25 Nov 1932
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1932
Page
1
A long reflective essay notes that despite a bountiful harvest many Americans face unemployment and hunger. It argues for wiser use of opportunities, calls out economic missteps, urges sacrifice and generosity, and warns that nations indebted to the United States must meet Dec. 15 debt payments or risk default.
A Chinese foreign office communique alleges that 2700 Chinese villagers were killed in northern Manchuria by Japanese troops. Victims were kneeling near machine public safety items when fired upon, with bodies burned and farms allotted to Japanese nationals.
President elect Franklin D Roosevelt rests at his cottage in Warm Springs Georgia after a welcome by townspeople and patients. He reviews the foundation’s year and discussions suggest his war debt stance preserves flexibility ahead of the world economic conference.
Federal Judge Louis Fitzhenry ruled that taste and smell cannot determine alcohol content, dismissing charges against Arthur Snyder of Chillicothe, Ill., who was accused of selling beer. Agents lacked proof that Snyder sold real beer.
Agents in Earlsboro plan to lure the fugitive by staging a funeral viewing for George Birdwell, Floyd’s slain lieutenant. Birdwell’s death followed a bank robbery at Boley that left multiple dead, including D. J Turner, and triggered vigilante action. Floyd’s wife was removed from a Tulsa hospital amid the pursuit.
CHICAGO INS indicates a court room battle of alienists is likely when 16 year old Charles Bertrand Arnold Jr is tried for the hammer slaying of his stepgrand mother Ellen Saxe. Dr James Whitney Hall retained by the father disputes the ruling of two state alienists who deemed Arnold sane. State experts Doctors Gerty and Singer made their report after two days of observation. Assistant State's Attorney Harry S Ditchburne will seek first degree murder when the case goes to the grand jury Friday.
Tokyo and Moscow clash as Russia asks Japanese mission at Machevskaya to leave Siberia amid General Su Ping-Wen’s rebellion in Manchuria. About 100 Japanese hostages remain. Tokyo plans to urge Moscow to withdraw the demand hoping for renewed talks.
Washington AP reports three core agricultural measures farm relief Philippine independence and mortgage financing likely to reach Congress in the lame duck session after President elect Roosevelt's talks with Democratic leaders A draft bill to speed national farm aid is expected from Chairman Jones and Rep Rainey The plan favors tariff reforms for farm products refinancing farm loans and tying agriculture to a broader stabilization program via allotment certificates issued by the Agriculture Department
A group of 30 to 40 hunger demonstrators from New York and Philadelphia rode taxis to the White House after a Thanksgiving meal. Four adults were arrested and about six children detained by police as officers blocked the protest. Gertrude Haesler fought officers, Emil Conason was dragged, and others complied with detention.
Berlin reports President von Hindenburg refused to appoint Adolf Hitler as chancellor citing risks of a party dictatorship and national discord. He then began talks with centrist leaders Dr Ludwig Kaas and others about forming a national concentration cabinet as negotiations continue.
In Ross Kentucky a 72 year old farmer Fred Henzimeier was captured after hours of standoff with police. Officers fired on his hilltop home with machine gun bullets and tear gas then used an undercover ruse with neighbor John Leopold to lure him from the house. Six officers took part in the arrest. A shotgun and automatic pistol were recovered along with shells.
Washington plans to legalize beer at the coming short session while seeking to modify the Volstead act to allow light wines. A bloc forming among wine supporters includes reps Welch and Hawley, with hearings slated December 7. August A Busch of Anheuser Busch argues Congress should avoid beer distribution regulation if the Volstead act is amended.
American jolt of kindness spread as thousands of unemployed and destitute people nationwide received Thanksgiving dinners. Cities from New York to Los Angeles reported large distributions of turkey, chicken, pork, and baskets through Salvation Army, Volunteers of America, missions, and relief groups. In total, more than 150,000 families were fed as communities offered open meals and baskets to those in need.
Archie Smith of La Salle Illinois amputated his own left arm with a pocket knife after it was mangled in a coin picker. He saved his life by the drastic self amputation and then walked for aid, showing remarkable grit.
Will Rogers responds to a Los Angeles paper claim that Oklahoma sold more buggy whips than any state. He argues slower, steadier progress beats heavy debts and finance, praising self-reliance and farming while critiquing rapid modernization. He notes the value of plain work over ostentatious finance.
Ivan Gates, famed as the flying circus king who staged dramatic air exhibitions in forty three states, leaped from a sixth floor window at 220 West 24th Street after an argument with his wife. Police say she grappled with him but he moved toward the window and fell to his death early Thursday.
An 8-year-old boy, Russell Williams, may lose the sight of his right eye after a steel staple from a slingshot struck him in the face Thursday afternoon. A witness described the shooter as older than Williams. two boys walked by before the incident. Patrolmen Hines and Morningstar investigated. the injured boy was treated at a doctor’s office and then returned home.
Paris AP report Gary Robert E Olds former assistant secretary of state and noted attorney died suddenly from apoplexy at age 57. He left his Rue de L Universite residence to walk to his office and collapsed near his home, despite returning indoors before passing away.
Robert Edwin Olds born October 22 1875 in Duluth Minnesota studied at Harvard and began law practice in St Paul. He joined the American Red Cross in World War I later serving as European commissioner abroad and as under secretary of state in Washington before joining the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague in 1931. He also became a reparations commission member under the Versailles treaty and married Rose Wilhlemina Nabersberg in 1902.
European governments likely will seek permission to pay December debt installments in their own currencies. President Hoover proposed the aid after talks with President-elect Roosevelt and Congress leaders. Speaker Garner said the plan would face no Democratic objections.
Secretary of State Stimson sent the President's plan notes to the British, French, and Belgian ambassadors on Wednesday night, with notes to Czechoslovakian and Polish envoys due soon. Debtor nations criticize the proposal as little consolation, but some congressmen signal support. The plan would require debtor nations to set aside currencies equal to dollar debt installments, later converting to dollars and transferring to the U S treasury, with guarantees against losses from currency value drops.
Halvard Lange Bojer, 27, son of Norwegian novelist Johann Bojer, is in Detroit custody after an immigration arrest in Fort Wayne where he worked as an engineer. Held on a $2000 bond pending a deportation hearing, Bojer leads the Lovestone faction of the Communist Party and is accused of forming an organization advocating overthrow of the U S government.
In Wheaton Illinois Ned Perry was buried in a rough wooden box after friends had paid for a coffin. Undertaker allegedly hurried the burial hours before schedule and denied friends chance to inspect a coffin. The box was found when officials ordered exhumation.
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