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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1933
Page
10
Nearly 50 000 of Iowa s eligible workers are under NRA blue eagle protection with about 7 000 employers signing by Tuesday and 33 000 more expected soon. Delays in larger cities were due to code adjustments though postmasters report high adoption and rapid implementation plans.
The eighth annual Primmer families reunion gathered at Jesse Evans home in Shellsburg on Sunday. Officers elected: President Mrs. Charlie Primmer of Vinton, secretary treasurer Mrs. Chester Grime of Urbana, program committee Mrs. Earl Wilson of Vinton, and Miss Edna Evans of Shellsburg. Attendees included the Wilson, Cottrell, Primmer, Gillis, Edgeton, Clime, Rouse, Albert, Gallagher, Dietz, Dickinson, Evans, Akers, Hodges, and Hansen families from multiple Iowa towns.
Iowa City retailers propose weekday hours from 9 am to 5 pm and Saturday 9 am to 9 pm with all stores except food and drug outlets. Over 100 merchants signed the blanket emergency code and six groups prepared separate codes.
Spencer AP James Maney a 17 year old Sioux City youth and reforestation corps member was shot and seriously wounded by Deputy Sheriff M A Nelson of Dickinson county in Milford after escaping from a reforestation camp and threatening officers with a car crank A deputy said Maney refused to halt and Nelson fired.
The second annual Peter and Hannah McVay descendants reunion gathered in Shellsburg park with 75 attendees. The oldest participant was 88 year old Emily McVay Wright of Palo. Dolores Pickerill, nine months, was the youngest.
A Shellsburg meeting elected Mrs A G Doncls as president and Cliff McVay as secretary. Elected vice president was Mrs H S Wright with numerous local families including the McVays and Wrights from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns noted among attendees.
About 450 grocers and clerks from Manchester and nearby areas heard Cedar Rapids city attorney David G. Bleakley discuss the NRA code. D. J. Meggenbureg presided, with J. N. Whisler as secretary. Merchants showed divisions over the code, including a motion for a grievance committee to talk with officials. No agreement on working hours schedule.
A dense OCR listing shows radio program slots across networks NBC CBS and associated stations. It names hosts and orchestras such as Mary Eastman Kate Smith Ted Husing Vera Van and George musicians with stations WJZ WABC WGN WMAQ and others, outlining daytime and evening lineups with multiple time stamps and props.
Iowa's treasury gained 55 871 from beer tax collections in July, with 2 015 more from license sales. Since legalization, beer trade receipts total 196 973, including 108 583 from barrel taxes and 88 390 from license fees.
About twenty scientists from the International Geological Congress in Washington will inspect Iowa’s glacier history. Under Dean George F. Kay they will depart Fort Madison and travel through Town City Cedar Rapids Independence and West Union, arriving at McGregor on Wednesday.
Special to The Maynard correspondent reports three family reunions on Sunday. Families of Haas, Schrader and Ponsar gathered at local homes and park in Maynard and nearby areas to celebrate birthdays and kinship with multiple generations present.
The second Gunn family reunion took place Sunday at Riverside Park in Vinton. Mrs Wilton Gunn of Center Point and Mrs Claude Ridge of Dysart led activities with officers elected including President Ella Gunn of Urbana and Vice President Hazel Gunn Center Point.
A district Lutheran young peoples rally will be held at Trinity Lutheran church in Vinton on Sunday with delegates from Benton Linn Black Hawk Mahaska Iowa Keokuk and surrounding counties. The program begins at 2 p.m. with a welcome by Miss Elsa Demmel Mount Auburn. The Rev R Young Victor will lead an inspirational educational meeting with the Rev M Steege Cedar Rapids as principal speaker. A 4 to 5 p.m. recreational hour follows on the church grounds, then a supper served by the women. An evening music contest judged by I E Mortiboy Mrs Fred Cameron and Miss Edna Dettmer Waterloo closes the event.
Iowa labor commissioner Frank E. Wenig urged consumers to patronize only firms complying with wage and hour codes of the NRA recovery act. He said the purchasing public will determine code obedience and that hesitant employers risk losing business. Postmasters distributed blue eagle NRA insignia to signers as buyers first test the boycott of non signers.
John R. Hamilton, former federal court crier, is named United States commissioner after Judson E. Piper resigns. In Monona, funeral services were held for Samuel Mount, 69, with survivors including his widow Cora and several children.
At least twenty five Maquoketa business men agreed Monday to sign the NRA code and operate Tuesday under its provisions. Merchants set new opening and closing times, workers’ hours are shortened to six and two thirds per day, and a staggered schedule is planned for employees. County relief worker L. M. Guenther reports pay at thirty cents per hour and warns against issuing orders for goods to non signers.
Ottumwa AP The Wanello County Coal Operators association voted to back the national recovery administration blanket code and set a $5 per ton delivered price for Iowa lump coal in Ottumwa. Mine run and nut coal deliverable in Ottumwa were fixed at $4.50 per ton with steam coal at $3 per ton. Twenty four Wapelo county operators attended the meeting.
Elois Lefebure, 3, daughter of Mr and Mrs Regis Lefebure of Fairfax, suffered head lacerations when she ran in front of Milo Buresh’s car three miles east of Fairfax. She was treated at Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids and returned home. the accident was reported to Sheriff Petrus’s office.
Iowa employment expanded across most sectors with a 2.8 percent rise from June to July as 1,063 workers were added to payrolls at 299 firms. Notable gains occurred in lumber products 9.0 percent and leather products 6.6 percent with smaller advances in food and kindred products textiles iron and steel works stone and clay products and others while patent medicine tobacco and cigars and railway car shops posted declines.
Des Moines reports that payments totaling $1,000 were returned to the gasoline tax refund department by five contractors. Attorney Leon Powers said the refunds covered duplicate payments and that the contractors’ names were not revealed. The five are among eleven alleged to have illegally collected $71,542 in refunds, with suits planned for the remaining funds.
In Burlington a kerosene jug left in the yard led to the death of 11 month old after it was consumed by his 2 year old brother Rex Mynatt. The infant died late Monday after being taken to a local hospital by his parents.
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