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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1936
Page
2
The president wins re election by a wide margin signaling strong public support for the New Deal. The piece reflects on Farleys claim of no retaliation and predicts a brain trust dominated second Roosevelt term with a likely drastically changed government, and a Congress largely beholden to the president.
Polk county sheriff attached deposits and seized Governor Clyde L. Herring's safe deposit box at Iowa-Des Moines National Bank after a district court judgment of 5350 against him filed by Mrs. E. E. Clark widow of an organizer of Bankers Life Insurance. The action claimed 4000 in bonds against the Ewing building were worthless. The case timeline included postponements and a plan to drill the box with a court order.
The Gazette warns that the New Deal brain trust will erase traditional parties and reshape government by 1941. It cites Tugwell and Frankfurter’s influence, predicts supreme court changes, and notes critics may flee the country as Roosevelt uses the court to push policy. The piece questions voter reception of Franklin’s warnings.
Sale of the controlling stock of the Universal Crusher company valued at about 400000 to A. W. Daniels of Chicago Heights IL was announced at 3 p m Wednesday. Daniels becomes president and GM January 1 1937 with H F Rikhoff of Detroit as secretary treasurer. W L Harrison retires as president but remains on the board and as stockholder.
AP shows 36 Senate seats with Democrats 19 elected, 47 holdovers, total 66. Republicans 3 elected, 11 holdovers, total 14. farmer labor 0 elected, 1 holdover. progressives 0 elected, 1 holdover. Seats in doubt 14. majority needs 49.
Roosevelt won Linn county by a slim margin over Landon 19 814 to 19 129 while local Republican candidates for U S Senate gained leads. Herring trailed Dickinson by about 3 000 votes and Halden led Gillette by 1 200. Roosevelt’s margin reflected a nationwide landslide and helped GOP nominees offset the president’s gains.
With all precincts reported, W. S. Jacobsen, Democrat, wins the Second district congress seat with 70,500 votes to Charles Penningroth, Republican, 55,156. County tallies show varied totals across Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, and other areas.
Unofficial Linn county returns show Lieut. Gov. Nels Kraschel the low man on the Democratic slate with 16 693 votes while George Wilson leads with 20 690. Wilson trails only Frank Williams for state treasurer as Roosevelt carries Linn by about 700 votes. Kraschel’s 3 997 deficit spans precincts and reflects Roosevelt’s margin.
United Press figures from about two thirds of precincts show President Roosevelt ahead 3 to 2 over Gov. Landon with a possible 10 million vote plurality. Early tabulations list Roosevelt at 21,129,361 to 13,109,812 for Landon nationwide. In New Hampshire final results give Roosevelt four electoral votes with 106,221 for Roosevelt and 103,626 for Landon.
AP reports a sweeping Roosevelt victory with 523 electoral votes to 8 for London. Maine and Vermont cling to Landon while New Hampshire shifts to Roosevelt in morning returns. Democrats poised to control most Senate seats. Borah Norris stand as independent Republicans.
Linn county will be represented solidly by Republicans in Des Moines after decisive margins. State Senator Frank C. Byers Cedar Rapids, State Rep B. B. Hickenlooper Cedar Rapids won re election. Dr John R Gardner Lisbon will replace Marley D Clark Mount Vernon as Democratic incumbent. Gardner carried Lisbon Mount Vernon by two to one. Cedar Rapids precincts aided Hickenlooper. All three pledged support for thorough graft and corruption investigations if proposed.
Linn County voters re elected six Republican incumbents and Democrat Milo Sedlacek for the next term by solid margins. Officials returned include Auditor Robert Vesely, Clerk E W Lundquist, Recorder Dempsy Jones, Sheriff James H Smith and Coroner B L Knight. Jones led with 22 191 votes to Frank J McCarthy 15 467, Sedlacek won 21 127 to Joseph W Carberry 16 987. Sedlacek carried two thirds of the 48 precincts.
A reader laments the plight of the elderly amid modern economics. The piece argues that aging, once a peaceful stage, now brings pain and economic dependence, threatening dignity and social stability. It cites the Townsend plan and urges policy reform to curb fear and greed.
President Roosevelt lost his Hyde Park home district in Dutchess County by 176 votes in Tuesday's balloting. The result marks a setback for the president in his longtime political stronghold.
In Des Moines, AP reports 2,056 of 2,442 precincts counted for governor show Kraschel 435,342 and Wilson 434,448, a margin of 894. Polk County boosts Wilson, while Kraschel gains in eastern and western borders, amid a bitter race between the Democrat and Republican. Roosevelt leads nationally. Herring holds over Dickinson.
Iowa Republicans appear to win four House seats with Lloyd Thurston in the Fifth District and C. C. Dowell in the Sixth District leading early returns. Democrat William Jacobsen holds the Second District, while John Gwynne is tied for a district lead. Other races are close as incomplete results reported in Des Moines.
Clear, frigid Cedar Rapids weather described with morning temperatures at 14 degrees above zero and a steady rise to 21 at nine, 3 at one, and a low of 18 at midnight after a 27 degree daytime high. Election post mortems halted by the chill as dawn conversations faded.
Tabulated reports of Linn county vote on state offices and congressional, legislative and county offices are on page 2. results for President and senator appear on page 15.
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