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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1933
Page
1
A jagged collection of notes covers graft inquiries at Progress concessions, a Hitler reward threat in Germany, Cuba politics under Machado, Iowa tax stamps and furniture spending, World's Fair exhibits, and a Kansas City kidnapping ransom case.
Jim Mattern, flying a Lockheed Vega, left Floyd Bennett Field at 3 21 a.m. and headed east across the Atlantic toward Europe with 700 gallons of fuel and emergency gear. He predicted a Berlin landing Sunday morning possibly via Paris, Moscow, Siberia and the Pacific before returning to New York.
London reports favorable weather for Jimmy Mattern over the Atlantic on Saturday night. Strong tail winds prevail across the western ocean with some fog pockets. Near England winds are light with possible local thunderstorms but no major risk to the flyer. No change expected in the next twelve hours.
In Chicago a stalled car on a street drew attention from a handsome young man in a luxury automobile who stopped to help a pretty girl named Vira M. Knickerbocker get the engine running. He revealed he is Prince Carl of Sweden visiting the World’s Fair.
The first Sunday article by Prof. Raymond Moley, assistant secretary of state and head of Roosevelt’s brain trust, appears today and is featured on page 5.
Tord Ponsonby recalls Queen Victoria’s small stature yet regal bearing shaped by discipline from childhood. The piece urges readers to lift chins, endure hardship, and embrace royal qualities as a guide for hard times.
MINNEAPOLIS UP reports the Firestone Tire and Rubber company shows its May sales surge as the biggest in its history. President Harvey S. Firestone says the tire business nationwide reflects a boom, with conditions improving after a period of low mood.
Illinois and Indiana voters head to polls next Monday and Tuesday to decide on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. Indiana seen as keystone, with Governor McNutt and Democratic groups backing repeal. Illinois focus on repeal vote size plus a concurrent judicial election. Beer sales in Cook County halted, but enforcement seen as unlikely under the election law.
James A. Reed former United States senator from Missouri was injured when the plane he rode in crashed on takeoff in Tulsa. He received two stitches for a scalp wound and had minor cuts and bruises. Four other people in the plane were uninjured.
A new bat like flying wing called the arup underwent initial trials in South Bend Indiana. Designed by Dr Cloyd L Snyder the craft shows promise of greater safety speed and altitude. Glenn Doolittle piloted the flights and the model features a 37 horsepower motor with a 19 foot wingspan and 211 square foot wing area.
The Vatican denounces Spain's new religious law as a grievous error and protests state suppression of church rights. It condemns property nationalization and dissolution of orders, while noting no papal excommunication is issued and the nuncio remains in Madrid.
Weather in the upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys remains unsettled with frequent showers. Temperatures are expected to run above normal for most of the period.
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt urged states to create paid work camps for unemployed women. Two camps are under way in Bear Mountain State Park New York where residents work cook and learn skills without wages. She hopes other states will fund camps with federal aid if plans are approved by Harry Hopkins.
George Ludeman railroad agent for Cedar Falls Waterloo and Northern was found between moving train cars Friday morning and died. Cedar Rapids pathologist Dr Vorpahl ruled the death accidental after investigation and said there was no inquest. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 11 am at Gaffney and Moore chapel with Rev Plaine Hytén officiating. Burial in Parkersburg.
In Washington, the National Association of Manufacturers adopts resolutions to oppose labor and licensing provisions in Roosevelt’s recovery plan. The bill, passed by the House, faces Senate revision amid lobbying pressure, with leaders arguing the licensing protects industry while labor groups accuse the industry of opposing workers’ rights.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette appeals for donations to Camp Good Health to restore ten year old Bob, real name Barbara, who after severe injuries and poverty cannot afford a country rest cure. The camp aids underprivileged children recovering from illness or operations with nourishment, fresh air, and sunshine.
President Roosevelt's views on 25 percent limits on veteran benefit cuts remained unclear after White House talks with lawmakers. House Democrats favored accepting senate limits with minimal changes, while some called for immediate action without conference. Senator Cutting and Speaker Rainey indicated potential votes on the veteran provisions as the independent offices' appropriation bill gains $170 million.
Washington report states Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt intends a swift air journey to California without fear of air travel She plans to stay in Los Angeles two days and return to New York Friday She may overnight at Greenway's ranch with her son Elliott and visit cousin Mrs Parrish in East Orange New Jersey en route back to Washington
At Fort Crook Nebraska six Civilian Conservation Corps foresters were discharged after an investigation of a brawl near the fort early Friday in which three regular soldiers were badly beaten. About 100 foresters reportedly took part and 15 others were allowed to stay after pledges of better conduct.
President Roosevelt sent to the senate Saturday the nominations of Harcourt Alexander Organ of Tennessee and David E. Lilienthal of Wisconsin to be members of the Tennessee Valley Authority. He also nominated William Stanley of Maryland to be assistant to the attorney general and Louis Fitzhenry of Illinois to be U S circuit judge Seventh Circuit. Organ is president of the University of Tennessee and a noted scientist who served as food administrator for Tennessee during the war.
President Roosevelt named J. J. Thomas of Nebraska and M. L. Szymczak of Chicago to the federal reserve board. He sent to the Senate nominations for Carroll Miller of Pennsylvania to the interstate commerce commission and Harold M. Stephens of Utah and Frank J. Wideman of Florida as assistant attorneys general.
Geneva AP Norman H. Davis the American ambassador at large will meet in Paris with French Premier Edouard Daladier and Foreign Minister Joseph Boncour and with British Lord Londonderry on disarmament issues set for Thursday in the French capital.
The Senate adopted the administration resolution abolishing gold payments in public and private contracts, 48 to 20, sending 316 to President Roosevelt for signature. Senator Borah defended the move as necessary amid global shifts away from the gold standard, warning of dire consequences if kept.
Dr. J. 3 and his wife from Dallas were killed in a two-vehicle crash near Tulsa on Saturday. Six others were injured, three of them children, in the collision that occurred in the Oklahoma area.
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