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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1932

Page

13

Pickets Renew Road Blockade Despite Orders

In Worthington Minnesota movement of farm products stood still as Nobles County Holiday association pickets resumed highway patrols. About 400 men briefly blocked nonperishables on the roads before rain reduced activity, seeking to assess shipments and sources.

Worthington John A. Bosch Atwater Iowa Sioux City Minn Ben J. Dickman Lismore John H

Farmers strike expands across midwest to raise prices

A new drive led by the Farmers' Holiday association asks nearly 2,000,000 farmers in eleven midwestern states to participate in a non selling movement. Minnesota North Dakota Oklahoma Nebraska Iowa report participation while Ohio Wisconsin South Dakota Kansas and Illinois show interest. The plan aims to avoid highway blockades and rely on voluntary cooperation to lift producer prices.

Des Moines Farmers’ Holiday Association Minnesota North Dakota Oklahoma Nebraska Iowa Ohio Wisconsin South Dakota Kansas Illinois

Buchanan County School Masters to elect officers Sept 26

Independence report states the Buchanan County School Masters club meets Monday Sept 26 with a 6 30 dinner followed by officer elections and a year program. All men school teachers in the county are eligible. Outgoing officers include Superintendent G R Lockwood president and Prof Eslinger of Jesup secretary.

Independence Buchanan County G. R. Lockwood Eslinger Jesup

Hutchinson Named Executive at Regional Agricultural Credit

Cedar Rapids banker J M Hutchinson is appointed to lead the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation, soon to operate in several Midwestern states with headquarters at Sioux City. He is described as an able executive trained in banking fundamentals.

J M. Hutchinson Cedar Rap Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation Sioux City Mr. Hutchinson

Convict Hunted After Bombing Targets Judge McGoorty Home

In Chicago a bomb from a passing car wounded two 16 year olds, Lee Koeppen and Ada Moyer, who were near the home of Superior Court Judge John P. McGoorty. Police hunt James Fur Sammons, a former convict linked to Capone era crime, as McGoorty’s fate remains unhurt. Sammons had been released on habeas corpus then sent back to prison.

Chicago Superior Court John P. McGoorty James “Fur” Sammons Capone Syndicate McGoorty Judge McGoorty Koeppen

Straus Used Hotel Floor Free Of Charge Ten Years

New York report says S W Straus head of his namesake investment house lived on the Hotel Ambassador twelfth floor rent free for a decade. Lazarus Joseph, arguing on a receivership application, alleged the Straus firm profited from bond sales used to furnish the apartment.

Straus New York W. Straus Ambassador Lazarus Joseph Straus Concern Joseph Supreme Court Alfred V. Norton Straus Company William H. Peterkin

Bolivian Natives Create Hats From Bark Fibers

Indigenous Bolivian people craft hats from tree bark by soaking the material in water and beating it until pliable, shaping durable headgear for daily use.

Bombay leaders seek end to Gandhi fast with plan

A Bombay group met Mahatma Gandhi in Yeravda jail and presented a compromise on communal elections aimed at ending his hunger strike. The plan proposes joint elections with safeguards for untouchables, while Gandhi cautioned it would maintain caste divides and spoke of limiting visitors as his health faltered.

POONA Bombay Mahatma Gandhi Yeravda Mahatma Gandhi Devidas Tej Bahadur Sapru M. Jayaker Ramsay MacDonald

Oil Firm Seeks 40 Year Exclusive Cuba Rights

In Havana the Cuban senate considered a bill granting one large oil company exclusive rights to sell petroleum in Cuba for forty years. The concession would require the firm to assume Cuba’s entire internal and foreign debt, about 200 million dollars, in a single payment.

Oil Company Cuba Havana INS

Veterans Of '65 On March Again

In Springfield Illinois crowds cheered as G A R veterans marched carrying the old flag to mark the national convention parade. Despite fatigue many kept to the three quarter mile route while some accepted rides offered to them.

Veterans of ’65 Springfield Ill INS Abraham Lincoln

Danube Conference Eyes 75 Million Gold Franc Relief Fund

In Stresa Italy on Tuesday night the Danube conference reached in principle agreement on a draft convention. It proposes a stabilization fund of 75 million gold francs to relieve distress in central and southeast Europe.

Stresa Italy Europe

Berlin Arms Session Delayed for German Reply

The world disarmament conference postponed German arms equality talks to give Berlin time to answer a letter urging continued participation. Chairman Arthur Henderson proposed the delay and sent the note to Foreign Minister Von Neurath.

Geneva G AP World Disarmament Conference Bureau Germany Arthur Henderson von Neurath

Paoli Doctor Sees Ghostly Rider On Massacre Eve

Paoli physician Dr. Shony Wayne Baugh reports a ghostly horseman riding down Darby Road the night before the Paoli massacre anniversary. The spectral rider in a blue military jacket rears, the saber glints, then vanishes, a legend linked to the September 20, 1777 battle where 50 soldiers died.

Paoli Darby Road Lancaster Pike Shony Wayne Baugh Gray Anthony Wayne Chester County Lord Howe Dr. Baugh

British hangman John Ellis ends life with throat slashing

Roachdale Lancashire England reports John Ellis once Britain’s most famed public hangman killed himself after brooding over 200 executions he supervised. He retired after the Osbourne Bywaters murder case. later life saw barber work, a failed stage attempt, and personal decline.

Rochdale Lancashire England INS John Ellis Great Britain Founa Os Oeeene Frederick Bywaters Ellis SS E

Linn County Supervisors Approve Road Certificate Issue

Linn County Iowa Board adopts resolution to issue sixty road certificates totaling $6,000 for secondary road districts 24 30 49 53 54 55 and 56 with $100 per certificate 5% interest payable yearly starting 1933 and maturing 1942 funded by district assessments. Also approves tax and expense payments and adjourns to Sept 14 1932.

Inca Durie Marwa Asliceeld Soom Ary Onele Inc Ee Pes Board of Supervisors Linn County Iowa Gonenaery Meee Oc Lst United States of America Cedar Rapids Linn Neal Board of Supervisors Martha Salvage Co Appleton & Co D Library Books American Medical Assn

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