03 Oct 1937
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1937
Page
1
A call for continued contributions to the Cedar Rapids Community Chest is issued, noting long-standing need and strong local administration. The item blends charity appeal with social commentary and a humorous anecdote about a Pittsburgh resident, Adam Brecht, and roller skating youths.
The supreme court opens its 1937 38 term with a challenge to Hugo L Black s right to sit on the bench amid Klan past ties. Levitt seeks to question Black s eligibility prompting potential impeachment talk and a ruling on Levitt s motion while Black may recuse himself from deliberations.
President Roosevelt on a return trip to Ft. Peck Dam Montana gave no comment on Justice Hugo Black. Presidential Secretary Marvith H. McIntyre stated there is no news source on the train concerning Black and that the incident is considered closed.
In Madison Wisconsin a massive legal team for leading oil executives prepared for the start of federal oil conspiracy trials. Twenty three large oil companies face an indictment charging price fixing of gasoline. The trial is set to begin Monday and run for at least a month or two.
A reader argues for air conditioning in churches to beat summer heat, noting the clash with tradition and the busy air conditioned Sunday nights at movie houses. The writer, a court reporter, reflects on irreligion, honesty, and the moral calendar, ending with a tease of a continuation on page 10.
A bloc led by the Irish Free State blocked a league of nations push for Italy to withdraw troops from Spain. The assembly voted 32 to 2 with 14 abstentions, rejecting a peace commission plan for immediate pullout of Italian and other foreign volunteers.
Weather outlook for October 4 to 9 shows precipitation across the Upper Mississippi Missouri Valleys and northern central plains. Temperatures stay normal or higher overall with chances of rain in the first half and again by close of week.
Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints Frank McNinch as head of the Federal Communications Commission and orders a broad reform program to abolish radio trusts and curb political corruption. The president grants McNinch sole authority to set guiding policies for radio, telephone, and telegraph regulation. McNinch promises action to implement the administration’s principles and procedures.
Moscow reports Stalin’s purge of political foes shifts toward leniency as article 18 penalties are eased from death or ten years to 25 years for espionage and wrecking. The central committee also seeks internal stability ahead of Far East tensions and upcoming secret ballot under the new constitution.
A hydraulic shield explosion in a Detroit interceptor sewer killed five sandhogs and injured about thirty five, as workers near completion of the tunnel attempted a surface celebration. Rescue teams evacuated survivors as officials investigated the blast at Delray.
In a stark disaster off Baranoff island Alaska the skipper and eight crewmen of the Lim it were believed dead after their seinor Limit wrecked in heavy seas. Coast guard cutters Ciane and Alert ended a 25 mile search without a trace and abandoned the hunt.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor will deliver a national radio address Monday night from 730 to 8 p.m. CST on the Columbia network.
Japan concentrates most forces for a left flank break near Lotien while China, from Liuho on the Yangtze, counters toward the Japanese lines. In Shansi, Yenmenkwan pass falls to Japanese forces, seven miles north of Taiyuan, as savage battles ensue along the Great Wall area. Both sides claim capture of Shanghai civic center amid intense bombardments.
President Roosevelt declared the Grand Coulee Dam a national undertaking for the national good and predicted millions of acres of new land and inland steamship access. He spoke before about 6,000 on the Columbia River project site, envisioning a Grand Coulee association to honor workers and a future boom for farmers who left the plains.
In Cedar Rapids the campaign to raise funds reached $93,788.18 as volunteers worked since Wednesday morning to canvass units. Division leaders urge rapid completion by Monday noon for the second report luncheon at the Roosevelt, with honor roll prospects and employer pledges to be filed promptly.
In Bethel Maine four men all over seventy drowned after their automobile plunged from a bridge into Mill pond. The victims were Willis Waite owner and driver of the car and Dixfield residents William Kidder Albert Root, and John Trask of Mexico.
Hollywood gossip notes report Judith Allen has filed a $2 million heart balm suit against Mrs. Delphine Dodge Godde. Jack Doyle plans to contest Miss Allen s action by challenging the legality of his 1935 Tia Juana marriage. Arguments hinge on service of papers and possible actions by Godde s attorney.
London gossip writer says the Duke of Windsor's private fortune totals about £900,000 or $4.5 million. He receives no royal grant but gets £25,000 annually from the king, according to the Evening Standard writer.
Gazette reporter enters University hospital Isolation ward to document two infantile paralysis victims saved by iron lungs. After weeks of artificial respiration the two are showing early signs of recovery as exclusive access highlights their progress.
Carrol Perry a 65 year old Ipswich Massachusetts man leaped from a tenth floor window of the Biltmore hotel in Los Angeles to his death. His wife, waiting in the lobby, said they were in town to join friends and drive to Santa Barbara. She added he was despondent over finances.
An article discusses historical figures like Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, and Abraham Lincoln as inventors with patents. It notes old time designers moved theories to blueprint stage while modern dreams fail when scaffolding is removed before wallpaper is up.
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