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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1933
Page
1
A calf bawls alone beside Greene street as traffic streams past. Nearby workers labor at Northwestern quarry south of the city, breaking red rock for road and dike projects. Authorities debate using federal funds to pay idle workers while city needs loom and politics stir the council.
Five British subjects were convicted of sabotage espionage and bribery by a soviet revolutionary tribunal. Two got mild prison terms three were expelled and one was acquitted. Ten of eleven Russians were sentenced with terms from one to ten years amid courtroom tension.
W. E. Collins age 43 of 1637 F avenue NE was arraigned for bank robbery before Justice Lightner. Bond set at 7500, not posted. Hearing ordered for 9 am Friday. Collins held as suspected accomplice in March 20 United State Bank holdup with 2415.25 stolen.
The Iowa senate approved by 29 to 10 a bill modifying the administration uniform bank reorganization law and then erased the record as some senators sought to change votes. The measure lets stockholders who paid the double liability amount submit certificates for endorsement and release from future liability to the extent of their contributions.
The piece discusses the hit song about loss and humility, noting the harsh truth of street life during hard times. It questions who deserves help and asserts the duty to act with courage and kindness amid disaster, quoting a American leader on virtue.
Congress retreats on farm relief amendments as inflation forces gain ground. Senate leaders pull back two inflation schemes while White House weighs a currency expansion bill and talks with Byrnes and Thomas amid retreat of silver coinage plans.
Former mayor John F. Hylan declares candidacy for mayor with a platform to restore city prosperity. He supports a five cent fare and opposes further pay cuts for city employees.
In Washington the Democratic leadership retreated from a plan to curb the gag rule and grant nearly absolute power. Majority Leader Joseph Burns said the changes would not be pressed, fearing a split over liberal versus strict rules and jeopardizing farm relief unemployment aid and banking reform.
Frances Perkins, secretary of labor, spoke to 1 500 club women at Temple University in Philadelphia when a guard of fifty police protected her after letters threatening violence were found. Assistant Superintendent Joseph Lestrange ordered precautions. plainclothesmen checked tickets. a police escort met Perkins at the train.
DES MOINES AP The state senate refused to confirm Mrs Jennie Good Corlett of Oskaloosa to the state board of education in executive session. The vote was reported as 32 to 18 with opposition from Mahaska county Democratic central committee members.
Tuesday baseball roundup shows Lon Warneke’s 3 to 1 Chicago win over Pittsburgh marking the Pirates’ first defeat of the season. Yankees beat the Athletics 2 to 1 in a pitchers’ duel as Gomerz and Earnshaw allow three hits. Blachelder blanks Cleveland 1 to 0 for St Louis. Box scores and details in sport section.
Cedar Rapids reports Louis J. Zika city commissioner urges council to provide public improvement funds to aid jobless amid budget talks. Budget totals rise to 1 006 720 with police and fire increases under compromise. mayor opposes funds for unemployed.
The Arizona board of pardons and paroles granted Winnie Ruth Judd a reprieve until April 28. Judd refused to cooperate with state psychiatrists examining her as they prepare to testify before a jury deciding if she will be committed to an asylum as insane for the slaying of Agnes Anne Leroi.
Clarence Darrow won a final post retirement victory as Governor Horner commuted 16 year old Russell McWilliams’s death sentence for the 1931 Rockford streetcar slaying to life in prison. Horner warned the ruling should not set a legal precedent.
The navy received from Captain Herbert F. Leary a report that the Akron wreckage might have been located near the Portland area. The message described grapnel findings including fabric remainings and two round ports, with the Falcon tug anchored above the spot as ships continued the search for bodies and wreckage from the dirigible.
Jerome Factor, 19, the son of Jake Factor, is safe and unharmed after six days in captivity for a $50,000 ransom. Mrs. Leonard Marcus identified Archie Brown as a suspect seen near the abduction. Authorities continue the probe, with Otto Kerner’s office and agents intensifying the investigation as the Cohen brothers hold the latest ransom letter.
Six Capone gang chiefs were seized while operating as an underworld detective bureau. Investigators linked the group to an Illinois and Iowa kidnap ring that abducted Jerome Factor, 19, son of John Factor, for a $50,000 ransom.
The Rev. Dr. J Gresham Machen accuses the Presbyterian board of foreign missions of dishonesty for retaining Pearl Buck as a missionary and vows to bring the fight before the church. He contends Buck opposes old fashioned beliefs while funds support her work and would push for a new board aligned with the church doctrines.
Iowa Senate approves three reform bills to centralize finance control and auditing. The finance control act creates a state comptroller with gubernatorial oversight, the audit act centralizes audits, and the coordinating measure aligns code provisions. All pass 30 to 18 or 30 to 19 amid partisan debate.
Edward Jones of Peoria Illinois received an indeterminate ten year sentence at Anamosa State Reformatory for breaking and entering. Arrested by Patrolman Haberle at 9 30 p m after allegedly jimmying a window with a wood chisel to enter Ives Frona Coal Company at 401 Second Street NE and damaging the safe front. Two other lumber companies reported similar window breaks Sunday night.
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