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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1936
Page
19
President Roosevelt released a revised budget projecting a gross deficit of 2.097 billion dollars for the fiscal year with a net deficit of 1.517 billion after debt retirement. The end of year debt is forecast at 34.189 billion, while treasury cuts aim to curb debt growth.
In Bloomington Kansas an examination for the post mastership at Downs was held and only one applicant appeared.
David Mack presents a small book of wise observations on everyday life. The work argues that true wealth lies within oneself and that one shapes heaven or hell by attitude. It offers brief, varied pieces—poems, pictures, and homey anecdotes—on faith, hope, love, and living with gentleness. Copyright 1936.
North Dakota Governor Walter Welford was injured in a taxi collision in Kansas City Mo two other people were hurt. Welford suffered two fractured ribs and bruises with no serious condition though pneumonia risk hangs over observation days. Senator J K Brostein minor head bump and taxi driver Willie Young 42 uninjured while Newton 22 faced careless driving charge.
Alice Williams 17 of Cedar Rapids was released from the University of Kansas hospital after a delicate brain operation that restored her memory of the July 13 assault near Lawrence. Her brother, mother, and two sisters were to join her for the trip home to Kansas City.
Toronto crowd sees Rudy Vallee defend amid a ballroom fracas. He ducks an empty bottle, leaps to the floor, and floors an unidentified assailant with a decisive left hook in the Canadian National Exhibition hall. The spectator uproar follows as Vallee continues the entertainment.
Rudy Vallee punched a man, Moffett Dunlap, in Toronto when he believed the man threw an empty bottle at him. Police call the act unwarranted, while Dunlap’s wealthy family faces scrutiny over the ballroom incident.
Rudy Vallee boxed in a Toronto ballroom Monday night in his fourth fight in two years, history notes. He traded rights and lefts with a heckler in Atlantic City previously and with George White in two bouts. No decision was awarded in the Toronto bout.
A coroner's jury in Chicago found Wilmarth Ickes 37 foster son of Harold L. Ickes committed death by own action while despondent and temporarily insane due to ill health. The verdict followed his death on Monday.
Washington reports twelve giant flying fortresses being rushed to completion at a west coast factory for a coast to coast non stop flight to Langley field Virginia. The bombers, four motor planes with heavy bomb loads, promise unprecedented speed and range.
Frontier park hosts the All Iowa Dairy and Junior Livestock Exposition September 16 to 18 with horses racing each afternoon. C D Moore, manager, arranged bookings as entries roll in. Admission is 10 cents for children 6 12 and 15 cents for adults before 4 pm, then 25 cents for adults. grand stand 10 cents children and 25 cents adults. boxes 40 cents. Daily dairy stock parades will feature different breeds along with band concerts vaudeville a carnival and running events plus a saddle horse show. Sponsored by Iowa dairy breed associations 4 H and Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce.
Secretary of War George H. Dern was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Salt Lake City as President Roosevelt and high officials paid homage. Army riflemen fired three volleys over the open grave while taps echoed over Wasatch slopes. Dern, a western pioneer who rose to the cabinet, was the third cabinet member to die since 1933, with Roosevelt at the service.
United Air Lines shifts its schedule replacing the Omaha to New York shuttle with a daily eastbound transcontinental flight stopping at Cedar Rapids at 7:45 am. The fall plan offers eastbound service to Chicago Cleveland Washington Pittsburgh New York and Boston with overnight Cedar Rapids from the West and a Sunday operation added. Westbound connections link via Iowa City and Cedar Rapids remains the sole stop between Omaha and Chicago.
Ruth Muir, 35, daughter of San Antonio banker Joseph Muir, was found beaten to death in a grass covered glen near Scripps Memorial hospital in La Jolla California on Tuesday.
Governor Alf Landon prepared for a drought conference with President Roosevelt while a delegation including J N Ding Darling and Kansas State officials discussed conservation policies. Landon planned to motor to Des Moines with aides to join Roosevelt's talks, keeping his role as governor separate from the national meeting.
Sheriff L. J. Palas transported Mrs Pearl Shine to Rockwell City to start a life sentence at the women's reformatory for the murder of her husband Dan Shine. Maynard Lenox faces a six year term at Fort Madison state penitentiary for the same crime, to begin midweek.
In Bochum Germany Twenty three bodies were recovered after a mine explosion on Monday at the President mine Local officials said three men remained missing and rescue work continued through Tuesday authorities reported.
Newcomers to Cedar Rapids and returning families seek houses and apartments. Students and teachers need rooms near schools. Parents want homes near schools. Landlords and real estate agents can contact via phone 2-1121 to place Want Ads and turn vacancies into occupancy.
A cold drizzle at the Des Moines Iowa state fair reduced attendance to about 30 000 from 45 485 last year while judging continued in open livestock. The 4 H health and baby contests proceeded and Bobby Martin of Ottumwa retained the state checker title with local rivals placing. Horse shoe and livestock champions were named across multiple breeds and regions amid wet conditions.
Threatening weather forced postponement of the Lions versus a fan selected college stars team. The game will be played Wednesday night after heavy rain and threatening skies hours before kickoff in Chicago.
New York, A F L vice president David Dubinsky resigned Tuesday night over the suspension of CIO affiliated unions by John L. Lewis. He cited overreach of authority and suggested referring the dispute to the federation's Tampa convention.
Washington reports both factions in Spain deny involvement in the Sunday bombing of the American destroyer Kane while evacuating Americans. Madrid and the insurgents claim no government or faction carried out the attack, with promises to investigate and transmit details to General Franco.
Lisbon dispatch reports in less than 24 hours eight cities bombed by rebel and loyalist air forces. Madrid was bombed Tuesday morning, Burgos, Malaga, and Iran also attacked. Loyalists retaliated with raids on Madrid, killing four, amid ongoing aerial bombardment.
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