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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1932
Page
1
J MAAALLLY Walker steps down amid Roosevelt led Seabury charges and public pressure. He plans to run again, framing resignation as a personal vindication and appealing to the voters who elevated him, while critics note the political spotlight exposed the era’s urban governance tensions.
Governor Roosevelt formally closed the Walker ouster hearing after receiving a telegram showing John J. Curtin would not appear because Mayor Walker had resigned. Roosevelt stated the mayor’s resignation terminates the proceedings and declared the hearings closed in a two minute ceremony.
In Brooklyn crowds watched as police and bandits exchanged fire Friday. Patrolman Peter De Carlo was shot in the neck and head and left in serious condition while Patrolman Ralph Lafronte and a civilian were wounded. Two bandits were killed and two others were critically injured. A pawnshop on Court Street became a chaotic scene as officers surrounded the shop and escorted wounded suspects from the building.
In the first national air races event, William Warrick Jr. and Paul Bloom crashed after wing locking during a second lap near the home pylon at Cleveland Airport. Warrick suffered possible concussion and cuts. Bloom was briefly unconscious but not seriously hurt. The race, a 211 mile AMA event, was won by Monroe of Montreal with an average speed of 101.694 mph.
Farmers Holiday leaders in Iowa say they will recruit to full strength to keep produce from markets. County chairmen will meet in Des Moines on September 6 to plan extending the movement. In Cherokee, pickets near town were easing after a shooting incident wounded fourteen as about 100 to 200 remained, and officials described quiet conditions.
The public official asserts a political frame-up after accusations of a misdemeanor in office. He remains silent on large gratuities received from supporters, including nearly 250000 dollars, while serving as mayor.
In the governor's office of Albany the Walker hearing concludes with the mayor resigning. Presidential candidate Roosevelt may welcome distancing from the controversy as Walker supporters and Roosevelt opponents share no common ground. The governor offers no apology for the outcome.
The Iowa state board of education has filed suit to collect two promissory notes executed years ago. The action mirrors demands on borrowers to be responsible, raising questions about those who misappropriate university cash, pad payrolls, or steal tuition receipts.
Col Hanford MacNider of Mason City resigns after serving as American minister to Canada to pursue an agreement on the St Lawrence waterway project. He then moves to assist in efforts to re-elect President Hoover, signaling new diplomatic tasks ahead.
The Prussian authorities commute the death sentences of five Hitlerists convicted of killing a political opponent to life imprisonment. A new trial may be granted, as enforcing the decree that ordered executions could spark further violence, while failing to enforce it might also provoke unrest.
The state fair's managing board pleads for additional money after securing 20,000 from the legislative committee on expenditure cuts. Analysts note California film operators and a prize hog are unlikely to cover the deficit.
A Chicago court without a jury absolved a woman in a murder case, citing self defense and leaving uncertainty about a jury's possible verdict. The piece notes the unusual outcome and the question of jury influence. It contrasts with federal spending, citing an $85,000,000 cut in the first two months of the fiscal year and promising broader economy effects.
More than 14,000 western steers have been sent to Illinois farmers to be fed. The cattle will fetch eight cents a pound for their gain. Western owners faced feeding costs while Illinois farmers had feed but limited profit, making the arrangement seem sensible.
In Chicago the Secret Six and the state's attorney's office clash over who knew the identity of a suspect, who was wired, and who followed whom in a comic dispute. The piece notes the spy activity and the public friction amid the ongoing investigation.
Tallant Tubbs defeated Shortridge in a Golden State primary by presenting his own opinions on current issues. Shortridge remained aligned with the platform and party as the lame duck session looms next winter.
New York City faced a mayoral vacancy after James J. Walker’s Thursday night resignation. Joseph V. McKee, as president of the board of aldermen, automatically became mayor Friday. Walker indicated he would let voters decide whether to seek re election, denouncing a Roosevelt hearing in his resignation statement.
Joseph V. McKee quietly assumes mayoral duties as James J. Walker resigns. He attacks Governor Roosevelt over the Roosevelt hearing, calling it un-American and a mock trial. Seabury replies that the charges corroborate concerns about unfitness.
In Los Angeles Charlie Chaplin won a court petition to amend the divorce decree and prevent either parent from permitting his two young sons to work in films. Superior Judge H Parker Wood ruled in Chaplin’s favor against wife Liza Grey Chaplin, custodian of Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. and Sydney Earl Chaplin, who had signed a contract with a major Hollywood studio for the boys.
A $17,285.10 shortage in Springville Savings bank funds was filed by a receiver. The item lists $500 cash on hand, $4,000 savings account gap, and shortages in six savings accounts, with the largest at $4,500. The bank closed on September 32.
Paul Block publisher declares in an editorial printed across Block newspapers that New York voters will overwhelmingly reelect former Mayor James J. Walker in November. Block testified at Hofstadter hearings about a joint brokerage account with Walker and ran it himself, revealing withdrawals from the account.
New York report notes a $100000 position remains open for Walker after a prior offer. Former Blumenthal made the same proposal today from his Larchmont home, where he hopes to secure Walker for the post.
Davenport worded report states Louis Spridgen and Charles Elder, Muscatine residents, were indicted by the Scott county grand jury for first degree murder in the slaying of Nick Coin a Davenport bootlegger shot near his home May 25 on his way to a bus line. Spridgen remains jailed while Elder is free on bond.
Charles F. Kerrigan, long time ally and personal appointee of Mayor James J. Walker, resigns from a desk position amid reports of a temporary exit. McKee parties and officials did not disclose full details. Kerrigan insists the move is only temporary.
Yale physicians Harold E. Himwich and Louis H. Nahum report alcohol raises blood acidity and lactate levels, reaching dangerous levels during exercise. They presented findings at the Federation of Societies for Experimental Biology in Rome, noting acidosis as the cause of hangover symptoms rather than the initial liquor.
Judge H. H. Carter ruled Elza Jones insane after a sanity hearing in Corydon. Jones killed his son in law Thomas Allen with an axe and buried the body on the Jones farm, and will be sent to the criminally insane ward at Anamosa.
A 23 year old beauty was killed in her brother’s Fredericksburg office. Hours later she died at Mary Washington hospital as investigators probe a mysterious sensational crime in this Virginia town. Her father holds the mayoral position in Fredericksburg.
The Cedar Rapids thermometer plunged to a 50 degree low by 6 30 a m as a brief cold snap gave way to warmth. Temperatures climbed from 80 in the afternoon to 66 evening and 57 at midnight before a sunny Friday morning nudged readings up. By noon the mercury was 78 and reached 80 by 2 30 p m.
Kilbourn Wisconsin AP reports Frank Tylius a bootlegger who confessed plotting the slaying of Robert A Wilson hanged himself in Kilbourn city jail early Friday guards found him dead when they went to call him for breakfast.
New York crooner Rudy Vallee and Fay Webb have reached a formal separation agreement. Attorney Hyman Bushel said they adjusted their future rights and obligations without unnecessary unpleasantness and no divorce proceedings have been filed.
Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak is greeted during a Dublin tour led by committee head Saed Behpor Alfred Japine and others as a welcoming party accompanies the visiting official.
Ossining N Y and Sing Prison inmate Leon Blecharsky 35 was executed for the murder of Patrolman Mitchell in New York during a holiday. He sought a stay or commutation claiming he helped jail break at Tombs in New York City.
Four Midwestern governors consider proclamations to urge farmers to withhold all farm products from markets as a step toward easing the holiday labor dispute. Only Nebraska’s Douglas County reports an arrest tied to picketing, with overall quiet and little activity at former protest centers.
The body of Walter Zwolinski known as the Terrible Pole in the Back of the Yards gang was found Priday in the trunk of a car trussed with a bullet through the head. Police said Zwolinski led a faction that had seized Back of the Yards territory from O Donnell's gang. They said somebody got even and noted clothing found inside out with no weapon.
Will Rogers quips about rumors on Norman head of the Bank of England and Hoover and Mellon denials. California orange squeezers back Democratic ticket, while New England enjoys a Plymouth Rock reference amid nationwide political jests.
The Prussian cabinet commuted five death sentences for political murder of a communist to life imprisonment. The action cites the convicts’ ignorance at the time and a rapidly imposed anti-terror decree. Retrial in an ordinary court may be granted, amid Nazi-led uproar and media actions in Berlin.
Captain Wolfgang von Gronau and three aids arrived at Kakumabetsu bay in the Kurile Islands at noon Friday completing a bold westward flight from Attu across the north Pacific. The German group enjoyed ideal weather and finished the hop ahead of schedule. They are headed for Kasumigaura naval airport near Tokyo where the Graf Zeppelin was welcomed years ago.
Officials handling murder charges against Libby Holman Reynolds and Albert Walker reviewed the autopsy findings on Smith Reynolds. The report reportedly states a close range bullet struck the right temple and exited near the left ear after a downward path, while authorities offered no detailed comment.
An inquiry into responsibility for the Atkins wreck, where an eastbound Milwaukee passenger train crashed into a moving freight on the main line, remained in progress early afternoon in the office of A. J. Elder, division superintendent, with details from John Riddle of Savanna.
Police Chief Dan Shannon and Officer Harvey Meinzer were arrested on conspiracy charges linked to the kidnapping of Marion Stull, overseer of the poor. Also jailed was Dr. R. H. Koenig, with 16 men under arrest in the case.
Dow Jones reports a national move by major railroad systems to impose a 20 per cent basic wage reduction. A nine-member management committee will issue notices to unions, proposing arbitration while replacing last winter’s 10 per cent temporary cut that began February 1.
Wayne Gordon Basler Jr son of Mr and Mrs W G Basler of 345 Seventeenth Street SW won first honors in the city baby boys class at the state fair baby contest with a score of 98.86 He shared the irn championship show me cain with a 1931 score He is two years old as of August 16 and weighs 29 pounds Brown hair is noted.
Muncie Mayor R. Dale was charged with more than 500 felonies in an ouster suit filed by policeman Albert R. Rees who was demoted from captain of detectives to patrol duty on Friday.
In Indianapolis a Tennesse girl praised the city cops after arrival six weeks ago. She announced on Thursday that Morley and she will marry next Wednesday.
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