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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1935
Page
12
Paris says direct talks may follow Hitler Reichstag remarks on European policy. Officials see scope for armament negotiations and possible non aggression pacts with France. Laval and other French leaders want direct talks, while Germany rejects eastern Europe mutual security treaties.
Chicago AP report says Jack Logue, wanted in Memphis for murder and burglaries, posed as outlaw Alvin Karpis during a Boise to Chicago flight. Aboard United Airlines the pilot accepted his alias after Logue claimed friendship with Ray Hamilton, Machine Gun Kelly, and Baby Face Nelson. Logue, under guard, was nabbed in Yale Oregon and faces bond forfeiture in New Orleans for burglary.
In New York Rev Charles E Coughlin declared we are licked this time after learning the senate sustained President Roosevelts veto of the Patman soldiers bonus bill which he had urged to override. Foreclosure data show Insurance firms led Iowa farm lands foreclosed in 1934 with 67 percent. private investors 17 percent. banks and lenders 16 percent.
A letter recounts a blinded American veteran in postwar search across the United States to rediscover his name and life. He asks Lions of American Legion meetings for the one answer: who am I. The tale, possibly fiction, presses a universal question of self and belonging.
The Senate blocked the Patman bonus bill overriding the veto, pledging renewed fight for cash payment of adjusted service certificates. Borah urged inflationary relief, arguing wider monetary needs while defending immediate veteran aid against contractual rigidity.
A protest meeting demands extend the national recovery act for two years and press for new legislation. Labor calls for Wagner disputes bill, Black 30 hour week, Guffey coal regulation, unemployment insurance and old age pensions.
Humboldt AP report Mrs John Fox mother of 11 children was fined $200 by District Judge George Heald after she pled guilty to illegal possession of liquor. She appeared to defend her husband who was indicted Tuesday on the same charge.
Unseasonable weather kept temperatures in Cedar Rapids near 45 degrees through early morning hours. Readings showed 46 at 7 am and 54 by 9:45 am, with a 60-degree high at 10 am as clearing skies brought late day rain and a total of 0.4 inches.
A U S Army plane missing since Sunday was sighted by search planes in the Kiowa mountains of southeastern Oklahoma. Lieut Wendell Holliday was the pilot and Private Ira Hicks the passenger. A body was seen at the wreckage but landing was not possible due to jagged terrain near Pine Valley. The craft failed to reach Barksdale field after leaving Brooks field and Hat Box field.
Providence Rhode Island man Thomas May a lodger at a transient bureau found a pocketbook near Union Station and turned it in without examining the contents. Police praised his honesty after restoring $9.70. May said he could not keep the money and has been jobless for two years.
Dear Girls, you can lift the burden of good works from men by reminding them of birthdays and needs of the less fortunate. Encourage the men you know to support Camp Good Health for physically handicapped children this summer. The Public Health Nursing association relies on Gazette readers to fund expenses for these youngsters.
W BR Tice and Rev Guy W Morris of Wall Lake testified at the Kuhlmann hearing about Sioux City liquor dens. Alesch described bars with shelves of branded whiskies bearing federal and state seals and scenes of intoxication at the Silver Moon Siegel place and Peacock Inn. Rep Moore recounted visits to upstairs drink shops, staggers, and the Dugout during the American Legion convention, noting spiking and legal state store liquor.
Juan Ignacio Pombo a young Spaniard traveling to Mexico City to honor his sweetheart and Spain was delayed in Natal by rain and bad weather. He hoped to depart for Belem before sundown if conditions improve after a prior Atlantic crossing from West Africa.
Washington AP says Dam No 11 at Dubuque Lock No 13 at Clinton and Lock No 14 at LaClaire will be built with 25 million dollars in works relief funds for upper Mississippi navigation development. Rep Jacobsen IA said the Army Engineers informed him on Thursday.
West Liberty residents learn the closed Citizens Savings bank will issue its seventh dividend this Saturday in the examiner F. M. Morrison's office. The 10 percent payment brings total disbursements to 85 percent since the bank's closure, with about $14 000 to be released.
Chicago report says a $414,124.41 shortage existed in the Cook County clerk’s office as auditor’s records show checks drawn from the tax exemption fund by Robert M. Sweitzer before turnover to Emmett Flynn. State’s Attorney Courtney ordered an investigation with assistant William J. Touhy assigned to the case.
DES MOINES AP Denzil Frailey 23 who holds the beer permit for the Turkish Village cafe pled not guilty to bootlegging. He was arrested at the cafe Wednesday night. Four customers were fined 10 dollars each for drinking in a public place. Three slot machines were seized by Des Moines vice squad inspector Roy Chamberlain. A new type of ball machine with a hidden jackpot and a jackpot slot machine were taken at Beaverdale pharmacy and another jackpot slot machine at 808 School street.
A Montrose merchant reported a theft on Thursday after a man posing as a state agent seized a slot machine from the business. Police are seeking the suspect and urging anyone with information to contact authorities.
Fay L. Young aged 26 of 808 First Street SW pled not guilty in district court Thursday afternoon before Judge H C Ring on a statutory charge. The arrest stemmed from information provided by a six year old boy. County Attorney G K Thompson filed a true information. The alleged offense occurred May 18.
The Iowa liquor control commission will open a one man liquor store in Manly Iowa a town of 1447 in about two weeks Bernard E Manley liquor commissioner announced Thursday.
Yale economist Irving Fisher told Kiwanis International in San Antonio that the depression is ending due to a restoration of the credit currency. He argued prosperity returns as deposits and bank credit expand, denying overproduction as the root cause and urging reserve ratio increases to curb inflation.
Peter Dana a 19 year old transport pilot and great grandson of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow landed his Ryan low wing monoplane at Roosevelt Field New York failing by a small margin to set a junior sportsman transcontinental speed record His time from San Diego to Roosevelt Field exceeded 20 hours while the total elapsed time for the cross country flight was 38 hours 56 minutes a new record in duration Boynton of Rockland Me holds the speed record Dana who resides in Holderness N H and was accompanied by Jack Fisher of Salisbury Conn departed San Diego at 2 am Wednesday and made ten stops along the route
In Minneapolis AP a district court set June 7 for Gov Floyd B Olson to answer charges of violating the corrupt practices act. Judge W C Leary signed the action filed last fall by Herman Trones and 24 petitioners alleging the governor failed to account for funds spent on advertising for the Farmer Labor Leader party and over the radio.
A Catholic priest urges restraint and prayer amid community tensions over protests and political conflict. He cautions against muttering sectarian threats and insists on mercy, charity, and steadfast spiritual duty rather than provocations.
New York AP report outlines widow Colleen Coolidge seeking to preserve Calvin Coolidge's homestead at Pirmack Vermont. A legal committee led by John G Sexgre explores restoring rooms without altering the original structure, with plans to extend and repair while maintaining historic integrity.
An unclear police report from Buffalo mentions a car theft incident and a note referencing George Washington. The readable fragments describe a bag and a dated event on a Wednesday night with cited names but lack full details.
Hickenlooper denounces centralization and corruption, warns executive overreach and court pressure. He cites Republican principles defending individual rights and liberty, urging national voters to resist autocratic practices. He points to the Midwest conference in Springfield in June as a sign of sober, independent support.
Barnstable Massachusetts AP James H Rand sr former millionaire of North Falmouth and Rand company founder took the poor prisoners oath in district court after a Barnstable jail stay. He said he cannot pay taxes due amounting to 7044.22 for 1930 and the judge ordered the 515 proceeds to the state tax department. His extensive property had been transferred to his children. Rand will be 78 on May 29.
A. W. Robertson announced a march by World War I veterans from California to Washington for immediate payment of the bonus. He said over 1,000 California veterans would join, starting from the Sacramento state capitol within a few days, with expected support from other states. He insisted no women or children would participate, calling it a business protest.
West Liberty troop FE of the Fourteenth Iowa cavalry arrives at noon Friday June 7 and will camp overnight after their stay. During their visit their baseball team will play the West Liberty merchants team with George Peters as manager of the local squad.
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