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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1933
Page
1
The piece links a New York kidnapping case with calls for federal action as Senator Copeland urges DOJ assistance. It contrasts wealth and value of a child to news of the crime, and then shifts to diverse notes on civics, labor, and public affairs across Iowa and beyond, highlighting discontent, governance, and economic figures.
Iowa secures 108 million dollars under a federal plan to liquidate farm mortgages in closed and restricted banks. Morgenthau appoints a state administrator and offices in Des Moines to evaluate mortgages and set terms. Loans will be refinanced at four and a half percent for five years then five percent, with potential 30 percent write downs and 70 percent liquidity for depositors.
The Rapids through freight derailed near Geneva Illinois on the North Western main line. Thirty cars left the tracks causing extensive damage to grain meat and other produce. No injuries were reported and passenger trains were rerouted with delays. Officials blamed possible broken trucks but could not confirm the cause.
The statement described as a bright path was expressed Monday by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
Ten days ago Mr Chamberlain hesitated over the American program for national and international recovery. He now openly sanctions the Roosevelt plan and accepts it for England. He signals broader support for collaborative economic measures.
A reflection on burning the candle at both ends and the need to give oil wisely. It cites Millay and an old fable of a lighthouse keeper, warning that excess charity can harm others and oneself. The piece urges replenishing the oil of life to keep a meaningful light.
An afternoon hail and wind storm near Odebolt Iowa damaged farms across twelve square miles. It felled corn and shocked grain, uprooted trees, and snapped utility lines cutting power and communications. Boyer Creek overflowed after heavy rainfall.
The world economic conference agrees to continue on a restricted scale after a brief session. Delegates from gold and non gold groups including France and the United States agree to set aside currency issues to tackle silver and private indebtedness. A possible recess is anticipated, with work continuing for at least a month.
In Albany the O'Connell family, famed for building a powerful political machine, seeks to secure John J. O'Connell Jr. through intermediaries as kidnappers demand 250000. A second item from Alton reports Carl Luer pleading for humane handling of his father August Luer, a 77-year-old banker abducted with his wife injured during the home invasion.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed their red low wing monoplane in Halifax Nova Scotia completing the New York to Greenland Iceland leg. They surveyed northern trans Atlantic travel and exceeded speed estimates arriving five minutes early after a 325 mile two hour thirty three minute flight from North Haven. The couple left North Haven after bidding farewell to their 11 month old son Jon in the Morrow home and noted weather would influence their next takeoff.
In Los Angeles Albert O. Luer, brother of August Luer the 77 year old Alton Wisconsin banker, pledges all efforts to secure his safe release. He says the safest policy may be to meet the kidnapers demands while calling the acts lawless and terrible.
Census of crashes shows the Cedar Rapids area reporting totals for accidents injuries and fatalities. Officials note trends and compare with prior years while urging caution and road safety measures.
East St Louis Illinois Anthony Lutz 60 was to be arraigned for a sanity hearing after he shot and killed Grace Welch 25 her husband Claude Welch 5 and Swope Tallent 29 in a frenzied attack prompted by neighbors suggesting he draw window shades while undressing. A railroad watchman captured Lutz as he fled along the tracks. Police had pursued him from his home.
Hartford reports Connecticut becomes the twelfth state to repeal prohibition after fifty delegates voted unanimously to ratify the Twenty first amendment to the U S Constitution.
Fifteen thousand Shriners paraded for five blocks along the Boardwalk in Atlantic City and then joined the first public session of the Imperial council ever held in the east.
Industrial control moves forward as Johnson says hearings will begin July 19 for a lumber code and July 20 for the steel code. He rejected the 48 hour week and 22½ percent minimum wage, noting they must be revised. He aims for regional coal codes next and hints at a general industry meeting to set deadlines and wage levels.
Federal authorities and police said they had information that two ransom demands had been received for the release of missing John Factor, market speculator. One demand was for 250000 and the other for 200000. Factor's close friends considered the demands authentic.
Aileen Pringle, former screen actress, files a second divorce suit against Charles McKennzie Pringle in Jamaica to supersede a Mexican divorce that barred remarriage. The action follows prior proceedings and involves the Pringle family linked to Sir John Pringle.
MOSCOW AP James Mattern a Texas flyer has given up hope of circling the world solo and is ready to fly to Nome Alaska with a Russian aviator from Anadyr after crash near Khabarovsk authorities said Tuesday night Soviet Levanevsky ordered to escort Mattern to Alaska to proceed to Nome at once officials stated.
A Iowa Gazette examination of a state audit shows cash shortages totaling at least 13 645.47 dollars over five years at the Anamosa Reformatory. The audit links missing funds to inter institutional receipts junk and hides livestock and fair sales. The report notes missing bank deposits and rubber stamped endorsements by former auditor J M Conway.
The report details missing funds from the Mount Pleasant State Hospital reformatory system where 32 drafts and checks totaling 5716.15 ledgers show 3415.51 unaccounted. Reoffenders linked to not credited warrants or cash were investigated as part of an ongoing audit.
AP United Press tabulations from 129 of 3 313 precincts show 6 779 for beer and 5 330 against in Oklahoma's special election. Returns cover rural districts across 21 counties with precincts reporting late Tuesday night.
Grain prices rise rapidly led by rye up to 10 cents per bushel as government crop reports show decreased yields. New York stock and curb markets showed irregular trading with mixed gains and losses, while Chicago grain futures advanced for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley.
The Railway Labor Executives Association says all railroad unions have agreed to extend the existing 10 percent wage reduction for one more year. A. F. Whitney, chairman, announced the decision Tuesday in Cleveland.
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