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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1934
Page
1
A reader laments misapplied federal farm relief and drought impact. The author blames Washington professors for surplus bias, warns of communism in Iowa, and urges citizen initiative to restore practical governance and individualism. The piece ends with a call for reemployment of common sense and study.
President Roosevelt studied the drought and summoned congressional delegations to the White House to discuss a tentative relief program. Harry Hopkins announced $2,200,000 more for work relief in the west and midwest, with 50,000 men on relief now and 150,000 to be hired soon.
White House aides outline plans for relief in parched regions including $50 million for sub marginal land purchases and $25 million for seed and aid to destitute farmers. States receive specific work relief allocations totaling millions for South Dakota through Wyoming, with more grants anticipated for New Mexico Idaho Colorado Nevada and Oklahoma.
Col C B Robbins president of the Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Co is reappointed as a director of the Des Moines federal home loan bank and named chairman. His first term had ended in January but Washington authorities persuaded him to stay pending new appointments. The Des Moines bank serves the Dakotas Iowa Minnesota and Missouri and is regarded as a top institution in the system.
In Ladd Illinois two year old Harley Boucher burned his feet on a hot sidewalk as the temperature hit 107 degrees. Doctors said he would be unable to walk for some time.
The House passed a deficiency bill to provide about 1.178 billion dollars in cash outlay with potential relief of six billion dollars, voting 309 to 45 amid GOP protests and gag rule cries. Chairman Buchanan cited drought relief for 27 Midwestern states and noted 573 million more than Roosevelt’s budget due to unforeseen items including veterans benefits and livestock purchases.
A Republican on the appropriations committee criticized the handling of outlays from the Reconstruction Finance and Public Works agencies. He asserted total funds could reach as high as 4.0 billion plus 1.0 to 1.5 billion from PWA, while budgeting figures reportedly would not appear in the formal budget. He accused the PWA administrator of incompetence and urged Congress to control appropriations directly.
Luis Rude Payne, 21, told police he killed his mother Carrie Payne and brother Robert with a hand axe and string after a fatal car incident. He sought a waitress described as ten years older than him to learn about the youth who inspired the crime. Psychologist Kenneth Williams attributed melancholia to Payne after examination in jail.
Britain formally informs Washington of suspending all further debt payments while seeking a future settlement. The note, signed by Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay, states Britain will discuss terms if productive results are possible, while Finland remains noted for meeting its debts.
The state department notified Britain of a total debt of 261.791 million 68 due June 15 with about 175 million past due. Britain replied that full payment would force action against its own war debtors, risking European financial disruption and delaying postwar recovery.
Cedar Rapids endures a heat wave with 102 at 2 30 p m Monday then 97 by 3 p m. Light Sunday rain totaled 0 47 inch with 72 degree low Sunday morning. Public schools closed at noon due to heat. Washington high held exams briefly. Scattered showers forecast for Monday night and Tuesday.
Britain prohibits arms shipments to Bolivia and Paraguay engaged in the Gran Chaco conflict. Foreign Minister Sir John Simon announced in the House of Commons that the embargo awaits League of Nations action.
Police report the body of 23 year old Lucille Lewis found in her Los Angeles apartment with throat cut and clothing on fire. Investigators treat as murder.
A reflective meditation on choosing what matters in art and living. The speaker argues modern writers neglect discernment, treating life as a cluttered grab bag and missing the essential. St Paul’s "This one thing I do" cited as guiding principle.
The passage argues that most men strive for comfort and usefulness yet fail. a home figure speaks for the better self, elevating the ordinary husband father son to poetry. It urges readers to see what matters in life without mistaking realism for reality.
President Roosevelt sent to Congress a tentative national water utilization report and urged withholding details until a broader summer study. He promised a later message outlining national policy tying water use to welfare and security, with drought relief likely to be addressed. A cabinet committee’s study found no specific flood control or hydroelectric projects, guiding future legislation on flood control navigation irrigation and power development.
Seven members of an oil prospecting crew were killed when lightning struck their nitro glycerine laden truck during a thunderstorm near Norman Oklahoma. The blast damaged homes and ripped a large crater. The foreman had left the truck moments before and drove into town. Names were not released pending investigation.
Wind and rain swept western Linn and Benton counties with minor hail and toppled trees in Iowa City. A brief twister southwest of Garrison wrecked a silo and farm buildings, with a barn door torn off and sheds damaged as farmers sheltered from the storm.
The central and southern North Dakota region received soaking showers with about two inches in the sugar beet area near Scottsbluff Nebraska. Illinois and Ottawa Kansas saw heavy rains while scattered showers occurred elsewhere. drought relief was noted in the Rocky Mountain area and forecasters expect more rain in June. C A Donnel, weather chief in Chicago, said June usually brings more rain than May.
A Des Moines woman Edna A. Burks died in a St Joseph Missouri hospital after heat exposure as temperatures in Iowa topped 90 degrees. The weather office warned no relief soon with scattered rains unable to ease drought, while Farm official Niven Morgan reported severe heat reducing truck farming. Dozens of Des Moines residents outside water mains reported dry wells and sought city aid.
Governor Pinchot told Roosevelt that steel companies are arming as workers threaten a strike. The conversation occurred as the President prepared to depart to Hugh S. Johnson to seek ways to prevent industrial action.
Washington reports that the Jones commodity exchange control bill establishing federal regulation for grain and cotton markets was approved by the house with no record vote.
Paris AP Albert Einstein, recently exiled from Germany, sues his book How I See the World over U S war debt policy. He says it fuels the revenge spirit and threatens European ruin.
Otter Creek precinct in Linn County reports Colflesh with a 34 to 27 edge over Dan Turner in the GOP gubernatorial nomination race at 8 30 p m Monday Frank Williams of Cedar Rapids leads state treasurer field with 47 votes Perkins 9 Silver 3 In same township R N Fitzgerald leads GOP state representative race with 45 votes Johnson 18 Silliman 16 Hickenlooper 14 Olive Johnson 14 Jim Smith leads GOP sheriff race with 37 votes John Pazour Marion 24 Jay Davis 8 B F Currell 5
Des Moines AP reports the first Iowa precinct results for the Republican governor race show Turner leading with 108 votes, Calflesh 19, Knutson 9, Short 0. Democratic results from a Wayne county precinct list Herring 94, Finch 2, Zylstra 4.
Corie start shows Democratic Governor Clyde L Herring assured of renomination on the party ticket. Four contenders from the Republican side compete with former Gov Dan Turner Robert W Colflesh Clarence A Knutson and Wallace M Bhort. Early voting reported light statewide but lines expected to grow before 8 pm closing.
Father Charles L. O'Donnell C S C president of Notre Dame University died in South Bend Indiana from a streptococcus infection. He would have turned 50 in November and his term as president was to expire next month. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Sacred Heart church with burial on the campus.
Washington AP The Senate passed a reciprocal tariff bill by 57 to 33, granting the President authority to raise or lower import duties. Five Democrats and most Republicans opposed. five Republicans and one farmer-laborite voted yes. The measure now goes to the House for concurrence on Senate amendments after weeks of filibuster tactics.
The new authority extends for three years and allows the president to designate the nature of hearings. It restricts public articles and lists while preserving trade agreements negotiated during this period, which may continue in effect with subsequent approval by the involved nations.
The Senate opened deliberations on the administration silver purchase bill that has already cleared the House, marking a key step in the legislative process.
The Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Louis D Brandeis, ruled the 1933 act did not withdraw the government's consent to be sued. It held the act could not bar an insurance contract claim by dead veterans or their beneficiaries and allows the suit to proceed.
Assistant Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan told reporters the Justice Department has reason to believe John Dillinger is wounded. He declined to discuss Dillinger's likely whereabouts.
Proceedings began in Chicago to bring two more women to trial on charges of harboring the Indiana desperado John Dillinger. The case centers on alleged assistance given to Dillinger by local associates.
Washington AP reports Hugh L Johnson issued an order effective June 11 reducing wages under the coal code in Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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