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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1933
Page
1
The article surveys Roosevelt, Nature, and Hearst driving a broad program to aid farmers, curb inflation, and reform mortgages. It notes Iowa $88 million farm mortgages relief, five-year loan suspensions, a $3.3 billion public works bill, and a banking deposit guarantee proposal while warning of political and economic upheaval.
President Roosevelt offered jobs to unemployed veterans and discussed possible action on the cash bonus with Democratic leaders. He ordered 25 000 veterans to enroll in the forest conservation corps to mobilize labor quickly. Budget chief Douglas met Ways and Means to gauge support for paying bonuses, while conflicting veteran groups camped near Capitol Hill and Fort Hunt Virginia.
Henry Murch, 16, a Queens student, was found guilty of second degree murder in Long Island City after a five hour jury deliberation. He faces 20 years to life with sentencing set for May 19. His mother fainted before the verdict and a juror cried as the verdict was read.
He says he does not expect a hit every time at bat. A .750 average is phenomenal, yet not every ball he hits will be a home run as he notes the recent streaks may not have landed.
An old Buddhist parable records a man condemned by the Lord of the Dead for thoughtlessness, failing to act nobly after three messengers of warning. The tale emphasizes mercy in hell and the hope it offers through awareness of age sickness and death.
Cedar Rapids sees unsettled skies as a warming trend develops. Light morning showers observed as temperatures fluctuated from 51 at midnight to 49 at 7 AM and 90 AM, rising to 54 by 1 PM after intermittent morning rain.
Lowell J. Graft and Lloyd Helbing admitted to police and County Attorney King Thompson that they were in the car at 9 p.m. Wednesday which struck Fred Null as he walked across Second Avenue near the old post office. Null, taken to St Luke's hospital, suffered a fractured right leg and arm, head injuries, possible internal injuries, and abrasions. his condition improved slightly Thursday. They pled not guilty to failing to stop and aid, with bonds set at $500 each. Grafft’s bond was not furnished.
Secretary Wallace will give consumers full opportunity to be heard before policies to boost farm prices to prewar levels take effect. He will open commodity conferences after Roosevelt signs the farm emergency act, with sessions on wheat cotton corn hogs tobacco rice and dairy products to draft informal and later formal agreements and councils.
New York and Chicago markets surged on bullish outlooks with a government crop report signaling the smallest wheat harvest since 1904. Stocks rose sharply with many issues up, bonds advancing, and commodity futures hitting multi month highs as Congress passed the farm relief inflation bill and traders expected further gains.
Dr N O Bevins 42 longtime Iowa State College graduate and Hawkeye resident, chief of the animal health division, died of a heart attack in Marion while en route to a Linn County Veterinarians meeting. He served since 1922 in the state department of agriculture and began as Iowa state veterinarian Feb 1, drafting revised bovine tuberculosis testing rules. He is survived by his wife, daughter Orla Jane, son Noel, his parents, and a brother. Funeral at Hawkeye.
Mayor Edward Kelly announced after a bankers conference that Chicago will immediately pay teachers part of last year’s back salaries. About 3.35 million dollars will be paid Friday, with roughly 12.5 million more in the coming days, covering four months of salaries, including September. Banks agreed to buy 1932 school board tax warrants if the city limits bond sales to half the anticipated income, ensuring bond validity.
Japanese air patrols fly over Peiping dropping leaflets warning of imminent invasion. Gunfire alarms residents at 6 am as thousands flee and seek shelter in cellars. United States Minister Johnson watches from the legation balcony amid alarm and night clothes.
E Percy Merrick was found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of Henry Downs a former Des Moines Ir athlete by jury verdict in Oklahoma City. His punishment was fixed at five years in the penitentiary. Merrick mortally wounded Downs last month after Downs allegedly attacked Mrs Merrick while a guest in the Merrick home. Mrs Merrick collapsed upon hearing the verdict.
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings rebutted former Comptroller John Pole’s Senate testimony that bank president defalcations were common. He said about 100 banking irregularities were on file in the justice department as of June 1 1932 and that many were not criminal. He noted the department prosecutes banking irregularities regardless of local effects.
Gaston B Means testified in the District of Columbia supreme court that two unsuccessful attempts were made to deliver the Lindbergh baby in Washington on March 8 1932. He named Wel lington Henderson and Irving Fenton as the kidnapers and said Guggenheim refused to accept the child at his Georgetown home. Means tied Guggenheim to the case and claimed he saw a man with a baby leaving a porch and entering a taxicab with a woman. Means faces trial for conspiracy to defraud Mrs Evalyn Walsh McLean in a ransom hoax connected to the kidnapping. Col Charles A Lindbergh himself was the quarry.
In Thursday Major League results Pittsburgh edged New York 7 6 to extend its NL lead while Cleveland seized first in the AL with a 4 1 decision over Boston Detroit and Chicago rain and wet grounds affected other games New York Chicago and Philadelphia games noted with weather and delays in the box scores featuring Derringer Hubbell Shaute and others.
Linn County faces the end of RFC relief funds on June 1 as a new federal direct relief bill may replace RFC work. County auditor Robert Vesely announced after a conference with the state RFC committee that Linn County will not receive May or June RFC grants. The county balance at end of March and April was about $70,000, with estimates now showing less than $10,000 remains to finish May.
Twenty two men were charged with conspiracy and contempt of court over riots at the Joseph Shields farm mortgage foreclosure sale. Frank North, 46, named as ringleader, faces a separate information. Bonds set at 3000 for conspiracy and 1000 for contempt. Mass trial planned for 21, North to be tried separately. National guardsmen arrested the group after martial law ended. Preliminary hearings set for May 15.
Roosevelt administration completes a broad national recovery bill funding a 3.3 billion public works program with tax choices. The key issue remains how to raise 220 million annually for bond interest, with options including a 1 1/8 percent general sales tax, a tea and coffee luxury levy, or a payroll tax.
President Roosevelt studies a plan to regulate all commerce through a national processing tax, establishing a federal board to negotiate industry by industry. The move aims to spur economic recovery, aid labor with shorter work weeks and higher standards, and aid owners with stable prices and reduced price wars.
George Fisher aged 48 of Lincoln Nebraska field examiner for the United States veterans bureau died at the wheel of his car in Omaha late Thursday. He had moved from Anamosa Iowa to Lincoln two years ago and coasted into a downtown parking space after stopping the motor. Doctors attributed death to heart disease.
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