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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1935
Page
12
Three men terrorized the household of Joseph Love a wealthy dress manufacturer for a half hour binding and gagging twelve persons and escaping with several thousand dollars worth of jewelry in Yonkers New York Tuesday AP report.
Kansas City based psychologist Albert Eawerd Wiggum asserts chorus girls are more intelligent than the average college graduate. He warns urban migration and low fertility among educated women threaten future society, citing notable chorus girls and declining birth rates.
Premier Bennett heads a 127 member conservative government as Mackenzie King leads an 88 seat liberal opposition. The 20 other ridings include labor and former members. The ballot produced a historic large majority and signals a major political upheaval in Canada. The reconstruction party forms after defections from Bennett and the nonpartisan bloc dissolves amid labor and commerce figures.
An AP report from Chicago notes Judge Hers M Fanner dismissed Sweitzer's lawsuit. The record mentions county treasurer Hovert and references political party matters and a disputed room poster. Details are garbled but indicate a legal ruling on a civil suit and related political context.
A report from Sonora details Mexican rebels near the Tes Oro cave robbing American bankers and seizing their guns and horses. General Ybarra’s rebels escort the bankers to safety before a high-class band of Mexicans questions outsiders. Norcross travels from Sonora to Douglas and New York, with telegrams delayed while the bankers’ families are informed.
Borr and Mire Zugene Avery welcomed a child at LASWDEK hospital. Joan Virenetz Alen arrived Saturday after years in Germany. Frede Peter ser reached the facility and Mise Petersen expects to return home in Lowden.
In Des Moines a crude crime left state driver license applications and about $25 to $50 in quarters in envelopes torn and hidden under a rock. Investigators, led by postal inspector C P Donovan, probe whether insiders or post office theft caused the loss, amid complaints of mailed applications not arriving. Authorities note over 100 large envelopes and more than 200 inner quarters envelopes involved.
A league sub committee outlined three lists of key products to block from Italy to choke East African war. The lists include raw materials and partly controlled items with oil and coal spared due to U.S. dominance. Efforts to withhold oil from Italy were discussed with Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell amid talks with Soviet petroleum interests.
An American woman, Dr Busan Weddell, formerly of Berkeley, was found dead in a ditch in Wanking China. An autopsy confirmed strangulation as the cause. police suspect robbery or assault. The U.S. embassy said it would press China to identify and punish those responsible. The deceased had taught at universities in China and served as a lecturer on psychology and hygiene. Her father Jenn Waddell is believed to live in California. The U.S. government had not paid funeral expenses billed at $1,299.50.
Prosecutors prepared a first degree murder charge in the slaying of three people near Boutif, as investigators questioned Pascal Leonard Boyer alias George Leo Rutledge. The victims were Mrs Blanche Welson, 48, John N East, 43, and Mrs East, 38, found on a country lane. Boyer gave his name as Rutledge after arrest, later claiming a different identity Dover. He claimed memory loss from arrival until arrest after leaving Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Marshalltown opening arguments began the case brought by Ike Grabek challenging Iowa’s three point income tax law. The state argues Mr. Grabek’s suit seeks to overturn a constitutional passed measure while the plaintiff asserts the law unfairly taxes income and the bill lacked proper passage per the state constitution.
The XP3Y-1 seaplane landed at Alameda after a 35 hour nonstop flight from Panama covering 3287 miles. Commander Knefler McGinnis led the crew as Navy officials noted the X in the designation marks an experimental ship, part of sixty similar craft to be bought.
Spangler asserts new UAL as he attacks the administration over fund use and propagandist tactics. He claims Vincent Asie tops a New Deal slate and urges trust busting, calling for assistants to expand influence into the south. He envisions broad Republican appeal among dissatisfied Americans.
William Powers, 60, a deaf Emmetsburg laborer, was fatally struck by a Milwaukee freight train while gleaning coal two miles west of Emmetsburg. The engine hit him and threw his body about fifty feet into a ditch. coroner J. W. Woodbridge said no inquest will be held.
Fragmentary city briefs list court actions and addresses amid garbled text. Items mention Ault late Ol Indiegemdence, 710 rant avenue, Frank rawatin, and double parking near TeovelSn street and 1526 Fitz rannthy avenue, with various names and places rendered unclearly.
Elwood area rural schools in Sharenownship and nearby invitees include executives and students from multiple districts. Names listed include Gavol Schultz Sinard Clark Duane Defer Vel an Peterson Mazene Waugh Sawant Wobba Darrell Bocke and ta Verne Waugh.
A home remedy for bad cough using 2 cups sugar and water simmered briefly then mixed with Pinex from a druggist in a 2 pint bottle. The syrup yields four times more cough relief for the money and is claimed to soothe irritated membranes loosen phlegm and aid sleep with a three fold action. Money refunded if unsatisfied.
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