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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1932
Page
23
A column critiques pro and anti candidate strategies and party excesses while urging focus on welfare over faction. It notes a war veteran death on a city jail floor and laments university audit inaction. Predictions on Iowa corn, Northwestern scholarships, climate influence on governance, and taxation relief are offered with political warnings.
Four more people including a friend report seeing Col Raymond Robins in Chicago during the last week. Police and federal agents intensify a city wide manhunt with hotel, hospital and flophouse checks after sightings near the Palmer House and a Russian language remark.
Federal officials in Washington weigh amnesia or Russian imperialists as potential causes for Colonel Raymond Robins vanish. Amos W. W. Woodcock says Florida agents found no proof bootleggers kidnapped him in reprisal. Some officials note Robins sought Soviet recognition after a recent meeting with Soviet officials.
Revelation that Col Raymond Robins would reach Chicago early this week intensified the mystery of his disappearance from New York a week ago as the search for the militant prohibition leader continued to center in Chicago. W C McNaul of Allied Forces for Prohibition said he had been notified by New York headquarters that Robins would be at the Palmer House early this week.
Denver police believe Harvey L. Carter a 42 year old missing railroad employee facing a terminal illness may have fled with ten thousand dollars from the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad. Carter disappeared between Saturday and Tuesday and is described as a trusted worker who planned a final spree before death. He is single.
Lina Basquette, exotic film actress, sues Ted Hayes for divorce in what may be a Newark marriage at Oct. 19 last year. Attorney Francesco Aguilar says she will obtain decree Monday under Mexican law and asks no alimony. Hayes, former Dempsey trainer, reportedly her third husband after Bam Warner and Peverell Marley.
In Chicago and Evanston police foiled a wedding extortion plot aimed at seven prominent families. Letters demanded 2000 to 3000 dollars on threat of ruining weddings or harming newlyweds. Rudolph Diez admitted masterminding the plan, though a stranger with a mustache was alleged. Ann Ashcraft married Raymond Otis Mitchell in Evanston as police guarded the event.
Winnipeg Alderman Thomas Flyer urged impeachment of the Manitoba government and the University of Manitoba board over a nearly 1 million dollar shortfall in the university endowment fund. John A. Machray, 67, faces theft charges tied to the shortage, as a judicial commission was planned to probe the losses.
Striking workers at the Thomasville Chair company clashed with state highway patrolmen twice on Saturday as officers hurled tear gas bombs into the crowd of about 1,000. A bomb struck a little girl but caused no serious injury.
Film producer Paul Bern shot himself Sunday night amid unanswered questions. An insurance exam found him a first class risk for a $75 000 policy. Police seek Dorothy Millette, once known as Mrs. Paul Bern, whose trunk may contain key papers and a possible diary.
Dave Arnold 26 former convict beat his former wife to death in Breckenridge Texas late Saturday as hundreds of weekend shoppers looked on. The couple had divorced Friday and the attack occurred in the heart of the business district amid a large crowd.
A new weekly Wash Tubbs game appears in the colored comic section titled Out Our Way. The feature promises adventure and skill tests, mirroring Tubbs daily escapades and the Willetts' doings.
New York state politics tighten as Franklin D. Roosevelt prepares a three week western tour. James A. Farley cites three boosts including a unified Albany backed by John F. Curry and John H. McCooey. mayoral successor Joseph V. McKee stays in spotlight amid Ouster era tensions.
In Okanogan Washington sheriff officers caught Bob Gurgle with about ten gallons of moonshine. He began spilling effortful statements from bottles but couldn't keep up. He was jailed for liquor possession.
AP reports a mostly moderate week in the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi Valley with little precipitation and mild temperatures across the Great Lakes region for the period starting Monday September 12.
Reports from Asuncion and La Paz describe a bloody fight for Fort Boqueron in the Chaco. Paraguayan and Bolivian troops battled Friday and Saturday with conflicting claims of victory and heavy casualties.
The army general staff said Paraguayan assault on Fort Boqueron was repulsed and that the enemy fled pell-mell before Bolivian pursuit. Cadets were cited as the source for the claim of retreat through the old road toward Islapos, with the fort near the center of the lower Chaco.
The neutrals commission in Washington met for an hour and a half to address the Chaco dispute. It sent identical notes to Bolivia and Paraguay urging an immediate ceasefire and submission to arbitration.
UPI report notes Japanese foreign office cleared an Osaka photo issue by the American National City Bank, calming fears but denoting a wider series of tensions. Diplomats warn the open door policy and Kellogg Briand pact face pressure amid aviation and navy moves and Manchuria tensions. Debuchi urges goodwill and Tokyo California Olympic reception boosts hope for cordial ties.
Three high ranking Republicans Mills Jahncke and Thatcher campaigned for Hoover in Portland Cleveland and Worcester arguing Roosevelt would fail to meet urgent economic and national strain. They urged repeal of the 18th amendment and warned voters against the Democratic candidate's approach.
Charles A Killian died suddenly Wednesday evening in Fremont Nebraska at about age seventy. His funeral was held Friday at North Bend with six brothers in attendance and his widow and thirteen children surviving. Burial followed at the Killian cemetery near North Bend. Brothers John James Albert Ned Edward and A L attended. Thomas could not travel from California.
Reported by AP that Calvin Coolidge and other national leaders may join a nonpartisan commission to study U S railroad problems and propose legislation. The group, sponsored by banks and insurance firms, will be independent of railroads and funded by initial expenses around 100000 dollars with no salaries for members.
Nancy Page introduces her Old Almanac Quilt to Quilt club members today inviting participation in upcoming weeks. The article notes the beginnings of the project and directs readers to page 12 section 1 for details.
Portland AP reports delegates at the fourteenth presession convention opening Monday will push for immediate cash payment of the soldiers bonus. The plan contrasts with last year’s stance after Hoover and others urged caution. A floor fight over the bonus is expected as veterans remain divided on using adjusted service certificates.
E D Maloy of 2233 Mount Vernon Ave SE was arrested Saturday at 3 p m by federal prohibition investigators who pursued him after he fled dropping two quart bottles of liquor wrapped in newspaper The Ford coupe he drove was seized and Maloy had prior federal prohibition convictions with a county jail sentence completed on June 6 after an April 7 conviction
James Newton Nichols seven is hospitalized in Madison after County Judge Agnew ordered transfer following a father's testimony. The boy fractures easily with the slightest impact and has suffered 27 breaks. three siblings are healthy.
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