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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1936
Page
14
The report covers Morgenthau deficit projections and deficit totals, a Senate finance hearing on a large inflation bill, and warnings about political dictation in Europe. It mentions Haile Selassie and Ethiopia, WPA politics in Pennsylvania, and investigations into Townsend funds amid insider profit claims.
The House approved a $539 million 1937 Navy measure sending it to the Senate. It funds 84 warships, 12 destroyers, six submarines, and 333 aircraft, with authorization to start two 35,000 ton battleships if other nations build. The battleship clause sparked a clash led by Rep. Marcantonio who argued against imperial arms buildup.
Alvin Karpis America's public enemy number one was captured at Canal Street apartment in New Orleans by a 20 agent raid. No shots were fired. J Edgar Hoover led the operation and supervised the roundup. Fred Barker and other gang members linked to the Barker Karpis group were pursued with rewards totaling seven thousand dollars.
Rollins Hosiery Mills Des Moines officers receive 1935 salaries of John H. Brine president 21600 W Mewse vice president 15000 C H Swindell plant superintendent 8400. Household Finance Corp Chicago officers listed include B E Henderson president 79118 Fred Heuttmann treasurer 30603 Arthur R Dana vice president 33716.
Essay discusses the universal rhythm of mood and thought, compares mind cycles to tides, and notes ebb and flow in creativity, faith, and relationships. It cites Joseph Conrad as an example of fleeting genius and urges adapting to life’s variable tides across temperament and events.
Five gunmen robbed a Detroit Savings Bank branch about 11 am taking $50,000 and wounding a 31 year old woman, Iva Hershey. Police chased the getaway car on the Detroit Monroe Toledo road and reported the five bandits cornered and to be captured within hours.
Farmers may shift to novel crops and products as inflation fears rise. Real estate leader George Huffman argues land is safest hedge, noting rising farm values and renewed confidence. He cites 1935 farm sales data and predicts continued agricultural restructuring and investment.
Fire crews responded to a Friday blast at the Melrose dairy on Center Point road NE. A boiler exploded wrecking the building, landing about fifty feet away with no injuries or fire after the event. The cause was not determined and the dairy is operated by Clarence Hickey.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan moves toward the Republican presidential nomination by asking Governor Fitzgerald to sponsor his address at the Cleveland convention. Fitzgerald will deliver the nominating speech, while Vandenberg downplays active candidacy despite prior endorsements and talk of a possible convention deadlock.
Monsignor John C. Stuart, former president of Columbia College Dubuque and longtime St. Patrick's rector, died of heart pain Friday at 3 p m while visiting Father McNamara in Lycurgus. He was born in Dubuque and educated at Columbia College class of 1895.
William Hamm Jr. and Edward G. Bremer, abducted by the Barker Karpis gang in two sensational cases, had no comment Friday night when notified that Alvin Karpis had been captured.
Addis Ababa reports say Emperor Haile Selassie vowed to resist to the death the advancing Italian armies, even as he ordered abandonment of the capital. He urged able-bodied citizens to march north with five days of provisions and named Ras Geta to lead the defense, with a fallback plan if the city falls.
Rome reports a fever pitch of excitement as Italians await a possible announcement on the fall of Addis Ababa and the end of seven months of campaign in Ethiopia. Officials again release slow progress updates, yet public hope remains high that decisive action has occurred.
Rome dispatches say one motorized column passed Ankober toward the Ethiopian capital while another was eight to twenty miles from its objective. Official word denied Addis Ababa had fallen as Emperor Haile Selassie plans to transfer his government. Heavy southern rains slow Ras Nassiba's troops as Graziani’s engineers bridge the Giarer river to seal off Ethiopia.
Washington AP reports Harper Sibley of Rochester New York a large scale farmer and banker was re elected president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States Thursday.
Alvin Karpis, captured in New Orleans, is named by the government as one of the actual kidnappers in the William Ham a Jr and Edward Bremer cases. The gang carried out the famed northwest crimes with Arthur Barker and Fred Barker among its members.
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