas and surrounding areas. Officials warned of possible breaks while Cairo faced rising waters and Cairo residents sheltered behind a sandbag bulwark.
Heavy skies bring more snow to Cedar Rapids as temperatures rise. Overnight, the thermometer moved from 10 to 30 degrees with a peak around 25 by noon and later 15 by 7 p.m., per Chambers Inskeep company charts.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.