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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1933
Page
1
The piece notes a 15 000 year old spearhead found in New Mexico and a 000 year old campfire ash discovery in Nevada. It discusses the era’s turmoil and policy battles, including NRA tactics, naval moves near Havana, and cries for harsher crime penalties amid economic anxieties.
Iowa Governor Herring urged federal farm relief leaders to speed up the Omaha land bank's refinancing program. He faulted delays in loan approvals and appraisal methods, and he said Iowa should have a state committee involved. A federal representative may visit. banking officials will investigate delays.
Mrs. M. F. Schierholz an 86 year old of Lansing Ta gave $60 saved for taxes to bandits to rescue her great grandson two year old David Harm from a kidnapping. A man and woman entered the home and bound the women before fleeing after she revealed the money.
Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton the blonde evangelist from Angelus Temple Los Angeles will arrive in Cedar Rapids at 2 20 p m Wednesday. She travels by train to begin evangelistic services Thursday at Memorial auditorium and will hold events in Racine Minneapolis and other midwest cities before returning to Los Angeles in September. Her estranged husband David Hutton jr is continuing his theatrical run in San Francisco.
A writer recalls visiting a poor East Side tenement after a child was killed by a car. He describes a somber prayer, a crowd of neighbors, bleak streets, and the contrast between harsh urban life and a gentler mercy that softens the scene. He reflects on life among the Jewish quarter and the pity of a glittering city shaded by poverty.
The National Association of Retail Druggists filed a code of fair competition with the recovery administration proposing a fifty-six hour work week for stores with lower minimums for small towns. Exemptions cover small pharmacies and certain staff including registered pharmacists. Minimum wages range from $12 to $15 weekly depending on region and city size, with a 20 percent uplift in towns under 2,500 population.
Hobos of America draft their own code under the National Recovery Act and seek the Blue Eagle insignia from Gen. Hugh Johnson. Jeff Davis, the hobo king, argues hobos are industrious and itinerant, not dependent on charity, and set wage rules such as no work for less than 50 cents an hour to avoid displacing married men.
In Havana and surrounding areas mobs killed porristas from Machado's regime and imprisoned others. Sargeant Miguel Balmaceda was jailed to save him from being torn apart, while Leo Carlos Souto killed himself when cornered. The unrest followed Machado's ouster as U S destroyers arrived to protect American lives and property.
Balfe MacDonald, 17, was sentenced to ten to fifteen years in prison for beating his mother to death with a book end in Flint Michigan. He pled guilty to manslaughter and was declared sane by three physicians before the judge imposed the term.
New York former police commissioner Edward Mulrooney urged public whipping of convicts for kidnapping and major crimes at a forum on racketeering led by Senator Royal Copeland. Copeland warned crime costs rise as racketeering expands, with victims coerced to join crime rings. Senator Louis Murphy noted racketeering ties to Chicago investigations.
Dr Donald Sinclair a Princeton surgeon and brother of Archer C Sinclair of Indianapolis died last Tuesday from blood poisoning caused by a carbuncle. Funeral services were held Friday in Princeton with burial in Woodlawn New York. Survived by widow four daughters and a son his mother Mrs John Sinclair and two sisters Mrs William Hart of Williamstown New Jersey and Mrs Martin who lives in Ireland. Former Princeton Medical College faculty member served overseas in World War I medical corps.
Actress Kathryn Carver testifies that her husband Adolphe Menjou flew into fits of rage. A divorce decree is granted after her testimony detailing abusive episodes and marital strain in their Los Angeles marriage.
About 700 inmates rioted in the dining hall as guards and trusties clashed with prisoners. One man was shot and another believed injured. many recaptured by island guards and Boston police. A motor truck escape and several swimmers followed the breakout before security crews halted traffic and secured the island.
Harvey J. Bailey, linked to the Kansas City Union Station massacre and the Urschel ransom case, was captured near Paradise Wise County Texas. He faced racketeering charges after federal agents arrested him with five others at a farm house, where Urschel was reportedly held. Bailey had led the Memorial Day prison break at Lansing and previously escaped from federal custody.
Dr. Frederick Starr, American anthropologist and former Coe College educator, died Monday at St. Luke's hospital in Tokyo of bronchial pneumonia at age 74. He directed studies on Ainu of Japan and American Indians, taught at the University of Chicago 1895–1923, and formerly lived in Seattle. He was born September 2, 1853 in Auburn New York.
A 20 member citizen committee filed a petition with Cedar Rapids city council demanding an immediate 30 percent reduction in local gas rates. Led by W. E. Curtis and R. E. MacDanel, the group cites prewar 90 cent rates and war‑era increases, asserting residents pay over 100000 dollars too much yearly. Mayor Stepanek pledged to review IA rate comparisons and respond.
The Chicago Board of Trade grain merchants group supports removing minimum price levels. Aug 15 set as withdrawal date. daily fluctuation limits remain 3 to 6 cents. The move aims to restore trading freedom and help farmers sell grain more easily.
Gov. Alf Landon ordered Lester Goodell Shawnee County Attorney to institute prosecution against T. B. Boyd state treasurer in the head forgery scandal case. Charges to be announced later.
The body of James Dansky 19 farm employee near Palo who had been missing since Sunday evening was found at 1 45 pm Monday in the Cedar river by Palo searchers Ed Podasky and Walter Sterecht. A hat found in the river identified him and prompted the search. Dansky son of Mrs Louise Spurgeon formerly of Palo now Cedar Rapids resident.
Vacationers on a week end cruise, out of bait, tried hot dogs on their hooks and caught fifty nine weakfish and fifteen creakers in two hours without mustard.
The Recovery Administration will consider price fixing provisions in industrial codes if production is clearly controlled. General Johnson says only production-based fixes are acceptable, warning against economic monstrosities. Officials report tensions over coal, steel, and oil concerns as they push codes and respond to strikes, resignations, and industry protests.
Washington AP reports Secretary Ickes named ten regional inspectors to oversee the $3 309 000 000 public works fund. The appointees include Region 2 Charles Allen in Chicago Region 4 Robert A Radford in Omaha and Region 5 F W Karsebaum in Kansas City Missouri with headquarters listed for each region.
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