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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1932
Page
19
Iowa horse market shifts toward sturdy plug horses while quality work stock steadies. Prohibition debates rise as the American Bar Association notes outlaw demand increasing. Brookhart politics, Coolidge Hoover stance, and Cedar Rapids high school hours sparking parental calls for shorter, less grueling school days.
Mrs James A Reed widow of the Missouri senator died in Kansas City hospital from pneumonia and septic throat while her husband was in Des Moines delivering the Democratic reply. She had long supported charitable work and remained out of the public spotlight as the couple approached their golden anniversary.
Lara Mansfield Reed born September 15 1856 in Cedar Rapids died recently after a life in Cedar Rapids and marriage to James A Reed. She is survived by two children from her first marriage to F C Olmsted, plus siblings nieces and nephews including L W Mansfield Mount Vernon C J Deacon deceased six years ago and James W Good Evansport. John A Reed Cedar Rapids another brother of James A Reed left Kansas City with Mrs Reed returning from Colorado summering in good health.
In Jacksonville Florida the defense presented convicts doctors and a missionary to support a theory that Arthur Maillefert died by his own action under pressure from guards G W Courson and Solomon Higginbotham prison officials. Reverend Isaac Moore testified Maillefert claimed guards urged a Christian life during April and pressured him to talk.
New York firm S. W. Straus and Company won permission to resume selling securities on a temporary basis. Judge Edward V. Lazansky issued a show cause order for the firm at the appellate division, staying Justice Alfred V. Norton’s receiver order and barred further securities sales pending review.
Niagara Falls NY UP Frank C Waples of Cedar Rapids IA urged higher farm prices as the only way to help farmers. He said insurance and banks offer relief via credit while income falls short. He noted federal legislation backing price rises and said foreclosures mainly come from secondary lien holders. He warned farmers with multiple liens still rely on first mortgage holders who extend payments hoping prices rise.
Senator Smith W. Brookhart accused Harrison E. Spangler of trying to dictate Iowa ballot order to suppress the Progressive and boost the Hoover vote. Brookhart said the secretary of state ruled for third place for the Progressive while Spangler threatened to move it to about eighth. He claimed the aim was to distance the Progressive from the Republican ticket and obscure his name from Hoover.
Two men forced entry at Woodridge Langdon Savings and Commercial Bank in northeast Washington after locking in employees in a vault. They fled with about $20,000 in cash.
Minneapolis dispatch reports Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills warns against a Democratic victory in the upcoming election. He argues a March 4 transition could hinder business recovery and urges support for current policies. Mills criticizes Franklin D. Roosevelt and notes federal spending rises due to wartime-like emergencies.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette and about thirty Iowa papers will run a readers straw vote starting October 17 to gauge political trends. Ballots submitted by regular readers will count for president, senator and governor with daily results beginning October 19 and statewide tallies in Des Moines once completed.
Governor Roosevelt unveiled a 3000 mile campaign trek starting Oct 18 in Albany and ending Oct 26 in New York City. He will speak in Pittsburgh St. Louis Atlanta and other cities including Rochester Buffalo Wheeling Indianapolis Springfield Louisville Raleigh Richmond and Baltimore. The trip adds nine states and DC to the 26 visited since July with major speeches broadcast nationally.
In Des Moines AP reports three congressional district meetings tied to a Republican caravan trip in Iowa. Governor Turner and senatorial candidate Henry Field will speak at joint rallies in Sioux City Charles City and Waterloo. The caravan will cover northern and eastern Iowa after a western start.
Washington UP report says a Commerce Department questionnaire sent to about 200 chambers of commerce and trade associations showed improved business sentiment. Secretary Roy D. Chapin noted 140 of 199 statements indicated an improvement in current activity.
James A. Farley proposed that Speaker John N. Garren respond to Calvin Coolidge’s address as the Democratic Party’s reply. Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said no definite decision was made but called Garren the logical choice due to Coolidge’s criticism of alleged pending treasury raids.
In New York, Vice Presidential nominee John Nance Garner was mistaken for an elevator starter in a Madison Avenue lobby. Garner coolly replied that he was a stranger there, as a passerby asked for Michelson's office. The incident underscores appearances versus identity in a busy city scene.
SAN ANTONIO AP two army flyers Lieut Joseph A Barnes and Private Frederick R Douglass were killed when their plane crashed at Brooksfield Wednesday and burned.
The United States instructed its Athens legation to seize Samuel Insulls passport so Greece can detain him for extradition to Illinois on larceny and embezzlement charges. Chicago prosecutors planned to travel to Athens to pursue his return. Citizens urged three Insull controlled utilities to stop paying his $21 000 annual pension.
Samuel Insull tours Athens with officials awaiting a warrant to begin extradition proceedings for his return to Chicago to face an indictment. He praises Greece in a telegram to his wife and son in Paris and notes his hotel room memories.
James E. Stewart of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee was named to head a full investigation into all aspects of the Insull utilities debacle. Senator Peter Norbeck, the committee chair, confirmed the move as Stewart left Washington for Chicago after leading the interim stock market probe.
WAUKON AP Suspension of Attorney A. E. Sheridan of Waukon from practice in the state for a period of a year was ordered by a court of three district judges. Sheridan had been charged with fraud deceit and unethical and unprofessional conduct in a petition filed months ago asking his disbarment.
Will Rogers reports a breezy Pan American Airways trip from San Salvador to Managua stopping at Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica and Panama with Gerald Dempsey aboard headed to Chili. He notes loaned Marines after the Managua quake and mentions a Marine departure planned for January and a good rebuilding effort in Managua.
In Chicago Senator L J Dickinson Republican Iowa issued a statement through the Republican National Committee rebutting Democratic claims on the threat of suspending the gold standard. He notes gold reserves declined but argues Glass Steagall fortifies gold supplies and frees the nation to meet foreign demands.
Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton, evangelist, is noted as a grandmother. Mrs. Minnie Kennedy Hudson is cited as a great grand mother. Rolf McPherson’s wife becomes mother of an 8 1 4 pound girl Tuesday night.
London United Press says Lloyd George warned that the world faces greater quarrels and a danger of a new war. He faulted Allied sincerity toward Germany, urged nations to fulfill disarmament pledges, and criticized pacifists handling of disarmament versus militarists.
President Hoover defended his economic program before the American Bar Association in Constitution Hall. He warned that false prophets threaten personal liberty by pushing centralization and urged states to retain rights while extending regulatory powers when needed. He emphasized local communities must safeguard liberties and cautioned against sweeping central authority even if some states fail to act.
State agents G. M. Abernathy and Guy B. Smith joined Sheriff F. Schwieger in investigating the alleged attack on Herman F. Fredericks and A. M. Burch at Fredericks farm. Fredericks said three men beat and choked him and later menaced to hang him at a bridge over a foreclosure dispute.
Lawrence Cash alias Lawrence Meyers, 35, who escaped Ottumwa Iowa after a 25 year robbery sentence, confessed to taking part in two Saturday night holdups in Racine Wisconsin. Police arrested Elmer R. Johnson alias Lee, 35, and another man for questioning in connection with the robberies.
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