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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1932
Page
1
The National Prohibition Board of Strategy and the Anti Saloon League refuse to back either candidate. They claim the campaign must be fought their way or not at all, risking harm to the nation by abstaining. A coroner’s jury reports a WWI veteran died after hours on a jail floor from a weak heart aggravated by alcoholism.
Four new witnesses including E W Haupt Max Stern and Dr W A Evans say they saw Col Raymond Robins in Chicago during the last week. A barber Sol Madisoff also reported a man resembling Robins spoke Russian and left after being asked if he was the missing man. Police and federal agents intensified one of the citys most extensive searches amid teletype alerts and hotel hospital checks. A telephone message Robins did not receive was found Tuesday adding mystery to the case.
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt held a strategy conference with Owen D. Young and Senators Wagner and Swanson as he expanded his Pacific coast itinerary to four primary speeches. He hinted one address would cover rail and utility policy, with another on tariffs and transportation rehabilitation. An agriculture speech is set for Topeka on September 14, with foreign relations to be saved for an eastern address late in the campaign.
NOGALES Sonora Mexico UP The film actress Lina Basquette sued former Jack Dempsey trainer Ted Hayes for divorce after a stormy romance. Attorney Francesco Aguilar says they married in Newark NJ Oct 19 last year and she may obtain a decree Monday under Mexican law. Basquette seeks no alimony.
Reports from Asuncion and La Paz describe a bloody struggle for Fort Boqueron in the Chaco between Paraguayan and Bolivian forces. Initial Paraguayan claims of dislodging the garrison were contradicted by Bolivian dispatches reporting Bolivian victory and heavy casualties.
Portland opening of the fourteenth national convention signals growing support for immediate cash payment of the soldiers’ bonus. A floor fight over the bonus is expected with rival candidates pressing for debate and a referendum on prohibition. Commander Stevens urges unity while child welfare and reform topics are scheduled for Sunday discussions.
The speaker warns that without sweeping reforms urged by independent auditors the state will face wrath from legislators. He argues that inadequate appropriations will cripple the university, after which political elites will blame auditors for directing education. He urges accountability now.
Federal agricultural statistician predicts Iowa will harvest 498,610,000 bushels of corn the biggest crop in state history. The bumper yield could sustain producers, whether sold as corn or as livestock feed for profit.
The university president aims to identify about twelve gifted students to fund and mentor. The scholars would receive advantages to develop their talents and guidance to track their progress, possibly revealing why many young prodigies falter as they mature.
Dr. V. E. Levine of Creighton University argues that a country’s government is influenced by its climate. He suggests climate disorders governance and asserts no ideal climate exists anywhere.
New York acting Mayor McKee laments taxation demoralizing land ownership. The article notes prior tax pressures in states like Iowa and suggests voters can respond at the polls, presenting taxation as a remedy through civic participation.
Federal officers weigh amnesia versus Russian imperialists after the missing city leader Colonel Raymond Robins. Amos W. Woodcock says Florida agents found no evidence of bootlegger kidnapping in reprisal. Some officials note Robins met Soviet officials last week, while others cite unverified threats by Russian imperialists. Investigators say Hernando County bootleggers do not operate nationwide.
Word from Allied Forces for Prohibition says Col. Raymond Robins was reported to be en route to Chicago and due at the Palmer House early this week amid the ongoing search for his disappearance from New York a week ago.
Two men in Utica New York bought small amounts of produce from a dozen vendors using counterfeit currency. They paid with a ten dollar bill and small change, revealing the deception after they left the market.
Cedar Rapids reports 134 traffic accidents this year reflecting ongoing roadway safety concerns. The figure highlights the city's persistent collision rate as officials review enforcement and infrastructure options to reduce crashes.
South Dakota Congressman Royal C. Johnson charged in a letter that 982 members of the bonus expeditionary force had criminal records. He claimed witnesses will testify before a Washington grand jury about dynamite and arms in the B E F camp and promised publication of names and addresses of the 982 crimin als. Police records were found for 1,069 of 4,364 B E F members whose fingerprints were checked, about 24.4 percent.
Winnipeg Alderman Thomas Frye urged the lieutenant governor to file impeachment charges against Manitoba’s provincial government and the University of Manitoba board over a nearly 1 million dollar shortage to the university endowment fund. John A. Machray, 67, Anglican chancellor and former bursar who controlled the trust, faces theft trial related to the shortage as Manitoba officials return to the city.
Alfred E. Smith, 1928 Democratic presidential candidate, will speak for Franklin D. Roosevelt in Massachusetts in October. The Boston Sunday Advertiser cites Governor Joseph B. Ely confirming Smith’s support role at the Chicago convention.
Los Angeles AP reports Paul Bern, film producer, underwent a Sept 1 life insurance exam and was in good health. Authorities seek Dorothy Millette, once Bern’s partner, amid missing person probe and a possible second will dispute involving Miss Harlow.
Dave Arnold 26 a former convict beat his ex wife to death in Breckenridge Texas on a Saturday night. The attack happened in the city’s business district drawing hundreds of weekend shoppers as the crowd watched. The woman had filed for divorce Friday.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette introduces a weekly Wash Tubbs game offering adventures and varied challenges. The strip promises new diversions, testing readers' skills and appealing to the spirit of adventure in Wash Tubbs daily escapades.
Mrs Miriam Ferguson failed in state supreme court to force certification of her name as Democratic nominee for Texas governor. The ruling limits grounds for contesting the nomination by ballot irregularities and defines canvassing board rules.
New York UP reports United States Steel backlog rose by 3,293 tons in August to 1,969,595 tons on August 31, first gain in seventeen months. July output fell 68,466 tons as summer demand stayed dull. last increase was in March 1931, with total August 31, 1931: 3,169,457 tons.
Weather outlook for the Great Lakes, upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Little precipitation expected for the week starting Monday September 12. Temperatures described as mostly moderate with no significant changes projected.
The army general staff said Paraguay’s assault on Fort Boqueron was repulsed and that the enemy was in pell-mell flight before Bolivian troops pursued. Casualty details were unclear, but it noted numerous Paraguayan cadet casualties as retreat lines were traced toward Islapoi.
In Washington the neutral commission met for an hour and a half and sent identical notes to Bolivia and Paraguay urging immediate ceasefire and submission of the dispute to arbitration.
Nine Midwestern governors failed to finish farm aid recommendations after six hours of deliberation. South Dakota AG M Q Sharpe cited differences over statement wording and provisions as delaying final guidance to be issued noon Sunday.
The Japanese foreign office welcomed a U S statement that Osaka photographs by National City Bank served no military purpose. Officials in Washington and Tokyo worry over a chain of events stressing Asiatic diplomacy including a book, aviators’ flight, Manchuria and Shanghai tensions, and the Pacific fleet.
Three top Republicans Mills Jahncke and Thatcher urged support for Hoover in Maine Cleveland and Worcester arguing Roosevelt would fail to meet economic and national strain. Mills said Hoover grasps the problems while Roosevelt’s plans seem academic. Jahncke backed repeal of Prohibition and Thatcher warned voters of national consequences if Hoover loses.
Charles A. Killian, about 70, brother of Cedar Rapids merchants, died suddenly at a Fremont hospital after adhesions caused his death. Funeral held Friday in North Bend adjacent Killian cemetery. survivors include widow and thirteen children. Brothers John Albert Edward and A L Killian attended. Thomas unable to travel from California.
Calvin Coolidge and other national leaders are expected to join a 24 member nonpartisan rail study panel. Sponsored by the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks and other financial groups, the NRA will fund the investigation with about 100000 dollars, with no salary for members. The railroads avoid direct involvement.
Nancy Page introduces her Old Almanac Quilt to Quilt Club members inviting participation in an upcoming series. The starter pattern appears in this edition on page 12 section 1.
E. D. Maloy of 2233 Mount Vernon Avenue SE was arrested Saturday at 3 p.m. by federal investigators chasing him for illegal activity. He dropped two newspaper copies while fleeing, and a Ford coupe seized during the arrest. Maloy had already completed a federal sentence, released June 6.
In Waukesha Wisconsin James Newton Nichols seven has suffered twenty seven fractures due to extremely brittle bones. His father Albert C Nichols testified the boy breaks a bone from minor falls and even a light slap can cause fractures. The judge sent him to Sentian after the hearing at Wisconsin General Hospital in Madison.
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