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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1933
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports 3,000,000 CCC men and 8,000 Indian conservation workers completed record forest preservation. 12,671 miles of trails built, 68,000 soil erosion dams, 400,000 man days fighting fires, 4,229 bridges, and planting on 25,000 acres with 50,000 more slated.
Chicago report notes a cold Christmas across the United States with little snow and widespread subfreezing temperatures in the Midwest. A northwest to southwest wind shift was expected to raise readings, as forecasts said higher temperatures would arrive in many hot states of the region.
Houston AP report says L A Cramer a storekeeper shot himself Monday after a Christmas season sadness. His daughter Grace laferio said he had gifts from relatives but felt unable to return them, ending his life with a pistol.
Celia Parker Woolley asks in a reflective poem whether, had she lived in Jesus's time, she would have believed and followed his teachings. The piece frames Christmas as a beauty that tests faith and obedience, inviting personal soul-searching on belief, devotion, and identity as the Son of God.
Mrs. C. C. Treadwell of Tipton and her grandmother Mrs. James King, 93, also of Tipton, were injured Monday afternoon when a car driven by Treadwell’s husband skidded and went into a ditch along highway No. 30 east of Cedar Rapids. Both were taken to St Luke’s hospital. Treadwell had a lip gash and bruises. King suffered a broken index finger and head and shoulder abrasions. They had recently moved from Cedar Rapids to Tipton.
Four men Maxtos Leyregian Nishan Sarkisian Martin Mazian and Aslan Yerjianen were jailed on homicide charges after Archbishop Leon Tourian was stabbed at Holy Cross Armenian church during a Sunday processional Police seek witnesses as investigators note church faction tensions over Armenian independence.
A mud slide near Clatskanie Oregon crushed a house killing Milo Allen 45 and three children while Mrs Allen and another child escaped. The disaster raises the regional flood death toll to 19 as crews work to reopen roads and rails and Red Cross aids victims.
Des Moines AP J G Keeffe Iowa Civil Works Administration airport engineer says the state air route plan is complete to base the airport program on. It lists primary lines between Kansas City Omaha Chicago St Louis Milwaukee and the Twin Cities with Des Moines licensed and several ports already approved for improvements.
Washington AP reports a committee proposes broadening the 1925 Hague industrial property treaty at London next May. Recommendations call for prohibiting acts to confuse competitors and injure goodwill, including false disparagement, across all trade.
Across the globe, holiday cheer arrives in unlikely forms. Hitler gives rides to hitchhikers near Obersalzberg, while Santa Claus figures appear in New England lighthouses and Utah jail safes. In California, the General Grant redwood hosts Christmas programs with Governor Ralph and President Roosevelt.
Colonel Francisco Macia, 74, Catalonia’s first president and longtime autonomy advocate, died after a valiant illness. Exiled for four years amid plots against the monarchy, he returned in 1931 to help topple the throne and define Catalonia as an independent state. His last words warned that without him the region’s political structure could collapse.
Cheered by friends Eddie Sutherland 37 a widely known motion picture director moved forward in his life fight with pneumonia Artificial respiration was used Sunday as his condition worsened and doctors Monday reported improvement
A government survey shows 29 countries increased U S purchases in the first nine months of 1933 compared with 1932. Notable gains include Italy 20.1 percent, Poland and Danzig 113.9, Mexico 14.3, Argentina 9.5, Chile 31.1, Netherlands West Indies 47.4, Palestine 51.6, Kwantung 97.3, Egypt 23.6, and others. The rise follows a 2 percent uptick in American imports and reflects replenished stocks and higher industrial activity. Nearly two-thirds of main supply sources shared in the gains.
Washington AP report says Democratic leaders express confidence in President Roosevelt's recovery program including NRA policies, standing against opposition as Congress session nears. Republicans and independents seek to restore anti trust laws and repeal the economy act, while Democrats foresee little success.
The Imperial Bank of Canada in Vancouver gave its staff a Christmas bonus equal to one week’s pay on Monday. This gesture provided additional holiday cash to all employees as part of year end celebrations.
Kit Allen pursues wealth luxury and social prominence but love disrupts her plans. A new Cedar Rapids Gazette serial by a top fiction writer begins tomorrow with the first installment detailing her shifting desires and outcomes.
Washington AP reports four generations of the Roosevelts celebrated Christmas at the White House with church, luncheon, and gifts. The president sent greetings to Warm Springs patients and issued a Christmas day proclamation restoring citizenship to about 1500 wartime violators.
Joe Olson aged 23 of Racine Wisconsin employed by Montrose garage was fatally injured Monday at 1 p m when he fell from his wrecking car into the path of a machine driven by G F Nelson of Des Moines on highway 30 west of the city Olson was towing another car at the time he died at St Luke s hospital from a fractured skull left leg and internal injuries
Linn county CWA women payroll totaling $1,145.55 for 179 workers was prepared Saturday and sent to Des Moines for checks to be drawn. Men workers receive weekly checks in Cedar Rapids. the 2035 men earned $31,293.78.
Mrs. W T Jackson an 86 year old from Iowa City suffered facial abrasions and head bruises when a car carrying her toward Cedar Rapids left the road on highway 161 near the Curtis bridge. Marion Dunaway 33 also of Iowa City was taken to University hospital with a fractured rib and head and face cuts after sliding into the ditch while braking to avoid a preceding vehicle.
Paris AP reports angry worshipers rushed the main door of Our Lady of the Fields church after being told tickets were required for Christmas midnight mass. Police dispersed the crowd near the packed entrance as the priest and choir continued mass without interruption.
Faulty signals blamed for the Pomponne train wreck near Paris killing many and injuring hundreds on holiday return. Witnesses testified torpedoes exploded under last cars. the locomotive did not warn. National mourning ordered with services at Est station and Notre Dame marking the tragedy.
In Bedford New York inmates at the Bedford reformatory for women received cigarets as a Christmas gift. Superintendent P B Battey lifted a 30 year ban on smoking allowing 200 inmates to smoke freely and each received a cigarette package.
Marshall Arkansas guardsmen patrolled the mountain town to ease a deadly feud that flared on Christmas Eve with gunfire on Main Street. City Marshal J H Barnett, 60, was lightly wounded as Leland Helney, 29, faced possible prison for a prior slaying. Helney's relatives were in a restaurant scene where shots also fired. Sheriff and authorities sought peace with Helney and Barnett's factions as 15 guardsmen from Clarksville backed by Governor Futrell and Prosecuting Attorney Holt worked to quell tensions.
The Greek interior ministry says Samuel Insull, former head of a large U S utilities group, must leave Greece by a specified date or face expulsion steps. The note stresses voluntary departure if possible.
Secretary Ickes warned that the Public Works Administration would cancel or rescind allocations for communities delaying actual construction. He cited 588 non federal allotments with 307 returned and 279 properly executed, risking $50 million in prospective payrolls if contracts are not completed. Public works officials said delays due to right of way issues may be excused, but most obstacles should have been cleared before funds were sought.
Washington AP In coming congressional session a strong push for amending the national economy act affecting veterans expenditures is shaping up. The American Legion backs a four point program to restore free hospitalization for improvident veterans and to replace pension with compensation for service connected death and disability, return World War I compensation to the 1933 basis, and provide payments for World War I orphans and widows with an estimated cost of 70 million dollars.
Under the lame duck amendment, Congress will convene January 3 instead of early December. Senator Norris of Nebraska, author of the amendment, remains in Washington after helping push the change. Several other lawmakers are enjoying Christmas at home for the first time in years.
The Cedar Rapids area experiences a sharp temperature fall from 35 degrees Sunday morning to one above zero by 7 a.m. Monday as bitter winds sweep through the city following Christmas.
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