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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1934
Page
1
Widespread concerns over tax systems and spending rise as Governor Yowell L. Harding passes away. Reports note Renewed calls for public works and national resources plans, while Davenport and Sioux City liquor law incidents expose enforcement gaps amid state liquor policy turmoil.
National AAA rulings set in motion expanded county committee responsibilities for 1935. The rules require producers to meet base production thresholds or prove nonproduction was not voluntary. boards may adjust base figures using census data, with no payment on adjusted bases. Rosog benefits hinge on base changes and signups include a shorter contract and new forms.
Edison Electric Institute president Thomas N McCarter personally urged President Roosevelt to back a Supreme Court challenge to the Tennessee Valley Authority program. In a memorial on the President’s desk he urged government and power interests cooperate to protect existing investments and avoid government competition or strangulation. He called the institute the trade industry representing much of the nation’s electrical current and pledged cooperative effort toward the aim.
The Supreme Court ruled the railroad ballad The Wreck Of Old 97 is the property of David Graves of Gretna Virginia. He may recover profits Victor Talking Machine Company earned from the song.
A terse note highlights that ignoring a fact may invite consequences while acknowledging the subject could avoid them. The wording stresses accountability and the potential for consequences if action is avoided.
President Roosevelt asks the state department to explore ways to restate neutrality policy as war talk grows overseas. The department may consider withdrawing protection for American citizens whose trade or ties with belligerents could draw the United States into another war as it did before.
Jan Smuts of South Africa warns that the greatest danger today is the death of liberty not another world war. He decries fascism and communism as tyranny disguising patriotic colors and urges vigilance to protect human rights and free thought against coercive regimes.
Former Iowa governor William L. Harding, 57, died at his Des Moines home after a diabetes illness. A wartime leader and long-time Republican figure, he had paused a speaking tour in Indiana. Survived by widow and daughter Barbara, his body will be moved to Sioux City for brief services. Harding led Iowa during 1917 wartime programs including prohibition and woman suffrage ratifications and road improvements. He was born October 3, 1877, near Sibley.
A Treasury study urged centralizing direct federal lending to industry and expanding a nationwide lending network. It criticized banks and examiners, proposed replacing federal reserve loans with RFC led direct programs, and noted insufficient federal lending despite $585 million appropriations. The Chicago district was studied with 1,850 loan denials analyzed.
Washington readers learn that open hearings begin January 9 to challenge price fixing in NRA codes. S. Clay Williams, head of the National Recovery Board, says price control data justify removing fixed prices. More than 300 of 577 codes involve price provisions, with 140 cost systems under review.
In Havana a wave of bombs exploded across the city as authorities report more than 125 arrests including 22 communists. One woman was gravely wounded and Universal Films agency suffered damage amid a panic as police checked vehicles and crowds for suspects. The unrest marks one of the worst outbreaks in months.
Rome reduced noise by enforcing a horn ban in cars starting Monday, transforming the city from a hub of sound to a notably quieter place as authorities seek calmer streets.
Senator Frank C. Byers warns of a patronage driven plan as interim committee proposes three new departments on public welfare safety and purchasing. He notes governor centralization of power and outlines a bill to create a public welfare department under a three member board including a female member and a welfare supervisor with five years in the field.
Gazette Lost and Found wants ads list Christmas packages pets purses glasses and other articles quickly found. Dial 2-1121 to phone an ad and help reunite owners with their goods.
President Roosevelt orders a State Department study to redefine American neutrality to safeguard foreign trade. A potential unilateral declaration could withhold protection from U S citizens abroad if their actions hinder disarmament or collective efforts, a policy echoing past debates on freedom of the seas and war entries.
District Court Judge John T. Moffit said he will ignore parole requests as a general rule. He had just granted parole clemency to Dr. C. L. Van Patten of Cedar Rapids, convicted of drunk driving. The court fined Van Patten $300 and costs after overruling a new trial motion. William Lingo of Cedar Rapids received a 90 day county jail sentence for drunk driving after a new trial motion was denied.
Mrs Harold McKee was moved from her Morrison farm to Sterling public hospital as she enters the second week of yawning fits described at 600 per hour. Her husband, long ill, was also admitted.
Milk price hike is set for Wednesday after distributors cite a wholesale increase. Pints go to 6 cents, half pints to 11 cents, and Cream prices adjust with dairy market changes. Guernsey and Holstein milks rise to 11 cents per pint, churned cream and whipping cream also increase under new schedule.
Washington AP reports the Roosevelt board's long range resource plan draws praise as progressive yet skepticism on a permanent public works administration. The six year budget includes a ten billion reserve, retirement of 75 million acres, expanded subsistence homesteading, and a five member advisory planning agency.
Senator Huey Long moves to place all Louisiana teachers under a state budgetary commission approval process, removing parish superintendents from appointment power. The bill, part of 34 measures, would require endorsement by the commission led by the state education head, treasurer, and governor. The measure drew initial approval without debate before full details emerged.
John Stuart Jr 24 of Chicago son of Quaker Oats president faces technical homicide charge after friend Prynne Hoxie 21 of St Louis was killed when the car he drove struck an elevated pillar at Sixth Ave and Fifty third St in New York. The pair were Princeton juniors with three others in the car after a hockey game trip.
Washington reports the Federal Reserve ordered a reduction of maximum interest rates on time and savings deposits in banks from 3 to 2 percent, effective February 1. The board expects two outcomes: depositors shift to higher yielding bonds and mortgages, and loan costs decline.
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