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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1932
Page
1
Verne Marshall surveys Franco American tensions as France refuses to pay interest on notes to the United States. The piece links past insults to scraps of paper with current financial strain and notes how the dollar remains a central international medium amid the dispute. It also touches on related domestic items and public figures.
The House Ways and Means Committee moved to raise beer alcohol to 3.2 percent by weight under the Collier bill, from a 2.75 percent limit, and approved a five dollar per barrel tax. Speaker Garner postponed decisions on a general sales tax for the short session as Democrats rely on beer tax revenue to balance the budget.
Geneva AP The draft resolution on the Sino Japanese issue, prepared by a sub committee in a moderate zone, is ready and will be submitted to the League of Nations Assembly committee of 19 later Thursday.
Edward B. McLean and Evalyn Walsh McLean were granted a divorce in Riga Latvia on grounds of incompatibility and long separation. Judge William Wadhams announced the ruling noting DC restraints on McLeans divorce.
In Newton ville, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jonah were found murdered with a hammer and razor. Their 19 year old adopted son Robert confessed to the double killing, according to police.
President Hoover sent to the senate for confirmation General Nathan William MacChesney of Chicago as minister to Canada. MacChesney, a leading Midwest attorney, would replace Hanford MacNider of Mason City Iowa.
The Associated Press reports a vast cold wave pushing south and east from the plains. Subzero readings hit Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa while cases of exposure and traffic accidents in Milwaukee and Chicago raised deaths. Air line pilots noted temperature variations from the ground to flight levels as warmer forecasts offered little relief.
John Burianek Jr president of Peoples Savings bank was brought from St Marys hospital in Rochester Minn to Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids by ambulance. He traveled with a nurse and is in serious condition with visitors restricted. His relatives Frances Stepanek Ervin Stepanek and Lenore Stepanek Lundquist accompanied him previously.
Howard G Werthermer, 28, claimed to be a postal inspector and a member of a wealthy Omaha family. Police say he attempted to return two prisoners to Kansas City and booked him on suspicion of impersonating a federal officer.
In Chicago unions propose a one year extension of the 10 percent wage cut with conditions. They reject a six month extension but accept a delayed basic scale change only in the last month and require notice by March 31 1934 and a new scale negotiation under the Railway Labor Act if extended again.
Adolf Hitler tightened control of the Nazi Party by appointing commissars following Hindenburg's Prussia example to raise the movement's striking power.
Camille Chautemps interior minister in the fallen Herriot cabinet accepted President Lebrun's invitation to attempt forming a new government. Herriot rejects the post citing debt payments to the United States, while Chautemps reports back Friday on progress amid party splits and debt policy. In Washington, the U S treasury reports 98 685 910 collected on war debts with Britain paying 95 550 000 and France defaulting on nearly 20 million as talks continue.
Stanford university trustees, in San Francisco, unanimously authorized an extended leave for Ray Lyman Wilbur, president and interior secretary, until March 4 1933. Wilbur had not asked for the extension, prompting speculation about his cabinet or university future.
In Tokyo, girl clerks fled a raging eight story Shirokiya department store fire leaping from windows in panic as flames swept multiple floors. Firemen fought through dense smoke in the heart of the shopping district amid fears for valuables and lives.
Justice James W. Kindig of Sioux City was chosen chief justice of the Iowa State Supreme Court for a six month term, rotating among its members. The court denied A. M. Cloud of Manchester a bid to delay disbarment costs and ordered an appeal must be filed in January or a stay would be revoked.
MEMPHIS Tenn UP Mrs Mary Elizabeth Boyett 27 shot and killed her 4 year old son who was disabled since birth then killed herself with a pistol Friends said she was despondent at the time Police reported a domestic tragedy in Memphis involving a disabled child and a mother taking her own life.
Paris reports that Laval backs delaying war debt payments until a world conference with US and Germany to revise obligations. Herriot predicts France will pay on Britain’s terms and urges US to withhold judgment while France reconsiders its position.
Fragmentary clipping shows continued references to items on page eighteen, with column that remains unreadable across multiple continuations. No clear names dates or actions can be discerned from the legible fragments.
Georgia asked New Jersey to extradite Robert Elliott Burns for a 1922 Atlanta grocery holdup. Gov. Russell signed the requisition as Burns, famed author of I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang, remained jailed in Newark awaiting Georgia action.
The U S Akron with Commander A H Dresel aboard departed Lakehurst New Jersey this morning for a 24 hour training flight at sea.
The total war debts due Thursday was 124,934,421 dollars. Nations indicating they would pay include Great Britain Czechoslovakia Finland Italy Latvia and Lithuania. Six nations France Belgium Greece Hungary Poland and Estonia indicated they would not meet their payments. Hungary had previously said it could not obtain foreign exchange.
Beverly Hills columnist Will Rogers argues humor tempers serious judgments about a Harvard graduate Charlton Ogburn Jr who criticized a debt issue. He notes the Times and readers treated it as authority, but Harvard grads become human after four years out.
The Agriculture Department on Dec 1 projected U.S. crops with corn at 2,908,045,000 bushels, compared to 2,567,306,000 the prior year. Wheat, oats, barley, rye, and other crops show varied gains and losses, including soybeans at 16,953,000 bushels and potatoes at 356,589,000 bushels.
The Interior Department’s appropriation for next year is cut to 43.19 million dollars from 67.18 million. The Budget Bureau proposed 46.08 million while the appropriation committee sliced 2.89 million, with both contributing to the reduction reported to the House.
A 20 year old Mexican woman, Alice Tolan, has run a nearly daily temperature of 110 degrees for three months at Los Angeles General Hospital. Doctors attribute the fever to a tubercular tumor in the third ventricle of the brain that prevents the heat center from functioning. No operation can remove the tumor or restore temperature control.
Senator McKellar of Tennessee introduced a bill to compel Americans traveling abroad to boycott defaulting nations. The measure would impose a 5000 dollar passport fee and void existing passports or visas 60 days after enactment.
Organized farm groups urged quick abolition of the Hoover farm board and backed a domestic allotment plan funded by a processing tax. They told the House Agriculture Committee they lack direct word on President elect Roosevelt's stance, while emphasizing unity and seeking expedited relief legislation.
Three gunmen abducted Police Chief Ernest Pierard in Coal City while he visited a postmaster’s home. They forced him from the house, drove him around in his own car for hours, and robbed him of 42 dollars before releasing him and letting him keep the vehicle. A wide manhunt followed.
Herward Shaw and Mrs. Shaw left London en route to the south of France then on a round the world tour. He declared the line Give Ireland to the United States and liquidate all the war debts. The Shaws will visit the Holy Land India Siam China and America.
Washington AP reports Rep. Bachmann of West Virginia introduced a bill proposing ex service men be allowed to sell their adjusted compensation certificates. The measure aims to decrease demand for government cash payments and boost treasury funds by forcing purchasers to redeem loans tied to the certificates, circulating money.
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