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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1933
Page
30
James Iggy Varecha, 17, of Chicago, who faced the electric chair for the murder during an attempted robbery on November 18, was granted a new trial by the state supreme court. Defense in the lower court was led by Clarence Darrow.
Kenneth Romney, sergeant at arms of the House, was arrested Thursday night on drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges in Washington. He was held briefly, posted $15 collateral, then forfeited it and avoided court. A hotel manager reportedly said Romney registered and caused a disturbance, while the patrolman cited a boisterous scene.
Washington AP report notes renewed push to block tax loopholes as big incomes escape federal taxes. The Mitchell tax evasion case in New York spurs prosecutors and reform backers. In Iowa City educators and radio officials met to discuss a state education program. Eugene J. Coltrane of Washington DC was billed as the principal speaker.
An excerpt discussing moral questions from a scientific perspective notes that science weighs societal rights over individuals. It cites two “gems” for reflection, mentions a non hereditary handicap in marriage, advertises a booklet by Wissam on winning arguments, and ends noting 350 of 1000 men are rejected for medical reasons when enlisting.
Berlin reports that Nazis and local authorities enforce the cabinet decree outlawing the Socialist Party, the second largest in the Reich. Socialists lose offices and property. socialist newspapers and meetings are banned. 121 Reichstag seats and many state positions are eliminated. The ban labels socialists and communists as identical and targets those connected with leaders in Prague. Public employees must quit the socialist party. Otto Wells is cited for disobedience by sending a telegram to Geneva.
Dennis Valentine of Iowa City was acquitted by a district court jury of failing to report an automobile accident. He was indicted in May for not reporting the incident dated April 19.
Arthur Huntington research engineer for the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company was installed Friday as president of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers at its annual meeting in Lafayette Indiana. Huntington has been active in the society for about ten years and was elected to the office four months ago.
Ensign M. E. Vorhees died and Seaman Second Class J. A. Sheridan was critically injured in a late Thursday crash involving a naval ship in San Diego California.
A naval plane from V8-3B Squadron at North Island crashed fifty miles east of here during a routine flight after dropping from 200 feet. Crew members Vorhees of Finley Ohio and Sheridan of Bridgeport Connecticut were aboard. The lodge program included an original reading by Jennie Fisher and a flag drif by Warren Pettit with several participants.
Belle Plaine Pythian Sisters host a Flag Day program after their regular meeting. A flag drill features Luella Beyer Winifred Drinovaky Evelyn Hecht Lillian Burnett Ruth Koser Dorothy Mall Joyce England and Marian Radeke. Blanche Young presents History of the Flag. Musical items include Luella Ruth Beyer tap dance and a vocal by Lillian Burnett.
Delegation from Louisa and Muscatine counties met in Ames with the Iowa highway commission to press permanent paving on Highway No. 2 from Grandview to the Washington county line via Columbus Junction. The unpaved gap serves heavy local and through traffic and would relieve local unemployment.
Kelp, a seaweed, is identified as the longest weed known, with specimens sometimes extending up to 1,500 feet in length.
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