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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1932
Page
1
The article reflects on Armistice Day numbness and suggests postwar suffering outweighs wartime triumph. It questions the nation’s ideals, politics, and the repeal movement as Iowa voters face beer legality while Democrats gain power. Experts foresee political realignment driven by pocketbook concerns.
More than 1,000 refugees fled Santa Cruz Del Sur as a 20 foot wall of water swept the town. In Camaguey trains carried evacuees to improvised hospitals and grave diggers worked amid at least 1,000 bodies. Local officials warned rebuilding was unlikely.
AP reports Democrats won 28 of 34 Senate races, securing 59 seats for 1937 and a probable hold through 1939. The party also controls 18 holdovers, totaling 46 of 49 needed for a majority, with five of 13 facing polls in 1935 from the solid South.
Gus Cerney, arrested in Chicago, faces charges of killing his wife Ideama Cerney whose nude body was found in the Mojave desert near Victorville. Investigators say evidence points to the slaying occurring at the couple’s Los Angeles apartment around October 19. Cerney had vanished before the body was identified.
Mme Lydia Lindgren’s $500,000 suit against Otto H. Kahn was ended Friday by agreement of counsel. The case is settled in a friendly way, say Mme Lindgren’s attorneys.
Guards at Kansas state penitentiary used hand grenades and bombs to thwart a planned escape. Five convicts including four bank robbers and a murderer were driven from tunnels beneath the prison and placed in solitary. three captured in a laundry passage, two under cell house 4. All five armed with knives. Details say wife of Hillary Henderson helped plan, with an automobile parked near walls. A .38 revolver found nearby.
Los Angeles reports King Vidor, famed director, will contest the divorce suit filed by his wife Eleanor Boardman actress. Boardman accuses cruelty and names Betty Hill actress as co respondent. In a separate case Vivian Duncan of the Duncan sisters filed for divorce from Nils Asther charging cruelty and gained custody of their daughter dubbed the international baby.
A Nevade plane carrying Joseph F. Hirt his wife Inez Elizabeth Hunter and two children plus a friend’s family perished in a wooded hillside near Kempville during a Chicago to west winter flight. The infant died early Friday after being found unconscious in the wreckage.
In San Francisco a traveling salesman Natkard Malouf killed Mrs Watfa Malouf and her daughter Miss Anessa Malouf, then died from a gunshot believed self inflicted after a family dispute over an alleged cousin marriage. A second daughter Miss Lucy Malouf escaped injury.
The Cedar Rapids toll program reports annual data with figures showing changes from prior periods. Officials note traffic patterns and revenue through the latest period, indicating how tolls influenced city transportation funding.
Washington AP The Armistice Day dedication at Arlington National Cemetery marked by President Hoover’s message and Secretary Hurley remarks. Protests by bonus army demonstrators occurred as audience members left. Louis C. Johnson of the American Legion praised preparedness and memorial unity. Forty eight wreaths from Legion posts accompanied the ceremony.
Attaches at the Speaker’s office said Vice President elect Garner would resign from the 73rd Congress when he takes the oath his new office. Mrs Miriam A Ferguson will call a special election to fill the vacancy after the resignation takes effect in January.
The Gazette will begin daily horoscopes next Monday. Genevieve Kemble prepares the readings and promises guidance on which planets influence individuals born on different dates. Read the daily astrology feature for personal insight and star guidance.
In New York a Cedar grove wedding linked Miss Blanchette Ferry Hooker to John D. Rockefeller II. The ceremony at Riverside Church linked the Greenwich native, 23, with the Rockefeller grandson, 26, with Nelson A. Rockefeller as best man and Laurence, Winthrop, and David Rockefeller among the ushers.
DES MOINES AP Recount of three counties in the Mitchell Winnebago Worth district shows L H Elthon Republican winning over L P Miller Democrat by 6 278 to 5 217. The result implies a 25 25 split in the state senate with Democrats retaining the lieutenant governor tie breaker.
Former German emperor Frederic Wilhelm II, living in Doorn, told United Press Germany was not responsible for World War I. He called the war guilt charge an infamous lie and said the question had been settled by impartial history, while declining to comment on current events.
Washington reports say Republican and Democratic leaders expect beer to be legalized as a rider to tax legislation. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania and Representative John McDuffie of Alabama call for quick modification of the Volstead Act. McDuffie cites voters backing the Democratic platform and urges action before Congress adjourns. He also favors trimming enforcement spending if possible.
In Havre de Grace Maryland Senator Millard E Tydings a Democrat argued that the Eighteenth Amendment as written is not broad enough to cover beer and announced a new study on beer legalization.
Oakland California ordered police to discontinue investigations and arrests in liquor cases after California repealed the Wright Act. County officers likely to follow. Earl Warren, district attorney, said enforcement of the Volstead Act and Eighteenth Amendment is no longer the duty of the DA, sheriff or police.
Raymond J Norman who ran a mission on East Fourteenth Street filed suit for 500000 exemplary damages against Cardinal Hayes and seven others. He alleges he was arrested three times and sent to Welfare Island penitentiary for spite and religious persecution.
Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak, brewery owner, vowed not to drink again until beer costs five cents a schooner. He said he must wait 60 days and told police not to interfere with beer sales.
Lawrence Eugene Connick, 26, a sailor aboard the destroyer Paul Jones, fell overboard and drowned Thursday as the Paul Jones and nine other destroyers entered Manila Bay from China. officials reported Friday.
Will Rogers comments from Beverly Hills on election tallies delay in Kentucky due to a sobriety rule. He notes GOP gains in Mississippi and Louisiana and mocks post office coverage. He mentions California moving to remove local enforcement laws and liquor categories as perishable goods with transport priority.
President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt was confined to bed with a slight cold and cancelled his weekend trip to Hyde Park. Mrs. Roosevelt arrived from New York to urge rest, while Roosevelt noted the cold began on a motor trip and said he hoped to shake it off.
President Hoover ends California stay and prepares to speed to Washington to tackle budget and war debt issues. The special eastbound train carries Mrs. Hoover, Lawrence Richey, and family. Hoover plans a brief Glendale address to party leaders before continuing home. Secretary Wilbur and Mrs. Wilbur may ride through to Washington.
Miss Mary McCarthy, 55, a religious worker, leaped from a tower above a five story building in a dramatic fall that drew thousands of onlookers. Police say she climbed through the hotel escape to a theater roof and then up a 50 foot water tower.
Augusto Murri, long regarded as Italy's greatest surgeon, died Friday in Bologna at age 91 from apoplexy.
AP reports urgent study of postwar debts as Britain and France press relief. Secretary Stimson said Britain’s note was sent to President Hoover for cabinet talks, while Senator Reed said Congress will take up the debt issue at December session start. France and Britain demand intergovernmental debt relief. payments totaling 123 million dollars due December 15 are expected unless Congress grants relief.
Paris opens talks with Washington on the December 15 French war debt, weighing paying to the Bank for International Settlements if postponement is needed. Reports say Paris desires closer London contact and argues Lausanne commitments justify US outreach.
A cold spell in Cedar Rapids brought the lowest fall temperature sealed at 22 degrees by Friday morning after a day Thursday with readings at 28 and dipping to 7. Snow flurries began as the mercury edged back up to 24 by 9 a.m and 28 by 1:30 p.m providing a fitful light snowfall trend through Friday.
The Merrick prize in public speaking was awarded to Robert E. Earley of Ames Indiana for his excellence in the subject at Yale this year.
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