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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1935
Page
23
In a unanimous vote the city council approved hiring six new police officers, three to fill vacancies left by death and resignation. The plan includes funding shifts from the consolidated fund to the police budget and a levy increase next year to cover anticipated deficits. Kruidemer will name the six new patrolmen at next Thursday’s meeting for an Aug 1 effective date.
Prof Ross Livingston of the University of Town history department spoke to the High Twelve club at Hotel Roosevelt saying Ethiopian troubles could end Mussolini. He warned Italy faces costly expeditions and noted Britain and France influence in Ethiopia while France may have aided Italy in return for future European support.
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh touched down at Davenport for a refuel on Friday noon in their Monocoupe. They landed at 12 35 pm and left at 12 40 pm after declining a lunch offered by Ray Hansen. Lindbergh said they came in from Cleveland and were heading west. The article also notes a census-like figure about young Egyptian wives, stating 150 husbands and 670 wives under age ten, with sixty of the wives listed as widows.
Henry Nemec, W9AJI, a Cedar Rapids short wave operator, reports a distance record after his signal was heard in Bombay by Sergt. T. A. Adams. Adams logged the June 23 reception with a Birmingham, England, station at 11:18 p.m. despite cloudy conditions.
Urbana Illinois named regional headquarters for the rural resettlement administration in Illinois Indiana Iowa Missouri and Ohio. Dr Rexford Tugwell said $9 337 089 had been allocated for work in the five states and the setup would be ready to function in a few weeks pending senate confirmation of regional directors.
WAVERLY N S AP three experts from Canadian Industries Ltd were killed when a nitroglycerine blast buried them under debris near a former plant. A four member team had tested the ground around the old factory at night to check for danger. The initial test was followed by a massive blast collapsing nearby structures and opening a large crater.
Chicago district customs receipts for fiscal year 1935 reached 22.43 million dollars, up from 12.24 million in 1934 and 7.64 million in 1933. Comptroller Thomas Temple Hoyne announced the totals, noting the district covers Iowa and nine other states.
Senator Joe T. Robinson labeled New Deal opponents as conspirators seeking to take control of the government. He cited Fletcher of the national Republican Committee, Senator Hastings of Delaware, Huey P. Long of Louisiana, and Jouett Shouse of the American Liberty League as examples.
President Roosevelt agreed to release James L. O Neill from duties as NRA head on July 31 after he requested termination by month’s end. O Neill will return to New York to resume work with Guaranty Trust Company as operating vice president, with Roosevelt yet to pick a successor.
Workers install experimental locks on a few post office writing desks to secure lightly wired inkwells while most penholders disappear over the weekend. The inkwells are taken only after wires are twisted and the items are left ready to lift.
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