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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1933
Page
16
A Chicago lawyer argues for prisoners in the NRA code clash over banning prison-made goods. He calls criminals unfortunate, while critics warn of victims and rising crime costs. Senate plans, crime figures, and NRA aims are weighed amid calls for employment and price controls.
Samuel Insull former Chicago utilities magnate was arrested in Athens on a US extradition request charging fraudulent bankruptcy related to his empire collapse. He was released to seek clinic care amid health concerns, while his lawyers pursue removal to a clinic and challenge the latest extradition bid. The case follows a US note verbale and renewed efforts by American authorities. Forest Harness of the US attorney general’s office announced the development.
In Nassau, deposed Cuban president Gerardo Machado prepared to depart by air or sea. A seaplane was ready in the harbor while he and three associates awaited word from a Canadian steamship line about space on the Lady Rodney from Jamaica. Officials doubted stateroom availability, and if not aboard the Lady Rodney the party would take the seaplane.
The American Railway association reports 634,845 carloads for the week ending Aug 19, up 12,086 from the prior week and 116,405 more than the same week in 1932. Livestock loadings reached 17,317 cars, up 1,926 from the week before but 306 below the year earlier week.
Chicago AP report: a collision between the Miss Chicago speedboat and The Visitor cabin cruiser in Lake Michigan near the Chicago river mouth killed three sightseers. Pilot Walter Pomper was rescued. one female body recovered. Coast guards and police conduct inquest and investigate owner attorney Anthony J. O'Malley, who cites a race as cause.
Washington reports the United States plans to send a Treasury official to Cuba to assist Ambassador Jefferson Caffery in studying Cuba's financial problems rather than dispatching a full commission of experts. Caffery takes Havana post mid month, swapping with Sumner Welles. Key issues include Cuba's foreign debt and maintaining a Cuban sugar market, with U.S. attention active.
Temperatures rose quickly in Cedar Rapids reaching 81 by 1:15 p.m. after a 24 hour low of 56 at 7 a.m. The day opened at 72 at 9 a.m. and 79 at 10 under fair skies. Friday topped at 84 then slipped to 80 by 7 p.m. and 61 at midnight.
In Houston unofficial results show repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment leading in fifty five precincts with 2 087 for and 278 against while beer repeal trails 1 787 to 258. Austin voters weigh whether to amend the state constitution to legalize 3 2 beer and approve a $20 million unemployed relief bond issue.
Washington AP reports tentative agreement by United Mine Workers and non union coal operators on a six month forty hour work week trial with study by a joint committee to assess feasibility of shorter hours and higher wages. Price control remains a major NRA task, with codes for auto, coal and retail under review.
A petition filed in a St Louis circuit court asks for a receiver for Missouri State Life Insurance Co. The company holds about 1.25 billion dollars in policies. The petition was brought by R Emmett O Malley the state insurance commissioner.
The Sunday Gazette announces Want Ads are open until 8 o'clock tonight. Phone 2-1121 to place ads for buying selling renting swapping recovering valuables or hiring help. Special rates apply for 3 day 7 day and 30 day ads and charged ads are available for directory-listed customers.
ST LOUIS INS. The encephalitis or sleeping sickness toll rose to 31 with three more deaths. Authorities reported 25 new cases, totaling 243 with 183 in St Louis County and 60 in the city. Officials ordered flushing of creeks carrying sewage while isolation of all patients was continued and health workers pressed on with care and investigation into the virus.
General Manager Harry Palmer received official authorization from Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace to begin purchasing pigs and sows for the federal government at the Sinclair packing plant in Cedar Rapids. Beginning Monday the livestock will be received and processed there. A telegram from A. G. Black, national corn and hog administrator, requires permits and prior approval for consignments to prevent gluts. Prospective marketers must contact the plant by telephone before shipping. The measure aims to curb excess government purchases and reassure farmers there is ample time to sell, with bonuses contingent on permits.
Rome AP reports Austria and Italy have in principle agreed a broad trade pact. Proposals call for Austria to gain a Trieste free zone for a token payment, a government supported merchant fleet based in Trieste, concentrated mercantile traffic and emigration at Trieste, Italy giving Austria preferred imports, and Italy increasing purchases from Austria.
Rene Weiller the French consul at Chicago and his family stopped at the Montrose hotel in Cedar Rapids on the way to Pierre South Dakota where he will represent Ambassador Andre de Laboulaye at commemorative exercises for the explorer Verendrye. Weiller noted a Verendrye tablet unearthed near Pierre and the state capital’s celebration. He has served in Chicago two years and in Philadelphia four years. He previously served in Germany Italy Norway and Russia. Accompanying him are his wife and daughter Odile.
Twenty one nations signed a pact to balance wheat supply and demand and stabilize prices. A fixed price of 63.08 cents in gold per bushel for four months was set, after which imports would face tariff reductions. Signatories include Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union. several nations did not sign. Officials praised the move as a step toward world economic recovery and agricultural stability amid overproduction and low prices.
Major oil firms in Cedar Rapids raised all three gasoline grades by half a cent on Saturday. At large stations Ethyl 18.6, Regular 16.6, and Competitive 15.1 cents per gallon. Coryell stations added four tenths of a cent with prices 17.5, 15.6, and 14.5 cents.
In Cedar Rapids the local auto toll program reports totals for the year covering the number of accidents, injuries and fatalities. The brief note lists counts and highlights safety considerations amid ongoing traffic measures.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh received an uproarious welcome as they landed at the Royal dock in Copenhagen harbor after flying from the Shetland islands. They circled the harbor three times then touched down smoothly amid cheering crowds. Captain Laub, harbor master, led a naval welcome launch to shore while Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen and other friends greeted them at the customs booth.
Officials from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University discussed a possible merger aiming to synchronize efforts and avoid duplication. The plan could create one of the era’s largest educational mergers with Northwestern’s Evanston campus and Chicago’s South Side graduate programs and hospitals. Hutchins and Scott floated leadership roles for a merged institution.
Studebaker Corp announces sale of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co for 1,000,000 cash and other considerations not disclosed. Harold Vance says sale approved by Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick due to Studebaker receivership. Purchasers are Pierce Arrow officers with a Buffalo syndicate of bankers and financiers.
American speed flyer Frank Hawks landed in Quebec at 1 31 p m EST ending a Vancouver to Quebec flight with two stops. The 2365 mile route failed to meet his 17 hour 10 minute goal.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced that pigs can be sold Monday at government prices in Chicago and Omaha markets if shippers obtain permits. Excess supplies have been disposed of there, with limited packing capacity. Purchase under the permit system begins Tuesday in South St. Paul Kansas City Sioux City and St. Joseph.
Two armed bandits using tear gas pistols robbed an armored bank truck in downtown Denver today taking 36000 dollars. They overpowered the three man crew, forced them to the curb, transferred bags of cash into a sedan, and fled the scene as witnesses watched.
In Denver a modest-salaried buyer was held by kidnappers after a Thursday night disappearance. The last sighting was by a night watchman who said the man received a fake phone call about a serious accident to his younger brother. A note from Cheyenne signed N R A claimed the nephew was safe. The case ties to Alfred Thefus, store manager and nephew of a philanthropy founder, who controls the Denver store and inherits a large estate.
Paul Engle and his sister Miss Katherine Engle of 1602 Fifth Avenue SE are in St Luke's Hospital after appendicitis operations. Paul was operated on Thursday and delayed his Sept departure for a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford until at least Sept 20. Katherine's emergency operation Friday afternoon left her condition serious.
Freddie Frame of Los Angeles won the 203 mile Elgin National road race at Elgin Illinois driving a lightweight stock car. Lou Moore finished second and Jack Petticord third in a field of fifteen starters. Frame averaged 80.22 mph with a time of 2 hours 32 minutes 1.1 seconds, finishing 1 minute 14 seconds ahead of his challenger Mi.
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