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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1933
Page
1
Dr Walter Bierring cites a major social and economic problem with rising mental strain and college enrollment, urging attention. The piece covers policy debates, Prohibition era finance, labor and humanitarian efforts, drink-related crime, refugee aid, and booster funding for Iowa banks facing closure. It notes Florida repeal votes, NRA codes, and bank funds for Iowa deposits.
Three killed including a tourist in clashes between striking cotton pickers and growers near Pixley and Arvin California. Five wounded and a Mexican striker slain. deputies dispatched. Separately about 14 000 California workers idled as strikes hit agriculture and shipping. ferry workers vote against proposed wage reductions.
Des Moines reports a nationwide buy now campaign to begin immediately in Iowa. J. J. Hughes chairs the state recovery board and asks mayors to issue proclamations urging merchants and citizens to push early buying. The NRA directs the drive with local NRA organized units and a call for low prices to maximize sales.
New York brewers will pay $5,000 to the first individual whose court testimony leads to a racketeer’s conviction. Rudolf Schaefer, president of the Brewers Board of Trade, said witnesses feared intimidation. Advertisements announcing the reward appeared in metropolitan newspapers.
In Jonesboro Arkansas a watchman John McMurdow, 68, was shot and seriously wounded by the Rev Dale Crowley amid a religious dispute over pulpit rights. Crowley was arrested after a court-ordered transfer of control to Crowley’s faction at the Baptist tabernacle.
In Niagara Falls a friend finds nests of quiet amid wild waters and urges urban readers to seek calm. The piece warns modern life roars, risks losing perspective, and champions meditation and stillness to preserve poise and souls.
The Agriculture Department estimated 1933 wheat production at 514.8 million bushels and corn at 2.291 billion bushels as of Oct 1. Winter and spring wheat yields are reported at 12.7 and 9.7 bushels per acre respectively, with oats at 698.5 million bushels and corn area 103.022 million acres.
Chicago AP report says Gus Winkler was shot and his body moved to a coffin amid fears of a revenge cycle in gangland. Three suspects were detained near the shooting scene while others are sought. Winkler's bodyguard David Goldblatt is being questioned.
Early Florida referendum on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment shows repeal leading with 16 588 votes to 2 575 from 125 of 1 275 precincts and 29 of 67 counties. Ballots cast reportedly numbered about 100 000 of 500 000 qualified. Orlando official blamed low turnout for defeat.
The inheritance tax appraisal lists the John A Reed estate in Cedar Rapids at 113275.83 dollars. Reed, a public utilities magnate, is the estate’s principal figure in the district court report filed Tuesday.
New York June report says a congressional inquiry into pro Nazi propaganda in the United States will be sought and possibly officially begun next week. Representative Samuel Dickstein, head of the immigration committee, cites reports of German aliens forming a Hitler aligned network here. About 300 individuals entered recently as employees or servants of German consulates, many chosen by Germany’s minister of propaganda.
Cedar Rapids city council revived public works talks amid quarrels over project importance. Finance Commissioner Burgos sought federal 70 percent loan and 30 percent grant to fund about 140000 dollars for water main extensions. Mayor Stepanek urged delaying until school bond requests and voter approval, prioritizing a garbage incinerator and a police station.
Nicolina de Palma a 23 year old Yonkers nurse and James Medley a 25 year old filling station manager were sentenced in federal court Tuesday to five and ten years respectively in a penitentiary for threatening to kidnap Helen Batcheller Dougherty niece of a Morgan partner.
Government evidence portrays Kathryn Kelly as a willing participant in the Urschel kidnapping. Witnesses described her remarks about killing Urschel and her involvement via hired counsel and forged threats. Geraldine Arnold testified to threats against Urschel and judges, noting George Kelly placed fingerprints on a letter.
Public Works Administrator Ickes says a new federal corporation to spend hundreds of millions on slum clearance and low cost housing may be formed. It would operate independently of municipal projects and buy or condemn sites, with rents paid to the corporation. Plans drafted by PWA legal section with housing head Robert Kohn.
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia plans to challenge the National Recovery Act when Congress convenes. He criticized the act, saying its codes harm business, and noted his preference not to sign blanket codes. The NRA faced opposition from figures including Henry Ford and labor leaders.
President Roosevelt met Tuesday with Attorney General Cummings Stanley Reed and other officials to sketch a plan for a national bank to absorb distressed institutions assets. Cummings described RF C powers and securities issuance aligning with treasury needs while Morgenthau explained the farm credit role and OConnor outlined rapid liquidation of national bank assets.
Four Cedar Rapids businessmen led by Benjamin Tait and John Limback protested to Governor Clyde Herring Tuesday against moving the Town state highway commission district office from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo. They argued the shift places headquarters in the district’s far northwest rather than its center. Rumors tied the transfer to political and personal interests involving H A Maine of Waterloo, a highway commissioner, who denies ownership of the building or financial stake.
Santa Fe N M AP Carl A Hatch was appointed United States senator from New Mexico to fill the seat of Sam G Bratton who was recently named a federal judge Gov A W Hotkenhull announced in Santa Fe The appointment follows Brattons move to the federal bench and marks Hatch as the new senior senator from the state.
The arson fraud trial of Vincent Terzo, alias Cerame, 45, Brooklyn, proceeded toward jury deliberation by noon Wednesday in Cedar Rapids. District Judge H C Ring heard closing arguments as Assistant County Attorney Ed Fordyce and defense counsel argued. Evidence linked a building permit obtained under Cerame’s name to an alleged insured fire.
Washington AP Theodore G Rahutis Gary Ind restaurant owner ordered by Hugh S Johnson recovery administrator to surrender his blue eagle for alleged violations of maximum hours and minimum wage rules under the re employment agreement. The action marks the first of its kind and promises further steps against violators nationwide.
Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson tells the American Federation of Labor that the recovery program hinges on joint industry and labor action under government oversight. He warns against strikes and warns that unchecked power from either side could threaten the nation, insisting responsibility and coordination are essential.
Geneva AP report notes the League of Nations assembly approves a relief plan for Jewish refugees from Germany. A high commissioner and governing board will oversee aid, with reports to the commission and representation from states and private groups to assist in placing refugees in work.
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