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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1933
Page
1
The column argues widespread lawlessness threatens the president elect, citing assassinations, mobs, bombings, and courts defied by crowds. It contrasts American tolerance with rising agitation, notes tax debates in France and U.S. government spending, and recalls Bullitt's overseas travels.
The Senate voted 63 to 23 to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and sent the measure to the House where leaders predicted approval by Monday. The plan moves to state conventions for ratification, bypassing legislatures, with Speaker Garner and Rep Snell signaling swift House action under suspension of the rules.
Miami dispatch reports medical bulletins on victims from the Roosevelt assassination attempt. Chicago mayor Anton Cermak has a gunshot wound between liver and kidneys, pulse 88, temperature 98.6, prognosis dangerous but not yet critical. another patient in critical condition is Mrs. Joseph H Gill with abdominal wounds. Wounds vary from superficial head shot to abdominal injuries. doctors note the bullet status and surgical considerations.
The piece cites Kierkegaard’s contrast between drivers and drifters and urges choosing a life path. It argues that a person earns worth by self selection, lifting their load, and living with personal ideals rather than drifting. It notes conversion as self-adjustment and the birthday of self as the moment of decisive self-acceptance.
Federal indictments charging 76 individuals link Chicago sugar broker S. S. Durand and associates to the Capone liquor syndicate. Durand, president of S. S. Durand and Company, was abroad when the wholesale charges were filed. his wife, a Lake Bluff society figure, is noted as a dry advocate. The counts allege the sugar firm supplied 30,000,000 pounds of sugar to the syndicate between 1929 and 1932.
Mrs Frank D Roosevelt states she will not ask for further protection for her husband following the Wednesday night attack. She says she cannot imagine living in fear of a possible death and does not seek protection for herself.
President elect Franklin D Roosevelt recounts in transit how he diverted from guards and rushed Chicago Mayor Anton J Cermak to hospital after an assassination attempt. He describes misjudging the initial blast as firecrackers and notes he failed to detect Cermak's pulse for three blocks during the car ride.
In Miami Judge E C Collins ordered counsel for Giuseppe Zangara, charged with four counts arising from his attempt to shoot President-elect Franklin D Roosevelt. Zangara refused help but the court insisted on representation and postponed arraignment to Friday.
Maurice Meyer 25 confesses to binding and gagging Rose Gendler of Rock Island after luring her from a street car to a Davenport cleaning shop where she died from a fall on ice while he claims he attempted to revive her. He says he dragged her to a truck and later to the shop rear.
CHICAGO. Mayor Anton J. Cermak considered buying four bullet proof vests, according to Elliott Wisbrod a vest maker. Wisbrod said Cermak visited before leaving for a Miami Florida trip and asked to be contacted on return about the vests.
Washington AP reports the $100000009 appropriation bill for state justice commerce and labor departments passed the Senate with $8440000 for prohibition enforcement. The bill returns to the House for amendments but both houses approved the same prohibition total.
Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak and Miami social leader Mrs. Joseph Gill were reported in satisfactory condition after the Wednesday night assassination attempt on President-elect Roosevelt. Zangara, in custody, faced potential murder charges as Roosevelt recovered and Miami marked Mrs. Gill as a local heroine for deflecting bullets.
In Miami a gunman hostile to government fired five shots at the Roosevelt crowd. Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago was wounded in the abdomen and faced surgery with a 50-50 prognosis. Roosevelt rushed him to hospital and canceled his New York departure as other victims were treated.
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