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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1936
Page
3
The Iowa Des Moines Methodist Episcopal conference condemns war as a law of love, while laymen defend fighting to protect home and country. The column argues that relentless pacifism would doom America, urging balanced sacrifice and defense against invasion.
A sermon and public notices warn that Americans must ready defenses to protect liberty and government from internal subversion. Leaders like Monsignor O Gorman urge vigilance against communism, echoing American Legion findings on internal threats.
Perry Lindbergh the uncle of famed aviator Charles A. Lindbergh died in San Luis Obispo California on Friday night aged 90 after long illness He had been a rancher there for forty years
A column recalls how some citizens continue to trust their government and defend it, while others question its actions and seek accountability. The piece contrasts faith in public institutions with calls for reform and transparency.
A reader argues happiness is not a mere mental gadget but a lasting mindset. It requires sympathy for others and action, as the “happy warrior” overcomes sorrow and helps society, rather than retreating into selfish ease.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan blasted Congress for money mismanagement at the Lake Compounce campaign opening in New Britain Connecticut. He accused lawmakers of approving billions with scant debate and criticized presidential and bureaucratic discretion over funds, warning that the personal pronoun now dominates American democracy.
The Roosevelt hotel reported three rooms entered Thursday evening and $152 stolen from guests J A Ross of Kansas City M L Keeler of New Virginia Ia and J E Moore of Des Moines. Losses were 100 38 and 14 dollars with extra items taken from Mrs Keeler. Detective Thomas Condon investigates.
Cedar Rapids hosts a Saturday preview with more than twenty high school bands in Frontier Park. The day features a massed concert by 1 000 musicians under Prof. C B Righter, horse show acts, cavalry drill, and a junior judging contest with a gold wrist watch prize.
T Campbell Black noted British flyer fatally injured in takeoff collision at Speke airfield Liverpool. He died in hospital after arrival by ambulance. Black won the England Australia air race in 1934 with Clyde Pangborn and Roscoe Turner. He was a Royal Air Force veteran who once rescued Ernst Udet in 1931 near the Nile.
In Sioux City Iowa County Attorney Maurice Rawlings said he would seek a writ of certiorari from the Iowa Supreme Court to review the status of Fred H Free as a Woodbury county grand jury prosecutor. A district court signed the order authorizing Free to present evidence before the grand jury.
Milk leaders from ten northern and central New York counties voted in favor of a statewide strike. No strike date was set. The vote responds to the state milk control board compromise order raising prices and limiting classifications, but farmers still seek a flat $3 per hundredweight and end to classifications.
Francisco Soldevila, Ford Motor Company official in Ponce Porto Rico, was struck and fatally injured in the city center Friday night by a Black person. Police reported no further details at this time.
Des Moines AP reports Father Charles Coughlin charged President Roosevelt collaborates with communists to win re-election. He named Earl Browder and urged votes for Lemke and related allies. White House denied alien influence and framed the attack as political malice aimed at misdirecting voters.
Loyalist guards who escaped Toledo’s Alcazar testified that about 400 women and children stayed with their husbands and fathers to die. They recalled Father Camarasa’s evacuation offer being rejected as Colonel Moscardo praised the women’s bravery and the fort prepared for explosions.
In Toledo rebel planes bomb the Alcazar as 7,600 besiegers press the siege and about 1,200 holdouts, including civilians, endure bombardment. Madrid reports heavy casualties on both sides while Gen. Franco’s forces advance toward the river Tagus. Lieutenant Colonel Luis Barcelo describes ongoing bombardment and the garrison’s dwindling supplies.
Temperatures gained strength under a fair sky in Cedar Rapids with 74 at 1 p.m. 65 at 10 a.m. and 53 at 7 a.m. Friday night stayed cool with a 47 low at 5 a.m. The Friday high reached 72 at 4 p.m. and 60 at 7 p.m. and 50 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep company records.
Governor Alf Landon gathered farm editors and aides in Topeka for an overhauled Des Moines speech on agricultural problems. Representive Clifford Hope and Earl H. Taylor led the session as Landon listened and considered their views during the luncheon hosted by Senator Arthur Capper.
President Roosevelt planned to return to the capital Saturday to be at his wife Eleanor's bedside as she recovers from grippe. He aimed to clear state business before nightfall and resume travel by Monday, choosing Hyde Park, New York, later in the week.
Dr. A. R. Martell a 29 year old dentist was acquitted in circuit court at Leola South Dakota of murder in the death of Miss Lela Halvorson a 24 year old Madison school teacher found strangled in a hotel room last October 20 in Leola the case drew national attention.
Edith Maxwell, 22, former schoolteacher, is released on $6,000 bond by Wise County circuit court judge H A W Sheen pending a new trial on a charge of killing her father. The Virginia case arose in Big Stone Gap with the bond set Saturday.
In Hankow a Japanese consular policeman was killed by Chinese gunmen. Protests from Tokyo followed as authorities order a full investigation. Skirmishes near Peiping and attempts to land a visiting committee at Pakhoi amid further anti-Japanese violence.
Greenville reports five hundred Louisiana Arkansas and Texas railroad employees walked off Saturday, idling all trains. About 300 strikers work in Greenville yards. R. R. Farmer, L A T vice president, said service would be restored as soon as possible.
Two killed and ten injured in a late night highway crash on 161 near Thirty-sixth Ave SW Cedar Rapids. Victims include Beltz and Mrs Russell with multiple serious injuries, several University of Iowa students among the survivors.
The Community House in Cedar Rapids is a twelve room facility at Fourteenth avenue and Tenth street SE in Oak Hill. It functions as a neighborhood center where residents can join classes and clubs to learn new crafts and express themselves. Last year nine months of activity drew 24,429 attendees.
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