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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1934
Page
7
The piece argues nations owing the United States billions must pay, while criticizing critics of relief programs in Linn County, defends Miss Cora Jacobs and relief administration, and comments on congressional rules, labor strikes, stock market regulation, and Colflesh’s gubernatorial bid.
A deficien cy supply bill to authorize a six billion dollar relief expenditure by President Roosevelt was reported to the house by the appropriations committee. The measure caps outlay at 1 178 269 000 and uses unused borrowing power from RFC PWA and farm relief funds for feeding and clothing the hungry while limiting discretionary allocations and setting mandatory provisions. The committee also restricts PWA spending, while approving several President backed items including forest and road projects and federal land banks with additional funds for liquor tax collection.
A Friday crowd at Ellis Park forced extended hours and a refunded admission as 250 bathers crowded the new municipal beach. The bath house opens Saturday at noon with daily 1 pm to 9 pm hours. Admission 5 to 10 cents, towels and lockers add 5 cents, suits rent 15 cents. Two lifeguards on duty. first aid room available. bath house phone 9237.
Cedar Rapids police removed cigarette machines from White Bank Smoke shop on Third Avenue, Virginia, Lyman's Cigar Store, and Challed Pharmacy at 608 Sixteenth Street NE. Propr proprietors C. L. Beeson, Louis Chepokas, Ray Lyman, and F A Challed were alerted they would be charged with possessing gambling devices.
State relief chiefs dropped a bombshell by suspending about 25 Marion and Cedar Rapids merchants from scrip trade after a two day probe found wholesale violations. The investigation cited providing disallowed items such as tobacco olives and meats to relief clients. If violations persist, federal orders may be withdrawn and scrip redeemed through the county commissary.
Carl Cassidy, 47, of 1102 Second Street SE, will spend thirty days in county jail for a drunken spree that included three brawls in under an hour. Patrolmen Stearns and Shannon stopped him after multiple assaults starting near Twelfth Avenue and Eighth Street SE. Cassidy also reportedly assaulted his wife and then neighbors George and Mrs Frye at 1100 Second Street SE. His record shows prior intoxication sentences on March 5, April 17, April 25, and June 2.
Washington dispatch reports broad expectation of a global default on foreign debt payments due June 15. Only Finland appears able to meet its installment of 166 538 dollars, while Britain France Italy Belgium Poland and others are not expected to pay unless Britain changes stance. President Roosevelt’s message to Congress urged payment, drawing near universal support though some favored a partial payment.
Washington dispatch reports an extraordinary two person rule in the House and altered debate limits as Democrats push to finish business and adjourn. Aimed at stamping out a Republican filibuster, the move gives Speaker Rainey and Majority Leader Burns power to recess daily, suspending normal calendar votes and limiting amendments, with key bills postponed beyond June 11.
A severe rain wind and hail storm swept about a dozen villages along the Odon river in Rouen France causing extensive damage estimated at 250000 dollars. Wheat fields were ruined fruit trees stripped and many houses left with roofs blown off and fields flooded.
Agricultural Adjustment Administrator Chester C. Davis asserts that the AAA provides income protection even when crops fail. He outlines four key benefits including shifting production to grass, maintaining subsistence income via average production based payments, enabling quick disposal of surpluses, and preventing wholesale loss of income during drought. He stresses planning over reliance on calamity and notes the program adapts to normal and extreme conditions, keeping farmers on the land.
A Riverside Park scene of sailors and revelers prompts a public dispute over artistic portrayal. Admiral Rodman and Secretary Swanson condemn Cadmus's painting Fleet's In as misleading while Cadmus defends its realism. A reporter notes the fleet in the Hudson with sailors and admirers mingling, provoking dialogue on propriety and Navy image.
A plea from Camp Good Health fund urging gifts to aid sick undernourished children enduring extreme heat. The Cedar Rapids Gazette asks readers to donate, noting crowded housing, meager meals, and illness, with $576 total of contributions acknowledged and a call to protect a child’s life and health through camp funding.
Washington. Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson proposed a 10 percent cut in cotton textile working hours paired with a 10 percent wage increase to avert a threatened strike. If accepted, the NRA order to cut machine hours 25 percent could be modified. Johnson would focus on steel talks as union leaders and executives planned further Washington meetings. President Roosevelt returns Monday to lead further negotiations.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor warned Saturday that a nationwide steel workers strike appears inevitable unless employers allow free selection of unions by workers. The statement echoed rising labor tensions as negotiations stall.
Toledo electric workers and Edison Corp reached a tentative agreement halting a strike that could have cut power to 500,000. The deal restores June 1, 1932 pay levels, undoing two 10 percent cuts. Arbitration will decide a compromise on a closed shop, which was not promised.
President Roosevelt attended Groton school alumni events marking the sixtieth anniversary. He spoke in tribute to rector Dr Endicott Peabody, a teacher from his Groton days in the 1890s, and will be guest of honor at a closing dinner tonight.
South Bend and Mishawaka lost street car and bus service as employees of Northern Indiana Railways, Inc. held a strike with yards picketed, disrupting local transit on Saturday.
Cedar Rapids endured a torrid heat surge with temperatures reaching 104 at 1 15 pm amid a dust storm that had dimmed the sun Friday. Readings showed 98 Saturday morning and a 3 day total of heat related incidents. concrete on Mount Vernon avenue buckled due to expansion as officials predicted cooler weather and possible thundershowers by weekend.
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Chicago AP reports Western railroads announced immediate rate reductions to aid livestock removal from drought stricken regions. Cattle can be shipped at 85 percent of standard rates with up to a year to return at 15 percent of the one way rate. Feeds shipments also cut.
Chester C. Davis said a comprehensive drought relief plan would be presented following a conference with the President. Orders to cut red tape sped approval of corn hog contracts in drought areas as resentment grew over delays in processing acreage reduction contracts and benefit payments. Administration officials said Washington’s machinery was geared to meet the emergency and urged state and county officials to accelerate preliminary approvals of production figures.
Mary Ebarquarry, seven, was found severely emaciated after being kept in a chicken pen by her mother in San Juan Capistrano. Orange County investigators said the mother believed the girl had an evil eye and could cast spells. The child was rescued by authorities and taken to Santa Ana hospital after neighbors reported the confinement and neglect.
The weather bureau forecasts relief from heat and drought with local showers Saturday night or Sunday sweeping into Iowa from the north and west. Scattered showers will become general rains. Friday highs reached 104 at Burlington and Davenport as others reported 94 to 102.
A cooling rainfall Saturday eased drought and grasshopper damage for Montana farmers with soaking rain statewide and snow in higher mountains. Great Falls logged 0.61 inch before nightfall Friday, reviving parched ranges and reducing the need for supplemental feeding and irrigation.
A vigorous rain saturated fields on Saturday ending a 13 day drought as moisture laden clouds delivered a million dollar downpour across the southern wheat belt from Manitoba to the western Alberta border. The heavy rainfall raised hopes that germination of dormant wheat shoots, long stalled by sun baked dust, could yet begin.
A Midwest heat wave Saturday drove temperatures to record heights and caused at least forty deaths across twelve states. Many fatalities stemmed from heat exposure or drownings as residents sought relief in lakes and pools, with Iowa reporting six heat deaths. Continued on page 10.
James D. Kennedy, seeking the Republican nomination for re election, obtained an injunction from Judge H C Ring restraining John M. McGuire from altering or defacing Kennedy election placards at Cedar Rapids baseball park. Two other Kennedy posters were found altered along Ely road south of the city. McGuire was not reachable for comment.
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