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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1937
Page
1
The Iowa Liquor Control Commission signed a liquor-waming contract that will save about 40 000 annually. Bid deadline was noon Tuesday. the winning firm will track state liquor for eight cents a case less than current payments. A 2+ year-old legislative probe raised questions about the original award and possible illegal changes.
Six adventurers marooned after a four motor plane forced down near Solitude island at the pole. Prof Otto Schmidt reports weak signals from the missing RK RK RK craft and cautions a long search until the Arctic storm subsides.
A dated aphorism attributed to Arthur Bugs Baer discusses Congress resisting blank checks for the White House. The piece mocks Roosevelt’s spending and critiques the Constitution’s plural preamble, contrasting humane giving with self serving aid.
Westport, Conn. Eva LaGallienne, noted stage actress, was bruised after a dog knocked her from a bicycle. The dog, owned by Thomas A. Murtang, also bit LaGallienne during the incident on Wednesday night.
The phrase notes a widening bitter dispute in Washington as policy battles unfold. It points to sharp attacks on named democratic stalwarts associated with Franklin and suggests the conflict is just starting.
A reader sends a riddle about an unseen foe who harms all, from rich to poor, yet is ignored. The answer is revealed as Carelessness, described as a universal, shadowy force causing destruction, debt, sickness, and death through neglect and inaction.
Edward O Neal of the American Farm Bureau urged immediate congressional action on a parity based farm program to protect farmers from rising costs tied to wage and hour policy. He warned against delaying or opposing labor bills and pressed for a drafted AAA substitute moving through the House Agriculture Committee.
The Agriculture Department reports farmers earned 659 million dollars in April, a 24 percent rise from the same month last year. The gain reflects higher cash income across agricultural sectors.
Twenty one UAW organizers were injured during a strike at Ford's Richmond California plant as a mass picket blocked access. Officials note the clash marked the first bloodshed in Ford unionization efforts with 200 service men en route and legal action planned under the Wagner Act.
A two pound newborn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Mills of Cedar Rapids, born Friday at 4 55 am in St. Luke's hospital, weighs one pound fifteen ounces after weigh-in, and remains in an incubator. She is fed with her mother's milk via eyedropper, hourly, with glucose and small sips of diluted whisky, as hospital staff monitor her progress. Mrs. Mills is recovering and hopes to meet her daughter soon.
The report lists scores from multiple games with teams including Detroit St Louis Cleveland Philadelphia New York Cincinnati Chicago Washington and Boston Brooklyn Pittsburgh and St Louis. Pitchers and game decisions are named for each matchup with final totals and runs.
Washington officials reveal a plan directed by Secretary Morgenthau to expand the Secret Service. The program envisions hundreds of guards at the Mint locations in Philadelphia Denver and San Francisco the Treasury and Fort Knox with White House police training standards. The effort aims to bolster counterfeiting detection presidential protection and other technical duties as forgeries drive demand for more agents.
The 25,500 London bus drivers and conductors reach a settlement ending a five week walkout that halted 5,000 buses since May 1. Workers will return to duty Friday after the ministry of labor announced the early end to the strike. The dispute centered on a seven and a half hour day and slower schedules, with claims of health risks under the prior pace.
Cincinnati AP report says the American Federation of Labor executive council voted to wage war on Rebel John L. Lewis on the waterfront and in the auto industry. William Green announced a new maritime department to unite loyal unions and counter Lewis's influence in shipping centers. Arthur Wharton prepared a charter for a rival to Lewis' United Automobile Workers at an Indianapolis Chevrolet truck body plant.
In Greenfield Massachusetts police arrested ex dean Thomas E Elder amid charges he threatened former Mount Hermon official S Allen Norton with a shotgun. Norton testified Elder confronted him in a Garage Tuesday night and fled after recognizing Norton. The Speer murder remains unsolved and the shotgun used has never been found.
Milwaukee circuit Judge Charles L. Aarons ruled sitdown strikes violate the state constitution in the first court ruling on the topic. The decision sets a legal precedent for handling labor protests in Wisconsin.
A Pocatello woman found two of three canary eggs hatched on time while a third, oversized egg broke late to release twin canaries. The odd hatch drew interest as Gazette Want Ads showcase its power to connect buyers and sellers.
The Gazette ran a sale for a two piece painted bedroom suite priced at $20 and a two piece painted bedroom suite at $102-0762. Both bedroom sets were sold as eleven prospective buyers responded to the ad.
Chicago reports a last minute squeeze in the corn market drives May corn to 1.40 a bushel, the highest in 17 years. Oats and soybeans also rise while wheat declines as traders rush to close positions before delivery. Open interest and delivery notices remain unsettled.
Police broadcast orders to stop a 1937 Buick sedan with Minnesota plates believed to carry four armed men linked to the Indiana Brady gang feared for bank robbery and murder. The vehicle was southbound on Highway 61 from Muscatine Iowa with scant descriptions.
Don Stevens of the Chicago Newspaper Guild announced he would file charges with the national labor relations board against William Green of the AFL. Stevens said he was discharged for union activity after backing John L. Lewis’s CIO. The Chicago ANG delegates voted 59 to 4 to affiliate with the CIO. Green fired Stevens effective immediately, Stevens said, triggering the Wagner act complaint.
The Count of Covadonga remains in grave condition in Havana due to a chronic ailment recurrence complicated by hemophilia. His planned marriage to Marta Rocaford, Havana beauty, has been delayed as of Wednesday.
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee ordered 80,000 steel workers to strike at Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, and Indiana. The walkout takes effect at 10 p.m. CST, with union leaders insisting a peaceful, law abiding protest while warning of plant shutdowns if disputes persist.
Secretary Frances Perkins urged Congress to place Roosevelt’s proposed wage and hour standards under the labor department. She argued against creating a separate independent bureau, proposing administration by a board within the existing department structure.
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