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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1934
Page
1
A compact editorial notebook reflects on President Roosevelt as a potential world historic leader who could usher in a social millennium, while weighing the practicalities and desirability of his stated objectives amid a tense political scene and ongoing economic concerns. It also covers local city council licensing issues, party politics, and looming labor strikes, urging focused, fact-based critique over personal attacks.
Washington AP The administration’s efforts to avert a steel strike ended in mutual accusations between union leaders and Recovery Administration officials. The Amalgamated Association rejected Johnson’s peace plan in a sharp letter to President Roosevelt, while a RSA official claimed he had exhausted efforts. Johnson lamented the lack of authorized union endorsement and noted leadership and rank and file dissension ahead of a Pittsburgh convention on June 14. The rank and file criticized Johnson, alleged legal maneuvering, and said they would decide the strike at the Pittsburgh meeting.
A 1934 editorial argues hobbies alone cannot cure boredom. True fulfillment comes from passions that seize us and from sharing with those in need. It praises quiet, lasting interests over fads and cites a rail engineer whose lifelong study of Rome inspired steady delight and growth.
New York AP reports pilots Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi, aiming for a Paris to Pacific coast flight, will depart at 8 am Sunday from Floyd Bennett Field in their monoplane Joseph Lebrix for Chicago. Their damaged propeller from a May 28 landing has been replaced and they will exhibit the plane at the Century of Progress exposition before continuing to California by commercial air.
The government gains ground as Hugh Johnson wins a pledge from steel labor union leaders to seek a mediation board by June 16. Fisher Body workers report wage gains after talks with the Fisher brothers in Janesville. West coast longshoremen talks move toward extending an agreement clearing Alaska shipping blockade. Texas growers feed tomatoes to livestock as prices remain under two cents. The Reading convention of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers backs a 30 hour week and ongoing wage-differentiation battles, with a possible strike in the Reading area. Pickets line at Western Cartridge Co. in Alton after a Friday night strike. Remington Rand talks in New York City fail to resolve multiple plant disputes.
The AP reports a mostly fair spell for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Temperatures will be moderate with possible showers toward mid to late week.
Cedar Rapids business groups stage a week long Made in Cedar Rapids Exposition of Progress from June 24 to 30 with manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers endorsing displays. A regatta, souvenir Gazette edition, baseball night, and plant open houses mark the schedule as factories invite public tours and special guides.
Light showers Saturday afternoon and early evening added three hundredths of an inch to Cedar Rapids precipitation figures for Julie, with scattered grey clouds signaling more rain possible over the weekend. Temperatures reached a high of 86 and the humidity stayed high, dipping to 80 at 6 p.m. and 73 at 8:30 p.m., per Chambers Inskeep readings.
Reports from San Salvador and Tegucigalpa say dozens identified dead and many missing after a hurricane devastating the San Salvador district and northern Cortes region. Flooding on the Ulua River destroyed Pimienta, with refugees clinging to treetops as relief work stalls amid heavy rains.
Congress completed action on the Dill Rayburn communications control bill with House acceptance of the conference report. The 58 to 40 vote sends the measure to the White House after the Senate had approved the conferees’ action. The bill would repeal the 1927 Radio Act and reenact the legislation with changes.
Amid Austria wide violence, a failed bomb attempt targeted the chancellery as officials say Nazis clash with the government. An employee stopped a time bomb, avoiding catastrophe during a week already marked by record sabotage and civil conflict.
CHICAGO AP Mark W. Walton aged 38 a wartime aviator died Saturday from injuries after plunging through a screened window of an apartment last Wednesday while attempting to view the World's Fair lights on a bet appeared to slip from consciousness and never regained it.
Camp Good Health prepares to house staff and accept the first group of undernourished children the following Monday. Miss Margaret Porter returns to direct recreational activities, with Anna Lilja as counselor and Laura Sabre as resident nurse, all aided by experienced staff to ensure careful care and inclusive play.
President Roosevelt sought 525 million dollars in drought relief to fund the ongoing program as showers spread through northern and central farming states and into Missouri and Kansas. He urged sweeping authority to spend, with 125 million for human relief, 100 million for shipping and distribution, and 100 million for emergency cattle feed. The drought's impact deepened with durum wheat at 29 percent and other wheat at 27 percent of normal in North Dakota, and Iowa reports showing record low conditions for small grains, pastures, and hay.
Ottawa report from the Bureau of Statistics says drought strikes Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan and parts of Quebec and Alberta bringing Canada's field crops to record low. Poor prospects blamed on severe drought with winter injury affecting hay and pasture. Temporary relief noted but more rain needed to ease grasshopper trouble and aid spring grains and pasture growth.
Wallace Gaddis Dunkerton basketball star was treated at Mercy hospital after a Friday night truck accident west of Cedar Rapids. Doctors reported no broken bones or internal injuries, but a deep gash on his right eyelid could affect vision.
In Cedar Rapids a 1934 toll tally records seven deaths and notable injury figures from auto incidents. The report lists 140 accidents and 170 injuries as part of the period’s traffic toll.
Rexford Tugwell will testify before Senator E. Dy Smith's agricultural committee to defend his bid to become undersecretary of agriculture. The public hearing could decide the nomination by Tuesday, with Tugwell saying he will answer questions without a prepared speech. Smith aims to delay the appointment through extended questioning.
Steel workers, via the Associated Press, vote to convene on proposals for a neutral labor board for the industry. They protest to President Roosevelt against what they call a national runaround. The article notes Roosevelt’s response and ongoing negotiations.
An official told investigators that 11 million dollars of veterans estate money was improperly invested while discussions on the communications bill moved toward the President. Senator Vandenberg warned of selfish interests threatening the federal deposit insurance system as ratification talks on a Cuba intervention treaty continued.
Ed Coffin 22 of Greenfield received the death penalty and Lace Long 23 of Helmsburg was sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of Deputy Sheriff Harold Amick of Scottsburg and Patrolman Pfaffenberger during a high speed chase at Underwood. Gen Coffin named trigger man. third defendant Robert Neal, 22, Bloomington, to face trial June 15. Six hundred officers aided the manhunt. suspects were indicted, arraigned, and tried within 36 hours.
President Roosevelt left the White House at noon Saturday and boarded the yacht Sequoia at the navy yard for a week end cruise down the Potomac.
The Darrow board says Roosevelt’s retail store code differs from the one industry accepted and that a second report claims the code changed in transit from NRA headquarters to the White House. President Roosevelt planned to study the findings during a weekend Sequoia cruise. The panel’s initial critique focused on monopolistic tendencies in the recovery effort, while Thompson refused to sign, citing doubts about regulatory aims.
An elderly man, identified as Cc. D. Denny of St. Louis, was found in a Pullman hotel room in Cedar Rapids with a .38 caliber gunshot wound to the head and died at St. Luke's hospital. He had registered Tuesday, left unsettled bills, and claimed a sister in St. Louis. He said he came to Cedar Rapids with a man and woman and awaited word from them. Officials could not confirm his identity or contact relatives. Denny reportedly worked as a salesman and had purchased equipment from Des Moines firm Bolton and Hay. He had driven from St. Louis to Iowa on Friday and told a hotel clerk he expected news from the couple. The motive remains undetermined.
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