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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1935
Page
9
The International Wheat Advisory Committee decided to extend the present wheat agreement beyond its July 31 expiration. A draft committee was named to prepare a statement for governments including the United States, following a Friday meeting at the Board of Trade offices.
Jack Logue traveling from Yale Oregon to Memphis with Police Sergt A O Clark aboard a Boise to Chicago flight was questioned as a burglary suspect. On board he claimed to be Alvin Karpis, creating confusion among travelers. The incident ended without confirming any identity beyond suspicion.
A bacteriologist refutes the belief that onion slices in a sickroom draw germs. He notes few germs may land on the onion as on any plate, but onions cannot pull germs away or neutralize them by smell, and some substances actually foster bacterial growth.
A United Air Lines pilot reported that a Chicago-based criminal Logue, labeled the nation’s top public enemy, was aboard a flight. Justice agents and press swarmed the scene in Chicago as Logue teased the crowd while Sheriff Clark expected extradition to New Orleans on a burglary charge. Hilton Briggs from Columbus Junction will teach animal husbandry at Cornell and pursue a Ph.D. in Ithaca, New York.
In Omaha a flare of violence during the street car strike damaged two trolley cars and a Kennedy home with dynamite. No serious injuries occurred though William Hoagland and a car operator suffered cuts from flying glass. Council Bluffs remained without street car service for 35 days.
Director J Edgar Hoover said that in about six noted kidnap cases more than 230000 dollars were recovered from ransom payments. He noted tracing ransom money is often harder than catching kidnappers and cited two large ransoms of 200000 dollars in the Urschel and Bremer cases.
Urschel recovered 123730 while Bremer received under 3000. Hoover notes ransom money is quickly spent on vice gambling and luxury. He cites 60000 paid for Charles Boettcher II release and 9360 found cached on a Dakota farm. the rest dissipated by six indicted individuals.
A Shawnee county relief applicant told a case worker that the family cannot live on the current aid. She said her husband would go out and try to find a job if more help isn’t provided.
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