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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1936
Page
3
Secretary Roper urged business leaders in a White House approved speech to avoid vituperation during the presidential campaign. He warned against all business backing one party and called for fair, educated discussion of economic issues to keep democracy strong.
Lloyd Cowell 18 pleads guilty to killing his grandfather Ralph Geroy to steal $15 and receives life imprisonment at hard labor from Circuit Judge Louis C. Carmton on Monday.
Congress debates an act to forbid employers from influencing workers votes in national elections with penalties for individuals or corporations. The proposal raises questions about speech, government propaganda, and labor influence, risking potential curbs on discussion across political actors.
Gov Clyde Herring urged Iowa Democratic central committee to fund campaigns via state employee memberships in clubs with a sliding income scale after the primary. The plan offers fixed amounts 5 10 25 and 100 and installments, but committee members offered mixed views and no action. Leslie Hughes said the plan differs little from the current method and questioned flexibility.
Cleveland and Philadelphia debated a rail link in 1836 to join Ohio and Pennsylvania and spur east west connection. A century later Cleveland and Philadelphia are linked politically as both parties prepare for national conventions and the next President is to be nominated in one city.
Controversy erupts as Governor Herring orders a ban on distributing pledge cards and three percent salary contributions at the statehouse. The governor also directs burning the cards, while some party leaders defend the method, sparking renunciations and tension within the state Democratic organization.
Absentee ballot requests for the June 1 primaries begin in Vesely office on Tuesday. Ballots cannot be marked or returned until next Monday. Voters absent on election day or unable to reach polls due to illness may cast absentee ballots under state law.
Evening and morning radio lineups feature NBC WEAF WMAQ and CBS WBBM WCCO programs. Notable acts include Wayne King, Phil Regan, Fred Waring, Henry Busse, Xavier Cugat, and Joe Rines with orchestras and guest stars across multiple stations and time blocks.
Washington column notes Warren Barbour cites Tugwell figures to demand resettlement costs. Rural and suburban projects total 85.5 million for 13 907 families. Florida senate vacancy looms with Pepper and Sholtz potential bids and GOP fears of a Republican victory.
Neuritis, locomotor ataxia and meningitis show relief and some full recoveries from a hot air fever treatment demonstrated by University of Nebraska researchers using a heated air box. In trials 24 patients received four hour sessions aiming for fevers up to 103 104 degrees with mixed results including permanent relief in half of sciatic neuritis cases and complete relief in two shingles cases.
A New York group of 14 men and 21 women with physical disabilities left Washington for home after receiving a White House promise that their job demand would be given personal consideration. They had pressed for broader New Deal employment, arguing 12,000 disabled residents could work but faced discrimination and limited WPA jobs.
Haleakala on Maui Hawaii is described as the world’s greatest known dormant volcano in the report. The article highlights its height and silence, marking it a premier geologic feature on the island.
WPA should right the error. The cripples grew excited and Harry Friedman urged special consideration. They were satisfied with McIntyre's letter, a league spokesman expressed the group’s stance and relief.
In Sioux City the Hayes Henderson mayoralty recount was postponed for two weeks by Gordon Co Hollar the public safety commissioner and presiding officer. Fred H Free representing Mayor Hayes asked for a specific statement of Hendersons allegations and a 30 day continuance to prepare. Hendersons attorney is John A Berry with opposing counsel Willis M Pritchard and S D Crary.
New York AP report states Frank Andrew Wardlaw, age 72, an early Edison associate and secretary of the Edison Pioneers, died Monday from pneumonia.
Representative E C Eicher of Washington Iowa recommended Walter J Barrow for the Iowa City postmaster position succeeding Charles Bowman The appointment takes effect when Bowmans term ends June 22 at the close of Bowmans term news confirms the nomination and timing
In Barcelona a social club for physicians known as the Society for the Encouragement of Arthritis invites 35 members to banquets that include dishes deemed unhealthy for patients. Three diners share two bottles of still wine and one of champagne, which must be emptied, with dilution allowed by water for the less hardy.
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