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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1936

Page

23

League Council Delays Action Over Ethiopian Crisis

The League of Nations council, split with Mussolini over Ethiopia, meets in secret and public sessions while sanctions against Italy remain in place. Baron Aloisi quits the private meeting but attends the public session, as Eden, Boncour, and others push for delaying decisive action and postponement of the dispute.

Geneva League of Nations Council Mussolini Ethiopia Joseph A C. Avenlo League Baron Pompeo Aloisi Italy Eden Haile Selassies Italan Paul Boncour Britain France Leon Blum Hitler Germany Ins League Council Baron Aloisi Aloisi Mariam Sam Aveta Talian Rose and Stuifed Selassie Haile Selassie van Jerusalem Legue Maram Mats Couners OMV Porn Anthonys Eden Baron Alas Joseph Paul Boncour League Affairs Anthony Eden Baron Alois Joseph Beck Poland

Business urged to keep campaign criticism fair and constructive

A national statement calls for fair critique of policies to avoid harming democracy and business. It warns against one party or single economic groups dominating politics and stresses responsibility of business to study, relate, and act for the welfare of all people.

Grants Delay In Counting Mayoralty Vote At Sioux City

Sioux City AP A two week delay was granted in counting ballots in the Hayes Henderson mayoralty contest by Gordon C Hollar public safety commissioner and recount court presiding officer. Fred H Free representing Mayor Hayes asked for a more specific statement of Hendersons allegations and a 30 day continuance to prepare an answer. The court list includes Willis Mo Pritchard representing Hayes and S D Crary for Henderson.

Sioux City Gordon C Hollar Hendersons Hollar Contest Courts Willis Mo Pritchard Muavor Hases S D. Crary Henderson

Dr Ruxton To Hang Tuesday For Murder

A British court schedules execution for Dr Ruxton amid murder conviction in the 1930s case. The petition by supporters seeks reprieve as he faces a 9 am Strangeways hang in Manchester after bodies found in the Beef Tub ravine near Moffat.

Dr. Ruxton London Buck Ruston Anes Ruxton Dorps Moffat

P. E. O. Sisterhood Opens Ottumwa State Meet

Ottumwa hosts the Iowa chapter PEO sisterhood fourth annual state convention with about six hundred attending the opening sessions. Honor guest is Mrs Hallie A Nowell of St Louis supreme president. A convention dinner is set for Wednesday and after elections Thursday the group will visit the P E O library and memorial home at Mt Pleasant.

Outumwa Fortsfourth Iowa PEO Sisterhood Wall Ottumwa Guthering Hallie A Nowell St Louis Mt Pleasant

Needy Cripples Seek Government and Private Help

A group of 14 young men and 21 women with severe disabilities urged action to overcome discrimination and gain work. They cited pledges from Senators Borah Benson Wheeler and Frazier and Representatives Sirovich and Bloom, and discussed possible further interviews with other legislators.

William E. Borah Idaho Elmer Benson Minn Burton K Wheeler Mont Lynn J Frazier N D Willam Sirovich N. Y Sol Bloom Sylvia Flexer New York WPA Hopkins Harry Friedman League McelIntyre

Crooner Rudy Vallee Divorce Suit Filed

Fay Webb Vallee files for divorce in Los Angeles alleging cruelty and coercive trips with his orchestra. She cites emotional abuse and health impact plus a contested maintenance alimony agreement. Vallee, real name Hubert Prior Vallee, previously faced a New York appeal over maintenance payments.

Los Angeles Fay Webb Vallee Rudy Vallee Vallee New York Supreme Court

Youth Gets Life On Slaying Charge

Lloyd Cowell an 18 year old farm laborer pled guilty to killing his grandfather Ralph Gerou to rob him of 15 dollars. Circuit Judge Louis C. Carrton sentenced him Monday to life imprisonment at hard labor.

Card Mich Lloyd Cowell Ralph Gerou Louis C. Carrton

Hot Air Fever Treatment Aids Disease Fight

Reports from the American Medical association exhibit describe hot air fever treatment as relieving neuritis and meningitis with potential full recoveries in some cases. In Nebraska trials, 62 percent saw relief from locomotor ataxia, with several patients achieving complete or substantial improvement using heated air in an electrical box alongside medications.

Howard W .Rlareslee Associated Press Kansas City American Medical Association A. E. Bennett M D C. A. Owens Bruce Austin Paul Person University of Nebraska College of Medicine Lutheran Hospital Charles F. Kettering Nebraska University United States

Goodman and Schuchart Qualify in National Open Local Amateur

Johnny Goodman and Bill Schuchart, both of Omaha, earned the two Omaha district spots in the National Open at Field Club by leading the qualifying rounds. Goodman shot par over 36 holes, while Schuchart may withdraw if he cannot join the tourney, with Pat Willcox of Norfolk taking third place after two 77s.

Omaha Neb Johnny Goodman Bill Schuchart Field Club Goodman Schuchart Pat Willcox Norfolk Pat

Lawson Little Fails to Qualify for U S Open Run

New York April report notes Lawson Little former U S and British amateur champion among high profile golfers who did not secure a last open spot. He shot 77 in the morning and 75 in the afternoon at West Hartford to finish four strokes over the needed total for New England district.

New York Lawson Little U. S Baltusrol Springfield N. J Little New England West Hartford Conn

Funeral services for Humboldt last Civil War veteran

Christian Rossing 93 the last Civil War veteran in Humboldt county will be honored in Bode Iowa with funeral services Thursday afternoon.

Humboldt (Ap Christian Rossing Humboldt County Bode

Increased Wheat Crop In Iowa With Higher Acreage And Poorer Abandonment

Iowa reports show winter wheat remaining for harvest at 35.9 million acres with 24.4 percent abandonment, above last year’s 31.0 percent and below the 1928-32 average. Rye acreage stands at 3.716 million, with rye condition at 74.3 percent of normal. Pasture and hay conditions run 68.6 and 78.5 percent of normal respectively, while hay stocks on farms total 13.371 million tons, about 15.3 percent of last year’s crop.

Dionnes Visited By Quadruplets

Callander Ontario AP report describes four visiting quadruplets from Hollis Oklahoma arriving as Centennial ambassadors from Texas to meet the Dionnes at the babyland shrine. The visitors Roberta Leota Mona and Mary Keys are 20 and said they sympathized with the Dionnes. The quints will turn two on May 28.

Callander Ont Roberta Leota Mona Mary Keys Hollis Oklo Babyland Shrine Texas

Edison Associate Wardlaw Dies at 72 in New York

Frank Andrew Wardlaw, 72, early Edison associate and secretary of the Edison Pioneers, died Monday in New York City from pneumonia.

New York Frank Andrew Wardlaw Thomas Alva Edison Edison Pioneers

Australians Of A High Type Are Friendly To U S Says Don Barnes

Don Barnes reports from a Rotary luncheon that Australians show friendly sentiment toward the United States. He described American industry presence in Australia and assembly plants due to high duties. He noted Polynesians are handsome and Fiji natives. He criticized New Zealand taxation and socialism.

U. S Don Barnes United States Australia Rotary Club Hotel Roosevelt Cherry- Burrell Company American Samoa Fiji Island Fiji Barnes St. Charles New Zealand Auckland Cedar Rapids

Malayan ants roll into balls to float across streams

Malayan ants adapt to scattered streams by forming large rolling balls and using their combined bodies to traverse water, allowing safe passage across flooded areas. Researchers observe this collective buoyancy behavior as a survival strategy in wet habitats.

State Conservation Commission To Study Laboratory Development

Des Moines AP reports the state executive council referred to the conservation commission the question of enlarging and developing Lakeside laboratory on Lake Okoboji. Gov Herring said tentative agreement to transfer ownership to the state so CCC workers could aid development and to buy 65 more acres to expand the site from 100 acres used by the University of Town biology and zoology departments for summer research.

Des Moines State Executive Council State Conservation Commission Mason City Lake Okoboji Clyde L. Herring CCC The Conservation Commission University of Town Biology and Zoology

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