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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1933
Page
1
A Iowa legislature vote revives John Barleycorn with a buoyant mood in a crowded chamber. The move triggers local regulatory needs as beer becomes legal, while national talks include a potential Roosevelt public works plan and possible minimum wage shifts.
The Iowa House concurred with Senate amendments on the 3.2 beer law clearing the way for beer sales. State Treasurer Leo J. Wegman expects about forty permit applications from wholesalers and planned issuance in order received. Signing anticipated Saturday before governor’s approval.
Milton Bronner reports from four German cities the impact of the Hitler regime on Jews including a one day boycott in Frankfort. He describes guards at shops and warnings to would be customers, noting strict discipline and the shadow of ghetto-era policy returning to daily life.
New York The father of two year old Helen Vasko who resisted court and medical pleas agreed to consent to removing her left eye after a telegram from a New York doctor offered free examination and operation if needed. Observers fear the move may be a ruse to take Helen from Hastings on Hudson and from court jurisdiction.
A terse line implies a crime or violent act with fatalities. The fragment hints at a female subject involved in deaths, signaling a perilous incident or case. Specific names, places, or dates are not provided in the readable text.
A farmer near LeMars refused a crowd of about eighty tenants demanding cancellation of an owed obligation. He offered to halve the debt, but the mob persisted. He retrieved a shotgun and threatened action, prompting the crowd to disperse without violence.
Wets and drys in Iowa will hold separate county conventions on May 8 to choose delegates for the state constitutional convention. Delegates will be bound to vote wet or dry and will be elected at large in a yes or no plebiscite on ratifying repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Governor Clyde Herring issued the June 20 election proclamation, with conventions arranged as the fourth Monday after that date.
A joint legislative committee would investigate refunds of motor vehicle fuel license fees in Iowa, with three senators and three representatives empowered to subpoena records. The move follows a preliminary report noting refunds filed after deadlines, missing invoices, and possible duplicates, and calls for audits and further investigations.
London reports Capt. William N. Lancaster the British flyer aiming for an England to Capetown record was seen missing Friday night over the Sahara. A motor party searches for any trace of the missing pilot, feared to have been forced down far from civilization.
Senator Long proposes buying 100 million dollars in silver to issue currency while Senator Wheeler backs remonetizing silver at 16 to 1 with gold. Democratic leader Robinson predicts both plans will be defeated, saying the vote would not signal opposition to inflation but a stance on monetization.
President Roosevelt will push a dual approach to deflation by backing a large public works program and a federal minimum wage. Labor leaders urge a four to six billion bond for construction and shorter work weeks with a minimum wage clause. Frances Perkins backs feasibility of a federal minimum wage law. Speaker Rainey says four more messages will seek emergency legislation on tariff pacts railroads public works bonds unemployment relief and banking reform.
A meditation on the crucifixion and the question Why as Jesus bore the cross. It recalls Edmund Burke’s grief, ponders God’s nature, life’s purpose, and death as awakening, noting Jesus’ final prayer and the lifting of the shadow at eventide.
Ormond Beach Florida AP reports General Adelbert Ames last Civil War general and oldest West Point graduate has died at age 97. He served as a Union officer and later as a public figure in Reconstruction era politics.
Cedar Rapids reports spring weather remains unsettled with Thursday snow melting as temperatures inch up. The day starts at 32 degrees after a low of 34 overnight, rising to 40 by midmorning and reaching 48 by 2:30 p.m.
Moscow witnesses testified that L C Thornton a British engineer organized a plot to disable the Kremlin Moscow electric station and waste power to factories and wireless stations if war came Sukovuchkin the station manager testified he and Thornton were to sabotage the plant for 25 000 paper roubles and 350 gold roubles Thornton denied the charges saying he never spoke with Sukoruchkin and gave him no money the trial also heard of bribery claims by Russian witnesses against the British defendants at the Dnieprostroy power station guards testified and a Moscow official translated for Gregory the defense attorney
Government officials and President Roosevelt agree to reduce local letter postage to two cents with authority to adjust postal rates. Chairman Doughton and Postmaster General Farley led the delegation, and arrangements were made for immediate introduction of the new legislation.
William E. Collins forty three, of 1637 F avenue NE, was brought back from Chicago on a robbery warrant as a suspected accomplice in the United States Bank daylight holdup of March 20. Police plan a 9 am lineup as witnesses compare Collins with the crime.
The Iowa Senate approved a plan to release about 60 million dollars of public funds from closed and reorganized banks. The measure authorizes a one mill property tax levy to back a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to pay about 17.37 million in sinking fund claims and fund bank reorganizations.
Cedar Rapids officials delay beer licenses awaiting official Des Moines instructions on licensing forms and setup. Mayor Stepanek says action will wait for right procedures and city clerk Wage notes hundreds seek beer licenses but no applications will be issued until state forms arrive.
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