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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1933
Page
1
Obituary tribute to John Northcott highlighting his vibrant civic spirit and enduring friendship. The piece links his loss to wider postwar reflections on Europe, U S aid, armaments, and economic relief challenges amid surpluses and unemployment, noting Hopkins and relief costs.
President Roosevelt announced an executive order enforcing the blue eagle standard with penalties up to $500 fine and six months in jail for signers who violate the re employment agreement or display the emblem after being ordered to stop. The measure, aligned with the National Industrial Recovery Act, empowers the administrator to enforce rules and suspend violators.
Actress Clair Windsor charged Alfred C Read Jr with petty larceny after an 11 dollar marked money finding at her home. Read’s wife had recently won a 75000 alienation judgment against him.
Rudolph Rezin ski, 17, shot himself because of a toothache, according to his brother who spoke to police on Tuesday.
A reflective piece contrasts Western and Eastern perspectives on culture and behavior. It cites differences in etiquette, priorities, and thinking, noting how what seems sensible to one side appears reversed to the other. Kipling’s line frames the enduring divide and the need to coexist respectfully.
In Geneva the preliminary disarmament conference is expected to adjourn when it resumes on October 26. Officials expect only a brief session and a postponement of further talks until after Germany's November 12 elections. Interim delegates would redraft Britain's arms readjustment plan in line with Sir John Simon's proposals, supported by France the United States and Italy. Some German circles hint Hitler may seek a return to the arms conference.
In Hutchinson Kansas a huge bear approached two couples in a parked car by the Arkansas River before wandering into the brush. The incident drew quick attention from locals and wildlife officials.
John B. Northcott of Cedar Rapids died at a local hospital after a brief illness. He led major campaigns for Coe College and St. Luke's Hospital, served as Y M C A secretary and Chamber of Commerce official, and was active at St. Paul's Methodist church. Services set for Thursday at St. Paul’s. He was born December 7, 1883, in North Vernon Indiana.
North Dakota moved to extend its wheat shipment embargo to six states, claiming it will aid national recovery by raising farm prices. Governors in several states publicly questioned authority, while railroads weigh legal steps amid the move and federal purchases buoy prices.
Ford Motor Company agrees to participate in conferences sponsored by the National Labor Board to resolve strikes at Edgewater New Jersey and Chester Pennsylvania plants. Wagner of the board will oversee meetings with elected striker representatives with Edgewater set for 10 am Wednesday. A similar session is planned for Chester, while western Kentucky coal operators seek board supervised elections on union affiliation.
E H Harris of Richmond Indiana and secretary of the American Newspaper Publishers Association warned in Chicago that the constitutional guarantee of a free press is in danger under the NRA. He cited the code’s two disputed sections on press freedom and union organization as threats and warned of potential press censorship by organized labor and government pressure. He said Congress must defend free journalism and government against creeping dictatorship as negotiations with Washington continue.
Governor Herring rejects North Dakota style wheat embargo as unconstitutional for Iowa citing small state output and limited effect on prices. He notes farm unrest from sinking prices and slow mortgage refinancing while reporting rising living costs and ongoing code talks with NRAs.
DES MOINES AP Wisconsin Governor Schmedeman wires Governor Herring that Senator Bolens chairman of the liquor control committee and Theodore Lewis secretary to the Wisconsin executive will attend the nine state conferences on uniform liquor control laws in Des Moines October 26. Milneis had accepted Herring's invitation and Missouri sends its committee report.
Official word that the government would buy wheat for relief moves sent prices up sharply in Chicago trading. May wheat rises to 78 78 cents a bushel as traders note the government may pay farmers 80 cents for wheat stored on the farm. In Washington the administration arranges to purchase about 1,000,000 bushels of wheat and completes a cotton loan program to counter recent price drops.
AP reports Secretary Wallace announced a hog corn plan delivering about 12.5 million annual hog production benefits. Estimated total benefits reach 46.875 million with 300 cent per bushel corn rental for contracted acres, yields about 25.3 million Iowa-wide, contingent on a 20 percent acreage reduction.
The plan aims to cut corn acreage by at least 20 percent and hog farrowing by 25 percent in 1934, with a $40 million pork buy to aid the needy. Payments cover rental on corn land, adjustment sums, and head-based rewards, funded by hog and corn taxes through 1934. County and grower allotments will follow wheat and cotton programs.
A signed contract with employers and the government binds thousands of Weirton Steel company workers to return to work. The agreement reached Tuesday outlines terms for resuming production and ending the strike, signaling a major labor dispute resolution.
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