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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1936
Page
1
The column critiques New Deal spending on railroad pensions and a Roosevelt shelter belt while noting a court ruling against a tax levy. It recalls Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman who died after delivering two sermons facing death and argues the struggle was a test for Christianity and civilization.
The piece argues farming risks rival any industry as nature governs outcomes. It cites drought suffering, calls federal help, and notes proposals to move farmers to less drought-prone land. It also critiques media bias and questions thermometer readings in Cedar Rapids.
Washington reports two well dressed men were arrested in connection with a brutal attempt to murder 21 year old Jean Costello alias Jean Bell and alias Jean Arnold linked to New York vice promoters. Miss Costello said she was an employee of Luciano's white slave ring and identified a gangland motive.
A reader laments modern life with glare and publicity as the norm. Fathers valued privacy while today people seek headlines and crowds, chasing "big shots" and camera moments. The piece cautions that pursuit dulls inward joy, leaving lives shallow and restless.
Des Moines said Fred Free former counsel to Edward L. O Connor in a gambling conspiracy case met with O Connor for two hours in Des Moines. Free described his prior work investigating Sioux City vice conditions and said he possessed evidence for the Woodbury county grand jury though no session was held. He has been paid 1700 dollars from O Connors contingent fund for his services.
Clarence R. Vohse a 28 year old Chicago welder was accidentally electrocuted at 8 45 p m while welding railroad rails at Ninth avenue and Fourth street SE Cedar Rapids He died almost instantly causing a short circuit on 250 amp lines Worked with William Gerard of Chicago who nearby moved the wire and turned off the generator Gerard said Vohse had earlier shocks and wrist pain Dr R E Munden deputy coroner ruled the death accidental There will be no inquest He is survived by his wife and two children in Chicago and his body was taken to Turners mortuary
In Nice amid Bastille day prep 55 persons were hospitalized after clashes between 7000 members of the French Popular Party led by Jacques d Oriot and 4000 supporters of Premier Leon Blum. About 2000 police and guards dispersed the violence.
Clarke County Virginia officials believe May Smallwood killed her 90 year old mother Virginia Elsie and her two sons Elbert and Malcolm before taking her own life. The four were found shot and the beds set afire in their home. The doors were barred from inside and broken down to recover the bodies.
General Motors issued orders for its 65 U S plants to halt operations during the heat wave. Managers must arrange plans with workers to make up lost time when heat subsides. No operation will occur where both sides agree it is too hot to operate. William S Knudson said the move aims to protect workers and productivity.
Hyde Park representatives urged immediate release of relief funds for flood control projects in Pennsylvania New York Ohio West Virginia and New England. President Roosevelt travels to Maine later to board a coast guard cutter for Pulpit Harbor on a vacation cruise with his sons before a stay in Campobello and a trip to Quebec to meet Lord Tweedsmuir.
John Arends of 57 Sixteenth Avenue SW had his Class B beer permit delayed earlier this month when County Attorney G K Thompson said charges might be filed for liquor violation. After further investigation Thompson informed the city council no prosecution would proceed, and the permit was released to Arends.
Cedar Rapids municipal budget for 1937 38 calls for a total levy of 905 465 dollars, with real estate tax estimated at 15 45 per thousand of assessed value. The plan increases expenditures by 51 539 dollars from last year, and taxes per thousand rise due to lower valuations despite a high levy.
Premier Mussolini tells H R Knickerbocker in Rome that war risks are over between Italy and England after sanctions are lifted. He cites withdrawal of British fleet and a new Austro German accord as steps toward stabilizing Europe while his daughter’s illness weighs on him.
The Treasury mailed checks to eighteen retired railroad workers as the first private rail pension distribution. The move comes despite a District of Columbia court ruling that the tax law used for reimbursement is unconstitutional. The case hinges on the validity of the 1935 railroad retirement act and potential reimbursement from a $46.685 million appropriation. More than 4,000 workers are eligible now, with 20,900 more having applied.
Government forecasts no new rains for the northwest and heat baked zones as drought devastates the midwest and east. An extra 3 million dollars in subsistence grants is allotted to drought stricken farmers by the resettlement administration. Deaths rise to at least 1412 with crop losses over 300 million dollars as heat persists.
The Associated Press notes Iowa temperatures at noon showing Iowa City Waterloo Fort Dodge Charles City Cedar Rapids 113 at 2 45 p m Keokuk Marshalltown and Ottumwa 111 at 2 p m with values ranging from 105 to 113 degrees across multiple locales.
The forecast calls for local showers in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, with northern Minnesota and Wisconsin and upper Michigan also seeing rain. Hope is expressed for heat relief in Illinois where prostration has claimed nearly 200 lives, potentially by Wednesday, though details remain uncertain.
Blistering heat pushed Iowa heat deaths to eighty on Monday with eleven straight days above 100 degrees. Fifteen more deaths were counted on Monday, many elderly or infirm, including two over ninety at the Marshalltown Soldiers Home.
Extreme heat shattered a 22 year record in Cedar Rapids with 113 degrees at 2 45 pm on Sunday and 112 at other instruments. Three deaths in and near the city were linked to the heat with a fourth as a contributing factor. By Monday 103 at 10 am and 110 at 1 pm marked ongoing heat and a tenth straight day above 100.
Dr. F E Townsend a frail California physician and founder of a pension plan for those over 60 refused to endorse William Lemke as a third party candidate. He said he would act only on delegates' instruction at the Cleveland national convention opening Wednesday. Townsend met Lemke at Townsend headquarters and pressed for full support of the pension plan with no partial measures.
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