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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1934
Page
25
State Representative Dave McCreery urged selecting all state office candidates by party convention with an exception for the governor. He argued the two year term is too short and that direct primaries leave voters ignorant of lower office candidates. He said lobbies aid lawmakers by providing information.
A high school graduation speaker argues for workers with strength and clear minds over mere readers. He warns against college for fashion, urges purposeful study, and praises music and sciences as resilience builders. He notes unemployment but sees rich opportunity and a path to social improvement through educated, industrious graduates.
Linn county relief director Miss Cora Jacobs called for an advisory lay committee to aid the relief director at a joint meeting of the Council of Social Agencies and board members. She cited three local cases and urged counsel from attendees to prevent arbitrariness. The session, chaired by Mrs. Fred Kluss, voted to discontinue joint meetings until fall.
A three member Iowa committee plans a trip to Washington to urge Secretary Wallace to permit the state to issue corn hog checks. Iowa would issue about 74 million dollars to 90 percent of farmers, faster than the federal process. Committee members include Murray Bates and R K Bliss.
A humorous Miss Manners exchange contrasts Grace and her sisters talents with grace and kindness. A teen seeks parental affection and the columnist suggests reciprocal signs of love, noting undemonstrative fathers often crave small affectionate gestures.
In the District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa notice is given that on June 12 1934 at 9 o clock A M a document purporting to be the last will of Mary Beatty late of Linn County deceased will come before the court for proof and admission to probate. Clerk Edwin W Lundquist district court. Attorney Jos Mekota.
Chicago based plan aims to seize Congress as Henry P. Fletcher the national chairman says many lower house seats are possible in fall elections The party will run a unified campaign across national congressional and senatorial committees to defeat the Roosevelt New Deal and regain the House leadership with a western manager directing agricultural western efforts from Chicago while national HQ stays in Washington.
Tokyo reports a government plan to create a gigantic limited company to take over Japan railways. The plan would float loans up to 50 billion yen on the properties to fund emergency measures. Officials see a nationwide electrified railway network as highly valuable during a naval emergency.
Firemen and officers used rowboats and motorboats to rescue more than 2,000 residents from a lowland area of Sioux City as Floyd river overflowed its banks. The search operated from 7:30 a.m. to early afternoon with no reported fatalities.
Mount Vernon reports a Cornell summer colony division offers a no tuition program for fourth to eighth graders under Dr. O R Bontrager. Sessions begin June 11 with two groups based on need. focus areas include reading arithmetic language spelling and possibly art along with recreation and library work.
Hollywood column quotes Will Rogers criticizing stalled stock disputes and urging a civilized resolution. He jokes about the President deciding if five babies born in Canada must go to the World's Fair in Chicago, reflecting 1934 commentary on labor and politics.
Three members named for the first term include Margaret Deets of Milledgeville St. Ethel Rock of Miles and Grace Klump of Capron Illinois.
C R Miner a 75 year old San Francisco inventor displays a five foot metal dirigible at the National Inventors congress in Omaha. His model uses hot air pressure and a front vacuum created by chrome wired interiors to lift and move, with three 1/8 horsepower motors onboard. Miner a former North Western railroad engineer says a full size craft could reach 600 mph. Also in Vinton Elmer Fisher is jailed on $300 bond after arrest for operating a motor car while intoxicated following a Belle Plaine arrest by Marshals Payton and Greenlee.
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