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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1935
Page
1
The piece surveys opposition to a Roosevelt tax plan delaying enactment until next January. It notes lawmakers exhausted by heat, fear for constitutionality, and public worry over confiscatory inheritances. It mentions a one mill coin idea and a Sioux City graft case involving Mayor Hayes.
R L Thomas of Cedar Rapids died at St Luke's hospital after his motorcycle struck the rear of a car driven by T E Charter on Center Point road opposite the Louisa garage. Effie Sandvoe, riding with Thomas, was only slightly injured. Charter and Thomas were transported to the hospital following the 2 40 p m crash.
Plymouth county supervisors meet with Special Prosecutor H M Havner to decide on suspending Sheriff Ralph Rippey after his Saturday indictment by the Woodbury county grand jury for conspiracy linked to Iowa slot machine racketeering. County Attorney E P Murray will review Rippeys office records this week regarding seizures and disposals as the case moves forward.
Davenport Iowa report says a preliminary hearing for John H. Turner Jr. of near DeWitt Lawrence Deck and Lyle George was postponed until July 26. All three are free on $2500 bond each.
The J. F. Weinmann Milling company of Little Rock filed the first suit in U S district court seeking to enjoin collection of the corn processing tax and to obtain a judgment declaring the AAA unconstitutional and illegal.
Judge James T. Hallinan of the New York supreme court was elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks. The 1936 grand lodge convention will be in Los Angeles after Miami withdrew its bid, succeeding Michael F. Shannon of Los Angeles.
The piece denounces rapid political haste and cites Mussolini and Roosevelt as examples of leaders driving nations into avoidable trouble. It portrays Harlem residents as simple or naive in this political climate.
The piece cites Carl Sandburg Edwin Markham and the Koran to urge that life needs both bread and beauty. It argues beauty combats ugliness in daily work, urgesRuskinian preaching of beauty, laments city dullness, and calls for a living culture where art and labor nourish the soul.
Senate lobby investigators heard J A Fisher Western Union manager testify that originals of about 1000 anti holding company telegrams to Warren Pennsylvania senators and representatives were burned under mysterious circumstances. Fisher tied the destruction to R B Herron with others alleged to have dictated or signed the telegrams. He denied involvement in the burning and said he was suspended until cleared. The session followed House Rules testimony about Representative Brewster Maine on a utilities bill provision.
Washington AP Major General Frank C Bolles, commanding the second division at Fort Sam Houston Texas, was ordered by the War Department to assume command of the Seventh Corps Area at Omaha succeeding the late Major General Stuart Heintzelman in a Tuesday action.
In Washington a dispute erupts in the Senate after Sen. Thomas D. Schall accuses President Roosevelt of being a megalomaniac. Democratic leaders call him of small mentality as Schall defends printing his speeches and an editorial in the Congressional Record.
Des Moines police drilled open the late Park A. Findley’s safety deposit box under Judge Lou Ladd’s order. Miss Ricka Findley, sister and widow of the investigator, had refused to surrender keys, prompting contempt citations. The box held jointly with another party at Valley Savings Bank was found empty.
The Sumner Ashurst bill banning prison produced goods in interstate commerce won final House approval and was sent to the President for signature in Washington.
Sioux City AP reports City Finance Commissioner D Spence Lewis became acting mayor after Mayor W D Hayes was suspended by a district court order on the Woodbury County graft grand jury recommendation Hayes faces removal proceedings Aug 1 with special prosecutors Havner and Naglestad. The grand jury also urged action against Hayes for failure to eliminate lawlessness and for alleged payoffs amid broader indictments and political pressure.
Hans Pfund on Tuesday announced he resigns as director of the Iowa state employment service after two years to join the personnel department of the Home Owners Loan Corporation in Washington DC.
Oslo AP Norway may renounce the League of Nations over the Italo Abyssinian crisis. Foreign Minister Koht told a labor party meeting that membership could endanger Norway if summoned for military and economic sanctions. He urged revising sanctions policy and restricting League activity to economic measures.
A single engine Russian plane plans a non stop flight from Moscow to San Francisco via the Arctic route once weather allows. The three crew members are led by pilot Sigmund Levaneffsky with co pilot Baibukoff and navigator Levchenka. The proposed path includes Banks land Fort Simpson MacKenzie Canada Vancouver and San Francisco.
Two officer squads confiscated twenty one marble gambling devices from seven downtown area venues and held them at police headquarters as evidence. County Attorney King Thompson warned operators to appear at his office Wednesday to explain why charges should not follow. Raids took forty five minutes and targeted pay machines previously warned against.
Three deputies J B Deach Max Studer and J W Wallace resigned as Cerro Gordo county supervisors closed the slot machine investigation. County attorney Shaffer said Sheriff J M Robertson did not receive any of the 150 dollars split among the deputies. The board, led by Sondergaard, moved to wind up the episode.
H. S. Gallager of 914 with St. SE reports advertising a 4 room cottage for sale in the Gazette Want Ads on Sunday July 14 and selling it for cash the same day. Fourteen buyers answered the ad and the ad cost 34 cents proved a good investment. The cottage is on the east side with 500 term options. Dial 20744.
Boston AP The United States circuit court of appeals ruled processing taxes under the Agricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional. It held no delegated authority to the secretary of agriculture exists. The Hoosac Mills receivers seek $81,694.48. the decision reverses District Judge Brewster. Judges Wilson and Morris joined. Bingham dissented.
Iowa corn hog chairman says Boston decision against AAA will not affect Iowa plan. The circuit court of appeals in Boston ruled the cotton processing tax unconstitutional, prompting a prompt appeal to the Supreme Court. DOJ and AAA officials say taxes will be collected in other districts and funds held in escrow pending the high court ruling.
Des Moines reports Leslie M. Carl, federal crops statistician, estimates Iowa farmers would lose between 45 million and 50 million dollars in anticipated income from federal crop reduction benefits if the Agricultural Adjustment Act program is declared unconstitutional.
The Senate narrowly supported an AAA price fixing provision 40 to 38, allowing the secretary with half of commodity handlers to set minimum purchase prices. Debate split Democrats and Republicans. Byrd and Tydings led opposition while Smith defended the clause amid constitutional concerns.
Federal investigators led by E. J. Connelly concluded that a desperado other than William Mahan killed Police Chief Frank H. Chadwick and Patrolman Harry Storem after the Orting bank robbery. They reviewed witnesses and suspect profiles but found no link to Mahan.
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