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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1936
Page
3
In a remarks on Louis Murphy, FDR discusses relief measures and social justice, urging aid to the unemployed and preservation of the common good. He praises Murphy for balancing farm prices with city wages while condemning rabble-rousers and stressing citizens' role in shaping the nation's future.
Chapter of political figures joins Henry A. Wallace and fellow officials as they tour Washington era farm projects in Dubuque and St. Paul. Attendees include Senator Key Pittman and former ambassador Breckenridge Long, with invitations extended to Wisconsin, Minnesota farm leaders for our all party agricultural talks. President Roosevelt tours a channel improvement site while a river convoy sounds on cue.
Hubert W. Eldred, a Treasury WPA worker, announced a militaristic veteran reserve corps of 830 400 members to battle Jewish and Communist influence. He claimed rapid growth, uniformed drills, and a plan led by a “White Russian” named Kusick, prompting suspension by state procurement official T J Forde. President Roosevelt was alleged as a potential radical by the group.
Davenport host marked the forty first annual convention of the Iowa King's Daughters with Fort Madison chosen as next meeting site. Burl ington's Mrs F J Mansfield was installed president for the twenty ninth time. Other officers included Mrs W F Boiler Iowa City vice president Ruth Bulkley Perry recording secretary Mrs Helen Hunt Hanna Burlington treasurer Mrs W H Dodge Fort Madison superintendent of juniors and Mrs S C Davis Des Moines executive board member.
The 3 21 a m quake in Helena Montana rattled the city for five seconds Friday sending hundreds from homes and hotels into the streets in the early hours.
Freeport Illinois saw President Roosevelt and Governor Alfred M. Landon pass through on separate trains eight minutes apart. Roosevelt’s westbound Great Western line train led Landon’s eastbound Milwaukee road train by eight minutes.
Three Fort Dodge men Clarence Spurlin Glen Caster and H O Robinson were taken to Waterloo to be viewed by hotel clerk Donald Seaton who was slugged during the Ellis hotel holdup. Seaton suffers a brain concussion and possible skull fracture and could not make the trip. The suspects were shackled for the journey and were armed when arrested.
Msgr Ryan accuses Father Coughlin of misrepresenting economic maladies and would be disastrous if enacted. He rebuts claims Roosevelt is a communist, defends Tugwell's views, and cites past U.S. presidents to frame his critique of the current political climate.
Smith denounces the Roosevelt administration for repudiating the 1932 Democratic platform and mocks New Deal strategies blaming crops and dairy cuts. He cites rising food prices with pork chops at 34 to 45 cents, jokes about local taxes, and rails against bootleg coal crossing into Pennsylvania.
Edward Shaw, 50, of Moline Illinois, pleaded guilty in district court to attempting to sell securities without a license. He was fined 400 dollars and costs, paid, and released from county jail where held since last Saturday. Shaw appeared at the Gongwer home with Simon Gongwer and Mrs Ellen Stewart as an emissary of William Uphoff. Uphoff, a New Mexico oil lease salesman, remains jailed on related charges.
C B Forsythe aged 70 suffered head lacerations a fractured left leg and concussion after being struck at 6 30 p m Thursday by Earl Dougherty of Stanwood at Fourteenth street and Mount Vernon avenue SE. Dougherty swerved to avoid the collision and took Forsythe to St Luke s hospital.
Landon’s 2400 mile cross country trip hits four battleground states as he denounces the Roosevelt New Deal. He appeals to voters in Freeport and Chicago praising budget balancing while warning the election will decide the fate of democracy.
The Republican nominee assails the New Deal and its relief funding as a machine that preserves privileges. He vows to repudiate administration policy and headlines a four-state tour, with Cincinnati, Hamilton, Dayton, Columbus and Cleveland on the schedule, aiming to build momentum before the November vote.
A large barn on the Clarence Johnson farm north of West Chester burned Wednesday night. A team of horses, several chickens, and the winter store of hay and feed were lost in the fire.
In Chicago Corydon Black 35 and his former wife Cordelia Elizabeth Black 35 reportedly ingested large amounts of strychnine and planned to end their lives. Black was found unconscious beside Cordelia who had died days earlier. A cigarette dropped during the incident sparked a fire and led police to the scene. Black traveled from Fort Worth to visit.
John D. Rockefeller Jr., aged 97, arrived in Ormond Beach Florida after a long train journey. He was carried from his special railroad car by an ambulance and taken directly to his Casements residence for the winter stay.
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