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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1934
Page
1
A broad critique links the national labor scene with a looming San Francisco dock strike and presidential vacation. It roots the discord in labor boards, figures like Perkins and McGrady, and a Daily Worker editorial urging nationwide action amid price wars and dairy politics.
North Dakota Supreme Court rules Governor William Langer is disqualified from holding office after a federal felony conviction for conspiracy to defraud the United States. The decision states the governor’s duties devolve to Lieutenant Governor Ole Olson during disability. Langer’s June primary victory preceded the 18 month prison sentence and $10,000 fine.
Lieutenant Governor Ole Olson told the Fargo Forum by telephone he probably would cancel the call for the state legislature's special session slated to convene in Bismarck on Thursday. Olson noted he had not yet been officially notified of the supreme court’s decision disqualifying Governor William Langer.
Federal investigators seized 154 gallons of alcohol and a case of whisky in Iowa City and arrested Emil Buck, 34, after stopping his Chevrolet coupe. Buck faces transportation concealment and possession of untaxed liquor charges and will be arraigned in Cedar Rapids or Davenport.
Governor Olson orders a battalion of national guardsmen to Minneapolis armory to prevent violence amid a 7000 truck driver strike over wages and union representation. Adjutant General Walsh says disorder is not expected and will discipline parties if needed, while labor leaders threaten a general strike within a week.
Eleano r Wilson McAdoo, daughter of Woodrow Wilson, was granted a divorce from Senator William Gibbs McAdoo after filing late Tuesday. She cited cruelty and incompatibility over differing interests in art and public life, sharing custody of their two daughters. The judge approved alimony and property settlements, with the couple to share custody.
Tony Mancini a stuttering waiter known as a seaside Romeo was formally charged in Bright on with the wilful murder of actress Violette Saunders also known as Violette Kaye or Violette Watson. Saunders body was found Sunday in a trunk at Mancini’s Brighton room. Mancini had earlier been questioned in a separate trunk murder case. He had recently come from the United States according to Liade Kornel who knew him.
St Paul city council voted 5 to 2 to reject Alexander G Jamie former Chicago Secret Six head as chief of police in St Paul. Charter requires 15 unanimous votes for an out of town appointment, so the bid failed.
N Y, Hart s dale police found 21 month old Robert Connor alive in a woody thicket behind his parents home after five days missing. Doctors said he is in serious condition from lack of food and water, with possible exposure and dehydration. Tests consider pneumonia risk as justice agents vow to redouble the kidnapping search.
A new effort to settle deep divisions in Cedar Rapids dairy circles forms Wednesday with a committee from independent producers, producer-distributors, and the Co-operative. They aim to craft or reject a licensing agreement after a tense price slash pause and earlier government involvement.
Six persons were killed and thirteen injured when a trolley car and a truck collided in Montreal early Tuesday.
A readers letter argues any man can change his life with will and discipline. It cites Captain Scott, once weak and moody, who built inner strength to endure and lead. The piece asserts temperament does not have to govern destiny and urges self-control and persistence. Copyright 1934 DR NEWTON.
Chicago authorities connected a $65,200 jewel theft and a $250,000 mail robbery to the $200,000 Edward G. Bremer kidnapping. Four women and two men were in custody, with police tracing conversations about selling valuables in New York and St Paul and tying James Weinberg and associates to the crimes.
The U S army and National Geographic Society stratosphere flight cannot begin before Wednesday morning Maj William E Kepner the mission pilot said Tuesday due to a lacking high pressure area in the sky The delay pushes back the historic ascent scheduled from Rapid City South Dakota and involving a joint air crew and researchers.
Washington reports the Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced loans totaling 603000 for refinancing drainage and irrigation districts. The action targets infrastructure finance, with details unclear on recipients or repayment terms. No additional names or dates are provided in the accessible text.
The board of education plans to ask the state budget director for a $160,000 levy increase under Beatty Bennett, to cover a 1935 budget of $991,050. Operating expenses fall to $764,550 while bond interest and maturities rise. The measure would add about 3 mills to the levy, with deficits avoided only by the increase.
President Roosevelt signed an executive order directing the postmaster general to investigate foreign air mail and ocean mail contracts made before June 16 1933. The inquiry will consider modifications or cancellations with an opportunity for contract parties to present evidence. A six month report is required.
Mrs Mabel Motley of Westwood Addition NW told police on Tuesday of two out-of-state automobiles seen near her home last Friday night and near Cedar Bluff Sunday night. One car entered Motley yard and lingered two hours while the other remained on the road. reports describe a heavy-set man about 35 with dark hair and a woman in the other car. Cars were Ford or Plymouth sedans with rear plates small orange letters starting 373. both lacked front plates. The detective bureau took the report for investigation.
In San Francisco, vigilantes conducted swift raids arresting 300 alleged communists and agitators as police with National Guard support swept through housing and union halls. Raids targeted the Marine Workers Industrial Union, Dolores Park, and the Western Worker office, with interiors wrecked and emblems torn down. Authorities also checked immigration records on Harry Bridges, noting he entered the U.S. in 1920 and his papers status is unclear.
The report covers two doubleheaders with Chicago and New York splitting games. Warneke, Hartnett, Parmelee, Mancuso lead the first day in the NL while Lee, Hubbell, Salveson, Mancuso pace the second game. St Louis and Brooklyn split, Philadelphia tops Cincinnati 7 to 2, and Pittsburgh at Boston to be played Wednesday. In the American League Washington, Detroit, St Louis, and Cleveland show varying scores with notable pitching and RBI contributions across the matchups.
Cedar Rapids saw weekly rainfall total rise to about .9 inch after a new series of thunderstorms dropped .4 inch overnight Monday into Tuesday. The day featured partly cloudy skies and a high near 87 degrees by mid afternoon.
San Francisco officials report the general strike committee approved a plan to end the general strike by submitting disputes to arbitration. The vote was 207 to 180. Across the bay, food trucks entered the city as the strike spread to Oakland Alameda and Berkeley, while state troops guarded waterfronts and streetcar service resumed.
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