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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1936
Page
4
The weather bureau notes an unprecedented spell with highs above 100 degrees for fourteen consecutive days. Inwood received a brief cooling breeze, but Washington still logged 72 degrees as the heat persisted. No precipitation was reported locally in the last 24 hours.
Drought rages across a widening area despite cooling temps. More than 3,850 deaths reported in 13 days as heat wanes. Minnesota corn threatened. hopes for rain hinge on incoming cool air. Relief plans for western states include livestock grants and WPA-backed loans. Emerging proposals seek timely moisture to avert further losses.
New York Supreme Court Justice Bleakley upholds press rights to print trial news and denounces secret trials in marital cases. The ruling centers on reporter Jack Turcott cited for contempt after publishing a libel suit story. Bleakley says restraining publication in advance violates the press and public trial principles.
Alice Williams a 17 year old of 1020 Mount Vernon Avenue SE was found unconscious on a road near Lawrence Kansas and remained in critical condition. She suffered a skull fracture from a beating and underwent skull removal surgery. Her mother Mrs Clara Williams was en route to Lawrence after police identified the injured girl as Alice Williams who had been missing since July 8 while hitchhiking to Rock Island to visit a sister.
In Los Angeles, a four foot diamond backed rattlesnake used as “exhibit No. 20” caused chaos when it escaped its box during testimony. A. Pierce Artram retrieved it and witnesses fled as the crowd panicked while Robert S. James denied killing his seventh wife.
Iowa senator Louis Murphy dies in a crash after a career as newspaper man and farm policy advocate. He served in the senate after a 1932 primary win and had health issues in recent years. He left a wife Ellen and six children.
Leonard Covert 35 a Utah native was found fatally shot in the head on a sidewalk in Shanghai's International Settlement. His wife Margaret Cummings of Kaw City Oklahoma told officials she believed he had committed suicide.
Father Coughlin denounces Franklin D Roosevelt as a liar during a Townsend plan convention joined by Dr. F. E. Townsend Gerald L. K. Smith and Rep. William Lemke. He blasts New Deal policies while praising Andrew Jackson and urging anti Roosevelt action.
Officials praise Senator Murphy as a steady force in agricultural legislation and a trusted friend. William E Borah, Governor Clyde Herring, Comptroller C B Murtagh, and Senator L J Dickinson express shock at the loss to Iowa and the nation and honor his courage.
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