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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1934
Page
6
Cedar Rapids hosted a morning parade that delighted local children as a 26 unit motorized procession rolled through First Second and Third avenues. Automobiles carried wild beasts with red and white crowns symbolizing Standard Oil company affiliation, accompanied by police escort and stirring music.
A coroner's jury found Ora G Randol a Waterloo barbecue proprietor died from a bullet fired by his wife with felonious intent. County Attorney J W Gwrnne investigates possible charges against Mrs Randol, held in the county jail since the shooting.
Fisherman Fill Dresden McGregor hauled a five and a half foot sturgeon weighing 65 pounds from the Mississippi River south of town on Friday. The giant fish yielded ten pounds of caviar for the catch.
A cluttered OCR page lists crossword style hints with numbers and partial words. It references items like fish ingredients and weights, asking for word matches such as Ankle, Chest bone, Meat and rice, and South Carolina. The text is fragmented with many garbled phrases and unclear delimiters.
The speaker attacks repeal efforts against the Agricultural Adjustment Act and defends processing taxes as central to farm relief. He warns against special interests who profit from monopoly and urge farmers to consider benefit payments as essential to income and parity, citing drought-era subsidies and plant economy.
Seven defendants in the Loup City riot case were convicted by a jury in county court. penalties ranged from 20 to 90 days in jail and fines up to 100 dollars. Notable names include Ella Omholt Mother Bloor of Grand Island and several Sherman county farmers.
In San Francisco President Roosevelt's labor board moves to break the deadlock between striking longshoremen and ship owners as Archbishop Edward J Hanna and other officials urge peace before a threatened port opening by force.
A vintage style ad extols Shredded Wheat as whole wheat and easily digested for energy and health. It highlights clear thinking, resistance to disease, and regularity from bran, with a call to start eating Shredded Wheat for lunch.
About twenty five women employed as chicken pickers at Barth Produce plant 965 Second Ave SW quit Friday after demanding a two and a half cent per chicken wage. Barth claims agitators and says he will ship live poultry for now. The dispute centers on NRA code wages with other Iowa plants reportedly paying the higher scale.
Virell Hoffman 24 a Fort Wayne slot machine hijacker confessed to killing Edward Keasey 58 a Ligonier police officer with a quick draw two bullets struck the abdomen. Hoffman and three Fort Wayne crooks were rounded up within seven hours of the shooting. Obetzner drove the gang escape car. a state police guard stood at Albion jail amid fear of mob violence.
Minister Pirow says commercial airplanes must reach 200 mph speed and will be used by the Union of South Africa as Union Airways is absorbed into the railway administration. All regular internal air services will be brought under government control.
At Detroit the United States grand jury indicted thirteen Michigan bankers on federal banking law violations linked to the February 1933 collapse that toppled the Guardian National Bank of Commerce and the First National Bank. Indicted are leaders of the Guardian Detroit Group and First National, plus several executive officials from Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. In Decorah, 4278 Winneshiek County residents paid their old age pension tax by week’s end, about one third of eligible.
Dozens of costumed riders parade through Cedar Rapids in a heat wave featuring paper ocean liners, stagecoaches, a white paper swan, and a “Spirit of Cedar Rapids” plane. Judges awarded 15 10 and 5 dollar prizes plus Iowa theater tickets.
A scanned grocery ad shows prices for sugar butter oleo cheese and other staples. Items include 100 lbs Pure Cane Sugar 4.85 10 lbs Fine Granulated Sugar 47c 2 lbs C Sugar 10c 2 lbs Pond 12c 1 lb Creamery Butter 25c 2 lbs My Own Oleo 4c 2 lbs Lily Oleo 5c per lb Colby Cream Cheese 15c Tall Milk 11e Large Bread 9c Small 5c 2 lbs A-1 Soda 19c lb Butter Cookies 15c lb Home Cookies 10c Fancy Bacon Squares lb Thin Slab Bacon lb Lard 9c 2 lbs oven staples and a selection of canned goods. Free delivery on weekends from Third Avenue SW store with specials on Penick Oil Vinegar Syrup Cherry juice and more.
Des Moines reports that Creston Iowa, population 8600, will receive emergency water aid from the federal relief administration. Tank cars will haul water starting Monday after discussions between Governor Herring and Washington relief officials. Local lakes have been exhausted by months of low levels and heat, threatening the city’s entire supply within ten days.
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