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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1933
Page
1
The city weighs awarding the Cedar Rapids filter bed contract to a low bidder who promises local labor and locally sourced materials if prices match rivals. Officials warn delay harms unemployment relief and public funds, while stressing bond quality and contractor compliance with specs. A Washington observer lauds Senator Murphy for aiding Iowa’s interests.
At Des Moines a ten state conference hears Gov Olson of Minnesota demand federal price fixing for farm goods. He argues food supply should be a public utility with fixed minimum prices based on agriculture index figures and says surplus can be absorbed through distribution.
The piece argues life is hard and costly, yet depth of feeling brings truth beauty and joy. More love expands both reward and risk, as suffering rises with intensity and sensitivity.
Governor Langer of North Dakota urges an embargo on farm shipments until prices are pegged while other governors voice caution. Minnesota Governor Olson opposes the embargo as harmful to co operatives the meeting includes Iowa and Missouri leaders pushing price fixing mortgage refinancing and currency ideas as part of the farm relief program. President Hearst of the Iowa Farm Bureau urges farmers to stand by the federal emergency relief program.
Canberra AP report says the Australian Wheat Growers Federation with 40 000 growers plans to recommend withholding wheat from the market this season unless the federal government provides substantial aid.
Washington report on the Roosevelt administration plan to buy gold in the world market notes market uncertainty and mixed reactions. Prices show a small rise in gold while cotton declines. UK negotiator Leith-Ross and U S officials hold a two hour private discussion on monetary cooperation with little public comment.
Rioters estimated at 2,500 moved through Detroit during a tool and die maker strike turning on 300 plants. They smashed windows, hurled missiles, and set cars and factory offices ablaze while police struggled to restore order. Five men were injured and six arrested as wealth of damage reported across several plants.
Mrs. Helen Clark Riordan 35 daughter of Edward and Mildred Clark of Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital after injuries from two auto crashes near Marengo Sunday night. She was active in Public Health Nursing, chaired the Amy Sinclair guild, and affiliated with the Junior Service league. Surviving: parents three children and three brothers.
AP reports Secretary of Agriculture Wallace planned amendments to the Chicago milk marketing agreement to raise base fluid milk price to 2.10 per hundredweight from 1.75 and increase retail price from 10 to 11 cents a quart. The move aimed to forestall a producers strike amid rising tensions in several localities.
Charles Washington, convicted of slaying a man, was granted a second reprieve by President Roosevelt to November 24. The stay follows his earlier reprieve that spared him from the electric chair last week.
Frank Olinger of Toddville swept the Linn County corn husking contest near Central City winning 1,646.1 pounds net and a $5 prize in 1933. Floyd Etzel of Alburnett was second with 1,562.4 net, Leo Ockenfels of Fairfax third with 1,532.5 net, Bruce McCullough finished fourth and Pay French fifth amid heat slowed judging in front of about 1,500 spectators.
Ernest Heidecker, 22, Lakota, captured the north Iowa district cornhusking title by husking 2,021 pounds. Oscar Johnson of Rake and Arnold Lindeman of New Hartford also qualified for the state contest as about 4,000 to 5,000 spectators watched nine contestants from Cerro Gordo, Winnebago, Wright, Butler, Franklin, Kossuth and Hancock counties.
E H Sothern, renowned Shakespearean actor who died at 73 from pneumonia, will have a private funeral attended only by his wife and intimate friends. Cremation will follow. time and place were not disclosed.
The American Farm Bureau federation announced the resignations of M. Winder and H. R. Kibler after Senate revelations that they participated in commissions paid by commercial firms for advertising without director knowledge. Winder allegedly offered to aid a shipping firm for 100000 to influence subsidies, with other cases cited of propaganda co operation. Otto Ogg named temporary Secretary treasurer as the federation reorganizes.
Noel Panter a British newspaper charged with treason and espionage was moved from Munich to Leipzig for a hearing before the supreme court. He insisted on testimony only before a judge and an alleged German accomplice testified about Panter's “pull.”
The article reports Tony, a coon dog, winning the Nebraska grand championship at a show in Western Nebraska. Dr. R. M. Hergenrather is noted among the participants. The event took place in Auburn, Nebraska, two years after an earlier incident.
Paris reports the American consulate-general granted Maxim Litvinoff Moscow's foreign commissar what is understood as the first diplomatic visa ever given a Soviet citizen. The act signals upcoming U S recognition of Soviet Russia's government.
Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring approved modified bridge plans across the Mississippi between Bettendorf and Moline. The changes cut cost per Public Works Administration guidance and increased horizontal clearance while keeping vertical clearance unchanged.
President Roosevelt discussed with Secretary Wallace two loan proposals for sugar beet growers and a compensating tax issue. Hearings will be held late this week.
Stores announce a new 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. schedule under the retail code with open hours about 44 hours per week. Five days a week 8:30 p.m. closing and Saturday hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. are described, with downtown locations adopting the change.
A campaign to enroll farmers in corn hog reductions begins with regional meetings run by state extension workers. The plan seeks a 29 percent cut in corn and 25 percent in hog production in exchange for government cash. Key organizers include A G Black and Claude Wickard, with meetings in Indianapolis Kansas City St Paul and Chicago scheduled over the next two weeks. Ralph Moyer and Cecil A Johnson join as aides coordinating with state committees and extension services. A Town committee will aid outreach to avoid factionalism.
President Roosevelt brokered agreements with the steel industry and mine operators to cut rail prices and enable collective bargaining. The deals include a $36.375 per ton rail price, immediate reemployment under Appalachian terms, and election of bargaining representatives, aiming to end labor disruptions and resume coal production.
In Rome and the central provinces, 2500 couples wed in a Mussolini backed rite to boost population. Achille Starace handed each pair a 500 lire note as a gift from the Duce.
In Guthrie Oklahoma Sheriff Milo Beck claims his nose led him to a still on a newly bought farm and to arrest his own tenant. The report notes the humorous misdirection as the sheriff discovered illegal activity tied to the property.
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