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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1932
Page
1
A reader letter-saga critiques a Hoover address in Des Moines. It notes Democrats telephoned for party speakers like Jim Reed to respond, and comments on Reed’s Iowa background and his strong opposition to Hoover across all fronts.
Harry Stanton a Jackson prison guard was ordered to appear in Dearborn for questioning in a bombing plot involving another guard and four others. He allegedly sought clemency for James Hall alias Overstreet after efforts at Mount Clemens last week in the case tied to two inmates.
The Cedar Rapids board of education believes high school schedules are too long with six or seven hour days. It is unclear who bears responsibility for the pressure in junior and senior classrooms.
Contention argues that the North Central Association and Cedar Rapids public schools impose rules that create conditions behind a complaint. The text asserts that an educational bureaucracy has produced numerous evils, an undeniable fact according to the speaker.
The article argues that many objectionable factors in local public school systems were imposed by the state university and statutes urged by state education authorities. It notes that officials have sanctioned high pressure to an extreme degree.
Local board of education will determine the source of authority forcing changes in Cedar schools. Parents express dissatisfaction as children show strain, and the board will take necessary action to reassert community independence in managing its educational affairs.
Former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney leaves boxing for public life and urges young men and women to take the game away from elder statesmen, warning that politics needs fresh leadership.
The article notes Tunney reminding Cosmo magazine readers that Hamilton was 32 when founding the financing system still in use. It says young leaders today are urged to claim their place, though Tunney hints he might need his fists again before his political aims are achieved.
Those millions with other thoughts than politics will read with sympathy that the Laughing Allegra from Longfellow's Children’s Hour is ill. Mrs. Annie L. Thorp of Cambridge Massachusetts is believed to be on the way to recovery and has the best wishes of many.
The Gazette quotes Emil Ludwig saying in Russia the formula is work more buy more. He notes the Soviet rewards for toil and production and contrasts it with domestic taxation and penalties that burden workers in our own country.
Prosecutors said two or possibly more Jackson prison guards are implicated in a plan to bomb the state prison and free inmates. Five sticks of dynamite, two revolvers, ammo, and a plan letter were found in the suspects’ Dearborn apartments as police questioned five people.
A Plymouth sedan owned by Clare R. Marshall of 355 Pleasan drive SE was stolen between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday from Third Street SE between First and Second Avenues. License 57-19862. The car has a rear trunk.
George W. Norris senator from Nebraska and independent Republican will tour in support of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The schedule opens in Philadelphia on October 17 followed by Columbus October 18 and Detroit October 19.
In East Cleveland John Simkowski lived in a jungle of slums for three years as transients begged for shelter. Police arrested him on vagrancy charges after a search found bank books showing $600 in Cleveland banks.
In Keokuk Hawkeye Hurley told a crowd of Iowa Illinois and Missouri residents that Hoover era policies restored prosperity. He attacked Roosevelt for blaming economic woes and cited recovery of gold returns rising stock prices and money in circulation.
Earl Melendy of Louisa was arrested at 7 pm and charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after his car struck a switch engine at Ninth avenue and Third street SE. Joe Cermak, merchant policeman, reported the crash. a companion fled the scene.
Delegates to the American Bankers association convention named new officers after criticism of scoring. Francis H. Sisson of New York was elected president to succeed Harry J. Haas of Philadelphia. Francis M. Law of Houston was first vice president, Rudolph S. Hecht of New Orleans second vice president. J. R. Cain Jr. of Omaha was elected president of the bank division and Irving W. Cook of New Bedford named vice president. New executive committee members are William F. Augustine of Boston Marvin Holderness of St. Louis E J Weiser of Fargo and Preston B Cody of Beaumont.
The Court of Appeals ruled New York must hold a special mayoralty election this fall to replace James J. Walker. The decision was on an appeal by David McAdams against the appellate division’s reversal of a mandamus ruling to delay the election. Meanwhile Democrats convened a major meeting to choose a mayoral candidate.
J D Carson and his son Orval Carson of Fortuna are described as brothers-in-law Gael Genes and Stale tee lowser this week in Versailles Missouri.
The Gazette presents Harold Lloyd as a guest at the Paramount Theater in the Movie Crazy engagement. Readers are urged to check the Gazette Want Ad section for information on how to obtain free guest tickets.
President Hoover, buoyed by the impact of his blistering attack on the Democratic Party, plans another nationwide swing for re election. He drew large crowds across a two day corn belt tour totaling about 200000 supporters. He noted fatigue from standing and handshakes and eyed possible stops in Ohio and Indiana on the next trip.
Canby Minnesota AP officials opened an inquiry into whether a farmer Ole 57 and his son Leonard 19 were urged to violence by others before the fatal shooting of Nordahl Peterson, a farm picket organizer. Charges will wait on findings.
William Roberts testified at the murder trial of two guards that Arthur Maillefert died after being locked in a sweat box at Sunbeam prison camp. He said guards and trusted aides taunted and restrained him, and that a chain and stocks were used until Maillefert died.
Eva Sanderson Child, former wife of diplomat Richard Washburn Child, offered her services to aid President Hoover in his bid for re election after his public support for Gov. Roosevelt surfaced.
Mayor Stepanek had pushed unity but a sharp council dispute over purchasing a police department car erupted. Commissioner Zika refrained from voting and suggested delaying the matter, while Kruidenier and Ed Stefan debated keeping the old vehicle in service.
Five men raided the Burlington Co operative Milk Association milk receiving plant in Burlington Wisconsin early Thursday kidnapping watchman John Eisenbart 55 and setting two bombs. He was bound and later reported to police. The plant opened September 22 to cut out middlemen profits for dairy farmers supplying Chicago Pure Milk.
Cedar Rapids reports a killing frost and a brief five minute snowfall on Wednesday night. Temperatures ranged from a high of 48 to a midnight low near 33 as sun returns and warmth lifts the day.
Governor Dan Turner will be honored at a Friday noon luncheon at Hotel Montrose during his campaign speaking tour. He is set to speak in Mount Vernon at 9 45 a m then Cedar Rapids Marion La Porte City Waterloo later that day and evening.
Washington officials and diplomats debated President Hoover s proposal to use war debts to secure foreign market benefits for American agriculture. The plan, outlined in a Des Moines address, remains embryonic but drew wide interest while European debtors welcomed possible gains and cautioned against legal barriers.
Will Rogers cites a speech to rouse the crowd and mock Hoover. He notes men guard their jobs and women, urging decisive action as Al and Franklin move to bury the hatchet with Hoover.
Mrs. Mary Horak, 53, of 1225 Fourth Street SE, was treated for shock after a home invasion and robbery attempt Wednesday night. Five men, Fred Douglas, Paul Slaughter, Willie Meyers, Charles Walters, and Reedy Kaiser, were arrested at 942 Fifteenth Avenue SE and later released to leave town.
Earl L. Hite of 615 Rockford Avenue suffered a crushed right foot at 5 p.m. Wednesday after reportedly falling from a Cedar Rapids and Iowa City railway coal car at Eleventh Street and Eighth Avenue SW. An employee of the interurban company, Hite was taken to St Luke’s Hospital.
Former Missouri Senator James A. Reed will speak in Des Moines on October 10 at 8 p.m. at the Coliseum. The Democratic plan calls Reed's address a reply to President Hoover's opening campaign speech and will be broadcast. The event aims to galvanize a statewide Democratic rally focusing on the President's program.
Cedar Rapids plans an auto toll program this year with changes to traffic flow and revenue projections. City officials aim to fund road maintenance and safety upgrades while coordinating with state transportation guidelines.
Deputy Attorney General Edward Bayly hired to obtain a warrant in Canadian courts for the arrest of Martin J Insull. State's Attorney Swanson warned that unless Cook county votes funds for extradition expenses, the grand jury may investigate. Emmett Whealan, county board president, says no funds are available.
European stockholders in Casemese tied to Samuel Insull case push for action after the Chicago magnate’s mysterious disappearance. indictment for embezzlement and larceny noted, with emphasis on Casemese leadership.
John Hampton, assistant state's attorney of Cook County Illinois, arrived in Toronto to seek a provisional fugitive warrant for Martin Insull, former utilities mogul indicted on embezzlement charges. Insull refused extradition and limited cooperation, with bags indicating possible travel to Montreal or a coast port toward Europe. Hampton will consult Ontario officials on pursuing custody or await a presidential warrant.
Reports say Samuel Insull and his son Samuel Jr disappeared from a Paris hotel as investigators seek to determine if they fled to evade extradition to the United States. Officials at Le Bourget had no record of their departure by air, and they were believed to be headed toward Luxembourg.
Mrs. Eugene Carmichael reported to police that she struck and knocked down an unidentified man at Third avenue SE near the Union passenger station at 5:25 p.m. He rose and walked west on Third after the collision, and the incident occurred as she prepared to turn east toward the railroad station.
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