27 Oct 1932
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1932
Page
1
An op ed style column notes voter anxiety about economic futures and the 1932 campaign. It skewers Roosevelt Hoover and Curtis myths, cites Mussolini and Johnson, and jokes about a conversation between two voters. It quotes Corliss Lamont and Peter Norbeck on immortality and majority rule while commenting on Jessup and state finances.
Jean Saul, former Los Angeles tailor, signed a written statement in Seville naming the men who received the $50,000 Lindbergh ransom. He arrived from Bordeaux without a passport and was held for questioning. Madrid police and the American consul monitor the case for authenticity before further steps.
In Seville police detained a man who identified as Jean Saul after anonymous sailors warned he knew too much about the Lindbergh kidnaping. Saul’s papers were incomplete and he gave conflicting nationality claims. He reportedly admitted some knowledge of the case and the ransom, and a partially written letter aboard suggested fear of being compromised. He allegedly obtained a French passport with help from friends at the New York French consulate, which he burned upon entering Spain.
Two American soldiers were arrested in Honolulu on charges of removing confidential army reports without authorization. Officials denied reports of a sale attempt to a foreign power and said the case, linked to mobilization details, is under investigation. Arrests occurred Tuesday night in Waikiki with military police enforcing a cordon.
More than 1 500 attendees and 500 visiting members fill the Cedar Rapids session of Iowa Order of Eastern Star with balloting set for Thursday morning. Officials deliver addresses, memorial tribute honors past leaders, and floral tributes mark the Memory Hour as delegates arrive ready for elections and installation.
In Mount Carroll Illinois Mrs Mary Hall age 79 lay dying and asked her family to arrange a bedside funeral. Rev George Alman United Brethren minister delivered the sermon using The Lord is My Shepherd and Mrs Hall afterward said she felt much better despite critical condition.
John "Red" Downing, pardoned ex convict, pleaded guilty to murdering Mauree M. Bonzo 44 wife of Ohio penitentiary records clerk. The case sparks questions about prior pardon of Downing after a Cincinnati murder, while critics press for reassessing governor’s clemency power amid a wave of parole cases and related killings.
President Hoover will speak at 7 30 p m CST Friday in Indianapolis as part of a widening tour. He is scheduled to brief Cincinnati and Indianapolis stops, with brief Philadelphia and Newark appearances en route to New York.
President Hoover plans a West to East campaign swing starting in Indianapolis with repeated speeches over the next ten days. He may tour the middle west to Chicago Newark and New York then target the west coast, Palo Alto and other cities. The itinerary aims to stress economic policies as he travels with Mrs Hoover on rear platform appearances.
Four workmen were injured when an explosion wrecked the ammonia nitrate house at Du Pont's powder plant in Gibbs town near Paulsboro New Jersey as a blaze raged. The Gibbs town blast occurred late Wednesday afternoon and the cause was not yet determined.
Baltimore AP notes a bold theft at police headquarters with two pictures taken from near Chief Inspector Henrys office and a third item, a clock, vanishing from Inspector Santrys desk area. The incidents highlight security gaps at the precinct.
Governor Franklin Roosevelt returns from a eight day national tour to target doubtful eastern states with emphasis on New England. He will campaign in Boston and Groton while Hague and House advise strategy. Roosevelt aims to unite party factions and may call an extra legislative session to fund relief efforts up to thirty million dollars if needed.
General Motors announced in New York that the company added 2,053 workers in September, the first hiring increase since the year began. The payroll totaled 157,586 at year end.
New York AP reports the Wickersham sub committee on the Billings Mooney bombing case published a report with an intro by Senator Wheeler calling for freeing victims of judicial tyranny. The panel led by Judge Kenyon includes Zechariah Chaffee Jr and Gail Stern. The long critique alleges police and prosecution violations and miscarriages of justice in the case.
Washington AP reports the customs bureau halted appraisals of Czech rubber footwear pending a full anti-dumping inquiry. Domestic manufacturers claimed undercutting fair value under the 1921 act. Frank Dow, acting customs commissioner, ordered a stop on appraisals and allowed bonds with potential forfeiture if violations are proven.
Dr Joseph Fort Newton famed former Cedar Rapids minister returns as regular Gazette contributor. He led City Temple London through the war and later held posts in New York and Philadelphia. He will sponsor a daily feature titled Everyday Region starting next Monday, a practical talk with readers.
Will Rogers recounts a dawn to after lunch flight over the Amazon river surveying three Guianas and Devil's Island. He notes stopping at French Dutch and British Guiana, with a nod to famed warden Lewis Beal Lawes of Sing Sing and a night in Trinidad.
Three year old Nancy Irene Buchanan heiress and daughter of Violet Buchanan, a wealthy Los Angeles divorcee, was reported missing from her home. District Attorney investigators noted extortion notes in September demanding 32500 and threatening printing in newspapers. A planned police trap was later dropped as authorities assessed the threat.
New York news reports stage and screen star Helen Twelvetrees, privately Mrs. Frank L Woody, is mother to a seven pound baby boy born Wednesday. The child is her first, and she has been staying with her mother Miss William Jurgens of Brooklyn, planning a return to Hollywood soon.
In London the unemployment army camps in suburbs while hunger marchers press parliament. Police cancel all leave in the city as thousands of protesters converge, led by W A L Hannington, with Jack McGovern urging a Thursday hearing. Prime Minister MacDonald signals reconsideration of dole rules.
President Hoover warned on Navy Day that a collapse of world disarmament efforts could force the United States to build a navy equal to the world’s strongest. He stressed national defense as a constitutional obligation and noted vast costs to reach London treaty strength, with open house Navy Day events curtailed for economy.
Paris reports a government plan to reduce the French army from twenty divisions to twelve by shortening conscript service. The change would proceed if corresponding security guarantees are provided and similar reductions are secured in allied forces.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., son of the Democratic presidential candidate, sustained a broken nose during Groton School practice. He was listed as a temporary patient at Massachusetts General Hospital and vowed to return to Groton later today to continue football.
Boston readers received a reply from former President Calvin Coolidge denying any proposal to become president of New York University. He urged papers to report that his name is proposed only when there is a factual basis to avoid unnecessary trouble.
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