02 Nov 1932
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1932
Page
1
A Northern Iowa columnist surveys campaign talk on economics, tax collection progress, and a delayed delinquent tax sale. The piece notes Mexico's birth control law, gas costs comparisons for Cedar Rapids, and echoes a far broader critique of political rhetoric. It recalls a Madison Square Garden incident and cites Hearst’s stance on the New Deal while lampooning religious rallies amid political fervor.
Premier Edouard Herriot of France declares no hidden motives in his Madrid trip and says his aim is world peace. He declines to comment on reports of seeking an alliance with Spain while praising disarmament efforts. Madrid University strike ends as students return to classes. President Zamora awards Herriot the Order of the Republic at a state banquet. Aranas may visit Paris. Geneva reaction awaits.
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, campaigning for Franklin D. Roosevelt in Portland, faulted Herbert Hoover for blocking agricultural relief measures. Norris said voices of Hoover and associates prevailed, citing failed remedies and a downturn in prosperity as the result of political opposition.
Chicago based dispatch reports Franklin D Roosevelt as a 2 to 1 favorite over Herbert Hoover in California. Other states show Roosevelt favored: New York 3 to 2 Illinois 3 to 2 Ohio 8 to 5 Wisconsin 7 to 5. Hoover leads in Vermont 3 to 2 Pennsylvania New Jersey Connecticut 7 to 5 Maine 9 to 5 Rhode Island 10 to 1 Massachusetts 5 to 1.
More than 100 political leaders who participated in the recent revolt in Sao Paulo were en route to exile in Europe aboard the steamer Pedro I.
Vera Cruz, Mexico. Birth control became legally obligatory as the new civil code took effect. The birth control bureau will set enforcement. Dr. Salvador Mendoza says the aim is to reduce poverty and malnutrition by sterilizing the unfit, with political and social motives beyond religion. The code also seeks to ease court costs and aid the working class. prospective parents may face inquiries about physical and monetary ability to have children. Couples with many children or defects likely barred from reproducing.
Sinclair and Company Ltd reports Tuesday payroll uptick as seasonal hog movement to market raises the packing plant workforce. Harry A. Palmer, VP and GM, says additional hires may follow as the processing increases. most new workers were previously on the payroll but idle in summer, joining hog killing and cutting departments.
Chicago police searched for clues after Roland McKenna, 28, a minor gangster tied to Danny McGeoghan's south side beer wars, was killed by a machine gun salvo from a gun nest across from his home while greeting his wife and mother-in-law. police believe the slaying was revenge for alleged involvement in kidnapping wealthy gamblers for ransom.
A full gale from the North Atlantic battered Long Island during a Tuesday afternoon. The storm toppled or unroofed about fifty houses and swept twenty seaside bungalows into Jamaica Bay. Strong winds reached 95 miles an hour, disrupting Governor Roosevelt’s Massachusetts campaign stop and injuring a Valley Stream chicken house with fifty dead chickens. Umbrellas and debris clogged streets as New York watched the ocean’s inland roar.
Unemployed supporters clash with police on Victoria Embankment and Whitehall as plans for a mass hunger march are called off due to legal bans and heavy policing. Deputations aim to present a petition of about 750000 signatures against the means test while authorities deploy strong precautions.
Linn county postpones the delinquent tax sale for one month from early December to early January per County Treasurer Frank Williams. He cites farmers and laborers needing extra time to raise funds, with only a small penalty for late payment. The move follows an attorney general ruling allowing postponement for good cause.
A welcoming committee formed by process servers for Aimee Semple McPherson and her husband David L. Hutton returned from Central America. They were ordered to appear in superior court on Nov 14 to explain any earnings since a $5,000 judgment was awarded to Hazel Jean St Pierre, a therapeutic nurse, who accused Hutton of promising matrimony before marriage.
Samuel Untermyer, a large Bethlehem Steel stockholder, disputed a Jacksonian club letter alleging the company ordered workers to vote Republican. He said he does not believe Bethlehem Steel’s management would advise or order employees to back any political party.
Toronto AP report notes a two week delay in extradition proceedings against Martin J. Insull as Cook County Illinois counsel said he would interfere with the postponement sought by Insull's attorney.
President Hoover approved plans for another campaign swing into key midwest states and likely a late continental run. A special train will depart Washington next Thursday with six addresses in Indiana and Illinois before a major Springfield speech, then St Louis and St Paul en route to California voting booths by Tuesday noon. Advisers close to Hoover report tentative arrangements to fly west from Minnesota to the Pacific coast.
President Hoover weighs a western swing with possible California radio address on election eve. He spent Tuesday preparing for re election efforts, meeting with cabinet officials, and plotting a Midwest itinerary including Gary Indiana Chicago Joliet LaSalle Ottawa Peoria Pekin Springfield Carlinville East St Louis and St Louis.
A severe wind and rain storm battered Long Island and New Jersey shores Tuesday. The Broad Channel area into Jamaica Bay and Rockaway beaches suffered heavy damage as at least twenty frail summer cottages were destroyed. One person injured, several narrowly escaped. Trees uprooted, signs and debris hurled about. A heavy sea battered beaches.
Democratic campaign officials announce Senator Hiram Johnson of California will address Chicago voters Friday night. The event at Dexter Pavilion follows President Hoover's St. Louis remarks and serves as a response to the president. Johnson will broadcast his remarks near the stockyards district.
Johnstown Mayor Eddie McCloskey said Pelham D. Glassford, former Washington police head, will be offered the post of Johnstown chief of police. The announcement came Tuesday, detailing Glassford as the candidate to lead the Johnstown police department.
Will Rogers describes Roosevelt betting odds on Wall Street as two and a half to one against him. He notes Hoover entering a New York hotel on a taqua circuit and quotes Republican leader Tilson and Admiral Grayson offering partisan views. The letter reflects 1932 campaign sentiment and mixed public opinion.
Washington AP The Reconstruction Corporation agreed to lend 3 957 000 dollars to the Hillside Housing Corporation of New York City for a neighborhood unit of low rent apartments housing 1581 families. It is the first loan under the Reconstruction Finance Act’s slum elimination provision. New York is the only state under this section due to corporate laws.
A wooden structure collapsed Tuesday in Homestead while men salvaged wood. Peter Rathiewicz and his son Adam, 28, along with August Braxinski, 25, were among fifteen workers from Homestead at the site. Authorities reported three fatalities.
Nearly 300 nurses attended the opening session of the twenty-ninth annual Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses convention in Cedar Rapids. Wayne Stiles presided as Justice Faville urged nurses to influence citizenship and respect for law.
In Chicago a meeting of gang leaders in a skyscraper office is abruptly interrupted when Chief of Detectives William Shoemaker enters, startling Murray Humphries and other figures such as William O'Donnell Marcus Looney Thomas Cullen John O'Brien Joe Marino Sam Alex William Martin and Charles Fraschetti as they conduct business at a mahogany table. The scene presents a tense, unofficial gathering of powerful crime figures in a single room.
A detective chief arrested all gangland leaders and detained them at the detective bureau to determine charges. He suspected labor racketeering and further depredations, noting a link to Charles T. Sullivan, contracting engineer, brother-in-law of the late Charles Red Barker, whose gold framed portrait sat on the table.
Los Angeles AP reports the district attorney seeks links between two extortion letters to Violet Buchanan and the abduction of her foster daughter Nancy Trene. The letters demanded 12500 dollars under threat to the child. Ruth Borman, formerly of Mason City Indiana, is held on suspicion of kidnapping her own child.
Griffin Georgia AP reports 18 year old Edwin Bates pled guilty to murdering 17 year old Troy Hand after a quarrel sparked by an insult calling Hand a sissy. Bates was sentenced to prison after agreement between the prosecutor and defense.
Washington sources report Texas representatives requesting about 1.4 million dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to provide immediate relief for a large portion of the state.
Washington UP report states the federal farm board on Tuesday appointed Harry N. Weygant of Moline Illinois as treasurer after previously serving as assistant treasurer.
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