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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1933
Page
1
A Kentucky judge candidate vanished last Friday then reappeared Wednesday claiming he freed himself from kidnapping tied to a bush with rape bonds. The episode may or may not affect his election prospects as voters weigh his conduct against other officials chosen for politics or merit.
The Public Works Administration announced 135 million for railroad and electrification programs and 1 million for the Public Health Service to improve sanitation and eliminate malarial swamp lands. Norris Liewellan Cooke of Philadelphia named chairman of the Mississippi Valley Committee to coordinate regional projects.
Linn county tax totals for 1933 real estate and personal property amount to 2,851,161.86 dollars to be paid in 1934, with an assessed value of 86,696,923 and an average county levy around 32.887 mills. The 1932 figures show 2,986,025.63 dollars in taxes on 104,458,368 assessed value and about 28.586 mills. Under the old system the levy would have reached 114.3 mills.
MADISON Wis An effort by the agricultural adjustment administration to stabilize milk prices was announced by the Wisconsin state department of agriculture on Thursday A minimum retail price of 17 cents for three cans of private and second brands and 19 cents for three cans of standard brand milks was set by chain representatives and federal officials Dairymen had argued that price cutting by chains harms the fluid milk market A committee from the state department had been sent to Washington to press for the action
The Day of All Souls is marked with reverence in Paris at Pere Lachaise and in Ireland and Australia where traditions vary. Crowds visit graves, lay flowers, and recall loved ones as life and memory intertwine in a solemn, universal tribute.
German ambassador Dr Hans Luther protested charges made against him by New York attorney Samuel Untermyer in a Cleveland speech. Secretary Hull thanked Luther for reporting the attack and expressed concern that an ambassador be subjected to such public criticism amid New York political campaigning on Nazi Jewish policy.
Premier Benito Mussolini plans a wide cabinet reshuffle with resignations from Air Marshal Italo Balbo Admiral Giuseppe Sirianni and ministers Acerbo Ercole and Di Crollalanza. He will merge war navy and air into a single national defense ministry while retaining the premiership foreign affairs and industry portfolios.
B A Ditzler a Toddville area farmer was shot in a moonlit gun battle near his home as eight to ten masked attackers fired at a gate blocking a disputed private road. Ditzler wounded near eye cheek and hand. sheriff deputies investigate with county attorney.
The Roosevelt program of world gold buying moved ahead as prices rose on Thursday. Wheat and corn gained while cotton climbed with stronger dollar value for the pound and franc. The Redevelopment Administration offered to finance imports of gold with notes.
In Minneapolis district court, Miss Elizabeth Owen led the prosecution of Mrs Ange Rasmussen on a second degree murder charge. Rasmussen was stabbed in June and died a month later, marking the first murder case tried in the history of the local court.
City council adopted a resolution authorizing Dan Kruidenier to prepare plans and specifications for a new police station and jail. The project would seek a 70 percent federal loan and 30 percent grant mirroring funding used for the sewage disposal plant and water main extensions. A preliminary sketch was sent by R R Mayberry. site selection remains open with several city owned and private options under review. The proposed total cost is tentatively set at 50 000, and current HQ is the building rented on First Street SW between Second and Third avenues.
Wisconsin reports another bombing and guards tightened at a Belgium cheese plant after a fourth strike blast. Picketing spread to Minnesota Iowa and South Dakota with farmers blocking highways and demanding relief tied to cost of production and mortgage relief. Leaders warned no compromises as governors urged a ro oma.
The business advisory council led by Gerard Swope urged that industry remain free of government control and aid the administration, proposing a super chamber to govern codes. Critics like Robert L. Lund of NAM say industry should stay autonomous while supporting current recovery policies and local dispute settlements.
Postmaster General James A. Farley said he will vote for Joseph V. McKee for mayor of New York City, stressing he speaks as an individual not as a cabinet member or Democratic national chairman. Roosevelt has avoided campaign involvement while observers note this may signal administration preferences in the Tammany Hall contest.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and wife landed in Amsterdam from France after enduring heavy rain and a rough cross channel trip. Mrs. Lindbergh appeared pale but the couple reached a hotel safely with the American consul noting relief at the safe passage amid bad weather during their aerial survey tour.
Paris reports Norman H. Davis may resign as United States delegate to the Geneva arms conference and accept a private sector chairmanship over the Kreuger and Toll affairs. Davis, returning to the United States next week, could be urged to lead an international committee to liquidate the bankrupt Kreuger interests, a move urged by American stockholders.
English author John Langdon-Davies told 1,200 University of Iowa students that movies and radio surpass American college education in influence. He compared U S and British systems and criticized over specialization and early education trends.
Washington AP chairman Wagener of the National Labor Board said Ford Motor Company’s reply to striking workers at Edgewater New Jersey and its Chester Pennsylvania plant constitutes clear recognition of collective bargaining. He added it is for the workers to respond while the board will monitor developments with an unofficial observer.
President Roosevelt tentatively plans a summer visit to the Hawaiian islands after Congress adjourns. He told Hawaiian business leaders that if Congress does not stay in session too long, he will travel on a battle cruiser through the Panama Canal to Honolulu.
A White House meeting among President Roosevelt, Secretary Wallace, Morgenthau, Peek and Hopkins with governors from Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota yielded a tentative farm relief plan. Discussions will continue Friday with a formal presentation awaiting presidential approval. Concerns emerged about unrest in Wisconsin and the impact of a proposed 28 cent per bushel processing tax on corn.
Secretary Wallace questions a 28 cent per bushel processing tax on corn saying it may depress prices or raise stocks. Industry reps argue the tax burdens consumers and farmers, raising corn meal costs and lowering quality. Corn Products Refining plant at Argo Illinois plans to close Saturday night due to lack of advance orders as the tax takes effect next week.
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