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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1934
Page
1
Commentary notes Robert Colflesh's resignation as U S District Attorney to run for Iowa governor. The piece critiques the political shift among Republicans, praises Colflesh's background and gallant service, and discusses funding debates over CWA relief and highway taxes.
Former commerce aide William P MacCracken Jr was arrested by Senate sergeant at arms on a warrant demanding surrender of air mail contract correspondence. He refused previously, citing client waivers. records to be submitted Monday as contempt proceedings possible.
Mrs. W Anderson reports her sister Esther Koranda 15 and Lil lian Soukup 17 of Central City missing after leaving the Anderson home Thursday evening to attend a motion picture in Cedar Rapids. Koranda is 5 feet 4, brown hair and eyes, wearing a brown jacket and red dress. Soukup is 5 feet 6, about 180 pounds, in a light blue dress with blue jacket and orange cap. They were due back by 10 pm Thursday and may be in Cedar Rapids.
Leander Hamilton McCormick 74, renowned author and inventor from Chicago, died at a Miami Beach hotel Friday after a lingering illness. He gained international recognition for his writings and innovations.
PAIGN aged 34 a Des Moines resident who grew up an orphan through high school and law college and lost a leg in France during World War I served as state commander of the American Legion and was appointed United States district attorney He obtained the indictment of Lieut Gov Kraschel.
President Roosevelt and strong congressional factions loom for conflict over ending the CWA after May 1 The House moved to consider a $950 million relief bill to extend CWA funding while leaders weighed a possible $1 billion amendment to push the program into after the November elections The White House said relief must stay within $1 16 billion and that CWA workers should be demobilized while more PWA projects take over The administration also weighed pay cuts for federal employees amid a broader budget stand off
The dollar climbed against major currencies on foreign exchange markets. The pound rose 4 percent, London saw gold hit 139 shillings six pence, and Paris francs weakened as traders expect continued gold standard pressures. France reportedly curbed gold shipments to the United States while resisting a gold embargo.
U S District Attorney Robert W. Colflesh declares candidacy for the Republican nomination for Iowa governor. He had helped prosecute Lieut. Gov. Kraschel and will campaign against Kraschel’s public works record, with Dan Turner already in the race. Colflesh offers resignation from the district attorney post to run.
Four armed men robbed banks in Needham Massachusetts, Rochester New York, Pennsgrove New Jersey, and Coleman Texas, netting about 180000. One policeman Forbes Melcod was killed, four robbers wounded, and six employees kidnapped and released as loot ranged from 14000 to 130000 with additional sums. A farmer reported Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker nearby hours earlier.
Ogden L. Mills, former secretary of the treasury and rumored GOP presidential hopeful, said on Friday he would not be a candidate for the 1936 nomination. The statement comes from Millbrae, California, where he spoke to reporters.
The Senate approved a Johnson bill to deny new credits to countries behind on debts to the United States. Penalties include up to 10,000 dollars and five years in prison for issuing or lending to defaulters. The measure applies to about eighteen nations and exempts private debts and refunding issues.
The appropriations committee sent the Reed amendment to the sub committee for the independent offices appropriation bill. The four point program of the American Legion to restore veterans benefits cut by the 1933 economy act is at issue.
Berlin reports Minister Wilhelm Frick dissolved all monarchist leagues in Germany after a demand by Prussian premier Hermann Goering. The move targets monarchist propaganda deemed harmful to the Nazi regime.
Lieut. Gov. N. G. Kraschel and Carleton D. Beh face conspiracy charges tied to the Iowan public works program. Kraschel’s lawyers seek to quash on seven grounds citing insufficiency of the indictment and questions about the conspiracy charge and NIRA validity. Judge Charles A. Dewey set 10 a.m. Thursday for the hearing.
A Chicago jury deadlocked after 26 hours in the Touhy gang kidnapping trial and was dismissed. Defendants Roger Touhy Gustav Schaefer and Albert Kator were considered unlikely to reach a verdict, with a four to eight split. A new trial was scheduled for February 13 with a new venue and continued prosecution.
Angus Mc Bane Jr 28 of Fort Dodge now in Webster county jail admitted that his gasoline tax refund forgeries while a state tax inspector netted him 5000 to 6000 dollars and possibly more. Judge Clock ordered his parole revoked and sent Mc Bane to Anamosa immediately. He has been jailed since last August and began fraud in 1932.
Melvin A. Traylor, president of the First National Bank of Chicago, suffered a serious relapse as his fever climbed to 103.6 degrees early Friday. Three hours later, fever fell to 101.8 and pulse and respiration improved, doctors said.
A reader asks for comfort about life after death and fears of endless years. The column reflects on mortality with quotes from St Paul and Rodin, suggesting hope lies in purification and a God filled with love, while acknowledging terror at eternal existence.
AP reports renewed efforts against the house approved interim committee three point tax bill as the state senate postponed tax revision until Monday. Senator George Patterson of Kossuth offered an amendment to reduce the retail sales tax rate from two to one percent, filed late Friday and likely to be taken up Monday.
Hog prices in Chicago surged as government buying and limited receipts pushed the top from 4.00 to 4.50 per hundredweight. Analysts expect further gains with ongoing relief purchases and improved export prospects boosting prices toward and beyond 5 per hundredweight.
In a Monroe School No. 2 classroom near Harlan a rejected suitor Herman Seick 28 killed teacher Margaret Graves 21 then shot himself. Pupils 20 watched as Seick entered with a shotgun, Graves tried to shield the students before dying. The tragedy followed a threatened breakup. coroner and county attorney ruled no inquest.
The Senate passed on Friday a crop production loan bill modified to raise seed loan funding to 45 million dollars, instead of 100 million, and sent it to the House. Washington dispatch reports the measure aims to support farmers with seed loans.
Washington reports the federal public debt surpasses 25 billion dollars as January expenditures set a new peak. Treasury figures show the record spending for the month, highlighting the growing national debt and fiscal pressures.
William F. MacCracken is arrested after defying senate investigators. Officials discuss a federal export bank and $2 billion stabilization fund spending. Wagner drafts unemployment insurance law after meetings with Roosevelt and Perkins. Senate repasses Johnson bill on private credit. Ford comments on government rescue. Senate approves milk monopoly investigations, seed loans to farmers, and Albanian extradition treaty to capture Samuel Insull.
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