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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1934
Page
5
Senator Elmer Thomas called for a return to a Coolidge era dollar and a higher gold price to aid farm relief. He argued a deflationary dollar harms debtors and creditors and urged raising gold value to about 41.34 per ounce, with silver expanding as a base. He spoke during a World’s Fair farm week program in Chicago.
Boxing figure Nate Siegal, known welterweight and tavern owner, was fatally shot in his Revere parlor as four gunmen fled in a Maine-registered sedan. Mrs Siegal survived the blast and alerted police. Authorities traced the escape car toward the Newburyport turnpike with state police alerted along the route.
Dr. W. D. Ennis of Stevens Institute of Technology told engineers at a summer camp that Herbert Hoover founded groundwork for the National Recovery Administration. He credited Hoover’s trade practice conferences with fostering business government partnership and standardization efforts while warning currency inflation would wreck the NRA and worsen labor tensions.
Hollywood star Douglas Fairbanks will fly from New York to Denver to attend the funeral of his sister-in-law Mrs Margaret Fairbanks 52 wife of John Fairbanks longtime business manager. Mrs Fairbanks died after an operation in a local hospital. Also noted: reference to Saba Island marooning by Henry Morgan in 11000.
Buck Rogers 25th century tale unfolds in Eldonia where Wilma is enslaved in beryllium mines amid false accusations by Veglo and Tika. Dotska plots against Doctor Huer, while Huer earns chief advisor status to the Air Lord as John F. Dille is referenced.
Severe heat wave eased as thunderstorms and showers struck fifteen states from Oklahoma to New York. Temperatures fell from over 100 to the 70s, with Chicago at 72 and Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas at 67 to 68. Forecasters expect more rain and seasonable temperatures, though no steady, widespread rainfall is anticipated. Oklahoma City and Wichita posted the day’s hottest readings at 106.
The Gazette details how to estimate line counts for a want ad and provides a price table for consecutive publishing days. It notes a 10 cent surcharge for out of town blind ads and explains contact methods including telephone, mail, and in person submissions.
A collage of classified items includes several lost items such as a small black and brown dog with white markings in a green harness, a brown parasol near Trade Home, a blue kid glove on 1st Ave, and a small white toy terrier named Champ with rewards. Also contains ads for world’s fair guide, personal reward for immoral ads, sport goods sale, film service, chiropractic ad, cleaning services, teaching positions, loan ads, and various small listings.
Classified notice items seek a maid, housekeeper, office secretary, beauty operator, and sales assistant. Calls for experienced individuals aged 22 to 40, living locally, with references and contact box numbers. Entries list duties from laundering and child care to office work and sales tasks.
Classified listing for seeds plants and flowers with items described as large bulbs sold at 25 cents each. Location noted as 225 16th Avenue Southwest. Includes business name Resurrection of Magically and category of merchandise.
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