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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1937
Page
1
Cries to revise specifications arise after a federal grant covers Cedar Rapids jail costs $35,000 above estimates. Officials pursue larger federal aid via Des Moines while warning the chance of success is slim.
British law historians warned that Wallis Warfield Simpson's 1927 U S divorce from Earl Winfield Spencer may be invalid under Britain s rules. If challenged in British courts the marriage to former King Edward VIII could face issues prompting potential special legislation. The context touches on Registry cautions and possible effects on royal status.
Albert Payson Terhune tells of a rich boy in ancient Pompeii whose giant dog saves him from fire drowning and robbers. The bond ends as the city sinks with both bodies found, side by side, inspiring questions about devotion and the animal soul.
J A Phillips, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, announced that joint notices requesting a 20 per cent raise were served Monday on all railroad companies. The action, formal notification of a recently made decision, was signed by executives of the conductors engineers firemen train men and switchmen brotherhoods.
The Roosevelt court enlargement plan faces opposition as witnesses testify against adding six justices. Senate hearings feature a Hughes letter critique while the high court declines to appear for questioning, and a Wilsonian quotation frames the debate.
The Iowa State Board of Education, led by 80 year old president George T. Baker, warns the 1935-37 budget is insufficient to maintain educational operations. He notes heavy cuts, lost professors at Iowa City University, Iowa State Ames, and Iowa State Teachers College, and argues for a larger appropriation than $230,000 to properly run the university.
Radio Marine reported the small Norwegian freighter Bjerks was in distress in the Atlantic about 600 miles due east of Boston. The alert was issued Monday night and details of the vessel’s condition were not immediately available.
Chief Justice Hughes tells the senate judiciary committee that increasing the number of Supreme Court justices would not improve efficiency and would impair unitary decision making. Senator Wheeler opposes the Roosevelt plan, arguing it is a stopgap and could erode liberal principles.
In Muscatine the Pennant Button company sit down strikers fortified the plant with chairs stoves and groceries overnight. About 100 employees remain out demanding a 15 percent wage increase after rejecting a 5 percent offer. Hawkeye Button workers returned to work after a wage increase was granted and other smaller plant disputes were reportedly settled.
John Hessin Clarke former associate justice of the U S Supreme Court says the President's judiciary reform proposal is constitutional and within Congress powers. He argues for considering early contem poraneous constitutional construction by legislative and executive branches and notes Congress has long set the court's size in history. Continued on Page 2 Column 6.
Witnesses at a Des Moines committee hearing urged a two year moratorium on truck legislation until a federal traffic survey is completed. Opponents fought tax bills to raise funds for the farm to market road program. Fred White proposed a ten mile tax while Lew E. Wallace backed flat-weight tax with some trucking support. J M Brockway for the Hog Haulers Association challenged White’s claim trucks don’t pay their share. W J Wasson of Brooklyn also spoke.
Secretary Wallace told the Virginia Farm Bureau that Supreme Court rulings hindered Roosevelt era plans to add safeguards for agriculture labor and industry. He advocated adding younger justices to align court decisions with public sentiment and enable policy progress. The remarks were broadcast after the Virginia Farm Bureau meeting.
AMES AP Dr W A Craft, senior animal husbandryman in charge of swine investigations for the bureau of animal industry, United States department of agriculture, has been named director of the new swine breeding laboratory here, it was learned from reliable authorities.
Congressional leaders from both parties pressed President Roosevelt to declare a public plan of action on the Detroit sitdown strikes. Senators Copeland Steiner Nye Holt urged a direct presidential statement, noting delay worsens the crisis and touting a fireside radio address as a possibility.
President Roosevelt offered no comment at recent press conferences on the spread of sitdown strikes led by John L. Lewis. Observers say he avoids criticizing labor while seeking corporate support for national labor policy. Friends frame sitdowns as a local police issue, not federal.
Premier Mussolini ready to declare a proposal to pull all foreign soldiers from Spain. He reportedly seeks Russia to withdraw support from Madrid and comply with non intervention agreements before the move.
United Automobile Workers president Homer Martin accuses Chrysler of blacklisting labor espionage and hiding records from the La Follette committee. He threatens a general Detroit strike unless sitdown protesters are removed, excluding GM and Ford due to existing contracts.
Francis M. Miller attorney for Madison Square Garden filed suit in circuit court to stop James J. Braddock from fighting Joe Louis in Chicago on June 12. Judge H F Atkinson set April 5 to show cause for a temporary injunction and directed service of papers on Braddock. An earlier story is on the sports page.
Iowa House and Senate move through motor vehicle regulatory bills with a Tuesday final vote anticipated. House rejects a plan to place highway regulation in a separate bureau and sets patrol salary at 125 dollars monthly. Senate approves a bill giving the state planning board official status with amendments limiting executive council facilities.
Military board finds natural gas in basement ignited by a spark caused a blast that destroyed the New London High School. Cause centered on a 6.5 percent gas-air mixture from 72 pipes feeding radiators, with tapping of Parade Gas lines by the school district.
Ray Woods, a professional stunt man, leaped from a point about 266 feet above the water on the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge and suffered a broken back. A passing launch named the Buster rescued him and took him to Harbor Emergency hospital for treatment.
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