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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1934
Page
13
The article surveys a volatile mix of financial policy and politics in Washington. It notes discussions on securities regulation, consumer protection, and the role of the NRA and AVA, with figures like Borah and Kennedy involved in shaping the approach. It also references campaign debt, party strategies, and the broader federal response amid labor and economic tensions.
Ottawa era summarizes government subsidies for U S mail transport via ten ocean routes in 1933. Figures show total payments about 26 million dollars with poundage-based costs far higher, detailing routes among San Francisco, New Orleans, Darien, and other ports. Named carriers include Tampa Interocean, Oceanic and Oriental Navigation, and S urgih Atlantic Steamship, with per-pound rates cited.
In Hartsdale New York authorities dropped child abduction theories about 21 month old Robert Connor after a five day disappearance. Found near his home the boy showed signs of starvation and dehydration but survived. Doctors reported no foul play and officials shifted to a theory he wandered off and subsisted on grass and vegetation. Local police, federal agents, and state police had previously pursued kidnapping as the case evolved.
In the Bay Area on Wednesday, San Francisco and Oakland saw renewed anti-radical raids by police and striking workers. Police moved on communist headquarters cracking heads, breaking furniture, and burning literature as conservatives within the strike organized motorized squads to raid radical lairs across the city.
Des Moines AP GOP resolutions condemn Democratic spending and federal overreach while urging strict budget discipline in Iowa. They praise Dan W. Turner for governor and call for reform of state employment and anti trust concerns amid party patronage fears.
In San Francisco the general strike drags on as maritime unions must approve an arbitration plan to end hostilities. A stormy Labor Temple session backed a proposal amid a split with left wing elements, while ship owners prepare to decide on the deal.
An old advertisement touts Stop That Itch In One Minute by Dr DD Dennis for skin irritations. It claims fast, grease free relief from eczema pimples mosquito bites and rashes with a topical antiseptic formula. The copy asserts forty years of worldwide success and mentions Italian Batch owners.
Scattered returns show Senator Burton K. Wheeler ahead in the Democratic bid to succeed himself. George M Bourquin leads the Republican field for the unexpired term. James E. Murray tops the Democratic hopefuls for the Walsh seat, with JE Erickson and Scott Leavitt close behind for the short-term nomination. Joe Monaghan leads the Western district Democratic race.
Ten Martin bombers under Lieut Col Henry Arnold arrived at Bolling field after flying from Wright field. The aircraft, a highly secret type, were inspected publicly for twenty four hours before the Alaska flight planned to start at 10 am Thursday routing through Minneapolis Winnipeg Regina Edmonton Prince George Whitehorse to Fairbanks.
Sioux City police killed Walter Leiske during a July 9 confrontation after an alleged station hold up. Rudolph Leiske, Walter’s Milwaukee brother, told Chief of Detectives G F Wheelock he holds no resentment and believes the older man is past the “black sleep” of the family in a letter describing the incident.
In Baltimore a U S district court granted L Grief and Brothers a temporary injunction stopping Hugh Johnson and NRA officials from removing the blue eagle. The action accuses the Recovery Act authorities of violating constitutional amendments and fostering a boycott by threats while seeking higher wages across eleven plants in Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia debates a city income tax on earnings over 3000 dollars and a 50 cent meals tax aimed at restaurant dining. The report notes an unrelated agricultural statistic that one ton of cotton seed meal contains 140 pounds of nitrogen.
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