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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1935
Page
1
A broad critique labels a plant tax on potatoes and stamped purchases as a violation of constitutional rights. The piece cites former Senator Reed and a Chicago TV segment, along with remarks by Hugh Johnson and WPA tensions, while also questioning Iowa liquor seals and a Des Moines graft case implicating Bernard Manley.
In Joliet Illinois 2000 Will county farmers mobilized to shoot to kill against cattle rustlers after a meeting prompted by Gov Horner aide Ross Saunders The 11 point program urged shotgun readiness car chases license plate tracking perpetual yard lights and a strong alarm system to deter thieves Authorities cited annual losses of 2 to 4 million dollars from poultry and cattle thefts as a call to harsher penalties and vigilant action
The piece contrasts oratory and poetry noting oratory is heard and persuades, while poetry is overheard and reveals inner life. It argues readers hear the poet’s authentic heart, not polished argument, shaping how others perceive belief, emotion, and character. Copyright 1935.
In Polk county Iowa the grand jury paused its probe into democratic campaign receipts and expenditures on Wednesday and heard from witnesses Edwin H. Birmingham, chairman of the Democratic state central committee, and Vernon Vierth. The panel will resume the campaign fund inquiry Thursday, with attention to funds spent during E. J. Feuling's regime.
A fragment notes public reaction to a liquor commission and criticizes the method of selecting businessmen for the panel. It argues that the commission should operate with business-like precision to avoid sensational incidents and maintain credibility.
SUEZ UP Ten thousand Italian troops passed southward through the Suez canal in the last twenty four hours. Other ships arrive northbound for Italian ports with ill and disabled men. Many arrivals from Assab, at Eritrea's southern end, illness prevalent there, thirteen degrees above the equator.
Washington AP reports the Public Works Administration will no longer require contracts with municipalities for municipal power plant projects. Officials say private power firms have delayed projects by suing over loans and grants, prompting the policy change to avoid litigation.
George A. Boston 71 of Johnson City Tenn was indicted by a federal grand jury in Greenville on charges of threatening the life of President Roosevelt. Witnesses testified Boston vowed to ridd le every coach with bullets if the President s train ever passed through Johnson City.
President Roosevelt announced changes to his swing across the country delaying departure from Washington to clear administration business. He will travel to San Diego and Los Angeles with a five day west coast leg, skip a Legion convention speech, then sail from California on the Houston for a Caribbean return, planning deep sea fishing stops including Cocos Island and other distant isles.
A Vultee model pursuit plane in U S army testing dived nose first during takeoff at a municipal airport Wednesday night. The two pilots Van Stone and Dick Blue were killed instantly.
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson announced WPA project hourly wages would nearly double within two days and expressed rejoicing over the decision. About 300 workers burned him in effigy as speakers labeled him a murderer and foe of labor, with twenty workers arrested.
Opposing counsel agreed on a rapid trial for Bernard E. Manley Iowa liquor commission chairman indicted for selling state liquor seals to a bootlegger. Manley’s attorney said the defense could be ready in ten days and the trial would occur within the current court term through October.
The state won a continuance in the hearing of charges against Mike Mercurio, linked to the Polk county grand jury indictment of Iowa liquor commissioner Bernardo Manley. Mercurio faces illegal liquor possession and concealing stolen property charges after a raid found 5,500 state liquor seals, with reports he turned over 12,000 more to County Attorney Carl Burkman. Transcript shows Mercurio claiming to have bought 20,000 seals from Manley for 1,000 dollars.
Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson considered a plea to extend the deadline for filing a reorganization plan for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway to February 27. The extension request aims to allow more time for creditors and the company to negotiate terms and prepare filings.
John H. DeWild told 125 business leaders at the Hotel Montrose luncheon that Cedar Rapids will gain from a booming Midwest economy. He urged stronger sales forces as farm income and salaries rise, noting Iowa farm cash income may exceed 500 million dollars in 1935 and promising growing retail sales for aggressive firms.
In Cedar Rapids, Clyde A. Tolson of the FBI told the Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police that political influence corrupts and demoralizes policing. He cited the FBI’s work, crime costs, and youth crime trends while urging elimination of political interference from law enforcement.
Two workers died and eleven were injured when the roof of Boston’s Hollis Street Theater collapsed on Wednesday, trapping laborers. The injured were rushed to City Hospital.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette previews Next Time We Live, Ursula Parrott's new novel about modern twentieth century marriage. It follows two lovers living apart across worlds, exploring yearning for life's fullest felicity amid pressures of modern living. Opening chapters run in tomorrow's edition.
President Roosevelt designated Marriner S Eccles, Utah banker and current governor of the Federal Reserve Board, as chairman of the reorganized Federal Reserve System for a four year term. Eccles will take office February 1 while other board members, from both parties and diverse sectors, are to be selected. Salary for each member is set at 15000 annually.
Funds received as income tax payments after Sept 14 are to be impounded in a special trust fund with the state treasurer according to an order by Judge B O Tankersley in district court. The state board of assessment and review is the defendant in a suit testing the constitutionality of the state income tax law.
Dr W A Guild of Chicago argues the brain is a meat-like organ whose function hinges on blood supply. Painful conditions like toothache or liver issues can trigger melancholia or brain storms, while substances such as liquor caffeine and tobacco affect individuals differently.
Hillsboro Missouri AP William Nelson Yarberry and his nine year old son faced a moonlit farmyard confrontation with lawmen early Tuesday after Yarberry shot Deputy Sheriff James Boughton on Saturday. A gun battle with Sheriff Thomas Lanham and State Trooper E F Campf ended with Yarberry dead and the boy fleeing only after his father fell.
Geneva reports Baron Pompeo Aloisi will go to Rome to present the council’s final offer to Mussolini in a bid to delay or avert war in Ethiopia. French Premier Laval is said to have urged Aloisi to outline the compromise by telephone and to visit Mussolini in person to convey allied views.
Rome indicated probable rejection of a league of nations plan with Ethiopia and reorganized tax measures to fund war. Mussolini's cabinet passed sweeping provisions and a new national loan with bonds accepted at 80 percent. consuls may pay with old bonds. Lord Ponsonby resigns as Labor leader in the House of Lords over sanctions policy amid party turmoil.
British naval authorities prepared to seal Gibraltar harbor on Wednesday, closing the southern entrance to submarines and ships with a new boom at the north entrance. The dockyard buzzed with wartime activity as the defense committee met and local vehicle owners offered their names for government disposal within an hour.
Secretary Swanson told reporters there has been no consideration yet of how the American fleet would be disposed in a war on the other side of the Atlantic. He noted any decision would depend on neutrality laws, shipping routes, and other factors, and emphasized hope there would be no war.
London dispatch notes that in the Mediterranean the basis for a vast naval war is forming. From southern England to China’s coast, British warships are moving to prepare for what is described as the most terrible naval warfare in world history.
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