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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1936
Page
3
Local row over refusal to grant licenses sparks voter interest as a test of the Cedar Raunds leadership. The piece notes past unsavory coalitions and questions whether the public will punish the mayor and council for keeping the city cleaner.
The 1936 League of Nations council adjourned after less than an hour, choosing Geneva for the next meeting and signaling faith that nations will settle disputes among themselves. Germany’s Ribbentrop arrived with Hitler’s reply as Europe risks renewed tension.
A 1936 column recalls H. G. Wells Anticipations predicting motor travel by car and truck in 1901 with roads for trucks, airplanes in war, and a looming 1950s world war. The writer fears a dreary future but hopes human factors may avert it.
Mussolini announces the abolition of large private industries and the takeover of major sectors by the government. He frames the move as ending private profits during wartime and pledges further war imminent, arguing state ownership ensures better preparation for future calamities.
Senator Vandenberg urges a resolution to compel Secretary Walace to provide a full list of individuals receiving more than 10000 from the government for complying with AAA crop rules. He cites large outlier payments and questions the fairness of big operators benefiting from federal programs while proposing reform to aid the average producer.
The proposal envisions farmers receiving cash benefits tied to the aggregate tariff cost on 200 items they buy. Benefits would reflect the average family’s consumption, with payments not tied to surrendering rights to federal oversight. It also aims to end large single payments and past injustices like those in Benton county.
Rome AP reports Marshal Pietro Badoglio says the situation is unchanged on both fronts. He notes one plane taking off crashed killing four occupants.
The Senate on Tuesday passed a 205 million dollar agriculture appropriation bill sending it to conference with the House. An extra 39 million was added, largely funded by 10 million for the forest service to acquire timber lands and 10 million for the soil erosion service to study flood and erosion control and develop nursery stock for watersheds.
A twelve member blue ribbon jury was chosen to try Vera Stretz a 31 year old New York University graduate for the murder of her partner German economist Fritz Gebhardt. The selection included alternates and jurors Curtis L. Lee Ferdinand Hoffman Henry Grieme John A Croft Walter Kirk J Howard Ardrey Jr Frank Jackson Philip Halpert Eugene Molyneaux Samuel Tennenbaum Sigmar Saft and Clifford Griebel.
Dublin reports that American speculators claimed a major share of winnings in the Irish sweepstakes tied to the Grand National at Aintree. Of 718 tickets drawn from 52 horses, 325 went to the United States and 246 to Europe, with consolation prizes and large funds distributed among American holders.
Blind Thom as Howard Overton and armless Stanley Kasprzyk plan a joint law career at Chicago Kent. Overton reads notes while Kasprzyk handles books and navigation. in class Overton takes Braille notes and Kasprzyk reads aloud. For exams Kasprzyk relies on a brother to write.
Tommy Touhy, a convicted mail robber once known as Terrible Tommy, was sentenced to 23 years in Leavenworth by Federal Judge Gunnar H Nordbye. He was found guilty on ten counts for his role in the January 3 1933 government mail robbery involving about $78 000.
An elderly Cedar Rapids man approximately 70 years old dived or fell from a 30 foot cliff above the Cedar River dam at Palisades State Park. He swam to shore and left in his dark automobile without giving his name, later obtaining a license number from WPA workers. He was well dressed, sober, and declined to explain how he reached shore.
Judith Pennet faces a moral dilemma between filial devotion and personal happiness as her father serves a prison sentence she believes he did not deserve. Barbara Webb’s romance Good Penny begins in The Gazette with the opening chapters prompting reader choice.
The New Jersey Board of Pardons denied Charles Zeid’s mercy plea, dooming him to die in the electric chair at 8 p.m. next Tuesday, shortly before Hauptmann’s scheduled execution. Dr. John F. Condon offered to meet Gov. Hoffman to discuss the Lindbergh kidnapping case, urging questions in writing. He criticized reports linking him to Hauptmann and suggested officials answer case questions. Counsel C. Lloyd Fisher seeks a second pardon hearing.
Police investigated a midnight break in at 415 M avenue NW Kellogg grocery after glass was found broken. Burglars escaped with 14 dollars in cash and a large supply of groceries including pork and beans loganberries peaches flour apricots kraut pies rolls horseradish salt jello catsup vegetable soup eggs and bread.
March moved through Cedar Rapids with a sharp drop in temperatures. The day started with a 77 degree high at 2:45 p.m., then fell to 62 by evening and 42 by 7 a.m. Tuesday, with 47 at 2:45 p.m. as skies cleared.
Washington AP A house ways and means sub committee will include processing taxes on agricultural and competing products in a report for open hearings on a 792 million dollar tax program. The $221 million yield covers more than thirty products and excludes all starches except corn and rice.
Federal Judge John P. Barnes ruled the Wagner labor relations act unconstitutional and issued a preliminary injunction restraining the National Labor Relations Board from ordering an election among employees at the Bendix Products Corporation plant in South Bend Indiana.
Transcontinental airplanes flew over Iowa City airport without stopping as the Tucker United Airlines dispute escalates. Tucker erected a 24 foot 8 inch pole on his land near the runway, prompting the airline to bypass Iowa City until the pole is removed. City negotiates property to extend the runway away from Tucker’s farm.
A coroner's jury in Gate City Virginia ruled that Rev. E T Wade killed his wife before taking his own life in a locked room Monday. Wade was a well known local preacher who performed many marriages in the community.
The 80,000 ton Queen Mary finished a perilous twenty mile river transit from Clydebank to Greenock aided by five tugs. The ship grounded twice yet remained undamaged and lies at Greenock before a four day voyage to Southampton for fitting.
Dust storms swept into Chicago from the west on Tuesday with heavy clouds reducing visibility. United Airlines pilots reported the densest portion over Waterman Illinois where dust obscured the ground. The wall rose about two miles high and planes flew at 9,000 feet to stay above. By noon visibility was down to a mile and the storm was expected to reach full intensity later Tuesday.
A southwest dust storm moved through western and southern Iowa turning into a brief tornado in Palo Alto and Calhoun counties. Fred Brattmiller Jr and John Rehm reported damaged barns and broken windows but no injuries. Cattle were crushed on the Nutz farm. Des Moines visibility dropped to a half mile as geese circled town lights.
Dust storms sweep through Kansas Missouri and surrounding plains with four deaths from a tornado along a 50 mile path in Missouri. Homes destroyed at Niangua and victims include Ruby Keesling Bert Sell Mrs Jess Elmore and Henry Elmore. Dust storms reach Iowa Des Moines Adair Shenandoah Onawa with high winds clearing the air after gusts.
Three hundred residents of the Central Y M C A showered workers with fire hoses from eight floors after loud drilling in the street. Police urged the drillers to stop and resume daylight work.
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