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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1936
Page
13
A reader questions Alaska resettlement costs while noting US output and consumption figures. The Minnesota land-and-public-lands angle suggests moving families within state borders would cut cost. seeking expert insight on why public lands in Minnesota weren’t used for resettlement.
The piece notes Iowa Republicans set their convention for Saturday with Democrats to follow July 30 in Des Moines. It argues judiciary should be apolitical though politics dominates, and says both parties face a full field of former officeholders for the sena torial vacancy after Louis Murphy's death. It warns parties may mishandle the choice.
Iowa Attorney General E L O Connor filed to finance continuation of Fred H Free as special assistant attorney general in Sioux City probing alleged liquor payoff and gambling protection rings. Mayor Hayes urged state help while awaiting Executive Council action. The plan includes $40 for court work and $20 for briefing.
At Cleveland's Townsend followers meeting emotions rise and fall as factions clash over presidential backing. Dr Townsend pledges support for Lemke while Oklahoma ally Gomer Smith blocks him. Townsend vows to remove Smith as an OARP vice president. Roosevelt Landon and Thomas are invited to speak. only Roosevelt and possibly Landon would attend. The group aims for a nonpartisan $200 monthly pension, with future demands unclear.
Attorney General Ed O'Connor asks the state executive council for money to hire Fred Free to probe politically protected criminality in Sioux City. Mayor W D Hayes supports the move as both sides defend past actions in ouster and conspiracy cases. Free served as Hayes' counsel and as O'Connor's special assistant in related matters, with $1,700 paid and another $827 billed.
Seventeen people were arrested and jailed after police with a warrant raided the West hotel gambling resort. Harry "Blackie" Schatz faces a state gambling charge. others are charged with gambling. Joe Siegel, who used the name Harry Stone, is free on bond pending appeal in a manslaughter case. Arrested by Patrolmen Barron, Asmusen and Ibling. warrant signed by a county justice.
The executive council weighs if O'Connor was prompt in paying Free for personal services to Iowa's controversial attorney general, contrasting with his alleged state service. The probe centers on timing and propriety of the payments amid political scrutiny.
A reflective essay ponders why readers have grown less moved by fiction. It weighs old sentimental novels by Dickens, Ruskin, Scott, and Thackeray against contemporary works and asks whether war and mass suffering dulls emotional response or if writers now aim for indignation instead of pathos.
Rumors of dark horse candidates circulated at Montrose and Roosevelt hotels as 3,005 delegates arrived for the state judicial convention opening Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Memorial building. Scattered headquarters run by six announced candidates increased speculation about the bench race.
All Linn county delegates to the republican judicial convention are to meet at 9 30 a m Saturday in the west courtroom on the second floor of the Linn county courthouse for a caucus.
The Cedar Rapids race for a hotly contested primary edge gathers three nominees among a slate including Justice E. G. Albert of Jefferson and judges A B Lovejoy Waterloo T G Garfield Ames Norman R Hays Knoxville John M Rankin Keokuk and former Justice William L Bliss Mason City as Senator L J Dickinson arrives. unofficial caucuses expected through Friday night.
A Cedar Rapids notice outlines the 1936 auto toll project detailing charges and local administration. It notes the planned implementation and key dates for residents and motorists affected by the toll system.
A coroner's inquest into the murder of 19 year old Helen Clevenger is postponed as Asheville investigators search for a man from Washington. The Staten Island student was found shot and stabbed in a hotel room. a .25 shell was found, a letter reportedly from the suspect may have been located but details are unavailable. Prof W L Clevenger of UNC had brought his niece to Asheville from Raleigh for a North Carolina tour.
Hot dry weather keeps Cedar Rapids in a 100 plus degree stretch with 106 recorded at 2 45 p m. The Y M C A Cedar river swim is postponed due to river conditions. Two heat prostrations were reported including Pearl Horsky and G H Lutz with Lutz improving by Friday afternoon.
Graceville Minnesota reports the birth of a 16 pound baby boy to Mr and Mrs Jacob Schmitz. Doctors Garrow and Mooney said the child is among the largest born alive and is hale and hearty. The baby, the 16th child of a 37 year old mother, weighed 15 pounds 15 and 34 ounces at birth Thursday night.
Tom Brown a former member of the St Paul kidnap squad was suspended from the police department. The trial testimony of Byron Bolton a confessed member of the Hamm kidnap gang mentioned another unidentified squad member.
A Linn county comparison shows WPA sewing room cutters now earn 75 per month for 128 hours, while college trained relief investigators paid by state and county funds receive 60 per month as beginners. Timekeepers earn 72 to 80 cents hourly for a 104 hour month, highlighting wage disparities in New Deal programs.
A Cedar Rapids program tonight opens air passenger and express service. The Cedar Rapids boys drum and bugle corps performs at 6 45 p m at the airport. The east bound plane to New York departs at 7 p m and arrives at the local field shortly before. The west bound flight leaves at 7 10 p m. Talks by Chamber of Commerce city and United Air Lines officials accompany the ceremony. Arrangements anticipate many visitors and cars.
A Weather Service update warns northern North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin and Upper Michigan may see showers while southern states including Iowa and Illinois endure extreme heat near 100 to 110 degrees. Heat related deaths across the nation approach 4,400 with Iowa reporting about 400 deaths and a predicted corn yield drop of a bushel per acre daily in Des Moines as drought persists.
Two Hungarian researchers Dr St Rusznyak and Prof A Szent Gyorgyi reported in Nature that a vitamin P extracted from Hungarian red pepper or lemon juice strengthens capillary walls and may treat purpura and blood poisoning. Daily IV injections of 40 mg for two weeks restored capillary resistance and stopped spontaneous bleeding.
London reports the government plans gas mask covers for baby buggies to protect infants during air raids. Air filters will be attached to the covers and pumped by gas-masked nurses in raids.
In Topeka Kansas John R McCarl former comptroller general would brief Governor Alfred M Landon on his critique of federal agencies and spending Brooks and Harding Republican officials from Illinois would join Landon for discussions on the state campaign plans Knox had previously reviewed Illinois matters with Landon and Knox
Alice Williams a 17 year old from Cedar Rapids Iowa was found critically beaten near Lawrence Kansas and remained unconscious with a skull fracture. She told her mother in brief moments of consciousness she fought with a tall man named Benny and recalled a big coupe as she described the assailant and events before the attack.
Des Moines report notes two leading figures, Dan Turner and Nels Kraschel, renounce pursuit of Senate seat after DuBuque death of Louis Murphy. Turner states he will not be considered by the GOP convention. Kraschel declares he remains Governor candidate, invoking party mandate from Democratic support.
Iowa City mayor Thomas E. Martin announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to fill the vacancy caused by Senator Louis Murphy's death. A former railroad commissioner candidate and attorney, Martin is known for his anti vice campaign that targeted local road houses near the University of Iowa.
Representative William Lemke, Union Party presidential candidate, arrived in Cleveland Friday and met with Townsend leaders for a conference. He is slated to speak at the Townsend convention on Sunday.
Defenders of the New Deal pressed their Philadelphia platform at the Townsend convention, denouncing Father Coughlin for calling President Roosevelt a liar and betrayer. Nathan S. Roberts, southern region director, led the attack and was cheered as he defended the Roosevelts' policies and criticized Smith’s faction within Townsend.
Dr. F E Townsend said he will resign unless Gomer Smith of Oklahoma is expelled from the Townsend movement board. Smith attacked Rev. Gerald L K Smith prompting Townsend to accuse him of trying to split the convention. Oklahoma backers defended Smith while Arbuckle barred any political endorsements at the meeting.
Readers away from home can have The Gazette mailed to fishing camps resorts hotels or relatives. Cedar Rapids and Marion carriers offer special order blanks to ensure continued receipt while travelers are away.
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