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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1933
Page
1
Italy France Germany and England signed a pact to seek peace in Europe for ten years. Mussolini proposed the agreement and it was ratified in Rome. The city discusses unemployment and a quoted incident of a man arrested for harassing housewives, while heat prices, wheat futures, and code proposals dominate economic chatter.
Steel leaders presented a wage raising and work spreading agreement to the industrial administrator, aiming to lift wages 15 percent and extend employment as part of Roosevelt's recovery program. Lamont announced broad industry support, while labor head William Green criticized the plan as too weak and opposed company unions. The code envisions a Pittsburgh plus price system with regional FOB rates and tight discount rules, amid debates over open shop policies and potential labor unrest.
Two Cedar Rapids Sisters of Charity and teachers at St Patrick s school were injured in an automobile crash on highway 20 near Waterloo while returning from a visit to St Francis hospital. Sister Mary Lucilian suffered a left thigh fracture and Sister Mary Carno was bruised. They were hospitalized after the skid and overturn. Miss Julia Ashby, a Cedar Rapids nurse, was riding with them and uninjured.
Waterloo police report Jom G. Penne sustained a left shoulder fracture and his 9 year old son Wallace was cut about the head when a hit and run driver struck and overturned their car at a street intersection Saturday evening.
AP forecast for the week starting Monday July 17 calls for generally fair skies and moderate temperatures in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Occasional showers and a slight rise in temperatures are expected in the latter part of the week.
A Scots tale where a guest refuses honor then sits as commanded, a churchgoer arrives late to hear Dr Van Dyke preaching and is urged to take a seat on the pulpit stairs. A former carrier, once plain, becomes a powerful orator tracing how personality and great faith shape a life.
Crawford county authorities in Wisconsin declared Ben Trumple is not Erdman Olson, the college student sought since 1926 for the slaying of Clara Olson. Pictures were sent to Wisconsin. Trumple admitted living in Christian Springs Arkansas and working near Benton.
The pastors of all Alton churches both Protestant and Catholic were asked to offer prayers Sunday for August Luer, a longtime member and banker who was kidnapped five days earlier. Rev C W Heggemier, pastor of the Evangelical church, issued the appeal through the Alton Telegraph.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr, weakened by recent pneumonia, sailed from New York on the Berengaria Saturday to join his father in London. He was accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Jack Whiting.
CHICAGO, UP, reports outline a planned ascent by Dr. Jean Piccard and Lieut.-Com. T. G. W. Settle in the world’s largest balloon from Soldier Field during the Century of Progress. The 18 hour flight targets about 1 1/2 miles higher than Prof Auguste Piccard’s previous record with instruments from Compton and Millikan.
AP report details an abduction scare as E T Wiggins was released after captors mistook him for a wealthy rancher. Luer family seeks ransom. O Connell family tensions rise at Albank. Police trap nets two suspects in Brooklyn. Chicago forms 40 detective unit sworn to shoot to kill to curb kidnappings.
The report lists Cedar Rapids auto toll statistics for the year with figures on accidents and injuries. It records 69 accidents 197 injured and 9 killed.
Cordell Hull refused to approve the Moley Swope bills from their two week London visit. He sent the matter to Washington and ordered strict supervision of delegation expenses. The group spent about 3000 dollars, aided by a 1320 dollar telephone bill and a daily allowance of six dollars.
Assistant Secretary Moley, upset by reports of high London trip spending, said he will reimburse part of the costs personally. He noted London handled the accounts and that he has not seen the records, which reportedly include 1300 for trans Atlantic telephone calls and 500 for an airplane.
Wiley Post, flying solo, and Stephen Darius with Stanley Girenas began Atlantic legs in separate attempts to set new records. Post departed Floyd Bennett at 5:10 am aiming for Berlin with a robot co-pilot, while Darius and Girenas followed an hour later from the same field in Lithuania planning a 4 900 mile nonstop hop toward Kaunas, amid cautious weather and opposition to government sanction.
Mrs. R. B. Davis of Evanston, advertising manager of Metropolitan Supply, suffered a slight skull fracture after being struck by cars Friday night. She is confined in Evanston Hospital, slightly improved, following a collision while walking with her husband en route to Chicago for a ten day visit.
Italian Consul to Chicago Giuseppe Casturccio presents Italo Balbo as a symbol of concord through aviation. He notes Balbo’s flight as Italy’s peaceful message, praising Italy’s loyalty to America and the unity of Rome’s papacy, while acknowledging war sacrifices and postwar debts.
General Italo Balbo faced a roaring welcome in Chicago as crowds swarmed the Wilmette dock and coast guard boats ferried his party ashore. Marines and naval personnel joined escort duties to protect Balbo and his Italian delegation including Gov Horner, Consul Castruccio, and Rufus Dawes. Balbo praised the warm reception and expressed concern for his flyers safety amid the fervent crowd.
A Cedar Rapids car struck four miles southeast of Shellsburg at 4 30 p m Saturday injuring five people hours before a groom from New York state was to wed LaVon Fuehr. Bridegroom Robert Bolton, bride Myron Puehr, and Lewis Dake were among the injured. Imes suffered chest and head injuries. Norton had back and head injuries. Imes drove the Cedar Rapids car. Bolton traveled north on Linn Benton county line road. Stop signs exist at both roads per witnesses.
In a pivotal repeal push, Alabama Arkansas and Tennessee vote next week to determine if prohibition ends in those states and accelerates a federal repeal. Oregon follows Friday as anti and pro repeal campaigns race to shape ratification totals. Postmaster General Farley campaigns south while predicting wins, with 16 states already voting for repeal and 36 needed for ratification.
Italo Balbo leads 24 seaplanes into Chicago after a 6,100 mile transatlantic leg from Italy. Crowds line Lake Michigan as the armada lands near Navy Pier and proceeds to Soldier Field for a 100,000 strong welcome. Balbo and dignitaries attend ceremonies as U.S. planes spell Italia overhead.
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