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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1933
Page
1
A shuffled column mixes notes on milk pricing and farm relief with editorials on the electric dollar, Montaigne quotes, and remarks from Washington and Iowa City. It mentions McAdoo floating island debt payments, Garner leading Democrats, and a lawsuit involving Aime Semple McPherson.
Detectives and coroner probe human blood found on a front stair post at Captain Edwin Schildhauer’s home after his Dec 10 kidnap slaying. Blood origin unknown, with coroner and lab team delaying release to avoid compromising ongoing inquiries. Mrs Schildhauer reports prior threats. witnesses discuss possible professional rivalry and statements by Frances, Jean, and Roberta about cautioning disclosure after the funeral.
Governor Sterling declined to attend the inauguration of his successor Miriam A Ferguson set for next Tuesday in Austin Texas. Ferguson, wife of the impeached former governor James Ferguson, defeated Sterling in the November election.
Atlanta reports Gov. Talmadge said Michigan Gov. Comstock agreed to extradite Jesse Crawford the escaped Georgia prisoner after requisition papers met state rules. Earlier Comstock said he would not honor the request leading to a brief dispute between the governors.
Mostly fair in the south with occasional snow in the north. Cold early week with somewhat warmer latter part. map regions and timing implied for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys.
Japan's ambassador M. Ota filed a formal protest with the Soviet foreign ministry after his party endured a rough ride from Vladivostok to Moscow in an aging Trans-Siberian salon car. A family member reportedly required surgery after the journey. Ota warned of possible recall or replacement if explanations are not provided.
Yale professor Irving Fisher told a Harrisburg audience that Technocracy offers no proof that machines threaten man or that labor saving gear causes a low mood. He noted past studies show high wages rise with machinery and cited the mechanized United States versus India or China.
Senate committee debate centers on expanding the domestic allotment plan beyond seven commodities and testing the program on a single product before wider adoption. Support grows for letting the secretary of agriculture implement bounties on one or more items, while critics warn of shifting responsibility and practicality concerns.
Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, condemned for the February murder of Agnes Anne Lerol, appealed to the Arizona board of pardons and paroles seeking a pardon or reduced sentence. She argues the killing was in self defense during a quarrel and that trial testimony was hindered by mental turmoil. The board said a hearing would be scheduled for next week.
Berlin dispatches reveal a Russian dancer aged 21 was executed by Gulam Jelani Khan at the Afghan embassy in Moscow after being caught rifling papers. The body was secretly buried in the embassy gardens amid a web of illicit romance and espionage.
John R. Boyle a Davenport born attorney was denied a new trial in circuit court for the murder of his mother Mrs Jesse Boyle. He received a life sentence and plans for an appeal to the supreme court were announced. Boyle may be held for observation at the state hospital in Tuscaloosa. He claimed an unidentified man attacked them as they picked wild flowers.
Washington reports intensified tax enforcement as IRS agents audit incomes nationwide. Investigations probe bank accounts insurance policies corporate statements charity contributions payrolls and real estate purchases. Officials warn scrip exchanges do not exempt income levies.
Iowa state banking superintendent L A Andrew said receivers of all closed Town banks must stop foreclosing on farm properties and postpone all farm mortgage sales. The order aims to pause until farm prices and land values recover, hoping other lenders follow the precedent set by state banks.
Washington LP Joseph Haines secretary of the Full Fashioned Hosiery Manufacturers Philadelphia proposed limiting machine work hours as well as employes. He supported the bill to cap total United States work to five days a week and six hours per day.
New York AP reports former Princeton assocation president and University of Wisconsin European history professor Munro dies at 66 after a career in academia and administration.
The Gazette proclaims National Want Ad Week from January 15 to 22 to boost readership and profits. Readers are urged to browse Want Ads for rooms houses apartments and milestone messages with free theater guest tickets offered this week. Dial 2-1121 for Want Ad details and note special rates for 3 day and 7 day ads.
Berlin will stage a city wide gas defense drill next week using its first official gas cellar at an unnamed brewery site. The drill will test warning systems water oxygen supplies and lighting plus procedures for doctors fire crews police and civilians under simulated gas attack conditions.
Federal Judge Charles E. Woodward refused bail for Henry F. Northcott and four former officials of H. O. Stone and Company after they received up to twenty year penitentiary terms for conspiring to defraud through mail fraud.
New York report states former heavyweight champ Gene Tunney settled a contract dispute with Tim Mara for 30000 dollars. The suit concerned gate receipts from the first Dempsey fight and a share of earnings. A 1930 supreme court verdict was overturned and a new trial ordered by the appellate division.
Mrs Snipes, convicted of slaying Elliott Harris, York county police man, had been in the penitentiary women’s ward and was moved Saturday to the state hospital where she await the birth expected in a few days.
Washington AP reports a currency expansion proposal surfaced from legislative shadows as the House Banking Committee, chaired by Steagall, plans hearings for and against. A Busby bill proposes issuing three billion dollars in new money as part of currency expansion efforts amid bankruptcy bill talks in the House Judiciary Committee.
In Austin Minnesota the Mower County Holiday association plans to aid A E Hoover cousin of President Hoover facing foreclosure by the Des Moines joint stock land bank. Hoover proposes deed of his Pleasant Valley farm and rent to keep operation. Delegation including Tom Staynor Elmer Quandt and Reed Chaffee will seek adjustment in Des Moines. if unsatisfied, association may resist foreclosure set for January 21.
Rhode Island state college seniors named Jean Harlow as the living figure they admire most in an annual poll. She narrowly beat President Hoover by 20 votes to 19 in a close final tabulation.
Cedar Rapids women Mrs. Carl Jordan and Mrs. C. Byers won the Cedar Rapids trophy in the Women's Pair event at the Midwinter State Bridge tournament held Friday and Saturday at Hotel Roosevelt. Will H. Weise and C. A. Kuttler of Davenport won the high Men's Pair Shaeffer trophy. Davenport and Waterloo entrants placed second.
Washington eyes 13 million Filipinos as Senate recessed after long debate over the presidents veto of the independence bill. Huey Long warned he would vote to override, while leaders warned against filibuster as voting prospects remained tight and amid rival claims on U S responsibilities in the Philippines.
Police pressed a search for Morris Meyer who disappeared before a planned statement about a toy factory incident in Rock Island. Meyer had been questioned last week but authorities said there was not enough evidence to hold him.
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