This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 26 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1933
Page
1
The federal budget director Lewis Douglas testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on methods to raise 220 million dollars yearly to fund public works. He suggested higher income taxes and a broad sales levy, while debate rages over the burden on Americans and the scope of tax reforms.
The German delegation aemphasized readiness to adopt a five year reichswehr transformation and halt rearmament if France curtails offensive weapons, while France edged toward a tougher stance. Nadolny praised Roosevelt's peace proposal as a step toward broader disarmament, and the conference faced tense debates over equality and definitions of aggressor nations.
American League results show St Louis beating New York 5 to 6 in nine. Boston defeated Cleveland 7 to 5. Chicago beat Washington 10 to 6. Philadelphia topped Detroit 9 to 5. National League Boston beat Pittsburgh 5 to 3. Cincinnati edged Philadelphia 4 to 9. New York defeated St Louis 7 to 8. Brooklyn at Chicago postponed by rain.
Organized labor led by President Green of the AFL submits tax proposals to fund public works. A six to ten percent income tax rise, a three fourths of a cent gasoline tax, and a modified sales tax with exemptions are urged to create about 6 million reemployment opportunities under the re employment bill.
White House officials said President Roosevelt has not offered the post of dictator to Hugh S. Johnson who helped draft the control bill. Johnson remains among candidates for a future appointment after Congress enacts the measure. He has led Moline Implement Co since 1919 and chaired its board since 1925.
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved the administration rail way reorganization bill with an amendment prohibiting dismissals while allowing vacancies to remain unfilled to about 5 percent. The measure would guarantee jobs for about 1,000,000 rail way workers on May payrolls and freeze employment at May 1933 levels as part of a broader plan to prevent large layoffs amid consolidations.
G W Hunt of Guttenberg was named district governor of Iowa Rotarians Friday afternoon. Two candidates were presented Leonard H Racker of Waverly and G W Hunt. Otto S Von Krog of Eldora withdrew. A resolution urging Rotary International to support an international university was tabled.
James S. Frear of 2052 Eastern Boulevard SE told a St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter he was abducted and robbed for a week, saying two unknown men fed him once daily and he escaped after waking in the back of a car with hands tied. He was later located in a St Louis hotel awaiting his wife, with initial reports of a fractured skull contradicted by AP.
Former North Dakota Senator Porter J. McCumber died in Washington after a stroke suffered three days earlier. The 75 year old lawyer statesman was noted as father of the pure food laws and co author of the Fordney McCumber tariff act of 1922, ending nearly twenty five years of public service.
The Glass bill to revise national bank laws and insured deposits neared rapid approval in Congress. In the Senate debate Senator Glass indicated the president may not oppose deposit insurance, while Treasury Secretary Woodin remained strongly against it.
The Northeastern Iowa National Park association in Postville voiced plans to buy three Indian mound tracts along the upper Mississippi in Allamakee and Clayton counties to present to the government as national monuments. A committee led by Dr H T Opsahl will locate a northeast Iowa reforestation camp. Officers were re-elected with Walter Beall of West Union as president and H S Rittenhouse of Monona as secretary.
European debtors face disappointment as the $11 billion debt to the United States likely won’t be settled or scaled down at the London economic conference. President Roosevelt plans no extra powers to tackle the debts, deferring action until the next regular congressional session starting January due to adjournment timing.
London AP reports two Royal Air Force pilots died Friday when their planes crashed upon landing at Sealand. This marked the sixth fatal accident of the month and the nineteenth of the year, pushing the death toll to twenty seven.
A wall of water twelve to eighteen inches high swept Deer creek bottom lands in Tama County Friday morning after near cloudburst rain. Debris smashed fences and eroded fields while cattle reportedly drowned in southern areas. Salt creek rose in the east and Towlands around Elberon Chelsea and Belle Plaine were flooded.
President Roosevelt said Dr. Arthur E. Morgan accepted the chair manship of the authority to carry out the Tennessee river valley development. Morgan, president of Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio, will lead the board.
Thousands of farmers returned to work in twenty six counties as a truce ended six days of conflict in Wisconsin. One man was killed and many wounded while 30 000 participants cost taxpayers about 1 million. A five member committee will study dairy pricing and report to Congress and the state legislature.
Harrison E. Spangler of Cedar Rapids injured with strained back ligaments in a Wednesday night automobile crash near London. He is recovering and may return to his law office Saturday. Spangler rode with John B. Terry and a Chicago companion. neither Terry nor the Chicago man was hurt.
Moscow expects formal announcement soon that the Soviet government will accept the invitation to participate in the London economic conference. Officials waited to gauge world opinion about the usefulness of the parley before replying.
New York police report Harry Murch 16 was convicted of second degree murder in the death of 12 year old William Bender a schoolboy companion. He received a sentence of twenty years to life in Sing Sing for stabbing Bender after a pretend trick to rob a fruit vendor.
A London Evening Standard cartoon by Low portrays a roll of paper signed by forty two nations as the new Great Wall confronting Japan. Civilians of all nations gaze at Japan in armor with quiet, astonished awe signaling world laws power and humanity guiding restraint amid tension in Asia.
The British fund was raised from 150,000,000 to 350,000,000 pounds sterling and received royal assent. The aim is to prevent the pound from rising unfavorably against other currencies. In Washington, Secretary Hull said the United States seeks stabilizing world currencies ahead of the economic conference.
Edward A. Ridley, 88, a controversial lower east side real estate figure, was found beaten in his Allen Street subcellar office May 10. Lee Weinstein, his secretary, lay nearby shot. Accountants George Goodman and Arthur J. Hoffman admitted conspiring to fake the will and steal $210,000, with Weinstein named as a $200,000 beneficiary. They deny murder charges.
President Roosevelt nominated Harry L. Hopkins of New York as federal emergency relief administrator to supervise the distribution of the $500,000,000 approved by Congress for direct relief to the states. Stephen B. Gibbons of New York was named assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of customs and coast guard.
Joseph W. Harriman former chairman of the closed Harriman Bank and Trust left the Regent nursing home Friday before noon authorities launched a city wide search. He had written five notes to friends and relatives stating intent to kill himself. He had previously appeared in federal court on charges of misusing bank funds and was on a $25 000 bond.
A ledger error shows a $3 million discrepancy in a sale of 18 300 National City bank shares from Charles E. Mitchell to his wife. The misstatement of $879 600 instead of $3 879 600 surfaced during testimony in Mitchell’s income tax evasion trial.
Paul Engle of Cedar Rapids Iowa won the poetry contest conducted by Harriet Monroe publisher of Poetry magazine. His poem America Remembers traces American discovery and idealism from early explorers to the Midwest. Engle recently received a Rhodes scholarship and is a Coe College graduate.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.