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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1937
Page
12
Reports indicate strikes at two GI plants have ended and workers returned to duty. The article notes heightened activity in Wisconsin and mentions Malloy being named to succeed Skhett in a related regional post.
A federal inquiry heard Thursday that the German zeppelin Hindenburg suffered rudder and control system problems before the disaster. Crew members testified seeing emergency tackle hooked to the rudder and a possibly hurried repair, while others noted the top rudder appeared misaligned as the ship passed over Lakehurst New Jersey.
Reports state the labor board ordered exclusive bargaining terms for J L Steel, halting operations at Pittsburgh area plants. About ten workers remained on site as others planned to walk out at midnight. fears of wider strikes grow among independent producers.
Wooden fragments were examined during a two hour inspection of the wreckage on Wednesday after two days of witness testimony. Other inquiry board members doubted the propeller theory, suggesting the propeller may have failed when the zeppelin fell.
Washington AP reports Congress learned the WPA may drop 525000 workers from rolls in the year starting July as Harry Hopkins said a 1500 million relief bill would require private industry to absorb over 500000 workers. INS notes the House Appropriations Committee backed the Roosevelt request, reversing a previous cut to 1 billion, with Senate action and presidential conferences likely delaying final passage.
Genava dispatches report Premier Mussolini will exit the League of Nations after finalizing an economic and military pact with Germany. The potential move, seen as a threat to pressure League sessions on May 24 and 26, follows Italy’s Italo-Ethiopian crisis and mirrors Hitler’s earlier actions.
A cold Cedar Rapids day brings grey skies and a sharp breeze. Temperatures fluctuated with a high near 92 at 230 pm and a low around 47 overnight, as forecasts from Chambers Inskeep summarize.
The Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America opens the convention with thirty candidates listed for the Iowa Farmer Degree. Names include Harold Bartz New Hampton and Garford Stadimiur Safet y Derald C Rurress Woodbire and Ver nol Block along with many others from towns such as Denison Humboldt Jesup and Mapl eton. The awards will be presented during the convention held with the annual Town high school agricultural contest.
Porain unit of Lurain Girl Scouts sells a ton and a half of cookies at a camp event. They emphasize round numbers and stampede sales to boost consumer purchases during the campaign.
A committee plans a grass roots conference in Ames Iowa June 10 11 with farmers and Iowa State College faculty to study six topics including farm tenancy marginal farming financing agriculture and marketing farm products. Notable attendees include Lewis H Brown Paul S Clapp James W Hook and Thomas H McInnerney.
Ernest Booth a 39 year old Oakland bank robber and crime writer was granted parole by the state board. With two and a half years left on his 25 year term he will be freed in August for hospitalization due to tuberculosis. Booth began his crime exploits around 1920s after a 1924 San Quentin sentence for a $2000 bank holdup and later reportedly earned thousands by writing crime stories for magazines.
Washington reports official view that foreign capital movement into the United States has peaked and gold inflow from abroad will taper off. Officials cite Europe’s industrial expansion and armaments race as pushing foreigners to seek better investments at home. A large share of imports still targets U.S. securities.
Germany may abandon commercial airship traffic after the Hindenburg disaster. Proof of hydrogen explosions is pending and Germany doubts obtaining non explsive helium from the United States. If helium is unavailable the Reich would keep one or two dirigibles for army experiments, with leaders including Hitler suspected to oppose airships in favor of airplanes.
Ellis Parker Jr. is on trial in Newark with testimony from Harry Weiss, a confessed participant in the Wendel kidnapping, who says Parker believed Paul H Wendel abducted the Lindbergh baby and urged arrest on Feb 14, 1936, while Weiss pleads guilty to conspiracy.
Three UAW organizers filed suits totaling 225000 against Ford Motor Company Edsel Ford and four others over beatings outside the South Chicago plant May 10 as they distributed labor literature. Plaintiffs include Philip Kunz Ford police chief Toni Corona secret agent John Doe and Phillip Phinck. each seeks 87500 in damages. Attorneys say the incident occurred Friday night at the plant gates.
The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments from Arthur Lund attorney for John Mercer a Fort Madison death row inmate challenging his 1930 murder conviction of Tipton officer Robert Sprout. Lund urged mitigating circumstances and questioned a lack of premeditation while assistant AG Buell McCash urged upholding the death sentence noting Mercer chose crime as a career and acted against organized society.
Rogers announced the June wedding plan for Windesor's Ilondan solicitor and a libel suit linked to Coronation Commentary. Allen returned to London after business. Randolph Churchill attended as a guest. No elopement or dowry details confirmed.
The article reports President Roosevelt facing Democratic dissension over farm price stabilization and court-packing plans. It notes defections by Senators Mahoney and Hatch, shifts in support, and a possible compromise on appointing two new justices. It mentions budget disputes, calls to cut federal outlays, and Roosevelt’s stance on Argentine hoof and mouth disease policies affecting cattlemen.
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