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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1936

Page

3

Iowa Unitarians Re Elect President At Fifty Ninth Conference

R K Beatty of Davenport was re elected president of the Iowa Unitarian Association at the close of the fifty ninth annual conference held at Peoples church Davenport with Rev Melvin L Welke elected vice president. The group opposed teacher oaths as a breach of free speech and discussed liberal religious progress and missionary training.

R. K. Beatty Davenport Iowa Unitarian Association Peoples Church Melvin L. Welke Laurance Plank Omaha Neb St. Louis Charles E. Snyder Henry H. Griffiths Des Moines A. R. Lowrie Sioux City T. Max Foster E. E. Lockey Lincoln Clara Switzer Iowa City Osuk Robert Murray Pratt Keokuk Robert C. Dexter Boston Department of Social Relations American Unitarian Association E. Burdette Backus

Landon attacks Roosevelt and banking policy in Iowa speech

Alf M. Landon criticizes New Deal finance and federal debt, arguing the government owes the banks and deposits protection while local control is preferable. He attacks class hate tactics and cites pork imports and agricultural policy in Iowa, contrasting 1933 and 1936 economic conditions.

New Deal Iowa Canada Mexico Poland Roosevelt

Gazette Editor Blasts Iowa Graft and Campaign Fund

The Gazette argues Iowa officials shielded graft in a vast corruption scheme tied to a misnamed campaign fund led by Feuling and associates. It alleges unreported contributions, liquor-store kickbacks, and blocked federal probes, urging prosecutions and a new state administration.

Feuling Secretary of Clyde L. Herring Des Moines Democratic Campaign Iowa Gene Feuling United States Senate

Ickes Accuses Landon of Insincerity in Radio Clash

Secretary Harold Ickes accused Governor Alf Landon of insincerity as he blasted Landon on a nationwide radio program. Ickes cited Landon's past support for state ownership projects and a public works pipeline plan to critique his stance against government regulation. He charged Landon shifted from state socialism to rugged individualism while seeking the presidency.

Landon Spence Washington FDIC Alf M. Landon Clyde L. Herring Eugene J. Fealing Nels Kraschel Max Duckworth Sioux City Duckworth Des Moines Harold L. Ickes Kansas Los Angeles Ickes Public Works Administration Go Landon Republican Party Roosevelt United States

Sloan Urges GMC Employees to Weigh Social Proposals

Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors warns employees to scrutinize the economic foundations of social welfare proposals. He stresses GMC is non political, urges careful analysis of who pays and the true costs. Sloan notes 1937 GMC wages will be the highest ever.

New York Llp Alfred P. Sloan, Jr General Motors Corporation GMC Sloan Corporation

Landon Radio Schedule Outlines Week of Campaign Speeches

The Republican National Committee announced Governor Alf M. Landon's campaign broadcasts for the coming week. He will speak from Philadelphia on NBC Red from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. CST on Oct 26, then Pittsburgh on NBC Red from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. CST on Oct 27. A New York address will air coast to coast on CBS from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. CST on Oct 29, followed by a St. Louis nationwide broadcast on CBS and NBC Red from 9:30 to 10:00 p.m. CST on Oct 31.

Chicago Alf M. Landon Republican National Committee Philadelphia NBC Pittsburgh Landon New York CBS St. Louis

Buresh Urges Immediate Work for Unemployed

Cedar Rapids politician George F. Buresh, a former U.S. Senate candidate, told Lisbon listeners that unemployment requires action now and urged putting the jobless to work rather than charity. He backed the Townsend plan as a solution and called idle factories and resources throughout the country ready for development.

Lisbon George F. Buresh Cedar Rapids United States Senate Baresh Townsend

Attacks NRA Kick Back Provision In Federal Court

In Sioux City AP dispatch attorney David Loepp challenges the kick back provision of the national recovery act as unconstitutional in federal court. He represents David Weisenburger charged with forcing workers to join a union to obtain project employment under government funded programs.

H. M. Havner Sioux City O'Connor Woodbury County Grand Jury O’connor Havner NRA National Recovery Act David Loepp David Weisenburger Weisenburger

Knox links Roosevelt to money changers in Fort Dodge rally

In Fort Dodge Col Frank Knox Republican vice presidential nominee said Roosevelt in business life associated with money changers stock operators and rich men. He argued the presidents attacks on economic royalists were nonsensical and claimed Roosevelt targets the class to which he has always belonged. Knox addressed the farm financing issue during his coast to coast tour stop.

Knox Roosevelt Iowa Poland Wallace United States Buncombe Fort Dodge Frank Knox

Knox Tweaks Roosevelt Phrase At Republican Rally

Col. Frank Knox quoted a variant of the campaign line "faith, hope and charity" to argue the nation needs faith that the Lord will deliver, hope the treasury stays sound, and charity for misgoverned ones. He mocked deficits NRA AAA boondoggling and other New Deal issues as he spoke in Fort Dodge.

Fort Dodge Col Frank Knox Roosevelt Tugwell

Mrs Roosevelt Reveals GOP Ask on Landon Campaign

Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt disclosed on Tuesday that she received a letter from the Republican National Committee requesting a monetary contribution toward Gov Alf Landon’s bid for the presidency.

New York Franklin D. Roosevelt Republican National Committee Alf. M. Landon

Starting Young. New York Bottle Whisky Runafoul

Raymond Walmsley age 3 found a bottle in the cellar and drank part of its contents. He became ill and a doctor ordered on Tuesday to sleep it off and no more whisky.

Grand Jury Oconnor State Executive Council O’connor Free New York Raymond Walmsley

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Backus Dexter Pratt Annals of Scientific Societies Henry A. Wallace Polk County Grand Jury Polk County Bureau of Internal Revenue Division of Investigation United States Treasury Federal Service Kansas City San Francisco Tammany Herring Fred Herman Free Daily Press State Supreme Court Woodbury County Supreme Court Fred Herman State House Nelson G. Kraschel John Kampmeyer Kraschel Telephone Company H. M. Cooper Iowa Liquor Commission Harold Cooper Cooper Liquor Commission Mr. Cooper Kampmeyer E. J. Feuling Leslie M. Francis Francis The Gazette the Gazette Clyde Herring Executive Council Joe Gagen E. J. Fealing Gov. Landon Aan Buresh F.D. R Sears Roebuck & Company 3Rd Ave
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