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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1937
Page
1
A republican national committee session in Chicago debates forming a policy making body to steer Hoover and anti Hoover factions. Miss Marion Martin and Rhode Island member FitzSimons criticize intra party fights while labor and labor’s concerns loom over leadership dynamics.
The Republican National Committee approved a program committee to draft party policies and issues. At least 100 members will be chosen after consulting congressmen and party chiefs and report to the chairman for a potential national forum or conference. Some leaders criticized parts of the plan while others supported expanding membership to ensure broad representation.
Crown Point's marriage license mill was halted by a temporary injunction from Circuit Judge Joseph Sullivan. The order bars Lake County Clerk from issuing licenses when the bride is not a county resident. Eloping Illinois couples seeking to bypass state hygienic rules must seek other avenues.
In a bid to stall negotiations with the union a company reportedly invoked a technicality while also presenting a conspicuous distraction aimed at drawing attention to its stance. The move underscores ongoing tensions as talks continue behind the scenes.
A reader called pessimist summarizes modern life as a mix of radio autos noise poverty plenty taxes strikes sport sex and aspirin describing life as a hideous humdrum a ghastly joke Birth toil taxes death and a jump in the dark are faced by the great middle class He notes gloom can lead to peevishness but adds life is sweet and deeper than we know Doctor Newton signs the 1937 piece with copyright.
In Cincinnati, Prosecutor Dudley M Outcast urged the jury to sentence Anna Marie Hahn to the electric chair as the state finished its final arguments. The defense pleaded acquittal amid a storm of ridicule and asserted the case rests on doubt. evidence cited included arsenic poisonings and suspicious deaths.
Adolf Hitler announced a reciprocal policy between the Reich and the Polish government after three months of talks governing the Nazi minority in Poland and Poles in Germany. He also ordered the release of Polish minority leaders held in war prisons for illicit political activities.
Diplomatic circles report Hitler offered to mediate the Sino Japanese conflict and Japan reportedly accepted while China’s reaction awaited. The move could suspend Brussels nine power conference and end four months of hostilities as mediation talks are expected to open upon confirmation of Chinese consent.
The American Bar Association announced a mail referendum among its 31 000 members on constitutional amendments and legislation on child labor. Ballots were sent from Chicago, voting closes December 1, and the board of elections chaired by Justice Edward T Fairchild will supervise tallying.
London AP reports General Franco accepted a nonintervention committee plan to withdraw foreign volunteers from Spain in exchange for belligerency rights. Loyalist officials in Barcelona said they would back the scheme if commissions counting foreign troops remain neutral and efficient.
The national foreign trade council denounced Friday night any experimental compulsory controls on agricultural output. It urged immediate talks on a mutually equitable settlement of intergovernmental war debts and warned that mandatory neutrality laws would be inflexible and dangerous. The group also called for Philippine independence act tweaks to extend reciprocal free trade and safeguards for ongoing reciprocity. Secretary Wal lace urged boosting foreign purchases to absorb crop surpluses and sustain producer returns.
George Smith, 56, of Newhall, was critically injured Friday when his cattle were hit by a car at the junction of highways 205 and 30, two miles south of Newhall. The Minnesota-registered car reportedly came over a hill from the west. Smith suffered fractures, head gash, and possible internal injuries. He was taken to Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids by state patrolmen.
Iowa City residents vote 2324 to 791 to issue 398750 in bonds to fund a new high school. Combined with a 326250 PWA grant, the project may cost up to 725000 with site at Morningside Heights on board of education land. A separate 90000 bond for site purchase failed 1534 to 1401.
Santiago Cuba dispatch reports Haiti and the Dominican Republic mobilizing troops on their frontier after a border incident in which Haitian civilians were killed by Dominican forces under Gen Rafael L. Trujillo Molinas.
Phone your want ads for Sunday before the big game. Ad taker accepts notices from 8 A M to 8 P M Saturday. Dial 2 1121.
President Roosevelt moves to shape a four point program for the November special session. Secretary Wallace says he will accept any farm bill drafted by Congress. Byrnes backs an omnibus reorganization bill to expand White House authority and streamline federal agencies.
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt told Iowa teachers and reporters that meat prices are enormously high while the spread between farmer returns and consumer costs remains a mystery. She cited producers receiving four to eight cents or items later priced up to 20 cents, and questioned national housing debt.
Gov Philip F La Follette, ill with influenza in Colon Panama, showed improvement Friday according to hospital officials.
Washington reports fear of international complications from labor hostility toward the Duke and Duchess of Windsor led to the abrupt cancellation of their American tour. Officials feared riots abroad tagging British royalty as enemies of labor and prompting a global trade image blow. Precautions were heightened as the royal party stayed on American soil while plans were revised.
London reports a potential Windsor trip to study Soviet life as a reply to American critics who accuse the duke of Nazi leanings. The canceled U S voyage stirred great reaction while Windsor supporters see it as a chance to counter U S isolation.
The American Association of Railroads led by J I Pelley asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise rates by more than 500 million dollars annually. They cited a highly critical financial condition and noted a 1 percent increase granted Oct. 22 would yield 47 million yearly. Also urged were a 15 percent freight increase (except coal, lumber, sugar, fruits, vegetables) and higher east coast passenger coach fares.
Paris dispatch reports the Duke of Windsor and Duchess Wallis Warfield prepared to board the Bremen before delaying his industrial tour of the United States. He cited misstatements about his aims and pledged no alliance with any political or radical doctrine. Bedaux offered to sever ties, and the Duke sent regrets to President Roosevelt and American industrialists.
Joseph P. McCurdy president of the Baltimore Federation of Labor urged the Duke of Windsor to visit the United States again under better auspices. He blamed Bedaux as the arch enemy of American labor and said the duke was misled, noting no issue with the duchess.
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