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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1937
Page
14
President abandons six judge reorganization after Justice Van Devanter resigns. Administration leans toward Senator Logan plan to add justices 75 and older, aiming to liberalize without permanent court size change. Senate hopes for a 52 vote bloc and a stronger compromise than the original proposal.
Cleveland authorit ies report Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh welcomed a baby boy born May 12 or 13 during coronation day. Relatives said both mother and child were well. naming at birth unclear. Miss Annie Cutter confirmed the May 12 coronation date as the birth day.
In Sevenoaks Kent United States cables report the birth of a son to Mrs Charles A Lindbergh though no formal notice is issued. The couple drove away at dawn in their own car heading toward a London area nursing home where the baby is believed born. Mrs Lindbergh had been away from royal celebrations during her expected confinement. The couple recently returned from a flight to India and have kept to themselves. Mrs Lindbergh's mother is the widow of Senator Dwight Morrow.
The text recalls that the birth of Charles Lindbergh Jr was announced by Mrs. Lindbergh's mother in Cleveland and notes Col. Lindbergh did not announce it himself. It contrasts this with the Hauptmann case when Bruno Hauptmann was executed for kidnapping and murder. Senator Morrow reportedly announced the previous birth.
Gladys MacKnight 17 on murder trial with Donald Wightman 18 denied confessing to killing her mother with a hatchet. She claimed duress by Bayonne police and said Wightman struck the fatal blows. She said detectives pressured her, and she sent a note to her father stating she had nothing to do with it.
The Senate sent to the White House a bill to reenact the marketing agreement provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. It would let the Agriculture Secretary fix milk prices and remove two rejected amendments concerning canning fruits and vegetables and honey bee products.
A series of birth notices from multiple families across cities. Names include NF Kaze Bier, R D Mills, Harold Halstead, E L Heflin, Paul Bebout, Thomas Brady, Leonard Baker, Alvin Womochil, and J L Sramek of Burlington. Each entry cites a parent couple, address, and birth date with hospital.
Radio programs morning to nocturne listed with time blocks and stations. The schedule includes sketches songs news parade gospel and orchestras across NBC CBS and affiliate networks WABC WBBM KMOX WGST WOC. Notable names include Terri Franconi Joe Dumond Elsa Als en Natl spelling bee finals and Fred Astaire among guest performers.
This season’s final conference class for reserve officers of Cedar Rapids and vicinity will be held Tuesday at 7 30 p m in room 204 of the federal building Captain J W Donnell will speak on Preparation for Summer Camps An automobile reported stolen by Clara Smith of Conroy was recovered by police at Eleventh street and Thirteenth avenue SE Sun day at 6 15 a m Edmund Lockwood 23 and Harold Nelson 22 both of Cedar Rapids were each fined 25 and costs in police court Monday for disorderly conduct They were arrested at a rooming house Six were fined 10 and costs each for intoxication They were Jack Odland 41 Tom Young 34 A J Sheets 25 Ralph Matson 31 M B Stoker 42 and Ralph Randall 28 Chris Nelson 32 was sentenced to thirty days in city jail on the same charge suspended during good behavior.
Philip Murray chairman of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee announced that Crucible Steel Company of America has signed a collective bargaining contract with SWOC. The agreement follows the pattern of the pact made with Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation.
Seventy five city employees donated a day of labor at Camp Good Health on Sunday to ready the grounds for June 14 child campers. They filled ditches, sodded areas, installed a drain, banked the filter bed, cleaned the grounds, painted the water tower, and prepared the kitchen area. Members of the Municipal Employes organization contributed $25 to the Camp Good Health Fund.
The drivers organization lists Earl Stark as chairman while Harry Habler leads the Municipal Employes organization. Departments represented include street maintenance waterworks health and parks. Thomas Telford built the first major suspension bridge across the Menai Straits in North Wales in 1826.
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