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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1936

Page

2

Major Powers Trade Accusations Over Spanish Strife

The note cites a potential Italian German co operation in European affairs with Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano planning a visit to Berlin. In London Portugal walked out of the neutral Spain meeting accusing Soviet Russia of hostility, following a clash between Italy and Britain.

Portugal London Italy Britain Rome Galeazzo Ciano Berlin Soviet Russia International Committee of 27 Nations Spain

Italian Troops Said to Enter Spain Civil War

Spanish delegation to the League of Nations charges Italian troops landed at Ibiza on Sept 18 and participated in executions of Loyalist sympathizers. Report says they were commanded by General Comte Rossi and involved in the Balearic Island actions.

Geneva INS International Non-Intervention Committee London Russia Spain League of Nations Balearic Islands Comte Rossi Ibiza Spar

International panel weighs Spanish war aid charges

The neutrality committee met in secret with delegates from 27 nations to address Russian claims of fascist aid to Spain and charges that Portugal Italy and Germany violate the non intervention pact. A Russian plan for an investigating commission on Portugal faced Lisbon reports and Madrid backed accusations.

London Madrid Moscow International Neutrality Committee Portugal Italy Germany Diario de Noticias Lisbon

Rainfall Steady as Cedar Rapids Sees Cooler Day

Light but steady rain continued in Cedar Rapids with 0.18 inch moisture by 3 p.m. Local temperatures lingered around 61 after a morning low of 54 and highs near 66 earlier in the day. Readings tracked by Chambers Inskeep Company instruments.

Cedar Rapids Mercury Chambers Inskeep Company Instruments

Funeral services for J. J. Studer Saturday

J. J. Studer 48 of 522 Vernon Drive SE dies of a heart attack. Funeral services set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception church with burial in Mt. Calvary cemetery. Survived by widow Gertrude Craemer, two daughters Mary Jo and Sandra, three sisters and a brother. Rosary to be recited Friday evening at Turner chapel.

J. J. Studer Vernon Drive H. N. Craemer Company Immaculate Conception Church Mt. Calvary Cemetery A. J. Diebold Harry Jones James Y. Canfield John Limback R. M. Evans Cedar Rapids Studer Toledo Craemer Gertrude Craemer Mary Jo Sandra Marie Klein Gertrude Schmidt Margaret Schrein Detroit, Mich William Studer Detroit St. Martha’s Circle of the Immaculate Conception Turner Chapel

Coughlin Promises Radio Reply to Monsignor Ryan

Washington AP Challenging Father Coughlin s monetary views Ryan advocates for Roosevelt reelection and blasts a communist charge as false. In Pittsburgh Coughlin plans to reply on air Saturday after listening to Ryan s remarks in Syria Mosque, while Ryan defends Pope encyclicals and moral policy.

Washington Charles E. Coughlin John A. Ryan Catholic University Roosevelt Monsignor Ryan Democratic National Committee Pittsburgh Father Coughlin Father Ryan Pope Leo XIII Pius XI Detroit Syria Communist Party NRA Ameri

Al Smith Calls Loyal Dems to Oppose FDR in 1936

Alfred E. Smith urged loyal Democrats to oppose President Roosevelt’s re election, denouncing the New Deal as a betrayal of most of the 1932 platform. Speaking at the Metropolitan Opera House before about 15 000 supporters, Smith warned of a crucial national decision on the third of next month and urged separation of political bank from fact. He cited the AAA and agency co ordination failures as proof of repudiation.

Philadelphia Alfred E. Smith Roosevelt Metropolitan Opera House Democratic Party Smith AAA Opera Norman Thomas

Community Chest pledges total $88 461.43 in audit

Keith Dunn reports the Community Chest pledges reached eighty eight thousand four hundred sixty one dollars and forty three cents, a gain of 89.43 from the Victory dinner figure. About 12 000 people contributed with 16 342.73 in cash. records moved to the Chamber of Commerce for final reporting.

Keith Dunn Chest Solicitors Chest Fund Montrose Hotel Chamber of Commerce Public Welfare Bureau Nithlic

The Personal Equation and the Rise of Character

A 1936 reflection on personality distinguishes between talent and character, noting personality as a force that can empower or fail regardless of intellect. It argues that true personality grows through life’s interplay, liberty, courage, and in pursuit of a shared cause, rather than solitary effort.

Jesus Nero Napoleon Huey Long David Browning

Pilot on mercy errand crashes in fog near Iowa City

Dan Hunter manager of Cedar Rapids Airways and pilot of The Gazette plane was on an errand of mercy to fetch Mrs Craemer in Hot SpringsArkansas when fog forced a crash eight miles west of Iowa City. He escaped uninjured and the plane suffered about 800 in damage before being dismantled and moved to Cedar Rapids. Studer died later that day.

Dan, Hunter Cedar Rapids Airways Gazette Iowa City Hot Springs Ark H. N. Craemer J. J. Studer Vernon Drive Hunter Earl Hemminger Will O’brien Cedar Rapids Hemminger O’brien Studer Pagan Craemer Jones

Davis Accuses Prosecutor as Cult Member in Murder Trial

Harvey Davis a black legion colonel told circuit judge after life sentences for murder that Wayne county prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea is a hooded order member. McCrea helped prosecute Davis and 11 others for the Poole roadside execution on May 12. Davis denied guilt and claimed a perjured trial. Dayton Dean the trigger man pleaded guilty and also received life imprisonment as the instigator of the night ride that killed Poole after gossip about his WPA worker wife.

Detroit Harvey Davis Black Legion Duncan C. McCrea Wayne County Hooded Order McCrea Davis Charles A. Poole Joseph A. Moynihan Dayton Dean Moynihan Poole WPA

Agriculture Dept Estimates U S Corn Crop At 1.509 Billion Bushels

The Agriculture Department reports the October 1 crop conditions show corn at 1,509,362,006 bushels, amid drought damage, and all wheat production at 627,233,000 bushels. Previous indicators include corn at 1,458,295,000 last month and 2,291,629,000 last year, with wheat averaging 863,564,000 for 1928-32.

Washington Department of Agriculture

Iowa corn and wheat crop estimates released

The Department of Agriculture projects Iowa corn at 218 million bushels with 44 percent of normal condition on October 1. Iowa wheat is estimated at 9.68 million bushels and average yield 22.5 bushels per acre.

Washington Department of Agriculture Iowa

Germany Will Not Seek Return Of Pacific Islands

Berlin reports say Nazi Germany will not ask Japan to return its former island possessions in the Pacific. The disclosure notes a close Germany Japan understanding with mutual defense against the Soviet threat and Japan's fortifications facing U S warnings and a League ban.

Germany Japan William Shirer Berlin Pacific Ocean United States League of Nations Russia

Landon greeted by rain as he heads to Chicago rally

Gov. Alf Landon arrives in Chicago en route to win Illinois and other key states. A heavy rain drenches the Kansas governor as his Sunflower Special reaches downtown. A large welcoming parade gathers on Michigan Avenue before a Chicago Stadium address.

Chicago Illinois Michigan Ohio Indiana Alf M. Landon Kansas Twelfth Street Illinois Central Railroad Freeport Rockford Topeka Michigan Avenue Landon Our London Volunteers John D. M. Hamilton National Committee George Harding John Hamilton Harrison E. Spangler Arthur Curtis Lacey Haynes Kansas City Star Arthur Ballantine Raymond Benjamin John P. Adams Sterling Morton Chauncey McCormick C. B. Goodspeed Myers Y. Cooper Michael J. Kennedy Perry McCullough C. Wayland Brooks Otis F. Glenn U. S Albert D. Lasker Verne Marshall Cedar Rapids Congress Elmhurst George F. Harding Knox Col Frank Knox Chicago Daily News Eighth Street

Politics on the Air Report by Associated Press

The networks list political figures by party and speak time. Speakers include Col Frank Knox from Brooklyn, Gov Alf Landon from Chicago, Harold Ickes from Columbus, Cox from Dayton, Earl Browder, Bainbridge Colby, and Harry Hopkins with varying broadcast slots on WEAF WGY WBEN WABC WOR and others.

THE Associated Press William WEAF WGY Wben Col Frank Knox Brooklyn NBC Alf M. Landon Chicago WJZ Harold L. Ickes Columbus Ohio WABC CBS James M. Cox Dayton Harry Hopes Earl Browder

Widow Hears Murphy Lauded By President Aboard Roosevelt Train

On the Roosevelt train to St Paul a mourning widow, Mrs Louis J Murphy of Dubuque, heard the president praise her late husband Iowa senator Murphy. She saw Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Gilbert Hitchcock as far as Omaha where Hitchcock will stay with the party briefly.

ST. Paul Louis J. Murphy Dubuque Roosevelt Iowa Gilbert M. Hitchcock Omaha Hitchcock Senate Washington Omaha World-Herald Alf M. Landon Clyde L. Herring Democratic E. H. Birmingham Mississippi River Eagle Point Park Oelwein Hayfield Minn

Quadruplet Girls Born To Wife Of Filipino Laborer

In Cavite province, Manila AP reports 21 year old Mrs. Leoncio Engle gave birth to quadruplets in a small Mara gondon hut attended by a midwife. Each baby weighed three pounds and all were doing nicely. Engle, a laborer who recently lost his road job earning 40 cents a day, and the couple already have two other children.

Manila P. I Leoncio Engle Maragondon Cavite Engle Englos

Boston Bay murder case widens as detective seeks missing aviator

In Weymouth and Boston, detectives question a man linked to Mrs. Grayce Asquith amid search for the severed legs and torso found in harbor. A cottage on the Weymouth shore yielded blood stained sheets and a saw while meat cleaver and burlap fragments were recovered. Albert Lyons, 39, a former World War aviator and friend of the widow, remains sought for questioning as police pursue the missing man.

Weymouth Mass Grayce Asquith Boston Harbor Boston Isabel Murphy Asquith Harbor William J. Brickley James R. Claflin John Albert Lyons

Roosevelt In Brief Speech At Dubuque

President Roosevelt opened his western campaign in Dubuque with a claim that the nation's future rests in the hands of the people. He quoted Father Sheehey on social reform and urged drastic measures to solve unemployment while stressing human rights. Mrs. Roosevelt joined him on stage as crowds gathered along riverbank and rooftops.

Dubuque Roosevelt Father Sheehey Louis Murphy Murphy Sheehey

Dubuque Address Readings From Funeral Tribute

President delivers Dubuque remarks reading a funeral tribute for Louis Murphy. The tribute notes tough measures for better government and includes words from Father Sheehey of Washington DC. Continued on page 2 column 1.

Dubuque Louis Murphy United States Sheehey Father Sheehey Washington, D. C Senator Murphy Murphy

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