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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1933
Page
1
An editorial critiques Iowa lawmakers memorializing the President to double money by halving the gold standard and issuing fifty cent dollars to fund land purchases and public works. It warns such moves would not help farmers or wage earners, emphasizes need for credit and confidence, and recalls past credit collapses and policy shifts.
Six bombs exploded in Madrid Saturday night causing no injuries but sparking fear after earlier unrest. Extra precautions were imposed as troops remained in barracks and police patrolled on foot and horseback. Civil guards and storm police carried rifles while banks and public buildings were guarded.
A rebel movement in northeastern Spain led to deaths and injuries across Logroño, Barcelona, and Zaragoza provinces. Government forces claim to have crushed the revolt as Premier Barrios imposes a state of alarm. Rebels disrupted trains, cut lines, and threatened a nationwide strike coordinated with rail and tram workers.
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, after a five month, 25 000 mile air tour, plan Christmas with their son Jon in the United States. They will leave Sunday at 8 30 a m for Manaos Trinidad and Porto Rico via the new Amazon river route opened by Pan American.
The Neworks administration loaned 37,307,500 to four railroads for locomotives freight and passenger cars. Chesapeake and Ohio received 18,065,000 Erie 11,964,000 Nickel Plate 5,028,000 and Northern Pacific 1,250,000 to buy 12,775 freight cars and 167 passenger cars plus 30 locomotives.
A 1933 reflection condemns prejudice as blind, cruel, and pervasive. It likens bias to a cat with nine lives and a spider occupying many minds, arguing that fear and ignorance drive judgments about race and culture. The piece ends with a plea for forgiveness of false prejudices.
New York AP reports Continental Airways aims for 18 hours 30 minutes coast to coast by next year and 250 mph service. Plans stress speed comfort and reliability while denying railroad threats. Air station stops rise from 23 to 178 since 1926 with passenger totals jumping from 5,782 in 1921 to an estimated 550,000 this year.
Washington leaders and policy of the New Deal were lampooned at the Gridiron Club dinner attended by 400 guests. Skits depicted the President and officials in costumed performances, including a King Midas parody turning everything to paper and a Demosthenes portrayal of Senator Elmer Thomas.
Washington AP reports lawmakers clash over lowering whisk(e)y taxes while the government signs two industry codes giving the federal alcohol control administration broad powers. Distillers sign a marketing pact prioritizing US grains. wine code hearing set for Wednesday as post prohibition prints mockery of recovery groups.
Chang Apana 64 the Honolulu Chinese detective who inspired Charlie Chan in Earl Derr Biggers novels died Friday night. He joined the police when Honolulu was incorporated thirty five years ago and served until his retirement last May.
Local traffic data show counts for Cedar Rapids with 278 accidents 339 injured and 17 killed this year. Calculations reflect broader highway risk trends in the city.
Federal Judge Denies Capone's second habeas corpus plea from Atlanta federal penitentiary. He remains jailed on a ten year sentence for evading income taxes in 1924 25 and 1926. Attorneys said they will appeal to the circuit court or Supreme Court.
The Cedar Rapids Marion milk code draft now sits with distributors producer distributors independent producers and directors of the Cedar Rapids Co operative Dairy. A meeting Tuesday in the cooperative offices will seek signatures before sending the code to Washington. The eighteen page document outlines a price rise tied to base producer cost with a prior increase from 1.50 to 1.95 per hundredweight.
AP forecast estimates precipitation across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Cold start to the week, warming midweek, with a colder close.
In Milwaukee a 17 year old girl with ankylosis of the jaw gained court permission for surgery after a court showdown. The mother opposed the operation citing priestly advice, while the father consented and had a waiver signed to protect the surgeon if the operation failed.
In Chicago on a Saturday patrol, police pursued four robbers through five miles of west side streets. A bystander was killed when the fleeing bandits rammed a trolley car. two robbers were captured later at home and implicated the plot as funding for a tubercular sanatorium.
AP reports the wife of heavyweight boxing champion Dempeey underwent throat surgery here Saturday. Hospital officials say her condition is serious but not critical.
The Roosevelt administration plans to leave the National Recovery Act intact next month, fearing that altering it could invite debate and hinder the recovery program. NRA officials oppose changes. some lawmakers eye a 30 hour week, while Wagner vows no compromise on the act’s collective bargaining provisions.
Cedar Rapids Community Chest workers push to raise 65000 by Monday night to reach the goal. Volunteers canvass homes and offices, with a victory dinner planned at 6 15 pm Monday at the Hotel Roosevelt to celebrate the drive’s near completion.
Secretary Ickes has ordered an investigation into the administration of the Public Works program in Iowa. Louis R. Glavig will head the inquiry, with officials declining to comment on the action or the alleged irregularities reported to Washington.
Investigators moved into Iowa in mid November as federal authorities requested Lieut. Gov N G Kraschel resign as Iowa public works secretary. The new probe order marked a key development after weeks of political tension with plans to oust Otumwa Mayor Mane Ning and two commissioners in a widening case.
Relatives of Howard W. Clements of Eldora rushed to the hospital after a Saturday head on collision on Highway 14 near Grundy Center left him unconscious with a fractured skull. The crash killed Harold Newell, 29, of near Eldora, who was riding in the Clements car. the other driver was Robert Blackeman, 17, of Eldora.
DENVER AP Donald K. Smith 31 a Littleton farmer admitted stomping his 3 year old son to death and broke down when reenacting the incident for officers. He told them he wished he could see his other baby. He said he slapped the boy and used his boot to turn him over after the bleeding began.
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