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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1932
Page
9
Merchants plan two fashion shows at Memorial auditorium with doors at 7 and 7:30 p.m. A nine piece orchestra will serenade as 155 garments from local stores are displayed including children's wear, women’s coats and gowns, sportswear, and men’s suits and coats.
The bishop assails federal aid as inadequate and calls for dry candidates from constable to president. He cites Anti Saloon League aims and funds, critiques press logic on enforcement, and argues liquor supply estimates contrast pre and post Eighteenth Amendment. He rails against repeal and urges renewed prohibition action.
Bishop Cannon argues prohibition reduced liberty and crime but notes crime rises in Europe after WWI. He cites London motor bandits and says enforcement, not repeal, will finish the fight. He attacks party platforms, urges dry candidates, and accuses press of bias toward Rockefeller over Addams and Booth.
Evangeline Booth challenges the audience to vote confidence in him while claiming the American public does not receive the truth. He frames the appeal as a test of trust in leadership and accountability.
Maurice Maschke former Republican leader faces trial with five Cleveland politicians for embezzling 177000 dollars from the county treasury. The case ties to a 500000 dollar county shortage though prosecutors say the charges are separate. Also named are Councilman Herman H. Finkle Alex Bernstein Charles Bernstein Henry Beckerman and Herman Felsman. County Commissioner Walter E. Cook is indicted but not tried now.
An INS report states 27 persons were hurt when a Rubin-Cherry carnival train collided with box cars in the Illinois Central yard north of Evansville Indiana. Seven remained hospitalized Monday with Captain Elton Denham among the most seriously injured, his hips broken and prognosis grim.
Omaha AP six of the twelve agencies of the Agricultural Credit Corporation will start taking applications for livestock loans. Ford E Hovey Omaha chief announced. Agencies in Sioux City Spokane Minneapolis Fort Worth Salt Lake City and Wichita will each have 3 million dollars available.
A special policeman at the Oak Pythian temple prevented two youths from entering a Sunday wedding on one invitation. The pair were subdued with a night stick and were placed in Central police station Monday.
Eldon Jamison, 15 months, was recovering after surgeons removed a bean from his bronchial tube. His parents drove all night from Quinter, Kansas, to obtain urgent medical aid before the condition worsened.
Archbishop Curley resumed his duties in Baltimore after a three month visit to his maternal home Athlone Ireland. The trip followed a lengthy stay abroad and included time for reflection and rest before resuming official church responsibilities.
Gandhi facing possible refusal to leave jail as his fast to death nears. A letter from Gandhi questions restrictions while Hindu leaders plan a delegation from Bombay to Poona to seek an electoral plan acceptable to Gandhi and the untouchables in protest against British policy.
In Niobrara Nebraska Amil Soukey 20 shot Miss Nora Skokan 17 a Niobrara high school senior after forcing her to leave a dance at Verdigre and then killed himself. The incident occurred Sunday night ending a fatal sequence that left one girl dead and a man dead by his own hand.
Miss Marie Estella Brown and Hugh Hansen were married yesterday at the bride's home. G. Edward Hancock of the Cedar Rapids IRS saved a man from serious injury in Merced, California when a scaffold began to slip during hotel dome work. Donald J. Anderson has gone to
Evanston resident to study music at Northwestern University. Dr and Mrs A N Poore have left for Italy for the winter. Alfred Cheney a Coe College senior from Greene broke a collar bone tackling a football dummy. Progressives elected leaders at the Republican city central committee meeting. Martha McClenahan left for Madison to enter UW junior year. Betsy Ross social circle formed to fund a monument for the boys of 61 and 65 with Lulu Richmond Fanny Blasier Myra L Clark in officer roles.
Secretary R B Sinclair returns from Buffalo New York after attending a committee meeting to arrange the national Y M C A conference next year. A new Sunday school is organized in Dundee with E B Stevenson as assistant state superintendent J G Barnell elected superintendent George Gunn assistant and Peter Low secretary. A building at F avenue and Twelfth Street has been purchased and will be fitted for use.
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