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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1934

Page

14

Iowa Cagers Take Pot Shots At Books

Special to The Gazette Iowa City Iowa cagers prep for Saint Ambrose game in Moline amid final exams. Coach Rollie Williams says players may rest on studies and avoid ineligibility, with emphasis on individual drills and polishing. Regulars to start vs Davenport, then Drake Bradley Tech, Indiana Purdue Northwestern looming road tests. Last season Saint Ambrose led 15 14 first half before Iowa pulled away to win 44 24.

the Gazette Iowa City University of Iowa St. Ambrose Moline Ill Rollie Williams Saint Ambrose Hawkeyes Saints Moline Field House Iowans Drake Des Moines Bradley Tech Williams Indiana Bloomington Purdue Northwestern Iowa Davenport

Bach Named Duquesne Head Coach Succeeds Layden

Pittsburgh wire reports Joseph A. Bach once a Notre Dame star and Duquesne line coach is promoted to head football coach on a one year contract. He succeeds Elmer Layden who returns to Notre Dame after the Four Horsemen era. Layden departs for Booth Bend Indiana to assume duties as Notre Dame head coach succeeding Hank Anderson.

Pittsburgh INS Joseph A. Bach Notre Dame Duquesne University Elmer Layden Bach Duquesne Syracuse Layden Booth_ Bend Ind Heartly Hank) Anderson

Wheatland wins three games from Clarence at Wheatland

Wheatland high school basketball teams swept Clarence on Friday night at Wheatland. The Clarence girls, undefeated before, fell 33 to 25 as Wheatland kept pace in league standings. The Wheatland boys first team won 28 to 20, and Wheatland also took the second team contest.

Wheatland High School Clarence High School Wheatland Clarence Girls Clarence Wheatland Boys

Newhall Sweeps Shellsburg In Double Bill At Home

Newhall recorded a double victory over Shellsburg on its home floor. The win marked a successful night for the Newhall first team and a second victory for the Newhall Reserves, highlighting strong performance from both squads. Limited details remain on individual scorers or game margins.

Newhall Shellsburg

Iowa Senate Moves Tax Relief for Low Income Groups

Debate over tax measures continues as the Iowa Senate lifts a tax on low income groups. House amendments to S F 1 allow merchants to adjust and absorb the 2 percent retail sales tax. Rep John Speidel proposes trade agreements on tax application to hide or reallocate tax burden. Johnson amendment decision leads to a brief adjournment and continued Senate study of the classified transactions tax bill. The Hill Calhoun amendment on tax reform faced rejection but could be revisited later.

Wenner House John Speidel Washington Arch McFarlane Black Hawk Speidel Pearly Iowa

Ossie Solem Speaks At Sigourney Grid Dinner

SIGOURNEY Va The junior Chamber of Commerce hosted Ossie Solem coach of the University of Iowa and Sigourney high school. Francis Crowe presented letters to members of the high school football team.

Sigourney Junior Chamber of Commerce Ossie Solem University of Iowa Sigourney High School Francis Crowe

Luque Signs For 23rd Season In Baseball

New York AP report states Adolpho Luque a 43 year old Cuban pitcher and hero of the last world series has sent in his signed 1934 contract to the New York Giants. He becomes the seventh Giant to sign and is entering his twenty third season of professional baseball.

NEW York Adolpho Luque New York Giants

Marengo And Victor Cage Teams Collide

Marengo and Victor square off in a county basketball clash as both girls teams ride undefeated marks. Marengo trails with two losses to out of county foes while Victor holds the better odds. only three Marengo games have been played this season.

Marengo Victor Cage Gazette Iowa Victor

Iowa Netmen Schedule Includes Five Big Ten Encounters

Iowa City will host four home duals as part of a nine match 1934 tennis schedule announced by Coach E G Schroeder. The Hawkeyes face Northwestern Iowa State and others with dates in April May and the Big Ten championships set for Chicago on May 17.

Iowa City University of Iowa E. G. Schroeder Hawkeye Net Northwestern Evanston Iowa State Chierro Iowe City Finois State Cedar Falll Wisconsin Iowan City Minnesota Minneapolis Chicago

Shellsburg Quintets Capture Double Bill

Shellsburg Independents take a double header from the Church of Brethren of Cedar Rapids. Shellsburg won the first game 33 to 29 with a 20 to 9 halftime advantage. The Shellsburg seconds also defeated the Church men.

Shellsburg Shellsburg, Ija Shellsburg Independents Church of Brethren of Cedar Rapids Shellsburg Jed Shellsburg Seconds

Buckley’s Mixture Promises Fast Cough Relief

Buckley’s Mixture triple strength claims to quickly conquer coughs and colds. Advertises immediate effect from the first dose and notes availability at Mug Drug and Podzilmek Pharmacy and other drug stores for 45¢ and 50¢.

Buckley Buckley's Mug Drug Podzilmek

Roosevelt to Halt Senate Gold Rebels

The committee upheld the administration by rejecting an amendment that would have let reserve banks keep the 40 to 50 percent profit from the dollar devaluation as a franchise tax. The bill was reported 15 to 2, with Goldsborough and Townsend voting no. Gore present but silent. Carey and Couzens absent.

McAdoo California Treasury Senate Fess Ohio Fletcher Congress Goldsborough Townsend Gore Carey and Couzens

RFC loan talks to release deposits at Cedar Rapids Savings

Washington AP says negotiations for a 675000 Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan to unlock half the deposits in Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and American Trust and Savings Bank proceeded Monday. Des Moines figures Comfort and Grimes oversee the talks as a plan to form a new bank to hold assets and act as depository for RFC funds. Local progress hinges on Washington negotiations and waiver agreements.

RFC GC. R. Savings Bank Washington Reconstruction Finance Corporation Cedar Rapids Frank J. Comfort Des Moines Taylor Grimes Cedar Rapids Savings and American Trust and Savings Banks

Steiner Decries Clergy Laxity to Des Moines Ministers

Dr Edward A Steiner Grinnell College professor urged Des Moines area ministers to confront a crisis in Protestant leadership. He attacked theological seminary laxity and clerical decay stating seminary teachers cling to chairs and new ministers lack preparation. Approximately 200 attended the First Methodist church event opening the convocation.

Des Moines Edward A. Steiner Grinnell College Iowa Dr. Steiner First Methodist Church

Corn Hog Signers Increase in Tama County to 879

A Tama County campaign update notes 296 corn hog contracts signed across six townships on Tuesday, bringing the total to 879 by Tuesday night. In Clayton County, 36 contracts were signed on the campaign’s first day, with Hale Corlett of Farmersburg Farm Bureau first signer.

Tama County Toledo Tama Elkader Clayton County Hale Corlett Farmersburg Farm Bureau

Chautemps Upheld as Rioters Clash in Paris

Paris report says Camille Chautemps won a 386 to 201 vote of confidence after hours of clashes as mobs outside the chamber shouted for his resignation. Police and mounted guards battled demonstrators who threw debris and blockaded streets amid a tense political crisis.

Paris Chamber of Deputies Stavisky Camille Chautemps Bayonne Serge Stayisky Air Cot Justice Raynaldy Paul Boncour Bonnet Commerce Laurent Egnac Chautemps Boulevard St. Germain Chamber PRR Crea Delbos

Decorah Residents Hurt In West Union Crash

Five Decorah residents were injured when their car collided with an empty truck two miles north of West Union Tuesday afternoon. J A Olson, truck driver, turned into a farm yard as the other car struck him.

Decorah West Union the Gazette J. A. Olson No 11 R. G. Isenberger Warren Hoyt Isenberger Rochester Hee Union Hospital M. D. Whitney Bert Ruth

Recommends Dunn For U S Attorney In Northern Iowa

Senator Louis Murphy confirmed a recommendation to the justice department that Ed Dunn of Mason City be appointed United States attorney for the Northern district of Iowa. Murphy said he did not expect an early resignation by incumbent Harry Reed of Waterloo, and would not explain his reasoning since Reed’s term expires in February 1935.

Gazette Washington Louis Murphy Justice Department Ed Dunn Mason City United States Iowa Murphy Repubican Harry Reed Waterloo

Fraser Transferred to AAA in Washington

DES MOINES AP W O Fras er chief of the department of agriculture's market news service in Des Moines transferred to the corn hog section of the AAA in Washington. He will be succeeded by his assistant K L Urban. Until taking up golf twelve years ago Miss Virginia Van Wie was an invalid.

Des Moines W. O. Fraser Department of Agriculture AAA Washington K. L., Urban Virginia van Wie

Madame Spy scheduled to open at State theater Wednesday

The film Madame Spy directed by Karl Freund features Fay Wray Nils Aster Edward Arnold and others. It unfolds across Vienna Berlin Leningrad and other capitals with World War I flashbacks and elaborate Cafe Marabu set pieces.

Europe State Theater Karl Freund Fay Wray Nils Aster Edward Arnold John Miljan Noah Beery Vince Barnett David Torrence Vienna Berlin Leningrad Continental Russian Court Ife Unter den Linden

Joan Crawford And Gary Cooper Head Double Bill At The Majestic

The Majestic presents Today We Live starring Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper as the lead feature on Wednesday and Thursday. Supporting players include Robert Young Francot Tone Roscoe Karns and Louise Closser Hale. An added attraction features Tallulah Bankhead in The Cheat with Irving Pichel.

Joan Crawford Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Robert Young Majestic Theater Joan Gary Roscoe Karns Louise Closser Hale Tallulah Bankhead Irving Pichel

Prussian Premier Takes Lead Of Huntsmen Union

Berlin dispatch says Hermann Wilhelm Goering, already overloaded with titles, now becomes master of the hunt for Prussia and will head all huntsmen unions, directing those who join a union answerable to him.

Berlin INS Hermann Wilhelm Goering Heis Prussia

At the Theaters: Star Showings Across Iowa and More

Iowa audiences see Kate Smith and Swanee Music Revue with Let's Fall in Love featuring Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern. Paramount presents Eddie Cantor in Roman Scandals. State showcases Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Sons of the Desert. Majestic screens Night Plight with John Barrymore and Helen Hayes and In The Monkey with Skeets Gallagher and Lois Wilson. Palace presents Three On A Match with Warren William and Joan Blondell and Ace Of Aces with Richard Dix. Rialto features Love, Honor And Oh Baby with Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts and The Avenger with Ralph Forbes and Adrienne Ames. Olympic shows Cavalcade with Diana Wynard and Clive Brook plus Her First Mate with Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts.

Iowa Kate_ Smith Edmund Lowe Ann Sothern Paramount Eddie Cantor State Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Majestic John Barrymore Helen Hayes Skeets Gallagher Lois Wilson Palace Warren William Joan Blondell Richard Dix Rialto Slim Summerville Zasu Pitts Love Ralph Forbes Adrienne Ames Diana Wynard Clive Brook

The Green Pastures Comes to Shrine Auditorium

The Green Pastures debuts at Shrine auditorium Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Marc Connelly transformed Roark Bradford’s 1928 tale Ol’ Man Adamn into a celebrated play, drawing on New Orleans influence, Negro dialect studies, and a standout production team led by Rowland Stebbins, C. C. Stewart, and Robert Edmond Jones.

Green Pastures Shrine Auditorium Marc Connelly Ol' Man Adamn Roark Bradford New Orleans Times- Picayune Bradford Connelly New York New Orleans Rowland Stebbins C. C. Stewart Stewart Stebbins the Green Pastures Robert Edmond Jones Halli Johnson

Charles Bohaty Held On Fraud Count

Charles Bohaty aged 25 of 1601 E Avenue NE was charged with issuing a false check with intent to defraud. He was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Constable W J Fleming on a warrant from Justice A S Reed and jailed at 4 40 pm. Bond set at 1000 dollars. The charge stems from an alleged spurious check for 11 dollars.

Charles Bohaty E Avenue NE W. J. Fleming A. S. Reed Fleming

Supervisors Approve Waiver for Palo Savings Bank

Linn county supervisors signed a waiver for Palo Savings Bank amid a deposit incident. The plan contemplates a 50 percent payment on deposits, with county funds involved totaling 393.55 dollars. Two depositors are noted in the waiver action.

Palo Savings Bank Linn County Board of Super- Vicom Vings Bank Senate

Morning radio schedule and notices from 1934 page

A dense list of radio programs from NBC CBS and other networks fills the morning and afternoon slate with shows led by Clara, Luise Em, Three Scamps, and Alice Remsen among others. The block includes a lengthy legal notice of a referee sale in Linn County Iowa and probate administrator appointment with exact dates and locations.

Eton Boys CBS WABC WMT NBC WJZ Weaf Wooco WIZ WTMJS _ AWENR Netty Cracker NBG Weap Woc Juan Reyes Weaf Wocc Who Wow Grakine WRBM Alice WEAF Wooco Weap Chain CB8 WCCO Tor Low NHC Rob Barlow Orch WBBM Alice Joy WJZ Chain Ma_ Perkins WENR John Taylor Arms Whéz Chain Lady West Door Weaf Chain Ted Black Orche Morin Sisters Joan Olsen Whiara Ot Ox Sack Armstrong WBAP Jan Peerce Warne King Woc- Who Ti Hed Davis WLS Harold Murray Troubadoura Tenn Wewee Wls Yarden Dawes CBB Coal Alpennagle

Two Die in Rio Blast Near Island Warehouse

An explosion at a commercial warehouse near Governor Island in the bay north of Rio de Janeiro kills two 17-year-olds and injures about thirty. The blast damages hundreds of windows a seven mile distance from the city, caused by roughly 130 tons of dynamite in the warehouse near an orphanage.

Rio DE Janeiro Brazil Governor Island

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