NRA Bill Debated by Iowa Senate Is Killed 23 23
The Iowa Senate killed the NRA intrastate bill after a brief debate, 25 to 23 to table. The measure would have applied national NRA codes to Iowa firms. The vote split largely along party lines, with 24 Republicans and 1 Democrat for tabling and 21 Democrats and 2 Republicans opposed. The session also saw a vote against investigating the state insurance department.
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Des Moines
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Iowa
Iowa Senate
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State Insurance Department
Ter Ail
Valentine
NRA
Roelofs
Sioux Center
Republican
Washington
State Senate
House
Iowa House Bill Aims to End State Business Codes
Johnson and supporters push a measure to surrender state business regulation to federal NRA codes. Critics warn the bill would broadly force Iowa to adopt Washington drawn rules and raise prices, harming consumers and risking jail for local shopkeepers. Senate action remains uncertain amid partisan clashes.
Voliva Predicts Millennium in 1046 on Birthday
Zion City overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva marked his 64th birthday with a dramatic warning that the millennium would arrive in 1046. He said his health is good, that he still believes the world is flat, and has been contending over followers leaving Zion City for other creeds.
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Zion, Ill
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion City
Voliva
Two French explorers plan return flight to legendary city
Paris reports two French aerial explorers Andre Malraux and Captain Cornignon Molinier prepared for a return flight to locate and land at the fabled capital of the Queen of Sheba. They aim to descend and explore the ancient city believed located on the north edge of the vast Rub al Khali desert, about 1000 miles southeast of Jerusalem.
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Andre Malraux
Cornignon Molinier
Air Ministry
Malraux
Ruba-El-Khali
Jerusalem
Arabia
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Djibouti
Molinier
Department store sales rise 7 percent in two months
The report says department store sales increased 17 percent for the first two months of 1934 compared with last year. NRA leadership resignations followed, with Dr. Paul H. Douglas leaving April 1, Major R. B. Paddock heading to cotton garments, and L. H. Tompkins returning to United States Rubber. Enforcements expand as dozens of complaints move toward quick court action. Colorado leads with seven coal code cases supervised by state and federal attorneys.
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NRA
Meneme Peederee
Paul H. Douglas
Consumers Advisory Board
University
Chicago
R. B. Paddock
L. H. Tompkins
General Johnson
Trt
United States Rubber Company
Blue Eagle
Hugh 8. Johnson
E. G. Budd Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Davis
Rural relief meetings planned as civil works workers demobilize
Washington reports two conferences on March 12 and 13 to discuss a rural relief program. With relief officials in charge, one session will be in Atlanta and the northern session in a city to be announced. The plan under the President's policy includes building farm homes, supplying seed and stock for noncommercial use, and giving farm workers modest cash incomes through part time employment in industrial enterprises.
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Civil Works Administration
Atlanta
North
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1934
Cedar Rapids authorities announce the 1934 auto toll schedule with charges set for motorists entering the city limits. Officials say revenue will fund road maintenance and cap new infrastructure projects. Local firms and residents express concern over burden on daily commuters.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Retail Tax To Begin At Fifteen Cents
The Iowa merchants group approved a 15 cent to dollar tax schedule for purchases, with 15 to 65 cents taxed at one cent, 66 to 99 cents at two cents, and one dollar or more at two percent. A seven member committee will work with the state board to implement the bracket system, though some call the token approach impractical.
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Frida
State Board of Assessment and Review
Claude Carver
Des Moines
Robert Duffy
Mark Pierce
Otto A. Bjornstad
Spencer
A. G. Keyes
Cedar Rapids
C. H. Crowe
Clarion
Ray E. Darby
Albia
P. R. Smith
Fort Dodge
R. W. Tackaberry
Sioux City
Morris Sanford
J. Sidney Johnson
Marshalltown
E. T. Daisley
W. D. Morris, Jr
Clinton
First Lady Sees Porto Rican Slums As Bad As New York
First Lady Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt toured San Juan slums to study poverty and infant feeding. She compared Porto Rico deprivations to New York tenements and urged informal, direct observation. Police were asked to disband soldiers at attention along the highway.
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San Juan
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Mrs. Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Club
Fajardo
Cedar Rapids Warmth Returns After Frigid Night
Cedar Rapids saw a rapid temperature rebound after a frigid night with the mercury dipping to 9 above zero at 7 am. It rose to 19 at 9 am and 22 at 10 am under bright skies before reaching 27 at 1:30 pm. Friday's peak was 26 at 2:30 pm with 22 by 7 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Eastman Urges 08 Control of All Transport
Federal transportation chief Joseph B. Eastman urges government control of all transport modes including rail water and motor carriers to create a coordinated national system. He says regulation should be led by the Interstate Commerce Commission and highlights inadequacies in water carrier oversight.
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Washington
INS
Joseph B. Eastman
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Congress
Interstate Emmerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
President Signs Crop Loans Bill
President Roosevelt signed on Saturday the legislation appropriating forty million dollars for crop production loans. The act directs funds to assist farmers in stabilizing credit and improving agricultural output nationwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reading Want Ads in the Gazette Drives Results
Readers are urged to place Want Ads in the Gazette before 8 PM tonight to guarantee their appearance in the big Sunday Gazette. Call 2-1121 to reach the ad taker and secure publication.
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BIG Sunday Gazette
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Police Chase Dillinger Gang in Chicago Shootout
Police fought two gun battles with an armed Dillinger gang as they fled in a stolen sedan. Chief Robert Christian pursued from Schiller Park, rifle fire and machine gun rounds damaged police and wrecked the getaway car while the fugitives sped northward at high speed toward an unknown hideout.
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Chicago
INS
John Dillinger
Mra
Herman Stern
Gold Coast
Dillinger
Robert Christian
Schiller Park
William Miller
Albert Topp
Christian
Dri Christian
Ana Spies Oates
House Democrats Block Air Mail Debate for Second Day
In Washington the House blocked Republican bids to discuss air mail fatalities. Representative Fish proposed a five member committee to investigate Army air mail operations and equipment, while Democrats sought to push a resolution urging the Army to stop carrying mail.
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Washington
Fish
Army
Senate Votes Change In Cattle Measure
Washington action sees the Senate adopt the LaFollette amendment to the Connally cattle bill by 41 to 38. It authorizes 1600000000 to remove diseased cattle from farms and to distribute beef and dairy products to the needy.
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Washington
LaFollette
Farley To Give Up His Political Post
Washington AP reports the White House says Postmaster General Farley will resign as Democratic national chairman once a Roosevelt party successor is named. Farley steps down after a reshuffling of party leadership awaits a new appointee.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Thieves Loot Auto Stage 3 Breakins
Police pursued leads after thieves staged a wholesale robbery Friday night. They looted clothing samples worth over $200 from a parked car owned by D. C. Grant at 1917 Park Avenue SE, stealing items belonging to the Klinker fues company of St. Paul. The haul included forty five men's trousers, ten sets of underwear, thirteen pairs of gloves, three aprons, nineteen pairs of overalls, seven boys overalls sets, four boys overalls, three children play suits, two coveralls, two children's suits, four men’s coveralls, twenty five work shirts and eight dress shirts. The Grant car was broken into after a lock was forced. An attempted robbery and two more breakins were reported in the same area. The Arm strong car at 2035 Bever Avenue SE was also involved.
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Cedar Rapids
D. C. Grant
Park Avenue SE
Fred Armstrong
Bever Avenue SE
Army air crash narrows to one cause and curbs mail runs
Fort Warren, E Warren soldiers guard wreckage of a plane crash that killed two Lieutenants F L Howard and A R Kerwin during a test flight toward Salt Lake City. The crash near Cheyenne left ten army pilots dead in the week, prompting President Roosevelt to order curtailment of army air mail service to save lives and await a full inquiry.
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Fort Frances
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Salt Lake City
F. L. Howard
Marchfield
Riverside
Calif
A. R. Kerwin
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Cheyenne Fire Department
August Schomburg
Twentieth Infantry
Fort Warren
Ralph Snavely
Army Air Mail Service
Oscar Lamb
Lamb
Army Air Mail Deaths Record To Date
The Associated Press tally lists ten army flyers killed since the air mails were assigned. Of the ten, three carried mail, six were on air mail service errands, and one died on a flying visit to his parents before taking an air mail assignment. The dead include Lieuts Grenier, White, Eastham, Lowry, McDermott, Wienecke and Patrick and Privates Sell, Kerwin Jr., and Howard with dates and locations across Utah Idaho Ohio Texas New York Florida Wyoming.
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Ernest B. Sell
Florida
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Kerwin Was Riding Es: ‘A? Pamenemers
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Howard
Snk
Jean D. Grenier
Edwin D. White
Weber Canyon
Utah
James Y. Eastham
Jerome
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