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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1933
Page
1
Governor Clyde Herring announced June 20 as the date for a special election to elect delegates to a state convention to consider repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Delegates must meet within thirty days of the election.
United States senators delayed debate on the farm mortgage relief bill to attend the opening American League baseball game in Washington. The crowd of observers notes how even dignified leaders need simple relaxation, as the writer recalls an elderly aviator and a Chicago seed man who remain vigorous with age.
A group of Louisiana citizens filed a formal petition with eleven charges seeking the removal of Senator Huey P. Long. Vice President Garner received the petition, it was referred to the elections committee and then to the Senate without a reading.
Hastings New York UP reports the John Vasko family barred access to two year old Helen Vasko and her twin Anna to prevent doctors and police from treating them. Welfare groups seek surgery for Helen while Anna grows feverish with temperature reaching 105 degrees as authorities await court decisions.
Handwriting expert Bert J. Walter testified that the ransom note found at Rose Gendler’s home after her December murder was printed in Maurice Meyer’s handwriting. He linked the note to eleven standards sent to him Feb. 14. Mrs. Jacob Mark, Rose’s mother, was set to testify next.
Charles E. Mitchell former chairman of the boards at National City Bank and National City Company was indicted Thursday on a second income tax evasion charge in New York.
A Kansas City beer truck hijacked on Wednesday was found Thursday parked within two blocks of police headquarters. The liquid cargo valued at 275 dollars was missing.
A reflection on Jesus as he passes by toward the Cross echoes across faiths and doubts. The piece probes why His suffering unsettles and awakens duty, compassion, and moral tension in contemporary life. Copyright 1933.
President Roosevelt urges safeguards for home ownership and Congress introduces emergency refinancing of small mortgages with a $2 billion bond issue and a permanent federal savings and loan system. The plan, led by Senator Robinson with Wagner and Byrnes, assigns a $200 million government corporation to refinance debt and a government stake of up to $10 million in the new savings associations.
Cedar Rapids officials moved to leverage Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds for public works to create jobs. The council met with Verne Marshall urging rapid use, favoring a sewage disposal plant financed by a sewer rental plan, with plans to develop 70 000 for March and April and 14 428.62 drawn so far. The proposal includes drawing up plans and seeking RF C loan backing for materials and supervision.
Winter unleashes a short snowstorm in Cedar Rapids Thursday forenoon as temperatures slide from 54 to the 30s. Flakes melt quickly while the mercury swings from 38 at dawn to 32 by early afternoon and back to 34 later.
The Senate approves a cost of production guarantee through the Simpson Norris plan by a 47 to 41 vote amid administration opposition. The House backs the farm mortgage refinancing section 387 to 12 after Speaker Rainey blocks a currency inflation substitute. A Senate rerun motion to reconsider is tabled 46 to 41.
AP reports the Iowa Senate altered the beer bill with key changes. All license fees and taxes collected go to the state sinking fund. Golf and country clubs outside cities may receive consumption on premises permits. In counties with a city over 10 000 population cities keep fees, others split 50 percent to municipalities and 50 percent to county fund. Delivery or gifts of beer allowed Saturday midnight to Monday 7 a.m. County permit fees stay with the county fund.
Cannes France. Former Mayor James J. Walker and actress Betty Compton will marry during Easter week, according to an official announcement.
Los Angeles report says film comedian Chester Conklin and wife Minnie V. Conklin testified Thursday in a divorce decree. The couple had been married nineteen years and the article notes Conklin’s habit of staying away from home overnight.
Iowa moves toward legal beer sales by April 24 upon house approval of senate amendments. State Treasurer Leo Wegman cited tentative legality with governor signature and publication, noting permit rules and tax allocations to funds. Three permit types will be issued and 31 wholesale license applications already filed.
Edward J. Kelly was chosen as Chicago’s mayor by the city council in an unanimous vote. He succeeds Patrick A. Nash who declined the post after leading the Democratic party in the county.
A night parade through the loop will feature clowns elephants and jungle animals with bands. It is the first Chicago circus parade since 1889 and serves as a lead‑in to a sixteen day engagement at the Coliseum beginning the following day.
Leopold Stokowski and Bell labs engineers showcased a phantom Philadelphia Symphony playing in a separate ballroom. The audience heard a full, faithful reproduction via wire transmission with auditory perspective. A public reveal is set for April 27 in Washington at Constitution Hall under National Academy of Sciences.
Des Moines Iowa senate approves the 3.2 percent beer bill by 31 to 19 after a day of debate. Amendments rejected include local option. bill returns to the house for concurrence. The measure directs state license fees to the sinking fund with other changes to beer delivery and county city fee distributions.
In Moscow a trial of six British engineers and eleven Russians heard a signed confession by William H. Thornton accusing the British secret service of military and economic espionage linked to sabotage at the Metropolitan-Vickers plant. Thornton admitted writing the confession but claimed it was untrue, while fellow defendants disputed guilt and witnesses cleared Allan Monkhouse of Metropolitan-Vickers.
Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon told Parliament that none of the six British citizens on trial in Soviet Russia ever served in the British secret service or received payment for information to the British government.
W L MacDonald, a British engineer in the Metropolitan-Vickers case, recants his confession of guilt to espionage, sabotage and bribery. He seeks to withdraw his plea as contradictions emerge while testifying to support prior statements by V A Sokolov, amid a high profile trial of five Britons and eleven Russians.
Clayton M. Berkley, 76, a longtime Waterloo hardware merchant of over fifty years, died Thursday at his home. He was widely known in the community for his shop and local service. Funeral arrangements were pending.
In Des Moines AP report the Iowa senate divided along party lines on the beer bill. Democrats supported the measure with 23 aye votes and 2 nay. Republicans backed it with 8 aye and 17 nay.
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