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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1937
Page
1
The piece argues for strict penalties for drunken drivers, cites recent Texas and Iowa moves to toughen highway safety, warns against undermining courts, critiques state legislators on fiscal policy, and notes a Marine recruiting ad amid broader national debates on law and order.
The Sunday Referee reported Scotland Yard seized a suspect and questioned him after a raid in a London suburb uncovered a throwing knife wrapped with a coronation route map. Detectives also found over 100 clippings detailing the procession and timing. The Yard declined comment as inquiries spread across London.
Minneapolis police seek the killer of Laura Kruse an 18 year old beauty student found slain behind a vacant house near her home. Investigators described blunt force injuries and neck marks while noting corduroy cloth and an auto license fragment as the limited clues guiding the probe.
In Overton near New London Texas an alert spread at Red Cross HQ that W C Shaw the superintendent of the destroyed school was dead. The report proved false and Shaw was in good health at home though shaken by the tragedy that claimed many students and teachers.
New York reports Wesley M Coates a 35 year old physicist at Columbia University medical center Crocker laboratories was accidentally electrocuted Saturday while working at his station. He was known for his work in physics and had published several papers.
A columnist recalls a three story life view and shares reader letters about marriages broken by infidelity, dope, drink, brutality and other ills. Twenty cases show breakdowns after long suffering, with most spouses remarrying. three hesitation cases remain ongoing.
Homer Martin of the United Auto Workers of America warns of a citywide automobile plant shutdown and a Cadillac Square protest after Detroit police eject sitdown strikers from Newton Packing and Bernard Schwartz Cigar works. Six injured in rioting as 75 women are removed. eight Chrysler plants remain defiant. Governor Murphy urged to avert bloodshed while sheriff enforces warrants.
Opposing sides in the Chrysler strike exchanged verbal blows Saturday as mediators worked to broker peace in the nation’s largest labor dispute. Chrysler president K. T. Keller labeled a “lawless element” in remarks noted by the Associated Press.
Earhart plans to break Wiley Post's around the world speed record after repairs to her plane. She and navigators Capt. Harry Manning and Fred Noonan escaped injury when a tire blew during takeoff from Lakefront for Howland Island on the second leg. The Malolo carried her crew back to Oakland where husband George Putnam waited. The damaged craft will be shipped to Burbank for repairs. Manning and Noonan praised her judgment and control.
Premier Mussolini opened the Tunis end of the trans Libyan highway and ceremoniously raised the Italian flag on a monument at the Libyan frontier marking another milestone in Italy’s imperial program.
A collage of brief items highlights Reading features and local life in Cedar Rapids. Notes touch on secretaries opinions, men clubs, literary dinners, a famous couple editing a national magazine, cat debates, and odd local stories across pages and sections.
U S Senator Frederick Van Nuys calls on President Roosevelt and Congress to condemn sitdown strikes, arguing a firm stand would end the wave within forty eight hours. Senator J Hamilton Lewis ponders a leadership conference to craft broader presidential powers if Detroit crisis persists.
An empty wallet found near Navy pier end 150 feet from the shoreline ties police to missing Chicago investment counselor Joseph Retz Ramser 35. It held his license card notes and two photos but no cash, prompting thoughts of a robbery or foul play as associates confirm his routine carrying of 50 to 150 dollars.
London report in the Practitioner magazine argues indigestion often stems from psychological factors rather than stomach faults, advising patients to consider stress and anxiety as possible contributors.
In London Texas a grief soaked town begins burying five children from Hasbrook Willis Ragsdale Lambert and Stearns families. At Old London Baptist church mourners hear brief sermons as five funerals are staged in delivery trucks and hearses due to limited space. Traffic officers request families only at Pleasant Hill cemetery four miles away. Remaining services planned for afternoon and evening as town grieves.
Extracts from a 100 page diary recount secret meetings at Venezia palace between the 29 year old French correspondent and Benito Mussolini. entries name Dino Alfieri linking to Mussolini while bitterly referencing Count de Chambrun, Paris La Liberte, and possible scandal.
AP reports a mixed March forecast for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Precipitation expected at the week’s start, fair weather midweek, and another shower near the end. Temperatures near or below normal.
Dr. William Eustice testified that Quin O Brien 66 planned an early Feb 3 ceremony with Marguerite Eustice 32 and Brubaker 62 who aided the couple. The groom appeared excited and denied plans to marry. the bride was not present and is alleged to be an expectant mother amid kidnapping charges against Miss Eustice and others.
A.J. Belew of Dallas testified before a military board that the New London school board neglected safety standards that might have prevented the gas explosion. He claimed his firm offered nonporous vents and warned about wet gas, while the board disputed his qualifications.
Berlin dispatch says Chancellor Adolf Hitler demanded hourly bulletins on the New London Texas school disaster. He dictated a telegram of condolence to President Roosevelt Friday after learning of the tragedy.
Eleven year old William L McFann, son of Mr and Mrs William E McFann of 1837 avenue NE, captured first prize of 50 dollars in Cedar Rapids Real Estate board Miniature House contest at the Better Homes Show and Appliance exhibit in Memorial auditorium. The display runs Sunday 2 to 10 pm with prizes totaling 150 dollars awarded by judge Missy Evelyn Cone interior decorator and draftsman.
New London Texas reports two deaths linked to a schoolhouse blast though the victims were not at the site. Alma Stroud 40 sought her missing daughter Helen 16 at the scene and died of a heart attack in a morgue. George L Hardy 63, from Arp, rushed to New London and died of shock.
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