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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1932
Page
1
The piece criticizes the 1930s campaign theater. It mocks Garner pushing a large relief bill loan and Roosevelt’s waterway offer. Hoover vetoes the bill to protect credit, while both leaders avoid direct favors. The writeup denounces campaigns as symbolic hokum.
Sheriff Transon Scott said the Smith Reynolds death probe is not closed and declined to reveal next steps in the inquiry into the heir to tobacco millions. He stated no case is closed while the mystery remains unsolved.
A department of agriculture report shows the number of young pigs on farms fell seven percent since 1931. First six months totals reached 50,093,000, down 3,758,000. Despite lower spring numbers, sow farrowings for the last half of the year are up 1.2 percent, hinting at higher future production. Reductions in Germany and Denmark align with the U.S. trend as Europe posts smaller pig crops.
The Cedar Rapids city council cut about 57000 from the 1933 budget, lowering the tax levy by 3.7 mills and setting a total levy of 707560.41 while planning expenditures of 862892. The budget note cites cuts in public improvements and other services with a public hearing planned for July 28 and auditor certification by August 15.
Cedar Rapids societywoman Clara M Zimmmerman Limback wife of Limback Lumber head John A Limback died suddenly at 5 30 p m Monday at her son Anthon Limback s home in Seattle following a lengthy illness She was a prominent Cedar Rapids hostess and Immaculate Conception church member Surviving are her husband a son Anthon and daughter Mrs James Y Canfield Funeral plans were not announced
The Senate Banking Committee approved the Wagner unemployment relief bill on Tuesday and prepared for Senate action. The panel kept the $2.1 billion relief total, added a board reorganization amendment, and barred loans to institutions whose officers sit on the board within a year.
The article argues that Europe moves into the hoodwinking role as the so called gentlemen's agreement at Lausanne links the reparations deal to the United States, mocking politicians who court taxpayers while big powers shape terms.
The United States declines to fund reparations scaled to less than three-quarters of a billion, arguing against paying Germany’s obligations. The remark mocks Uncle Sam’s image as Santa Claus as Washington maintains its stance on postwar reparations.
The writer recalls an old trick about breaking an egg with steady pressure, noting the husky friend’s pressure fluctuated and caused the egg to crack messily. The passage then compares this to a reparations deal, implying a parallel to breaking under pressure.
A Chicago Journal of Commerce letter denounces daily six to seven page packets from the National Park Service as wasteful taxpayer expense. The author argues responsible citizens must economize and avoid political plunder that taxes citizens after work and savings.
Cedar Rapids education officials abandon a school dentistry initiative costing under 2500 dollars annually amid competing concerns over children's health and local spending.
At Ann Arbor on Monday night Smith Wildman Brookhart of Hyattsville Maryland, a lame duck senator from Iowa, defended Russian communism by claiming the U.S. public school system, highways, postal service, and the Panama Canal are examples of efficiently practiced communism. He argued these programs are financed by property owning American taxpayers who would have no property or taxes under communism.
Jowa farmers blame high taxes on the public school system. Brook Hart cites it as efficient communism, arguing that both tax and communism rob people of their property, with consolidated school tax a heavy burden.
In a frank campaign speech, Secretary Ogden Mills asks whether veterans should be ordered to the rear and raw recruits placed in command. He frames the issue as a test of party loyalty, anticipating a strong Democratic response.
Lincoln Nebraska city council enacts ban on Sunday funeral services following a complaint by the ministerial association that Sabbath day burials overwhelm ministers with duties. The article notes debate and questions about selecting which day a funeral may take place.
A coroner's jury ruled Smith Reynolds died not by own action nor accident nor murder but by a party or parties unknown. Libby Holman Reynolds and Albert Walker described a night of distress and threats as witnesses, while the grand jury weighs continuing inquiry into the 20 year old tobacco heir's death after a July 6 estate incident.
The Cedar Rapids area reported a 92 degree temperature at 2 30 p.m. Tuesday as the year’s high neared its peak. The record of 94 was set on June 22 and 25, with a rapid rise from a 58 degree low between 2 30 and 3 30 a.m. as the day progressed.
The Agriculture Department estimated July 1 crop data with corn at 2.996 billion bushels for 1932 up from 2.557 billion last year and corresponding changes in other crops. Acreage and condition percentages for corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, and pasture are listed.
The 1932 national cornhusking contest will be held November 10 in Henry county Illinois. The event brings top huskers from eight states to decide the corn belt champion with a nationwide field broadcast. Illinois last hosted in 1926 when Elmer Williams set a world record. About 50 000 visitors are expected on contest day.
Floyd E. Thompson of Moline Illinois, a justice of the Illinois supreme court, was elected grand exalted ruler at the Elks sixty eighth national convention in Birmingham Alabama. Lloyd Maxwell of Marshalltown was chosen as a member of the board of grand lodge.
A probe into the Treasury and Federal Reserve Board has been put into pigeonholes until Congress reconvenes in December.
In Dallas Roy King chose between a bet and a live goat. He killed and dressed the animal and recovered a swallowed billfold and the money it contained.
Paris. Premier Edouard Herriot’s government split from the socialists in the chamber of deputies to seek rightward support for a drastic budget reform bill. The measure passed 306 to 172 with 125 abstentions, marking the government’s second confidence vote in a nightlong session. Previously, Herriot won 360 to 172 against a socialist motion to cut military reserves.
Cedar Rapids prepares for a $3,000 unemployed relief and baseball benefit drive to fund remaining home games. Chamber of Commerce and Baseball association organize 76 workers under 20 captains with a luncheon set to plan, listing key volunteers and sponsors.
Mrs. Ruby Slaughter aged 21 shot herself in Cedar Rapids after a quarrel with husband Le Roy Slaughter over leaving for her parents and obtaining his revolver. She died an hour later at Mercy hospital. Coroner Vorpahl ruled it a suicide. funeral planned at Beatty chapel with burial in Cedar Memorial park.
A Will Rogers letter from Albuquerque advises backing Rogers for Congress praising his ingenuity and noting Oklahoma's shifting political support. He jokes a Chicago nap cost him the presidency and predicts he would be suited for Congress, urging readers to unite behind Will Rogers for Congress.
Ogden L. Mills opened the Republican presidential campaign in Boston denouncing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s acceptance address. He criticized Roosevelt’s program as inadequate to meet the economic crisis and defend Hoover era measures while challenging tariffs, government economy pledges, and farm mortgage policy.
Senator Johnson of California tells Congress the United States belongs to Americans and rejects any cancellation or revision of foreign debt. Ten minutes later Senator Borah says Secretary Stimson authorized denial of negotiations for debt revision and no part in Lausanne gentlemen's agreement.
Fifteen members of the Republican National Committee were chosen to form an executive committee to direct Hoover and Curtis reelection efforts in Chicago. Everett Sanders announced the lineup including H. E. Spangler of Cedar Rapids and officers serving ex officio. The panel lists members from Missouri to Texas with several female appointees and party officers.
In San Antonio Texas Eliseo Soria was shot in the hip by a bullet after he sought out a virile friend who had never worn a bathing suit. Police hunted the friend as the investigation continued with few details available.
London reports Premier J Ramsay MacDonald urged the United States to honor its war debt shares as Britain defended the Lausanne reparations accord in the House of Commons. He insisted Europe has settled reparations and denied secret pacts while urging a hands across the sea readjustment for world economic relief. Laborites clashed as MacDonald praised the conference outcomes and warned reparations drive global financial stability.
David Lloyd George pressed Prime Minister MacDonald in the Commons asking for the whole story behind a secret gentlemen’s agreement linked to the Lausanne reparations and American debt settlement. He cited French papers claiming the pact would nullify the Lausanne treaty if debts were not settled and blamed Premier Herriot for exposing the covert arrangement.
Paris reports the government may release the official Lausanne gentlemen's agreement to counter American claims. Premier Herriot discussed the Lausanne situation for an hour with Lord Tyrrell and noted the possibility of publishing the text.
Chancellor Neville Chamberlain told Parliament that a secret gentlemen's agreement linked Lausane reparations to war debt steps by the United States. He said the understanding was needed because America did not attend Lausanne and warned that without US participation, the pact would be essential.
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