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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1936
Page
6
The council plans hearings on a petition to allow beer parlors within less than 300 feet of churches on Third Avenue West. Officials argue congregations and residents should be protected, with priority to keep such venues out of residential areas while easing police supervision in business districts.
The House old age pensions investigation committee voted six to two to recommend contempt charges against Dr. Francis E. Townsend and two aides for refusal to appear. The panel also moved to turn the case over to the U S district attorney for court trial rather than a House trial. Named cited are Rev. Clinton Wunder of New York and John B. Kiefer of Chicago. Sheridan Downey, Townsend's attorney, was not yet called to testify by the committee.
Sheri dan Downey, counsel for Dr F. E. Townsend, defies a house committee by refusing to honor a subpoena for examination. Downey denounces the probe as punitive and unholy, while the panel withholds permission to read the statement publicly.
Dr. F Townsend plan headquaters said he will fly from Washington to Des Moines to address a Townsend rally. The event welcomes a 23 car caravan from California returning after protesting a congressional investigation.
Norbert Ponthier twenty one of New Orleans pled guilty in district court to breaking into the Handler Motor company garage at 712 Second avenue SE. He confessed taking nearly 300 dollars from the garage safe and was allowed three days before sentence. Paul Guarino twenty four of Kansas City was charged as an accomplice and pled not guilty. Bonds set at 1500 dollars.
Classified advertisement suggests buying or selling flowers for Decoration Day under classification 34 in the Gazette Want Ad section. Phone 2-1121 to place or inquire about ads.
A reader vents about the telephone’s cruel delays and blank replies yet acknowledges its usefulness in emergencies and distant connections. The piece weighs how voices distort, faces disappear, and prayer feels cut off yet believers keep dialing toward the best of all friends.
The S S Queen Mary departed Southampton at 4 34 p m for New York with 2139 passengers aboard. Crowds of more than 500000 lined the harbor as boats waved and ships along the Solent displayed flags while sirens filled the air. Five London boat trains delivered the largest single passenger consignment ever for one ship in Britain.
Fire damaged Sacred Heart Catholic church in Wilmington on Wednesday. Police suspect the Black Legion but offered no immediate clues linking the secret order to the blaze.
Il Duce says small Mediterranean states have nothing to fear from Italy’s new empire and that sanctions must end for Italy to join the ranks of satisfied powers. He predicts decades of development in Ethiopia and seeks confidence in Mediterranean relations with Greece and Turkey.
President Roosevelt signed the bill providing for continuation of trading in unlisted securities on national securities exchanges. The action preserves market access and regulatory mechanism for investors and firms during ongoing financial stabilization.
Milton Stafford a Butler county worker found snow about eighteen inches deep under a foot of gravel in a pit west of Dumont. The gravel had caved in covering the snow as winter conditions persist in Iowa.
Four persons, including three University of Iowa students, were injured in a two car crash six and a half miles north of here on highway 161. Clifford Stanton suffered severe skull and facial lacerations. Robert Reiley endured severe cuts and bruises. G W Griffin of Muscatine had severe cuts and bruises. Francis Rozen received superficial cuts. State patrolmen investigated the accident with both cars badly damaged.
Pudgy, grey haired Harlan Crouch broke under questioning by federal agents and confessed the slaying of John R. Foster, a federal alcohol investigator. The 43 year old prisoner was to face arraignment before a United States commissioner in Hammond on a murder charge under federal law. Grim federal agents awoke him from sleep at his hideout on the near east side and heard the confession as he spoke to his wife in a farewell call.
The Senate confirmed Walter J. Barrow as Iowa City postmaster and James M. McCoy as Creston postmaster. This action follows their nominations and approved by the Senate on Wednesday.
Paul C. Packer dean of the College of Education University of Iowa will address the 34th commencement of Western Illinois State Teachers College on June 4.
General Smedley D. Butler argues for a coastal defense plan using a navy scaled to defend U S shores within 250 miles. He urges a halt to offensive naval warfare, favors limited navy costs, and criticizes dollar diplomacy while predicting Europe war within two years. He spoke in Cedar Rapids at Temple Judah with a focus on protecting American capital and merchant ships.
John Fiorenza faced trial for the bathtub murder of Mrs. Nancy Evans Titterton as a blue ribbon jury began deliberations in New York.
The Camp Good Health Fund honors the late Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston for founding a health camp for physically handicapped Cedar Rapids children. Her nursing work spurred yearly fund drives, Camp Wapsie outings, a Palisades camp, and a Waltonian club building on Otter creek, with The Gazette backing the fundraising.
Katharine Haviland-Taylor's tale centers on Anne and Stephen whose hopes fade after family ruin and a jealous stepmother's schemes. Hattie Moore supports the beauty under pressure as a southern moon casts a backdrop for the story's launch next Friday May 29.
Detroit officials sought federal aid to curb the Black Legion's spread into 15 states. Wayne County Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea telegrammed Attorney General Homer Cummings claiming local police cannot control the crime wave. Six homicide squad members were sent to detain 12 suspects linked to the Poole murder, revealing Black Legion ties and Klan connections in the north.
The local department of justice office refused comment on McCrea's request and said no word had arrived from Washington. Until such orders arrive no action can be taken.
Rep. Samuel Dickstein of New York introduced a resolution in the House calling for a congressional investigation of the Black Legion. Dickstein previously authored a measure to probe Nazi and communist activities in the United States.
West Union Iowa district reports 19 year old Dean Austin drowned at Echo Valley state park while on a group outing. In a boat that began to leak Austin and four others jumped to safety as the craft overturned. He disappeared in 12 feet of water and was retrieved later that evening with a grappling hook. Survived by both parents a sister and a brother.
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh attended a royal dinner at St James Palace hosted by King Edward. They traveled from Long Barn in Weald Kent and range among guests including Lord and Lady Mountbatten, Prime Minister and Mrs Baldwin, and War Secretary Alfred Duff Cooper and his wife.
U S deputy marshals and deputy sheriffs rounded up three of 21 indicted for mail fraud tied to a plotted sale of forged Omaha bonds valued near 101 000 dollars. Richard Phelps and Maurice H Milligan announced the federal indictment naming Frank R Bedesow as syndicate leader. Eddie Morris among first arrests.
Sioux City AP reports William B. Egan 51 a Kansas City indictment figure in the Omaha bond case now seeks the Democratic nomination for Woodbury County attorney with a Monday primary upcoming. Egan admitted to practice in 1909 and has...
Deputy sheriff patrol at Anthon Woodbury County arrest warrants issued by U S Commissioner for fugitives from justice. Morris Kenzie explosion linked death. others, including Irene Olson and William Kean, named in forged bonds case tied to Beddow and a South Dakota land syndicate. Convictions and transfers detailed. continued on Page 2.
An earthquake struck Calcutta at 12 16 pm Wednesday local time, rattling buildings and prompting brief evacuations as residents assessed damage. No injuries were immediately reported.
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