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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1936
Page
1
The Gazette reports an extraordinary flood of communications in two weeks about its anti graft campaign. Hundreds of letters telegraphs and calls praise the paper for standing against state officials while a handful criticize. Several anonymous senders and named individuals are noted among the responses.
The Gazette rails at graft and corruption in Iowa politics, citing Kraschel’s narrow escape and a Roosevelt landslide, questions Herring’s swift widow settlement, and defends its pro farmer stance while praising democratic rights and newspaper accountability. Pittsburgh steel wage deals announce 10 percent boosts across major companies, with cost-of-living adjustments and higher gains for lower-paid workers.
A minister shared that Psalm 37 by David was read by his congregation after an election. The reading was responsive with a chorus of Amens and was said to offer strength and comfort for the speaker’s hard fight for good government in Iowa.
Police investigate a hit-and-run after Mrs. R. T. Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Mae Smith were struck while crossing Sixth avenue at Tenth street SE. Fitzpatrick suffered a bruised back and Smith bruises to the right leg and side. driver fled, car engine running initially.
A 1936 reflection on fear in modern life, tying fear to insecurity and weakened faith. It argues fear stems from stress and overproduction, urges emotional control, and cites scripture as comfort, concluding that fear should yield to faith in God.
Steve Wilder of Cedar Rapids president of the Grain and Feed Dealers National Association spoke at a conference with Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace on farm crop insurance. Wilder argued there is little to discuss until plans are developed further and said elevator men stand ready to aid the government program. Oscar Heline of Marcus, president of the Farmer Grain Dealers Association of Iowa, also took part.
Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands will marry Prince Bernhard zu Lippe-Biesterfeld in a January 7 ceremony at the palace. The 28 year old heiress and her athletic future husband, three years her junior, are described as sports enthusiasts.
The Social Security Board announced that about 26 million workers will begin pension registration on November 16. Employers will submit the employer’s application for identification numbers to 45,000 post offices, then employees receive individual social security account cards starting November 24. Taxes on payrolls will fund pensions beginning January 1 at 1 to 3 percent. Eligible workers include most employees. farm labor, servants, and government workers are excluded.
The Social Security Board announced a campaign starting November 16 to gather information from employers and workers for old age benefits. Employers must submit forms by November 21 and employees by December 5, listing identification numbers, business details, and worker personal data.
Cedar Rapids enjoyed fair skies and mild temperatures as November continued. Morning lows reached 29 and daytime highs peaked around 45, with readings of 37 at 10 am and 45 at 1 15 pm, according to Chambers Inskeep company records.
Mrs Catherine Cooks Wolff files for marriage annulment in Fairfield California alleging grounds that her husband Edward Wolff Jr is a communist.
The Ontario government readies legislation to seize $750 000 from the 54 Dionne infant case into a trust fund for the children. The parents receive none of it as the ruling on Millar will clause nine is delayed to November 16 amid competing claims by mothers and executors.
Mrs. Charles E. Newell, 63, of 2307 Bever Avenue SE, sustained a fractured kneecap and jaw, lacerations, and shock after an auto collision at Bever Avenue and Fifteenth Street SE. She rode with her husband. another car driven by Mrs. F Wallace Darling collided, propelling into Merle K. Patten’s parked vehicle. Mrs. Newell was taken to St Luke’s hospital.
In Moscow at the Bolshoi theater Joseph Stalin received a 15 minute ovation as he officially opened the nineteenth revolutionary celebration of Soviet Russia Friday night. He appeared in good health and affable on stage.
President Roosevelt plans to attend the opening of the Pan American peace conference in Buenos Aires with a one day stopover in Rio de Janeiro on November 26 before heading to Buenos Aires for the December 1 start. Ambassador Hugh Gibson said the decision was definite after a White House meeting.
President Roosevelt dodged queries about a constitutional amendment and New Deal plans at a press conference in the executive mansion. He teased reporters, hinted at a possible Buenos Aires trip for the Inter-American peace conference, and said budget work would begin Saturday with acting budget chief Daniel W. Bell.
Gov Clyde L Herring announced he will stay as Iowa chief executive if the gubernatorial race is resolved by the state legislature. Elected to the U S Senate Tuesday, he will become ineligible once he takes the oath, and plans to defer oath until the governor question is settled.
Des Moines reports Republican George A. Wilson says he found errors in the Kraschel lead in the unofficial ballot count. Wilson is doing a mail re check and plans a formal statement only after completion, warning the race may be prolonged despite a margin under 1,500 in a 1,000,000 vote total.
Democratic candidate Nelson G. Kraschel increased his gubernatorial lead over George A. Wilson to 1 927 votes as Polk and Linn county precinct judge tallies were corrected. The revised figures followed a previous margin of 865 votes with Linn county adjustments adding 65.
Lieut. Gov. Nels Kraschel gained 65 votes in Linn County on the unofficial canvass completed Friday by the county auditor's staff. His Linn total reaches 16 760, now 67 higher than Wednesday, while Wilson stands at 20 692, two more than previously reported.
Corrections raised in Polk County shifted tallies for Kraschel and Wilson after a poll books audit. Kraschel led by 1,055 before Van Buren and other counties’ errors favored Wilson by 22 votes, with a possible further change as county boards canvass next week and state lawmakers consider the outcome.
Two of nine Kilby prison escapees were recaptured at a Montgomery home. Harold Korerner, 29, and Richard Dunn, 22, were found by Chief of Detectives Paul Rapport hiding at the sister-in-law of one suspect.
Washington reported President Roosevelt will meet Friday evening with the maritime commission and Secretary Frances Perkins to weigh intervention as the Pacific coast general strike enters its second week. In Seattle a strike committee informed crew not to unload cargo from the Northland, while food shortages alarms spread from Alaska to Hawaii.
Seville reports seven government planes and two rebel aircraft shot down in an air clash over Madrid. In central Madrid a 26 aircraft dogfight ends without hits as shells burst in streets signaling rebel advance into suburbs. Loyal planes engage a twelve Rebel escort and two Junkers bombers.
Hand to hand fighting erupts in Madrid as loyalist defectors clash with leftist militia amid government order to evacuate all districts around the capital. Local reports reach Lisbon detailing street violence and security measures.
Reports from Getafe describe Nationalist six inch guns firing into Madrid while Moors and foreign legionnaires ready to storm the capital. Loyalist defenses rack the front with artillery and air power as Nationalists inch toward the heart of the city and encircle Madrid from multiple approaches.
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