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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1932
Page
1
A national campaign is assessed as cheap and personal with strong attacks on President Hoover. The piece defends his record and warns that the outcome, whatever it is, will not instantly solve economic woes or end political strife. It notes widespread job loss and public reaction while urging cautious anticipation of post election effects.
Samuel Insull was taken to an Athens hospital under police supervision amid an extradition case to face embezzlement charges in Chicago. Greece may deport him Monday if papers arrive within two months. Insull claims treaty issues and holds U.S. papers are pending. The 73 year old, ill and financially strained, sought delay and argued non retroactive treaty terms. He testified to his age and address, and said he is English Reformed by faith and an American citizen.
Inspector C M Hill said a plot to derail the President's train near Beloit was uncovered when Henry Vance, 37, was nabbed early Saturday for loosening rails with a crowbar. Beloit operatives and Baraboo agents traced tips to Chairman Tucker of the Beloit Republican committee.
A Cedar Rapids transportation notice reports totals for this year with figures on accidents and injuries and asks readers to supply missing data. The fragment shows 31d 10 saee as unreadable parts.
The Gazette will broadcast election results next Tuesday night from its balcony using loudspeakers and a public address system. News will come in as results are available, with a Gazette extra later that night. The paper relies on its wires and AP UPS INS corps to deliver returns from nationwide and local campaigns.
Berlin's transport tie up, expanded to threaten western Germany after 1,000 strikers were dismissed. Authorities staged limited service with police guard as 176 trains ran and normal operations were expected by Sunday. Four deaths were recorded over the three day strike, with no emergency declared.
James Leo Daniels 34 of Berkeley and captain of a Standard Oil tanker died twelve hours after his wedding in a downtown Los Angeles hotel. Indigestion triggered heart disease, coroner reports say. His bride, Alice Eugenia Herrick of San Pedro, was distressed and later taken to San Pedro.
Twenty five dog catchers convened in Columbus urging the legislature to cut the fee for seizing feeding housing and selling stray dogs from 3.25 to 2 dollars. The move signals a broader push to ease local animal control costs.
Frank H. Simonds analyzes the German election as a vote to end elections. He explains Von Hindenburg and Von Papen seek to undermine parliament to restore monarchy, detailing Reichstag shifts, dissolutions, and the expected outcome of reduced Nazi seats and uncertain nationalist support.
In a Brooklyn two room flat Genevieve Fisher and her husband Jim argued over living conditions and a planned move. Jim left after a wage cut but returned home. Genevieve decided not to have the baby there and died after gas was smelled. police vented the door and a patrolman declared no new apartment would be needed.
AP forecast for the week starting Monday November 7 calls for showers in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central plains, with possible snow in the latter half. No sustained cold, but temperatures may dip toward week’s end.
About 2000 hunger marchers departed London in regular trains as crowds sang. The protest failed to win higher dole or a means test change, but sparked a Commons debate led by George Lansbury. Police questioned alleged communists and a Moscow link surfaced from court letters.
Chicago AP notes Republican chairman Mend ers claims Hoover would win with at least 38 electoral votes while Sanders forecasts 72 vote margin as the electoral college meets in January. New York AP reports Farley says Roosevelt will become President without commitments and Garner ticket will yield the largest vote in history.
President Hoover and Calvin Coolidge headline the final Republican campaign broadcast set for 8:30 to 10 p.m. CST Monday. Hoover will speak from Elko Nevada en route to Palo Alto California, Coolidge from Northampton Massachusetts, with Everett Sanders Ogden Mills Christine Bradley South L J Tabor and W L Hutchinson aboard on the WEAF NBC network broadcast.
In St Louis Judge Charles B Faris appoints John G Lonsdale as co receiver with James M Kurn for the St Louis San Francisco Railway Co Kurn remains operating receiver in charge of the road's physical properties Faris overrules a motion to consolidate two federal receiverships sought by the Failroad.
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt closed his presidential bid with a rally at Madison Square Garden. He asserted his program has popular support and vowed to mobilize government resources to deliver results, decrying false prosperity and urging unity across parties. He shared the platform with Alfred E. Smith and other Democratic leaders.
A large crowd of more than 2,000 gathered in North English for a Democratic rally Saturday night. Newton attorney Richard Tripp and James Gaffney of Williamsburg spoke, with local bands providing music and a torchlight parade preceding the program. Attendees included farmers and residents from nearby Iowa and Keokuk counties.
No Table Talks today due to a delay in the mails. No recipes are printed. The winner of this week’s Dollar prize economy recipe will be announced later. Send in prize recipes to enter this week.
Mrs. Christine Petersen of Chicago recounts watching her husband Eynar, two daughters, and guide Dennis Chabot drown when a canoe capsized in Lake of the Woods near Sabaskong bay. Petersen reached shore after clinging to the craft. search parties feared bodies would not be recovered before spring.
D. E. Fowler told county court he filed theft charges against his son Edward to punish him and hoped a penitentiary term would “make a man of him” He accused his son of stealing a watch and $23 of paint and asked for a sentence of at least one year in prison.
Bishop James Cannon Jr denounces repeal advocates and criticizes Alfred E Smith in a North Arkansas Methodist gathering. He rails against newspapers and the Associated Press for allegedly omitting parts of Birmingham remarks defending the church and attacking Smith and the Pope.
President Hoover spoke in St Paul praising recovery and attacking Democratic programs while a Rank and File faction and heckling crowds voiced boos. He warned against Hawley Smoot tariff effects and accused opponents of profiting from hardship.
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