Gardner Cowles joins R F C board as Iowa influence noted
President Hoover taps Des Moines publisher Gardner Cowles to join the Reconstruction Finance Corporation directorate citing midwestern economic specificity. A reader critiques lingering Iowa City university issues while seven months of audits proceed under state supervision and the Jessup regime is challenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Directorate
Hoover
Iowa
Gardner Cowles
Des Moines
Jessup-Boyd- Baker
University
State Executive Council
Iowa City
Iowa Supreme Court Rules Salary Grab Unconstitutional for 1930 Assembly
The Iowa Supreme Court holds the Forty-third assembly's expense money as compensation rather than allowance and rules the act unconstitutional for providing personal expense funds. The decision blocks payments to last legislature members and directs injunctive relief against state officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Forty-third General Assembly
Iowa
Polk County District Court
George Gallarno
Gallarno
John L. Halloran
James W. Kindig
Supreme Court
Revolution in Siam Ends Despotism with One Death
Bangkok AP reports Siam established a constitutional monarchy after a brief revolution that left one man dead. The upheaval ended the despotic rule and brought a new political era to the Siamese capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Bangkok
Myrtle St. Pierre Targets Hutton in Breach Suit
Myrtle St. Pierre testifies in Los Angeles that her aim is to “show up” David Hutton in the $200,000 breach of promise case tied to Aimee Semple McPherson. Hutton says he has no money to pay and doubts a verdict against him. Cross-examination reveals tension as defense lawyers clash with St. Pierre’s counsel under Superior Judge Lester Roth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Myrtle Joan St. Pierre
David Hutton
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hutton
Aimee
Lorrin Andrews
Hitler calls for nationwide martial law in Germany
Adolf Hitler in a public declaration from Nazi headquarters demands martial law across Germany as clashes cost ten lives this week. He also seeks suppression of the communist party and purge of socialist and centrist police in Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Bavaria
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Communist Party
Prussia
Auditors' Pay Cut Considered by Executive Council
The executive council indicated special auditors’ pay at public institutions will cease July 1 after spending about 60,000. If the audit is thorough and findings acted on, savings could dwarf the initial cost. University audit work near completion, with efforts to uncover irregularities extending years back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council
State Boards of Education and Control
Iowa City
Uncovered payroll padding at state university investigated
The audit process reveals payroll padding from university staff including Charlie Brown and a $8000 shortage in funds tied to the late treasurer W J McChesney. The Gazette charges spurred the audit, aiming to expose tactics by Jessup and allies and show taxpayers the true university budget. The piece notes upcoming audit reports and questions the reliability of the auditing firm and officials’ responses.
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Charlie Brown
W. J. McChesney
Gazette
McChesney
State University
Iowa
Jessup
Weather Ideal In Cedar Rapids As Temps Reach 88
Ideal circus weather and a Cedar Rapids high of 88 at 2 30 p m tied Thursday's peak. The Cedar River receded after cresting five feet above June average on Thursday, with a drop beginning around 3 p m and river level down twelve inches by Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Cedar River
Two Injured When Car Goes In Ditch
Verle Millis and his sister Isadore Millis were injured when the car they drove left the road and plunged into a ditch near the ai. They were taken to St. Luke's hospital by Dr. John Bradley. Verle Millis had a head gash and Isadore Millis suffered deep cuts on her right arm and knee. Both were listed in fair condition Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Verle Millis
Seventh Avenue
Isadore Millis
St. Luke's Hospital
John Bradley
Millis
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
The Cedar Rapids area plans to implement an auto toll program this year aiming to fund road projects. Officials describe the measure as a user fee on vehicle travel with projected revenue to support infrastructure maintenance and modernization.
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Cedar Rapids
Germany Seeks Sympathy on Reparations at Lausanne
At Lausanne France and Germany held talks on reparations with Premier Herriot and Chancellor Von Papen leading a 20 plus delegation. Finance Minister Schwerin Von Krosigk signaled Germany cannot meet further payments even after the moratorium, while Belgium presented a plan to Britain for German utility reform and a Basel credit body to stabilize central and eastern Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
Switzerland
Germany
France
Edouard Herriot
Franz von Papen
Count Schwerin von Krosigk
Herriot
von Krosigk
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Reich
World Bank
Basel
Central
Europe
Woman Driver Saves Boy From Serious Injury
Quick thinking by Mrs. H. D. Simon prevented a serious outcome when 9-year-old Hulbert Rice darted into traffic on Third Avenue SE near 827 Third Avenue SE. The boy struck the left front fender, toppled, and was found to have minor leg bruises after examination.
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Cedar Rapids
H. D. Simon
Ninth Avenue SW
Hulbert Rice
B. H. Rice
Third Avenue SE
Simon
Third Avenue
Rice
House Sends 2.3 Billion Relief Bill to Conference
The House Friday sent to conference with the Senate the 2.3 billion Garner Wagner relief bill. Negotiations begin immediately to reconcile differences. Senate had passed Wagner bill the day before and the House had approved Garner. Speaker Garner named Conferees Collier Crisp Rainey Treadway Bacharach Wagner.
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Washington
House
Senate
Garner
Rep
Iowa
Wagner
Dem
N. Y
Snow covers Lake Placid streets in late June
Freshly fallen snow, the first remembered by older residents to fall so late in June, blanketed Lake Placid streets and brought cool blasts that required overcoats.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
Cis
Siam king ousted as Bangkok revolts for constitutional monarchy
In Bangkok on Friday army and navy officers led a revolt against King Prajadhipok demanding a constitutional monarchy. The royal family and key officials were seized and held at Throne Hall as martial law was declared. Economic distress is cited as a motive.
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Washington
Prajadhipok
Siam
Bangkok
State Department
Legation
Throne Hall
Revolutionary Party
United States
Ophir Hall
New York
Ogden Reid
Cops Turn Cowboys to Rope a Lost Holstein Bull
Three patrolmen attempt to corral a large Holstein near E Avenue and Tenth Street NW at 6 15 AM Friday. Patrolman Cunningham lassos the bull but is dragged as the animal tears shrubs and a garden before being secured and moved to Griffiths barn on B Avenue and Second Street NE for ID.
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E Avenue
Tenth Street NW
Cunningham
Simon
Novak
Griffith
B Avenue
Second Street
Local Factories Report Growth in Export Trade
Cedar Rapids plants boost spring and early summer exports worldwide led by Quaker Oats and Three-Minute Cereals. La Plant Choate shipments reach Java, Borneo, Sumatra, and Porto Rico with first four months of 1932 marking record exports. Expansion at Sinclair packing plant increases June activity and employment above 1931 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
la Plant-Choate Company
Globe
Dutch East Indies
Java
Borneo
Sumatra
Porto Rico
Ada
Afghanistan
France
Africa
la Plant- Choate
Sinclair
H. A
Hoover faces Senate challenge on RF C director nominee
Sen Robinson objects to President Hoover naming Gardner Cowles Jr. as a director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation after Dawes resignation. He warns the move could spark a broader dispute over presidential power to appoint the corporation's chief officer from outside the board.
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Washington
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Robinson
Senate Banking Committee
Gardner Cowles, Jr
Des Moines
Charles G. Dawes
Cowles
Iowa Democrats Off To The Convention
Iowa Democratic leaders depart Des Moines for Chicago to attend the upcoming national convention. Delegates include Richard F. Mitchell Frank OConnor Dan McEniry L S Hill M J Conway Mrs Fiora Cotton Etter and Mrs Mabelle Gibbs Fickle. E G Dunn plans a farm relief plank proposing R F C loan expansion and future safeguard measures for farmers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Frank O'Connor
Duboud
Dan McEniry
L. S. Hill
M. J. Conway
Atlantic
Fiora Cotton Etter
Sigourney
Mabelle Gibbs Fickle
Hastings
State Central Committee
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
Franklin Roosevelt
Albany
Iowa Caucus
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Gazette Rental Want Ads Highlight Local Apartments
Several apartments recently rented through Gazette Want Ads are listed with addresses in Cedar Rapids. To place a rental ad and find available units, call 2-1121 for a seven day Want Ad.
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Gazette
A Ave
Fifth Ave
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Hitlerites threaten to seize police power in Germany
Berlin reports say Nazi leaders vowed to take police control if von Papen’s government cannot stop rioting that left ten dead this week. Goebbels accused the government at a mass meeting and warned that emergency police would be used if communists are not halted amid clashes in Berlin.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Socialists
von Papen
Germany
Hamburg
Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Lustgarten
Debtors Told to Redirect Payments After $75,000 Debt Forgiven
Sioux City report says James Hennum and wife, Sloan store operators, cancelled $75,000 in customer debts from cents to $1,000 each. They urged debtors to donate to church or the needy instead. Some customers offered to pay anyway but were declined. officials said the cancelation came after years of prosperity and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
James Hennum
Sloan
Hennum
Hennums
Hennam’s
Will Rogers on boxing, fame, and Olympic politics
Will Rogers notes the boxing commission disarmed Schmeling the same day as a boxing attraction, blaming scarce attention on the event. He says Schmeling benefits while Sharkey bears no blame and urges clarity to foreigners that boxing commissions have no role in Olympics. He asks radio announcers to flag a hot next bout.
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Square
Boxing Commission
Max Schmeling
Sharkey
Max
Dempsey
Fitzsimmons
Crowds Welcome Gov Ritchie in Chicago Convention City
Gov Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland arrived in Chicago amid a large crowd estimated at 7000 at the Baltimore and Ohio station. He was the fifth active candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, leading a parade to the Congress hotel amid bands and police support.
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Chicago
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
Ritchie
Congress Hotel
Chicago honors Mayor James J. Walker with Federation parade
Chicago greeted New York Mayor James J. Walker with a parade arranged by the Chicago Federation of Labor as he stepped off the train on a Friday visit.
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Chicago
James J. Walker
New York
Chicago Federation of Labor
Nine men named to draft Democratic platform
Chairman Gilbert M. Hitchcock named nine members Friday to draft a tentative Democratic platform. The group includes William G. McAdoo, Burton K. Wheeler, Cordell Hull, A. Mitchell Palmer, Carter Glass, Joseph C. Mahoney, William A. Comstock, David I. Walsh, and others from states California Montana Tennessee District of Columbia Virginia Wyoming Michigan and Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Democratic Resolutions Committee
Stop Roosevelt
New York
Hitchcock
William G. McAdoo
California
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
A. Mitchell Palmer
District of Columbia
Carter Glass
Virginia
Joseph C. Mahoney
Wyoming
William A. Comstock
Michigan
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Farmers National Grain to suspend futures operations
Omaha report states Farmers National Grain plans to vacate futures positions by July 2 after clearing house suspension by the Chicago board of trade. The firm's cash business remains active and its leased wire system will continue, with no futures orders carried.
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Omaha
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Chicago Board of Trade
Farm Board
Jobless Drive Refund Aids Camp Good Health Effort
A Chicago firm Kneip and Bowen sends its unemployment relief refund to Camp Good Health in Cedar Rapids. The fund, oversubscribed, refunds 80 percent of pledges and three such refunds have helped nourish. Public health nurses plan more visits to aid handicapped children at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kneip and Bowen
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Tammany Drops Roosevelt in Bitter Fight
Chicago AP reports Senator Harrison of Mississippi urged Roosevelt backers to abandon the fight against the two thirds rule. He predicted New York Governor Roosevelt would be nominated on the first ballot and urged harmony among party factions.
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Chicago
Harrison
Mississippi
Roosevelt
New York
Tammany
Franklin D. Roosevelt Priday
John F. Curry
Curry
Newton D. Baker
Albert C. Ritchie
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Frank A. Hague
Jersey City
Robinson
Arkansas
Pittman
Nevada
Garner
Texas
James Farley
Reed Opposes Roosevelt Two-Thirds Rule Change
Missouri favorite son candidate James A. Reed voiced strong opposition to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s proposal to alter the two thirds voting rule at the Democratic convention in Chicago. He rejected the change as politically dangerous and urged party unity.
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Chicago
James A. Reed
Missouri
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Anticipates Convention Clash Over Two-Thirds Rule
Tammany leaders including John F. Curry oppose Roosevelt and vow to fight abolishing the two-thirds rule. Roosevelt and Alfred E. Smith allies clash as strategy debates unfold. Farley says the Roosevelt camp will attempt to break the rule on the first ballot amid rumors of walkouts.
Roosevelt two thirds rule change sparks third party talk
Governor Murray warned that scrapping the two thirds rule could trigger a new third party. He said Roosevelt supporters abolishing the rule would jeopardize Roosevelt's chances of winning the nomination or election.
Hague attacks Roosevelt as unlikely nominee
Frank Hague, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, declares Roosevelt has no chance to win if nominated. He cites public sentiment across states and regions from Chicago where delegates gather, urging party leaders to consider Roosevelt's low prospects in November.
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Chicago
Frank Hague
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Union
Mississippi
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Finance Committee
Baker
Arthur A. Young & Poor’ Cares
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Will Rogers
Yours
Gov. Ritchie
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Move
Hint Smith
William H. Murray
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