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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1933
Page
1
An editorial assesses the firing of Dr. Jessup as president amid financial scandals and athletic program turmoil. It praises his organizational skill and suggests the Carnegie Foundation may benefit from his experience. The piece foresees a new Iowa leadership and hints at potential candidates from within the state.
At the Pan American conference Cuban minister Angel Giraudy denounced U S intervention for not recognizing Ramon Grau San Martin’s government. He linked Ambassador Welles and U S backing of a minority to intervention and urged clearer U S restraint. The session also eyed an April Buenos Aires meeting on an inter American bank and regional economic programs. Dr Alfonso Lopez urged immediate focus on tariff proposals and bank investigations, praising Hull's stance and U S non intervention in Cuba.
Des Moines reports a minority committee urges repealing the adult indigent law at the University of Iowa Hospital and moving the last years of the university medical course to Des Moines. The panel also weighs county funding and preserves the current quota system while criticizing the law as abominable and fraught with fraud and inconsistencies.
Berlin decree bans foundation of new newspapers until March 31 and prohibits high pressure home and organizational solicitation by newspaper advertising departments for the first three months of 1934.
Dr. Jessup has groomed him as successor while Dean Packer works to learn and prepare for the future leadership role.
Governor Herring is cited as enabling Dr. Jessup to influence the board of education to resist a proposed comprehensive administrative reform. The maneuver aims to bring back supporters who may oppose the change.
A 1933 reflection on church unity and the pacifist dream critiques endless religious talk. It argues words outpace action, noting Isaiah, Micah, and Plato on persuasion over force, while wartime arms growth shows lip service to peace. The piece laments hollow religion but upholds talk as a tool to clarify issues.
About 6000 Midwest feeders met in Shenandoah Iowa to push four demands on cattle and hog markets. They named three representatives F F McArthur Everett C Raasch and J B Travis to take their plea to Washington and urged parity with corn, removal of direct hog buying, ending packer self feeding, and better cooperation with NRA and AAA.
Dr. Gilbert Wynekoop, brother in law of Dr. Alice Wynekoop, was found insane by a jury after a sanity hearing. He was committed to the Illinois hospital at Menard and faces no trial for an attempted attack on a nurse. The case ties to Dr. Alice Wynekoop who is indicted for the murder of Rheta Gardner Wynnekoop, her daughter in law.
The administration seeks 350 million dollars in additional civil works funds to carry the CWA through May first, as it projects a tapering off of relief and employment in private and public sectors by then. Officials warn against overreliance on direct relief and emphasize budget balance to curb inflation risks.
Cedar Rapids merchants declare Friday and Saturday Gift days citywide with all stores co operating for holiday merchandise displays. The Gazette promotes the event as a manual to help complete Christmas lists and urges shoppers to visit downtown stores for early stock and no last minute rush.
Memphis capital businessman D Smith once a leading railroad contractor died Wednesday. He was widely known for extensive rail line work and financial ventures.
Des Moines AP report where the House highways committee recommended indefinitely postponing a bill to refinance 95 million dollars in primary road bonds. The 15 to 19 vote would kill the measure as it heads to the floor amid a debate over saving versus spending. Fred White supported the plan. opponents argued existing funds could cover debt service.
Cleve Morris of Toddville faces a perjury charge based on alleged false grand jury testimony. The trial proceeded with Judge John T. Moffit instructing the jury after final state arguments by County Attorney G. K. Thompson. Defense urged by George C. Claassen and assistant county attorney E. A. Fordyce, Morris did not testify in his own defense.
Paris reports a growing Franco British split over Germany's re armament. Britain has not stated its position, leaving France to navigate four options from direct talks with Germany to sanctions under Versailles.
The American Farm Bureau Federation urged rapid extension and strict enforcement of the Roosevelt administration plan. Delegates called for full use of the act to restore parity prices, improve farm credit, and regulate exchanges while opposing the child labor amendment and seeking tax revisions favoring real property.
Cedar Rapids retailers will stay open until 9 p.m. daily from next Monday through Saturday night December 23 to aid Christmas shoppers. The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce mercantile bureau announced the extended hours on Wednesday.
Seven men overpowered five captives at the Unity Trust and Savings bank in Chicago, forcing them to watch as 150 safety deposit boxes were smashed open. The robbers—carrying a short wave radio—took an undetermined amount of jewelry, securities and cash estimated in the thousands, though officials expect a fuller loss tally later. Captives included custodian Joseph Kinch and others, all bound and blindfolded during the two hour holdup.
Elmer S. Huckins, convicted in district court on a get rich quick scheme, collapsed in Milwaukee county jail. He faced federal charges for using the mails to defraud. his retrial was set after Iowa Supreme Court reversal. His son George E. Huckins died in Anamosa jail while awaiting retrial.
Hollywood report says George Raft and Barney Glazier fought after a dispute over deleting a scene. Raft delivered a punch and Glazier suffered a bloody nose before extras intervened. both were reportedly making up afterward.
Former U S senator James A Reed married Nell Quinlan Donnelly, a wealthy garment magnate and former kidnapping case figure, in Kansas City. The ceremony followed by a 10 day honeymoon. Reed pledged to pursue any harm to Donnelly.
Iowa City AP reports speculations on who will succeed Walter A. Jessup as University of Iowa president after his resignation. Dean Paul Packer, Dean C. A. Phillips, Prof. Forrest C. Ensign, and Prof. Benjamin F. Shambaugh are named among likely candidates. Jessup will stay until May 1, 1934, then head the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The state Board of Education gave no timetable for an announcement.
Cleveland report states Captain Frank M Sammona his wife Gertrude and friend Join Murphy died when their car slid from an icy dock into the Cuyahoga River near Lake Erie during a blizzard. They had been missing since Monday after leaving their children at home.
Des Moines AP report says a House committee introduced a bill to put the state fair board the state board of education and the fish and game commission under the budget and comptroller act.
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