Taxpayers seek prudent budget reform in Cedar Rapids
Current Comment by Verne Marshall discusses a Cedar Rapids taxpayer group studying city and school budgets. It urges conserving public money while warning against reckless cuts and argues for department consolidation and cautious wage reductions to avoid deep bond penalties. The piece critiques past overspending and references university and state actions on cost saving and efficiency.
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Cedar Rapids
Ives
Four Die in German Election Riots Amid Final Vote
Berlin reports say four killed and ten wounded in clashes on the eve of Reichstag elections. Police fought communists in Esslingen, two police wounded, while Reichsbanner members were shot near Koenigsberg. Voters numbered over 37 million as 583 seats contested.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichsbanner
Reisenburg
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Esslingen
Wurtemberg
Reich
Geray
Adolf Hitler
Alfred
Kaiser
Archy
Kurt von Schleicher
Five Cosgrove family members held after Walker embezzlement case
Four members of the Cosgrove family were jailed after Patrick Cosgrove and his son Walter were arrested on embezzlement warrants related to Stella Kayser, assistant cashier in Walker. Kayser admitted embezzling over 4100,000. Bonds set at 910,000 for both men. E. G. Fisher pled not guilty. Joe Cosgrove to be arraigned.
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Cosgrove
Walker
Linn County
Patrick Cosgrove
Walter J. Cosgrove
Stella Kayser
Center Point- Walker Trust Company
Kayser
Hoover proposes nine point plan for rapid rehabilitation
President Hoover released a nine point program to speed up rehabilitation measures including slum clearance credit expansion railway maintenance and home loan bank expansion. The plan relies on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and coordination across the twelve federal reserve districts amid Democratic criticism of delayed action.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Harrison
Federal Reserve
Reconstruction Corporation
Pedestrian Hurt After Auto Strikes Man at Crossing
Dave Orr, 60, of the Grand hotel, was badly injured at 9 10 am Friday when struck by Ralph C Hart’s car at Second Avenue and Fourth Street crossing. A door handle tore his arm and he suffered head wounds and blood loss before being rushed to St Luke’s hospital. Lange, a railroad flagman, reported Hart’s vehicle crossed the tracks despite a sign he had posted due to a switch train clearance.
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Dave Orr
Grand Hotel
Ralph C. Hart
Mount Vernon
Second Avenue
Fourth Street
Orr
St. Luke’s Hospital
John W. Lange
Hart
Two 13-Year-Olds Save 6-Year-Old From Drowning
Two boys, 13, leaped into the river near the Third avenue bridge to rescue 6-year-old Jackie Konen who slipped into a deep hole. They pulled him to shore and he was revived and taken to a doctor for rest due to an enlarged heart.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue Bridge
Jackie Konen
William Konen
Third Avenue
First Street
Bud Humphreys
Higgins
Konen
Billie
Jackie
Flyer To Continue World Flight From Europe to Germany
Captain Wolf gang von Gronau, veteran of three Europe to United States hops, told the traffic minister he will press on with an around the world flight. He plans a Pacific route from Prince Rupert Island with stops at the Aleutians Dutch Harbor and Haneda Japan, returning via China's east coast and the Persian Gulf.
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Berlin
INS
Wolfgang von Gronau
Europe
United States
Pacific Ocean
Prince Rupert Island
Aleutian Islands
Dutch Harbor
Haneda
Japan
Germany
China
Persian Gulf
Roosevelt 10 Gives His First Talk To Thought Albany
Governor Roosevelt readied campaign plans after a Farley report predicting growing sentiment in all sections. He will deliver his first campaign speech at 7 p.m. The meeting with Farley, Howe, and Flynn shaped a tour plan opening August 20 in Columbus, with Flynn joining as touring Roosevelt leader.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
Executive
Louis M. Howe
New York
Edward J. Flynn
Columbus
Flynn
Bronx
Cau
Mr. Roosevelt
Walker
Dickinson Attacks Roosevelt Over Farm Policies in Chicago
Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa arraigned Franklin Roosevelt on taxes, tariffs, crop surpluses, and the St Lawrence seaway. He blamed increased government costs in New York on Roosevelt and defended the Hawley Smoot tariff while criticizing New Deal plans to regulate farming and prices.
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Chicago
Franklin Roosevelt
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Dickinson
St. Lawrence Seaway
Rosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Congress
Democratic House
Hyde
Atlantic
Slays President Of Poultry Association Then Ends Own Life
In Milwaukee G A Norman of Knoxville expelled from the International Baby Chick association shot president Charles Sawyer of Hoytville and fatally wounded secretary Reese Hicks, then killed himself. Sawyer died trying to shield Hicks as Norman opened fire.
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Milwaukee
International Baby Chick Association
G. A. Norman
Knoxville
Tenn
Association
Charles Sawyer
Hoytville
Ohio
Reese V. Hicks
Kansas City
Sawyer
Hicks
Norman
Norman Pote
Orimina
Blast at Hercules Powder plant kills three men
A massive explosion at the Hercules Powder mixing plant in Giant California killed three workers. Victims identified as Charles Olsen of San Pablo Walter Gooding of Giant and Fred Haines of Albany. The blast, felt twelve miles away, caused widespread alarm in Pinole Rio and San Pablo as officials from Martinez responded with ambulances.
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GIANT
Calif
Hercules Powder Company
Aubrey Wilson
Richmond
Charles Olsen
San Pablo
Walter Gooding
Fred Haines
Albany
Pinole
Rio
Martinez
Contra Costa County
Los Angeles Opens Olympics Parade with Grand Opening
The 1932 Los Angeles Games begin with a parade of nations as 1,700 top athletes march past 100,000 spectators. Officials planned a 2:30 p.m. opening at the stadium with escorts, speeches, a 1,000-voice chorus, and national anthems before the United States team leads the parade.
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Los Angeles
Losat
Entertainment At Camp Good Health For Disabled Children
A Cedar Rapids Gazette item reports Camp Good Health in Iowa City hosted a day of entertainment for physically handicapped children. Leroy McGinnis performed magic tricks after naps, the Drum and Bugle corps provided evening entertainment, followed by a playground commission movie and ice cream cones. The camp is run by Public Health Nursing bureau with expenses covered by donations to the Camp Good Health Fund.
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Camp Good Health
Leroy McGinnis
Iowa City
Drum and Bugle Corps
Playground Commission
Public Health Nursing Bureau
Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gillette Sued for 30 Million by Razor Blade Firm
Trophy Tower Sales of Cleveland filed a 30 million dollar damage suit against Gillette Safety Razor Co and nineteen officers alleging Sherman Clayton act violations. The claim centers on a merger intended to curb competition among razor blade makers.
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New York
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Trophy Tower Sales Corporation
Cleveland
Sherman & Clayton
Will Rogers praises hungry men in Washington scene
Beverly Hills editor lauds 15 thousand hungry bankers farmers preachers and others for their peaceful conduct in Washington despite hunger. He notes their restraint and calls for a vote of thanks while regretting a finishing blunder. Copyright 1932.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Washington
Senate
Poisoned sandwiches sweep Oklahoma relief camp
Nearly 200 men women and children at Community camp in Oklahoma City fell ill after eating leftovers from a University club stag party. About 75 admitted to hospitals with 15 seriously ill and four near death, as authorities traced the illness to meat in the sandwiches.
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Oklahoma City
Canadian River
University Club
Ramsey
Lake Overholser
Father E. Reid
Salvation Army
Leon J. Thomas
George Pirie
Walter Miles
Veterans Leave Washington After Bonus March Abates
Federal troops departed Washington on Saturday under Hoover’s orders after dispersing the bonus marchers. The last units left Anacostia at 1 25 p m, with MacArthur declaring normal conditions and only a few hundred veterans remaining.
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Washington
Hoover
District of Columbia
Anacostia
Douglas MacArthur
Army
Last BEF unit to leave Washington for Johnstown
The supply company of the bonus expeditionary force marched from Washington for Johnstown Pennsylvania. Under Captain Hoke Smith of Bradford sixty men and forty women and children traveled by Maryland supplied buses and trucks. Smith said a tented city would be built in Johnstown to accommodate 10000 people.
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Washington
INS
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Johnstown
Hoke Smith
Bradford
Maryland
Smith
Johnstown Faces Rising Hostility From Bonus Army Followers
In Johnstown Pennsylvania staff leaders of the bonus army retreating from Washington telephone commander in chief W. W. Waters as hungry veterans flood the area. More than a thousand assembled with others believed in the mountains. Captain Doak A. Carter called a conference to plan coping measures amid mounting tensions.
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Washington
Hoover
Johnstown
Bonus Army
W. W. Waters
Waters
Doak A. Careter
Pictures of Bonus Army Battle On Washington Page
A full page of photographs depicting the Bonus Army conflict in Washington is printed on the back of this edition.
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Washington
Be Ready to Act Editorial Spurs Johnstown Crisis
President Carter orders immediate transport for Waters as Johnstown faces unrest fueled by a Johnstown Democrat editorial urging swift action. The piece calls for mobilizing state forces and possibly placing city government under guard to prevent unemployed crowds from gathering.
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Carter
Waters
Johnstown
Hoover Reorganizes U S Shipping Board
President Hoover reshapes the U S Shipping board naming T V OConnor S Am Sandberg and Hutch S Cone to replace the seven member panel. OConnor will chair as the board transitions under the national economy act with Denton Jefferson Jr and R K Smith set to retire. The seventh seat remains vacant following E C Plummer’s death.
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Washington
Hoover
United States Shipping Board
T. V. O’connor
New York
Samuel S. Sandberg
California
Hutch S. Cone
Florida
O’connor
Albert H. Denton
Kansas
Jefferson Jr
Oregon
R. K. Smith
Louisiana
E. C. Plummer
Olympic Runaway From Chicago Aims for West Coast
Eugene Cacki 16 disappeared after withdrawing 100 dollars from his savings account. Parents believe he fled to pursue a sports dream and may have bought a car, heading toward Los Angeles. police urged searches.
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Chicago
INS
Eugene Cacki
Los Angeles
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
The Cedar Rapids road toll shows a count of accidents and injuries with fatalities totaling 163 for the year. Police and city officials track incidents to assess traffic safety and enforcement needs.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury Rallies After Dip to 52 Degrees
In Cedar Rapids the temperature fell to 52 degrees for a brief early morning low marking the coolest point in weeks. By noon the day warmed to 82 degrees and reached 86 by 1 30 pm as Friday’s high approached 84 degrees with a 3 pm peak.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids News
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