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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1936
Page
1
The current report shows 4 835 votes cast from 21 of 23 precincts by 2 PM out of an expected 30 000, with a warning that turnout must rise by 8 PM. The piece notes rising citizenship questions and reports 44 000 000 Germans voted yes for Hitler amid ballot irregularities and forced X marks.
The excerpt criticizes Rexford Guy Tugwell as under secretary of agriculture whose influence extends through the administration. It likens his philosophy to Nazi aims and laments political interference in justice, mentioning the Lindbergh kidnapping case and confessions from a crooked agent and a disbarred attorney in Tren ton.
The Supreme Court denied Burco Inc. a quick ruling on whether the Public Utility Holding Company Act is constitutional in the American Public Service case. The same day the court refused to overturn New York custody rulings, leaving Gloria Vanderbilt in her aunt’s custody with limited visit rights for the mother. In a separate ruling the court found the Sugar Institute of America violated the Sherman Act by price fixing, signaling broad impact on major sugar refiners and post NRA business conduct.
Citizens who had not voted were visited by troopers who urged polling. The reichsfuehrer claimed near total approval with 98.79 percent of 44,954,937 votes from a total electorate of 45,031,102. The piece contrasts with nations where voters can openly oppose officials. It notes past deception in 1932.
IRS Commissioner Guy T. Helvering tells the House Ways and Means Committee that revision of the tax bill lacks sufficient temporary revenues. He urges no income tax rate hikes until major tax evasion and avoidance are removed, questioning whether political leaders' campaign fund contributions are properly accounted.
The column voices sympathy for Dr. Francis E Townsend amid his pension plan proposal. It notes his evident sincerity and belief that his solution could address many social and economic problems, though some question its feasibility.
Pauline Farnbaugh Schwab, mother of industrialist Charles M. Schwab, died at her Lorett o Pennsylvania home Monday at age 93.
Flying Cadet Charles E. Kramer 23 of Selfridge field died when his pursuit plane crashed during a solo training flight two miles north of New Baltimore. His home is listed as Fulton Kentucky.
Testimony to a congressional investigating committee by Robert E. Clements, former secretary treasurer, convinces the aged Californian crusader to start over with a new board of directors. State area managers reportedly earned up to 2500 dollars monthly from Townsend clubs, a fact heard as sounding rackety.
A reader recalls a church notice about an annual Strawberry Festival with $1.50 tickets and prunes served instead. The piece muses on choosing substitutes in life, cites Izaak Walton and Eugene Field, and notes Hans Christian Andersen’s enduring fairy tales.
President Roosevelt warned congressional leaders against enacting new appropriations without immediate revenue to cover them. The delay blocks speedy passage of the 296 million dollar Wilson Copeland flood control bill as leaders await his Florida vacation. Senator Copeland expects the President to favor the measure, noting about 100 million dollars will be needed next year.
Linn county residents and organizations contributed to flood relief totaling 1800 dollars. An extra 400 dollars was sent to Red Cross in St. Louis by Metta A. Burd. Recent gifts include 10 from Peoples church attendees 15 from Baker Paper company workers 5 from Woman's Labor Bureau No. 17 and 1.18 from 80 Franklin school children.
Washington dispatch reports Dr Francis E Townsend moving to overhaul the pension organization amid a congressional probe. A new board of directors and revised commissions for state area managers are planned as auditors examine millions in receipts from dues and fees. Townsend arrived in Washington to direct national offices after recent resignations and travels to New York to confer with eastern region officials.
Dr Francis E Townsend, linked to the old age pension movement, told the Evening Sun that some workers had dipped into the main funds out of necessity. He denied a giant plan of robbery, saying commissions were insufficient for living needs and misconduct was due to circumstance.
Corporal Walter O. Gipson, 39, a 15 year Army veteran with Company I of the 31st Infantry, shot himself in Manila on Monday. The reasons for the act are not known. He was the son of Mrs. Minnia Gipson of Monette, Arkansas.
Vera Stretz plans to plead self defense in the murder of Dr. Fritz Gebhardt, a wealthy lover. Attorney Samuel Leibowitz said Gebhardt summoned her to his quarters on November 12 to demonstrate an electric heating pad, and he attacked her, prompting a fatal shot.
Police report from Hot Springs Arkansas says federal agents swept a farm house near the city with tear and flare gas and fire setting, taking a man and a woman away by car. Officials dispute details but airport records suggested two or three captives, including Alvin Karpis, may have been seized.
Federal agents in St Paul said they had heard nothing Monday about a Hot Springs Arkansas arrest tied to the Ed ward Bremer kidnapping. Records show Alvin Karpis used the alias Hunter for hideouts and trials involving the case.
Louis Beesel, 52, was arrested in Milwaukee for failing to shovel snow from his sidewalk. Immigration officials then learned of two prior larceny convictions and ordered deportation.
The Gazette will publish an extra tonight once complete precinct returns are received and compiled. Returns will be relayed from city hall to the Gazette office as soon as available and charted for quick publication. Get a Gazette extra for complete results.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Guy T. Helvering told the House Ways and Means Committee that sub committee revisions leave the tax bill short of the President's revenue goals by about 345 million over three years. He urged additional temporary revenue sources to align the measure with the President's budget recommendations. The plan would raise 799 million in year one from a tax on undistributed corporate profits.
Cedar Rapids reports 4 835 votes by 2 p.m. in 21 of 23 precincts doubling prior primary turnout. Heaviest in precinct 12 with 344 and precinct 15 with 335. Polls close at 8 p.m. Total registered voters reach 30 098 with 29 566 at last primary and 29 071 at prior state election.
Investigators say Isidor Fisch and three associates visited Cuba in fall 1932 near the Lindbergh kidnapping to seek a farm near Artemisa. Robert Hicks presented Cuban police documents and a letter from Fisch about distributing marked currency. Hicks plans further Cuba inquiry for Hauptmann clemency hearing.
True bills charging four youths with killing Dr Silber C Peacock were voted by the Cook county grand jury. The defendants Robert Goethe Durland Nash Emil Beck aged 19 and Michael Livingston 17 confessed to killing Peacock on January 2 during a robbing attempt after he answered a call for help for a sick child.
New Jersey Governor Hoffman received a new government expert report challenging the contention that Rail 16 in the Lindbergh kidnapping ladder came from Hauptmann attic floor planks. Roy Knabenshue, a wood expert for Interior, said he forwarded a report supporting Arch W. Loney of the PWA in asserting the rail wood did not originate from Hauptmann attic.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's aged mother cast an early vote in the Reichstag election, expressing confidence her son would not die Tuesday night despite his kidnapping conviction.
City records show road toll figures for Cedar Rapids in 1936 with counts of accidents and injuries listed. The fragment notes unclear totals and mentions casualties without complete data.
Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck Jr. of Hunterdon County, who led Hauptmann prosecution, collapsed in the Jersey City court of pardons conference room while arguing against clemency for the Lindbergh baby killer. A physician was summoned.
In Trenton New Jersey a state police representative appeared before the court of pardons as Arthur J Koehler a federal wood expert testified Hauptmann built the Lindbergh kidnap ladder.
A New Jersey pardon court debates Hauptmanns mercy plea as Gov Hoffman seeks a parole in death to delay and allow time for new evidence. aides predict the court may grant a stay with no permanent commitment and no objection from the attorney general.
Seven New Jersey pardon officials weigh the death sentence for Bruno Hauptmann as they consider new evidence and alleged confessions by Paul Wendel and Gaston Means. Hauptmann awaits in cell 9, with his wife Anna possibly delivering the court's decision to the state prison. The session opened at 11 15 a m behind doors rarely opened, as prosecutors defend the trial’s evidence and continue to pursue the condemned man’s fate.
In New Kensington Pennsylvania three blue eyed triplet girls named A B and C arrived two months premature due to the flood. They were born to 21 year old Iona Hughes and were rushed to New Kensington hospital by Dr H M Welsh in a clothes basket.
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