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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1935
Page
1
A brief report notes rising tensions with the British Navy, warning of potential conflict and the strategic risk to regional security. The piece emphasizes caution and the need for diplomatic channels to avert escalation amid ongoing naval maneuvers.
Britain demands Ethiopian independence be maintained while Mussolini resists compromise. French envoy Chambrun sought talks but Duce met only Savich. Italy may approach the League to push Article 44 revisions, a plan France and Britain oppose. Continued agitation risks war and tests fascist prestige.
In San Francisco Warren K Billings visited from Folsom prison to testify for Thomas J Mooney in his habeas corpus hearing. The two men, both convicted of murder for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing, shared a tearful reunion at the city jail. They reconciled past disputes and reaffirmed their friendship amid the legal fight for vindication.
Washington AP reports M H Hansen of Waterloo Iowa submitted the low bid of 42700 dollars for construction of a new post office at Waverly Ohio.
Reports from London Rome and Geneva indicate a major development in the Italian Ethiopian crisis with talk of lessened tension between Italy and Britain and hints of secret negotiations. Diplomats note a mixed picture of possible peaceful solutions and continued rigidity from Mussolini, with Laval seeking a peaceful path but discouraged by Italian stance.
Addis Ababa reports imperial mobilization as rain ends and Italy presses war. The emperor's drums signal tribesmen to arm, a widely understood mobilization without a formal edict, echoing Emperors past and the age of Menelik.
Emperor Haile Selassie called on the League of Nations to dispatch impartial observers to Ethiopia to investigate current and potential accusations of aggression and provocative acts and to determine responsibility in such cases.
Floyd Gibbons, renowned headline hunter, arrives at Asmara Eritrea headquarters of Italian forces as the first American press association rep on the scene. His initial dispatch from Asmara Tuesday night reached New York Wednesday morning due to transmission delay between Asmara and Rome.
Floyd Gibbons describes reaching Asmara via Rome as war looms in Africa. He notes delays in Italian and British flights, jokes about delaying the war, and warns of potential escalation from an African conflict to a broader European clash. The piece ends with a note that the story continues on Page 7.
President Roosevelt, before Pacific coast trip, seeks counsel from clergy nationwide on governance. He asks how government can better serve people, stressing social security, old age pensions, unemployment insurance, and the works program. Clergy nationwide received identical letters urging community insight.
Des Moines reports Attorney General Edward L. O Connor will travel to Sioux City to renew his demand for an immediate trial on the gambling conspiracy indictment from Woodbury County graft grand jury. He will file with Judge Scott if assigned, otherwise with the judge handling graft cases. The panel includes O Connor, his assistant Walter Maley, two Iowa agents, State Treasurer Leo Wegman, and 38 others.
A 1935 syndicated column laments deteriorating domestic life. It cites drastic rises in divorces in major cities, notes many filed within five years and again in midlife, and questions modern reluctance to compromise for family stability, urging reflection on personal duty.
Republican leaders outlined a Midwest strategy to attack Roosevelt where he has strength and to locate a strong GOP standard bearer for 1936. The plan includes opening midwestern headquarters, likely in Chicago, with funds and personnel directed to the corn and wheat belt.
Judge James P. Gaffney in Iowa City took under advisement The Cedar Rapids Gazette motion to quash service of an original notice in a $50,000 libel suit brought by Harold M. Cooper against The Gazette and Ralph Fisher. Judgment will be handed down within twenty days. The Gazette argues Fisher is not a legal agent of the company and cannot be sued in Johnson county.
Denver AP reports the Colorado liquor license probe expanding as District Attorney Wettengel investigates complaints from multiple cities. Ray Humphreys traveled to Pueblo and other sites, while questions linger about Carr and the liquor bureau staff amid a $12,000 tax bill settlement and a $3,000 liquor license reissue linked to drug firm McKesson Robbins.
Washington says raw materials are omitted from the proclaimed list of war implements issued by President Roosevelt on munitions control board guidance. The six categories cover offensive weapons, vessels of war, aircraft, firearms above set weights, and chemical warfare items including mustard gas. The move aims to facilitate registration under the neutrality act by Nov. 29.
The Chicago Cubs pulled within one game of the National League pennant by routing the St. Louis Cardinals 6 to 1 for their nineteenth straight victory. Full game details appear in the sports pages of this issue.
R L Chrysler 48 president of the Liquid Carbonic corporation of Canada died Wednesday at Western hospital Montreal after a brief illness.
The Sunday Gazette announces a football edition published every Saturday evening during the gridiron season. It promises running accounts and scores from major games like Iowa Bradley and Illinois Ohio, with complete coverage from the Gazette sports staff and press associations.
Robert Colflesh of Des Moines campaign manager for Ray Murphy of Ida Grove says Murphy has "well over a majority of pledges" and that his workers secured enough vote promises to assure election. Colflesh refused to disclose total pledges.
Washington report on wage talks for 400000 soft coal miners shows little movement after three days. Union leaders push for nine cents per ton, operators offer seven and a half. restlessness and peaceful picketing noted in Ohio as conferencing continues without agreement.
Harry L. Hopkins announced Victor Ridder as Works Progress Administrator for New York City, succeeding General Hugh Johnson who resigned per prior agreement with President Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt on Wednesday night approved 104 additional Iowa WPA projects with a total cost of 1,718,389 dollars. Federal funds total 1,362,398 dollars, plus 355,991 dollars pledged by sponsors. Projects include farm to market road improvements in Cedar county and several townships, Iowa City river wall work, and street repairs in Cedar Rapids, Marion, and Linn County.
The American Legion national convention backed a hard line against communism and called for withdrawal of recognition of the Soviet Union. Delegates approved a foreign policy program for world peace, urged coast defense enhancements, and supported civil air training while debating implications for immigration and war debts. A sympathy letter was sent to Leopold III of Belgium after a royal injury.
The band from Chicago board of trade post No 304 won the annual band competition at the National American Legion convention in St Louis. It previously won the 1933 national championship. Columbus post No 1 of Franklin County was second, Omaha band post group third, Mineral Wells post fourth. The Omaha band was defending champion.
Henrietta Leaver, 19, a McKeesport Pennsylvania 5 and 10 clerk who won Miss America 1935 at Atlantic City, told reporters on Wednesday she never had a steady boyfriend and does not want one, while awaiting screen tests.
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