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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1932
Page
11
A sweeping critique notes Mayor Jimmy Walker's resignation amid Roosevelt Seabury probes. It portrays Walker as a self styled martyr facing political pressure and questions about large gratuities while Roosevelt seeks distance from the mess.
Chaos follows James J. Walker sudden exit as New York City mayor with Tammany Hall reformers and backers planning a court and electoral fight over whether he can return in November. Governor Roosevelt presided over hearings and ruled the probe closed due to the resignation.
Joseph V. McKee quietly enters city hall and assumes the mayoralty after James J. Walker resigns. Governor Roosevelt declines comment while Samuel Seabury asserts the charges against the mayor are proven. The ailing mayor attends his brother's funeral as the transition continues.
Los Angeles reports Charlie Chaplin won a court ruling to block his two young sons from film work. Superior Judge H Parker Wood amended the divorce decree in Chaplin versus Liza Grey Chaplin to prohibit either parent from employing the children. The boys Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. 7 and Sydney Earl Chaplin 6 were previously signed to a Hollywood studio contract by their mother, custodian.
A $17 285 10 shortage in Springville Savings Bank funds shown by a receiver’s inventory has been eliminated per district court filing. Directors and cashier L N Patten assigned deeds notes and mortgages to receiver L A Andrew. Shortages included $500 cash on hand and $4 000 savings account gap with six smaller account shortfalls. Bank closed July 12.
Paul Block publishes an editorial in Block newspapers predicting voters will reaffirm their support for former Mayor James J. Walker in November. The piece recalls testimony at Hofstadter hearings showing a joint brokerage account funded and operated by Block and Walker with both drawing $246,000.
In New York a millionaire friend reiterates a $100,000 yearly post awaits former Mayor Walker if he leaves politics. The offer remains open at Blumenthal’s Larchmont home, though the position’s specifics were not disclosed.
Davenport police report two Muscatine men, Louis Spridgen and Charles Elder, indicted by the Scott county grand jury for first degree murder in the May 25 killing of Nick Coin, a Davenport bootlegger. Spridgen remains jailed while Elder is free on bond. Also indicted were Charles Redden of LeClaire for involvement in the shooting of Jack Raistedler, and George F. Vasen of DeWitt on six counts for selling unregistered securities.
Charles F. Kerrigan, a close friend and personal appointee of Mayor James J. Walker, resigns his $17 500 post as assistant to the mayor. He leaves the desk with a note saying it is temporary, and Mayor Joseph V. McKee did not release the resignation text.
Police battled masked bandits in crowded Brooklyn streets on Friday. One bandit was killed, two mortally wounded, and two officers along with a civilian were injured as police surrounded a pawnshop on Court Street following a radio alert.
A dozen persons were reported missing and property damage estimated at $2,000,000 as flood waters swept four rivers in southwest Texas. The Rio Grande flood extended from Del Rio toward Laredo on the Mexican border. the Nueces river reached record levels at Uvalde, John N. Garner’s hometown.
Boston and Philadelphia exploded in two high scoring AL games with Boston sweeping 7 to 0 in the first and 15 to 6 in the second while Washington dropped a 7 to 3 decision to New York and Chicago St Louis split results. In the NL Cincinnati edged Pittsburgh 2 to 1 a pair of other decisive clashes saw St Louis defeat Chicago 5 to 8 and Chicago beat St Louis 18 to 0 with tally lines provided for the remaining matchups.
In Cleveland two pilots were hospitalized after a spectacular crash during the National Air Races. Florence Klingensmith of Minneapolis won the Amelia Putnam trophy in a separate closed course race. A mother from Cleveland made an unofficial 20,800 foot parachute jump with her 4-year-old daughter aboard, setting a new women's height record.
A Tennessee girl visiting Indianapolis remarked on the friendly police, and it was announced that Officer Fred Morley and the visitor will marry next Wednesday, six weeks after her arrival.
Washington dispatch notes Jimmy Walker’s sudden resignation sparks a fierce attack on Franklin D. Roosevelt. GOP claims NY’s 47 electoral votes could swing to Hoover while Democrats warn Walker’s move may backfire. Alfred E. Smith’s stance looms as a potential tipping point in the Roosevelt-Walker feud.
The Gazette’s Want Ad section classification 4 A lists dining and nightlife venues. Each night a selection of popular entertainment places advertises here, guiding readers to dine and dance options.
Sioux City ap reports Woodbury county leaders of a farmers holiday movement plan to reestablish picket lines and press for higher prices. Five truckloads of livestock passed embargo lines as activists relaxed vigilance. Iowa leaders meet Sept 6 to extend the movement and address a governors conference agenda.
The Hutchinsons eight member party departed Hopedale Labrador for Godthaab on a New York to London path via the Arctic route. They left after fogbound days and radio reports from a government ice breaker in the Hudson strait confirmed the departure.
Leon Biecharsky, 35, was executed at Sing Sing for the murder of Patrolman Patrick Mitchell during a hold up. He had sought a reprieve or commutation claiming he helped stop a jail break while jailed at the Tombs.
Muncie mayor George R. Dale faces a suit charging him with more than 500 felonies in an ouster case filed by patrolman Albert R. Rees who was demoted from captain of detectives to patrol duty on Friday.
In a gossip filled column from Bishop California the author notes rumors about a Bank of England head named Norman and denies sightings. He cites California orange workers backing the Democratic ticket and claims New England’s eclipse as central to a wider national push.
Berlin reports the Prussian cabinet commuted the five death sentences for political murder to life imprisonment. The commutation cites ignorance of a new anti terrorism decree enacted minutes before the crime. A retrial in ordinary court may be granted and the move follows Chancellor von Papen’s firm stance on the earlier sentences.
Captain Wolfgang von Gronau and three aides landed at Kakumabetsu Bay in the Kurile Islands at noon Friday completing a bold hop from Attu in the north Pacific. Favorable weather helped them arrive hours ahead of schedule as they plan next to fly to Kasumigaura naval airport near Tokyo.
Kilbourn Wis AP Frank Tylius a Kenosha bootlegger who admitted planning the slaying of Robert A Wilson hanged himself in Kilbourn city jail early Friday guards found him dead when waking him for breakfast The confession tied Tylius to the Wilson case and his suicide ends the case in Kilbourn.
In Naples two former artillery officers Guglielmo de Luce and Ferruccio Guerra perfected a silent cannon that emits no smoke or flame. Official trials at Ansaldo shipyards in Passoull with a government delegate present ended with observers reporting complete success. The drum at the gun mouth minimizes noise during discharge.
The estate of Vaclav Janda streets commissioner killed July 23 1931 sues the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad company for $15000 in district court Friday Emma Janda administratrix of Janda estate filed the action.
Charles City police Chief Don Shannon and Officer Harvey Meinzer along with Dr. R H Koenig were released on $1000 bonds on conspiracy charges connected to the abduction of Marion Stull Floyd County overseer of the poor. Miss Stull was seized from her city hall office Aug 22 by relief project workers and released near New Hampton after a warning not to return.
Dow Jones reports a nine member railroad committee aims to seek a flat 20 percent basic wage reduction with notices to unions due October 1. The plan also suggests arbitration of the dispute, following a temporary 10 percent cut that began February 1 last winter for one year.
Rudy Vallee and his wife Fay Webb have reached a formal separation agreement. Attorney Hyman Bushel said the pair settled their future rights and obligations without unnecessary conflict and no divorce proceedings have been filed. He added terms could be kept confidential.
State tax agents found a fortune in jewels in Edith Rockefeller McCormick's safe deposit box. They uncovered two diamond necklaces including one valued over a million, four brooches with precious stones, two rings and two earrings. Appraisal for inheritance tax will determine value.
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