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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1933
Page
1
A quirky recap notes Chicago’s June temps hitting an all time low for the month after a prior high while touring global issues from Washington to London. It frames Uncle Sam amid London talks and domestic budget woes, then shifts to local concerns including a Chicago judge, Father’s Day, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Washington dispatch outlines a planned shift to a government supervised economic order. It details codes for five major industries textile autos oil coal and steel, with wage scales and hours, under the Industrial Recovery act led by General Hugh S Johnson as head. Trade associations will align quickly as laws are enacted and signed.
Five Wisconsin firemen arrived in New Glarus and fought a car fire in the upholstery rear seat without gear. They stopped at a roadside tavern and used two steins of three point five beer, extinguishing the blaze with one stein and drinking the other.
George Flynn an American Oil employee in Mukden Manchuria was bound by a gang that forced entry to his home Friday night and stabbed him by its leader without provocation. The robbers escaped with household possessions and Flynn was near death.
A vivid line notes the lion with his head turned, disdain clear as the monarch of beasts surveys his realm. The image frames majesty and aloof power, hinting at a ruler untouched by mortal concerns.
May automobile output rose to a twenty two month peak, a win for industry observers though critics warn the car has harmed civilization and would be recalled if the boom returns.
A Harvard preacher quotes In the Cross of Christ I Glory, recalled as penned by Sir John Bowring while Bowring led China opium policies. The piece argues piety can coexist with public wrong and cautions readers to beware their own blind spots. Copyright 1933.
Chicago area contract details state the Chicago Burlington and Quincy will build a three car articulated stainless steel train capable of 120 mph. Budd Manufacturing to construct cars and GM Winton division to supply the eight cylinder 600 horsepower diesel motor. Experimental service planned for fall.
Beverly Benson writes a smashing Cedar Rapids Gazette romance titled Bachelor’s Play Thing. The story promises thrills and power beyond the ordinary and will appear soon with further announcements forthcoming.
The Roosevelt administration rejected European proposals for stabilizing the dollar at the London World Economic Conference. Officials outlined limits on U S action, stating no current restraint on rising U S commodity prices, while cautioning that the plan might only serve as a basis for future consideration.
Cedar Rapids industry reports higher operation in recent weeks with increased shifts and longer hours. Quaker Oats unloads 120 to 125 grain cars daily from Iowa farms for local storage. Three Minute Cereals notes output ahead of last year as Penick and Ford runs heavy with five to six days more work. Mr Sinclair and Co and others add staff while the packing house keeps one eight hour shift.
President Roosevelt boarded the Amberjack schooner at Marion Massachusetts at 6 30 p m and prepared to sail north into the Atlantic Sunday morning A strong off shore wind blew as he inspected the vessel and settled into the cabin before an anchor in the stream He earlier visited Groton and Quincy delivering remarks and receiving a Quincy granite vase His voyage is to begin at 7 am Sunday after a rainy drive and a stop in Groton with his mother Mrs Sarah Roosevelt accompanying him
Chicago AP reports representatives of over forty crude oil producers, controlling about 95 percent of U.S. supply, adopted a plan allowing the President to fix maximum and minimum prices. The move rejects the industry’s own code, provoking criticism from Sun Oil’s J. Edgar Pew and Shell’s R. G. A. Van Derwoude. Ames of the Texas Oil Co warned against a future dollar oil scenario.
Washington based Bureau of Labor Statistics reported May retail food prices rose about 32.3 percent from April. Compared with May last year, overall prices were down roughly 12 percent. Cabbage led gains at 30 percent. onions 22 percent. navy beans 16 percent. lard 13 percent. evaporated milk 12 percent. butter 11 percent. eggs and flour 10 percent. cheese and potatoes 6 percent.
Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa forecast Iowa would adopt the Wisconsin plan to reopen banks held by frozen farm mortgages. He said refinancing could reduce farmer debt by about 30 percent and release funds for state and local needs, boosting Iowa’s farm credit and bank activity after the plan’s Wisconsin trial.
Henry Morgenthau Jr plans a statewide laboratory in Wisconsin starting Monday to pilot the federal farm mortgage act refinancings. The project seeds $150 million for the state with an immediate $35 million cash infusion to support banks and depositors.
Forecast for the week beginning June 19 calls for cooler conditions in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys except far south, with generally seasonal temperatures and little precipitation after the start.
Twenty seven underprivileged children travel to Camp Good Health to receive nourishing meals, rest, sunshine, and medical care. Nurses record meals such as meat stew and milk, while dietitians note full consumption. Miss Margaret Porter leads activities with aides as frail youngsters begin recovery. Continued on page 3.
Washington AP reports Attorney General Cummings orders the Justice Department to pursue killers and racketeers after the Kansas City slaying of Raymond J. Caffrey. Aimed at tracing suspects linked to Frank Nash escape plans, the move follows Roosevelt remarks on curbing labor racketeering amid new industrial bill provisions.
Vienna police killed one of three men and arrested the other two after an attempted kidnapping of Moritz Pallack's son. The suspects were charged with kidnapping attempts in the Austrian capital.
Washington AP Admiral William V Pratt chief of naval operations ordered all naval vessels and airplanes in Alaskan waters and near the Aleutians to search for Jimmy Mattern the round the world flyer missing on a Siberia to Alaska hop. The repair ship Argonne under Captain Harry Dad and at least two flyers Ensign William A Moffett Jr and Lieut John Vest were in the area.
Washington derived report shows revenue freight loading for the week ending June 10 at 564,546 cars, the year’s high. This gains 56,312 from the prior week and 62,861 above the 1932 figure, with further increases across categories including 218,123 cars of miscellaneous freight and 87,944 coal. Western districts report notable rises in grain and livestock as well.
Dallas report says County Auditor John Crosthwaite would issue a fresh check for a man who found an old 1916 dated check and attempted to cash it. The bank referred him to the auditor after the stale instrument surfaced in a book. The note underscores the age of the check being irrelevant to the auditor.
A Cedar Rapids toll summary notes counts of accidents injuries and fatalities for the year. The record lists numbers including one hundred seventy four as a total figure across incidents and outcomes.
In St Paul two Theodore Hamm Brewing officials William Duns and Herbert Charlies made a hurried automobile trip after a ransom note to await further instructions. Police suspicions focus on Verne Sankey, linked to multiple abductions. Officials say Hamm’s family may gain time for negotiations while police shift strategy. Minnesota offers full state aid as investigations resume.
Twin Cities police and federal officers investigated a possible link between the Kansas City five slayings involving Frank Nash and the William Hamm kidnapping. Nash was seen near Minneapolis in the last three weeks, and a Pennsylvania registered car tied to Hamm’s abduction was stopped in Hopkins for speeding before the driver was freed. W S Gordon of Burns Agency doubted the speeder was Nash, as investigators pursued Nash in bank robbery cases across Minnesota and neighboring states.
Prague authorities prohibited sale and distribution of virtually all German newspapers as reprisal for the suppression of sixty six Czech papers in Germany. A total of ninety eight German publications were banned by Czech officials.
A crowd watching an airplane stunt in downtown Kansas City saw two bandits slug a messenger, Clarence Simmons, 24, and steal 411 dollars. Officers questioned witnesses, but only one person reported the assault while others followed the aerial show.
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