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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1937
Page
2
In a sprawling, disjointed report, authorities allege seven individuals violated price regulations on gasoline. The text references wartime logistics, ships, and government subsidies, with scattered mentions of Madrid, Asturias, and Francoist elements.
Fragmented OCR text discusses Lewis aligning labor with a Progressive group to back a future policy platform. It cites charges against the Roosevelt administration for failing to end campaign pledges to labor, amid divisions within organized labor and calls for unity.
McCreery testifies at a farm hearing touching on Penick and Ford Corn, with discussion of the TOM pass of Altarnett. The fragmentary text references various names, locations, and procedural notes, but the readable portions point to a public hearing on agricultural policy and related corn issues.
Radford is named director of the Public Works Administration for the town district. The appointment outlines Radford's responsibilities overseeing municipal projects and infrastructure planning.
Fragmentary text hints at a legal matter with references to a witness, evidence, and a court setting. Names and clear details are obscured by OCR errors, but the scene suggests a trial or hearing focusing on admissibility of evidence and witness testimony.
The article discusses how social organization shapes land values with expert commentary. It notes that large families and aging populations influence community standards, fiscal pressures on schools and welfare, and overall productivity in southern Iowa.
Des Moines city council passes a new ordinance to intensify the war on gambling, replacing four old measures. It bans gambling for money or prizes, prohibits devices used for gambling, and tightens penalties up to 10 days in jail or fines up to 1000 dollars.
Federal agents said a Chicago woman found the first oil ransom bill for the Ross kidnapping case. The $10 note bore the serial and was given to a payment collector in Blue Island. Mrs Ludwig reported discovering the bill in a chest and delayed handling it until Thursday.
Creston AP District Judge Homer A Fuller reprimanded a jury after it found Rex Yeadon of Prescott not guilty of driving while intoxicated. The judge warned county juries to enforce drunk driving laws or risk replacement of local officials. It marked the second such reprimand this fall for a failure to convict on a drunken driving charge.
Paris reports the administration committee of the general consideration labor urged a boycott of Japanese goods in France, lining up support for a sale ban as part of broader labor protest actions.
In Shelbyville Kentucky on the night of September 20 Roy and Jack Garr are accused of killing Brigadier General Henry H Denhardt. Former Kentucky National Guard officers call Denhardt domineering and power hungry while the defense presents Roy Garr as temporarily insane. The trial resumes as Garr brothers face murder charges and claim threat to their lives.
Sours charged Governor Kraschel with pressuring state boards and using executive assistant G W Kirtley to control staff and policy. He cited plans for semi monthly meetings to guide hiring and salaries to benefit Kraschel's political allies, calling it bad government.
Sioux Falls SD AP report cites economist Jern Lee Coulter stating research proves the interdependence of agriculture and industry. He notes a 36 year survey showing price indices for agricultural and other commodities move together. He warns governments cannot prosper one group at the expense of another and cites failed attempts to create disequilibria through monopolies.
A government witness testified that 23 oil companies may present evidence that their buying program at small refiners was permitted by President Roosevelt under the NRAs petroleum code. The government had charged a conspiracy to fix prices. The opening witness shifted the trial toward the defendants’ legal authorization defense.
Secretary Ickes said on Thursday that Ghost Landon and Ghost Hoover appear to be vying for the same grave. He added that an unsuccessful candidate should be careful not to misstate his opponent’s record and praised the other’s performance for the administration.
Rome Italy has accepted an invitation to participate in the nine-power conference on the Chinese Japanese war in Brussels on October 30. The official announcement came Thursday.
In Buchanan County the 1936 harvest husking contest produced no Buchanan entry, while 1935 champion Henry Naylor of Brandon placed sixth in Benton. Cedar County’s Warren Clancy claimed the 1936 Cedar County crown with 2,292 pounds, followed by Anders Mather Jr of West Liberty at 2,067.8 and Mau Rice Johnston of Tipton at 2,064.3 on Amos Suchomel farm west of Cedar Bluffs.
At a Mandan North Dakota poultry farm Mrs Frank E Orcutt killed a 35 pound coyote that attacked her police dog in the yard. Emerging from the back door she struck the animal as it bit the dog’s neck, the stick breaking twice before the coyote collapsed.
Southern Oklahoma oil strike zone was partly demilitarized as Jones Oil Company officials and CIO union representatives agreed to resume emergency operations at ten leases.
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