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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1933
Page
1
The column surveys workers on CWA and AAA programs in Iowa and California, noting prolonged shifts and county relief funds, plus editor jokes about professionals. It cites Gov. Earl, Peeks resignation from AAA, and local school bids, reflecting tensions between local labor, outsiders, and governance.
George N Peek, agricultural adjustment administrator, named special assistant to the president to lead expansion of American foreign trade. He will head a temporary committee to design permanent trade machinery and may assume control of the new organization. Chester C Davis named to succeed Peek as AAA administrator. Roosevelt approved reciprocal trade talks with Colombia and a two year duty free Colombia coffee arrangement in exchange for tariff concessions.
The essay argues that cynical maxims from figures like the Duke of Florence and Walpole hinder genuine life. It contrasts half truths with the liberating power of the whole truth, claiming partial sayings paralyze action and dull life, while true understanding reveals beauty and divine surprise.
Jack Wisdom a 26 year old cowboy signed a statement at the Kansas state reformatory admitting he kidnapped and killed Mr and Mrs Harry Pritchard of Wichita The confession cites robbery and retaliation for a protested check and names Buck Smith as a supposed accomplice while authorities fear possible mob violence and mobilize guards in Oklahoma and Kansas
Private messages disclose Monday's gold price announced in Washington and headed to London before official releases. The RFC fixed the price of newly mined domestic sold at 34.01 dollars, up from 33.93 dollars the prior business day.
Cedar Rapids Savings bank and American Trust and Savings bank await waivers totaling about 65000 to permit 75 percent deposit payment through a proposed new bank. Officials expect to start stock selling after signatures reach the required threshold and seek a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan to pay off half the deposits.
Paris and Berlin launched direct disarmament negotiations with Germany as Joseph Boncour and Andre Francois Poncet led talks. Hitler met the French envoy while France’s budget passage followed an all night session, with Chautemps asserting cabinet strength for new diplomacy.
George Trokosh, 42, of Marion, was fined 300 dollars or 90 days in county jail on a drunk driving charge. The sentence was suspended until December 1, with three months driving ban. He rode a horse afterward, but the horse was killed by a car on Center Point Road NE. Trokosh was injured and then urged to serve the 90 days.
Westbrook Pegler bids farewell to sports writing and moves to a broader column, hoping editors will assign rainy day topics about Primo Camera and Babe Ruth. He recalls world-series moods, regatta fatigue, and his unfamiliarity with New York newsroom life.
Seven sand hogs were rescued after over an hour trapped 100 feet below the Missouri River during a bridge caisson fire. Firemen could not spray water due to drowning risk, but I. E. Hayes of Kansas City Bridge Co. devised a safe exit plan. The men John Murphy J Wright J Smith A Bradley Phil Benny and Robert Dell were led to safety.
Des Moines AP reports Senator John K. Valentine urged adoption of a three point interim tax plan as the most satisfactory solution to reform. The plan would replace real estate taxes with personal net income, net corporate income, and a retail sales tax, with an estimated $18.5 million revenue. Amendments proposed to adjust personal tax rates and to replace the sales tax with a license tax on stores were discussed.
President Roosevelt told American farmers that progress is visible but cautioned continued cooperation with the administration’s program for controlled agriculture. Edward A. O Neal pledged support for the NRA and monetary policy as the American Farm Bureau federation met to discuss agricultural reforms and market adjustments. The president cited improvements in money flow, higher prices, and government checks aiding cooperators, with gains already seen among cotton, tobacco, and wheat growers and a push toward corn belt changes. The resolutions committee proposed federal land bank bond guarantees remonetization of silver lower interest rates tariffs on foreign fats and oils and tighter federal control of commodity exchanges.
In Spain, violence erupts again after government claims the rebellion was quelled. Troops sent to Algeciras near Gibraltar to quell anarchist rioting as sentry forts burn and traffic to a turmoil town is halted. Casualties feared and unofficial tallies exceed 100 dead with hundreds wounded. Civil guard and civilians among the identified dead.
Minnesota industrial commission acting as arbitrator in the Hormel Packing strike at Austin orders an average 10 percent raise for 2,800 employees. The decision boosts unskilled male wages from 40 to 45 cents per hour and general female work from 35 to 37 2 cents per hour, effective December. Jay Hormel says the company already granted a voluntary $3,000 weekly increase.
At the White House a conference with Senate Finance Chair Harrison and House Ways and Means members urged a tax drop from the $2.60 per gallon plan. Officials warned higher prices fuel bootlegging while backing a rate closer to $2.20 per gallon to raise revenue and curb illegal distilling.
Penick and Ford Ltd announced a wage increase affecting about 700 workers. The new minimum raises range from 45 cents an hour, boosting annual payroll by around 85 000 dollars. The higher pay applies to all common and skilled labor in the company’s production, with effect anticipated by December.
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