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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1933
Page
1
In weeks and four days after a special session, the Iowa House will consider liquor control at Friday's session. The session has not enacted major tax or liquor laws, costs continue, and no clear plan exists for tax revision. The piece notes proposals for personal and corporate income taxes, gross income tax, and the political debate around funding and thrift.
Paris agrees to absorb its fruit quotas and increase liquor exports to the United States in exchange for assurances that American apples and pears will be absorbed despite taxes. France must absorb 20 000 metric tons of apples and pears before March 31, with details on the liquor quota increase not disclosed.
Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee finalize major provisions of a projected liquor tax measure. A $2 per gallon levy on spirits, a double tariff on imported liquors, and a plan to keep states from sharing the federal levy are proposed. The bill would be introduced as a resolution on January 3 to speed enactment, with Treasury estimates showing potential revenue between $202 and $294 million depending on activity.
A news piece discusses whether federal policy should promote home ownership for workers with limited city toiler income. It considers mortgage reliance, retirement from industry, and potential tax implications while arguing for careful government stimulus without creating dependency.
A reflection on true religion drawing from Henry Scrougall of Aberdeen. The text critiques sectarianism and rites, arguing religion is the life of God in the soul and expressed through living love, duty, and hope. The piece cites a 1868 American edition and a 1933 copyright.
Dr A Lawrence Lowell president emeritus of Harvard declines appointment as a presidential member of the motion picture industry code authority under the NRA.
Linn county cleaners and dyers plan a Thursday meeting to revise prices after a horizontal twenty percent minimum price cut approved under the NRA code. Cedar Rapids expects a similar reduction. Jess Kitterman notes the 95 cent minimum for cleaning and pressing in the city and wider Midwest acceptance.
The government moves to ensure value for consumers in goods and services. Special blue eagles will be awarded to cleaners and dyers who charge above the minimum prices, a concession to cash and carry operators. The measure was announced after NRA discussions.
The Iowa House approved the Millhone Speidel bill establishing a county based quota for indigent patient admissions to the University Hospital. The plan allows up to 10 percent leeway. excess costs fall to counties. Amendments to share costs evenly or bar home treatment were defeated.
The American Museum of Natural History receives Col and Mrs Lindberghs Lockheed Sirius monoplane used for the around the world survey. The craft powered by a Wright cyclone motor with pontoons will join the new hall of ocean life exhibit after continued preparations and cleaning.
Edward Franks, 48, leaped from a tenth story window in a loop building and fell six floors onto a neighboring roof. He was given an even chance of surviving the serious injuries.
Des Moines reports gains in pigs saved, sows to farrow this fall, and sows expected to farrow next spring from the federal pig survey. Pigs saved fall 4,077,000 up 3.6 percent. sows to farrow fall 719,000 up 9.9 percent. spring farrow 1,914,000 up 4 percent.
Mrs. Alice Seley of Anamosa sustained serious injuries Thursday after a car driven by her son collided with a machine piloted by Palmer Anderson 36 of 226 Sixth Street SE on the Marion boulevard curve near Jack's barn. Seley was hospitalized for head cuts severe bruises and shock. Anderson also injured with two cuts on his forehead and spent the night at St Luke's hospital.
Paris reports a high profile espionage case as Robert Gordon Switz and his wife face preliminary examination after police link them to Mme Stahl and a pan-European network selling military secrets. The Americans were granted expedited hearings while authorities pursue a wide-ranging probe in a case described as among the era’s most sensational.
In Ottumwa the state rests its ouster case against Mayor Edwin C. Manning after attorney general Ed L. O'Connor allegedly ordered state checkers to “go as far as you like” in gathering evidence. The judge adjourned to next Wednesday with agreement that evidence may apply to pending trials of City Commissioners Disbrow and Davies.
London AP reports Sir Henry Dickens age 85, son of Charles Dickens, died from injuries after being struck by a motorcycle on the Chelsea embankment several days earlier.
Washington dispatch reports a thorough Republican reorganization before 1936 with former President Hoover stepping back from politics. Key figures at a luncheon, including Senator Edge and potential nominees Reed Mills McNary Sackett Walcott, conclude Hoover is out of the fore for the coming congressional session.
Madrid AP report says the Spanish government will seek US intervention in Cuba under the Platt amendment to protect Spanish citizens. A formal request was to be drafted, following a cabinet meeting decision reported Thursday night.
Des Moines AP. Lieutenant governor Kraschel called for information on alleged irregularities in his duties as secretary of the Iowa public works board. He asked officials and the press to disclose any facts, asserting voters deserve to know if insinuations have merit. Cooper defended Kraschel, praising his service and denying misconduct.
President Roosevelt proclaims a silver purchase of 24 million ounces annually at 64.5 cents an ounce, to stabilize prices and honor the London conference. The plan funds coinage of standard silver dollars from newly mined silver, with half seigniorage returned to depositors.
DES MOINES AP The Iowa House approved by 8F to 12F vote a bill by Senator George Wilson Polk to exempt fire departments from Beatty Bennett tax reduction provisions. The measure would let municipalities levy a fire protection millage for 1933 34 to fund a levy equal to the 1980 levy with comptroller approval. Rep Cunningham pushed the bill amid procedural fights. Wilson warned five Des Moines fire stations could close without enactment.
Copenhagen reports the death of 54 year old Danish explorer Rasmussen who contracted a fever during a Greenland expedition last summer. He was renowned for Arctic expeditions and died Thursday in Denmark.
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