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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1934
Page
7
A Washington column recounts Prof. James Harvey Rogers studying silver effects in China with results dampening silver supporters. It notes Roosevelt’s green averages and Upton Sinclair’s California gubernatorial bid dynamics, NRA demobilization, Farley stamp buying, auto union disaffection, and AFL leadership tensions amid 1934 political shifts.
An old ad claims bad breath stems from digestive decay and bile flow. It warns against strong laxatives and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to restore bile, noting risks of calomel and urging readers to buy by name for 25 cents in 1934 CBC.
Twenty five champions chosen on opening judging day of the Johnson county 4-H club livestock show in Iowa City. Winners include grand champion dairy heifer Martin Warren and reserve grand dairy heifer Robert A Jones. Other top honors go to Victor Mueller Howard Fountain Walter Shaffer Robert Jones and Lloyd Propst among others with markets, litter, boar and gilt awards noted.
At the World's Fair judges named Mortimer E. Foxman of Chicago as healthiest boy and Crista Millspaugh of Mt. Pleasant Iowa as healthiest girl. Katherine Dwyer of Chicago and 4 H champion Glenn Sherwood of Larned Kansas also competed for national honors.
The Illinois Department of Registration and Education began proceedings to revoke the licenses of Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop and her brother-in-law Dr. Gilbert H. Wynekoop. Alice was convicted of murdering her daughter in law Rheta, while Gilbert has been judged insane and confined at home. Both were ordered to answer by September 7.
Rev. R. H. Askew of Goldsboro vanished during a car trip to Smithfield. His wife received a letter on Thursday demanding a $25,000 ransom for his return. The Associated Press reports the abduction and ransom note as authorities search for the missing evangelist.
Swift and Company board votes to pay a dividend of 12 cents a share. Dividend payable Oct 1 to stockholders of record Sept 1.
President Roosevelt appoints Eugene R. Black as official liaison between banks and the administration after his resignation as Federal Reserve Board chairman. The move aims to broaden support for New Deal policies, expand loans, and ease banker concerns as key posts may soon open.
Dr William Beebe and Otis Barton completed a bathysphere dive to 3038 feet off Bermuda setting a depth record. They sighted a large gray illuminated creature about twenty feet long in the dark depths and attempted to photograph it as phosphorescent parasites lit its outline.
A radio message from Dr. Thomas C. Poulter reports Admiral Richard E. Byrd was ill in June and wrote a note noting letters to be found if relief party arrived late. Byrd’s health improved but then relapsed in July, with Poulter praising his courage and polar resolve under extreme strain.
About 1,500 inmates at Welfare Island penitentiary were confined to cells after a strike sparked by a rumor promising ten days of monthly sentence remission. Commissioner MacCormack and Deputy Marcus directed staff to restore order without injuries amid a daylong siege.
The Railroad Retirement Board ordered all Class 1 railroads to immediately pay one tenth of one percent of July payrolls to the U S treasurer to seed the railroad pension fund. The $135 assessment must be paid by August 25. The order followed a bid by railroads to block the act pending its constitutionality.
Rain fell heavily in Missouri and Illinois, saving some corn crops and reviving pastures. Mexico reported 5.42 inches, the heaviest since 1928, with Union City 4.20 and Hermann 3.55 inches. St. Louis recorded the heaviest rainfall in thirteen months, while other states faced mixed outcomes.
A detailed postmortem of a four spade contract shows how an opening heart read, a double by North, and a precise end play by the declarer secure the contract. The column analyzes leads, discards, ruffs, and the defensive chances surrounding the final end position.
Tomorrow's Hand North Dealer. Neither side vulnerable. AQs 9QJ 1098765 1A3 KJ87 We OK9875 and Q62 106543 32 A32 J34. Mra Culbertson will be glad to answer questions on bridge. Please enclose a stamped self addressed envelope and address questions to Josephine Culbertson in care of this newspaper.
The Iowa Highway Commission advertised a long list of small highway construction and maintenance projects to be let at the Aug. 28 meeting. Key items include U.S. 34 in Pottawattamie County with two bridges and paving prep, and several paving, surfacing, guard rail, and bridge work across Louisa Muscatine Clark Decatur and other counties.
Bernice Beauchamp, 19, daughter of rancher Robert Beauchamp of Gilroy, admitted at the inquest that she shot him after he died from a bullet wound. Doctors said the elderly man had attempted death by his own hand.
The Ku Klux Klan says it is out to get Huey Long. At its imperial klankovation in Atlanta, members denounced Long as unamerican and undermining constitutional government but kept a formal resolution off the floor and planned a quiet pursuit of the Louisiana senator.
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