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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1933
Page
30
Washington AP Farm administration issues interpretations of the corn hog contract for the upcoming campaign to recruit signers of production control agreements. Rulings clarify how reductions apply to tenants and ensure fair treatment, with specifics on single farming units, multi landlord leases, and division of benefits between landlords and tenants.
The United States filed a $600000 income tax suit against Terry Druggan, once a beer bootlegger and jail habitue, while he serves a federal term in Atlanta. The case seeks $267,702.44 in back taxes for 1922 1923 and 1924 plus substantial interest and penalties. Notice was served in Atlanta.
Havana officials led by President Ramon Gray San Martin praised President Roosevelt for his firm stance against armed intervention. They hailed the move as affirmation that each nation must manage its own affairs and maintain order within its borders, allowing Cuba to determine its destiny.
Chicago grand jury indicts 17 men for a broad racketeering conspiracy tied to building, coal hauling, and city contracting. William "Three Fingered Jack" White named boss of outlaw unions. charges allege extortion, sabotages, strikes, and control over equipment and contracts. Bond set at 10000 dollars. ten arrested so far.
Cedar Rapids saw a 16 degree high at 2 30 p m under cloudy skies based on Cham bers Inskeep company data. The day rose from 2 below zero at 9 a m after 1 below at 7 a m with snow and higher temperatures forecast by the weather bureau. The previous peak Thursday reached 11 above at 3 p m, then dropped to 5 at 7 p m and 3 above by midnight.
The Mount Auburn Christian church Ladies Aid society elected officers for the coming year. President is Mrs Magnus Albertsen, vice president Mrs J A Healy, secretary Mrs George Petersen, and treasurer Mrs J W Healy.
L Oscar Challman of Chicago and Wyoming was appointed general coordinating agent over the Eighth district farm credit administration by directors of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha and neighboring states. The meeting also elected Hogan, McCamsey, Heaton, Mason to lead the four credit agencies and announced officers for the Federal Land Bank and Intermediate Credit Bank with several reappointments and new appointments. The board will reconvene in January to fill remaining offices as J C Underwood retires from the land bank directorship.
William J. Lewis of Harlan Indiana was elected a director of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha to replace A Q Hauge who resigned last summer. Lewis will serve a three year term starting January 1. The vote was by members of national farm loan associations in the Omaha district covering Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming. Arthur F. Mullen Nebraska Democratic national committeeman said he was not acquainted with Lewis but believes he is unsympathetic to D P Hogan whose ouster Mullen has pursued as bank president.
In Baltimore at Johns Hopkins a five month old baby, Sue Trammell, prepared for a delicate hydrocephalus operation led by Dr Walter R Dandy with aviation pioneer James Wedell assisting. The family watched as the procedure aimed to relieve water on the brain after a stormy Houston flight.
The Des Moines board of education recommends 754217.40 foradditions to Franklin Roosevelt McKinley and Wilson junior high schools to expand them into six year high schools. Bids for general electrical plumbing and heating and ventilating work are awarded to low bidders with adjustments for alternates.
The Byrd expedition flagship resumed its southeasterly course within the Antarctic Circle after gale and fog slowed progress. Admiral Richard Byrd ordered full speed to seek a favorable entrance into mountains of pack ice ahead.
Sub zero weather grips New England and New York with record lows and several deaths. Boston reports 17 below, the coldest in the city, while New York and Ontario see extreme sub zero temperatures. Frostbite cases rise as traffic and maritime activity halt across the region.
Three United States lawmakers David Aiken Reed William Borah and Gerald Nye from Pennsylvania Idaho and North Dakota form an unusual alliance to critique the National Recovery Act They say it burdens small business and raises costs while advocating for the little fellow in business Reed Borah and Nye meet with President and General Hugh S Johnson to press their case and question CC activity and value
The Institute of American Meat Packers blamed heavy marketing of livestock for low prices. The statement, signed by president William Whitefield Woods, notes meat production in 1933 was about a billion pounds higher than 1932, or 1.6 percent, and says pork prices fell since the processing tax began due to lower purchasing power and greater supplies.
A report notes lower hog prices due to expanded production and price effects from the processing tax. It explains farmer benefit payments from tax funds for reducing corn and hog output, and notes the packing industry will help explain the plan to livestock producers while reserving its own views on developments.
The Senate approved a measure to discontinue the stamp note relief plan for poor relief, mandating counties to redeem outstanding notes with their funds. The bill, led by Senator George Wilson of Polk and backed by Representative Charles J. Zylstra of Sioux, passed without opposition in the Senate amid criticism of the costly experiment. The afternoon session also saw a house bill defeated 21 to 21.
The senate approved a bill cutting the employment agency license fee from three dollars to two and replacing the population based scale with a flat fifty dollar fee. It also passed a bill to allow tax refunds on failed bank stock, rejected a proposal to return taxes on demolished property, and heard a 3 cent per pound tax on lard substitutes. Additionally, the house appropriations committee recommended thirty two thousand one hundred thirty dollars for re employment bus reaus to be federally matched, aligning with the national program.
Mrs Nong Cowles daughter of U S Senator William G McAdoo of California was reported out of danger at Park Avenue hospital where she is treated for pneumonia. The emperor Nero killed himself after his soldiers mutinied.
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