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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1933
Page
1
The piece discusses Roosevelts stance on abandoning the gold standard and its international implications. It questions isolationist views, notes creditor status versus debtor nations, and cites figures Hoover Glass and political shifts. It ends with a note on a Long Beach tax and funding argument as context.
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and President Roosevelt pushed for world economic cooperation as the path to stability. In his first U S speech at the National Press Club he warned against economic retaliation and urged round-table talks and currency agreement to revive production and trade. The talks followed talks with Roosevelt at the White House as experts began studies on monetary and economic issues.
Emil F. Lundstrom sought to sell his book Our Deeper Destiny about life after death for ten years. After publishers rejected him he persisted and Bryn Mawr College Dr Hornell Hart wrote a preface. Dorance and Co Philadelphia agreed to publish. the first copy arrived, but Lundstrom died suddenly at a brother’s home.
Everyday Religion notes Shakespeare’s enduring vitality and moral vision. The essay extols his poetry as a fountain of youth-like renewal, praising his courage sanity and charity as a universal gospel of hope. It quotes Goethe and discusses Tempest, Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado. Copyright 1933.
Minneapolis AP Morse announced his resignation as operating manager of Inland Waterways Upper Mississippi division effective June 1. James Goodsell also resigned. James S. Brodie of St Paul will succeed him and take over Goodsell's duties. Morse returns to private business after presenting his resignation to General Ashburn in Washington.
Republican opposition to Roosevelt's plan to turn Muscle Shoals into a Tennessee River valley power project appeared crushed as House leaders predicted a Monday vote. The measure would limit debate and bar amendments to speed passage and send it to the President for signature.
Democratic leaders launched a strong counter campaign to win passage of the administration inflation bill by next Wednesday. The measure, aimed at broad credit powers and currency actions, moved into unfinished business in the Senate as debates continued.
Carl H. Muehlenpfordt president of the First National Bank at Lockport Illinois was found in his automobile with a bullet wound and a pistol in his hand. Dr E A Kindston the county coroner and a close friend said the death appeared self inflicted though no suicide note was left. He had attended a Big Run golf club directors meeting earlier that morning and the bank had reopened after a holiday with unrestricted business.
Senator Elmer Thomas argues the United States should abandon the gold standard to regain monetary control. He claims foreign influences push the gold base to affect prices and export power while debtor nations seek debt relief, urging U S sovereignty over money decisions.
Milwaukee circuit court records reveal a divorce action against Rev. E Reginald Williams rector of St Mark's Episcopal church. Dorothy Eckhart Williams charges habitual drunkenness and cites alleged abuse and threats. Custody of two children is sought. the wife, heiress to a large Chicago milling fortune, is believed in California.
Yale economist Professor Irving Fisher defended the inflation program in New Haven stating that it should be used until it works and then stopped He argued the attack by four Republican congressmen aligns with time worn traditions and stressed the program would strengthen the nation even if it requires duration before ending.
The Gazette unveils a new serial Tangled Lives by Ann Forester featuring Joyce Allen a petite town girl drawn into dangerous temptations and a test of true love. Readers are invited to follow the first chapters beginning April 25 as fate and romance unfold.
France plans to ask the United States for a moratorium on the June 15 debt payment as Premier Edouard Herriot's mission nears Washington. The move aims to free funds for recovery while France stays on the gold standard and hopes for currency stabilization with Britain and the United States.
Judge John H. Cotteral of the Tenth Circuit United States Court of Appeals died in a Wichita hospital late Saturday from pneumonia and uremic poisoning at age 68.
Washington report says Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr Woodin was confined to his hotel apartment on Saturday due to a slight cold. He received medical attention and planned to resume duties soon.
Washington report says President Roosevelt will likely transmit his plan to reorganize railroads to Congress next week. Rayburn of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee indicated the move on Saturday.
New York reports show booming security and commodity markets lifting prices at groceries and stores. Bread rises two cents per loaf while bacon and sugar costs climb as inflation fears spread. Stock trading reaches multi year activity and Homestake Mining tops gains as dollar weakens against the pound.
Florence Arizona United Press reports Vinity Ruth Judd was found insane after killing Agnes Ann Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson in a quarrel over Phoenix playboy J. J. Halloran. The verdict commits her to a state asylum, suspending the death penalty unless faculties return.
Deputy Floyd of Pickett County was shot four times in the head and killed in a box car ambush near Stearns camp across the state line. Sheriff George Winningham was wounded in the abdomen and rushed to a Nashville hospital with little hope. Deputy J N Garrett captured three attackers as posses swept the hills for remaining gunmen.
CHICAGO AP General Abel Davis as receiver says the Stevens family controlled Illinois Life Insurance Co is responsible for its collapse. The finding was filed in U S district court in response to Ernest J Stevens petition asking return of securities of the insurer and Stevens La Salle hotels now in receivership.
The Roosevelt farm mortgage relief program, aimed at preventing foreclosures and restoring lost homesteads, won formal Senate approval with no dissent. The $2 billion measure, already House-approved, awaits final action amid the inflation fight and a pending farm bill.
Akron Ohio AP The U S Macon the new airship described as better than hoped rests in the airdock after a 13 hour test flight over northern Ohio The crew plans a second test Sunday weather permitting The Macon may extend its cruising range beyond Akron with possible preliminary moves toward Detroit
In Yonkers New York three eye specialists from the New York medical center confirmed an earlier diagnosis that Hele Vasko must have an immediate eye operation to save her life. Guardian Francis Fay announced the decision after a Hastings court order required parental consent.
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