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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1936
Page
6
London report says the new king cuts red tape and updates royal etiquette. Officials may abandon knee length frock coats for cutaway jackets or morning skirts, aiming for a modern, efficient court run like a business.
In Houston a building permit clerk named Imber was cited for twelve miles per hour in the business district. He pleaded guilty and received a fifty dollar fine in court, a tale recalling old speed trap days from twenty years ago.
For 25 years Zemo has brought relief to millions with rare ingredients that cool and soothe itching from eczema pimples rashes ringworm and similar irritations. Tested and approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau No A. Sold by druggists at 35¢ 60¢ or $1.
William C. Loeffler president of Stickney Illinois suburb was acquitted by a criminal court jury of malfeasance charges. The state claimed he allowed gambling taxi dancing and houses of ill repute with Capone ties. Prosecutors said Ralph Capone financed resorts in Stickney to push a rackets comeback. Loeffler denied guilt calling it a frameup and perjury. The trial focused on conditions in taxi halls and resorts in the suburb.
In Kansas City an onlookers crowd gathered as two cars collided at a downtown intersection after a driver ran a red light. Police pulled two passengers from the wreckage while an ambulance carried away two motorists. The scene was staged for a police safety film.
Halsey Stuart and company of Chicago won the bid for 653000 dollars in primary road refunding bonds at 2 percent interest. The bid includes 3401 dollars in interest.
An outline of the New Deal speaking assignments assigned to cabinet members is presented. Hull targets foreign trade and neutrality. Morgenthau markets debt and dollar reform. Wallace champions farm voters. Dern focuses on military modernization. Roper critiques administration efficiency. Perkins promotes women and social welfare with Ed McGrady handling technical labor issues.
Secretary Ickes is slated to address Republican rallies and Women’s Christian Temperance Union conventions to argue repeal aided prosperity and temperance. He faces a tough assignment but must perform publicly. Secretary Swanson is unlikely to give speeches, with the President shielding him from overwork due to his value to the Navy.
Farley will run a heavy pre convention stump program and then delegate speaking duties while concentrating on campaigning. The official spokesman notes his chief role is to cool party tensions in the Democratic machine provinces as Attorney General Cummings questions crime and G men.
A dense listing of evening and morning radio programs across NBC CBS networks. It covers times from 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM with performers such as Gould and Shefter Kate Smith Fred Waring Wayne King and Benny Goodman, plus numerous orchestras and talks across WEAF WJZ WMAQ WHOW WABC and more.
The Iowa Automobile Dealers Association replaces the Iowa Automotive Merchants association and will serve only motor vehicle dealers. C. A. Morris of Waterloo becomes president as delegates abolish the 15 member board and create a county representative board. Ray H. Allen of Cedar Rapids is re elected vice president and A. B. Chambers of Des Moines is re elected treasurer. Walter Ferrell of Des Moines remains secretary manager.
Des Moines AP Richard Tillson a 24 year old Negro known as the slugger received a 10 year sentence in Anamosa reformatory. Tillson pled guilty to breaking and entering the apartment of Mary Yarkoskey and stealing a purse containing 10 dollars on January 27. Police say Tillson confessed grabbing purses of six women.
Two charges of larceny from a person against the Negro were dismissed at the county attorney's recommendation.
Twelve members of Arlington high school's home making class with instructor Miss Iva Plumb visited The Gazette plant Monday afternoon to watch the final edition produced. They also toured Hutchinson Ice Cream Kilian's Wilson and Company Colonial Bakery and the Quaker Oats plant in the same afternoon.
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill that would have granted a $30 tax refund to W. W. Cook of Pella Iowa. The refund related to two brokers' special tax stamps and came after the statute of limitations had expired. The measure was introduced by Senator Dickinson.
George E. Miller of Harlan Iowa was sworn in Monday as United States marshal for the southern district of Iowa in Des Moines.
Miller, a Democrat and former state representative and speaker of the house in the 45th general assembly, succeeds Fred S. Hird who was appointed in 1928 to the federal court district.
Brooklyn internal revenue collector Almon G. Rasquin opened a letter to find a check for 1 253 773.40 dollars, a gift tax payment from a Nassau County woman. He noted the sum suggests she had given away about 3 000 000 dollars in gifts.
A historical report states that in Arabia divorce may be granted on the basis of a wife’s failure to bear a son. Legal and social implications are noted as part of family law discussions.
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