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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1934
Page
1
A retrospective look at a turbulent 12 months since Roosevelt's inauguration. The piece praises his leadership and the nation's resilience, notes dramatic policy shifts and lingering tensions, and asks how long the admnistration's popular support will endure. It weighs benevolent dictatorship concerns against economic reform needs.
The House passed the Fletcher-Steagall bill backing government bonds for currency, with a 310 to 38 vote and a Brown amendment defeated 123 to 80. Insurgent leaders Brown and Patman relented, and only fourteen Democrats joined nineteen Republicans and five former laborites against the measure. The bill, already Senate-approved, continues the 1932 act for one year.
In a 1934 reflection DE Newton discusses Osbert Burdett's view of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welch Carlyle, noting lovers yet not indispensable to each other. He contrasts Robert and Elizabeth Browning's idealized marriage with frequent tensions, suggesting marriage blends nurture and dispute, with no single recipe.
In Paris a pasteboard box full of jewels valued at ten million francs tied to Serge Stavisky was pursued as a possible lead to allies who may have helped his 40 million dollar swindle. Mme Arlette Stavisky, widow, kept silent about the jewels and the empire of operations in which she says she has no knowledge.
AP forecast highlights mild temperatures with little precipitation across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central great plains. Temperatures are expected to run above normal for the period with limited rainfall.
Mrs. Mary Kubichek Schley aged 50 died at her home three miles south of Waubeek at 3 15 p m Saturday. She was born in Bohemia and is survived by husband George and children Rosey Susie Mar vin Topinka Ely Rob ert Henik Mount Vernon Walter Raymond Howard sisters and brothers in Iowa Illinois and Minnesota. Funeral services set for home Tuesday 12 15 p m and Rogers Grove church 2 p m with burial in Rogers Grove cemetery.
Lord Bradshaw, the so called outlaw king, died Saturday at a Fort Smith area roadhouse back door after resisting Arkansas and Oklahoma officers. Bill Harper and deputy Bob Harper pursued him as Bradshaw boasted of his crime and terrorized patrons for hours amid prior manhunt efforts with Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker still at large. Mary Fields initially claimed Bradshaw was Barrow before positive ID by scars.
Paris reports France will seek funds for four war vessels including a super cruiser, a destroyer and two submarines. A second phase, to be funded after May, envisions faster planes and coastal fortifications as part of a broader defense buildup. France seeks naval aviation parity with neighbors. Italy maintains unchanged policy focusing on maintenance and efficiency.
In Greenwood Mississippi Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean convicted of murder and given life sentence earlier Saturday afternoon won freedom on a $10,000 bond. The court granted 90 days for preparation of arguments on the motion for a new trial.
A roundup of early 1930s Washington actions shows President Roosevelt asserting the new deal’s durability. Clarence Chamberlin praises the air mail program as the administration pushes faster handling of labor code violations and home loan bond guarantees advance in Senate committees.
Washington AP reports investigations into sabotage rumors about army air mail planes. Secretary Dern says no evidence found. General Foulois probes fuel line and gasoline tampering rumors. Clarence Chamberlin accuses a propaganda campaign by major airlines to smear the air service. House committee leaders expect Dern to testify.
The public works administration approved a grant increase to 231000 for four junior high school additions. With the district's 590000 bond, total funds reach 821000 to cover construction costs. Original grant was 170000. total construction costs amount to 770741, making a 30 percent grant base and leaving a contingency margin of 50259.
Rome reports a thwarted plot against Premier Mussolini with four men to stand trial March 16 before the defense tribunal. They face charges of attempting the premier’s life and causing the St Peter’s cathedral bombing. The indictment ties the plots to Italian exiles abroad.
A historical notice lists traffic toll figures for Cedar Rapids in 1934 with counts of accidents injuries and deaths. Details are incomplete and fragmentary but indicate an official tally for public records.
The 1C P assails Roosevelt as the new Republican congressional elections committee accuses the administration of floundering from experiment to experiment. The group, led by Senator Daniel Hastings and Rep Chester Bolton, says pledges remain untried, policies unshaped, and powers extend beyond constitutional bounds as the second year looms.
Paris reports the French government seriously considers how to settle wartime debts owed to the United States for the first time since defaulting in 1932. No cabinet debate has occurred though action is seen after domestic affairs, as parliament's opposition to payment is well known.
John Dillinger, labeled a sworn cop killer, escaped from Lake county custody despite efforts by Mrs. Lillian Holley, the county sheriff. Holley vowed to shoot if she ever confronted Dillinger, underscoring the tense chase between the outlaw and law enforcement.
Seventeen witnesses identified him and the state argued he would face the electric chair. Guards and prisoners amused by his whittling, while Dillinger secretly carved a wooden toy gun as a weapon for possible escape.
In Lima Ohio the Alien County jail hosts Dillinger gang members John Dillinger Harry Pierpont Russell Clark and Charles Makley under heavy guard after a night-long standoff. Authorities say any escape attempt will be met with deadly force as the four await murder trials in connection with Sheriff Jesse L Sarber’s death.
Captain John Stege accused jail delivery of Dillinger of smelling to the high heavens and warned of a looming bank raid and police station assault. He urged action, claiming forty of his men know the outlaw and could capture him, though he had no orders yet.
Crown Point Indiana authorities and a vast trio state police hunt pursued John Dillinger after he fled the Lake County jail in Sheriff Lillian Holley's car. Dillinger, wielding a wooden pistol, sang The Last Roundup as he sped away with deputy Ernest Blunk. Investigations target Gov. McNutt aides and county officials over the escape.
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