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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1933
Page
1
A lively clash over liquor erupts with supporters and opponents trading barbs while urging direct voter choice between a veteran slate and a dry slate of convention delegates. Mooney and labor issues draw attention as calls for fair trials and reform echo through state politics.
A special Iowa House committee reports abundant evidence of collusion among cement contractors for state highway bids from 1929 to 1932. It accuses Fred White and the Iowa Highway Commission of neglect and possible criminality for not alerting the governor or attorney general, and urges further investigation and legal action.
Nazi leaders outlined retaliatory measures against Jews abroad accused of atrocity propaganda. The plan includes boycotting Jewish shops, reducing Jewish university admissions, and curtailing licenses for Jewish doctors and lawyers. Banister propaganda committees to push the facts abroad.
Samuel T. Ansell former adjutant general of the army filed another libel suit for 500000 against Senator Huey Long of Louisiana. The action stems from charges Long made in a senate speech and elsewhere about Ansell.
The public note hints at municipal friction as police department agitators and Mayor Steparek become focal points in a charged debate. The piece frames Steparek as a benevolent figure amid accusations while outlining tensions between city leadership and police actions.
Mrs Janet Allen Walker was granted a final divorce decree from former New York mayor James J Walker. Circuit Judge Worth W Trammell signed the decree on a master in chancery's recommendation after a preliminary evidence survey. The decree allows either party to remarry. Walker denied the alleged failures and claimed Florida residency. he was said to be vacationing in southern France.
In Strasbourg France robbers seized a shipment of postage stamps valued at 1.2 million dollars during a daring hold up. Police traced the crime to an organized gang active in the city.
Tokyo announces its resignation from the League of Nations in a proclamation signed with Emperor Hirohito. Foreign Minister Uchida telegraphs the move to Sir Eric Drummond in Geneva. Japan says its policy is to insure peace in the Orient while retaining mandate islands under Pacific administration.
A home for the aged run by Mrs. Helen Fredericks faced a Monday inquiry by District Attorney William A. Zabel after 38 deaths were reported there. Fredericks is charged with assault and battery and theft by false pretenses from residents. she claims deaths were natural and has enlisted Chicago pathologist Dr. William McNally to testify.
St Pierre administration announced that reports of fishermen finding the skeletons of the missing aviators Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli on a Newfoundland hillside are without foundation. The denial was issued Monday.
Thomas B. Maloy head of the Motion Picture Operators union in Chicago gave himself up to the state’s attorney for questioning over the slaying of union member Fred F. Oser at the union headquarters last Friday. Ralph O’Hara, union organizer, was named in the case.
Washington AP reports indications that a 15 percent salary reduction for federal employees would take effect April 1. The move follows a Labor Department survey showing the cost of living had fallen 23 percent nationwide since 1928.
The United States will lodge a protest with Japanese authorities after air raids on the American Methodist mission near Peiping Taotonying killed nine Chinese residents and endangered two American missionaries. Minister Nelson T. Johnson cited the U S flag flying at the mission residence and demanded assurances of American lives and property protection.
President Roosevelt calls for immediate action on banking irregularities by Treasury officials and investigators. Secretary Woodin states the administration will not withhold information and will promptly refer issues to proper authorities for swift action, defending the policy amid questions on Hoover era cases.
Oklahoma City aviator Wiley Post gears up for a solo globe flight aided by a robot co pilot aboard the Winnie Mae. He tests the robot in Mexico, aims to beat the 8 days 15 hours 51 minutes record set with Harold Gatty in 1931, with Harbor Grace as a water jump starting point.
Washington reports Democratic leaders aim to pass a two bill package this week. A 250000 man conservation corps would work in forests and receive a wage set by the President. A second measure would grant 500 million dollars to states for relief.
Senator Wheeler introduces a resolution asking the Justice Department to probe Olson’s charges that former Secretary Mellon and treasury officials failed to collect about $600 million in taxes from foreign steamship companies. Olson had sued in the DC Supreme Court seeking roughly $220 million plus interest for the United States.
Hundreds planning moves at month start monitor the Gazette for rental vacancies. If you have not placed an ad yet for apartments houses rooms offices or stores do it now to avoid being left behind. Ads cost only a few cents and bring in rent money. dial 2 1121 for ad-taker. Special rates available for 3 day and 7 day ads.
An excerpt discusses the idea of a government backed Whipping Boy editor and how societies assign blame. It links this to biblical scapegoats and Shakespearean lines, arguing people evade responsibility by shifting fault outward and citing human cunning in avoidance.
AP reports Agriculture Department data on the 1933 farm indebtedness totaling about 12 billion dollars. Mortgages amount to 8.5 billion with 3.5 billion in other debts. Foreclosures have helped cut the debt from 1928 levels.
A conference committee on the Beatty Bennett bill in Des Moines pressed for a substitute measure to cut 1933 34 levies about 20 per cent from 1930 totals. The panel planned further changes on how the reduction applies to school districts and met with State Superintendent Agnes Samuelson and department officials. Senator Roy Stevens said the report could be finished Tuesday.
The House approved acceptance of a publicly donated swimming pool for President Roosevelt at the White House. Majority Leader Burns noted $22,656 had been subscribed by newspaper readers in several large cities to fund the tank on the west terrace of the executive mansion.
Washington AP reports President Roosevelt ordered consolidation of scattered federal farm credit agencies including the farm board. Secretary Wallace issued a broad financing program to Congress aimed at adjusting farm indebtedness. Henry Morgenthau Jr. to head the new Farm Credit Administration, operating in sixty one days if not blocked, with Morgenthau pledging to administer for farmers.
The plan consolidates farm loan functions under the Farm Credit Administration by abolishing the federal farm board and renaming it. It transfers duties from the treasury and agriculture departments to the new agency and authorizes banks to refinance farm debt for up to two years using Reconstruction Corporation funds. The change includes buying mortgages or exchanging bonds and shifts authority to the farm credit governor and commissioner, with various transfers dating to 1918 provisions.
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