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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1932
Page
1
A writer denounces high government costs funded by every income dollar and criticizes Iowa candidates for not pledging substantial budget cuts. The piece argues taxpayers were quiet during earlier battles but now demand reductions and accountability from officials.
A sweep of updates shows taxes under the billion-dollar revenue law pressing the federal deficit toward $400 million since July with August receipts rising to $79.9 million. Rail unions urge President Hoover to oppose wage cuts, while Roosevelt promotes public utility publicity and federal regulation as he tours California. Northwest Iowa farmers seek Congress relief through Brookhart and call for special action to ease production costs and taxation burdens.
The author argues distressed taxpayers need lower costs and stresses spending less by eliminating unnecessary state commissions and employees. Editors and accountants found ways to lop millions from the Iowa budget, urging fewer political panaceas and more public service integrity, with a Wisconsin lesson on politics.
Wisconsin stood at the forefront of advocating radical ideas in government for years. Exponents of radicalism gained opportunity to implement policies but the state remains no better off, and worse off than many, as calls for more commissions and public jobs fail to deliver improvements.
The LA FOLLETTES and their office-holding followers claimed keys to lower government costs, better administration, and tax relief. Meanwhile Wisconsin's government costs rose, efficiency declined, and taxes increased.
A Wisconsin professor notes that while states and the country flirt with radical ideas as fixes, Wisconsin has awakened to the conviction that such ideas lead to unpalatable political drivel. She praises Wisconsin for repudiating radicalism at a pivotal moment.
An effort begun two winters ago to force public servants to serve the public more economically honestly and efficiently produced twenty audits. The audits exposed careless and in some cases dishonest handling of public money, signaling millions in potential economies.
The state board of education can spend over 3,000,000 dollars in a year without legislative or executive council accountability. Taxpayers are said to be playing with fire, with past losses at the state university cited as evidence of risk and embarrassment.
The article notes surprise at candidates for offices who can stamp out taxpayer abuses, as revealed by various audits and inquiries into government spending and oversight.
J M Farrell 26 of Marion and Joseph Sheehan 38 of Waterloo were fined 300 dollars and costs each for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a single car incident near 1607 Second Avenue SE. The judge also banned them from driving for three months. Both waived preliminary hearing. Witnesses said the two swapped places and left a bottle of alcohol in the car.
John A. Machray former bursar and chairman of Manitoba University board of governors was sentenced to seven years for thefts totaling 961 175 from the university and 60 000 from his former law partner Heber Archibald Machray 67 faced multiple charges after pleading guilty to misappropriating university funds in Winnipeg Manitoba.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation reports a drop in loan applications from banks railroads and insurance firms in the past month. Directors Wilson McCarthy and Gardner Cowles Jr say pressure on the corporation has decreased and the unfavorable period earlier this year has passed. Agricultural loans will soon carry 7 percent interest including inspection charges and managers from 14 offices will meet Ford Hovey to accelerate agricultural credit operations.
Capt. William P. Wright of Chicago was unanimously chosen as commander in chief at the 66th G A R encampment with no opposition. Samuel P. Town of Philadelphia was named senior vice commander after opponent L. C. Coffin withdrew. The 1933 encampment will be held in St Paul Minnesota.
Miss Beatrice Tyson of Flushing New York was elected president at the first business session of the National Woman's Relief Corps during its national convention in Springfield Illinois in conjunction with the G A R.
A Grand Army of the Republic committee approves a $250000 memorial near Lincoln's tomb in Springfield. The proposal goes to a business session at the sixty sixth annual encampment, with possible endorsement of President Hoover if it advances.
Renowned undersea expert William Beebe plummeted to 2,100 feet in a steel ball off Nonesuch Island Bermuda, aiming for 3,000 feet. He reported conditions via radio, noted a rough roll of his craft, and spoke of vast new fish varieties observed through quartz portholes while cameras captured marine life.
John McElligott a 60 year old retired city street cleaner loaned Holyoke $10,000 at 6 percent interest to meet city payrolls. He saved the amount from weekly earnings of $24.50 over a thirty year period and plans to aid the financially tangled city.
A coroner's jury in Sacramento ruled Dorothy Millette died by her own action, two days after Paul Bern shot himself in Beverly Hills. Millette, linked to the life of film executive Paul Bern and wife of Jean Harlow, was declared to have died by suicide.
The U S public health service prepared a serum to treat Mrs William E Borah wife of the senator who is ill with parrot fever at Boise Idaho. Serum was to be sent by mail plane and derived from blood of a health service physician who contracted the disease during earlier experiments.
Temperatures in Cedar Rapids regained some strength with a slow uptrend. On Wednesday the high reached 74 at noon, then declined to 62 by 7 p.m. and 58 at midnight. The low was 56 at 6 a.m. Thursday, with partly cloudy skies. By noon Thursday the temperature was 66 and climbed to 70 by 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.
In Geneva Soviet Russia and Germany declined to send representatives to the first meeting of the disarmament conference steering committee. Chairman Arthur Henderson warned the talks are at a crucial stage amid economic and financial strain as nations debate arms equality and limits.
Will Rogers argues that external advisement on a nation's defense is meddling and ineffective. He contends that disarmament cannot work if others dictate a country's security needs and compares it to individual rights to own a gun for personal protection.
Poona India AP report on a special committee of caste Hindus and social leaders who met Mahatma Gandhi in his cell for two hours. They described the talk as long and satisfactory and hoped to return next day with a final settlement to end his hunger strike.
An 11 year old boy arrested for tampering with parked cars in the A avenue and Sixth street NE area challenged Powers and Chief W. C. Benesh at the police station. The youth gave a false name, claimed Cheyenne Wyoming roots, and could not recall his father’s name or age. Juvenile officials later confirmed the car theft and revealed his true name before Judge Thomas B. Powell Thursday.
Mrs. Estelle A. Cohen of Philadelphia files a damage suit in Los Angeles alleging Corliss Palmer Brewster, estranged wife of Eugene V. Brewster, seduced her husband Albert J. Cohen. The suit claims meetings at resorts and long-running clandestine relations beginning in 1931 and continuing until the Cohens separated in 1931.
President Hoover will not attend any World Series games due to an overloaded schedule. Officials said the president plans to keep up with business demands and will not travel to the events this year.
Cedar Rapids reports on vehicle tolls for the year with figures showing accidents injuries and fatalities totaling 144 across the period.
The government in U S Senator James J Davis trial showed 24 387 360 alleged Moose Lodge lottery tickets mailed in interstate commerce. Witnesses testified tickets were bought to participate in drawings rather than attend balls as Davis faces charges of federal lottery violations with potential up to 20 years and 28 000 dollars fine.
Federal court in New York hears witnesses including John Levine and Charles Margiotti as prosecutors seek to prove Davis knew of Moose charity balls tied to alleged lotteries. Testimony covers raffle tickets printed by Eureka Printing and payments tied to Loyal Order of Moose activities, with several witnesses detailing ticket purchases and prizes.
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