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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1933
Page
1
The drive for increased buying marks a strong start with 1498 jobs created in Cedar Rapids by NRA activity. Co operation with the NRA has been largely wholesome, with some selfish uses to be corrected. The public works program aims to stimulate employment and restore purchasing power, urging RFC rule liberalization to release billions in frozen bank deposits.
Findings show 7.5 billion dollars awaiting owners in bank deposits. Recommendations call for issuing federal currency against frozen assets to free deposits and stimulate buying, with coordination of bank reopening actions and possible RC funds release.
Paris reports European statesmen considered widening Austria rearmament to 30 000 troops under the St Germain treaty and strengthening Belgium eastern defenses after Hitler’s rise. Count de Broqueville and Albert Devere discussed bolstering garrisons and building new forts as Britain Italy Spain and Belgium envoys confer in Paris.
Dudley Cates quits as deputy administrator after policy and legal interpretation differences with NRA head Hugh S. Johnson. Cates, assistant administrator for industry, left a post aligned with Edward F. McGrady, citing an honorable straightforward path and personal sacrifice.
Upwards of 50 000 people watched Fort Wayne Indiana stage the largest postwar demonstration as a seven mile long recovery day parade moved through the business district.
Prof Rexford Guy Tugwell assistant secretary of agriculture will publish a weekly series in The Cedar Rapids Gazette starting Sunday September 3. His articles will analyze the present situation affecting the welfare of every American and discuss whether the New Deal will restore prosperity through the national recovery movement.
A reflection on George Eliot and her romance with Spencer reveals a broken engagement over a coin toss and the choice to accept hardship. The piece praises pluck over luck as a lasting ally, noting Eliot's resilience and the idea that luck is fickle while courage endures.
A farmer reported twenty bushels of corn stolen and Deputy Sheriffs Catron and Smith pursued the trail. Spilled corn was found near a Negro tending a still. E Guest faced moonshining charges but investigators argued fresh whisky damaged the original case.
Sister Aimee, staging a ten day revival in Minneapolis with tent and new auditorium venues, plans stage appearances for gospel work at about 1000 dollars a night. She insists proceeds go to Angelus Temple and denies acting aims, eyeing New York first to reach non churchgoers.
Katharine F Lenroot announces the first of September marks the effective date for the child labor provisions of the Presidents re employment agreement. The cotton textile industry leads by banning minors under 16, with exceptions for 14 and 15 year olds in some occupations and for newspaper work under a temporary code. The goal is to save jobs for older workers and preserve education and play for children under 16.
Washington reports price fixing under the NRA code may set crude at not less than $1 a barrel with a refinery gas price base of five to six cents a gallon as Hugh S. Johnson pushes two more codes for coal and retail. The plan includes unionizing Appalachian coal fields and retailers working toward a master code to stabilize prices. Johnson predicts millions of new jobs by Labor Day and urges strong American Legion support for the blue eagle campaign.
The outbreak in St Louis rose to 52 deaths and 390 total cases as four more people died. The victims were all older adults, with the youngest of the four being 67 years old, and the epidemic continues to spread since its discovery on July 30.
Local leaders report 1498 NRA created jobs by Thursday noon at the Hotel Roosevelt as part of a nationwide reemployment push. Nearly 500 employers yet to respond, with a "drivers' drive" planned to spur spending and employment. Housewives sign pledge cards in near unanimous support, though sticker supplies run short.
Frank Hawks, famed transcontinental flyer, landed in Los Angeles shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday during a flight from Chicago to Los Angeles to Seattle and back. He departed for Seattle at 1 55 p.m., having left Chicago the previous night.
The Cedar Rapids city council approved eight promotions to fill vacancies from resignations as part of a police department reorganization begun last February by Safety Commissioner Dan Kruidenier. A new detective bureau was authorized with a chief of detectives overseeing detectives and reporting to the police chief and safety commissioner.
Senator Wagner of New York said after a conference between labor and employers Philadelphia hosiery workers who were to strike Friday have agreed to remain at work.
President Roosevelt began the return trip to Washington after a ten day Hyde Park vacation aboard Vincent Astor's yacht Nourmahal. He had not signed the coal code when he left Hyde Park and will reach Washington late Monday or early Tuesday.
The Treasury extended the reporting deadline for gold coin bullion and certificates to September 18 under Roosevelt's anti hoarding order. The Sept 12 date was moved with further extensions to October 12 possible. Returns forms available at the Treasury federal reserve banks and IRS offices.
Captain A. A. Mikota, longtime member since 1913, succeeds Sam Christensen as assistant chief of the Pearce department and resigns from the captaincy. He resides at 27 Twelfth Street SE.
In Chicago a 29 year old mother known as the blonde tigress was found guilty of the murder of Gustav Hoeh and sentenced to die in the electric chair. She and two accomplices had led a career of robberies and violence. The jury convicted her four hours after deliberations began.
John Scheck, convicted of killing Policeman John Sevick, was sentenced to die in the electric chair on October 13. Judge Harry B. Miller denied motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment.
In Grand Rapids Homer S. Cummings, U.S. Attorney General, told the American Bar Association that the federal government has no plan to compel surrender of state police powers. He said coordination with state authorities should be voluntary and rejected a federally universal police force despite earlier remarks by Pat Malloy.
Two staffers of the Iowa Bureau of Investigation submitted resignations to Attorney General O'Connor. L. W. Neary resigns as head of the fingerprint investigation unit to join Berkeley California police as head of its fingerprint division. J. Fenton Quigley leaves the state radio duties for new work in Des Moines.
Washington reports show Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson and Henry Ford stubbornly resisting settlement over Ford joining the auto code. Detroit NRA officials banned Ford workers from a victory parade for not signing the code. Ford’s retreat at Big Bay remained silent as Roosevelt weighs actions that could withhold licenses and spark penalties if Ford continues operation without code compliance.
Detroit press reports Henry Ford sped to a Northland hotel to contact Edsel Ford by telephone from Maine. Ford refused to discuss his stance on the automobile code and NRA obligations, saying he had nothing to say. Ford workers were barred from a Detroit NRA victory parade pending his undercarriage of the code.
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