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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1933
Page
1
A national plan proposes government backed partnership with industry and agriculture to boost production and employment. Critics note the shift from profits to operation with wage boosts and anti trust shifts. Local Iowa concerns discuss farm debts, inflation, and R F C relief amid violence and public reactions.
Chairman Connery announced a revised 30 hour week bill to be submitted by the house labor committee. The measure blends industry administration aims with labor needs, seeks a general national minimum wage, and allows limited foreign imports with a compensating tax proposal to balance costs between foreign and American firms.
President Roosevelt unveils a domestic and international recovery plan focusing on higher commodity prices and an admin backed expansion of credit. He says the aim is to help borrowers repay in a dollar that preserves value while avoiding new distortions.
President Roosevelt speaks to the nation on radio about the banking crisis and New Deal actions. He recalls his inaugural speech, explains measures taken, and outlines plans to restore confidence as the country faces severe economic distress and unemployment.
The author compares embedding stubborn prejudices to a sunken ship under Hell Gate Bridge. Tide and tide lift the hull, illustrating how racial rancors and religious bigotry impede progress. He argues moral laws rise with tides of spirit to unite the City of Man with the City of God.
Clyde Spurgeon aged 38 of 107 First Avenue Cedar Rapids died Sunday afternoon by self inflicted gunshot. A former restaurant operator and early motorcycle racer, he served briefly as a special motorcycle patrolman for the police department from Sept 8 1918 to Oct 7 1919. Coroner R A Vorpahl reported despondency over ill health and finances. He was found in his apartment bath room fully dressed after a short interval alone. No inquest will be held. His wife Mrs Spurgeon notified authorities.
The House paused farm relief inflation action delaying final passage. Goss challenged conferees over language replacing grain with any non perish able agricultural commodity on the farm. Jones planned a rules appeal to waive objections and push for a vote late Monday or Tuesday.
Rome AP reports Cardinal Cerretti former auditor of the apostolic delegation at Washington died of pneumonia Monday at age.
Following President Roosevelt’s call for industry cooperation, about 30 000 to 40 000 workers across multiple companies gain 5 to 10 percent wage increases. The E L Cord corporation, employing 10 000 across 25 states, leads a blanket 5 percent rise set for May 10, with 15 Greenville cotton mills adding 10 percent. Ford launches a new V-8 campaign while Cord units like American Airways are noted in the broader move.
A U S Senate bill proposes a 6 billion dollar public works program to employ about two million men for two years at five dollars a day. Costigan Cutting and La Follette champion the plan, arguing it could revive the economy, while Roosevelt aides move to suppress it and favor a smaller appropriation. The proposal envisions road and bridge building, flood control, forest rehab, and soil conservation nationwide.
The administrations national blue sky bill to regulate sale of securities passed the Senate late Monday without a record vote and moves to conference with the House. An amendment creates a federal corporation of twelve FTC named members to aid investors in defaulted foreign stocks and bonds and advise the public.
Eric Person, 44, spent the weekend in city jail after falling into Cedar Lake and being rescued by a nearby resident. He fought the rescuer, who then left him on a fence before police arrived. Person was jailed on intoxication charges and released Monday morning after promising to behave.
Washington AP reports Senator Copeland proposed a Senate resolution calling for a full inquiry into rackets and racketeering. The move aims to examine the entire subject and potential abuses within organized crime.
In Elgin Illinois Loretta Mitz a 17 year old girl testified that Oliver Day a farm hand held at gunpoint forced her to shoot her father John Schmitz 56 after Day killed him and wounded Mrs Minnie Schmitz. Day died later at a hospital.
Gandhi suspended his civil disobedience for one month after a twenty one day fast for untouchables. He urged release of prisoners across India as protests continued. In Madras Dr Margaret Spiegel began a counter fast to Gandhi’s effort and challenged his tactic.
Massachusetts state police pursue a possible third kidnapper in 10 year old Peggy McMath’s abduction after Kenneth and Cyril Buck were arrested. Brigadier General Daniel Needham says a new clue is being pursued while extenuating fear for Peggy’s welfare is voiced by her grandparents. The ransom money recovered and returned to authorities is noted as investigators press the Harwich inquiry.
Mrs Ella Saxton aged 66 of Oxford was killed when a car driven by her brother G H Cotter overturned after a collision with a second car driven by Bert Anderson of Victor. The crash occurred one mile east of Oxford on Monday afternoon. Coroner George Maresh said no inquest will be held.
James Bryant Conant, Sheldon Emery professor of organic chemistry at Harvard, was elected president of Harvard University. He succeeds Dr. A Lawrence Lowell who resigned last November and becomes the twenty fifth and among the youngest Harvard presidents dating to 1640.
The Senate quickly approved the conference report on the administration’s $500 million relief bill and sent it to the House for final congressional action.
A clipped report notes concern over Cedar Rapids auto tolls this year and records vague figures on accidents injuries and deaths amid community debate.
The Yankees beat the White Sox 7 to 3 and Fitzsimmons held St. Louis to three hits in a 4 to 3 Cards win. National League box scores show Pittsburgh over Boston 3 to 1 and St. Louis 4 to 3 New York, while American League games include New York 7 to 3 Chicago and Washington 10 to 8 over St. Louis in a high scoring affair.
John Al Limback, chairman of Linn county emergency relief, said a Des Moines conference with state officials aims to confirm Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds for Linn County. With May funds uncertain, the committee plans drastic employment cuts Thursday, from about 800 total workers to roughly 350, reassessing city county and outside projects.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace plans a trip to the middle west early this summer to address farming interests tied to the farm relief act. He will speak in Philadelphia Tuesday and Boston Wednesday, with a probable stop in Des Moines after completing hog and corn production marketing program.
AP dispatch reports fear in Washington and Paris over a possible deadlock on war debts that could derail progress before the London economic conference. France and Britain show hesitancy on postponing payments while Norman H. Davis pushes for Britain to accept the tariff truce.
The French cabinet voted unanimously to refuse payment of defaulted interest due June 15 to the United States without a moratorium. The three hour session approved a lump sum settlement proposal and other issues after reviewing Herriot’s report presented to Premier Daladier.
Ambassador Paul May notified Washington that Belgium would accept the American sponsored international tariff truce unconditionally through the world economic conference.
The Cedar Rapids area endured wandering thundershowers Sunday delivering 0.87 inch of rainfall in the 24 hours to 7 a.m. Monday. Temperatures topped at 61 Sunday, then fell to 54 by midnight and 51 at 7 a.m. Monday. Monday started fair, with clouds by 9 a.m. and 54 degrees. by 2:30 p.m. the sky was partly cloudy and the temperature reached 69.
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