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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1937
Page
1
Iowa Senator Herring is said to press for delaying a Senate vote on the court bill until next year, with about a dozen new senators backing the move. The Roosevelt coalition could face delays if the majority leader is lost and the plan stalls until the next session.
State's Attorney Merrill Johnston announced the confession of Rev C E Newton, former Paris Missouri Baptist minister, to the slaying of Mrs Dennis Kelly. The confession followed testimony from Myra Hanan who said Newton told her of the murder Tuesday night.
State's Attorney Thomas Proctor said a young woman raised in the Rev. C. E. Newton's home told him Newton admitted he had “done away” with Mrs. Dennis. The report appears in the Paris Missouri recap with continuation on Page 2 Column 5.
Clarence Norris was found guilty for the third time of attacking two white women with others on a freight train near Scottsboro Alabama six years ago. The jury sentenced him to death. Defense attorney Samuel Leibowitz vowed to appeal.
Five aviators were killed when a tri motored bomber crashed while landing at Ciampino airfield near Rome during a test flight. Victims include First Lieut Leto Bellagamba Second Lieut Stefan Soecrate mechanics Giovanni Vigari Luigi Cepraro and radio operator Gaio Masci.
A Cedar Rapids member elected to the board has been described as the friend of the needy highlighting the group’s charitable focus. The line suggests a continuation of transfer procedures pending completion.
Sullivan Indiana reports twenty men killed in Baker coal mine explosions were brought to undertakers as authorities planned a Friday inquest. Rescue work used mule teams and power failures hindered removal. four critically injured men were rushed to Mary Sherman hospital.
In Honolulu AP reports 1500 sailors endured heat as 42 planes from the carrier Lexington conducted a third sweep around Howland Island. Thirteen days after Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan vanished near Howland while flying from New Guinea, hopes fade.
Reeves 27 of 713 Vernal street NW was recovered from the Cedar River two and one quarter miles NE of Covington at 9 30 am Thursday. He was one of three Cedar Rapids residents drowned Wednesday when they stepped into deep water while swimming.
The obituary recalls Canon Mackay of All Saints Church London who died recently. It praises his engaging sermons on St Francis and a memorable talk on prayer comparing God to a phone line. It laments how modern prayer often lacks a true connection and invites readers to seek the right number through love.
Rep. Hamilton Fish accuses Robert H. Jackson of giving Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt illegal guidance on radio income taxes. Jackson, as general counsel for the internal revenue service, says the money could be given directly to charity without tax and takes responsibility in a committee letter.
Hollywood insiders report June Lang and Vic Orsatti have separated after a brief marriage. The pair, who wed last May, have been living apart for two weeks and disclosed the split to friends here.
The Association of American Railroads reports June operating revenues for class 1 carriers at 280,287,565 dollars, up 4.4 percent from June of last year.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt stayed in the White House due to tensions in the Far East and concerns over a non intervention patrol in Spanish waters. He called in three diplomatic advisers John Van A. MacMurray Norman Davis and Sumner Welles for urgent talks on international conditions after lunch.
National League games include Chicago beating Boston 5 to 1, Detroit’s 65-1 loss to New York, and St Louis 13 notching a 5 3 win. American League highlights show Philadelphia 2 Chicago 1, and other tallies. Containing box scores with pitchers and batters names Carleton Hartnett Hutchinson Lopez etc.
Iowa officials opened an investigation after a Brandy Transfer and Storage trucker allegedly attempted to deliver 200 cases of alcohol and 10 cases of whisky to the Hartley state liquor store. The driver was not a Brady employee but a contract hauler. the liquor originated with Arrow Distillery of Peoria and was billed to Jenkins, Kentucky. Police seized alcohol, 300 empty cans, and equipment at the Guhl farm. William Guhl was arrested on liquor charges and bonded.
Senate sent to the White House a compromise tenancy bill authorizing $85 million over three years to aid tenants become farm owners. The secretary of agriculture can lend $10 million this year, $25 million next, and $50 million in the final year at 3 percent for farm purchases. Title to land transfers immediately, but resale is barred for five years. Submarginal land buy and retirement gets $10 million this year and $20 million in each of the next two years.
President Roosevelt renewed his demand for a Supreme Court reorganization bill and attacked opponents who used Senator Robinson’s death to delay it. He released a letter to Acting Leader Barkley outlining the administration’s judicial reform objectives. Opposition claimed the letter would unite foes against the plan.
Arthur Baer notes dentists warn worry harms teeth and bridges as global tensions rise. He recalls silent cinema, laments sound era, and jokes that a craftsman proves his craft by doing, not telling, while peppering with wartime and labor strikes context.
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