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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1932
Page
1
The piece cites Verne Marshall on recovery mindset and industrial data, notes corn as a heat source and relief resource, and reports actions from Piney Woods school with Jones raising Iowa corn for Midwest relief. It covers trade tensions, a Greeks exile case, UAW politics, and a hospital poisoning grand jury decision.
President elect Roosevelt could be granted broad powers to reorganize the federal government to cut costs. Democratic leaders plan to push a blanket reorganization amendment through Congress with support from both parties, targeting permanent and indefinite appropriations for economy. A Hoover plan remains pending and likely to fail.
John C. Reid of Cedar Rapids has filed a petition with the U.S. board of tax appeals seeking a $3,703 refund of income taxes for 1929. Attorney Owen Elliott filed the petition on Reid's behalf. Both men were out of the city and unavailable for comment.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation approved emergency relief funds totaling 9.743 million dollars. Illinois receives 7.255 million, West Virginia 2.440 million, and Nevada 48,300. Cook County Chicago gets 6.77 million as part of Illinois loan funded from a 17 million bond issue. 26 other counties receive remaining funds.
Washington reports the Chinese government approved Dr Alfred Sze for the post of minister to the United States subject to acquiescence. He will succeed Dr W W Yen, who has been transferred to Moscow.
The body of Rudolph Walstrand of 116 Twelfth Street SE was recovered from the Iowa Electric Light and Power raceway at the dam’s end at 3 45 p m Thursday after an hours long search. Notes found imply suicide tied to despondency over his wife’s death.
A Cedar Rapids woman repaid John B. Turner who lent her $10 in 1899 with 4 percent interest. She sent a check for $36.40 and a grateful letter, noting the loan helped her then and now returning it as a Christmas gift. Turner, now 87, kept the memory as a valued gift.
Rescuers recovered the final seven of 54 trapped miners at the Moweaqua coal mine on Christmas Eve ending the chance they hid in the north tunnel amid deadly gas after an explosion. A roof collapse narrowly threatened a second rescue effort but two squads pushed through as air cleared.
Mr and Mrs George Dauber of Iowa City were instantly killed when their car left the road jumped an embankment and overturned in a creek six miles north of Mount Pleasant Iowa They were en route to Mississippi to visit their son Ray Dauber former University of Town athlete and now a football coach at Mississippi State College Ray and his wife were in another automobile ahead of the crash
Moscow decrees all housewives under 56 will lose ration cards after January 1 and must work in factories to earn bread and sugar. About 100,000 housewives exist in Moscow with 400 grams bread and 800 grams sugar monthly under prior rules. Prices on private markets could reach $3.50 for 400 grams bread, versus government stores’ subsidized rates.
Mrs. George Stuart, former Cedar Rapids resident and wife of George Stuart longtime manager of the Quaker Oats plant, died in Chicago on Thursday. She moved to Chicago after 1906 and is survived by four daughters, two sons, with one son connected to the Quaker Oats plant in St. Joseph, Missouri, and another who died in 1916.
In Los Angeles AP reports Professor Lee E. Bassett of Stanford was elected president of the National Association of Teachers of Speech at the annual convention. Gladys L. Borchers of Wisconsin named vice-president. A M Drummond of Cornell college elected to the association council.
In Napier harbor New Zealand a launch carrying 30 workers collided with a small steamer killing ten. The survivors were rescued and several were hospitalized as rescue teams responded to the crash scene.
The Friday Evening Gazette offers a Dine and Dance classified section with New Year events and venues. Advertisers can place inexpensive ads before Friday noon to reach Cedar Rapids readers and nearby areas, with ad-taker contact at 2-1121.
The French chamber of deputies voted 351 to 187 to let France participate in Austria reconstruction financing, with an approximately 14 million dollar advance. Critics cited France’s recent refusal to pay a 19 million dollar war debt to the United States. Former Premier Herriot defended the policy before the chamber.
Jacksonv ille AP reports vandalism blamed for a Wabash passenger train wreck that killed two and injured two others. Engineer John Rapp of Springfield and H L Meyer of Decatur died. Harry Ross, Jacksonville baggage man, was scalded. London Simmons, a Negro cook, had a broken leg. Passengers were shaken but not seriously hurt. Preliminary inquiry found someone opened the switch lock, widened it, and removed the red danger light.
Hollywood report says actress Elinor Fair filed for annulment from John Daniels after a quick Yuma wedding. The couple separated hours after returning, she called the union a big mistake and immediately engaged to Frank Clark, with whom she had quarrelled earlier.
Henderson North Carolina reports Police Chief Knubts wires Henderson to identify R S McCain missing attorney. A sedan linked to McCain was left at a Columbus garage on December 24 night about 7 30 PM. McCain disappeared December 22 amid claims of a staged Virginia holdup and possible death.
At Fort Huachuca Arizona a Black private wounded two officers and their wives then fatally wounded by a guard. Capt. David Palmer and Capt. Joseph Wessely and their wives are named victims. Lt H R Matthews was injured. Abernathy was fatally shot by a guard after the attack. Investigation pending per fort commander statements.
In Chicago an aged chauffeur Peter Peterson, 60, shot his wife Pauline 20 and daughter before killing himself after learning a new will depriving him of a $5,000 Studebaker legacy. He phoned police then called Clement Studebaker III to report the killings and impending death.
NAHANT Mass AP Edward Mallinckrodt 3rd son of a St. Louis chemical manufacturer and Donald McKay Frost Jr of Dover and Boston Harvard freshmen died when their plane plunged into Lynn Harbor late Thursday Their bodies were not immediately recovered.
The frozen body of 79 year old Herman Draese was found hanging from a fallen tree limb in woods near Dubuque city limits. He had been out of work for some time.
New York AP reports How ard Scott director of Technocracy advocates a new money based on energy as an exact, invariable exchange token. He argues the current price system distorts progress and causes poverty amid plenty by concentrating money and debt. The article explains a shift from dollars to a certification of available energy produced as the measure of income.
Will Rogers advises Hoover to step down earlier and let Democrats run the transition. He argues a December departure would reduce blame on Republicans and spur faster Democratic scheming, noting two months of logjam and an extra session ahead.
Gandhi warns of a new death fast if British authorities fail to end temple segregation. He told a United Press correspondent that he would begin the fast in mid January to press for untouchable rights in India.
New York. Three immigration inspectors at Ellis Island discuss what to do with Prince Michael Gerguson Romanoff who has been detained again. They presume deportation is likely but question where he entered the country this time. He previously slipped in on a French ship.
Washington AP report says the House debated the conference report on the Philippine independence bill with approval indicated before adjournment. The measure then proceeds to the White House for final action.
The House approved the Philippine independence bill by a wide margin with 171 Yeas and 16 Nays, sending the measure to the White House amid expectation of a Hoover veto despite broad support for a ten year transitional period.
DES MOINES AP The Polk county grand jury indicted Ray Kinney 45 and Edward J Farrant 20 for murder in the Dec 10 killing of Detective Harry Booton. The panel also indicted Clyde McMurray an inmate of Minnesota State Prison for the murder of Walter Todd a Des Moines grocer during a November 1931 holdup. Todd's widow and Leona Ore a clerk identified him.
The Arizona Supreme Court refused Winnie Ruth Judd's petition for a rehearing of its ruling upholding a death sentence for the murder of Agnes Ann Lerval. The court's denial followed the state attorney general's opposition and plans to pursue federal relief via habeas corpus and certiorari, though funding is limited.
In Phoenix nine true bills were returned by the county grand jury with no disclosed counts. Winnie Ruth Judd, the “velvet tigress” sentenced to hang February 17 for the Agnes Lerof murder, appeared before the jury as indictments were possibly reconsidered in the reopened case.
A.B. Garrett, 54, of Fort Madison, was killed when his heavy sedan crossed a curve on highway 30 four miles west of Cedar Rapids and sideswiped a westbound truck driven by R. E. Johnson of Akron Ohio. Garrett died of multiple severe injuries. coroner concluded no inquest.
West Union Iowa Edgar A. Traeger incumbent Republican who challenged Democrat Phillip K. Meskel was declared elected by 113 votes after a recount. Traeger gained 362 votes on the recount while Meskel’s official majority was 49.
The Japanese national economic council said it did not invite President Hoover or any other American to advise Japan on economic matters. German experts are being considered for the advisory role.
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