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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1934

Page

6

Administration Plans to Adjourn Congress by May 15

Washington reports the administration aims to adjourn Congress by May 15 with a five major issue plan for enactment in two months. Key items include the new tax bill, stock market regulation, tariff powers, a federal communications bill, and a new pure food and drugs act.

Washington INS Congress House Senate Senate Finance Committee Sensie Banking and Currency Committee Fletcher-Rayburn

Back Yard Garden: Eradicate Plant Bugs for Healthy Flowers

Donald Gray guides homeowners in controlling garden pests with soil care and regular pruning. He contrasts hand removal and mechanical methods with chemical sprays, noting two insect types chewing and sucking and urging proper remedies and seasonal spraying for scale and eggs.

Take It Too Seriously Prize Winning Flowers

A fragment suggests a remark about prize winning flowers and the seriousness with which some prize items are treated. No further names or concrete details are captured in the readable text.

Dr Davidson Black Dies at 49 in Peiping Office

Dr Davidson Black prominent anthropologist and authority on Peking Man died of heart disease at his Peiping office. Born in Toronto on July 25 1884 he was professor of anatomy at Peking Union Medical College and led the national geological survey of China. His discovery of the Peking skull near Chow Outien aided studies on human evolution.

Peiping China Davidson Black Peking Toronto Canadas Black Peking Union Medical Colege National Geological Survey of China Chow Outien

French Official Suspended In Stavisky Affair Probe

Paris AP reports the government suspended M Blanchard of the agriculture ministry amid accusations he joined the board of a Stavisky linked company irregularly. In Iowa Maquoketa Jackson county lists delinquent taxes totaling about 42 500 with 1 300 properties, 95 percent of 1933 tax collected.

Paris Serge Stavisky Batonne Municipal M. Blanchard Ministry of Agriculture Stavisky Maquoketa Jackson County

Will Rogers Letter Critical of Canadian Canal Plan

Will Rogers writes in Gazette from Hollywood that religion among modernists is questioned, comments on the St Lawrence Canal defeat in the Senate, notes Canada as a preferred partner, and claims both parties supported the project though he doubts platforms. He adds southern opposition and hints at retaliation when Mississippi improvements are pursued.

Hollywood Calif St Lawrence Canal Canada Senate South Mississippi

Claim Women In Jail Got Drinks At Party

Milwaukee AP report says women inmates at the house of correction allegedly served as waitresses at a party for matron Mrs Anna K Wright and drank wine and gin. The county board committee of institutions questioned twelve inmates and will refer findings to the Civil Service commission after further hearings led by Raymond J Moore. Minnie Bahn testified to the committee while serving a vagrancy sentence.

Milwaukee House of Correction Anna K. Wright County Board Committee of Institutions Raymond J. Moore County Civil Service Commission

Car Breaks Through Ice Drowns Three Women in River

In North Wilbraham Massachusetts an auto plunged through the Chicopee river ice early Friday. Three women perished, identified as Mrs Edward T Crimmins and her two daughters, sister of Palmer police chief Timothy Crimmins.

North Wilbraham Mass Chicopee Edward T. Crimmins Timothy Crimins Palmer

Three Negro Youths Hanged in Hernando Mississippi

In Hernando Mississippi three young Negroes Johnny Jones Ernest McGehee and Isaac Howard were hanged for attacking a 17 year old Holly Springs girl. National guardsmen guarded the jail as a crowd gathered. The sheriff acted as hangman and urged the others to behave themselves.

Hernando Holly Springs Hinds Coun Jackson Miss Johnny Jones Ernest McGehee Isaac Howard Jones McGehee Clyde Collins Bill Senate Roscoe Lauderdale Mccox

Fairbankees Off On Tour From London

The famous Fairbanks family father and son departed London for at least a fortnight trip to Rome and Algiers.

Fairbankees London Fairbankses Father and Son Rome Algiers

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