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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1933
Page
1
The piece discusses post holiday bank bidding, public deposit safeguards for school savings, and political figures like Verne Marshall and Hindenburg era figures. It notes farm relief debates, price fixing concerns at the University of Iowa, and calls for caution over school deposit guarantees amid a banking crisis.
The new german reichstag opened in Potsdam with President Hindenburg and Chancellor Hitler delivering emotional pleas. The enabling act would grant Hitler dictatorial powers until 1937, bypassing the reichstag and reichsrat to allow rapid laws amid national crisis.
An old gospel-tinged essay argues that fatigue comes mainly from mental worry rather than physical labor. It urges facing facts, weighing pros and cons, and deciding promptly to avoid weariness, noting religion helps master the mind and bring quiet. Copyright 1933.
Mrs Janet Allen Walker testified in a Miami court that she began separate living during the winter of 1928 and that she had done everything possible to keep the marriage with James J Walker, former mayor of New York, together. He was vacationing in Cannes France at the time.
Secretary Frances Perkins announced a sweeping reorganization of the Labor Department. The plan includes overhauling the employment service, a Scientific survey of the statistical service, and consolidation of the immigration service. Fifty five special immigration investigator posts were discontinued and sixteen furloughed due to the $200000 appropriation running out.
The passage argues that bank closures would erase public trust and threaten children’s savings. It stresses that savings must be withdrawable anytime and warns against destroying confidence in banks nationwide.
The house appropriations committee proposed cuts totaling 2 to 3 million yearly in the general appropriation bill, trimming state board of education institutions by about 1.29 million to 5.21 million annually and reducing aid to the state fair from 53 thousand to 26.5 thousand and county fairs from 125 thousand to 75 thousand.
Herbert Hoover returned home to Palo Alto after four years in the White House. A small group of friends and party leaders met him in Oakland and accompanied him by automobile. Civic leaders and Stanford University students and faculty welcomed him to Palo Alto.
The Senate banking committee on Tuesday favorably reported a substitute for the House approved state bank relief measure with changes aimed at aiding the reorganization of closely held banks.
President Roosevelt faces House opposition over a 250000 civilian conservation corps. Rep Connery cites AFL opposition to low wages and refuses to sponsor the bill. Rep Byrnes plans to push the measure, with Green criticizing compulsory service. The plan envisions unarmed recruits paid 30 a month for reforestation and flood control.
W P Hogan and A J Miller president and cashier of Citizens State Bank of Hopkinton carried 21000 in gold coins and currency to Cedar Rapids to make a local deposit. Three thousand in gold coins and eighteen thousand in certificates were wrapped in a newspaper after passage of the hoarding law.
Senator Pittman reports President Roosevelt showed deep interest in restoring silver purchasing power after a White House meeting with congressional leaders. The remark highlights potential federal action on silver policy.
Police recovered the getaway car used by two bandits in the United States bank robbery centered in Cedar Rapids and Marion on Monday night. The abandoned vehicle found near 1626 Avenue NE had Illinois plates over Linn county plates and belongs to garageman George Ressa. Investigators fingerprinted the car, checked the depot area, and followed rail-line sightings while several suspects were detained and released with alibis. The bank loss amount awaits ledger comparison.
Senator George W Norris of Nebraska introduces a constitutional amendment to replace the Electoral College with direct state popular-vote ballots. States allocate presidential votes proportionally to each candidate’s share of the popular vote, with a 1 percent floor. In a tie the House elects the president and the Senate selects the vice president.
Dallas police court heard S F Davis plead payment of a fine but not guilty on behalf of his wife charged with driving past a stop signal.
Co. F. Holsinger reports 30 calls for a Modern 5 room bungalow with garage and garden. He notes only one can rent the place, leaving 29 prospective tenants for others. Place a house for rent ad in The Gazette. Dial 2-1121. Special rates for 3 and 7 day ads.
In Des Moines Democrats push for tax relief but face a GOP minority bloc led by Senators Beardsley Calhoun and Patterson in the Iowa Senate. The Beardsley plan imposes a gross income tax a franchise tax and an individual income tax with stepped rates, potentially hitting small businesses and utilities across the state.
Chicago AP reports the Chicago stock exchange revised its rules to require full publicity of corporation reports and end the practice of ped dling new issues on a when and if basis.
Premier Edouard Daladier pledged France would offer some form of cooperation among the four major western European powers to oppose the danger of war. The commitment followed talks with British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon during a two week peace mission in Paris.
DES MOINES AP After less than two years trial the five day marriage license law will become operative next Saturday. The secretary of state's office said Tuesday that the repeal act recently passed by the legislature is scheduled for publication Friday. Its provisions call for it becoming operative upon publication.
The conference report on the Cullen Harrison bill is approved by the House and sent to the White House after a Senate recess delays action. If President Roosevelt signs Wednesday, 3.2 percent beer and wine will be legal and taxed, with a $5 per barrel tax and a $1 000 brewery permit. Estimated revenue ranges up to 150 million dollars.
The State Department asks its Berlin embassy for a full report on reports of mistreatment of Jews in Germany. Protests against such mistreatment were made, and Germany agreed to prevent further incidents. A national protest movement grows with clergy and civic leaders planning Madison Square Garden remarks against Hitler atrocities.
A proposed constitutional convention bill to decide Iowa's stance on repealing the federal Eighteenth Amendment was ready for Wednesday introduction in both Iowa House and Senate as a sitting committee measure. It envisions county mass conventions selecting delegates, with a three column ballot and at large unit voting. The drafting committee includes Senators Wilson Shangle Harrington and Representatives Stiger Ditto Hartman.
In Washington the farm relief bill moves toward passage as a Democratic majority backs the measure amid sharp debate. Critics label it patronage while supporters claim it is essential to national emergency relief, with leaders postponing final action to Wednesday.
Judge Allen Herrick of Polk County Court Des Moines will be the keynote speaker for the Iowa drys convention in Des Moines next Monday and Tuesday. He will address the group Monday evening on Resist Repeal with Dr D W Morehouse president of Drake University introducing him.
In St Jean de Maurienne France five laborers died and nine were seriously injured when an avalanche buried two buildings during tunnel digging. The tragedy occurred Tuesday as workers toiled in the hillside site near the town. Authorities investigated the cause and secured the area.
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