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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1933
Page
1
The Geneva defense claim portrays Japan's Manchuria and China actions as measures against Russian influence. The piece notes this is Japan's last bid to avoid open rupture with the League of Nations and that it may provoke suspicion.
Police sought two Kansas City racketeers in connection with the Denver kidnapping of Charles Boettcher II, a 32 year old millionaire. His wife, an expectant mother, received a $60 000 ransom demand after he was taken from his Denver home. Authorities mobilized a wide hunt with federal help and a $5000 reward, while Gov. Johnson urged citizen aid.
Beverly Hills editor quotes Will Rogers lampooning the League of Nations reaction to Japan in Manchuria. He argues Europe should fear U.S. involvement, predicts Russia will handle Manchuria when it’s ready, and satirically critiques international oversight.
Berlin AP reports brutal clashes between Hitler's Nazis and opponents amid chaos across eight towns. At least eleven killed, twenty three injured in weekend battles as Nazis claim communist firing. Rumors of a Wagner connection surface but Hitler and Frau Wagner remain formal.
In Washington AP report, a solid Democratic majority defeated Republican bids to bring tariff-raising legislation to the floor. The 212 to 174 vote followed party lines as the House rejected measures to strengthen the tariff wall against depreciated currency countries.
Washington dispatch reports that Franklin D. Roosevelt will deliver his first message to Congress in person, a plan said to be confirmed by congressional leaders on Monday.
Washington report states a senate judiciary committee favorably advanced a drastic debtor relief bill that applies only to individuals and farmers. Reorganization sections for corporations and railroads were removed amid sharp dissent, leaving no clear path for a broader measure this short session. Committee members urged rapid action to aid organizations despite the exclusion.
In Kansas City a packed Community church hosted a Sunday night event for Dr. Burris Jenkins. Red Nichols band backed the pastor as he urged more happiness in religion while a tap dancer performed and jazz numbers lit the service. Heat Waves and I Love to Tell the Story were played in jazz time.
Des Moines AP reports a House committee on compensation for public officers adopted a drastic schedule to cut salaries of elected state county city and township officials. Cuts range 5 to 27 14 percent with minimums. Incumbents are not affected. Higher brackets face deeper cuts than a prior proposal.
The Cedar Rapids Auto Show ended Sunday with a final attendance over 3 700 and total admissions around 6 500. Eighteen Cedar Rapids Auto Dealers Association dealers cooperated, showcasing passenger cars in the auditorium and trucks trailers and accessories in the armory. More than forty car models featuring radical 1933 engineering drew enthusiastic crowds. officials called the show a notable success.
In New York on Monday stimulants were given to former heavyweight champion James J. Corbett as he continued treatment for a heart ailment.
General John J. Pershing aged 72, veteran World War I commander, was reported slightly improved Monday from bronchitis and laryngitis that confined him to his Midland hotel room for several days. He remains under care in the local hotel.
Bernard M Baruch, adviser to the Roosevelt camp, urged a tax heavy emergency program to avert economic disaster. He pressed budget balance, reduced spending, farm relief, debt scaling, and legalized liquor to fund relief, plus repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. He proposed a farm mortgage corporation issuing 30 year 3 percent bonds to swap for existing mortgages up to 60 percent of par.
Cedar Rapids residents eyed shovels as snow began noon Monday. Weather forecasts predicted snow for Iowa Monday night into Tuesday. Temperatures stayed above zero with 18 at 1 pm and 16 later, while Sunday’s sun brought out crowds for skating at the Manhattan municipal ice rink. The mercury dropped to 16 above midnight, 8 above by 7 am, and 12 above at 9 am.
Three people sustained minor injuries in separate weekend incidents reported to police. A street car was involved near Ellis Park when a car driven by Robert Hahn skidded 100 feet on A Avenue at Third Street NW, injuring passenger Miss Marilla E. Fink and bruising Jack Ervin. Another incident on First Avenue at Sixteenth Street E left George Claassen with bruises after a collision with John G Holman’s car caused by a switching street car.
Federal agents seized an alcohol distillery at a farm near Brayton in Audubon county and arrested Caz Teacke. The still was located on the Frank Theilen farm. Deputy Administrator Frank Wilson of Fort Dodge provided the remarks.
Acting Premier Soong says Japan will likely withdraw diplomatic reps from Tokyo as Manchukuo independence is defended. League talks in Geneva prompt talk of a commission and possible US and Soviet involvement. Foreign office hints at a Sino Russian accord and a potential American understanding with those powers.
Ernie Schaaf remains on a hospital bed at Polyclinic after a 3 1/2 hour operation to relieve pressure from a brain clot caused by a knockout at Madison Square Garden. Doctors warned the next 48 hours would be crucial as specialists monitor his condition following the intracranial hemorrhage.
In Honolulu four men of mixed blood had charges quashed in circuit court over the assault on Mrs. Thomas H. Massie, wife of a naval lieutenant. Public Prosecutor Kelley urged dismissal and released a private detective report that questioned Mrs. Massie’s identification of the suspects and of Joseph Kanahawal, who was killed earlier. Massie, her husband, and others were previously convicted of manslaughter, with ten year sentences commuted to one hour by Gov Judd.
The London government signals debts talks with Washington will expand into a preliminary world economic conference under Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay. Prime Minister MacDonald cites harmony with the U.S. on war debt settlement and broader economic factors, while Britain awaits Roosevelt’s guidance after the inauguration. Senate discussion includes a Pittman silver-payment proposal to stabilize silver prices without harming the gold standard.
Senator Brookhart denounced the Blaine prohibition repeal bill saying he will “talk plenty” against it. He warned the debate would be stubborn and predicted it would not reach a vote, signaling atesty, protracted fight in Washington.
A Chinese disaster report Monday warns of massive floods and earthquake devastation across Shantung and Kensu provinces. Estimates place the quake death toll at 70,000, with wholesale flood destruction feared in inland Kensu as new river levels rise from ice and debris.
DES MOINES AP A new tax measure by Sen W S Beardsley would combine retail sales tax business franchise tax and personal net income tax. He estimated the bill would raise 25 million to 40 million dollars annually. The Senate has already seen Patterson and Harrington proposals pushing different tax schemes. The Ways and Means committee held a second hearing on Patterson proposing a 3 percent net income tax on corporations and 1 to 10 percent on individuals.
President Hoover urged a return to the gold standard as the sole shield against an incipient economic war, hinting at tolerating debt relief for other nations. He spoke to the National Republican Club at the Waldorf Astoria, forecasting Republican power and urging international cooperation to restore confidence and world trade.
Washington AP The Blaine resolution to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment sparked prolonged Senate debate as prohibition supporters organize opposition. The motion to begin consideration opened the long delayed prohibition battles Monday with Republicans and Democrats lining up for or against repeal leading toward a possible vote.
Paris. The Daladier cabinet secured a cautious vote of confidence from the chamber of deputies on its provisional March financial program. The tally was 359 to 235 amid questions about the plan's soundness and impact on government finances.
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