13 Mar 1936
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1936
Page
1
The item notes the auditor role at Cowles Publications in Spokane, detailing oversight within the media group and its financial governance. The piece emphasizes accountability and corporate structure within the Spokane based press holdings.
A Washington columnist notes Western Union moved Cowles papers telegrams to New York under Senate orders, urging press freedom scrutiny. The piece contrasts this with actions against gov aid programs, and cites echoes of Boston Tea Party concerns and court warnings about constitutional limits.
Friday night talks among Locarno powers neared consensus but Italy refused to impose sanctions on Germany over the Rhineland. France Russia and others urged punitive measures while Italy cited Ethiopia concessions as a precondition for active participation.
Joseph Paul Boncour flew to London with a general staff report on Rhineland troop disposition and air threat to England. He will submit it to Capt. Anthony Eden as France shows support through Premier Sarraut to Foreign Minister Flan din. Titulescu pledged the Little Entente's backing for French decisions.
London reports that Great Britain has rejected France's proposal to impose economic and financial sanctions on Germany. The Locarno powers Britain France Belgium and Italy remain deadlocked as they seek a way forward before the league council consideration.
Paris report states the French war office called the circulating rumor that five military classes would be mobilized over the Rhineland crisis absurd. The denial emphasizes no mobilization order is issued.
The criminal court of appeals affirmed the 25-year penitentiary sentence for Phil Kennamer 20 in the slaying of John F. Gorrell Jr in November 1934. Kennamer, son of Federal Judge Franklin E. Kennamer of Tulsa, has been at liberty on $25 000 bond.
London reports Russia backed France for sanctions on Germany as Locarno powers deadlock over punishment and Rhineland evacuation. Berlin vows no yield after Hitler’s Rhine statement while Paris formalizes a mutual aid pact with Russia and seeks domestic party unity. Moscow calls French ratification a warning to German saber rattlers.
Berlin reports that Germany has 30000 troops in the Rhineland including 11000 state police absorbed into the army after occupation. The force comprises 19 battalions of infantry and 13 of artillery, down from 150000 before the war. A government spokesman jokes about missing figures like the league of Hitler maidens.
The Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee spent two hours with Treasury experts without solving how to tax foreign holders of American stock. Issues include source taxation, possible flat vs graduated rates, corporate reserves, and loopholes. If unresolved, public hearings may wait ten days.
Dr Buck Ruxton a Lancaster physician was found guilty by a Manchester jury of the dismemberment murders of his wife and Miss Mary Jane Rogerson. He received the death sentence and vowed to appeal.
Des Moines AP The state supreme court was pressed to keep the Maley Gagen and Harrison appeals distinct from Taggart and about thirty other Woodbury county graft grand jury defendants. Lou Salinger urged transferring Taggart filings and argued Maley Gagen and Harrison should not be bound to others abstracts.
The House approved a $50,000 appropriation to probe Townsend and related old age pension plans after defeating efforts to limit funding to $10,000. The decision was reported from Washington.
A short essay defines mental health as maintaining an even temper and alert mind with considerate behavior and a happy disposition. It notes real life interrupts balance with illness, mood swings, and social irritability, urging self care through discipline or prayer when needed.
Dr. Alexander Goldenweiser a Reed College sociology professor joined Friday in urging death for hopelessly feeble minded children. The former Columbia lecturer said laws permitting such action are needed from a humanitarian standpoint.
Detroit authorities questioned widow Elizabeth Tyler as they hunt accomplices in a $349000 trust fund shortage amid the suicide of Harry M. Tyler, assistant budget director. Tyler’s body was found with a bullet wound in his Charlevoix and Detroit homes as auditors traced a missing $349000 shortfall from a fund once stated at $420000.
Work began Thursday on a federal road beautification and widening project on Highway 161 from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City with an estimated cost of 75 000 to 100 000 dollars. Iowa State Highway Commission engineer P W Shive cited three benefits including safer curves, lower snow removal costs, and modest beautification, despite local farmer objections in Johnson and Linn counties.
In New York 40 000 striking elevator operators and building workers faced a factional split as employers said they would negotiate with union leaders no longer and invited strikers to apply individually for reinstatement. The move threw peace talks into confusion as union leaders demanded reinstatement of all strikers before arbitration. Real estate spokesmen urged continued use of strike breakers while Ferdinand L. Silcox was named to arbitrate wage issues.
The city council, in a special session, introduced a proposed budget of 1,216,486.09 for 1936 37 led by Finance Commissioner Louis D Burgos. It stays on file for public inspection until final approval on March 28 and matches Thursday's appropriations with two small changes totaling 440. The library fund is 39,000 instead of 39,140 and the sewage rental fund adds 92,560. Last year’s total was 1,145,305.41, with about 33,000 used to retire warrants.
Cedar River resurgence continues with a 9.3 foot crest Friday morning, after the ice gorge release. Commissioner Dave Williams says flood danger remains low and Cedar Rapids may see the crest Saturday forenoon, with sandbags and levee readiness in place.
Eight flood refugees relocated from Riverview addition by the Red Cross are staying in a Waterloo hotel. The move occurred Thursday as part of emergency relief after the Riverview rise.
Edward Bentz, sought in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping, was seized by federal agents after tear gas bombs were used on a New York flat. He was found in a dumbwaiter with firearms. two accomplices had been arrested earlier. Bentz, age 40, allegedly involved in multiple bank robberies and linked to the Weyerhaeuser case, faces questioning.
Chicago report says William Mahan, the nation s top kidnapper, was sighted in a Gary Indiana drug store as an intense hunt by Department of Justice agents and Chicago and northern Indiana police continued for the ex convict who led a $200000 kidnapping of 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser in Tacoma last May 24
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