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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1935
Page
4
A Washington roundup traces intraparty clashes within the Democratic ranks, the PWA funding dispute, and crossfire over holding-company legislation. It notes Senator Wagner’s budgeting slip, Cotton Ed Smith and Byrnes editorial clash, and Farley administration pressure on the pending appointments.
The Cook County grand jury indicted Robert M. Sweitzer former county treasurer and clerk on a 20 page indictment for an alleged cash shortage of 414,129 41. First Assistant States Attorney Crowley said a capial for Sweitzer's arrest would be sought and an arraignment was set for 10 o clock Friday morning.
Atlantic City report says trade associations will play a larger role in American industry than before. National Retail Coal Merchants Association president James E Kunkel notes NRA may disintegrate or rise again, while urging regulation to curb waste and cutthroat competition. Roderick Stephens cites Guffey bill impact on producers, not directly on retail.
Salt Lake City Utah report says President Roosevelt proposed share the wealth tax program will trigger wasteful lawsuits. Senator Elbert D Thomas of Utah opposes the administration plan calling for broad estate destruction to fund redistribution.
Glasgow reports a Scottish deep sea salvage expedition led by Captain Henry B. Russell to recover over 50 million dollars in Lusitania treasure. The Ophir will sail to Kinsale Head off Ireland with new diving gear enabling 1200 foot work depth and plan to film the wreck while locating treasure within two months.
New York AP reports evidence of economic recovery with six month indicators mixed but generally improving. Standard Statistics shows automobile production rising to 2,29,400 units in the first half of 1935 from 1,714,400 in 1934, the best first half since 1929.
Kansas City Mo INS report says fingerprint check shows the bandit killed at Willow Springs is not Harry Campbell, the suspect in the Bremer kidnapping case. E F Conray announced the finding on Thursday.
At the National Association of Local Creameries annual convention in St Paul Minnesota officials urged greater independence and less government favor. HO Anderson Thompson In was re elected president with J S McCornack Albert Lea Minn as vice president and WA Gordon St Paul named secretary treasurer.
Fragmented OCR shows a dense list of NBC WEAF and associated network broadcasts with multiple program names, times, and cross-network references. Included are various performances, talks, and musical pieces featuring numerous stations and personalities across a day’s lineup.
Ernest H Gundling was elected president of the Lions club at a Thursday noon meeting. Elected as vice presidents were Ervin F Stepanek Don Hines and Dr H Earl Pfeiffer. New tail twister is Glenn Hopkins and lion tamer Tom Crabbe. Directors chosen include William J Nezerka Dr Rothwell D Proctor and Gordon Fennell. Dr Robert Cremieux of Shanghai China addressed the club on China From the Doctors Viewpoint and spoke on Sino Japanese relations. He argued no major nation could blame Japan for invasion and that there is little difference in appearance between Chinese and Japanese though a vast difference in nature. He noted the Chinese motto Please leave me alone and criticized leadership in China. Five Piney Woods School singers performed a program of Southern music. Lawrence C Jones founder and principal of Piney Woods spoke briefly.
Authorities say a man named Ivan Van Fease and a girl six were picked up in Bandon Oregon. Van Fease, son of Knoxville resident Mrs S L Fee, allegedly kidnapped his daughter from the Fee farm last Sunday. He has six marriages and the girl will be returned to Knoxville along with the man, while his son remains with Mrs Fee’s household.
Frank H. Rubly 62 died after blasting powder burns received May 25 in an accident that also burned his wife and two sons Dale and James and Barney Althaus. Survived by wife two stepsons two stepdaughters and two sons and two daughters. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
SAN PEDRO Calif UP Lee Tracy the film comedian missing since Sunday aboard his yacht Adore was found Thursday uninjured and en route to port Tracy and two companions had set out from Santa Monica Friday for fishing and hunting near Santa Cruz island Coast Guard cutters and flying boats joined the search after friends said he was three days overdue.
Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickes increased PWA allocations for Nebraska projects. The Loup River Public Power District gain rose from 7.3 million to 8.7 million dollars and the Platte Valley district from 7.5 million to 9.7 million dollars in combined loan and grant aid.
A militant delegation of New York and Chicago housewives warned of an immediate nationwide buying strike unless meat prices are lowered. The protest was announced in Washington as part of a push against rising costs.
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings vowed a broad investigation into Ewing Y. Mitchell's charges against the commerce department. The probe, led by Assistant Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan, aims to uncover exact facts beyond Mitchell's statements. Mitchell testified before the Senate commerce committee amid tense atmosphere as critics pressed for factual evidence.
An army plane failing at takeoff crashed into a parked auto near the Griffith Park National Guard airport in Los Angeles. Killed were Dan Krauss of Glendale, his wife, and their two year old daughter. a bystander was critically hurt.
Experts believe a glass Roman chalice dating from 100 B C to 100 A D found in a Palestine cave near Antioch may be the legendary Holy Grail used at the last supper. The discovery hub reports a small case holding the cup unearthed by archaeologists.
In Moscow two Soviet airmen filed a claim of a world altitude record for open gondola balloons reaching 10,500 meters in a 2,200 cubic meter balloon. The record, noted as not listed in international classifications for that category, stands as their assertion.
In Munich, Nazi storm troopers disrupted a Catholic Corpus Christi procession led by Cardinal Faulhaber outside his residence. About 10 000 worshippers joined the event, far exceeding last year's turnout, while officers in uniform marched behind the cardinal. The crowd cheered Faulhaber as he appeared, then the Nazis dispersed the demonstrators from their headquarters.
Berlin reports evangelical church leaders say pastors are treated like ordinary criminals. In a document "Word to the State" from Augsburg synod, they affirm loyalty to the state yet condemn measures used against believers, and pledge to endure suffering for their faith.
In Martinsburg West Virginia Republican leaders Henry P Fletcher and Senator Dickinson denounced New Deal policies at a rally marking the 72nd anniversary of West Virginia statehood. Fletcher attacked the NRA codes ruling as proof of constitutional disregard while Dickinson argued recovery was failing with the nation ranked twenty sixth in business revival.
An appellate division in New York unanimously upholds a thirty day jail term for Martin Mooney, a reporter for the New York American, jailed for contempt of court after he refused to answer March grand jury questions tied to a racketeering probe. The liner Normandie crew peaked at 5,000 during its construction.
Iowa City Light and Power offered its entire plant to the city for 1 125 000 in a plan that would cut residential rates 25 percent and commercial rates 21 percent if the city abandons municipal ownership. The council will review the offer at a special meeting.
A House Ways and Means subcommittee voted against summoning Attorney General Cummings for a constitutional opinion on the Guffey Snyder bill. Rep. Treadway urged Justice Department input, but Democrats blocked the move, preferring an official administration view.
The article explains the standard yard originated from the girth of succeeding chieftains and was later fixed as the distance from Henry I’s nose to the end of his thumb.
Mrs. Walter R. Stone of Edgewood Iowa describes a severe facial eruption on her one year old daughter. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment she reports the child's skin returning to a smooth condition. The ad cites prices and offers free samples from Cuticura Laboratories.
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