23 Oct 1935
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1935
Page
1
A columnist reflects on Verdun and conscription memories, warns of Hitler and Mussolini, and critiques Tugwell's low cost housing and beaver-slide slum project. He cites a Supreme Court ruling on juror bribery, then questions political bias in press coverage and parental influence on schooling.
H M Havner outlines a 44 page brief detailing Max E. Duckworth as the lead witness in graft allegations against Edward L. O Connor Walter Maley and Joe Gagen. The plan includes testimony from fifty witnesses and a list of involved Sioux City officials and others.
The column argues that accusing motives do not affect the factual findings of graft and bribery cases in Sioux City. It contends that even if investigators had sinister motives, the crimes revealed remain true. The piece insists motive is irrelevant to guilt or innocence of the accused.
A night prowler described as about 50, six feet tall with a stoop and blue overalls evaded a county dragnet near Cedar Rapids. Sheriff James H. Smith and fifty CCC workers combed a two and a half mile radius around junction No 94 and 30, but the mystery man remained unseen.
A three judge federal district court in Minneapolis rejected the government's bid to dismiss processing tax suits against the AAA involving about 9.25 million dollars. The court noted the U S Supreme Court will rule on the taxes soon and Congress may determine disposition of the impounded funds.
Iowa residents woke to the season's first snowfall with Denison reporting just over an inch and Charles City at .20 inch. Temperatures hovered near freezing with Charles City recording a 34 degree low, while light rain fell elsewhere as a heavy cloud cover persisted.
The probe cites Max Duckworth former Woodbury county attorney recounting how early in 1933 Tom Brislane and other slot operators offered money but were refused. He describes raids on 511 Nebraska street and later openings at the Orpheum cigar store and Congress cigar store, plus meetings with officials in Des Moines to coordinate operation. He mentions payments of 50 dollars to influence decisions, and a bomb threat that led to injunctions and further discussions with assistant attorney general Walter Maley and Joe Gagen to resolve the turf.
Lucienne flees suitors with a swim in a French harbor and meets a young American millionaire. The plot centers on a large French swindling scandal as she stars in the mystery, with opening chapters to appear tomorrow in The Gazette.
A tropical hurricane slammed into eastern Cuba on Tuesday causing widespread destruction and uncertain loss of life. One killed and five injured in Santiago as debris and downed lines halted travel and communications. The storm's center hovered over Oriente province with Baracoa and Guantanamo Bay isolated and flights grounded.
DES MOINES AP Lew Wallace head of the state motor vehicle department said two grand jurors who were part of an investigation into grand larceny by Benjamin Black may have been victims of the janitor’s alleged theft. The jurors were among about 75 people who reported to Polk County Attorney Carl Burkman that they did not receive licenses after sending the applications. Wallace testified in the Black case in which he confessed stealing $100 in quarters from 400 drivers’ license applications.
In Lake Charles Louisiana a violent clash during an International Longshoremen's Association strike left one man dead and nine wounded. The dead and several wounded were members of a deck guard unit armed with machine guns rifles and other weapons. The shootings occurred when a supply truck attempted to pass ILA picket lines to the docks where two freighters were being loaded. Six of the seriously wounded were rushed to St. Patrick's hospital and taken to operating rooms.
The frame of mind defines thoughts and feelings as a bound or boundary. A bad frame can narrow or blur perception while growth requires larger frames to deepen insight as life progresses. The essay urges skilled craftsmanship in shaping the mind’s boundaries.
Washington officials reduced the Nov. 1 goal of the work relief program from 3.5 million to 2.0 million jobs as of October 18. Only 1,310,733 people, 37 percent, had been placed, with the deadline ten days away. Officials extended direct relief unofficially until November 15 and acknowledged continued relief until the full target is reached. The future of federal funding hinges on whether 3.5 million can be employed.
A. H. Schmidt of the Targie demonstration farm North Kansas City wins the fat cattle grand championship at the American Royal Livestock Show for the third straight year with 15 grain fed Angus. His herd earns the grand title over Short horn and Hereford entries. he owns the Hereford entry.
Sir Samuel Hoare appealed to Premier Mussolini from the House of Commons to seek peace with Ethiopia before October 31 as the League of Nations prepares trade and money sanctions. Hoare warned of European danger if the league collapses and urged collective action while Britain strains to show solidarity with France and Ethiopia.
In a surprising concession Mussolini signals willingness to base Italian military power in Ethiopia. The figure to be fixed by France and Britain remains to be specified. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.)
The $147 million work relief for army engineers on rivers and harbors was reduced by $16 million. Major cuts touched projects with unspent funds by July 1, including Passamaquoddy Bay Maine power, upper Mississippi, and Los Angeles flood control.
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