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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1933
Page
1
The report highlights James M. Cox pressuring French delegates at the London economic conference over monetary stabilization. It notes Cox demanding results, the French conceding to continue talks, and hints of his influence over war debt questions. The piece also covers Aimee Semple McPherson headlines, child labor debates, and a merger of Burlington newspapers.
Kenneth Buck was found guilty of kidnapping 104 year old Margaret McMath and extorting 60 000 from her parents. He received a state prison sentence of 24 to 25 years. Cyril Buck was acquitted of kidnapping charges.
Government secret agents sought to prevent vengeance on F. J. Lackey a Department of Justice agent wounded in the Union Station massacre. He was moved from Research Hospital and registered under an assumed name in quarters known only to fellow agents. Authorities fear an attempt to silence him.
In St Paul a municipal judge ruled that 3.2 per cent beer though non intoxicating can slow a driver enough to be a menace on the highway leading to a driving while intoxicated charge. Leon Decorsey was fined 100 dollars plus costs after a collision.
Seventeen Delaware delegates to the repeal convention voted unanimously for the Twenty first amendment and the state joined five others in ratifying repeal of the Eighteenth amendment. Pierre S. DuPont and E Ennalls Berl announced all delegates had voted as pledged on May 27.
The trial of T. W. Kreichbaum, ex-president of the American Savings Bank and Trust of Burlington, went to a jury after five weeks of testimony. He faced a charge of receiving a deposit while knowing the bank was insolvent.
A tribute recalling Donald Hankey, author of A Student in Arms, who died on the Somme in October 1916. The piece portrays his gentle charisma, selfless life in East London slums, and the enduring impact of his essays on courage and belief.
Italian air officials reported clearing weather in the Alps and announced that Sunday morning the Italian air armada would depart on the first leg of the mass flight to Chicago. General Italo Balbo weighed a new route but favorable mountain conditions encouraged the original plan.
France's chamber of deputies passed a bill to ban foreign wheat imports and grant an export bonus to French producers, fixing wheat at 115 francs per quintal while prices rose. The move risks disrupting the world economic conference as major wheat exporters face coordinated limits. The Senate review proposed a three month temporary admission ban instead of full suppression.
Senator Norris calls for formal recognition of the Soviet Union citing a proposed Soviet purchase plan for American meat, cotton, and machinery. He argues Russia has not defaulted on obligations and contrasts divorce costs, religion, and trade potential with U.S. policy. The U.S. board of trade also urges restoring full diplomatic relations with Moscow.
President Roosevelt endorsed the cotton crop reduction program as farm act administrators prepare a southern campaign to cut this year's output by about ten million acres and reduce potential bale production by three to four million. The plan relies on individual farmers to implement congress prescribed methods to improve their situation.
Aimee Semple McPherson was reported seriously ill in Paris Hospital with a major abdominal operation performed ten days earlier. In Los Angeles, David L Hutton denied reports of an infant, while awaiting confirmation about a possible Paris child.
Vienna reports the Austrian government issued treason warrants for all Nazi leaders, guarding frontiers to stop escapes. Nazi head Albert Frauenfeld was arrested in a treason plot case, immunity for council members revoked, later freed but under police surveillance.
AP reports a week beginning Monday with the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Expect one or two periods of local showers and temperatures near or above normal.
The new national recovery program sees clashes ahead over textile fair competition codes, coal autos and chain stores price fixing, plus profiteering probes. Labor presses for a 36 hour week and higher-than-10 dollar minimum, while capital and consumers boards form to balance interests as hearings begin.
Actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was hospitalized in New York after arriving from London. He was diagnosed with pneumonia and placed under daily nursing care at the hospital. The news came from his mother Mrs. Jack Whiting’s home.
The article highlights Camp Good Health as a serious health program for children. It explains children attend after doctor’s examination and may stay two weeks to two months. Release depends on doctor’s checkups and the camp fund supports longer stays for lasting benefits.
George Laird, Quaker Oats general manager, reports from Iowa inspe ction tours that corn looks fair but small grain, barley and oats are poor. He cites 30 percent to 70 percent normal prospects across regions from Denison to Waterloo, with best outlook near Cedar Rapids and Mason City.
In Mexico Missouri a 75 year old retired farmer Justin V White shot and killed his bride of a few months Mrs Mary E Clifton formerly of Elk City Oklahoma as she prepared to visit a sick grandson. He then committed suicide. The couple had recently married.
Berlin dispatch reports the resignation of Rev. Friedrich Bodelschwingh as federal bishop after the appointment of a government commissioner to oversee churches. The German Christians gained control, dissolving elected church bodies in Prussia and placing all evangelical groups under a single commissar amid nationwide moves. Nazi occupation extended to Catholic center trade unions, aligning them with Hitler’s regime.
Vatican condemns Germany for disbanding Catholic clubs as a political move. A Vatican official compares the action to Mussolini in 1930 and urges proofs that the clubs are political before any dissolution. The Holy See hopes Germany will not repeat Italy’s clash with the church amid Hitler’s regime.
Chicago reports warn of almost total crop failures with corn as a possible exception. Wheat futures jump 25 cents as drought and heat cut spring wheat acreage. Oats and rye follow suit while corn rises to 114 cents amid fears of a tight market and possible imports.
Cincinnati AP report notes the disabled American veterans of World War I may skip demanding a cash bonus at their 1933 convention. National Adjutant Vivian D. Corbly says the group will oppose the administration's economy measures affecting veterans' disability appropriations and insists service-connected cases be prioritized. The Ohio department convention precedes national sessions starting Monday.
William P. Devon, 76, is cancelling $200,000 in delinquent rents owed by tenants of 500 properties. Notices show the cancellation as of June 1, affecting about 800 families, over 90 percent of them Black, who lease his west end holdings.
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