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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1932
Page
1
The piece notes bold Texans in golf, historic monarchy shifts in Siam, and covert monarchist talk in Germany. It criticizes U S political theatre at Chicago conventions with Smith as a candid contrast to complacent leaders. It predicts voters seek decisive Smith leadership in November.
A stormy Chicago session of the Democratic platform committee produced a tentative repeal plank inviting state convention decisions by the people on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. Roosevelt leaders dominating the sub committee push to defeat repeal and keep liquor prohibition in place, aiming to protect dry states and enforce laws.
General Matthew A Tinley Iowa vice presidency candidate arrived in Chicago from Council Bluffs and opened campaign headquarters in the Palmer House. He plans aggressive outreach to delegates with campaign manager F H Garrett and a team, while Richard Mitchell from Iowa will place Tinley in nomination.
Eleven year old Bill Hanson son of Mr and Mrs William Hanson of 1400 Sixth Street SE narrowly saved his life after being swept near the West end of the Cedar Rapids dam. Clinging to a rock and fighting the current he emerged from the flood near the avenue bridge and was helped to safety by local fishermen.
Roy Parks, 42, shot his wife 27 and son 18 after they dared him to shoot in their north side flat. He then killed neighbor Barbara Endre before dying by police fire. The confrontation began with a quarrel and escalated to multiple fatal gunshots.
The House Agriculture Committee approved Rainey’s emergency farm relief plan to raise farm income for one year. The bill shifts tariff based support to all staples, financed by a processing tax and domestic adjustment fund, with certificates redeemable in money.
A news dispatch credits the present Congress with the most fundamental economic legislation in history while noting the measures failed to stimulate business, cut unemployment, or balance the budget in reality, despite claims.
The piece blasts Congress as a group of lawmakers and vows for fewer laws. Bishop Cannon, visiting Iowa, says he isn’t a politician yet defends laws safeguarding his family and questions campaign finance reporting requirements raised in Boone.
In Chicago the platform committee faced boos and hisses as Bishop James Cannon Jr warned of a southern dry bolt similar to 1932. A staged prank involved a rum bottle. Judge Lucius Malmin defended the bartender’s claim of the rum being a prank as the Volstead Act hurt the Virgin Islands rum trade. Cannon pressed the roll call as the incident continued.
Mrs Edna Campbell was found in her Cedar Rapids room at 310 Seventh street SE partly overcome by gas from a gas plate. Roomers alerted an ambulance which used an inhalator for fifteen minutes. She was taken to Mercy hospital and reported recovering rapidly. Fire officials said the flame was extinguished by an accident while heating water for a bath.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation board considers Wilson W. Mills of Detroit as a candidate to replace Charles G. Dawes. Pending Senate confirmation of Gardner Cowles Jr. of Des Moines, the board will delay selection. Calvin Coolidge and Frank O. Lowden are also mentioned for the presidency.
For the week starting June 27 the Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys plus the northern and central Great Plains expect occasional scattered showers with temperatures slightly above normal.
MEMPHIS UP Billie Holliday 12 and his brother Plood 11 were swept into an open sewer during a heavy rainstorm. Billie died Saturday afternoon after being carried more than a half mile through the sewer before rescue. Plood is hospitalized in serious condition.
General and Mrs Charles Gates Dawes announce the engagement of their daughter Virginia to Ensign John Gardner Tennent of the United States Navy a graduate of Annapolis this month in Chicago.
The Berlin government, backed by Britain and Italy and tacit U S support, signals it will demand a clean slate and refuse further reparations. Observers say Chancellor von Papen will push to end reparations, arguing focus should shift to private foreign loans still owed, many held by the United States.
Rock Island train No. 61, due in Cedar Rapids at 12 10 a m Sunday, was delayed by minor washouts on the track between West Liberty and Nichols after heavy rains Saturday. Repairs would be brief after the water receded, with arrival expected about 1 30 a m. Local precipitation also clustered around Cedar Rapids, affecting some areas.
New York AP report states Mrs Graham McNamee's divorce decree is final. She says an alimony agreement provides for $1000 monthly support from the former radio announcer's divorce settlement.
Katherine Leary Bond, 26, sues Paul Spence Clapp once an adviser to Herbert Hoover, claiming breach of promise of marriage. Bond seeks $500,000 with depositions sought from Clapp relatives in Indianola Iowa after Clapp allegedly agreed to marry her in 1927 and later married Rosalind Wainwright Deutsch after obtaining a license in New York.
Chicago columnist Henry McLemore offers a satirical glossary for readers new to politics. The piece lampoons terms from the Democratic convention and party apparatus, with cheeky definitions aimed at insiders and the media.
A letter from Joe Brownlee asks readers to support Camp Good Health by giving Fourth of July money to the Camp Good Health Fund. The donors enclose 1.5 dollars, totaling 1,527.20, to aid sick and physically handicapped children and cover camp expenses. The appeal cites a family’s sacrifice and urges broader community support.
A sizzling Saturday brought the year's first heat prostration as the thermometer hit 94 between 1 30 and 3 30 p m and tied the year’s high. Mrs Milo Barta of 2205 J Street SW fainted in her garden as temperatures rose. By 7 p m the mercury stood at 86 2.
In Flemington New Jersey John Lloyd Fisher sought a bill of particulars for Curtis Nor folk shipbuilder case. Rear Admiral Guy H Burrage declined to testify and Curtis ally Rev H Dobson Peacock refused to be questioned. Fisher urged removal of Harry Stout from the prosecutor staff and challenged the state case as politically motivated. Curtis hoped Col Lindbergh could provide a favorable witness account to aid acquittal.
Miss Della Taylor files a warrant for Keith Pennington charging him with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a collision on Third avenue E at Tenth street. No injuries but vehicles damaged and a crowd gathered as police recorded the info for Justice G. L. Lightner.
New York reports a notable upturn in the commodity price level driven mainly by sugar and cotton gains in agriculture. Analysts attribute part of the movement to the new tax bill and seasonal factors as bankers and industrialists push for measures to support overall prices. The Owen D Young coalition has pressed for action, with expectations of concrete steps after Congress adjourns and the Democratic convention concludes.
Andrew Erickson reported a 2 30 p m accident on Twentieth street NE near E avenue with two cars overturning. Erickson sustained a fractured right rib and head and back bruises as one other vehicle kept two men safe. Lester English drove the other car. Dr F B Humphreys suffered a cut on a thumb from a collision near Twenty street in Fifth Avenue SE.
Roosevelt backers at Chicago headquarters announce support for Vincent M. Miles of Arkansas as chairman of the committee on permanent organization at the Democratic National Convention. Miles is a Democratic national committeeman from Arkansas.
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia said Democrats nationwide opposed to scrapping the two thirds rule should hold meetings to voice protests. He argued many Democrats would not feel morally bound to back a President chosen without the two thirds rule.
Chicago dispatch reports Roosevelt forces gain momentum as Illinois favorite son delegates move toward backing Franklin D Roosevelt. James Hamilton Lewis releases 58 delegates while Oklahoma governor William H Murray abandons bid, boosting Roosevelt to potentially 633 pledged or promised delegates, reshaping convention dynamics.
Senator J. Hamilton Lewis quits the presidential race leaving Illinois with 58 delegates. It is predicted that about half will swing to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and the rest to be decided.
Two 15 year old youths Harold Chatnauf and his cousin Paul were swept toward Niagara Falls. They clung to a river boom for over three hours. A lone rescuer, John Bartell, 35, brought them ashore after residents alerted police and the nightboats were unavailable.
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