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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1933
Page
1
A farmer told a Gazette employee that Roosevelt era crop reduction bonuses are unnecessary as the heavens seem to signal a compensating crop shortage while grain and securities markets climb. The piece reviews agriculture policy, canal plans, and political maneuvering in Washington and Des Moines.
Otto H. Kahn testified to Senate investigators that Norman H. Davis received 35000 in 1925 for Chilean loan promotion. Kahn cited five Chilean loans totaling 90000000 and said Kahn, Loeb and Co. underwrote them with Guaranty Co. and demanded government guarantees.
CHICAGO INS The arrest of University of Chicago professor Robert Moris Lovett during a picket dispersal provoked liberal protests. University president Robert Maynard Hutchins called the arrest an unwarranted intrusion on private rights. Lovett said he went to the scene at the personal invitation of Police Commissioner James Allman and was released.
Cedar Rapids sweltered under 98 degrees at 1 p.m. with a 24 hour low of 71 and a peak of 99 at 3 p.m. Cloudiness and a light breeze offered some relief as local showers were forecast to move in. Humidity stayed high throughout the day.
The chief of the immigration office at Puerto Mexico Vera Cruz state telegraphed the department of interior that the bodies of Capt. Mariano Barberan and Lieut. Joaquin Collar have been found.
Special to The Gazette Anamosa Iowa H Ireland aged 53 warden of the Anamosa State Reformatory since 1932 died at 310 p m Tuesday from a heart condition He came to Anamosa in 1905 after service in the Philippines and San Francisco He held various local jobs including prison storekeeper bank bookkeeper cafe owner and Grilk restaurant owner He was born November 12 1879 in Jones County and leaves a widow Jennie Northrup and three children Maisie Charles Jr and Dorothy He was active in civic groups and the Masonic Knights of Pythias and Methodist church
Deputy War den F. L. Brinacombe will lead the Anamosa reformatory temporarily, announced by E. H Felton of the state board of control. Felton praised Brinacombe as a valuable, efficient servant who stayed in close touch with details and ruled with a firm but fair mind while being considerate of inmates. He noted Brinacombe overtaxed himself in fulfilling duties.
The Linn County board of supervisors on Tuesday formalized the personnel for the new county federal emergency relief committee nominated by Governor Clyde L. Herring. Chairman Benjamin Tait of Cedar Rapids, a 27 year realtor, succeeds John A. Limback who resigned May 31. Remaining members include Fred Stirm of Alburnett James D. Kennedy of Cedar Rapids and Howard Green and De Laird of Cedar Rapids.
Under-Secretary Raymond Moley arrived in London to press a program of bold experiments aimed at saving the world economic conference and boosting global trade recovery. He said Roosevelt’s brain trust seeks to broaden the conference scope and remains only in London a week. He avoided predicting U.S. leadership on war debts, deflecting that decision to Roosevelt. Observers note a deflation bloc forming among France Italy Holland Switzerland Belgium and Britain resisting Rooseveltian reflation.
The London meeting stalls as central bank representatives led by France press Bank of England to join the US dollar stabilization plan. The Bank of England stays silent, maintaining its stance amid a tense showdown over adopting America’s monetary program.
London reports in informed circles that Britain refused to back a proposed European gold bloc. The plan, led by France, aims to stabilize currencies independent of the United States, seen as a bid to split England and America and constrain independent stabilization efforts.
With 437 of 22,338 precincts tabulated, wets led 57,557 to 26,417 in West Virginia prohibition vote. Early returns show the repeal side ahead by a slim margin as results trickle in from Charleston.
Heavy balloting spread across all metropolitan centers of California as more than 1 500 000 votes were cast on eleven propositions including repeal of prohibition. Observers thought the pari mutuel horse racing bill the Riley-Stewart tax plan and taxation of private non profit schools faced tight chances in a heavy turnout. Repealists anticipated a strong repeal majority while prohibition leaders offered no forecast.
Taxpayers and residents file district court suit to defeat Cabin Park incorporation, seeking to quash the election and withdraw names from the petition. Plaintiffs Campbell Geiger Geiger and Mrs Geiger face defendants including election commissioners and Coxs. The action mirrors protests over a Monday 23 to 9 vote to form a town to obtain beer licenses for local roadhouses.
National League games were rained out in Pittsburgh at New York and Chicago at Philadelphia. Cincinnati led Brooklyn 11 to 14 after big innings, while St Louis beat Boston 6 to 1. American League saw Washington 6 and Cleveland 7 in a rain‑shortened affair, Philadelphia 3 over Chicago 8, New York 9 over Detroit 8, and St Louis 4 over Boston 5.
The piece urges a creed of quiet kindness and tempered judgment. It cites Mrs Wiggs as an example who ignores misery’s temptations to magnify misfortune and instead notes small good in others. It argues real everyday religion lies in recognizing and gently overlooking faults.
C Wilbur Miller of Baltimore filed a $5 million suit in superior court alleging a conspiracy by internationally known financiers and corporations to ruin him and his firms the Davison Chemical company and the Silica Gel corporation. Defendants include Albert H Wiggin Sir Auckland Geddes John J Watson and Henry E Triede among others.
Grains led a broad market boom with wheat futures at Chicago rising about six cents a bushel and May delivery above 1.06 dollars while December neared 1.02 dollars. Corn oats and rye climbed 2 to over 3 cents. stocks remained volatile but largely range bound. Dollar weakens as Sterling hits 4.28 and European currencies firm amid gold bloc activity.
Chicago traders saw one of the war era’s wildest sessions as corn and wheat spiked. December delivery rose to 101.78 per bushel and May to 106.3, while May corn climbed to 64 cents. Advances surged then profit takers pulled back briefly before renewed buying.
Mrs Milo Kratville and her husband were in a car when another vehicle driven by Ernest Nelson struck the rear of their car in front of their home. Mrs Kratville sustained bruises to the shoulders and neck. A physician attended her at home.
Federal grand jury charges Murray Humphreys, Capone era Chicago mob lieutenant, with evading 1930 1931 and 1932 income taxes totaling $23 190.71. Indictment tied to hunt for gang leader amid a shooting probe of Henry Berger organizer for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Secretary Wallace told Iowa leaders and farmers that the state would control and administer the agricultural adjustment act for corn hogs dairy products and wheat with a plan to hold a Des Moines corn belt conference in mid July. He endorsed forming a representative committee and urged national officials to join and attend the late June or early July meeting for action.
Readers are urged to balance vacation plans with charitable giving to fund Camp Good Health for undernourished Cedar Rapids children recovering from illness and operations. The piece references past donations to Peoples Church in the Woods and urges ongoing support to provide healthful summer experiences.
President Roosevelt approved a 30 cent per bushel wheat processing tax for millers effective July 9, with compensatory import taxes and a plan to curb wheat acreage. Cotton tax to follow around August 1. Conversion factors will tax flour stocks held by mills on July 9.
In Albany New York ratified the congressional repeal of the Eighteenth amendment with Elihu Root declaring there will be no state to stand up against the will of the United States. The statement reflects President Roosevelt’s home state affirming repeal on Tuesday.
New York dispatch reports Doug Fairbanks Jr still seriously ill with lobar pneumonia at Doctors Hospital. His personal physician Dr H Mason Hicks says he is making a satisfactory fight but remains in danger, with crisis expected in seven to nine days.
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