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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1933
Page
1
Fragmentary report describes Cuban revolutionary government threats and a tense port scene. It notes American battleships in Cuban waters, uncertainty over internal force loyalties, and Washington's wary stance as the situation develops.
Reports say Cuba forms a transitional government after overthrow of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. The executive commission plans a presidential type government to rule constitutionally as US warships circle the island. Mexico, Argentina, Chile urge order while Havana stays quiet amid unclear fronts and potential intervention risks.
President Roosevelt toured the Quantico marine mobilization center aboard the Sequoia for a weekend trip. Marines prepared as the Seventh regiment with 36 aircraft and a plan to deploy if ordered, while the president stayed within an hour of naval aviation and kept White House radio contact.
Two Polish balloonists Captain Francizek Hynek and Lieutenant Znigniew Byrzynski completing a flight from Chicago in the James Gordon Bennett balloon race reached Riviere a Pierre Quebec Saturday night after landing in a forest on Monday.
Oklahoma City reports gunman Bailey, famed for a Dallas jail escape and linked to the Urschel kidnapping and Kansas City Union Station massacre, denied habeas corpus. Judge Vaught orders secure, speedy trial with limited exercise. Bailey requested bond and attendance denied.
Daniel Sherman aged 79, of 135 Thirty fifth street NE, father of George B Sherman, deputy county clerk, was hit by a car on First avenue at Thirty-fifth street E at 7:15 p m Saturday. He suffered a fractured right ankle and facial cuts, was taken to St Luke s hospital, where the fracture was set. The driver A Homolka of 821 Tenth avenue SE said he did not see the pedestrian until impact. Sherman had been to a neighborhood store and was on his way home, resting easily late Saturday.
Washington AP report details mounting objections to Hugh S. Johnson's coal code and retail price plans. Alabama miners oppose a $3 day wage and code provisions seen as political socialization of mines. Appalachian producers threaten formal protests as hearings delay until Tuesday. A cost-plus retail rule prompts a cabinet committee to study impacts while shoe manufacturers push for merit clauses despite Johnson’s stance.
Kansas State Treasurer Tom B. Boyd posted a $50,000 bond and was released from jail awaiting trial on state and federal charges tied to the forged bonds scandal. He had previously been bound over to district court on charges of converting $150,000 in state funds for his own use and that of Emporia broker Ronald Finney.
Chicago street figure James Belcastro dubbed the king of the bombers was found guilty by a jury under the criminal reputation act. He received six months at Bridewell work house, the fourth hoodlum to be convicted for vagrancy in two weeks.
A 1933 meditation on life meaning urging full presence and vitality. The author asks if we live with whole alertness and joy, noting some people drift through life while others seek admiration, hope, and love to deepen existence.
The Associated Press reports Maine votes on Monday whether to ratify repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, followed by Maryland Minnesota and Colorado the next day. If Maine favors repeal 29 of 36 states will have approved the change and end prohibition.
Des Moines AP report recalls Judge William S. Kenyon who died in Sebasco Estates Maine. Iowa leaders and citizens honor his public service and personal friendship, remembering him as a neighborly man from Fort Dodge.
Washington AP report says The Reconstruction Corporation authorized a $23,000,000 loan on First Central Trust of Akron Ohio assets. The plan, submitted by a committee of depositors and stockholders, also provides for bank reorganization.
Howard Hall of the Iowa Manufacturing Company leads opposition to a proposed NRA sand and stone code. He warns regional boards could favor large fixed quarries and bar portable crushers, restricting equipment moves and harming small contractors and allied industries in Iowa and the Midwest.
Unseasonably hot conditions lingered in Cedar Rapids with Saturday's high reaching 95 between 3 and 4 pm, four degrees shy of Friday's 99 and the highest September reading in years. Rain remains unlikely through the weekend as temperatures ease to 86 by 7:30 pm.
Washington reports new financing and plans to revive railroads and the construction industry as part of the national recovery program. Talks with federal transportation coordinator Eastman explored loans for rail purchases and maintenance, with emphasis on large scale residential building at low rates under government supervision.
The Rev. EF J Flanagan head of Father Flanagan s boys home defends 14 year old Peter Christopolus after wealthy Paterson N J silk dyer Jean Strengs returned him to the home asserting disobedience and discourtesy A Paterson report suggested extortionists were involved and Strengs pursued adoption during a three month probation period amid the dispute over motive and justice
Four Detroit residents Robert Fraser 134 Robert Buffa 24 Douglas Schitsitt 21 and his 17 year old brother Louis of Port Huron Mich pled guilty to first degree murder before Circuit Judge Neil B Reid in Macomb County They also pled guilty to abduction and were sentenced to 45 and 90 years for kidnapping Nesbitt was abducted in Detroit taken to Muttonville robbed and shot four times as he begged for mercy He died later at St Josephs Hospital after police heard his pleas were ignored by the youths The crime occurred within forty hours of the arrest and confession.
In ban Jose California the trial of David A Lamson centers on jealousy and a possible motive tied to his alleged affair with Sara Kelley a blonde divorcee seen with him in March and April trips to Sacramento flowers early breakfasts and dances while witnesses show Lamson and his wife slept apart and three poems in the divorcee’s handwriting were found in his office desk
AP forecast for the upper Mississippi valley and Great Plains calls for generally fair conditions with above normal temperatures through most of the period until late in the week.
Cincinnati editor Carl Groat recalls Captain Paul Koenig who in 1916 steered the Deutschland across the Atlantic to Baltimore. Koenig docked for a month, unloaded dyes and chemicals, loaded rubber and nickel for return, and calmly told reporters it was nothing. He described evading Allied ships by partly staying submerged and flashed a modest smile at fame.
Traffic toll in Cedar Rapids shows 207 accidents this year with 13 deaths and multiple injuries though exact injury figures are not listed. City officials reported steady levels despite newer enforcement measures.
The Navy contemplates a six to twelve flying boat non-stop formation flight from Panama Canal Zone toward San Diego covering about 3,000 miles. If approved, the plan could repay Italo Balbo's 1933 visit by flying from Norfolk Coco Solo to Rome via a possible northern or southern route, weather permitting.
In Cambridge Massachusetts authorities search for a killer described as fiendish after ten year old Margaret McCarthy was found strangled near Harvard Divinity School. The Somerville girl had been missing since Friday from a shoemaker's where she bought polish for shoes for St. Joseph's School opening Monday. Melvin Fowler found the body near the Harvard Property while going to work.
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