06 Jun 1936
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1936
Page
1
Prime Minister Blum unveiled a New Deal style program to revive economy and curb unemployment while labor unions struck nationwide. Parliament erupted as Blum and his socialist coalition faced heckling from rightists and calls to Moscow.
An 11 am blast in Tama wrecked the Schaller cleaning shop and Gambel hardware store and damaged nearby shops. Sixteen people were injured and a child feared dead. Fire teams controlled flames as救援 workers cleared debris with a derelict roof removal.
A 1936 Cedar Rapids auto toll amount listed as 251.140 appears in the registry. The odd phrasing suggests an archival record or citation line. Further context from surrounding text would clarify its meaning and applicability to street or vehicle charges.
Leaders of Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia and Roumania met to chart policy for 48 million people as rumors swirled of a Habsburg restoration in Austria and Hungary’s possible repudiation of the Trianon treaty. Vienna reports say Otto von Habsburg plans to leave his Belgian exile soon, while Mussolini and Schuschnigg held talks at the Camerine.
Detroit police rescued two boys and stopped a planned lynching by three others over good school records. The suspects Raymond Buccellati 9 Armando Serali 14 and Joseph Angelo 10 were said to have tied a rope around Albert Valenti 11 and push him from a second story window. Joseph Ignogni 9 lay bound awaiting his turn. Police said school officials confirmed the victims had excellent records. The youths and parents were ordered to appear for questioning.
Detroit prosecutors reveal a Black Legion night rider confessed the group plotted to dynamite Mayor William Voisine of Ecorse to install a preferred successor. The confession links to a series of bombings and two unsolved murders tied to the faction.
Senator Hastings of Delaware resigned Saturday as chairman of the Republican senatorial campaign committee. He retires from the senate at year end and directed his letter to Senator McNary of Oregon, the Republican leader in the Senate.
Vice President Garner names Hastings and Metcalfe to Republican conferees as the tax bill faces a Senate-House conference. The New Deal signals it will push for a stiff penalty on undistributed corporate profits, while Democrats back a compromise rising corporate rates and a modest super tax. Flurry of resignations and tense votes mark a fraught path to final action.
Washington outline compares senate tax bill features with house approved provisions. Corporate income tax rises from 12 percent to 15 percent and 15 percent to 18 percent, indicating higher levies on corporate earnings.
Sioux City Iowa charges will be filed against about thirty persons including those arrested in tavern raids next Tuesday. County Attorney Maurice Rawlings and special investigator Fred Free announced the plan as they pursue liquor and gambling rackets. Free said he does not expect a special grand jury session for hearing the evidence gathered since his January appointment. He did not explain the reason. He had requested the May grand jury be convened. Free said witnesses and evidence against the big shots could be presented within a week.
A Sioux City dispatch says Siegel’s cabaret was owned by Joe Siegel’s wife and permitholder Clarence Montagne, with Siegel present at a raid where alcohol and whisky were seized. He denied ownership and faced no charges as of Saturday. he was not arrested.
The federal deficit topped 3 billion dollars as of June 4 with expenditures likely to exceed receipts this month. The Treasury notes the budget message predicts a deficit of about 3.324 billion for the year ending June 30, with invalidation of processing taxes and outlined income tax payments contributing to the gap.
Managua Nicaragua UP President Uan B Sacasa yields to the rebellion led by Gen Anastasio Somosa abandoning his office and preparing to go into exile Saturday.
Milwaukee campus bulletin warns students that throwing chalk in classrooms or from windows will incur a maximum fine of five dollars.
Gov. Alf M. Landon ammunition grows as eastern old guardsmen and Landon backers secretly unite for a first ballot surge. Campaign manager John D. M. Hamilton signals readiness to win with 400 or more votes, Kansas needs 502. Discussions touch on platform planks favoring wage standards and workers protections amid strong London ties and Stop Landon opposition.
Adolph, once the hard luck boy of Camp Good Health, receives a health outing funded by donors and a Cedar Rapids woman, with $1,601.27 raised including a $30 donation for his weeks stay. The story notes Adolph’s undernourishment and need for rest and nourishment while highlighting other children who could benefit if Camp Good Health Fund grows.
Washington AP reports Senator Vandenberg of Michigan will not accept the Republican vice presidential nomination. He says he can serve more on the senate floor than on its rostrum and intends to stay in the Senate beyond 1940. He remains a possible presidential hopeful at Cleveland and may become a compromise option if the convention deadlocks.
Dorothy Blumenshine a 14 year old missing from Washington Illinois after attending a dance and drinking party with five high school boys and a girl. The group allegedly left her at her doorstep after she passed out and drove away. Posse units scoured three counties as authorities fear she wandered the woods in exposure. Dorothy has not been seen since 1 15 a m last Saturday.
At 11 20 p m Friday four people suffered bruises and scratches when a car collided with a light truck at Twelfth avenue and Second street SE. The truck was driven by Robert Parents of 1412 First Street NW who was unhurt. The other car was driven by Robert Gatewood of 1109 Twentieth Avenue SW who was also unhurt. The injured were Miss Betty Serovy 19 of 109 Fourth Avenue SW Miss Viola Saylor 19 of the same address Gwenyth Coon 18 of 224 Third Avenue SW and Maxfield Gantz 22 of 219 Fourteenth Avenue SE. All were treated at Mercy hospital and released.
The National Junior Chamber of Commerce selected Walter E. Holman of Portland as president elect and ten vice presidents. The 1937 convention city was to be decided with resolutions on public questions and closing addresses by retiring president Allen Whitfield of Des Moines.
Sweden held a large patriotic demonstration in Stockholm on Saturday to honor its twenty first annual Flag Day, centered on national pride and the Swedish flag.
Detroit AP Gerald L. K. Smith leader of Huey Long share the wealth clubs says there is a good chance his group and Towns End pension plan supporters will unite this summer and select an independent candidate for Smith and Dr. Francis E. Townsend. They say they did not come to enlist Father Coughlin. Townsend will seek moves at Cleveland in July to defeat Roosevelt including backing a Republican, forming a new party, or nominating an independent candidate aligned with Smith.
In Haifa Palestine one person died and another was wounded when troops fired on a crowd of rioters after a Mus a women raid on a vegetable market caused unrest.
Clouds and sun with scattered showers produced a variable Cedar Rapids day. The thermometer rose from 59 at 3 a.m. to 79 near noon, then cooled to 77 by mid afternoon. Friday rainfall reached 0.35 inches with a high of 78 at 2:30 p.m. and a low of 63 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep charts.
Louise Fregapane, 18, won first prize in the Harnischfeger contest for best German examination and best German essay at the University of Wisconsin extension division in Milwaukee. She came to the United States twelve years ago from a German city.
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