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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1933
Page
1
The piece notes Technocracy driven from Columbia and Howard Scott's illness, audits revealing waste and embezzlement, Iowa tax relief bills slated before audits, and calls for strengthening audit laws. It also touches on Harding Fall, Roosevelt's cabinet talk, school funding risks, and global tensions including Japan China Latvia Helsingfors.
United States Consul Raymond Davis died after leaping from the second floor of his Prague hotel lobby. The death appeared self inflicted and the motive was not disclosed. Davis had entertained embassy colleagues earlier that evening before his fatal fall. The State Department said there was no information on the incident. He had a long service record across Aden Paris Lyon Rosario and Czechoslovakia since 1932.
Troops were rushed to aid police as riots broke out in numerous cities and towns during the Irish presidential election. Earlier reports said voters went to polls calmly, but Tuesday night clashes were reported with only small casualties.
In Phoenix Judge J C Niles said the state failed to prove murder in the case against wealthy John J Happy Jack Halloran charged with aiding Winnie Ruth Judd after a double slaying. A final decision on a possible jury trial as an accessory after murder was reserved until Wednesday when the county attorney would present further legal authorities.
Col Harry K. Eustace world traveler big game hunter and African guide arrived in New York Tuesday night and pitched his tent on the roof of a Times Square hotel. He had requested permission to live in the tent during his stay and to cook his meals on a camp stove. He said he has not slept indoors since 1928 and prefers deck sleeping aboard ships.
Warden Roy Best of the state penitentiary and two board members urged Governor Edwin C. Johnson to grant clemency to Glenn Smeeman Colorado’s counterpart of the famed Fugitive From a Chain Gang.
Philadelphia AP report states Mrs. Libby Holman Reynolds is being treated for a nervous breakdown following the death of her son two weeks ago. Information relayed by close friend Mrs. Louisa Carpenter Jenney.
The Iowa State Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids will operate under a new Iowa banking law to avoid receivership and rapid liquidation. The move aims to protect depositors, keep staff, and segregate new deposits, with assets and funds of depositors safeguarded while remaining available for withdrawal.
Prosecutor hears a six member Methodist Episcopal committee request to investigate Rev. Lemuel Conway over alleged improper advances to an 18 year old congregation member. The ministerial trial preceded a church inquiry and a $car crash incident occurred when Conway assaulted choir leader Willard Aurand during a Sunday service.
The record notes Cedar Rapids auto toll figures for the year with 21 accidents and 2 fatalities. It also lists 0.02 40¢ for injuries and a garbled figure for monetary loss, reflecting incomplete OCR data.
A federal suit in Chicago seeks 40 million dollars in damages against Samuel Insull and the full Insti Utility Investments board. Plaintiffs allege 1929 1932 stock dividends were paid without surplus and that the board approved large settlements and questionable stock purchases while the company defaulted on debentures.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa appropriations committees consider drastic reductions in state spending. Budget director Oscar Anderson proposes 313,906,031 despite 1920 and 1930 expense comparisons. House and Senate plan hearings with per unit cost analyses to guide cuts.
Iowa lawmakers pushed an eight bill economy package in both chambers. Seven House and one Senate measure passed, including a plan to end certain compulsory high school subjects and require Iowa history. Other acts cut Assembly salaries, restrict state car use, require executive council approval for out-of-state trips, tax mail flow, make kindergartens optional, empower judges to excuse jurors, and lower pauper relief to 1.50 weekly.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. visits Chicago and denies rumors of a breakup with wife Joan Crawford. He characterizes reports as false and says no marital trouble exists.
The Senate rejected a 16 to 1 silver standard plan after eight hours of debate, tabling Wheeler and Long proposals to monetize silver. The floor theme split parties, pitting conservative financial east against debt-burdened agricultural west while cries of inflation and unemployment relief filled the chamber. <end>
Neville Chamberlain tells Leeds chamber of commerce Britain hopes Washington will grant full debt cancellation while warning resumption of payments would hurt US imports. Stimson signals review for Italy Czechoslovakia Latvia Lithuania. total European debts exceed $6.7 billion. Negotiations begin with Britain in March as other nations follow.
A. D. Whiteside, president of R. G. Dun and Company, told the National Wholesale Grocers association in Chicago that current demand is at an irreducible minimum and will rebound, with hope high that prohibition repeal this spring will spur an upturn in business.
Berlin reports say Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher will dissolve the Reichstag and rule by dictatorial powers for a sixty day period before elections. President Hindenburg may grant far reaching authority as leaders expect a transition to an authoritarian regime.
The House passed the war department appropriations bill keeping funds for organized reserves at 6.354 million dollars, 572 thousand above the budget recommendation, in a 207 to 156 vote. It also approved 2.5 million dollars to extend citizens' military training camps for the next fiscal year, in a 202 to 158 vote.
Washington AP reports Frank Nitti known as Frank Nitto of the Capone gang to have an income tax abatement totaling $285,723 confirmed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue on Tuesday.
Thurston County district court awarded $723.70 against Henry Rixon and $897.85 against Ulysses Cornwell after the county sued to recover funds spent on gasoline oil tires and repairs for their private automobiles by two county commissioners.
Thirty members and fifteen attaches of the Nevada state legislature were snowbound in Washoe valley between Reno and Carson City as a fierce windstorm piled large drifts on the highway. Traffic was blocked in both directions.
Will Rogers quips about Scotty Farewell in Beverly Hills. He jokes that Scotty will return to Italy and sings of Death Valley, noting Scotty’s fame and resilience. The piece mixes humor with references to famous figures of the era.
President Hoover vetoed the 31 million dollar first deficiency bill citing unconstitutionality of a clause that would have Congress review income tax refunds over 20 000. The veto followed Attorney General Mitchell opinion and many Republicans voted to override. The bill included 625 000 for unemployment relief in the District of Columbia.
A bill totaling $90,000,000 in federal credit for farmers was headed to the White House after House and Senate approval. The measure would let the Agriculture Secretary lend funds to produce 1933 crops with the government taking a first lien on the crops as security. A similar prior measure provided funds from the Reconstruction Finance Corp treasury.
Washington sources say farm groups mobilize for senate hearings on the billion dollar domestic allotment bill. Hearings start Wednesday with strict testimony limits and a one week aim. Chairman McNary will direct the hearings with Farmers Union National Grange and Farm Bureau first in line.
Des Moines AP report states Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray declared a temporary halt on TB testing for cattle in Plymouth County with tests elsewhere to start February 1. The move accompanies talk of changes to pay for state veterinarians and a bill allowing optional tests.
Two Cedar Rapids men C K Brown and J B Smart suffered serious injuries in a head on collision about seven fifteen p m one mile north of North Liberty on highway 161. Brown and Smart were employed by Red Ball Collection agency and were taken to Mercy hospital.
Four bandits held up a Metropolitan Life Insurance branch in Chicago, slugging two men and terrorizing thirty eight others. They escaped with between 2500 and 3000 dollars. The assaulted were Harry Buyer and Donard Minuk who were ordered to line up against a wall.
A tri motor United Airlines plane plummeted into a vacant house in Eugene Oregon after a troubled takeoff. Pilot Harold Adams aged 36 and co pilot Kenneth Householder 25 both of Seattle were killed. Stewardess Cornelia Pederman of Alameda California was injured with a broken ankle. An ambulance could not be reached after the accident.
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