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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1933
Page
1
Readers confront fierce criticism of veteran benefits cuts and wartime compensation policies as critics label moves cruel and ruthless. The piece notes political maneuvering to restore generosity, and comments on Russia trade, tariffs, and public sentiment during a tense postwar era.
United States signals willingness to accept automatic and continuous world arms supervision with conditions. Norman H. Davis notes US not obligated to employ sanctions or war as punishment for treaty violations, accepting French proposals while preserving selective restraint.
An Army Air Corps bombing plane crashed into Cajon Pass near San Bernardino while en route from March Field to Crissey Field. Three privates died and four others injured. Pilot Lieut McHenry escaped with minor injuries and helped transport the wounded. The crash occurred in dense fog at less than 100 feet altitude.
Oklahoma City (UP) Ernest Andrews 32 and C B Statham 28 both of Bartlesville were killed when their plane crashed near here late Thursday after plunging about 150 feet nose first, authorities reported.
Washington AP reports the fifth list of Morgan selected customers shows Niagara Hudson Power stock sales of 56,500 units at 25 dollars in 1929. The Senate banking committee heard the market value around 36 dollars while naming individuals and amounts including Harvey Couch 500 shares and J P Morgan and company among buyers.
A religious talk urges laughter as natural and wise balancing seriousness. It cites St Francis as a model of joyful preaching and warns against living to exploit others or worship wealth, arguing love and service define true fulfillment.
Lieutenant-Governor Kraschel told the North Tama dairy group at a Tracy area picnic that dairy farmers must bear a major share of agricultural rehabilitation since they are organized on a business basis. He urged legislation to favor dairies and land that support prosperous communities with good homes, schools, roads, and living standards.
Frank M. Hallenbeck 58 of Chicago died suddenly at about 11 a.m. while photographing an electrical exhibit at the World’s Fair. He was a commercial photographer, artist, former Lions Club president, and a major in the intelligence department of the officers reserve corps. His sisters-in-law Lulu and Jessie Averill traveled to Chicago for the services at the Englewood Masonic temple.
Senate hearing paused as Lyn Graf a 32 year old circus midget sat on J P Morgan's knee. Circus press agent Charles Lief assisted placement prompting Morgan to blush as photographers captured the moment during the investigation room recess.
In Oklahoma a boy and two men vanish with two cars from T. H. Compton tied to a Detroit to Pasadena trip. Police link the disappearances to Kansas prison escapees from Lansing. In Joplin Kansas fugitives reportedly abduct Blair and Miss Alice Braithwaite for two hours before releasing them at a Neosho filling station. Blair's car was taken.
Eleven convicts escaped from Kansas and Oklahoma prisons in two groups. Violence erupted along the flight path through four southwestern states with bloodhounds tracking the two escaped killers who briefly held a guard as a hostage in McAlester Oklahoma.
A woman visits the Gazette office to renew her yearly donation to Camp Good Health in memory of her mother. The note highlights how poverty deprives children of nourishment, fresh air, and medical care, leaving many mothers burdened by their kids’ hunger.
D Raymond Moley assistant secretary of state and chief Roosevelt adviser will author Sunday articles for public papers. The Cedar Rapids Gazette will carry the first installation next Sunday and subsequent pieces will cover major Washington topics and global interest in government.
Cedar Rapids reports the United State Bank at 99 Sixteenth Avenue SW reopened under state banking department oversight after being released from SF 111. The bank, with $463000 in deposits and $50000 capital, plans a 60 percent three year waiver and 40 percent trust funds. Stockholders face a 90 day assessment period. failure to pay may trigger stock surrender and sale.
Washington RP report says Smith W. Brookhart, adviser to the farm adjustment administration, has received a confidential proposal for a large industrial project tied to new Russian markets. He says Russia offers vast outlets for American industrial goods and farm products and that he is in contact with Amtorg, the Soviet trade representative, aiming for quick results.
The White House pool is completed and President Forsevell plans a first workout within a day or two. The new facility marks a milestone for the executive residence as the President prepares to dive in.
Senate investigators publish part of the 1916 partnership agreement of J P Morgan and company. The document shows Morgan’s final say in disputes and power to dissolve the firm, with future use of the firm name ending if no Morgan descendant remains. The senior partner can compel withdrawals and fix due amounts.
The Cedar Rapids News compares two fur tables from N. Schoen Co. American skins are tanned in the U.S. at 85 cents each, while the Russian table shows skirts of sixty skins made in the USSR for 35 cents a skin, with labor and transport paid by Amtorg. The piece argues Soviet labor reduces costs and highlights unemployment rhetoric.
The senate railroad reorganization bill including the labor retention amendment was formally reported to the House on Thursday by the Interstate Commerce Committee.
Washington leaders promise to correct injustices as Senate debates the independent offices appropriation bill carrying 490 million dollars for veterans compensation and hospitalization for the next fiscal year. They seek bipartisan support to reverse reductions in veterans benefits instituted by the administration.
A Dane man did not blame the post office for a missing August 31 letter from his girlfriend. Fire department electricians discovered the letter during routine box inspection, after it had been mailed in a fire alarm box.
The report reveals J P Morgan as the real master of a large financial empire. Articles of partnership show his decisive power, ending doubts about his control over the vast enterprise he heads. The Senate Banking Committee records make the authority clear.
The report details J P Morgan and company amid a committee review of its sway over American industry and finance. It cites prominent figures and potential profits from securities trades and notes significant income tax figures and the absence of Morgan’s own tax payments since 1929.
Loans arranged by Morgan and company for four United Corporation firms totaled 91 million dollars as of December 31 1930, with none secured. A banking committee secret session trimmed disclosures, leaving the capital and profit divisions blank while revealing Morgan's tight grip and potential unilateral dissolution rights.
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