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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1932
Page
1
The Topeka dispatch notes Brookhart’s critique of Roosevelt on details and policy. Reports say farmers respond with fatigue toward politics and demand practical steps. A separate note mentions a missing plane over the Atlantic and a fanciful Italian rescue plot, with a joking reference to a woodchuck aboard.
Advisers pressed President Hoover to expand his speaking campaign after the Maine defeat. C Bascom Slemp joined Hoover’s general staff and urged more than three planned speeches, with targets including Roosevelt’s Topeka talk and appearances in Chicago and Minneapolis.
Cedar Rapids police social fox hunt at the Saddie Gun and Country club failed to bag the evasive fox. Four officers attended the event held at the J Kovar home. No hounds or saddle horses were available as officers used shotguns and a wire noose to corner the fox in a chicken coop that turned out to be a field.
The state checkers report for 1931 shows Linn county offices in sound condition with few errors mainly in bookkeeping. Examiners Fred Lohberg and Warren Smith found only $118.95 due to county or others through error or fees, with $102.25 due to county. The net 1930 and 1931 costs and fees are listed, and the auditors' office again receives a clear rating. County indebtedness at Jan 1, 1932 stood at $4,391,624 with bonds totaling $4,361,000. the 1931 indebtedness was $4,295,070.45, with $4,175,000 in bonds. Linn county supervisors also given a clear bill.
Portland AP report covers American Legion convention actions including repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and a decisive vote on the soldier bonus. Bonus passed 1,167 to 109 with several states opposing or divided. Iowa cast 8 yes 29 no on repeal, while other states listed. Censure of War Department followed envelopes with Hurley statements found.
The state's attorney in Chicago vows a thorough probe into the 3 billion scandal from the Insull bubble collapse. Investors may lose hundreds of millions as recovery prospects look bleak while Marion bank deposits receive 25 percent dividends, lifting total recovery to about 75 percent.
Standard Statistics of New York advises clients to start filling their raw materials stocks for 1933 after years of urging small inventories. The company bulletin notes that “once or twice in a decade” a complete shift in foundational purchasing policies must be seriously considered.
An exhaustive analysis of the prevailing economic situation argues that the average company should radically alter its purchasing program. It recommends a gradual buying approach, subject to advice on individual commodities, to ensure coverage of material requirements.
Business readers will welcome the bulletin predicting that the average prices of raw materials will register an increasing trend during this period. As raw materials rise other prices follow, and higher prices spur business activity and employment.
Reported formal declaration that Ma Ferguson is the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Texas. The endorsement quotes promise a new deal for the state if Democrats win control, highlighting Ferguson and Jim as figures in a forthcoming era.
A speaker argues for a monetary system that facilitates the flow of goods between people. He asserts that supporters must prove their ability to mobilize money before capital can drive production, noting that many have failed to demonstrate this capability.
In Chile the new government seeks to seize control of the national air force led by a chief who opposes the administration. He reads military flyers in planes moving from field to field as government soldiers pursue them by motor cars.
The forecast notes a looming bonus vote by the American Legion for immediate payment costing taxpayers over 2.25 billion. President Hoover issues a statement opposing such procedures, calling them a menace to the rational security many Americans fought for.
Washington dispatch notes Topeka speech sparks sharp GOP criticism from eastern and western campaigners. Vice President Curtis to campaign in West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee while Roosevelt faces questions on export debenture equalization fee and domestic allotment plans. Critics cite cost and vagueness as key issues amid Rainey Norbeck debates and potential cotton wheat hog tax proposals.
The office of the city clerk warned on Thursday that registration time is shrinking and urged all voters to register at their precinct or City Hall for the November 8 election. Early registrations were light, with about 5,305 people registered by 5 p.m., while about 22,000 remain eligible but unregistered, said City Clerk L. J. Storey.
Mrs. Moneta Steffen of North Chicago was wounded in a bank holdup on Sept. 7 when a pistol bullet lodged near a vertebra. A coughing spell Tuesday discharged the bullet, avoiding a dangerous operation, doctors said.
Pittsburgh AP reports social worker Samuel Drucker 50 died Thursday with coroner ruling death by own action. Authorities note Drucker was nationally known for child welfare work and community service.
Charles C. Kuning of Cedar Rapids named manager of the Omaha Nebraska branch of the Eighth Agricultural Credit Corporation. Directors for the Omaha branch include W Dale Clark James B. Owen J F McDermott and other Omaha bankers and regional lenders from Grand Island Lincoln Des Moines Council Bluffs and Kaycee Wyoming.
Mr. Kuning, former vice president and cashier of Cedar Rapids National Bank, will head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Iowa agency now moved from Des Moines. His expertise is expected to quicken Omaha’s branch start as the agricultural credit program aids stockmen in a major stock-raising district.
Washington reports no immediate U S steps in response to Japan’s alliance with Manchukuo. Secretary Stimson declines comment while the State Department awaits protest letters from China and an official copy of the Changchun protocol. Until the Lytton Commission reports from Geneva, action seems unlikely this month.
The Chinese government issued protest notes to London Paris Washington Rome and Geneva criticizing Japan for recognizing a new state and violating China's territorial and administrative sovereignty. The notes demand immediate international action.
The divorce suit filed by Forrest O Brine, noted endurance flyer, will be contested by his wife Elsie Blanche O Brine with attorney Sigmund Bass. Bass declined to reveal grounds. O Brine accused his wife of jealousy and interference in his business affairs. The couple married January 10, 1924.
Federal agents, misdirected by faulty addresses, attempt to raid Miss Anna Kurik’s home across from her dry goods store at 1120 Third Street SE. A crowd gathers as Kurik and neighbors note the misidentification and humbly question the probe’s methods. The agents claim no raid was planned on Kurik’s residence.
Chicago Assistant State's Attorney Edward A. Fisher was hospitalized Thursday after sneezing fiercely from hay fever, injuring a lower rib. The incident occurred as he was addressing duties while confined to bed rest and medical observation.
Beverly Hills editor notes Maine politics as a bellwether for post offices and recalls four years ago when a Democrat was imported to the state to boost fair appearances. Hoover’s message to Sanders and the nation’s trading mood are sketched, reflecting a heated election climate in 1932.
Santiago AP reports Colonel Arturo Merino Benitez, head of the flight service and leader of the revolt that forced President Carlos Davila to resign, was captured by federal troops at Ovalle. A regiment of carabineers also captured 52 air service officers, 50 mechanics, and 50 men, to be brought to Santiago. The air service chief fled the capital Wednesday as General Bartolome Blanche resumed office with army aid.
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, age 76, composer of more than 8,000 hymns and brother of three Cedar Rapids women, died Wednesday at his son C H Gabriel Jr.’s home in Hollywood. He was born near Wilton, Iowa, in 1856 and lived a life in music publishing, evangelistic singing, and collaboration with major evangelists.
Chicago police hunt five boys nationwide for the fatal shooting of John Luptak a grocer who challenged thieves taking 11.40 from his cash drawer. The case hinges on a cold blooded robbery turned homicide with the suspect group linked to the crime by witnesses and evidence.
Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley told reporters in Portland he had no role in circulating a pamphlet at an American Legion convention referring to the Bonus Marchers in Washington. The remark came amid questions about the distribution at the event.
The Salem Oregon drum corps took first place in the American Legion drum and bugle contest finale in Portland. South Pasadena California finished second and Rainier Noble of Seattle placed third.
Portland report notes Lesin' Jobson of Chaise West Virginia said on Thursday that Johnson would win the American Legion national commander on the first ballot.
The Hutchinson family and four crew members of their wrecked air plane will depart Angmagssalik Greenland aboard the trawler Lord Talbot for Great Britain on Thursday.
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