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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1933
Page
1
A jumble of 1920s political and economic notes recalls Ruth Bryan Owen meeting Lindberghs in Copenhagen. The piece critiques Roosevelts era gains, wheat policy, Sam Insull, Cuban debt, prohibition, and Chicago politics with a dated, opinionated mood.
The mysterious encephalitis outbreak in St Louis has killed 35 people and sickened 265 in under a month. Health officials report four more deaths and 15 new cases, with over 150 still in isolation as researchers seek a carrier and treatment.
An overheard debate features Jack protesting cheap dating culture and gold digging. He argues love and life should not be cheap, urging women to raise standards or men will strike. Joe retorts that women want dates and fear missing them.
Wallace told 5,000 farmers at an open air meeting in Florence South Carolina that they must work unselfishly toward common ends for crop reduction programs to succeed. He said the department has built a machine for crop control on the right track but requires farmers to understand it to gain results.
The weekly forecast calls for limited precipitation across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys plus northern and central Great Plains. Expect mostly moderate temperatures with one or two local shower periods.
The Recovery Administration said President Roosevelt would act on the automobile code at Hyde Park New York. The Labor Advisory Board protested provisions allowing merit based hiring and firing. The code's supporters argued it did not modify the Recovery Act while labor leaders pressed for changes.
The Wisconsin conservation commission issued an emergency order barring smoking and building fires in about one third of the state to prevent forest fires. Smoking is forbidden in eighteen counties and parts of eleven others. exemptions apply in cities, on highways, or in inhabited places. Violations carry nine or six months imprisonment.
New York news reports a potential early policy decision as President Roosevelt plans talks with Montagu Norman and other officials. Talks of an Anglo American currency stabilization pool surface amid forecasts of inflation and strategic monetary moves at Hyde Park and in New York.
Exhausted swimmer Helen Saul, 21, admitted she planned to end her life and sought an isolated spot in Lake Michigan a mile from shore. She was rescued by yacht Joaneeda crew, swooning as she was brought aboard after near exhaustion.
The report shows 201 accidents and 238 injured in Cedar Rapids this year with 13 fatalities. Local data indicate rising traffic risk and urgent need for safety measures.
Samuel Insull former head of vast utility interests was held in a Athens nursing home on Saturday under a preventive detention order as the United States moves to renew extradition efforts. Greek authorities debate whether to probe the substance of the charges while awaiting documents from the American legation. The case centers on alleged violations of U.S. bankruptcy laws.
State Treasurer Tom B. Boyd was jailed after failing to post 50 000 bond on a federal charge of using the mails to defraud Kansas and a Chicago firm of 286 000. The arrest, part of a weeklong probe into a million dollar bond forgery scandal, also involved Ronald Finney and Le land Caldwell. Boyd pled not guilty. hearing set for Sept. 2.
DES MOINES AP Election of Robert J. Richardson as president of the eighth district federal home loan bank here was announced Saturday by Franklin P. Stevens, chairman of the board of directors. Richardson has been serving as executive vice president and will retain active management of the bank.
Cedar Rapids launches two major campaigns to support the nation wide program for employment. One hundred sixty volunteers led by J B Northcott begin Tuesday after a pep luncheon at the Hotel Roosevelt canvassing business and industrial districts. Employers will be asked about the blue eagle and blanket agreements with 50 bonus if not qualified.
Throughout the week volunteer speakers will address luncheon clubs and civic groups about the NRA program. On Monday at 7 p.m. Bleakley speaks at Hopkinton and Charles City with Charles D. Manson present. Thursday Manson speaks at Monticello. Names of recruiters and a meeting at Hotel Roosevelt Monday noon to assign dates. Women will lead consumers NRA drive under Lt. Gen. Mrs. J. W. Ballard starting Thursday.
Vincent Gebhardt known as Machine Gun Jack McGurn and public enemy number four was arrested on a vagrancy charge Saturday while playing in the Western Open at Olympia Fields. He appeared calm on the course until a police lieutenant served the warrant.
A section of a pier at Lighthouse Point near New Haven collapsed during a swimming race, tossing about 300 spectators into the water. Lifeguards and fishing boats aided in rescuing about 150 swimmers in the water. some were hospitalized and treated for injuries, with none reported as seriously hurt. The event occurred as spectators watched the New Haven harbor to Lighthouse Point finish.
Cleveland News quotes James M. Cox in his first authorized interview after the London economic conference. He argues for stabilization of currencies and a rising world economy.
Cox said world exchange restrictions demoralize trade and another conference is inevitable. He noted major nations recovered earlier, while the United States lagged five years behind, delaying readiness for the talks. He contrasted fifteen years of sickness elsewhere with five in the United States.
Cedar Rapids and Omaha win the first two events as the Iowa State Bridge league meets shift to Clear Lake. Cedar Rapids teams take the Brice contract trophy by a narrow margin over Davenport after forty boards. Finalists include Cedar Rapids pair Mrs Jordan and Mrs Reiff with Mrs Kane and Mrs Hines. Omaha’s team defeats rivals Coy Lang Ma son and Hayes for top honors.
Paul S. Junkin of Fairfield was re elected president of the Iowa State Bridge League. E. S. Boudinot Webster City named vice president, E. A. Hayes Mount Pleasant re elected secretary treasurer. New trustees J. H. Walton Dubuque and D. Z. Goode Bloomfield. Bloomfield team won the consolation tournament with Dubuque runner up. More than 200 players participated.
Portland, Ore. UP reports Edward Morill a laborer driven by divorce worries shot and killed one woman and likely fatally wounded his wife before dying by dynamite explosion Saturday.
In Texas and with incomplete county returns, about two to one favored repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, while a similar vote supported legalizing 3.3 percent beer. A $20 million relief bond measure also appeared to pass. Washington votes next Tuesday as other states prepare to weigh in.
Vice-president John N. Garner of Uvalde cast an early ballot as the state party pushes Roosevelt’s recovery program. Rep Bailey and former Governor James E Ferguson campaigned for support to raise public revenue through beer taxes while Garner avoided speeches, focusing on a personal appeal to Texans by James A Farley, national Democratic chairman.
Denver police describe a well organized raid in which three cars carried out a daring money transport heist. Tear gas blinded messengers as $36000 vanished amid downtown traffic. A female bandit with a baby was reportedly among the attackers.
Washington AP says the Agriculture Department postponed detailing the 1934 acreage reduction plan because London wheat agreement specifics remain unsettled. While general principles are agreed, three exporting countries and the four-party deal need final signings before an official announcement.
Gerardo Machado former Cuban president and his party, seeking refuge in Canada, boarded the steamship Lady Cordeaux in Nassau harbor after its arrival Saturday.
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