15 May 1937
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1937
Page
1
The article covers AAA funds totaling two billion dollars with critics charging mismanagement and alleged racketeering. It notes Senator Norris defending the program's inefficiency and discusses Wagner labor act implications and CIO strikes, plus Iowa liquor store policy and political funding bills.
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie landed at Floyd Bennett field after 24 hours 22 minutes of flying from Southport England to New York. They described bad weather with fog and rain and thanked Eastern Airlines officials and radio aid for the transatlantic feat.
Dick Merrill and co pilot Jack Lambie completed a round trip from Floyd Bennett Field to Croydon and back in 21 hours marking the first repeated round trip by the same aircraft. The May 9 to May 14 flights totaled 24 hours 20 minutes, with the plane returning from Europe.
In Venice Italy eight people died and eight were injured when heavy rains caused a landslide in the village of Costa near Treviso. The earth gave way burying four houses and damaging nearby structures.
Transatlantic flyer AY Dick Merrilli reports the day of regular commercial sea flights has arrived after four ocean crossings. He and co pilot John T Lambie describe flying blind by instruments in thick weather while staying low to save fuel. An in flight fuel check led to a Squantum landings, with plans to continue to Floyd Bennett field if fuel permitted.
County Attorney John P. McKnight filed a first degree arson charge against Frank Monk Trummer of Omaha and an unidentified accomplice for a night blaze that destroyed the Auburn canning factory on August 11. Trummer, an ex convict who lectured on reform, was detained during a hunger strike at Town during a store robbery probe. He has since been released.
A 14 inch snake entered Satchez Run school in Cambridge Ohio. The teacher and 24 pupils hid on desks as a boy returned with a mouse trap and dangled it before the snake. The trap fastened around the snake as it struck, ending the intrusion.
FMPC announces rejection of a peace proposal from film producers. Union leaders declare the offer a maneuver to divide ranks and warn that any actor crossing picket lines will be labeled a strikebreaker. They accuse the Screen Actors Guild of aiding producers by accepting a separate agreement.
Farm organization heads led by Edward A. O Neal press for a permanent federal farm program at Congress. President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace backed a broader approach than the Wallace plan, aiming to stabilize prices and preserve parity under a national storage and loan system.
United Auto Workers announce settlement of the grey iron foundry strike in Saginaw with 5 500 workers to return to work Monday. About 1 500 still on strike in the malleable iron plant, and other Chevrolet and Fisher plants faced shutdowns in Janesville and Flint as talks continue. Homer Martin and Ed Hall led negotiations to ease charges and plan further meetings to end related work stoppages.
A columnist argues that most marital issues arise from both partners failing to nurture happiness. She suggests blame is shared, noting changes due to drink or other factors can alter personality. The piece stresses that mutual support and balanced giving sustain marriage.
Claude Gifford of Muscatine was elected president of the Iowa Association of the Future Farmers of America at the closing session of the high school agricultural congress at Iowa State College. Wayne Swanson of Clarinda was chosen secretary and Fred Sievers of Audubon was named reporter. District presidents include Stewart Elson of Waukee and Lyle Miller of Forest City among others.
Vatican proposes mediation between rebel and loyalist Catholics to halt fighting around Bilbao. Basque leaders reject separate peace while Franco demands withdrawal west of the Nervion river and removal of Bilbao from war city status. Vatican response follows reports of heavy losses and young Catholic dead.
Two separate steel plant walkouts affecting about 33 000 workers ended within hours with agreements for government supervised elections to decide a single bargaining agent. The Jones and Laughlin and Pittsburgh Steel cases set May 20 ballots with SWOC favored by CIO leaders. Workers return to duty immediately under Wagner act terms pending the vote.
Ford personnel director Henry H Bennett ordered 150,000 employees to receive cards titled Fordisms summarizing Henry Ford views on unionization and labor. The cards urge workers to consider paying outsiders for the privilege of working at Ford, seen as a counter campaign to the United Auto Workers drive.
Acting Mayor Frank Boff announced a ban on topless bathing suits in Atlantic City New Jersey amid a push to regulate beach attire. The statement framed the measure as a moral standard rather than fashion critique.
Plymouth England neighbors enforce sanitary code ordering Joseph Coady to leave his home after he keeps twelve dogs on the premises and often sleeps with them.
Dominick Roba owner of a New York candy shop reports a robbery by two men who stole 1323 dollars. He says a police dog bit him but helped the bandits flee, despite the animal’s protective presence.
In the National League St Louis defeated Pittsburgh 14 to 4 with 12 hits and 2 errors while Brooklyn at Boston and Philadelphia at New York were postponed by wet grounds. Detroit beat St Louis 6 to 5 in the American League with 11 hits and 1 error as Cleveland at Chicago also postponed due to wet grounds.
East central Iowa schools led by Ames West Branch Strawberry Point and Vinton won awards at the twentieth annual Iowa high school agricultural congress at Iowa State College. Sloan High School topped the awards with three superiors and three excellents. other top teams included Iowa Falls Eagle Grove and Whiting with five awards each. East central schools shared honors at a banquet including Orange Township Belle Plaine Delhi Monona LaPorte City Hudson Jesup Olin Tipton. West Branch earned a superior in farm crops judging and excels in crop management livestock judging and livestock management.
Ames expects a record Veishea crowd of about 17 000 on the second day as visitors view the Iowa State College exposition. The agricultural engineering field day showcased a reversible rotary terracing machine by E V Collins Town State College and Paul Whisler Etters Pa, aiding soil erosion control with hydraulic powered bidirectional terrace building.
Senator Burton Wheeler questions Reconstruction Finance Corporation Chair Jesse Jones during a special Senate railroad finance hearing. Testimony from Carroll M Shanks shows pressure to accept a reorganization plan for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad to keep Van Sweringen control. The plan hinges on RFC providing an extra 5 million dollars in new capital in addition to 6 million already loaned.
President Roosevelt met with Vice President Garner and top congressional leaders in a bid to quell revolt over the supreme court plan and to press for full work relief funds for 1938. He outlined continued bargaining and potential new power authorities modeled after TVA while urging wage, hour, and spending measures.
Amelia Earhart announced plans for a second attempt to fly around the world before June 1. She will depart from Oakland with Capt. Fred Noonan as her sole companion and make Honolulu her first stop after takeoff.
Senator Copeland of New Jersey told hearings on soil conservation that farmers misread the Capitol as a nursing bottle. He asked if farmers view the Capitol dome as a bottle top and questioned whether aid would be endless or if the plan would teach farmers to help themselves.
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