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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1933
Page
1
Community leaders appeal to citizens to support a $65 000 drive for eight institutions from Public Health Nursing Bureau to Sunshine Mission. They urge collective city responsibility, designate preferred recipients, and note per capita goal of $1.16 amid tight times. Proposals on rail rates corn loans and small loan law also reviewed.
Secretary Swanson urged moving away from disarmament by example and adopting an orderly annual naval-building program to reach treaty strength. He cited $238 million approved for 32 new vessels as first step and warned sporadic programs wasteful, jeopardizing peace and national security.
A critique argues banking remains preferable to reviving loan shark practices, urging memory of their evils and the harm caused to borrowers.
Paris reports France is expanding its naval forces to reinforce Rhine defenses. A second 26 000 ton battleship with 320 mm guns and 29 knots is planned for next year, joining Dunkerque and Jean de Vienne as construction continues since 1922. Arms emphasis shifts from speed to armor amid international air and ship program changes.
Victor Kosow, Sylvia Sidney's father, agrees to her adoption by stepfather Dr. Sigmund Sidney and withdraws a supreme court action. He says the action aimed to prove estrangement caused by circumstances beyond his making, and the stipulation releases all claims. Kosow married Sidney’s mother in 1909, Sidney born 1910, mother divorced 1915 and married Dr. Sidney in 1919.
The column notes Cedar Rapids likely to obtain natural gas to lower consumer costs. It urges the gas company and city council to agree on distribution and meaningful rates, as seen in comparable cities.
Hearst denounces Al Smith as “all wet” amid a fiery speech in San Simeon accusing him of siding with hard money and bankers. He praises Roosevelt for pursuing easier money, arguing it helps ordinary citizens, boosts hiring, and strengthens American industry against foreign competition.
About 300 farmers from the county that granted the first free homestead traveled a muddy road to Beatrice to receive their initial wheat allotment checks totaling $76,000.
Weather outlook for the week begins Monday with a cool start and warmer midweek. Precipitation is expected in the middle of the week, followed by a cooler close as the week ends.
A reverent portrait of a stout, hard working woman who lived simply for others. Though illiterate in books she embodied the Pearl of Great Price through patient endurance, charity, and quiet faith, shining as a beacon of grace in death and daily labor.
Roger Touhy and two co defendants facing Chicago trial for the Jake Factor kidnapping remain in St Paul at least one more week. A removal hearing to Chicago was postponed to Dec 9 due to missing waiver papers. all waived extradition. Willie Sharkey died by hanging in his jail cell after being acquitted in the Hamm kidnapping case.
Acting on AAA orders, 22 government auditors began inspections of books of Chicago milk distributors and labor unions after public hearings closed. Jerome N. Frank, AAA chief counsel, said an analysis of capitalization, invested capital, and operating costs would be prepared. Frank warned the full power of the government would back the inquiry. Union and distributor officials said they would not oppose the audit.
Steam clouds rose from Mauna Loa summit as volcanologist Thomas Jaggar and park rangers reached the 14,000 foot peak to assess lava flow. Several sharp earthquakes were reported at nearby Kilauea after dawn, recalling eruptions that once leveled a village in 1926.
Seven individuals including Carl W. McKeen head of the National Bank of Topeka were indicted by a federal grand jury in a million dollar Kansas bond forgery scheme. The list includes Tom Boyd W W Finney and Ronald Finney with others tied to the embezzlement and bond forgery network. Two state officials face impeachment while a major bank head awaits trial in a sprawling case with banks closed and a prison sentence handed to W W Finney.
Chairman Fletcher said President Roosevelt favors amending the securities act to ease capital flow into legitimate business without weakening protections for investors. Morgenthau indicated changes are needed but precautions will guard against unscrupulous promoters.
Bertil Hjalmar Clason 31 of Detroit and Miss Sigrid Carlton 28 of Stockholm were wed by Judge John D. Watts in a historic trans Atlantic ceremony. The I do was sent from Michigan Bell to New York to Maine radio and on to Scotland and London before reaching Stockholm.
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife prepared for a 1875 mile flight from Natal Brazil to across the South Atlantic with a touchdown plan of about fourteen hours. The route would cross mid ocean with German steamer Westfalen guiding and Pan American Airways wireless stations along Brazil. The aviators aim to extend a historic Atlantic crossing as a joint endeavor with technical adviser Lindbergh.
Actress Ethel Barrymore lashes the Philadelphia lecture assembly crowd accusing clubwomen of insulting Eva Le Gallienne for missing a Monday engagement. Le Gallienne claims a stupid misunderstanding kept her away. Barrymore tells the audience you don’t know or understand anything and questions speaking to them.
Chicago AP Attaches from the state attorney's office returned with a report that they found flaws in the alibi of Earle Wynekoop 27 husband of Rheta Wynekoop 23 slain at the Wynekoop mansion. They may question Stanley Young who earlier supported the alibi. Earle’s mother Dr Alice Wynekoop 62 now indicted for murder repudiated her coroner jury statement and admitted she shot the body after Rheta died to simulate outsiders.
Execution of David A. Lamson of Palo Alto, jailed for killing his wife, was postponed indefinitely after the prison received formal notification that an appeal would seek a new trial. Lamson, a former Stanford campus leader, was slated to hang December 15.
United Press reports Utah will vote around 1 pm CST to become the thirty sixth state to ratify the repeal, triggering end of Prohibition. Roosevelt signs liquor code and sets import quotas as smugglers race to move shipments before enforcement.
The United States readies for repeal of the Volstead Act with Prohibition Wakes and repeal dinners in major cities. Hotels receive heavy reservations while liquor trucks stock for the zero hour. Government agencies brace to regulate relegalized trade as smugglers race to profit before change.
Judge John M. Neihaus refused to modify his order naming Charles O'Hern and George A. Shurtleff as co-receivers for Peoria Life Insurance Co. The state plans to appeal to the supreme court to fix responsibility for appointing receivers. A policy holders group was allowed to intervene. Shurtleff, partner of the judge’s son, faces opposition amid a charged political controversy. A hearing on a proposed mutualization plan was set for Monday.
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