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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1932
Page
19
A chaotically typed column surveys U.S. budget fights and the bait of campaign rhetoric. It notes Speaker Garner and the treasury plan affecting billions, contrasts with Roosevelt era policy, and critiques political fog. It also references European reparations and federal bureaucracy while touching on local issues in Nebraska and Michigan.
The Senate approved a $2.122 billion relief package with no debate, combining Hoover relief aims and controversial provisions. The bill expands loans and public works funding, tightens construction rules, and requires public disclosure of Reconstruction Finance loans. House leadership moved to push a gag-rule passage amid Senate actions.
Five persons were killed when a Northern Pacific passenger train hit the car of Martin Schneider at a crossing one mile west of Sauk Center Minnesota. The deceased are Martin Schneider his wife Mrs Martin Schneider Mrs Henry Schneider Winzel Stengel and Norbert Weisser all residents of Sauk Center.
Representative Britten told the House the President would sign a beer bill if passed. Democrats laughed as Britten quoted Hoover from June 4, 1918, noting the food administrator said if the people wanted prohibition they should vote for it and not expect beer to be taken from workers.
Clara M Zimmerman Limback dies at 5 30 p m in Seattle after a long illness. She is survived by husband John A Limback and children Anthon Marian and Mrs James Canfield. Funeral plans pending as body to be returned to Cedar Rapids. Born December 16 1866 in Dubuque she was a longtime Cedar Rapids hostess and Immaculate Conception church member.
Fire in the Stateville penitentary furniture factory near Joliet was extinguished after causing under $10,000 in damage. Convicts protested over meals earlier, several participants placed in solitary confinement while investigators probe possible arson.
Chicago grain broker Mark Smith died after leaping or falling from a 14th story window in the Insurance Exchange Building. Miss Rose Zender, a building employee, reported he dived from the window and was killed instantly.
The 1932 national cornhusking contest will be held November 10 in Henry County Illinois. Top huskers from Illinois Indiana Iowa Nebraska Minnesota South Dakota Kansas and Ohio will compete for the corn belt championship with four nationwide broadcasts from the field. Elmer Williams of Stark County Illinois set a world record in 1926 with 35.8 bushels in 1 hour 20 minutes. Local plans anticipate about 50 000 visitors on contest day following 1931 Grundy County Iowa turnout.
Floyd E. Thompson of Moline D. Illinois, a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, was elected grand exalted ruler at the Elks sixty eighth national convention in Birmingham Alabama. Other officers named included Lloyd Maxwell of Marshalltown Iowa on the board of grand trustees.
Libby Holman leaves Winston-Salem carrying grief after the Reynolds murder case remains unresolved. A coroner jury verdict was inconclusive and the grand jury may act to consider pressing a true bill. Sheriff Scott pledges ongoing investigation while Richard J. Reynolds Jr. travels at sea after hearing of his brother's death.
Major league baseball results and summaries appear in this issue front. The sports section also lists first and second round results from the Iowa amateur golf tournament with scores and advancing players.
Washington reports a department of agriculture study shows a seven percent drop in young pigs on farms since 1931. The six month tally of pigs saved stands at 50,093,000 a decrease of 3,758,000. The report notes fewer sows farrowed and smaller litter sizes.
Washington AP reports the House Rules Committee postponed action on a proposed probe of the Treasury and Federal Reserve Board until the December congressional session.
The Norwegian government occupied southeastern Greenland on Tuesday, escalating a sovereignty dispute with Denmark. The matter has been submitted to arbitration at The Hague after prior notes and a Norwegian flag raising was upheld by Oslo. Denmark claims full sovereignty over Greenland.
Chicago reported 97 year old Patricia Maguire in 3552nd hour of sleep since Feb 15. Doctors note possible dreams and list major events she has reportedly missed including Lindbergh kidnapping unsolved murder, France’s president assassination, taxes raised, Roosevelt and Hoover nominations, Sharkey boxing title win, Amelia Earhart solo crossing, Capone prison sentence. She shows partial improvement.
Dry organization leaders began secret strategy conferences in Washington to mobilize for the 1930 campaign. The meetings aim to unify support for Hoover or attack Roosevelt and plan to elect dry officials nationwide. Participants include Bishop James Cannon Jr and other anti saloon league leaders while a larger board meets later in the week.
Amelia Earhart leaves Los Angeles Municipal Airport at 1 25 p m Pacific time in a bid for the first woman solo nonstop U S flight to New York She carries 420 gallons of fuel and aims to beat the 18 hour 21 minute 59 second transcontinental record set by Frank Hawks earlier.
Will Rogers praises his namesake in Oklahoma for political ingenuity and urges support for "Will Rogers for congress" as he quips about past defeats and Texas missteps and Oklahoma politics in 1932. The piece notes Oklahoma and Texas as backdrops and references a Chicago lapse affecting a presidency.
Washington AP report says the Senate approved reorganization of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation but refused to expand its board to eight. An amendment removing Eugene Meyer of the Federal Reserve and Paul Bestor as ex officio directors was adopted without a record vote, following Hoover’s recommendation.
Senator Dill of Washington moves to strike sections and allow lending on assets of closed banks, an amendment to permit the Reconstruction Corporation lending was adopted without debate.
Des Moines reports the peak heat of the season with Sioux City reaching 98 degrees and Boone at 101. Skies were clear across Iowa as the sun bore down on residents and crops alike.
In San Antonio Texas Frisco Soria was shot in the hip during an apparent attempt to rendezvous with a virile friend who had never worn a bathing suit. The friend objected and the two men argued as the shooting occurred on Tuesday.
Cedar Rapids attorney Harrison E. Spangler confirmed his selection as a member of the Republican National Executive Committee. The body, with regional representatives, will meet frequently in Chicago and Washington to shape Hoover Curtiss campaign policy and strategy. Other named members include Grace Burlingham Missouri and Mark Requa California among fifteen nationwide appointees. Ex officio officers Everett Sanders and Ralph Williams hold key positions as nationwide campaign leaders.
In Washington and London a diplomatic clash over war debts intensifies. British Prime Minister MacDonald urges U S leniency on Lausanne reparations while warning Europe against a renewed conference if Washington withholds debt cancellation. Senate attack on wartime debt policy follows Chamberlain’s Anglo American reference.
Federal authorities in Los Angeles say foreign athletes entering for the Olympic games may bring liquor if they desire, as trunks need not be searched and the import could be duty free under a congressional act for athletic equipment and foodstuffs.
Rio de Janeiro dispatch reports troops loyal to Provisional President Getulio Vargas advancing from north and south to encircle the rebel state of São Paulo, the world’s leading coffee region, which has proclaimed its rebellion.
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