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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1933
Page
1
A Cedar Rapids area debate centers on incorporating a Cabin Park community to permit beer sales. Proponents linked to road houses seek local control while opponents urge scrutiny of signer residency and legality. The issue prompts state level oversight and a June 26 election with court reviews after results.
Administrators of the farm adjustment act said packing industry representatives are drafting trade agreements to push higher hog prices. The plan, toward Secretary Wallace for approval, targets medium weight hogs to curb heavy swine production and reduce pork and lard surpluses while aligning corn hog policies with producers and processors in upcoming conferences.
Roswell Garst presided a Friday meeting in Des Moines of the Federation of Iowa Farm Organizations attended by over fifty farmers from fifteen groups. A six member committee was tasked to draft recommendations to Secretary Wallace, urging immediate action including reduced hog tonnage with a weight bonus and 1934 corn acreage reductions by land leasing, with no planting on taken land.
Roosevelt begins vacation by motor from South station to Groton to visit his two sons then to Marion for a yachting cruise. About 20 000 people welcomed the President with heavy police presence as he arrived in Boston.
In Minneapolis 22 year old Jeanette Corser an honor student took an unnamed substance to stay awake for final exams. She died before help could arrive after reportedly swallowing poison by mistake.
The court and county attorney are unlikely to approve the incorporation without a strict investigation, if at all. The statement suggests potential delays or rejection pending thorough examination.
Washington officials outlined farm relief steps including a 30 cent per bushel processing tax on wheat to fund payments to farmers and curb surpluses. The plan aims to raise $150 million for wheat and mirrors a cotton tax, with acreage reduction contracts up to 20 percent to meet postwar price goals.
Nome Alaska still holds hope for aviator Jimmy Mattern who started from Khabarovsk to Nome on a 2400 mile flight. Nome veterans say he may land on an uninhabited Aleutian island or return to a Siberian camp, despite silence and fears of accident. Weather along the route has been harsh but not unusually severe recently. Gas supply reportedly exhausted over thirty hours ago.
A mid June heat wave grips Cedar Rapids with a 93 degree reading at 1 30 pm after an 81 degree high earlier in the day under clear skies. The temperature slipped to 74 by midnight Friday and to 73 by 7 am Saturday morning.
Cedar Rapids records show traffic tolls this year with accidents and injuries noted. The figures include counts of incidents and casualties as reported in local transportation summaries.
Theodore Hamm Brewing executive William Hamm Jr. is among four local kidnapping victims in recent months. Police hid details at the family's request while investigators pursued Verne Sankey, then linked to other abductions, as Hamm’s ransom demand surfaced through a beer truck payment plan.
Earl Glenn Carson aged 25 jailed for one year after sending threatening letters to his father Edward Carson in pursuit of $1,000 to finish religious education at a Cincinnati Bible school.
President Roosevelt presents the national industrial recovery act goals to restore employment and boost production. He highlights two stages: immediate job creation by fall and a broad public works program, with plans to hire up to a million new jobs by October and greater numbers later. He mentions $400 million for state roads and $200 million for navy shipbuilding under the London treaty.
Two price increases occurred in Cedar Rapids within 24 hours raising the uniform gasoline price to 13.1, 14.1, and 166 cents per gallon. The rises reflected a federal tax increase while the stated taxes include 3 cents state and 112 cents government tax.
Walsh Construction of Davenport receives a $4.357 million contract to bore nine miles of tunnels including the Colorado River Copper Basin and Whipple Fountain sections in the Colorado River aqueduct project. The award marks the largest contract in the group for an additional eleven miles of tunnels.
Camp Good Health opens with staff on duty and a first group of undernourished children arriving for a promised month of relief. Paul, a five year old, needs a tonsil operation but lacks funds for recovery and meals, highlighting the charity drive’s purpose and impact.
Washington (AP) Leo Wolman, 43, named to protect laboring man interests as the Roosevelt industrial control program takes effect. Wolman, a Columbia economist, worked with Johnson on the War Industries Board and has advised unemployment conferences.
President Roosevelt calls for aggressive public support as federal agencies move to launch the national recovery program. Johnson and Sawyer lead key initiatives including industrial codes, public works, highway funding, and rail coordination while warning against rushed, sloppy approvals. He urges wage increases to lift purchasing power and delay price hikes to spark early growth.
Cedar Rapids machinery firms cheer the public works act's passage and vast construction program. Executives expect re employment and higher output within sixty days, with mid July as a milestone. Speeder Machinery, LaPiant machinery, Iowan Manufacturing, Iowa Steel and Iron Works, and Universal Crusher report rising activity and new orders as repairs and equipment work resume.
Pittsburgh AP reports the internal revenue collector found in envelopes with quarterly income tax returns several notes about Morgan. The comments include The house of Morgan pays none and inquiries like How about Morgan and Give my regards to Morgan.
Floyd bandit Charles Pretty Boy Floyd abducted Polk County Sheriff Jack Killingsworth in a 500 mile abduction ending near Lee Summit. Rickett aided, gunmen forced sheriff into a stolen car, then released him after threats. Authorities posted $6,000 rewards for Floyd dead or alive listing Oklahoma Missouri and other states.
A gun battle at Union Station in Kansas City left five dead including federal agent Frank Nash and four officers. The attackers fled in a car. Nash had been captured Friday in Hot Springs and was being returned to Leavenworth. Authorities, including Attorney General Cummings and J Edgar Hoover, ordered wide manhunt and federal agents to the scene.
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