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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1932
Page
1
A bomb shattered the rear of the home of Judge Webster Thayer in Worcester injuring Mrs Thayer and trapping a maid while the judge helped others to safety The blast damaged a nearby house and spread debris across the street No group claimed responsibility and authorities pursued leads amid heightened tensions over Sacco and Vanzetti. Senator Brookhart launches a bid with the Progressive party seeking reelection amid Iowa political turmoil.
The report details Calvin Coolidge expected to head a nonpartisan commission to ease railroad rate hikes and protect investments. The panel would survey and propose revised rate laws, with Alfred E. Smith Bernard Baruch Clarke Howell Alexander Legge named as possible members.
Officials of the United Mine Workers of America said no further attempt to reopen the mines near Springfield Illinois would be made until the situation calms. Twenty five members of the UMWA were released on bonds of 1000 dollars each pending grand jury action on charges of inciting riots. A policeman was killed in the street riot and Garnett H. Smith the Herrin local president was held on a warrant charging him with killing Springfield detective sergeant Porter Williams. Smith denied firing the fatal shot.
Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills, named Hoover’s chief political adviser, will deliver the Republican party reply to Roosevelt's western tour. Mills plans a series of addresses in Detroit, St. Louis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Salt Lake City, and likely Minneapolis, framing Roosevelt's policies as harming private initiative.
In Cambridge guards surrounded Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell’s residence on Tuesday following news of the Worchester explosion at Judge Webster Thayer’s home. Lowell was part of a three member committee appointed by Governor Alvan Fuller to hear Sacco and Vanzetti guilt or innocence determinations.
Governor Franklin D Roosevelt on the Roosevelt Special heads toward Lamy New Mexico as he aims to win progressive Republican backing led by Senator Bronson Cutting. Support from Cutting and Norris could swing New Mexico back to the Democrats after Hoover's 1928 victory, amid tariff fuel and water power debates.
Cedar Rapids observed a cool morning with the thermometer dropping to 46 at 9 am. It then rose to 58 at noon and 61 by 1 30 pm as sunshine dispersed the chill. Monday reached a high of 74 at 4 pm with a 7 pm drop to 59 and 58 by midnight.
The navy announced it will begin immediately construction on three new destroyers at the Boston, Philadelphia and New York navy yards. Each destroyer is estimated to cost four million dollars.
In Manchester today workers and employers signed a settlement to end the Lancashire textile strike. Mills will reopen on Wednesday as part of the agreed terms.
Harrison E Spangler Cedar Rapids national Republican committeeman and Mrs Spangler returned from Washington where they were guests of President Hoover over the weekend. Spangler conferred with the President about a Des Moines address to be given on October 4. He proceeded to Des Moines early Tuesday. Mrs Spangler remained briefly then joined him there.
Samuel Insull Jr. departs for Paris with officials saying the trip is for rest and his mother's health. He will return to duties at Commonwealth Edison in November amid investigations into his father's insolvent utilities and the Insull holdings.
Seligman will be the Democratic candidate for re election in November after an overwhelming nomination by the Democratic state convention in Santa Fe New Mexico on Monday night.
Geneva INS reports Sir Eric Drummond resigns as secretary general of the League of Nations effective June 30 1933 with the league council accepting the resignation at a private session Tuesday.
Washington announcement says Rep. Charles R. Crisp of Georgia was named by President Hoover to the U S tariff commission to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lincoln Dixon of Indiana.
Joseph Cornoski, 35, surrendered and confessed to killing Violet Snow, 16, of Carter. He roamed the countryside since Friday night and was nearly starving when taken into custody. Authorities said he had been an unwanted suitor of the victim.
James E. Hamilton, president of Merchants National Bank, after a trip abroad, says Germany is building up a military machine for aggression. He cites full time chemical plants and wartime materials in Sweden and Denmark, and notes France keeps a large army. He doubts Kaiser and crown prince return. He observed Berlin was quiet with less street activity.
Clemente Vasquez Bello president of the Cuban senate and head of the liberal party was killed Tuesday by gunmen at his home near Country Club Park. He was a close friend of President Gerardo Machado. The attackers used rapid fire as in the Calvo murder months earlier.
A Tamarack farmer Harry Hedstrom age 42 was held in jail in Aitkin county after confessing to killing Prohibition Agent James Harney during a raid. Harney, brother Martin Harney of Duluth and three others captured Hedstrom at dusk. Hedstrom said he shot Harney when the agent threatened to shoot him.
Lieutenant T G W Settle of the U S Navy won the James Gordon Bennett balloon trophy after traveling about 990 miles. He landed at Lassule Poland near the Latvian frontier at 5 am EST. Second place was believed won by W T Van Orman who landed the Goodyear 8 at Kovno Lithuania.
The Gazette announces its Playograph coverage of the World Series starting Wednesday in New York. Red Ruf fing of the Yankees will pitch to Billy Herman of the Cubs as play-by-play details unfold from first pitch at 12:30 Cedar Rapids time. Fans may watch on Fifth Street side of The Gazette building and view the detailed board.
Will Rogers notes Democrats attack and Republicans defend during a calm week end. He argues Democrats promise future actions while Republicans must explain past inaction and reform efforts, fearing October elections and the older voter’s demand for salvation.
A witness testified in the Davis lottery trial that United States Senator James J. Davis did not receive a package of alleged lottery tickets in 1930. Davis faces charges of participation in lotteries tied to the Loyal Order of Moose charity balls, with defense arguing Davis largely withdrew from Moose activities in 1930.
State and federal prohibition officers arrest Henry Buehler in Linn County. A raid found about 1 000 pints and quarts of home brew and roughly eight gallons of wine plus crocks jugs and related gear in the attic and cellar. Buehler posted a $500 bond and was released.
Estes Park Colorado (INS) searchers scoured mountain sides for William Jorgenson 35 of Omaha missing 24 hours after starting a hiking trip Monday near Fall River Pass 10 miles west of Estes Park He was last seen with Herbert Peterson also of Omaha Peterson returned to town Jorgenson feared to have succumbed to exposure as temperatures dropped overnight
Miss Mabel Chenoweth known as Grandma to local schoolchildren was found murdered in her Chicago candy store. A dime rested on the counter and police suspect a back room assault preceded the fatal blow, with her throat slashed by a butcher knife. She was 60 years old.
In Los Angeles a municipal court suit filed Tuesday accuses Evelyn Brent modern name Mary Elizabeth Edwards of failing to pay for $1,200 worth of shoes. The case details indicate financial dispute over the footwear purchase.
The hurricane death toll in San Juan was estimated at 50 in private advices to Prof. W. P. O'Reilly of the University of Puerto Rico. The hurricane was described as worse than the San Felipe hurricane of September 1928, which caused $80,000,000 to $100,000,000 in damage on the island.
Reports from the weather bureau indicate the storm that struck Porto Rico Monday night would pass along the north coast of Santo Domingo and Haiti on Tuesday. The disturbance is moving slightly north of west at a speed of at least 120 miles an hour.
A powerful Monday night hurricane battered San Juan and surrounding towns with 120 mile per hour winds. At least 30 dead, hundreds injured, and thousands left homeless as officials compare the damage to the 1928 storm. Rio Piedras Barrios Sabanallana Catano and Carolina report high fatalities with massive crop losses estimated at seven million dollars. Governor Beverley orders 400 National Guardsmen to assist in relief efforts and assess the widespread destruction.
A tropical hurricane hit the Virgin Islands Monday night causing heavy damage. It sank small ships in the harbor, knocked down wires and uprooted trees, leaving many houses damaged. Two sloops with passengers from Tortola were unaccounted for and feared lost as authorities search. No other deaths reported.
Santo Domingo residents feared a repeat of the Sept 1930 disaster as winds from the Porto Rico hurricane rattled the city, echoing the heavy loss of life and property damage reported there.
Tom Gardner must serve thirty years in the penitentiary for robbing a nestation of $4 last week a district court jury sentenced Charlie Aates to twenty nine years in a bank messenger holdup with a $75000 bond.
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