24 Jan 1935
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1935
Page
1
The piece argues for prioritizing human relief over education expenses as Iowa faces a 25 percent rise in operating costs. It questions capital school spending, urges relief funding first, and highlights the moral burden on lawmakers to assist the needy amid looming fiscal pressures.
Warmer weather was in prospect through out Town as the coldest wave in five years moved eastward after lingering over the state for about twelve hours. Temperatures fell to as low as 30 below in Northwood Clarion and Osage with sub zero readings elsewhere. by noon Wednesday the cold eased and a gradual recovery began.
Arctic cold and floods sweep across the United States with dozens of fatalities and widespread disruption. Minnesota records fall as Eveleth hits 51 below, while Duluth and Minneapolis set historic lows. Rivers overflow in Mississippi and Tennessee. roads, schools, and lines of communication suffer nationwide. New York mobilizes over 32,000 workers to clear more than 11 inches of snow.
Old Man Winter delivers a severe blast as Cedar Rapids records plunge to 19 degrees below zero at 8 15 a m marking a new winter low. The chill deepens through the day with readings of 18 below at 9 30 a m 16 below by 1 p m and 12 below by 2 30 p m ending at 12 below at 6 30 p m Wednesday.
The Dubuque office notes that some applicants seek more money than their property justifies and acknowledges that many want help. It argues that relief should go to those who truly need it and that its procedure is acceptable if it demonstrates need-based criteria.
Secretary Henry Wallace said wooded lands in southern Iowa could benefit residents and tax units if bought for a national forest preserve. He cited erosion and poor soil between Leon and Kellerton, adding forests would aid merchants and reduce road and school costs. He urged thorough discussion of the plan.
Gov Clyde L Herring proposed an independent county licensing commission to issue beer permits and avoid state control, favoring nonpartisan panels in each county and reforming the bill to curb tavern openings in residential areas while allowing licensed drug stores to operate neighborhoods.
Five gunmen hijacked a United States mail truck in Fall River Massachusetts. They bound driver Herbert Reid and escaped with registered mail containing about 129000 dollars in banknotes and silver from a Boston to Fall River shipment. Reid, a 20 year postal employee, was tied and blindfolded as the thieves fled across the Taunton River into Swansea in a sedan and a second car.
The plan to pay a basic five dollars per month as a security wage to 3.5 million jobless under a four point nine billion work relief program drew strong opposition in the House. A 246 to 147 vote adopted a gag rule limiting amendments as Democratic insurgents and Republicans united against the wage level.
The district court trial of J. Le Roy Farmer, of 1920 First Avenue E, on illegal liquor possession is postponed as defense counsel is out of the city. Delbert Greb, foreman at Farmer’s mining factory, faces the same delay. The December 12 raid at the canning factory yielded about $2000 in liquor and gambling equipment, plus a sealed Iowa liquor commission sheet.
Theater giveaways announced in Want Ads with many names listed. Read ads to find your name and claim tickets this week.
A 1935 reflection on truth, leadership, and human behavior examines how what people actually do reveals beliefs, the value of calm action, and the struggle between comfort and progress. It riffs on prayer, prejudice, fate, and happiness as a scarce resource.
Federal and state agents arrested two men in liquor raids Tuesday afternoon and confiscated twelve gallons of alcohol. Bries Crow was arrested at his home here and one gallon was found at Harry Baker’s farm nearby. Both face state charges of illegal possession of liquor.
Washington reports a push to divide President Roosevelt’s economic security program into four separate measures. Senator McNary lines up a GOP conference to explore splitting the omnibus bill into old age pensions unemployment insurance mothers and children and public health. Senator Byrd opposes broad powers for the old age pensions administrator.
Japanese and Manchukuoan forces press into Chahar and Jehol regions near Peiping as Chinese troops offer stiff resistance. The advance, beginning Tuesday evening, halted briefly on a 25 mile front and resumed with reinforcements joining the engagements.
Sheriff reports Alvin Karpis public enemy No 1 and Harry Campbell traveling toward Moline from La Salle and Peru after a bank robbery near Trivoli Illinois. Investigators link the pair to the heist that netted about 3000 dollars. Police block routes to Moline and Davenport and guard the Mississippi River bridge.
L H Holder, finishing his shift, heads home amid near zero winds when a crackling sound and a sharp sensation in his left eye socket signal a dramatic change. The sudden temperature drop shattered his glass eye.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann will testify in his own defense at noon Thursday. Defense chief Edward J. Reilly announced the plan after outlining expected proceedings including cross examination of Arthur Koehler and the anticipated broad life-history presentation from birth in Kamenz to arrest. The Fisch family may be called as rebuttal witnesses regarding the ransom payment and alleged involvement of Isidor Fisch.
Des Moines Gov Clyde Herring asked attorney general to draft a power of removal bill to grant the governor uncontested authority to remove appointive officials. The move follows a letter from Harrison E Spangler Cedar Rapids Republican national committeeman citing Harold Cooper chair of the Iowa liquor control commission for alleged liquor act violations.
President Roosevelt, under heavy duties, was reported by his aides on Tuesday to be sitting for a portrait by British artist Frank Salisbury.
A 160 ballot dispute in Cedar County affects the race for district court judge between Judge Atherton B. Clark and C. J. Haas. Recounted results show Clark 280? Haas 2811? per contested pile, with last precincts adding 94 ballots for court review and net gains favoring Clark on conceded ballots.
Federal wood expert Arthur Koehler testified in Flemington that ladder lumber left by the Lindbergh kidnapper originated from Hauptmann attic flooring. He showed pieces matched by a tool marks analysis, arguing the two sections were once one piece. The state planned to rest its case next, while defense anticipated prolonging the testimony.
A jury of three women and nine men deliberates Louis Clay for murder in the death of George Folsom, 77, robbed at his Town City home on Christmas Eve, 1933. Judge D. W. Jackson gave instructions after lengthy closing arguments by W. F. Jackson for the defense and E. A. Baldwin for the state.
A sharp two second earthquake struck the southern Aleutians near Dutch Harbor Alaska Tuesday night at 8 25. It caused minor disruption as clocks stopped and objects fell from shelves but no serious damage was reported.
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