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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1936
Page
1
Governor Landon frames the campaign around limited government and job creation, criticizing borrowed money for relief and large public works. He argues prosperity follows practical policy, contrasts his plain speech with Roosevelt’s oratory, and notes the public will decide if eloquence equals leadership.
Gov Alfred Landon signals he will broaden the campaign beyond his acceptance speech topics to cover farm and business programs and other subjects including money civil service and a constitutional wage hours amendment in major speeches. He noted a 100000 strong prairie celebration and joked about hoping for rain at the event.
The Iowa GOP convention follows a Democrat event, facing a long list of volunteers for the open Senate seat. While some names stand out like James R. Rhodes of Newton as capable prospects, many candidates have not publicly announced. The crowded field may force a broader nominating choice or unexpected developments.
Gov Alf Landon formalizes his bid for the White House accepting the GOP nomination amid a massive grassroots rally. He denounces a rising central power and defends constitutional limits and states rights, warning against displacing authority from the people.
After five weeks of testimony from eighty four witnesses, the fate of Robert S. James a red haired former Birmingham barber charged with the rattlesnake drowning murder of his seventh wife Mary for her life insurance was sent to the jury at noon Friday in Los Angeles.
A brief, fragmentary line notes that among severed ranks a development seems desirable at this point. The text is terse and lacks concrete details, names, or locations to anchor a fuller summary.
A 1936 piece narrates a fable of Brother Wolf and Brother Fox as a parable about honesty, virtue, and self deception. It suggests people justify flaws as virtues and urges humility, compassion, and self awareness.
Six Democratic governors will appear on a national network Tuesday night to reply to Gov. Alfred M. Landon’s acceptance speech. Maine Governor Brann opens, followed by Pennsylvania’s Earle, Illinois’s Horner, Iowa’s Herring, Nebraska’s Cochran, and Oregon’s Martin, each speaking nine minutes.
Des Moines Governor Clyde Herring said he will answer Alfred Landon’s acceptance speech on a national radio hookup next Tuesday night alongside five other governors. The event integrates state leaders into a presidential campaign moment.
Crandall Weaver suffered bruises and shock after a collision with a state highway commission car driven by P. E. Lowe. At about 8:45 p.m. Thursday on Thirty first street and First Avenue E Weaver and two other boys on bicycles crossed Thirty-first Street from the east and fell to the pavement while Lowe was turning left into Thirty-first Street to go north.
Des Moines AP Gillette of Cherokee won the Iowa Democratic convention nomination for the unexpired term of the late Senator Louis Murphy. David J. Murphy of Dubuque withdrew after leading on the first ballot. Gillette was chosen by acclamation after the third ballot amid other withdrawals and a platform backing continued sales and income taxes.
Gov Clyde Herring said he had not decided about naming Guy Gillette to succeed Louis Murphy as U S senator. He warned a Gillette appointment would leave a vacancy in Iowa's Ninth District and trigger a special election for a new representative, noting precedent from Dave Stewart's appointment.
Nomination of the congressman will leave a vacancy on Iowa Ninth district’s ticket to be filled by a district convention. John H. Mitchell of Fort Dodge was chosen as nominee for attorney general, a race still open in the primaries. T. E. Diamond of Sheldon praised Gillette as a farm leader who aligned with Northwestern Iowa Republicans and Iowa agriculture interests. The incumbent congressman, a two term veteran born in Cherokee in 1879, is a World War veteran, lawyer and farmer.
Despair over illness led Major John Wilson 55 a retired U S Army officer to shoot himself in his room at an exclusive downtown club in San Francisco authorities said. The coroner's office reported the death occurred Friday.
The Gazette advertises vacation delivery options allowing readers to receive papers at fishing camps resorts hotels or relatives homes while away. Cedar Rapids and Marion carriers provide special order blanks to mail The Gazette to you during trips.
Des Moines AP reports Guy Gillette a Cherokee Democrat and Ninth Iowa District representative is the nominee for the unexpired Senate term of the late Louis Murphy. He opposed Roosevelt programs the NRA and the AAA calling the NRA like morphine and criticizing the AAA for crop reductions and processing taxes.
The government asked the Supreme Court to halt a surge of costly and complex suits challenging the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act. Solicitor General Stanley Reed asked review of a lower court decision delaying seven injunction cases and warned of about forty similar suits across twelve districts that would test the law if allowed to proceed. The government favors testing constitutionality in the Electric Bond and Share Company case in New York district court.
George Andrew McMahon was arraigned at Bow Street on charges of unlawful possession of a revolver with intent to endanger life and treason act related misdeeds after flashing a pistol at King Edward during a royal procession. He said he meant only a gesture. Witnesses testified and a gun expert noted the revolver appeared old and unused.
The Cedar Rapids area logged a cool night with a low of 67 at 5 a.m. The daytime rise brought temperatures to 86 by 2:45 p.m. and 81 by 10 a.m. Thursday saw a high of 98 at 3 p.m. followed by a fall to 76 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep readings.
In Bertrand Missouri robbers prepared a nitroglycerine charge and blew the post office safe lock. They escaped with five dollars after discovering the door had been unlocked the entire time, according to local officers.
In Cedar Rapids private lenders dispute government claims about FHA loan affordability. They say non FHA mortgages range from 4 1 4 to 6 percent while FHA insured loans run above 6 38 percent. Local bankers insist ample private money exists and FHA promotion is costly with limited Linn county impact.
Reds control Madrid declared besieged with food and gasoline running low and reports, though unconfirmed, of communist control. Burgos radio hints at killings of Casares Quiroga and Calvo Sotelo, while officials lack solid information on key leaders.
Detroit area crime case involves Dean, confessed killer for the Black Legion, claiming more bodies lie in a woodland pond near Pinckney Michigan. Prosecutors consider draining the pool as they pursue potential additional victims.
The Killing of two men aiding a relief mission for the American consulate in Barcelona is confirmed. One victim is Santiago Itsurralde, long time Spanish clerk at the consulate, the other an unidentified British subject chauffeur. The pair departed July 22 to escort Ford executive George Jenkins to the consulate. they did not reach him. Jenkins is safe. The Exeter and other U S ships hurry to Barcelona to rescue Americans as revolution rages in Spain. Navy also eyes more vessels to evacuate civilians if needed.
Ida Lupino, blonde screen actress, was ordered to bed by doctors in Tucson on Friday after being stricken with tonsillitis while arriving with a motion picture company to film scenes for a forthcoming production.
American Ambassador to Spain Claude G. Bowers, cut off near San Sebastian, is reported safe. Ambassador Isidor Strauss in Paris says the French foreign office relayed a dispatch from the French ambassador’s wife in San Sebastian confirming Bowers was seen at Fuenterrabia and unharmed.
Eric Wendelin in charge of the American embassy in Madrid reported at 3 p.m. Friday that the four soldiers guarding the embassy were entirely inadequate to protect the American colony seeking refuge there. He pressed for stronger police protection to handle the threatening situation.
The battleship Oklahoma, speeding to 18 knots, heads toward Bilbao to rescue more than 150 Americans as the Spanish conflict endangers residents. The ship will then move to San Sebastian to aid in the siege, with the cutter Cayuga diverted to assist under Oklahoma’s lead.
More than 100 Americans at the U S embassy in Madrid face grave danger as Spanish rebels and loyalists clash for control. Embassy reports say government troops were defeated north of Madrid and are retiring in disorder toward a city already in chaos. The situation in Madrid grows very serious.
A tobacco tin at the Iwers farm yielded bonds totaling 20 500 dollars, adding to 112 000 dollars in currency and securities found earlier. The discovery was made by heir Louis Voss and his wife with attorney Marion Hamiel. The bonds now in custody will feature in a court fight with seventeen contesting heirs over Henry Iwers estate and the will.
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