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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1937
Page
1
The piece surveys quotes from Bertrand Russell on democracy and power, critiques on Supreme Court reform, and notes on British air defense, tax disputes, highway safety, and gas station tax effects. It mentions Sycamore students mixing liquor with punch, Iowa highway patrols, and pension provisions under homestead tax relief.
Mussolini signals possible radical action in the Spanish civil war as Italy refuses to withdraw volunteers and hints at sending regular army divisions to aid the insurgents. The move heightens Anglo-Italian tensions and risks destabilizing Europe as non intervention efforts fracture.
An essay on cranks distinguishes mild, moderate, and perfect cranks. A moderate crank balances a hobby with other interests, while a perfect crank fixes on a single obsession. Cranks, even in excess, drive thought and culture, with prophets often labeled as cranks.
In retaliation for a humiliating Guadalajara defeat insurgent artillery shelled central Madrid with four shells striking Gran Via. Casualty counts were not available. Earlier insurgent air forces conducted two heavy aerial assaults on Madrid and the royalist rear guard in the Guadalajara sector.
Washington AP reports the House tentatively approves appropriations totaling 99,539,250 dollars for the State Justice and Commerce departments for the next fiscal year starting July 1.
The average pension is expected around 19 dollars with about 50,000 Iowans on the pension lists after new funds enable payments to an additional 13,000. Superintendent Barney Allen says funds will still be tight even with added money, delaying the pension process and limiting rapid completion of applications.
Japanese Foreign Minister Naotake Sato told parliament Japan has no plan to resume talks with Soviet Russia on a non aggression pact. Concurrently clashes were reported along the Outer Mongolia Manchukuo border as Moscow continues to back the communist international, a stance the army deems impractical for any pact.
Boston reports that Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a substitute motion to withdraw the resolution after voting 188 to 13 against ratification of the child labor amendment. The committee on constitutional law recommended adverse action and the proposal was killed for this session.
About 150 Pen nant Button employees resumed work in Muscatine after reaching a wage agreement with the company ending a sit down strike that began last Thursday. The exact terms were not disclosed.
Washington AP Tarver of Georgia asks if five international labor agreements sent by the State Department could bypass the Supreme Court ruling against the NRA. Department representatives say the pacts may be treated as treaties or as the basis for domestic legislation, while lawmakers seek funds for the labor office.
Theo Lamin of Stanton county Nebraska sold 18 head of prime Hereford steers on the Omaha market for 15.50 per hundredweight, the highest steer price here since December 1929. The cattle averaged 1324 pounds.
The Agriculture Department forecast higher prices for slaughter cattle in 1936 with nearly all grades rising. Beef cattle prices have climbed since last June and this month are nearly as high as in spring 1935, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Argentina's government released the final estimate for the 1936 37 corn crop area at 6,494,000 hectares or 16,046,674 acres, down 1,136,000 hectares or 2,807,056 acres from last year, a 14.9 percent decrease.
O Burton Gavig of Clear Lake Iowa a grocer shot his wife to death February 26 and was held to the April term of district court without bail on first degree murder charges.
The Iowa Senate voted 27 to 17 to probe the acts and conduct of Harry C. White as a board of control member. Sen. Mason led the push, aiming at White and the juvenile department, with a six member committee to hear evidence and report findings.
The cutter Chelan relieved all 16 crew members from the sinking Norwegian freighter Bjerkl 235 feet, position 39 37 N 57 45 W about 500 miles east of Boston. Rough seas and northwest gales hampered efforts as other ships stood by the distressed vessel after a sitdown strike by seven crew members at Norfolk last week.
Des Moines law enforcement is called the poorest in Iowa by Rep C G Johnson of Marathon on the house floor. He criticizes gambling and vice conditions as worse than two years ago and urges Des Moines residents to wake up to what he views as law breaking leadership.
Former Roosevelt adviser Raymond Moley told the Senate judiciary committee that the court bill would abandon the American method of achieving social and economic change through public persuasion and constitutional process. He warned the proposal could threaten institutional continuity and future progress, favoring amendment instead.
A geology class under Frank Gunnell prospecting near Mercer Utah discovers ore promising as rich as the Hidden Treasure mine valued at two million dollars. The find suggests significant potential within ten miles of Mercer.
Gov. Frank Murphy will submit three specific plans for settling the Chrysler strike when John L. Lewis and Walter P. Chrysler meet him in Lansing. The moves follow a Face-to-face conference aimed at resolving a dispute affecting about 60,000 workers and $50 million in property. Lewis hinted at possible coercive pressure while Chrysler and Lewis hurried to Lansing with conditions attached to attend. Murphy remains hopeful despite duress claims and ongoing plant disputes.
By unanimous decision the New York Court of Appeals recognizes Frances Peaches Browning Hines as the lawful widow of Edward Daddy Browning. The ruling clears the path for dower rights in the Browning estate, estimated between 4 and 9 million dollars, benefiting Mrs Hines.
Germany protests Pope Pius XII encyclical accusing Reich of breaching the Vatican concordat. Foreign Minister von Neurath delivers note to Papal nuncio as Berlin warns of possible break in relations. Berlin police raid Catholic bishop Count von Preysing’s chancellery amid a broader Vatican clash.
In Michigan a tense clash erupted as about 50 striking workers armed with blackjacks attacked a 4,000 member nonunion gathering at Roth's barn near Van Dyck. Police and crowd violence followed with estimates of injured from several to up to 100. Homer Martin denounced the U S Supreme Court, backing Roosevelt court revision, as thousands watched the confrontation unfold in Cadilelac Square.
Washington (UP) warns world wheat prices should stay high through the next 12 months due to below normal carryover stocks. If another small world or European crop occurs, prices are likely to average higher than last year. U.S. yield projected at 860 million bushels with spring and winter crops totaling about 860 million combined, possibly limiting export significance.
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