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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
1
The column surveys a swirling Washington and Des Moines scene with talks of Woodin’s health leave, Kraschel’s dismissal, and a looming Cedar Rapids police station project. It notes bonds, loans, and possible political trials, plus Mussolini’s decrees and a Central City pioneer’s death.
President Roosevelt told governors and relief leaders that relief must not become a political football as he outlined a $400 million plan to place 4,000,000 Americans on the job. He said the effort, led by Harry Hopkins, would use public works funds to lift morale and reduce dole, stressing partnership among federal, state, and local governments. The address occurred in the White House East Room with several hundred attendees.
Chicago reports the coldest spell with six states near zero or below. Duluth and Superior endure 4 below and a daylong snow storm, while Milwaukee posts 7 above zero the coldest since the weather bureau began. Sioux Lookout hits 18 below.
A quoted English correspondent praises Americans for their gadget mindedness and touch-the-button solutions yet warns that some problems need a spiritual approach. He cites Prohibition and the Paris Pact as examples of limits of gadgetry and calls for vision courage wisdom and patience.
CHICAGO AP A Cook county grand jury indicted Julian Babe Jones Frank Souder and Gale Swelley on kidnapping charges in the James Hackett Blue Island gambler case. Arraignment is set before Judge Philip Sullivan with no bond due to kidnapping statute. a death penalty is possible if convicted.
Paris signals a new Franco British trade alliance to blunt the dollar’s drop as Commerce Minister Laurent Eynac prepares to visit London to discuss surtaxes on American imports. Britain protests France’s tax stance while the dollar slides toward possible $6 per pound as Roosevelt aims higher gold prices. RFC fixes domestic gold price at 33.56 with London at 34.03.
Oscar M Hartzell promoter of a claim to the Sir Francis Drake estate was found guilty on twelve federal charges of using the mails to defraud. He was sentenced by Judge George C Scott to ten years in a federal penitentiary and fined $2000. Defense plans an appeal. The verdict ended a three week confinement for jurors and followed an Oct 24 indictment reducing charges to twelve.
A midwestern farmer Hartzell seeks a fortune by claiming Sir Francis Drake's legendary gold, arguing ties to a vanished London Tower hoard. Three weeks of testimony reveal a modern chase echoing Elizabethan sea raids as thousands fund his pursuit.
Ambitious 18 year old Janet Day pursues a career as a specialty dancer, leaving romance behind as she trains and tours with a moving picture dance unit. Ted Barry loves her, but she stays focused on climbing to stardom in this Barbara Webb tale set to begin in The Cedar Rapids Gazette next Friday November 17.
A Senate banking committee session focused on a $300,000 gift to W. B. Fitzpatrick, oil operator, linked to a Prairie Oil and Gas sale. Bertram Cutler denied Rockefeller involvement in arranging the transfer, while Fitzpatrick testified about compensation tied to stock profits and Rockefeller stock dispositions. The probe examined Blair and Company, Consolidated Oil, and the Prairie charity stock moves from 1928–29.
Texas Senator Tom Connally accused his Louisiana critics as cowards during the Overton election probe in New Orleans. The exchange sparked near riotous scenes as spectators heckled and challenged Connally from the Senate subcommittee room.
In VALENTIA Ireland the Saxilby a 3630 ton freighter bound for Port Talbot carried 27 crew members who took to lifeboats after a losing battle with a southeast gale 300 miles off the Irish coast. Two other British steamers reported distress as rescue efforts began with ships steaming from all directions.
William K. Vanderbilt III, 27, died and two others injured when his car overturned while attempting to pass an orange truck on a curve during a trip from Miami to New York. The accident occurred near Ridgeland, Illinois, on Wednesday according to AP reports.
Washington reports Soviet Russia has yielded to President Roosevelt's demand for an understanding on outstanding issues before diplomatic recognition. Debts, damage claims, propaganda, and protection of Americans form the core topics. Litvinoff must consult Moscow, slowing progress, but a compromise is possible with a final understanding hoped for next week.
Nels G Kraschel filed notice of action demanding retraction from the Des Moines Register and Tribune over articles about his work in public works He said the action follows Iowa statute to protect a public official and allow the paper to respond Kraschel has resigned as secretary of the Iowa public works advisory board and the lieutenant governor was dismissed from federal public works duties in Washington with no salary from that office.
William 8 Fitzpatrick, a Rockefeller oil executive, testified he accepted a $300,000 gift from the Sinclair Oil syndicate believing it came from the Rockefellers. He said he was promised a bonus by Bertram Cutler and that he also received $149,000, with both payments made by Blair and Company New York bankers from Prairie stock profits.
Mrs Helen Cermak Kenlay daughter of the late Chicago mayor denies the reported plot to kidnap her 4 year old daughter Mary Alice. She says the stories are publicity stunts while an information is filed in Miami Florida charging Gale Swelley of Peoria with attempting to kill Florida political leader William W Woods in connection with the alleged kidnapping plot.
Conrad Mann director general of the Fraternal Order of Eagles was pardoned by President Roosevelt and released from federal detention after a $10,000 fine and five months in jail. Mann, shaken, declined to discuss plans, and was driven to the Waldorf Astoria. The pardon follows earlier actions in the lottery police campaign, with Notre Dame’s Frank Herring also pardoned and Senator James J. Davis exonerated on related charges.
Hugh Johnson tells President Roosevelt during a Midwest swing that code compliance and the plus Eagle re employment plan are not working, demanding quicker action. He says reports from virtually every city show non enforcement is the top hazard to NRA’s recovery effort.
In Pittsburgh at the annual meeting the Ontodontological Society of Western Pennsylvania reports a shift from silver to stainless steel as a substitute for gold in dental practice. The finding signals a change in materials used by the profession.
A Theodore Hamm Brewing Co employee testified about paying 100000 dollars in ransom last June to the Hamm kidnapping gang. Roger Touhy and four associates face Lindbergh law charges for transferring Hamm and William Hamm Jr across state lines. Testimony identified defendants including Gus Schaeffer and Willie Sharkey as Hamm captors.
President Roosevelt installed a new treasury chief and named Henry Morgenthau Jr acting secretary as Dean Acheson and Woodin depart on leave or resign. Officials cite aims to sustain the gold program while inflation fears and bond refinancing concerns loom over Congress.
Des Moines AP report: Iowa House members Schroeder and Dressen introduced a bill to create a county table for University of Iowa hospital indigent care costs. The state comptroller would credit counties for taxes paid to support the hospital, with any excess going to the county poor fund.
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