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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1933
Page
1
Roosevelt warns business leaders that a blanket code will be enforced with public shaming for noncompliance, while urging industry to raise wages and shorten hours. He cites child labor abolition as a model and notes compliance will become mandatory later after industry review.
Industrial administrator Hugh S. Johnson forecast 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 new jobs before Labor Day based on responses to President Roosevelt’s industrial code appeal. He pledged flexible administration of blanket agreements, noted no exemptions for government workers, and said contracts remain in effect.
The decree states that Cabin Park's proposed incorporation lacks merit and should neither be commended nor approved. The explicit purpose of the move is disputed, signaling a cautious stance by authorities on the incorporation proposal.
Two months hence the state legislature will hold a special session to amend the Iowa beer law. The change would allow licenses to be issued to any applicant whose integrity record and business appear to justify the application.
A commentator argues current law unfairly restricts beer licenses to towns and cities and calls for a correction to permit licenses outside municipalities. The statement frames the issue as a needed reform to ease burdens on individuals and businesses outside urban areas.
A reflective essay contrasts Me and Myself as defined by William James. The Me is the outward self others see, while Myself is the inner, hidden self known only to God. The piece discusses loneliness, self-awareness, and the enduring inner life beyond public perception.
The New York Stock Exchange announced after Tuesday's abbreviated session that trading will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time until further notice and no session will be held next Saturday.
The Silvis shops of the Rock Island railroad near Moline Illinois will operate for the full month of August providing 900 men work on a forty hour week basis. It marks the first full month of operation in three years after July saw nineteen days of work.
Berlin reports the official Monitor publishes a new sterilization law as Adolf Hitler's government seeks to curb hereditary mental and physical deficiencies. The code allows state officials to act on scientific determinations that descendants may inherit severe handicaps such as insanity epilepsy blindness deafness or deformities.
Hollywood studios kept production underway as 5000 technicians walked out marking a union dispute. Studios replaced 665 sound technicians who struck Saturday with non union workers, according to union spokesmen.
Judge H C Ring refused to approve the Cabin Park town incorporation west of Cedar Rapids and declined to order a new election. The drive aimed to obtain beer sale rights. objectors led by Campbell Geiger Geiger and Kouba argued against the sole purpose. Court costs totaled 114 22 with witnesses billed at 48 70, and briefs followed the July 12 submission.
In Cedar Rapids, four year old Bobby Markham, injured as his father Edward, mother, and sister Dorothy were killed in a Walker area accident, remains only semi conscious at St Luke's hospital. Coroner Vorpahl delays inquest pending witness checks as Richard Markham, 12, describes the crash. Funeral services for the Markhams and Dorothy set for Wednesday at Sunshine Mission Friends.
Sheriff’s deputies arrested Charles Vierck, 53, of Milwaukee, on extortion and kidnapping charges tied to a $5,000 demand against A J Sich of Sutherland Iowa. Bond set at $20,000. Vierck bound over to October grand jury after police found matching paper, ink, and twine.
Ben Jeffries a dismissed city animal collector denied authorship of letters showing deals with the University of Iowa for live dogs. University officials testified uncertain if the Jeffries present was the same person who dealt with the school.
Joe Brom aged 28 of Dubuque drowned in Lake Peosta after going out too far. Three companions could not save him. Workers recovered the body within about 30 minutes after the Tuesday afternoon accident.
Harold Sharp 40 of Carroll escaped Tuesday from the county jail after sawing five bolts from his cell door. He was jailed July 1 on an auto theft charge.
Barbara Webb presents a novel about four people seeking happiness in Virginia hills. A city runaway finds peace and growth, Jerico Godwin, Vera his mountain wife, and Eleanor chase life in New York. Starts Thursday July 27.
Perry Iowa AP reports Marvin Barrow, dying in a hospital from wounds in a clash with police near Dexter, confessed to Arkansas officers he killed a marshal at Alma weeks earlier. Kansas INS dispatch notes a Texas Barrow gang member trio headed toward Wichita with a machine gun, per detective captain Lytle.
U S Marshal Fred Hird and federal authorities led a day and night sweep for three Barrow gang fugitives near Sutherland Indiana. A small force remained in the area as officers traced a reported sighting east of town while another party followed a trail seen late Monday.
Iowa investigators under Gen Findley and federal agents test firearms left by three Barrow gang fugitives in Dexter to see if they match bullets from the Kansas City depot massacre. Marvin Barrow is questioned in Perry as authorities pursue links to the Missouri shootout.
Des Moines AP reports J. J. Breheny Rock Island general superintendent sees a steady rise in rail freight tonnage in coming months after a 10 to 18 percent jump in midwestern tonnage over sixty days. He notes a 5 000 employee gain on the Rock Island line and expects the summer and fall grain shipments to sustain tonnage. passenger receipts remain flat due to low excursion fares, and he doubts NR A code will apply to railroads amid strict regulations.
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Farmers Holiday association pledged support for National Farm Administrator George N Peek in the fight for price stabilization based on the cost of production. John Chalmers, president of the Iowa group, commended a demand by Peek for regulation of the Chicago grain exchange.
Chicago split two games with Pittsburgh as Warnecke and Hartnett led a 10 run tally while Swetenic and Hoyt combined on the mound. In another pairing Pittsburgh won 4 15 so on. Cincinnati routed St Louis by 16 to 7 as Benton and Frey powered the offense. Washington and Philadelphia rain halted their contest after 57 runs. New York and Boston were washed out. Detroit routed Cleveland behind Hadley and Gray while Chicago defeated Detroit 16 to 9.
Farm administrators and grain exchange reps reached a tentative policy to cap daily price fluctuations on wheat and other grains at 5 cents a bushel. They also propose reducing futures holdings, increasing trader margins, and ending weekly and daily indemnities to curb volatile markets.
Ralph Smith the Gazette newsboy and son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Smith of 717 Fifteenth street SE drowned at 10 45 am Tuesday in the millrace above the Iowa Electric Light and Power hydro plant Several men nearby attempted rescues after Smith fell from the dam headgates and cried for help His body was recovered around 1 pm near the mill race bridge end Dennis who was fishing with him said he went for bait when Smith moved onto the framework and vanished A bridge observer Edgar Young tried the life preserver but failed early efforts continued until rescue crews reached the scene on the riverfront
A Cedar Rapids survey reports the year's auto toll totals with figures for accidents injuries and fatalities. The tally emphasizes traffic risk and safety concerns within the city limits.
The National Corn and Hog Committee, representing ten Midwest states, urged drastic hog production cuts and a processing tax on hogs over 325 pounds. It proposed benefit payments to farmers who withhold pigs and piggy sows, aiming to remove 5 million pounds of pork by January 1 and two billion pounds in the coming year to raise prices.
A Sikorsky amphibian bomber from March Field to Rockwell Field crashed near Oceanside killing seven Army airmen. Among the dead were Lt. Murray and six enlisted men including Corporal Taylor, Sergt Herrick, Sergt Snodgrass, Privates Book Overend and Galdin. A wing tore away at 500 feet, the craft dived and exploded, with one crewman seen clinging to a wing before impact.
ST. LOUIS IN S report says Mike Musiala of Madison county Illinois farmer admitted August Luer kidnapped Alton banker and held him in a vegetable cellar. Musiala identified Randall Eugene Norvell of Namecok Illinois as the brains of the gang and named Percy Michael Fitzgerald known as the Dice Box Kid and Walter Holland alias Irish O Malley as the two who brought the captive to his arm after Lucy was seized at his Alton home.
London AP reports the last hope for a complete international wheat pact before adjournment of the world economic conference ended as exporting and importing nations opted to pursue only a general understanding at this time.
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