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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1932
Page
2
A tribute tracing Herbert Hoover from his youth in Iowa to the White House. The piece argues his rise was self-made, faulted by some for the era’s crisis, yet defended as driven by action. It praises his resilience, Quaker upbringing, and leadership through the Great Depression era.
Herbert Hoover returns to his native Iowa greeted by tens of thousands at Rock Island Davenport West Liberty and Iowa City in the first major stops of his western campaign. Crowds of 10 000 at Davenport 15 000 at Rock Island cheer as bands play and he recalls boyhood days with his former schoolteacher Mrs Curran. Mayor Tom Moore of West Branch gifts ears of corn as the West Liberty band plays Iowa songs and Dickinson and the governor join the reception.
President Hoover, pleased with early reception, announces a ten stop Midwest leg on Wednesday. The itinerary includes Valparaiso and Fort Wayne in Indiana, Lima Bucyrus Crestline Mansfield Massillon Canton and Alliance in Ohio, and Greensburg Johnstown in Pennsylvania with rear platform appearances.
Alfred E. Smith, once estranged from Franklin D. Roosevelt, urged support for the Democratic ticket in a rousing speech at the New York state convention. The two leaders staged a friendly reunion on the platform amid cheering delegates and photographs. Roosevelt and Smith bridged their rift as Lehman was chosen the Democratic nominee for governor after a late-night session.
Henry F Moore juror in United States Senator James J Davis lottery case received a $1000 fine or five days in jail. He was removed from the jury list after approaching defense counsel near trial end, and appeared without counsel despite entitlement to representation.
Chicago workers feed six trapped birds two sparrows and four thrushes in a seventeen story light well of Continental Tunnels Bank and Trust company. Attempts to escape by circling upward fail as the birds rest on window sills.
Storm warnings were posted for the Texas coast as forecasters anticipated strong northwesterly winds Tuesday night. Dr I M Cline of the local weather bureau issued the forecast. Shipping interests from Corpus Christi to Port Arthur were warned of potential conditions.
Japanese forces southeast of Tsitsihar claim 1500 Chinese troops under Li Hai Ching have been killed in combat. No independent verification provided.
Will Rogers recalls a meeting of Western journalists in Mukden in 1932. He notes the consensus that Japan would stay in Manchuria and that treaties or courts would not deter conquest, urging readiness with weapons.
Crowds filled Des Moines as President Hoover returned by train to greet supporters. A four mile parade featured an Iowa National Guard escort, Fort Des Moines cavalry, and a military cortege with Gov. Dan Turner and party officials marching amid cheers and jeers on a bleak October day.
Des Moines AP reports President Hoover detailed twelve farm aids in his Tuesday night address. They include tariff enhancements, repeal of farm board stabilization, land use diversification, Great Lakes St Lawrence waterways, seed loan collection, land tax readjustment, restoration of short-term credits, foreign market expansion via RFC, reorganization of federal land banks, agriculture representation at the world economic conference, using foreign debt payments to expand markets, and renewed deflation reversal efforts.
Snow covered eastern Colorado and Wyoming as the season’s first snowfall moved through. Palmer Lake between Denver and Colorado Springs recorded three inches while Cheyenne and Laramie Wyoming and Denver saw white flakes fall all day. Temperatures cooled to 36 degrees in Denver.
In Des Moines President Hoover decried a Democratic House program he called a huge pork barrel, rubber dollar and bonus measures. He warned that if Democrats win next month they would end recovery and pledged to support tariff protection and farm relief.
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