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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1934
Page
7
International News Service reports Britain will sequester German trade balances to pay British bondholders, and France plans similar measures to safeguard its citizens. Berlin warns against reprisals following Germany's debt moratorium.
London reports Chancellor Chamberlain warned that if a satisfactory Anglo German debt agreement is not reached by July 1, Britain will push legislation to create an Anglo German clearing office to protect British bondholders. Paris vows reprisals, intending to impound 300000 German marks to pay interest on Young and Dawes loans.
New York report says every U S Navy sailor with a mustache was ordered to report to the flagship Pennsylvania for examination in a nationwide search for Grace Budd, abducted in 1928, linked to a mustached man seen with her on Riverside Drive. A photo posted aboard ships spurred the hunt. Nearby, German use of municipal plant waste heat warms greenhouses for off-season vegetables.
Washington report shows the United States treasury faced a near empty receipts day as Finland paid 166 538 in the full war debt installment while ten other debtor nations signaled nonpayment. The Treasury faced only a fraction of the due sums, prompting concerns of a fresh European debt crisis and possible German financial strain.
Rev Dr J H Ingram, 75, a noted scholar of Chinese culture and promoter of US China relations, was shot and killed by bandits at his summer cottage ten miles west of Peiping. His wife Mrs Isabel Mayer and three grandchildren escaped. bandits looted the house and escaped with about $5. The tragedy occurred after a night of terror as the attackers searched rooms for money.
OSSINING N Y AP two men died Thursday night in the electric chair one a condemned prisoner who refused an emergency appendicitis operation saying I might die Ross Caccamise 24 of Rochester N Y survived the appendicitis attack only to meet certain death led into the execution chamber at 10 pm pronounced dead four minutes later William Vogel 26 of New York City was led to the chair by Protestant chaplain Rev Anthony N Peterson prison officials said Caccamise shammed insanity Thursday
A. N. Watson advertises Saturday through Thursday specials at 129 Third Avenue SW with free delivery. Listings include butter cookies, home cookies, graham crackers, fig bars, multiple spices, vanilla, tapioca, Peaberry coffee, teas, starches, flours, cereals, noodles, rice, beans, sugars, soap, laundry aids, salt, produce, and a range of fruits and vegetables.
Nelson T. Johnson, the American minister to China, expressed sorrow to Mrs. Ingram and then urged police to arrest the murderers of Dr. Ingram, following reports of soldiers who recently mutinied.
Five newborn Dionne quintuplets and their 24 year old mother, Mrs. Ovila Dionne, showed health gains. Dr A R Dafoe and five nurses guard them at the Corbeil home as the infants gain weight to boost survival prospects. The babies total 11 pounds 3 ounces, up 3 ounces. Annette, second heaviest, shed a fraction of an ounce while others held firm. The mother was ordered back to bed two days earlier.
Ulster County District Attorney Cleon D. Murray said an inquest into the Last Chance Mountain airplane disaster that killed seven may not proceed. The inquiry was shifted to Ulster after wreckage was found to lie inside the county, though Sullivan officials had begun the initial probe.
An international event sponsored by the Mid-West Outboard Association and the National Outboard Association features a Williamsburg girl as the first beauty entry. The schedule includes factory tours, a beauty day with a street dance, and special Made in Cedar Rapids sales on Friday and Saturday June 29 and 30. The regatta, baseball night, and plant tours are part of Cedar Rapids Days.
Thieves removed the cornerstone of the Church of God in Atlanta and extracted contents. The cemented valuables included the entire monetary offering from the first Sunday services and numerous jewelry gifts.
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