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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1933
Page
1
Washington officials say farmers in the government crop reduction program likely will be asked to cut 1934 acreage by eight to ten percent, reversing earlier plans for up to twenty percent. The move follows a smaller harvest and higher prices, with a final percentage to be announced within days.
Gen Italo Balbo announced Friday that he would take off at daylight Saturday with 24 seaplanes in a bold Atlantic crossing attempt from Shoal Harbor.
The piece explores what people rely on to endure life from Hezekiah’s healing to poetry of admiration hope and love. It argues that each person lives by a personal source of support whether fragile or grand and urges self examination to discover one’s hidden trust. Copyright 1933.
The Italian air fleet en route home from the United States was postponed indefinitely after pilots were told to stand by for a Saturday departure. A Rome dispatch said General Italo Balbo’s armada would leave Shoal Harbor at midnight ECt for Valentia Ireland with an expected fourteen hour Atlantic crossing.
New York govern ing committee of the stock exchange announced regular hours from 10 am to 3 pm would resume next Monday. The exchange will be closed on all Saturdays through Sept 2. Chicago officials also rescinded minimum grain prices and set daily move limits on grains.
Boots the popular American heroine appears in the Sunday Gazette colored comic section. The delightful, vivacious character joins the Girls page with plans for a full feature.
President Roosevelt approved the Grand Coulee dam project in the Columbia River as part of the immediate public works program. The $60,000,000 facility aims to generate power and will begin immediately. He also endorsed resuming work on the nine foot channel on the upper Mississippi and the Caspar Alcorta irrigation project on the North Platte in Wyoming. Submarginal lands will be withdrawn from farming to balance new production from irrigation projects.
W H Hotle 50 and W M Custer 36 both of Washington Iowa tried to drive across the Fourth avenue railroad bridge at 430 pm Friday seeking Highway 161. Hotle faced drunk driving charges and Custer intoxication. Deputy sheriffs Lary Condon and Jay Davis stopped them after a short drive on the tracks.
A small buff cow from a local packing plant was chased by vaquero riders on bicycles and a pickup truck through Waterloo streets. The cow dodged a red light, turned several blocks, then leapt into the Cedar river where pursuers halted the chase using a rope harpoon from a motor boat.
Federal and state police weigh the chance that Charles Arthur Floyd joined the Barrow brothers gang. A bloodstained billfold with Floyd’s photo was found in a decoy car tied to the Iowa theft. Reports say Blanche Barrow and Bonnie Parker Barrow may be in custody as agents pursue the gang in Wyoming and Denver.
Acting chief Roy Mack said Denver police did not notify Park Findley Iowa Bureau of Investigation head that Bonnie Parker was treated for bullet wounds in a Denver hospital. A hospital check found no matching patient.
Chicago police report Thomas Fredinordo alias Tony Rocco, 27, warned he would be slain if caught on the north side. Four men cornered him in a saloon on the northwest side and fired as he tried to run, he died in a patrol officer's arms.
A passenger bus in Holyoke Massachusetts plunged down a 100 foot embankment Thursday night killing two people and injuring fifteen others.
Berlin AP reports Adolf Rohrbach, famed German aviation designer, unveils a propellerless, wingless craft the umlauffluegelflugzeug. It uses revolving blade fins to lift and propel, enabling vertical takeoffs and landings and forward or backward flight.
State's Attorney Thomas J. Courtney announces a new racketeering case against 24 indicted figures in Chicago including Alderman Oscar F. Nelson and Al Capone's successor Murray Humphries as a second grand jury list is prepared. Three arrests have already been made including Aaron Sapiro Jerry Donovan and Sam Feldman. Dr Benjamin Squires travels to Chicago as Alderman Nelson plans to return from Europe to face service.
Aaron Sapiro of New York was arraigned before Magistrate Aurelio in Tombscourt on a fugitive from justice charge from Illinois. After argument the hearing adjourned for two weeks to August 11, with bail set at 1500 dollars.
European American and Canadian police seek a formula for an international clearing house to pursue crooks. The proposed body would handle extradition white slavery drug smuggling and tracing con men while avoiding kidnaping and gangs as American institutions. Roderick Ross calls kidnaping the most atrocious crime and urges strict treatment of American convicts.
Oklahoma City AP reports Charles F. Urschel remains captive with his family awaiting any word from abductors as investigators pursue leads amid a silent case.
A violent earthquake lasting about fifteen seconds struck Unalaska at 3:49 a.m. Friday. Dishes toppled from shelves and clocks stopped, but early reports found no serious damage.
About 400 local business leaders at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Friday approved the President’s wage and hour code. Retailers set 9 to 5 daily hours, 9 to 9 Saturdays, 40 hour weeks for workers, and a 52 hour week for beauty and related shops with a $14 weekly minimum.
Friday's major league games saw Cleveland defeat Detroit 7 2 in the American League while Philadelphia edged Atlanta 13 12 in the National League. Rain interrupted New York at Washington with Detroit and Cleveland posting late totals in the box scores.
Washington outlines a new deal in diplomacy after the Geneva disarmament talks fail. President Roosevelt intends to push a 32 ship program, shift focus to the Western Hemisphere, and reduce emphasis on Europe. He trims commercial attaché presence and pursues bilateral trade pacts with Latin American nations to absorb surplus North American products.
Return from London meeting fuels talk Roosevelt may replace Secretary Woodin with Senator Couzens of Michigan. Observers note Couzens’ White House visit signals Cabinet speculation as Woodin’s resignation seems likely when Congress reconvenes, while Lehman rumors are dismissed.
Fred O'Rourke, 25, arrested after answering ads in The Gazette and arranging meetings with young women, was delivered to Ohio penitentiary transport officer R. I. Mills. Sheriff Petrus and Deputy Davis met Mills at Union Station at 2 15 a m. O'Rourke had escaped from an Ohio prison where he served a theft sentence.
Road toll in Cedar Rapids this year shows rising accidents with accompanying injuries and fatalities. Data indicate a notable increase in collision counts, serious injuries, and deaths compared with prior periods. Authorities warn drivers to exercise caution and follow traffic laws to curb further harm.
The National Recovery Administration ruled that to receive the blue eagle, employers must conform with wage provisions of the code, requiring equitable readjustments above the minimum wage and preventing wage cuts when hours fall. The decision may affect existing labor contracts.
About 1000 independent city grocers require a 90 minute daily break for clerks from 1:00 to 2:30 pm. Housewives cannot shop for dinner during this hour. The siesta follows a meeting to adjust hours under the National Industrial Recovery Act.
Ollie Lee Stratton a 23 year old former soldier and confessed murderer of William Frawley was hanged in the new execution chamber of the Washington state penitentiary Friday. The killing occurred in Port Townsend on August 26 1931 and Stratton carried out the crime confession before his execution.
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