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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1933
Page
2
A crowd of 250 workers and families on a Volga river excursion boat near Yaroslavl capsized after overloading. At least seventy drowned and many are missing as panic ensued and survivors were rescued. Authorities say it occurred July 9 and authorities suppressed the news until Friday.
Officials say seventy bodies have been recovered with many more believed dead. Moscow orders an inquiry and sends Supreme Court judges to Yaroslav to bring trade union defendants to trial for alleged negligence or regulatory violations.
Madrid dispatch reports Premier Azana informed U S Ambassador Bowers that Spain will refuse bail to five Americans jailed at Palma Mallorca since June 4 on charges of beating a civil guard. Azana cited Spanish law forbidding bail in such cases.
Immediate distribution of this money is contemplated. The allotments to cities is tentative, subject to agreement on legal and financial details. Anamosa repair and reinforcement work is being done to the wall and roof of the city reservoir to facilitate delivery of more water. A later, permanent improvement is planned and an application has been made by the city for aid under the public works allotment.
The steering committee of the world economic conference decided to recess the plenary parley on July 27. All committees must submit complete reports by next Friday and the full bureau meets Tuesday. The final plenary session will follow that week, with no final note expected as talks may resume later to extend the tariff truce.
Chicago detectives Mazeika and Barrowman sought furloughs after a prank involving Charley Curtis, a box of guns, snakes, a skeleton, and a bear. Charley admitted the display was for lodge entertainment and the pair were warned they would miss future meetings.
The Indian National Congress voted to press the civil disobedience campaign for independence from Great Britain. The movement has been led for over three years by Mahatma Gandhi in Poona and nationwide.
Typhus fever rages in Santiago spreading through poor quarters and tenements amid a two week cold wave. Fifty deaths and 326 cases reported as government declares state of siege. Police bar crowds and disinfect streets while sanitary squads work through the city in emergency hospitals.
The Illinois Commerce Commission issued a rate reduction order cutting annual bills for patrons of three public utilities. The People's Power company, the McHenry Light and Power company, and the Western United Gas and Electric company northern division will save about 260000 dollars a year for customers in Rock Island Moline East Moline Silvis Milan Carbon Cliff Hempton Rapid City and Port Byron.
The listing shows 7c watermelons at extra large grade about 35 cents per unit and Calif. Fancy Potatoes in a 60 cent package. Prices reflect market offerings and supplier notes.
Special to The Gazette Carl Mahurin 15 is reported to be recovering in a Waterloo hospital from a bullet wound inflicted a week earlier by friend Donald Johnson of Cedar Rapids. The bullet grazed his stomach and lodged in the hip bone. Johnson fired at a sparrow through a barn doorway as Mahurin returned from milking. If no trouble arises the bullet may stay.
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