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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1936
Page
1
The column muses on the meaning of a billion dollars, cites figures from 1935, and cites figures about debt and history. It also covers C W McNaughton’s suspension, Governor Herring seeking Roosevelt’s aid, and Iowa coal supply debates amid WPA demand.
Washington AP says an AAA replacing farm program won initial Senate Agriculture Committee approval amid White House tax discussions. Senator Bankhead filed the report and aims for Monday floor consideration. Administration aides and Attorney General Cummings signaled ongoing study of new levies and monetary approaches to restore 1926 price levels.
The New York council of the Building Service Employees International Union published a full page ad stating Alfred E. Smith and officials of the Empire State Building have refused to bargain for elevator operators and service workers. Signed by James J. Bambrick, the ad attacks Smith’s Liberty League address and recalls his prior support for workers.
The governor’s remarks draw debate over coal policy and regional mining, prompting questions about whether the move aims to bolster Iowa’s energy strategy or remake national narratives about coal. The discussion centers on economic impact, jobs, and state leadership.
A travelogue excerpt features Hamadullah the Budd hist monk and Prokosch discussing fear. The monk argues fear cripples wisdom and action, shaping personal and global life, while contrasting cowardice with courage as a key virtue inspired by Jesus words Fear Not and Cheer Up. Copyright 1936.
Georgia political turmoil deepens as New Deal backers urge Gov Eugene Talmadge to enter a preferential primary against FDR. Marion Allen, Roosevelt Georgia manager, calls for Talmadge to run, amid grand jury probes of WPA fund use to mail anti Roosevelt literature. Allen says the grass roots convention backed by a small group will be repudiated.
Washington AP reports a clear sign President Roosevelt may seek new taxes to cover bonus costs as Congress, already focused on elections, faces inflation risk. House inflation bloc leader vows a battle to pay the bill with new money. Tax questions linger as Morgenthau refuses to detail plans.
The Senate approved without opposition President Roosevelt’s reorganized Federal Reserve Board. Marriner S Eccles of Utah was named chairman for a four year term. The board includes M. S. Szymczak, Joseph A. Broderick, Ronald Ransom, John McKee, Ralph W. Morrison with terms ranging from two to 14 years.
A fox that invaded Oak Park, a Chicago suburb, dodged two police squads and hundreds of bystanders including 100 schoolchildren and 300 dogs before running into a passing automobile and being killed.
AP reports released state department documents show Woodrow Wilson shaped early U S neutrality after German submarine attacks. The draft note to Germany, dated April 22, 1915, was prepared before the Lusitania sinking and influenced by Bryan and Lansing.
Chicago AP Twelve of the twenty defendants in the Sir Francis Drake estate mail fraud case were freed by directed verdicts. Judge Sullivan freed twenty-one earlier, leaving eight defendants to be tried. Oscar Hartzell heads the remaining group, with others including Hauber Ohmart Short and Yant.
Sioux City indictments allege bribery involving state agent C W McNaughton. Gov Herring says he resigned and will leave payroll February 1, though records show Jan 1 start. McNaughton has $2000 yearly salary. checks for suspended period may be turned over if acquitted or case dismissed.
Richard Sam Renicks, a Negro convict, was given life imprisonment at Fort Madison for the murder of Charles E. Strickel, a state reformatory guard. Judge Atherton B. Clark ruled the crime not premeditated, despite a guilty plea to wilful murder. Seven witnesses testified as the defense argued against the death penalty. Continuous coverage notes the bucket parade duty and related testimony.
Illinois with the world’s largest distillery at Peoria paid more than one seventh of all liquor taxes collected by the government. The national total was 458,494,721 dollars compared with 374,571,438 dollars in 1934.
Four dining car workers were injured when a Northwestern freight locomotive rammed a westbound passenger train two miles east of Boone. The dining car burned. Gerhart Siegaardt of Chicago suffered severe burns, possibly fatal. Two porters and other crew were treated for shock or chill as investigators examine the crash.
WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins told a group of senators that relief needs have only slightly improved since the peak. He noted about 1,000,000 of 4,200,000 direct relief families shifted to state and local agencies, with 3,676,500 employed under works programs. The WPA created 2,895,000 jobs, agencies 781,500, and total funded projects rose by 135,000 in three weeks, with funds set to exhaust by July 1.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to define principles for federal state cooperation on soil and flood problems from headwater streams. He cited floods and erosion arising from countless farms and urged a comprehensive plan covering every acre of land and public domain to trace waters to their sources and control use.
New Jersey Governor Harold G. Hoffman ordered state police to reopen the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case. He urged a thorough impartial search for all individuals connected, voicing doubt Hauptmann acted alone and noting many questions remain unanswered.
Hollywood actor Ronald Colman was struck in the chest by a deflected knife during a scene in Under Two Flags. Knife-thrower Steve Clemente, a veteran of Pancho Villa's era, said it was his first miss in 203 years of throwing knives in films. Colman received treatment and was not seriously injured.
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