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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1932
Page
1
Gov Dan Turner demands law and order and keeps highways open amid the farmers strike. Milo Reno faces a quiet Cedar Rapids area as picketing ceases and observers note a rare eclipse discussion and reflections on public superstition.
Hanford MacNider resigns as minister to Canada, accepted by President Hoover, to join Republican efforts for veterans votes. He will work from Chicago campaign headquarters, having led the Ex-Service Men’s league in 1928, and plans to attend the American Legion convention amid bonus debates.
Germany threatens to withdraw from the League of Nations disarmament conference unless its call for armament equality is met. General Kurt von Schleicher is quoted outlining Berlin's stance and warning of taking national security into its own hands if talks fail.
In Cleveland, three winged bullets prepare for a three kilometer speed run to claim the land plane record. Doolittle’s Gee Bee jetted to 293.125 mph unofficially, with Wedell-Williams racers close behind as Enyart admits a barograph error.
The Cook County state's attorney's office and the Secret Six anti crime group admit eighteen months of mutual wire tapping and spying. Three men including investigator Gordon White and detective James H. McQueeney were seized and released. Alexander Jamie of Secret Six claims a political criminal cabal exists. Swanson suggests hidden motives but offers cooperation.
The piece reflects on years of low mood and missteps and questions what will guide the nation out of the valley. It laments scientific limits and suggests hope rests on a near possibility rather than certain knowledge.
Hearst urges arterial clemency for Mayor Walker as Governor's race looms, arguing the public defender backs the mayor during his political stand in Albany and accuses the public of weighing his fitness.
The article suggests Hearst mused that the question of Walker’s fitness should rest with the people. It implies the publisher knows what the public does not about their mayor and that in ignorance they would re-elect Jimmy.
Two days after an American flight record, James Doolittle set a world speed record by flying at 293.193 miles per hour. A Frenchman who was fifteen miles per hour slower than that had held the record almost eight years ago, until Dooie broke it on Wednesday at Cleveland.
Turner remained at the state house all day Wednesday amid a 102 degree fever. He held conferences on the farm strike situation and authored a statement urging cessation of violence and other illegal actions.
A 2 year old Leghorn named Martha Washington belonging to Cole Youngar Ed rds laid an egg marked with the letters A and C and the number 6, signaling a humorous literary turn in Mexico Missouri News.
Four American naval enlisted men were killed when a Mary amphibian patrol plane crashed into the Folks river near Coco Solo air base. The crash was blamed on engine failure and claimed the lives of C Bugonia of Binghamton New York Dr R Glaze of Hopkins County Texas W S Manthorle of Brockton Massachusetts and J H Schnitzlein of Brooklyn New York. Naval authorities launched a re investigation into the accident.
Dr D W Morepouose notes in Island Pond that while the Island Pond eclipse failed scientifically, public interest soared. Clouds hid the sun for most of totality though observers glimpsed the sun briefly during a rare break, with the Green Mountains framing a dramatic view and the event leaving a lasting impression despite low clarity.
Ford Hovey of Omaha is appointed head of the agricultural department of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He will oversee personnel related to the agriculture relief provisions and assist in selecting staff. The livestock relief program and feed loans will begin, with loan work starting in the near future.
Bob Beecher 5 of 219 B avenue N was arrested at 12 35 am Thursday when police, acting on neighbors requests, raided his home. He was jailed and charged with maintaining a liquor nuisance after search by a justice issued warrant found 33 quarts of home brew eight gallon crack siphon hose and bottle caps. Beecher fined 500 and costs and three months in county jail. jail sentence withheld on payment.
The report notes a sharp contrast in Cedar Rapids temperatures from the midweek heat to cooler mornings. Readings fell from 69 at 7 am Wednesday to 56 by noon and 54 at 6 am Thursday, then rose to 79 by 2 38 pm Thursday with 75 at noon and 78 at 1 30 pm. Gentle showers occurred Wednesday morning and early afternoon. An eclipse was visible at 2 15 pm Wednesday as clouds thinned.
Federal inquiry examines alleged slave like conditions for Negro laborers on Mississippi river flood control projects. Brigadier General Ferguson leads probe by order of the engineer chief after Hoover administration complaints. Abuses cited include long hours low wages poor camps and violent treatment.
Scotland Yard began a sweeping operation described as the largest police drive on record to curb a wave of roadside holdups. Flying squads closed roads and halted thousands of cars as they sought to end the threat posed by outlaw gangs linked to famed highway robber Dick Turpin.
Emmet Hopkins suffers a burned thigh after being dragged a block by a car driven by A. E. Spoon. Hopkins says the incident echoed old west lore as he stood in front of his home on Fifth Avenue SW around 6 p.m. Spoon, of Second Street SW, reported the event to police and the rope wrapped around Hopkins’ arm caused him to be pulled off his feet.
Ed ward C. F. Trask a Crescent bridge electrician in Rock Island Illinois plans to remarry his former wife Marie N. Trask of Galesburg after 28 years apart. He obtained a license to wed yesterday and notes their renewed romance began through his son in Galesburg. The former wife died seven years ago in a car crash.
Three armed bandits robbed a Whitewood bank and abducted the cashier. The cashier is missing and no trace of the employee has been found. Local authorities investigate the early morning incident.
The New York World Telegram reported a reliable source says Mayor James J. Walker has prepared his resignation. It was unclear whether the announcement would come in New York or at the resumption of his ouster proceedings before Governor Roosevelt. Walker attended his brother George Walker’s funeral Thursday.
A blast shattered a Polk and Paulina street brick building housing a drug store and barber shop. An unidentified passerby was killed. Rose Patroni 15 and Lillian 17 were wounded by flying glass as they slept nearby. Police linked a second floor room to gangster John Bol ton who ran a former speakeasy.
Dorothy Pollak, widow of Joe Pollak, is acquitted by Chief Justice Harry M. Fisher in Chicago. The judge finds reasonable doubt after a juryless trial, amid testimony of an unhappy marriage and a pistol shot as Joe advanced with a knife.
Forrest E. O Brine noted endurance flyer filed for divorce in Clayton circuit court from Mrs Elsie Blanche O Brine. Accuses jealousy and interference with business. O Brine and the late Dale Jackson held an unofficial world endurance flight mark. He is son of Mr and Mrs Sam O Brine of Cedar Rapids.
A Cedar Rapids report shows 124 accidents this year with 235 injuries and 6 fatalities. Officials urge drivers to exercise caution and review toll road safety measures.
Ten year old Mary Louise Hewitt of 3316 Oakland NE suffered severe scalp wounds and was taken to St Luke's Hospital after a collision involving Earl Plummer and George McNiel on Center Point Road SE. McNiel said he signaled for a left turn when Plummer tried to squeeze between his car and a culvert.
New York. Andrew Mellon, former secretary of the treasury, aboard a ship en route to resume his post as ambassador to the court of St James, called rumors that Norman Montagu seeks a 5 million dollar transnational loan “silly.” Montagu, in talks with American financiers, rumored aboard the same ship, not found by reporters.
Will Rogers criticizes repeated parolees in a California bank robbery case. He argues pardoning is an industry unaffected by bad times, noting the six men had histories across multiple state institutions and a pattern of moving between hotels and jails.
A tropical storm that lashed the coast moved inland west of Mobile, Alabama with winds up to 75 mph. Rescue boats aided scattered mariners in Mobile Bay as isolated communities faced communication outages and property danger amid reports of a second hurricane off Porto Rico heading toward Florida.
Fowler McCormick told reporters he expected no court action over Edith Rockefeller McCormick's will. He acknowledged he would receive one twelfth of the estate and said his sisters were not planning a challenge, addressing probate questions about the McCormick properties.
Captain J. A. Mollison abandons plan to fly to England and heads from Sydney to Quebec by air for the transatlantic voyage home aboard a steamship.
English challenger Kaye Don and American defender Gar Wood prepare for the Harmsworth trophy race on Lake St. Clair near Detroit. Don’s Miss England III has logged speeds near 115 mph on the seven mile course, while Wood’s Miss America X awaits its first runs. The Miss England III holds a world speed record of 119.81 mph.
In Cherokee Iowa authorities report 400 farmers' holiday adherents gathered near town while 75 armed deputies guard the courthouse. Leaders say five suspects in a shooting incident will be prosecuted. governor Turner asked to monitor developments as state may intervene.
Irreal Lenker, a Cedar County farm leader convicted over the cow war, criticized Milo Reno's strike. At his Wilton farm he said farmers should market produce freely and that empty pickets won’t raise prices. He urged Reno to take a pay cut from his $14,000 salary.
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