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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1933
Page
1
Verne Marshall argues that Cedar Rapids faces relief challenges that require civic organizations and individuals to act with a coherent plan. He notes $2,000 a day in county and agency spending with little tangible civic benefit and urges exploring self-liquidating public works, like sewage disposal expansion financed by user revenue, to create lasting assets while aiding the unemployed.
D J Condon is jailed in Linn county on charges of assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm after knocking Dr J J Murphy unconscious in a Mercy hospital corridor. Bond set at 2500 dollars. Condon claimed personal pride sparked the attack and admitted drinking. He had visited his wounded son in the hospital earlier that day.
In Des Moines the Senate Public Utilities Committee recommended indefinite postponement of the Patterson bill. The measure would tax pipeline companies on gross receipts from intra state business.
A snowball barrage by several hundred farmers in Fairmont Minnesota disrupted a mortgage foreclosure sale on the courthouse lawn. After blocking the sale, the crowd moved into the courthouse and prevented a photographer from documenting the scene.
Wheaton Illinois police chief L N Grange father of football star Red Grange led a raid that found 1500 gallons of wine in an alleged speakeasy.
The speaker notes a single alternative and says the sum spent must be cut significantly through far more efficient relief methods.
Philadelphia report says Alexander Van Rensselaer doubts John R Fell killed himself during vacation in Solo Java. Mrs Fell, widow of the banker and sportsman, claims he died by suicide saying it is her fault. Police note a guest verified the last words.
Phillip S. P. Fell and Dorothy Fell, children of John R. Fell, travel to Washington unaware their father is dead. Fell, 43, a director of a Paris bank, was found with a knife in Solo, Java. He was married three times, his mother Sarah Drexel, and his family links to Col. Anthony J. Drexel are noted.
Mayor Anton J. Cermak wounded by a bullet intended for President elect Roosevelt shows improvement in Jackson Memorial Hospital. Doctors say he has an eighty percent chance to recover as he reports feeling better after a restless night. Visitors are limited, his room sign reads no visitors.
President elect Roosevelt speeds up his reorganization effort by selecting Lewis Douglas of Arizona as budget director and confirming George H. Dern as war secretary. Rumors place Judge Robert W. Bingham as ambassador to London while Daniel C. Roper likely becomes secretary of commerce. The move aims to craft a sweeping reform to save millions in federal costs.
In Hyde Park Roosevelt reviews a long patronage list with James A. Farley overseeing nominations. William Phillips of Massachusetts is seen as likely under secretary of state with Raymond Moley set as first assistant secretary of state. In the treasury Howard Bruce of Maryland may be under secretary and Arthur OBrien of Washington an assistant. Postmaster General Farley could have James OMahoney of Wyoming and William H Howes of South Dakota as first and second assistants.
Walter F. Brown former postmaster general in the Hoover cabinet was elected chairman of the board of Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company, effective March 15. He becomes chief executive officer as the firm runs rail lines between New York and New Jersey via Hudson River tunnels. Carl S. Klumpp is named president and will remain chief operating officer, succeeding the late Charles D. Emmone.
Senator Huey Long delivers a brief Senate address praising his own claim as the greatest governor Louisiana ever had. He asserts he is the kingfish and the most influential road-builder, briefly noting his rationale and citing a letter from W H White urging brevity. The piece hints at ongoing continuation.
Two Denver detectives searched a so called mystery house in Sidney Nebraska for Charles Boettcher II, abducted Colorado broker, but found no trace. In Denver a grand jury eyed Boettcher secrets as he refused to disclose communications. Detectives pursued a taxi used by three men, and insurance man Jack Casey was traced to the scene.
In Washington Senator Norris charged eight large New York banks with a vice like grip on trade through a web of directorships. He urged government profits from industry for public use, denying radicalism, and warned of money trust domination by J P Morgan and Co and others. Senator Logan of Kentucky proposed government oversight over profits to protect capital and labor.
Los Angeles district attorney Baron Fitts announced a new inquiry into the death of Paul Bern, husband of Jean Harlow, concluding it was suicide. The probe, conducted with grand jury foreman W. W. Widnham and criminal complaints committee chair O. G. Lawton, supported the suicide finding.
Lincoln Nebraska Senate moved to third reading a measure seeking a statewide referendum on the constitutional provision for prohibition. The action comes as lawmakers push to decide the fate of the prohibition framework in the state constitution.
Adeline Taylor reports a Paramount free cooking school drawing about 3 000 women before 9 am on Wednesday and Thursday, with Miss Dorothy Cooley of General Foods presenting a desserts lesson. Organist Joe Hielsа opened the event. 2 000 attendees filled the auditorium by 8:45. Recipes are printed in full for the many turned away. The program featured molded salads, including grapefruit sections and orange gelatins, praised for prep-ahead ease and eye appeal.
About 1000 farmers demonstrated against a farm mortgage foreclosure sale in Kankakee Illinois. Officers with tear gas bombs revolvers and clubs, aided by the fire department hoses, forced a retreat.
Manila Philippines reports developments in the Far East may cause the usual spring maneuvers of the United States Asiatic Fleet off the Chinese coast to be advanced. Naval authorities here denied reports that the fleet had been ordered to Chinese waters.
A reflective piece recounting a graveyard scene in a city slum where a grieving mother plants live forever at her baby's grave. The narrator notes how faith and intuition surpass argument, citing Longfellow’s Civil War grave and the enduring hope of ideals. Copyright 1933.
In Des Moines the House approved an amended agricultural committee bill continuing aid to county Farm Bureau organizations with reduced amounts. Counties 25 000 and over would receive 3000, under 25 000 receive 2000, and counties with two organizations receive 4000. The measure advances to the Senate. The Senate also backed a fish and game commission bill granting regulatory powers over seasons and propagation, with only one vote against.
In Santiago Chile skeptical scientists prepare to test the bending of starlight during the Friday solar eclipse. Dr Julio Bustos Navarrete says prior 1919 eclipse observations sparked doubts about the phenomenon and the Einstein theory. The eclipse could yield meteorological data and perhaps resolve whether relativity was revolutionizing science.
The Japanese army with Manchukuo support launched an offensive into Jehol north of the Great Wall. Gen. Teng Yu-Lin reported Chaoyang as a target as heavy fighting raged near Nanjing with repeated bayonet charges and brutal artillery bombardments. China rejected Japan's ultimatum demanding withdrawal from Jehol, threatening self defense if the conflict spreads.
TOKIO UP reports discussions of a Russo Japanese non aggression pact after Japan leaves the League of Nations. New Soviet ambassador Konstantin Yurenev will start talks, arriving in Tokyo after Siberia talks with predecessor Troyanovsky who previously explored a pact. China then resumes relations with Russia signaling a Sino Russian understanding.
Soviet authorities on Thursday night claimed to have uncovered an alleged Japanese plot to destroy the Russian aviation base and other government property on Kamchatka, a Bolshevist island in the Pacific off Siberia.
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