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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1933
Page
1
A columnist explains common New Deal agency acronyms with brief definitions based on Pathfinders list. NEFA, AAA, CCC, CCC again, CCC commodity credit, Deposit Liquidation Division, Emergency Conservation Work, Federal Coordinator Transportation, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Federal Farm Credit Administration, Federal Housing Corporation, Federal Surplus Re detailing aims and leaders, plus PWA.
In Jerusalem an unmailed letter found with the late American girl shows she had formed an attachment to an Indian man she was walking with when Arabs killed both. The victim was identified as Carol von Niedergesaess and the American consulate took charge. a Brooklyn contact named Bert Godfrey is listed as the notifier.
The U S Department of State was asked to obtain full information on the death of Carol Godfrey known on stage as Carol Winters in Jerusalem. John Taft of Brooklyn believes the victim may be his niece and reported the case to authorities in Palestine. Godfrey daughter of Bert Godfrey head of a Brooklyn propeller firm, traveled in the near east for material for a book. Her mother received a letter from Istanbul hinting at her return. A body found beside hers was linked to Mohammed Karamin by family letters.
Mrs. Albert Godfrey of Brooklyn believes the murdered Jerusalem girl is her daughter Carol Niedergesswass also known as Carol Winters or Joan Winters. The body lay beside an Indian Muslim guide and clues point to her professional stage name used while traveling.
Wyoming mourns the death of senior U S senator John Kendrick at age 76 after a brief illness. Described as a leading Wyoming figure, Kendrick began in 1910 in the state senate and built a notable political career while working as a cowboy.
The report notes efforts to advance a steady program of exchanges aimed at achieving a defined goal. It frames the process as incremental and patient, emphasizing persistence in pursuing gradual gains over time.
The Tennessee Valley Authority extends to water power development while the Subsistence Homestead Division seeks a back-to-the-land program under Interior Secretary Ickes. In West Virginia 200 jobless miners and families will receive 1100 idle acres as the first effort.
Washington reports a plan by five Midwest governors to require farmers to hold marketing punch cards for beef cattle hogs corn wheat and dairy under a price fixing program. Each farmer would have a quota and punches would record sales as goods move to market with unresolved details on punch rules per commodity.
Washington reports that if the Roosevelt administration adopts the five midwest governors price fixing plan, farmers would receive parity prices for beef cattle, hogs, wheat, corn, butterfat, and milk, versus their October 18 averages. Parity levels show beef cattle $6.70 vs $3.45, hogs $8.50 vs $4.00, wheat $1.03 vs 61 cents, corn 75 cents vs 40 cents, butterfat $1.30 vs 20 cents, and milk $2.08 vs 7 cents per unit.
Washington reports that unless gold purchases at home and abroad produce quicker results, President Roosevelt will abandon the new policy that has caused a world wide furore.
The world price of gold fell to $32.08 an ounce in London while RFC quotations for newly mined metal in Washington reached a new high. American bullion markets showed no purchases abroad for the government, and the domestic price rose from $32.57 to $32.67. Officials offered no comment on their foreign market actions.
NRA chief Hugh S Johnson said Ford may seek an exception to the automobile code as the Dearborn Rouge plant plans a seven day layoff for 9 000 workers to reduce average hours to 35 per week. Ford officials say the move is to comply with the new prohibition on excess hours.
Washington instructed the American minister in Athens to renounce the extradition treaty with Greece as a protest against Greek courts refusing to extradite Samuel Insull, former Chicago utility magnate.
Premier Mussolini will present next Wednesday a plan for a sweeping shift to a centralized state blending fascist corporatism with reduced legislative powers. The proposed system separates political and economic government, limits the chamber, and bases legislative authority on national resources.
Four Center Point women were injured in a highway collision one mile west of Maquoketa. Mrs. Hand suffered a deep jaw gash and chest injuries while Mrs. Bromwell had a fractured nose and facial cuts. All were treated at Maquoketa area hospitals and later reported in fair condition.
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Charlie Starr Jr and George Gillmore celebrate a discovery described as the richest vein in western Colorado history. The two families own the Red Arrow mine after Starr found a red arrowhead believed lucky, leading to a gold vein six to sixteen inches thick and potentially two miles long with early yields already in the thousands.
Henry J. Kling, president and treasurer of Hamilton Seed and Coal, was elected chair man of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau at the annual meeting. New vice chair and associate chair were named, and the bureau reported eighty three member firms with eleven new members added in the year.
Iowa Governor Herring said Secretary Wallace informed him the federal corn loan plan will base loans on fourteen belt points including Cedar Rapids and Omaha at 50 cents a bushel for various grades. Loans require warehouse certificates showing grade and sealed-crib storage.
Washington officials indicated a five cent per bushel processing tax on corn, with an eight cent proposal also on the table. The issue drew sentiment for the five cent levy as a hearing studied whether 28 cents per bushel would curb corn product demand and aid floor stock concerns in cap businesses.
Local manufacturers wholesalers and jobbers face a tax on stock inventories at midnight. Retailers have 30 days before the tax applies to them. The Penick and Ford company, a major corn processor, will pay the heaviest local tax, with Quaker Oats and others also affected.
A 35 year old textile worker in Winston Salem confessed to writing extortion letters to R J Reynolds threatening kidnapping of his wife. Police said he was jailed after the admission and investigators found a dummy package used to trap him.
November breezes kept a chilly edge as Cedar Rapids saw a low of 31 at 7 a.m with earlier readings near 41 by early afternoon. Overnight and daytime temperatures fluctuated with 43 at 1 15 p m and a 37 reading noted around dawn according to Chambers Inskeep company instruments.
Auto toll data for Cedar Rapids shows counts of accidents injuries and fatalities. The fragment lists numbers but is incomplete for full totals and context.
Milo Reno of the National Farmers Holiday association told twenty one state leaders to be ready to expand actions if President Roosevelt rejects cost of production demands. He accused Secretary Wallace of opposing the Holiday program and urged readiness for broader legal and economic pressure. Iowa and Wisconsin leaders debated militia options as the embargo persisted and talks on parity prices continued.
Wisconsin peace officers were ordered to keep highways open at all costs as a farm strike continued. The directive came from Governor A. G. Schmedeman in Washington following advice that the strike would persist and likely lead to violence.
A federal court jury in Davenport found Lester Tilton of Clinton guilty on five counts of violating the pure food and drug act. Defense plans an appeal with a hearing set for November 27 in Des Moines. Tilton testified about making peat distillate cancer cures, but his statements were limited to observations and he was not admitted as a qualified physician.
Oscar M. Hartzell began his fight for freedom after two weeks of government claims he used the mails to defraud in pursuing claims to the Sir Francis Drake estate. The day featured the revelation of London detective Thomas W. Barnard as “Mr X” and Hartzell's alleged business in a supposed racket based on an old legend.
President Roosevelt rejected middle western governors push for immediate price fixing and pledged to seek price increases without compelling individual farmers. The White House said it sympathizes with farmers’ needs and invited governors to join in exploring methods to improve agricultural prices. Governor Olson warned of further farm belt disturbances if action is delayed.
Cedar Rapids city officials wait for federal loan and grant details before finalizing bids for the first two units of the sewage disposal plant. Bemis and Schlick of Des Moines bid 219 821.10 for the larger section and Morehead-Fredrickson of Cedar Rapids 8 847 for the pump plant addition, pending bond and federal approval.
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration will not hand the NRA to big business or accept Gerard Swope’s plan. Officials say industry must prove it can regulate itself before expanding national recovery act powers. The NRA’s work is disputed by critics, with changes seen as possible but not privatization.
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