25 Oct 1936
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1936
Page
1
The 1933 Kansas treasury scandal involved forged bonds worth about 250000. A banker ally and political supporter of Gov. Alf Landon allegedly substituted them for genuine securities. The piece questions whether Landon delayed action or sought to cover up the issue, noting he did not.
Rome reports Italian warships will blockade the Catalonian coast if Barcelona proclaims an independent Soviet state following Madrid's fall. Italian naval squadrons are in Spanish waters in a precautionary state of alarm while Mussolini awaits Moscow's next move.
A 1936 press surge links Elliott Roosevelt with a Fokker plane deal to sell American military aircraft to the Soviet Union and with a drive to grab U S airmail contracts. The Nye committee era inquiry tracks communications, meetings, and a coded correspondence involving Roosevelt, Reed, Stratton and Fokker associates across Los Angeles Beverly Hills and Washington.
The article recounts Governor Landon learning two banks tied to a friend were in trouble and that forged bonds reached the state treasury. He closed the banks, ordered guards at the treasury, and stripped its authority. Indictments followed, with Landon’s friend and his son among the guilty. White notes Landon’s restraint and routine integrity in pursuing justice.
Governor Landon backed Prof John Ise amid efforts by oil and banking interests to have him dismissed from the Kansas faculty. Landon argued for academic freedom and stated Ise has no sympathy with communism or socialism, calling for system modification to avoid their evils. The pressure subsided after his letter.
Community and state leaders attack Agnes Samuelson and Landon over education policy claims amid a heated debate on New Deal tactics. The piece also reports on rising European tensions with Germany Italy and Spain, outlining a sequence of diplomatic moves and fears of a wider war.
The Gazette details Elliott Roosevelt's behind the scenes push in 1934 to sell airplanes to Soviet Russia and form a company to capture airmail contracts after FDR canceled them on February 9. It notes advance knowledge of the cancellation and a planned, abortive bid, amid Senate inquiry led by Hugo Black.
A reader urges deeper detail on mental health laws and the three R's technique. The article echoes practical self care, cites Dr. Karl Menninger defining mental health as maintaining an even temper and socially considerate behavior, and notes the aim to expand the areas of emotional poise.
Charlie Chapman, an escaped Arkansas convict, received a sixty year state prison sentence in Linden Texas for his role in the First National Bank robbery at Atlanta Texas on August 31 last year.
The Cedar Rapids registration office reports 36,087 potential voters eligible for the November 3 general election, the largest in city history. A late rush closed at 10 p.m. after 1,679 residents registered, 866 of them new, with 306 registrations after 8 p.m. Continues on Page 2.
Alfred E. Smith assails the New Deal for competing with private business and for retarding recovery through regulations. He condemns the NRA as unconstitutional states’ rights precedents. Disturbances arose as hecklers were removed, and Smith noted Pittsburgh’s gridiron victory. The Duquesne Garden crowd filled 11,000 seats with many more in aisles.
Forecast covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Expect little precipitation in southern areas with one or two periods in northern portions and generally seasonable temperatures.
Gov. Alf Landon outlines a twofold plan to promote world peace and shield the U S from entanglement. He urges mediation before arbitration, disarmament, lower trade barriers, and a neutral policy to keep America out of war while criticizing President Roosevelt’s foreign policy. He spoke in Indianapolis and outlined subsequent eastern appearances to win Indiana’s 14 electoral votes.
The Gazette outlines Elliott Roosevelt’s involvement in a scheme to grab government air mail contracts and to represent Anthony Fokker in selling military planes to the Soviet government. The report, with photostats, starts on this page and continues across pages 8 9 and 10, amid a wide Sunday feature index.
Verne Marshall editor of The Gazette spoke on political graft in Iowa last Tuesday from WHO Des Moines. The recording will be rebroadcast today from 3 15 to 3 45 PM due to stormy reception and high listener demand.
President Roosevelt to draft major addresses for Pennsylvania and New York delivery next Tuesday Friday and Saturday. He also prepared non political talks for Monday at Howard University dedication ceremony and Wednesday at the Statue of Liberty celebration in New York Harbor.
In Sunday and Monday listings, WEAF NBC and WJZ NBC carry Republican speakers to be announced at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Monday features another WEAF NBC 3:30 p.m. slot with London radio clubs and a WHO rebroadcast of Vandenberg at 10:45.
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