28 Jun 1934
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
1
Rhapsodic reaction to Prof. Rexford Tugwell undersecretary of agriculture as he addressed the Iowa Bankers association. Critics laud his New Deal vision and practical approach contrasting theory with real experience.
President Roosevelt ally Hugh Johnson rejected the Darrow review board as unfit and untruthful in a sharp return to the committee's second report. He accused the board of political fabrication and said the lumber code aided thousands of firms and revived 3000 more, while Richberg defended NRA decisions and denied the board’s recommendations.
A meditation on guilt and mercy as the reader learns that true cleansing comes from intent rather than mere action. An angel guides a man to seek forgiveness, first by washing in rivers then learning mercy in the heart. The piece urges kindness and nonjudgment toward others.
Sioux City AP report Dr. P E Keefe was thrown from a horse and kicked in the head Tuesday night. He is at Methodist hospital with a fractured skull. Hospital Wednesday afternoon said his condition was satisfactory.
Local stores in Cedar Rapids plan Cedar Rapids Day sales to celebrate the Made in Cedar Rapids Exposition of Progress downtown. Advertisements announcing the event appear in The Gazette today with more runs on Thursday and Friday.
The route for the beauty parade begins at Fifth street SBE on Third avenues west, crosses the Third avenue bridge to First street SW, then to First avenue W, across the First avenue bridge, south on First street to Second avenue SE, east to the judge's stand at Third street, north to First avenue E, east to Fifth street and south to The Gazette building at Third avenue SE.
President Roosevelt accepted word that Ferdinand Pecora, counsel for the senate banking committee, would serve for a year as chairman of the new securities and exchange commission. Likely possibilities for the chair include James M. Landis and George C. Mathews as potential members.
Albert W. Reilly known as Pat of St. Paul was seized by Justice Department agents in a Minneapolis apartment without a shot fired. He woke to machine guns at his door and surrendered. The arrest chips away at the John Dillinger gang’s ranks amid ongoing manhunt actions.
Tens of thousands gathered on Second avenue for the Made in Cedar Rapids Exposition celebration. A free vaudeville show began at 8 30 p m drawing about 7 000 residents and sightseers as they crowded sidewalks and watched performers on an outdoor stage amid heat and a cool breeze.
A guarded Des Moines liquor truck delivering whisky gins and wines arrived for the new Cedar Rapids state store at 323 Second Avenue SE. The store opens next Monday with Charles H. Walsh as manager and Ted Nesper handling permits.
Veteran actress Marie Dressler lies near death at a friends home in Santa Barbara following a complication of ailments. A vigil is kept at her bedside as doctors express little hope for recovery.
Col Theodore Roosevelt advised Homer Stephens that a prior engagement prevents him from accepting the invitation to be keynote speaker at the Iowa Republican convention in Clarinda on July 18. The executive committee had extended the invitation after a Des Moines meeting. Stephens and Stanley Smith will choose a temporary chairman and keynote speaker soon.
A mob abducted union official Hugh Held from a train near Harriman Tennessee. He was hustled into a car by about twenty five armed men and driven ten miles into a wooded area before being released in a driving rain. The incident follows a Harriman hosiery mill dispute involving the NRA and unions. Jones, who identified himself, warned Held not to return.
In Dedham Massachusetts the Norma Brighton Milten trial jury glances through a window at their lit chamber as dusk falls. After four hours and forty minutes of deliberation they have spent three hours and sixteen minutes on the case with no sign of a verdict.
Federal judge in Chicago blocked enforcement of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration milk licensing rule against six independent Chicago dairies. The injunction limits AAA actions and signals possible Cedar Rapids licensing debates, with Judge Barnes calling production of milk not interstate commerce and criticizing Congress for overstepping in delegating authority.
President Roosevelt signed a bill creating a federal credit union system to extend credit access to people of small means, expanding financial services nationwide.
Edward S. Murray a 25 year old Cedar Rapids graduate of Coe College class of 1930 and former instructor at Robert College Istanbul is marooned awaiting permission to exit via Russia after serving three years in mathematics and physics at the American founded institution. His plight reflects the cosmopolitan nature of Robert College faculty selections across the United States France England Russia and Germany.
The former teacher Murray resigned a year ago to travel with plans to visit two former students in Kuldja Turkestan. He reached Turkestan after delays but remains unable to depart due to missing Soviet government documents. The latest update came via a United Press dispatch from Moscow.
Cedar Rapids endured a torrid heat wave with temperatures climbing from a 74 degree low at 5 am to 96 by 9 45 am and 103 the previous day. Chambers Inskeep readings and State Weather Bureau notes forecast showers and cooler weather by late Wednesday or Thursday.
Senator Pope of Idaho reported that President Roosevelt signed a bill changing the processing tax from preparation for market to processing for distributing or use. The measure shifts levy payment from farmers to packers and others processing hogs and certain commodities to benefit hog producers.
President Roosevelt moved swiftly at the White House signing 139 bills in twelve hours. Officials note most were minor measures while the more important ones remained unsigned.
Rexford G Tugwell undersecretary of agriculture outlined a social management program linking government and business before about 1800 Iowa bankers. He stressed the plan's role for national reform and then discussed drought relief as he prepared to continue to Brookings South Carolina and other western states. He noted farmer battles with chinch bug and corn crop conditions during his Des Moines visit.
Rexford Tugwell spoke to 1 800 Iowa bankers in Des Moines arguing the New Deal farm program suits the nation and must be embraced not opposed. He attacked big canners packers and distributors for resisting amendments clarifying licensing powers and accused processors of sweating workers and farmers.
The Rev. Charles C. Bentley aged 65 former minister of a Kansas City church and central figure in Harold Bell Wrights book Calling of Dan Matthews died at his Long Beach home from a heart attack. Born in Ottumwa Iowa he came to California thirty years ago and served on the national Y M C A board during World War I.
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