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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1936
Page
2
The Senate finance committee completed eight days of open hearings on the administration’s 803 million tax bill with broad opposition. Only Henry Morgenthau Jr and treasury heads testified. no changes were made and the panel recessed until Monday for possible revision plans.
Postal inspectors say a dozen suspects were arrested in a long running bond theft ring active in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Colorado over five years. Oliver P. Arnold vice president of the Denver National Bank acted as a fence for stolen bonds. Others named include Elmer F. Prower O G McClellan Ralph A. Clifton Harold P. Kennedy John McBride Harold Bailey John Edwards Winston Walker and Jack Segar with more arrests anticipated. The scheme involved forging keys to mail pouches robbing railroad depots and transporting bonds to Denver for disposal.
Lydia Montgomery has been appointed state nutrition adviser and will begin duties in Des Moines on May 18. Formerly a Linn county relief department home nutrition consultant and a state relief office nutrition division field worker, she succeeds Lola B. Schmidt, who moves to rural resettlement work in Urbana Illinois. Montgomery, a Fairfield resident, is a Parsons College graduate with graduate work at Iowa State College and a internship at a Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
The headless body of a young woman was found in the Ohio River about sixteen miles east of Portsmouth Ohio. Coroner R M Gault said she may have been slain with three knife wounds in the neck. The scarf with initials E H was the only ID clue. Authorities link the case to a missing Olive Hill Kentucky girl. The victim appeared about 20 and may have been a dancer based on shoe plates.
Several foreign legations including the American asked the Italian high command for armed guards to protect legation property from rioters. Marshal Badoglio sent troops with orders to clear armed bands in the legation district. The German minister officially appealed to Badoglio, signaling recognition of Italy's colonial role. Italian soldiers began wiring telephone lines to link military HQs.
Houston champions, three time national titleholders, opened the National Volleyball Open in Davenport. They defeated Pasadena 15-10 15-7 as play continued Friday night and Saturday with other results including Duncan Y of Chicago beating Waukesha and Ann Arbor.
Born to Mr and Mrs Robert Loughmiller of Ponca City Oklahoma a son on May 5 Mrs Loughmiller formerly Miss Marian Sturtz of Elmhurst drive NE Mr Loughmiller formerly managed Montgomery Ward and company store here and now holds a similar position in Ponca City Mr and Mrs Ray Grime of Marion are the parents of a daughter Alta Joan born May 7.
The governor insisted on keeping tax investigation data within official channels. He rejected sharing with private individuals such as Ray Coutts and urged confidential handling to curb snooping. Officials aim to boost moneys and credits tax collections from about 2 million to 6 million annually.
King Farouk I, aged 16, opened his reign in Cairo by asking Parliament to reduce the privy purse from 750000 to 500000 dollars annually for the good of the country. He will rule under a regency until age 18 as Parliament adjourned briefly after mourning King Fuad.
Louis Piquett a former city prosecutor and alleged Dillinger mouthpiece will begin a two year sentence at Leavenworth Friday night after a $10000 fine for harboring Homer Van Meter the Dillinger gunman who was killed by police.
Philip Hockenbury age 66, one of the jurors who convicted Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh baby case, was fatally struck by a train in High Bridge New Jersey. Officials report he stepped from behind one locomotive into the path of another. he was the second Hauptmann juror to die after Liscom Case who died in February from a heart ailment.
Federal agents move prisoner Mahan by air from San Francisco to Tacoma under tight security. Bond set at 200000 dollars. Mahan faces life or death consequences depending on whether he is charged federally or state side.
Hoover denounces police inspectors for refusing to cooperate with FBI agents in a nationwide crackdown on outlaws. He highlights the capture of Alvin Karpis in New Orleans, Campbell and Cokar in Toledo, and William Mahan in San Francisco, noting no shots were fired and substantial ransom funds linked to the Weyerhaeuser case.
The Post Office Department issued a fraud order Friday blocking the mails to nearly 100 individuals and firms in Dublin Honolulu Cuba Paris Manila Monaco and Bermuda. Those named were charged with selling lottery and sweepstakes tickets in violation of U S postal law.
John Miller, 41, of Cedar Rapids, received a six month county jail term from Judge H. C. Ring after a liquor possession conviction. He may be released after sixty days for good behavior and by leaving the state. Miller was arrested with Lester Ruka in a March 27 raid at 423 K avenue NW. Ruka’s liquor charge was dismissed and Miller’s assault charge was dropped on state motion. Miller had prior liquor conviction in 1926.
After eight hours deliberation a district court jury found for the defendant on a counterclaim in a 906.16 suit by Thomas J. McGivern against Millie Drummey. The jury awarded 698.74 to the defendant. Trial before Judge John T. Moffit concluded the March term. The dispute concerns McGivern's occupancy with a meat market part of a grocery store at 317 Center Point Road NE.
The will of Jesse M. Smith who died December 9 1935 was admitted to probate in district court on Thursday by Judge H C Ring. The testator left $100 to St Luke's hospital for White Cross work and named beneficiaries L A Collier K C Smith Paul H Smith Jane Joy Smith George R Smith and Bruce M Smith. W Stoddard was appointed administrator with the will annexed. The will dated April 1 1931.
Judge H. C. Ring overruled plaintiffs motions to strike petitions of intervention in three actions against Larimer and Shafer Inc now in receivership. Plaintiffs American Trust and Savings Bank Charter Mortgage and Property Mortgage and C Paulson doing business as Paulson Electrical Construction seek abatement pending receivership claims.
Judge A B Clark grants Donald Atherton aged 33 a divorce from Mildred Atherton aged 31 on cruelty grounds. They married August 9 1926. Property rights settled. Mildred awarded custody of two children and support money under a stipulation.
Otto Sikora as administrator of the Florence A. Foley Young estate sued the Prudential Insurance Company of America for $1,000 on two life insurance policies. The case was dismissed in district court before Judge A. B. Clark by stipulation.
In district court Judge H. C. Ring dismissed by state motion a charge of illegal possession of liquor against Pete Karras. Karras pled not guilty January 14. Judge A. B. Clark granted Lucile Adrian a divorce from W. C. Adrian on cruel and inhuman treatment. they were married April 29.
Judge F O Ellison overrules descendants motion to set aside a default and judgment in favor of L Shoemaker as assignee. Returned March 4 the account suit against William J Leaven and Julia F Leaven results in a judgment of 295.44 dollars.
Financial declines deepen in Paris as Bank of France falls to 5200, a 500 point drop and war period lows. Bank shares opened at 5010, slid 690 points, then steadied with bonds calm and industrials up marginally. Gold stocks suffered heavy selling amid continued gold withdrawals. A liner sailed from Cherbourg carrying about 9.5 million dollars to New York banks.
The Paris stock exchange suspended all future foreign exchange dealings to curb a rush from the franc as fears rise of early devaluation and a market upset when the popular front chamber of deputies assumes office on June 1.
The Democratic bloc urges immediate curbs on appropriations to balance the budget and prevent impairing national credit. May argues for stopping unnecessary expenditures while preserving a contingency fund. Thurston calls for state relief transfer and local control with partial state contributions.
Linn county sheriff James H. Smith and staff patrolled Highways 161 and 149 south of Cedar Rapids as detectives followed a broadcast about four armed suspects two men and two women in a Chevrolet sedan with Illinois plates seen in Ottumwa and heading north toward Cedar Rapids.
Rep. Marion Zioncheck of Washington and his bride arrived in San Juan Porto Rico by air on Friday morning for their honeymoon. They planned to stay briefly while he said he wanted to look around a while.
Washington AP reports authoritative sources say AAA Administrator Chester C. Davis will not resume active direction of the soil conservation farm program after his European trip. Davis has been studying prospects for increasing the nation's foreign trade.
Denver with details Friday of a 150000 gift from Mrs May Bonfils Berryman daughter of Frederick G Bonfils publisher of the Denver Post and Belle Bonfils. The funds support a monastery and parish grounds improvements as a memorial to her parents.
San Quentin Calif Governor Merriam again reprieves Charles P Stevens a former Los Angeles police officer sentenced to death for the 1921 murder of Mike Mucich. The reprieve comes on the eve of his scheduled execution and is the second reprieve granted to Stevens.
Oswald Spengler a renowned philosopher and writer aged 56 died in Munich on Friday. The German intellectual gained fame for his monumental work and influence in philosophical and literary circles.
Argentina edges toward final steps of a 1926 naval plan that could add a cruiser three destroyers and three submarines to the fleet this year. Seven mine sweepers are under construction as the South American navy counts two battleships two cruisers eight destroyers three submarines a mothership five mine sweepers and a schoolship in service.
In Berlin the marble statue of Empress Augusta Victoria, wife of the ex Kaiser, was relocated from the Tiergarten center to a rear per gola. The life size figure, shown in 1900 style dress with a large hat, was once a bird roost. Augusta Victoria died in exile in 1921 at Doorn at age 62, and the former Kaiser married Princess Hermine of Reuss the following year.
In Manchester Connecticut the Democratic town committee cast 45 ballots in a row trying to endorse a postmaster nominee, then adjourned.
Senate debates the naval supply and naval appropriation measures while the Finance Committee hears witnesses on the revenue bill and discusses the $2,364,000,000 deficiency appropriation. The House opens debate on the same deficiency bill including a $1,425,000,000 relief item and the Appropriations Committee reports the measure.
Mrs Peter L Harvie of Troy New York was elected president of the Association of Junior Leagues of America. The joint invitation of the Chicago and Evanston Leagues for the 1937 meeting was accepted.
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