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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
1
Amid a flood of politics and economic worry, discussion centers on a $30,000,000,000 bond issue to back government mortgage relief, and mobilizing 250,000 unemployed workers for forest work at $30 a month. Labor leader Green opposes compulsory work and charity-only relief.
Roosevelt signs the beer and 3.2 percent alcohol bill at the White House. Beer sales may start April 6 in fourteen states with federal enforcement to restrict on premises before midnight. Revenue projected at about 120 million annually.
The piece reflects on married life with Carlyle Verdi and Stevenson as examples of genius temperaments. It argues that mood swings, irritability, and “temper” affect daily living and that humane living requires patience and self-improvement. It notes humor and sorrow coexist in long marriages.
The Iowa House of Representatives narrowly failed to repeal Sunday blue laws in a 48 to 48 tie. Rep. John H. Mitchell of Webster City sponsored the bill to end prohibitions on firearms, dancing, hunting, shooting, horse racing, buying or selling, and labor on Sundays with fines of 1 to 5 dollars for violations.
In Berlin the Prussian Diet under the Nazi led government endorsed a policy of political union with Austria. General Karl Litzmann and Hans Kerry spoke as the body elected officers and committees amid cheers. Prince August Wilhelm attended. The floor leader saluted eight Austrian Nazis and proclaimed Prussia’s aim toward a united Germany, erasing Marxism and aligning Prussianism with Nazism.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins announced a March 31 conference of national labor leaders to discuss immediate relief for the unemployed, shorter hours, and a permanent program for improving labor standards. Three women will attend, including Rose Schneiderman and Mary E. Dreier.
Daniel L. Gilday a 67 year old Chicago reformer was fined 100 after a jury found him guilty of assault in the shooting of Herman Knol a 17 year old Boy Scout Knol was critically injured and lingered in hospital for weeks Gilday had prior murder assault convictions reversed by the Illinois supreme court.
Berlin report says President von Hindenburg signed a broad amnesty canceling charges against Nazis and nationalists who, before Tuesday, were accused of crimes “in furtherance of the national revolution” including attackers of American citizens. The move thwarted U.S. efforts to prosecute alleged Nazi storm troopers.
U S Attorney George Medalie told a federal grand jury in New York that Charles E. Mitchell faced tax evasion charges tied to a 1929 $657,152 income tax claim. Investigators examined a $2.8 million loss from a stock transfer to Mitchell’s wife and questioned legality of $9 million in officer payments at National City Bank over three years.
Iowa lawmakers consider a joint drafted bill to set up constitutional convention machinery for prohibition repeal. A conference committee was set, with promotion of prompt action, as both chambers mark it for debate. The plan would elect repeal and dry delegates from 99 counties, then hold a state election.
Two Waterloo men Louis Rose and Lloyd Creeden were brought to Cedar Rapids as suspects in a Monday bank robbery. Bank staff and a garage owner could not positively identify them and released them at 2 10 p.m. Wednesday. Police said the men had been seen with two women at a north side roadhouse where a threat involving a large revolver was alleged. Authorities then went to Waterloo to question the pair.
The Iowa House appropriations committee finished work on the general appropriation bill for 1933-35, cutting the budget to 11,404,693 annually, a reduction of 4,021,500 from the Forty-fourth Assembly. Major cuts hit education and institutions. salaries below 999 receive 5 percent cuts, higher salaries up to 35 percent, with travel, telegraph, and other expenses reduced as well.
President Roosevelt called a White House conference with congressional leaders to press his reforestation employment program as hearings begin to evaluate the bill. Speaker Connery remains opposed to paying a dollar a day, warning it could set an unskilled wage precedent while government support would cover food housing and medical care. The plan, tied to a 250000 camp workforce, aims to avoid confusing army enlistment and insists on necessary discipline while hearings proceed.
Janet Allen Walker Wednesday won a recommendation for an absolute divorce from her husband James J. Walker former New York mayor. Master in Chancery Thomas Dowdell held a preliminary hearing after which final decree is expected within about five days. Mrs Walker testified he left their home October 15 1928 and has refused to live with her since.
Washington officials said they hope to win legislation soon to authorize the administration to negotiate reciprocal commercial treaties based on mutual tariff concessions.
Washington AP reports Senator Norris of Nebraska predicts passage of the Muscle Shoals government operation bill after a conference with President Roosevelt. The Norris statement follows talks on the Alabama power and nitrate plant during the current congressional session.
The eastern goldfinch known as the wild canary became Iowa's official state bird after a house vote and senate approval. The resolution places the bird alongside the wild rose and ear of corn as Hawkeye state symbols.
The attorney general and the state banking department ruled in Des Moines that school savings deposited by Cedar Rapids and other public schools are trust funds and may be withdrawn as before the moratorium. The Cedar Rapids American Trust and Savings Bank, local depository, will restore withdrawal rights for school savings.
The farm relief measure cleared the House by a large margin with 315 votes to 98, as supporters touted a new national plan for farm aid and surplus control. Debate emphasized Secretary Wallace powers and potential refinancing actions, with Senate amendments forthcoming and party leaders aiming for Roosevelt approval. Iowa Republican reps backed the bill while several Democrats opposed, paving a party divide on the pivotal farm measure.
Speaker Rainey indicated the Jones bill proposes a bond issue possibly reaching 30 billion dollars to ease farm mortgage burdens. He said that amount would be needed if the government assumed the entire farm mortgage burden nationwide and expressed hope the President’s plan adopts this form.
Washington Senator Johnson reintroduces proposals for federal supervision of foreign loans in the United States and to bar loans to countries in default to the U.S. or its people.
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