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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1932
Page
3
Washington AP report says the House rejected a $1.45 million Senate amendment for grasshopper control, deeming it too late for an effective campaign. A counterproposal by Rep. Simmons for $750,000 in poison was also defeated as the legislative fight over funding continued.
President Hoover signed a bill transferring juvenile delinquency cases from federal to juvenile courts. The action, urged by the Wickersham Commission, aims to place young delinquents in their home communities for justice and rehabilitation.
Walter Smithson 23 of Perry was arrested at 5 30 p m Saturday on illegal transportation of liquor near A avenue NE and Tenth street. Taylor seized Smithson s coupe containing seventy four gallons of alleged alcohol and lodged him in the county jail. An unidentified Cedar Rapids hitch hiker claimed no connection.
James A. Farley, Roosevelt campaign manager, heads to Chicago to organize early efforts to clinch the Democratic nomination. Roosevelt backs Walsh for permanent chairman, stirring party tensions as Shouse faces pushback from some leaders and Cox criticizes the move.
Former Illinois governor Frank O Lowden rejected a request to lead a third party ticket for president. The delegation, led by Chicago attorney W W O'Brien, pressed him at a Saturday night meeting in Oregon Indiana.
Major Graham W. Lester was detailed by the war department to duty with the organized reserves at Omaha after completing his course at the general staff school Port Leavenworth Kan.
The report outlines evolving police theories on the Lindbergh kidnapping. Details reference Frank Page of Bridgeport Conn and a March timeline including a possible March 1 raid and a March 2 ar rival. The piece notes Miller and Miss Sharpe's accounts and Scotland Yard’s stance on Edna Emily Sharpe.
Catherine Minners says she rode with "Ernie" from Closter to Englewood with Miss Violet Sharpe on the night of the Lindbergh baby kidnaping. She asserts Ernest Brinkert was not in the car and that she cannot identify the other man.
A fragment notes someone declared innocent yet reluctant to be involved as Miss Minners was taken for questioning. The text hints at a 1932 copyright context and an incomplete account of legal steps.
A history of aerial rescues at sea highlights Walter Wellman and the America crew near Cape Hatteras in 1910, Harry Hawker and MacKenzie Grieve in 1919, VA 8 crew by PN9-1 in 1925, Ruth Elder and George Haldeman in 1927, Willy Rody and others in 1931, and Lou Reichers in May 1931 as they were saved after forced landings or crash events.
Gaston B. Means, accused of embezzling $100 000 from Mrs Evalyn Walsh McLean with a promise to return the kidnapped Lindbergh baby, faces a 10 to 20 year sentence if convicted. Attorneys argued technical points and will summarize before a jury of 11 men and one woman on Monday. a previous victory declared him not guilty on a $4 000 expense money count.
The senate banking committee moved to read into the record Continental Shares of Cleveland and give Cyrus Eaton a chance to be heard. The decision followed a closed door session after Senator Bulkley objected to prior testimony by committee expert David Stock. The chairman said the evidence would be presented later next week.
Independence Iowa AP report states Michael Blaner paroled from the state hospital, denies any sister relation to Mrs. Mary Chuke of Clarksburg West Virginia, says memory loss from wartime service and enlistment at Waterloo, Iowa. Legal actions included guardianship disputes and an accounting resulting in potential $7,600 increase from misinvested funds. Blaner now has $22,000 in government disability and receives $157.50 monthly, with $100 for living expenses to R J O'Brien.
The U S circuit court of appeals dissolved a lower court injunction stopping the government from condemning a site at Alma Wisconsin for a Mississippi River lock and dam. Burlington railroad argued the dam height of 677 feet exceeded federal authority and would force 35 miles of track adjustments from Alma to Bay City.
In Harlan Kentucky a jury found E Big Cigar Phillips a Negro guilty of murdering Deputy Sheriff Jim Daniels during the coal mine war ambush. He was sentenced to life imprisonment along with W H Hightower and W H Jones convicted of conspiracy in the same incident.
A R Johnson of Cleveland Ohio was unanimously elected president of the Augustana Synod Lutheran Brotherhood at its tenth anniversary in Fargo North Dakota. Other officers include Eskil Carlson Des Moines first vice president Joseph Larson Boston second vice president J T Youngquist Rock Island third vice president A B Andreen Salina secretary and J August Swanson Rockford treasurer. The convention urged observing November 6 for Gustavus Adolphus death anniversary as Brotherhood Sunday and formed a five member commission to study relocating Augustana seminary Rock Island with some delegates seeking separation from Augustana College.
Congress races to finalize relief legislation as leaders push a swift, workable pact between the Senate and House. Senator Robinson backs substituting the Wagner $2.0 billion public works plan for the Garner bill, with $300 million in state loan aid already approved and pending in the House. A $2.2 billion veterans cash bonus moves toward House passage, with action expected Monday and final action by Tuesday, despite Senate resistance.
Des Moines and Minneapolis clubs earned prizes in National Federation of Women’s Clubs contests. Des Moines city federation won $25 first prize for the patriotic program in the citizenship division. Marion Playman of Minneapolis won third place in an essay on “What my country has done for me.”
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