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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1935
Page
1
A well known citizen appeals for renewed support of the Community Chest drive and its institutions. He argues the Chest funds revive local services and prevent cuts in budgets, urging residents to back the campaign and defend the city’s civic institutions.
The National Association of Manufacturers released a 14 point recovery plan urging balanced budgets and an end to immediate soldiers' bonuses. It calls to curb federal relief, halt federal grants, retire public debt with serial bonds, and convert the Reconstruction Finance Corporation into a liquidation agency, aiming for substantial savings.
Emperor Haile Selassie departed Addis Ababa by car for Dessye to take command of Ethiopian troops repelling the fascist invasion. Accompanied by Tecle Hawariate, the ex minister to France and Geneva envoy, he told the abuna he might not return but asked for prayers and benediction. Dessye serves as field HQ between northern and southern armies.
The piece argues gratitude should be spontaneous and daily not formal. It cites thinkers like William James and Socrates, urging morning thanks for each new day and evening thanks for blessings. It warns ingratitude brings unhappiness and stresses civic thanks as a national sacrament.
Paris reports Premier Laval warned Italian Premier Mussolini that any attack on Britain over oil sanctions would trigger war against France and the entire league. Britain and France seek peace talks with Mussolini to resolve the Italo Ethiopian dispute before an oil embargo.
Houston officials report that steam ship executives refused to accept mediation by a board appointed by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins to resolve the gulf coast dock labor dispute.
Premier Pierre Laval secured a decisive 345 to 225 vote in the chamber of deputies amid pressure to maintain the gold standard and avoid franc devaluation. He faces a forthcoming test on his financial program as Paris braces for foreign policy debates and measures against fascist groups. Troops were stationed around Paris but claims of mass deployments were denied.
A two story apartment building wreckage in Fort Worth becomes a death trap after an early morning explosion. Six people are confirmed dead and about a dozen injured. A four week old infant is missing while others were accounted for. Believed dead include Belle Stephens 78 and Dewitt Turbeville 81. Fire Marshal Ligon cites leaky gas stove connections as the cause.
Tracy Reginald, a former Manchester choir singer convicted of plotting his wife’s murder, faced execution at Fort Madison as guards described his last hours on death row. His mother visited, the governor refused clemency, and accomplice Mrs. Flossie Fear remains jailed and insists she was coerced.
An excited crowd gathers near Manila’s Luneta waterfront to greet the China Clipper expected about 4 pm local time. Captain Edwin C. Musick reports position 300 miles from Guam, plane flying at 180 mph with a 30 mph tailwind at 7,000 feet amid hopeful tailwinds. A 150 yard section in front of the admiral’s landing dock is fenced for the official party welcoming crew.
Fourteen people injured in eleven accidents during a snowbound night. The worst crash occurred at Olin when a car driven by Malcolm Walker 18 Morley struck the eastbound Milwaukee freight. Walker suffered a fractured skull and other injuries and is in St Luke's hospital. Keith Conner 35 Morley, a passenger and car owner, suffered facial injuries and arm lacerations and is also at St Luke's. Both were taken from Olin to Marion on a Milwaukee passenger train, then to a hospital. Conner could not place the order for gasoline by telephone Wednesday night. He did not see the train crossing until the car was feet from the tracks. Conner recalls hearing that the young man was thrown from the car. The Milwaukee office was alerted by conductor Walter Roche of Savanna Ill. Suffered exposure prior to rescue. (Continued on Page 2)
Atlanta hosts a large homecoming celebration for President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Friday. Rival groups mingle in a festival atmosphere with a political undertone as young democrats gather before the main program.
Nationwide observances mark Thanksgiving with family gatherings and charity. In Plymouth Mass a migration of worshippers and the Pilgrim rock draw crowds while Washington debates policy and relief progress. Tragedies include Fort Worth apartment fire killing six and twelve injured, plus earthquakes in Helena and Montana towns amid hazardous travel.
A survey shows about 200 certified relief clients in Linn county awaiting WPA placement, out of 1 021 relief roll workers certified to the WPA office. Certification continues, with 50 to 60 removed for inability to work. Allen Wallen reports 625 placed and 241 more requisitions at the Iowa State Employment Service, totaling 866 on WPA jobs, while about 1 000 non relief applicants seek work through the service.
An Italian cabinet meeting on Saturday hints at withdrawing from the League of Nations and outlines Italy's demands for Ethiopia settlements. Diplomats in Rome believe Mussolini would risk war rather than abandon the colonial campaign, warning of oil and metal supply cuts.
A looming clash between Japan and China grows as Japanese forces encircle North China while Chiang Kai-Shek’s government prepares to resist a pro Japanese autonomous move in Eastern Hopei. Yin Ju-Keng’s declaration fuels threat of a new puppet state and possible conflict following the Shanghai incident.
Attorney Donald Latshaw told police a four room house in Sheffield was stolen including the foundation stones. The report notes the unusual theft of a complete dwelling type structure.
A Rock Island passenger train struck the Schmidt family sedan at a crossing near Sibley. John Schmidt 42 and three other family members were killed instantly. two daughters and a son were injured. the car and wreckage were scattered. The accident followed a skid on a slippery highway amid clear weather.
Fragmentary AP text lists Glenn W. Shomler aged 45 of Boscobel Wisconsin and unclear names and numbers following. The snippet lacks a clear event or outcome.
In Amelia community south of Beaumont Texas Eddie Wayon a 40 year old tenant farmer and his three young daughters Lilian Margaret and Anna were killed in a Thanksgiving Day farmhouse fire caused by a gasoline explosion Mrs Wayon and a sister escaped outside unable to save the four.
Milo Teply of Belle Avenue SW and Dean Lemon, 1129 Fifth Street SE, were jailed after a crash at Sixth Avenue and Tenth Street involving Teply’s auto and a truck driven by Chicago’s Guy Fossett. Teply charged with reckless driving Fossett not noted. Lemon held on intoxication charge. Teply’s car and the truck were damaged.
President Roosevelt spent Thanksgiving at his Warm Springs Georgia home with a large host of friends and family including his son James. He attended a turkey day lunch and a formal dinner with Infantile paralysis patients and their families at the Warm Springs foundation. His Atlanta address for Friday’s homecoming was prepared after the day’s meals.
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