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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1932
Page
9
Albany AP report says New York Power Authority factions condemn Hoover administration over the St. Lawrence waterway treaty. They charge bad faith and state rights violations, citing Castle letters and conflicting statements as Roosevelt launches his presidential bid.
A power board urged New York to stop conferring with the national administration on the St. Lawrence project. It labeled further talks with the federal government futile and said Senate‑ordered inquiry could help New York press its rights and costs. The state seeks about half of the federal suggested 150 million dollar share for development of power resources.
Rozema, former assistant cashier of the closed Garrison Savings Bank, pled guilty to using bank funds for speculation and was sentenced to ten years at Fort Madison. He said losses wiped out investments after the bank closed, and expressed remorse for wrecking his family and standing. He planned to return to Michigan to wind up affairs in his father in law Coburn’s estate.
Epworth League of the Mechanicville Methodist church sponsors a Friday program at the church to raise funds for sending members to the Clear Lake convention. The bill features Seein' Me Off, Brother Jed, a mixed quartet, Sleeping Beauty, and various local performers led by Mary Puffer.
L. A. Rock, 62, completed a ten week wheelchair journey from Los Angeles to the Missouri River. He became an invalid after his legs froze twelve years ago when he fell asleep in his popcorn stand. Rock traveled at about four miles per hour on pavement, aided by truckers through mountains and sands.
Mount Vernon Dr Roy L Fernald economics professor at Cornell for two years has won a Boston University teaching fellowship for next year. He will take a leave of absence during winter to serve in Maine legislature to which he was renominated last month. Fernald, holder of nine degrees, also signed to teach abroad in summer 1933.
A Cedar Rapids booklet honors the Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. golden jubilee since 1882. It details early pioneers, key figures, and milestones from Pete the line horse to the first incandescent wiring in Cedar Rapids and expansion through Marion, Tama, Toledo, and Marshalltown, noting major equipment boosts and pioneer urban electric service.
A mysterious tip claiming eastern gangsters planned to free Ralph Sheldon and Louis Frank from the county jail led to added guards. Sheldon and Frank await appeal after a kidnapping conviction of E. L. Caress, betting commissioner.
Mayor W H Stepanek heads a local panel named to select Cedar Rapids's top candidate for the Panther Woman role in Paramount and The Cedar Rapids Gazette contest. The deadline to file is midnight July 30 with tests to follow at the Paramount stage.
A ten day business holiday took effect in Urbana on Thursday as waivers were sought, affecting operations at Sper in Urbana Savings. The move prompted pauses in routine activity while officials processed required waivers and extended the holiday’s impact on local commerce.
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