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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1936
Page
1
Opinion asserts the New Deal seeks to rewrite the Constitution to extend federal authority and reduce states rights. It argues the platform would centralize power in Washington, expand bureaucracy, and allow laws beyond constitutional limits if necessary.
The United States political scene faces a clash over the New Deal platform’s pledge to extend the merit system to all non policy making federal positions. Critics warn this marks a shift toward federal overreach, while supporters tout cost cutting and a balanced budget as aims of four more years. In parallel, Iowa reports reveal a $400 undercover expense paid to Fred H Free by Attorney General E L O Connor, raising questions about clandestine probes and the liquor payoffs in Sioux City and Woodbury county.
Iowa auditor G S Worden urges the state liquor commission to employ a competent business manager to oversee affairs after reporting a net profit of 1 212 812 82 for the last calendar year. Chairman Manley counters that the commission is not primarily a profit making institution.
Washington DC court makes permanent a preliminary injunction stopping Western Union from turning over certain messages to the senate lobby committee. The action was sought by Silas Strawn, Chicago attorney and former Chamber of Commerce leader, and associates.
The commission is a major profit-maker in the state and requires non political management. Worden recommends considering other proposals and calls for scrutiny of liquor transportation contracts and long standing dealings between the state and liquor salesmen.
Dr. Newton argues fashion governs not just dress but belief and speech, noting shifts from democracy to dictatorship of styles. He predicts a return to religious faith as old fashions fade and urges independent thinking away from imitating others.
In Pawtucket Rhode Island an armored payroll truck carrying 16000 dollars vanished on Main Street after the driver disappeared. The truck was found nearby an hour later and 1200 dollars were missing. Police fingerprinted the car and secured the locked cash box near Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, with fears the driver was kidnapped.
The Chicago and North Western Railway filed a plan of reorganization in U S district court under section 77 of the bankruptcy act. The plan seeks refinancing of $556,946,000 in obligations and aims to cut fixed interest from $16,582,300 annually to $4,662,705.
Johnson City Texas officials say Ernest Herwig 44 confessed to the ax slayings of his wife and her nine year old son and a murder charge was prepared Friday in the case.
County Attorney G K Thompson denounces widespread noncompliant transfers of beer permits in Cedar Rapids after a 26 premise review. Thompson’s findings, made with Chief Vlach and detectives, call for punishment for permit sellers and note many sites labeled as nuisances.
In Chicago four men kidnapped jewelry dealer Jack Baum of Baumgold Brothers and salesman Gerald Lakin from a taxicab on the near north side. Baumgold said jewelry valued over $100,000 was stolen and he was slugged, treated at Henrotin hospital after arrival at police station with bodyguard witness C A Rodhe present.
The notice promotes having The Gazette mailed to readers away on vacation. It urges readers to place an order with Cedar Rapids and Marion carriers so they receive newspapers at camps resorts hotels or relatives during trips.
In Paris and Parisian suburbs tensions rise as a police walkout looms amid nationwide strikes. Debates in the chamber follow a Marseilles shipping stoppage tied up sixty eight vessels, while parties trade charges over security and policy.
Ernest Bieganski says he will use his veterans bonus to sail the Atlantic in a barrel. A Buffalo cooperage confirms the barrel is being built at about $1,000 and ready in ten days. The craft measures nine by six feet eight inches with a keel and a hollow mast for ventilation. He aims to depart from the Battery in July to reach any port in Europe.
A new Cedar Rapids heat record was set Friday when the temperature reached 991 percent at 2 45 p.m. The prior high was 98 this summer from last Saturday and May 16. Temperatures rose from 73 at 7 a.m. to 97 by 1 15 p.m with a brisk breeze.
DC Supreme Court Justice Bailey grants injunctions against payment of pensions and tax collection, ruling the pension and tax measures inseparable parts of a single unconstitutional scheme. First payments scheduled for July 1 are blocked, with government likely to appeal. The decision affects about 1,000,000 railroad workers and 131 first class railroads and 289 other railroads.
In Fargo 203 precincts remained, as Gov. Walter Welford led William Langer by about 2,000 votes in the Republican gubernatorial nomination race. With 2,039 precincts reporting, Welford had 85,748 votes and Langer 83,468, reflecting split support within the nonpartisan league factions.
The Gazette reports the Camp Good Health Fund surpassed its goal Friday, supporting 111 children on the Public Health Nursing association list. Donors from nearby towns gave $125 in a recent gift, with continued contributions welcome through summer.
At the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia the plan for Arthur W. Mitchell to second Franklin D. Roosevelt’s nomination was scrapped at the last minute. Governor Henry Horner of Illinois delivered the seconding speech instead to placate Southern opposition led by Senator Ellison D. Smith. Mitchell spoke as a delegate on the state of the union.
John De Witt the New York broker announced the purchase of Swift and Co stockyard holdings for about 10 million dollars. United Stockyards Corp will issue securities next month, ending a fourteen year packers consent decree dispute with the government. Holdings include Milwaukee Sioux City Portland San Francisco Toronto Fort Worth St Paul and Brighton Mass.
Lieutenant Governor Nelson G. Kraschel of Iowa praised the Roosevelt program at the Democratic convention. He cited federal unemployment relief flowing to Iowa and nearby states, noting Iowa balanced its budget without school closings or suspending local government functions in 1933.
President Roosevelt signed the alcohol control measure creating the federal alcohol administration as a separate agency within the treasury department. The act formalizes a new federal agency to oversee liquor policy and enforcement.
Franklin D Roosevelt moves toward a second nomination as Judge John E Mack presents the name at the Democratic convention. Delegates chant support amid banners and protests against Alf Landon, with family and Roosevelt standards visible in the hall.
Washington AP reports executive approval of amendments to farm credit laws keeps the 3.5 percent rate on $2.0 billion of outstanding loans in place for one year. Without action the rate would rise to 4 percent July 1 and then to 4.5 percent later under the prior act.
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