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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1936
Page
28
A courtroom scene centers on MacArthur and Miss Frink with Helen Hayes nearby. Testimony shifts between creative works and personal details as witnesses describe meetings at the Herald and Examiner office in Chicago and pay rates.
Kansas governor and presidential hopeful Alf Landon vacationed near the McGraw ranch in Colorado and planned a Friday luncheon with state GOP leaders including Lawrence C. Phipps and Charles Enos to discuss campaigning to restore the party’s grip in the state. Three aides from the governor’s advisory staff arrived, while Landon enjoyed mountain scenery and a glacier named in the Haydens range, describing the day as a swell outing.
AP reports a deadly clash in Lwow Poland as fifteen people are killed and many wounded after farm owners imported furless farmworkers for harvest leading to violent unrest. Police and emergency crews struggled to control the scene amid chaotic protests and property damage. Local officials vowed investigations and action to curb further violence.
DB Gardner and Mildred Micohusler both of Cedar Rapids apply for licenses. Richard J. Loufck and Maurine Hi Smith, Cedar Rapids, also seek licenses. C T Pohlman of St Paul listed with Mann and Dolores F Bic Rocerts of Deenport.
Washington AP says John R. McCarl, retiring U S comptroller general after 15 years, warned the public and workers against government extravagance and efforts to gain more power over disbursing funds. His replacement, Richard N Elliott, will cover duties temporarily. He urged lawmakers to rely on independent accounting to ensure honesty and law observance in government.
A council in Cedar Rapids debated a beer permit transfer involving Line Moon and Ed Wilson with Wilson surrendering a permit to allow Wessel to obtain the license for 1965 Ellis Boulevard NW. Repercussions followed for others denied permits while petitions sought reconsideration or future grants.
Secretary Frances Perkins urged the $5 billion steel industry to avoid panic as an organized drive to unionize iron and steel workers gathers pace. She said strikes and industrial warfare aren’t inevitable and noted the labor department has deployed observers to monitor the CIO drive guided by John L. Lewis. Leaders of the CIO movement met with Lewis to map the steel organizing effort and respond to AFL pressure for craft unionism withdrawal.
St Paul entrepreneurs release report claiming drought losses in the Northwest overestimated. Despite headlines, observers note stock moves from withered prairies, while parts of North and South Dakota show strong crop conditions outside drought zones.
WPA officials in Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas plan dam projects to curb runoff, conserve moisture, and raise water tables as drought prompts fears of a national climate shift. Hopkins says over half relief funds will go to conservation while 25,000 farmers are to be employed. Agriculture secretary Wal lace warns soil loss and fertility decline threaten the nation.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia asked the League of Nations assembly for a loan of 10,000,000 pounds sterling about 50,000,000 dollars to aid in reestablishing Ethiopia sovereignty.
Fire crews respond to an apartment fire scene in a Minneapolis area suburb. Return to station entry reads Lady smoking. No damage. In other news the Maharajah of Gwalior, India, is described as the world's second richest man with jewels valued over $20 million.
Queen Mary watches Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose curtsy in a playful mock court. Elizabeth explains the names Lord Bathtub and Lady Plug came from stories told by their uncle King Edward VIII.
Mrs. Alice Ebert 55 of Sioux City tried to jump from a ferry deck into the bay to locate her daughter Mrs. Josephine Varnella 28. Second officer John Anderson restrained her as she prepared to act. She said her husband died recently and she had come west after selling property seeking her daughter.
G Newt Choate said he will resign as superintendent of the state boys reform school, charging political moves tied to Governor McAlister’s order amid grand jury pressure. McAlister demanded his resignation over revelations in his conduct of the school.
The Pope endorses better movie morals urging bishops to mobilize Catholics through the Legion of Decency to avoid immoral films. He cited past Catholic shifts and urged pastors to shield parishioners during recreation hours while producers and bishops seek to raise film standards. Cardinal Dougherty helped inspire the encyclical Vigilant Care after visiting Rome.
Police investigated a $10 short change theft at Instant Auto and Tire after bookkeeper Elsie Tefer reported a man about 32 years old, five eleven, 180 pounds, light complexion with brown hair, wearing a white shirt and light trousers, entered forenoon and requested a $20 bill in exchange for twenty dollars in smaller bills. The suspect fled with the excess funds.
Tokyo announces a plan to boost the Japanese merchant marine by more than 150 percent, adding about 6.09 million tons with a 60 million yen shipbuilding appropriation. Japan’s fleet would surpass 10 million tons, competing with Britain and the United States for world leadership amid global trade tensions.
A historical note states that there are about 1,125 species of trees in the United States. The figure reflects biodiversity across regions and emphasizes the variety of native and introduced species observed in national forests and urban landscapes.
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