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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1933
Page
1
General Hugh Johnson argues for using federal funds to finance industrial payrolls to spur production and employment. He warns against bank credit curtailment and envisions a 30 day payroll program to revive demand, with government aid unlocking rapid hiring and factory orders in Cedar Rapids.
Elliott Roosevelt son of the President wed Ruth Josephine Googins in a short six minute ring ceremony held on a river bluff garden at the Swiler estate Burlington Iowa Police guarded the grounds and photographers were barred. The couple plans to travel to Fort Worth Texas after the ceremony. The President approved the match and spoke by telephone with the groom.
Elliott Roosevelt faces possible suspension from communion after remarrying following a divorce under Episcopal Canon Law. Bishop George Craig Stewart of Chicago notes remarriage is forbidden except for the innocent party in adultery cases, with a one year waiting period. An Iowa pastor had refused to officiate the Goobins Roosevelt wedding under this policy.
The week ahead in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys features generally fair skies and moderate temperatures in the north, with scattered showers and cooler conditions in the south during the first half. Showers likely again toward week’s end.
Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae completed the final leg across Canada toward New York aiming to set a new world speed record for circumnavigation. Post left Edmonton at 8:41 am and faced a 12,000 mile route with a 2,200 mile leg to Floyd Bennett Field.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed at Godthaab Greenland after a flight from Hebron Labrador on a route mapping trip for an airline. Greenlanders crowded mountain tops and cheered as the plane descended at 7 p m local time 6 p m eastern daylight time.
Alfred Swett, 20, of Cedar Rapids and University of Iowa student, held in $1000 bail after grand jury action on impersonating an officer in Benton county. He allegedly ordered Sheriff Nile Morena to stop his car near Vinton to impress a girl riding with him on a motorcycle. Swett said the girl thought he was a state automobile inspector.
Hollywood reports Wm. S. Hart, famed silent film cowboy hero, rests comfortably after an abdominal operation on Saturday. Dr. E. C. Moore said Hart withstood the procedure well.
Ellett Roosevelt, son of the president, met Ruth Googins a Fort Worth socialite on a blind date in Dallas on March 11. Dallas debutante Elizabeth Samuels and party members described a love at first sight romance. They drove from Washington after a bank holiday and attended dinner at the Baker hotel with Co R. Smith and Hayden Hudson among others.
William H. Vornholt 36 and wife 28 found dead at their Linn county farm six miles south of Mount Vernon. Vornholt shot himself after his wife’s death, coroner cannot determine Mrs. Vornholt’s cause. Neighbors and Harold White describe Vornholt as distraught. Autopsy pending. no inquest decision yet.
Stillman H. Bingham, 60, editor of the Duluth Herald since 1908, died suddenly at his home in Duluth on Saturday morning. He was widely known in newspaper circles in the northwest.
Boots, the attractive heroine of The Gazette's daily panels, will join the Sunday page in a new storyline. She is set to appear next Sunday July 30 enhancing the comic's lively and youthful appeal.
Washington Year 1933 Roosevelt health rumors trigger Wall Street declines. Rumors spread that the president suffered a stroke or pneumonia as markets tumbled amid sensational reports. Roosevelt appears calm at a Friday press conference, joking as headlines swirl.
Julius P. Pauling a 50 year old artist won an injunction to restrain him from harming his wife Ruth Pauling. He had filed for divorce accusing her of cruelty shrewish nagging and causing fear he might kill her.
The article recounts two Roosevelt anecdotes from World War I navy service. One shows officers misjudging a convoy location, another a lights-out British danger, illustrating the need for clear language and decisive action. The speaker emphasizes a steadfast Commander of Ship of State guiding through storms toward calmer seas.
Frank Martin and Mac McCarthy confessed to robbing an Omaha motorist and binding him for weeks. District Judge James Fitzgerald sentenced them to seven to ten years in the Nebraska penitentiary after their arrest in Leon Iowa following a car crash and a guilty plea.
President Roosevelt drafts a nationwide speech for Monday night at 9 30 p m CDT to sell the industrial recovery plan to 30 million workers and employers. He will address minimum wages hours of labor and future benefits while aboard the Sequoia During the weekend cruise observers note broad support for voluntary enforcement and a new appeal court for white collar workers is established to handle complaints and fight inequalities.
The Chicago Board of Trade announces a one day minimum price fixing for grain aiming to stabilize markets after a sharp drop. Trading hours are shortened indefinitely as parity pricing is introduced to limit speculative swings and protect farmers.
Fred A. Fitch and Mrs. Fitch were hurt in an automobile collision on highway No. 11 near Fayette around 4 p.m. Saturday. Mrs. Fitch lies in West Union hospital with a possible fractured rib while Mr. Fitch has a head gash and other injuries. The Crawford family, driving a side road, caused the crash. both cars were badly damaged and Crawford and his wife were unhurt.
Four youths robbed Hendrickson's Jewelry in St Paul on Saturday, held up H. C. Meigen two employees and a friend, and fled with 51 diamond rings valued at about 12000 dollars and 75 dollars in cash.
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