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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1933
Page
1
A critical reflection on the Roosevelt era, government power, and economic reform. The piece questions paternalism, the new economic scheme, and the civil works program while urging accountability in the Iowa highway commission and condemning partisan smears in state politics. It notes figures like ELS KRASCHEL and E C Manning amid tensions.
Washington new clash erupts as Harold L. Ickes rebukes Alfred E. Smith for criticizing the New Deal public works program. Smith calls the public works administration broken and mocks the civil works administration in a New Outlook editorial.
Washington AP report says the American Federation of Labor called November business developments encouraging and noted unemployment, which typically rises now, has stayed near September levels.
A devotional meditation praising gratitude for nature seasons and divine grace. It extols labor, education, justice, love, and community under God, invoking mercy, hope, and the dream that love and goodness prevail. Concludes with a blessing and Amen.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh land in Bathurst West Africa after a 500 mile seaplane flight from Porta Praia Cape Verde. They diverted from Dakar due to adverse health conditions and landed in the British colony.
Sen Borah reenters the monetary debate urging a broader silver backed base for currency. He opposes Warburg’s gold standard idea noting uncertain elements and need for collaboration with Britain and the sterling bloc. He cites leaders on silver’s monetary role and calls for open discussion.
Alfred E. Smith faces a fresh attack from Rev. Charles E. Coughlin who labels Smith banking minded and questions his visit to J. P. Morgan. Monsignor Belford condemns Coughlin as a soapbox preacher and urges church intervention. Belford in The Nativity Mentor calls Coughlin a public enemy and a loud speaker.
Detroit clergy and church leaders clash over remarks by Father Coughlin who accused Alfred E. Smith of seeking Morgan financial aid for the Empire State Building. Bishop Gallagher dissents, saying no action will be taken and defending Coughlin’s alignment with Leo XIII and Pius X.
The open revolt against Gov Allen and Sen Huey Long to fix a sixth district race spreads as five parishes reject paying officers for the general election. Mrs Bolivar E Kemp says she has decided on entering the race and has told authorities. Mass meetings and a court injunction halt her name on the ballot. A citizen's primary is set for December 27 to nominate a Democratic candidate.
Former President Hoover accuses Governor James Rolph Jr. of endorsing lynch law after a San Jose mob killed Thomas H. Thurmond and John M. Holmes. Rolph defends his record and cites Washington bonus march troops handling to deny the charge. Hoover and 24 Californians condemned the killings and urged restraint.
University authorities signaled approval of the majority report on university hospitals but a Thursday statement by three committee physicians reveals control moves. They say the Des Moines meeting was held without four members, and that opposition to the majority plan was removed from the filed report. The dispute centers on the county quota versus the present indigent admission plan at Iowa City and funding for teaching facilities.
EVANSTON Ill. (UP) Two young people whose marriage six years ago on Thanksgiving day made headlines cite their contented life as proof of companionate marriage success. Aubrey Clay Roselle and Josephine Haldeman Julius test the theory with ordinary life: a small apartment, no children planned soon, both employed, and daily routines shared.
A federal inter departmental liquor committee tentatively approves relaxing import limits to meet expected demand after repeal. The plan would raise initial quotas to one third of 1910–14 averages, enabling imports from the United Kingdom, Canada, France and other countries, with a 15 member code authority and government veto.
Washington dispatch reports most of America can vote to repeal Prohibition between 2 and 3 pm EST next Tuesday. Ohio Pennsylvania and Utah hold conventions December 5 with Ohio and Pennsylvania expected to reach 35 states, enabling repeal. Utah opens at noon Rocky Mountain Time and votes within an hour.
Washington AP reports Hollywood actors secured a temporary victory in their battle against the motion picture code provisions aimed at limiting salaries. An executive order affecting the anti raiding clause and the code authority’s power to fine producers for excessive inducements was issued then suspended for further investigation after Hugh S Johnson’s return from Warm Springs Georgia.
In Decatur Alabama twelve Morgan county jurors deliberated three hours without verdict in Heywood Patterson’s case as judge Callahan ordered they be locked up for the night. A new jury prepared to hear Clarence Norris’s indictment on charges tied to the same Scottsboro incident aboard a Jackson county railway freight car. The judge explained the law and the standard of proof, noting possible outcomes including death or life imprisonment, and then paused to address a missed acquittal verdict form before the jurors recessed at 6 pm and 3:05 pm respectively.
American ambassador Robert W. Bingham defended U S monetary and naval build up and the idea of an American equalization fund to protect the dollar. He contrasted it with Britain's larger fund and urged confidence in currency stability despite fluctuations in pound and franc.
Orval F. E Quaas of five miles north of Cedar Rapids sealed 3 000 bushels of corn for a loan of 1 350 dollars under the new federal farm financing program. D B Storck of Mount Vernon handled the sealing on Thanksgiving day. Banks in Linn county expect to redeem government notes once permits from the Commodity Credit Corporation arrive. Quaas owns a 221 acre farm once owned by Mrs W H Quaas of Marion.
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