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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1933
Page
1
The Gazette marks fifty years since its founding with a retrospective on Cedar Rapids’ growth and the newspaper’s role. It honors past leaders and staff, pledges continued faithful service, and notes the trust between paper and public as essential to progress and stability.
A northwest cold spell threatens rising rivers in Tennessee Mississippi and floods in Georgia Alabama and South Carolina. Temperatures plummet to near freezing across Arkansas Mississippi and Tennessee as rivers swell, with Memphis eyeing Mississippi flood risk next week and Ohio valley rainfall boosting river levels.
The International Sporting club, aiming to play any game, lost $12,000 to Merriwell a Jersey tourist who proposed chuckaluck. Croupiers learned the three-die game with 180 to 1 odds. Merriwell odds were met three times and he left wealthy.
The romance of Rich ard Joshua Reynolds Junior heir to the R J Reynolds tobacco fortune and Eliz abeth McCaw Dillard will culminate in a Sunday afternoon wedding in Winston Salem. The couple's engagement was announced by the bride's parents Mr and Mrs John L Dillard. A quiet ceremony will be held with only close relatives and friends.
Florence Ariz AP Winnie Ruth Judd the condemned slayer told Warden William Delbridge she would testify at the Halloran murder hearing if called. She praised the Maricopa county grand jury for allowing her to appear and for recommending a commutation of her death sentence to life imprisonment.
In a New Year reflection Cedar Rapids recalls 1932 as a best in Iowa despite hardship. Citizens credit stable banks, major institutions, and collective courage for progress and resilience. The piece urges continued confidence to sustain Cedar Rapids’ finish and keep strength into 1933.
In Washington AP reports committee plans for quick senate action on prohibition measures next week. Norris schedules a full committee meeting to take up the 3.2 beer bill while a subcommittee drafts repeal resolution. A possible quorum issue on Monday is noted, and a veto by President Hoover shapes fast action with a proposal to amend the Volstead act to cover all liquors above a set alcohol percentage.
Peter Dyrland a Palo resident aged 53 sustained superficial scalp wounds and a leg injury after being struck by a Palo driver John Drafahl at the Third street and E avenue NW intersection. Drafahl returned to the scene after being alerted and sent Dyrland to St Luke's hospital where he was treated and released.
Lincoln milk producers with 500 members vowed to sell no milk at present rates, planning free distribution for consumers. City Attorney Kier ruled unpasteurized milk distribution illegal under health ordinance, with a $100 fine. Distributors said they would secure milk for customers, importing if needed.
Seventeen hundred motorists crowded the courthouse lobby Saturday to obtain license plates from County Treasurer Frank L. Williams. The day brought total auto licenses to 11,797 and truck licenses to 1,409. A one dollar penalty takes effect today with an additional one dollar fee each new month.
The forecast calls for generally fair weather across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with unsettled skies and some snow north portions around Tuesday. Warm Monday, colder Tuesday or Tuesday night, and continued cold through the week’s end.
John Patrick O'Brien, lineal descendant of Ireland’s early kings, is sworn in as New York City’s 97th mayor in a frugal ceremony. He greets officials quietly, rejecting grandiose tributes and promising a similarly simple inauguration if elected.
Lincoln lawmakers arrived to begin the 49th Nebraska session in a $10 million capitol with two lavish chambers costing over $150,000 for furnishings and mosaics. The $38,000 electric voting machines face constitutional questions as they prepare to prune government spending.
Basel Switzerland AP says Austria notified the Bank for International Settlements that arrangements are in place to pay the second interest instalment on the $55 million international loan of 1930 in the currencies of the creditors.
Police faced conflicting reports as they pursued R. L. McCoin's fate. Dr James Beer found blood in McCoin's car fueling murder theories in Virginia and Maryland, while two Ohioans claimed McCoin was alive after a reported death. Virginia authorities questioned a Dr M E Yergin amid a possible body burial location 90 miles north of Roanoke.
Chicago attorney W. W. O'Brien said he will ask the state legislature to require both spouses to pay alimony when applicable. He cites the case of Fred and Elizabeth Zilinski in which alimony was contested after Elizabeth earned five dollars more weekly. both parties settled to pay nothing. He argues emancipation means shared responsibility.
President elect Roosevelt said goodbye to his Albany staff in the afternoon and to his cabinet at a dinner in the mansion. He spent his last day as governor approving a minor appointment restoring citizenship rights to fifty paroled prisoners and commuting seven sentences at the capitol.
Federal agents do not plan to confiscate pants of New Year revelers found with liquor. A false report claimed pants were contraband carriers. Col. George Seaver noted the idea was a joke, not policy, after a newsreel organization sought filming.
Washington report says field workers of the Commerce Department were instructed to covertly oppose budget reductions by lobbying through friendly businessmen to sway senators and representatives. Frederick M. Feiker says he never heard of such a circular and will investigate. and lawmakers accuse government employees of trying to block economies with telegraph campaigns from home.
In Seminole Oklahoma convicts on leave were with the Kimes brothers when George Noland a 32 year old escaped convict was shot to death. Guards say they fired the shots while witnesses claim the Kimes brothers led the barrage. Noland was found with multiple firearms nearby. Nellie Kimes cried that George was killed as she sat with the group moments after leaving Anadarko for the funeral of their sister.
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton announced a six months world tour alone from Los Angeles. She denied divorce rumors from David Hutton Jr. Her doctor ordered a two year rest. She said she will travel at least six months with one of them staying behind.
Inventory of the late William Wrigley Jr estate filed in probate court estimates assets at 20,215,000. The filing outlines the estate's financial holdings and provides a snapshot of the Chicago business family after the death.
The new year opens with a farm relief plan to boost farmer purchasing power by up to 500 million dollars. An emergency domestic allotment plan would pay a bounty on domestic consumption funded by a processing tax on four commodities wheat cotton tobacco and hogs. The bill aims to lift the nation from economic low mood and accelerate industrial activity.
Washington AP says the house agricultural committee backs a domestic allotment bill for farm relief while the Francis J Clair plan lacks serious consideration. Critics call the minimum price fixing provision unconstitutional, citing past failures of similar schemes.
Senator Borah contends a 3.2 beer test before the senate judiciary committee could expose senators to Volstead Act prosecutions. He quips that if the jury is drunk, those who supplied beer would be guilty. An anonymous senator notes the jury could be labeled drunk or sober by its ability to say a phrase.
Moweaqua Illinois miners disaster headlines the mine reopening plan by Glen Schafer of Pana the major stockholder. Mayor Charles Howard puts explosion losses at 12000 dollars to be raised by subscription before reopening and notes 110 widows and children left without support.
Chicago report says gangster Frank Nitti is improving after four bullet wounds. Dr Gaetano Ronga noted bullets are no longer embedded and X rays show wounds no longer infected following a police raid two weeks earlier.
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