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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1934
Page
1
Fragmentary column touches on liquor store interrogations, censorship fear, and individuals like Harold of Iowa state bodies. Mentions Senator Ellar, Jessup retirement, and President Roosevelt anniversary plans. Notes mood in Des Moines and Chicago, with Buffalo herd fate and Hutchins policy thoughts.
Second Lieutenant Harold G. Richardson 26 of Cheyenne died when his army plane crashed during a practice flight near Cheyenne Wyoming. The crash followed similar accidents as the army resumed air mail service under safety orders.
Major General Benjamin D Foulois conveyed deep regret for the death of Lieut Harold G Richardson in a Cheyenne crash. He said crashes are a day’s work for the army and defended air mail safety preparations while noting Richardson was a reserve officer and former commercial pilot.
The army will fly the mails again on Monday with eight routes, spanning coast to coast. Col Eddie Rickenbacker urged President Roosevelt to purge traitorous elements from his official family over cancelled private air mail contracts. Maj Gen Foulois said planes are ready for night and blind flying as the service resumes from New York to Chicago and Atlanta, Chicago to San Francisco, and other legs.
Seven people were injured Saturday afternoon in two automobile crashes in Cedar Rapids. The most serious victim was Mrs. Hans Kelsen of Dike a 52 year old with a fractured pelvis and facial injuries, hospitalized at St. Luke's. Her husband and their 13 year old daughter Genevieve were in the car. Kelsen driver of the vehicle. The second crash on Second Street and Eighth Avenue involved taxicab driver S L Hanscom and Wilford Stickney of Marion with injuries ranging from cuts to the face knee and back. A bicycle collision on First Avenue East left cyclist Claude Runner uninjured.
Former Nebraska governor Keith Neville of North Platte was chosen by a vote of 38 to 23 as democratic national committeeman, succeeding Arthur F. Mullen of Omaha who resigned. The result signals a Mullen faction victory over Gov. Charles W. Bryan's group in the state.
Germany states it will take the most extreme measures to avoid violence while seeking non aggression with France. The armaments note of Tuesday outlines limits, rejects invalidating Locarno, and proposes two conventions to curb armaments for five years or longer, while renouncing offensive weapons.
In Geneva the League of Nations found Germany's assurances on Locarno postwar peace "very encouraging" after France outlined an arms note. Berlin proposed a non aggression pact with France without altering Locarno while Britain and Italy sponsor peace along the Rhine.
Paris declares to Great Britain that France will not disarm amid German rearma ment and rejects the latest German disarmament offers.
A reader argues life gains color from risk not safety. Faith, faith in God and man, sustains moral adventure. Courage becomes our sole security. without it life would be dull and predictable, like watching a film whose outcome is already known. Copyright 1934.
Emile Blanchard director of agriculture services was found in a dying condition after reportedly slashing his throat and ingesting poison in Fontainbleau forest. Doctors said survival depended on poison and wound severity as the Stavisky banking scandal unravelled.
Winston Salem reports Captain W. W. Dugan marked St Patrick’s Day by wearing the same green tie for the 44th year. The tie, bought in 1890 at Osawatomie Kansas, remains a personal emblem of his Irish heritage and celebrations.
Washington AP reports Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt returned from a long trip to Porto Rico to a greeting from her husband at the station. A two day family celebration followed with meals and belated birthday for John Roosevelt.
Samuel Insull left Piraeus aboard a chartered tramp steamer toward the Red Sea in what officials call his bid for freedom avoiding deportation to the United States. The 74 year old fugitive from Chicago justice hopes to reach Abyssinia while Greek authorities face political embarrassment over the case.
Weather outlook shows rising temperatures early week across upper Mississippi valley and northern plains with a turn colder later. One or two precipitation periods likely affecting the region including Chicago and surrounding areas.
Washington plans to create twelve intermediate credit banks allied with the twelve Federal Reserve banks to rediscount long term paper and back loans to industry. The program could employ 200 000 to 300 000 workers and mobilize about 300 million dollars, though opposition exists to government competition with private banking.
A government authority rejects claims of a rift between the contractor and administration over direct industrial projects. It states plans to revoke intermediate credit facilities remain under review and do not reflect internal discord.
In Rome three premiers Mussolini Dollfuss and Gombos signed consultative pacts to consult each other on matters of mutual interest. The agreements include one political and two commercial protocols aimed at developing economic ties among the three nations. The plan hints at Austria's economic independence while implying concerted action with Italy on political steps.
William Green urges auto firms to avert a strike as railway leaders reject pay cuts. Col. Eddie Rickenbacker calls for dropping advisers on air mail, while army mail flights resume on eight routes Monday. Eugene Black proposes a new industrial financing bill as relief purchases rise. Police remove Black students from the Capitol after they tried to enter the House restaurant.
Clem Kessel, 23, returned from Michigan state prison to Fairfield Iowa and was sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to selling twenty head of mortgaged stock before Judge E D Daugherty. The case was heard on a Saturday.
President Roosevelt weighs a railway wage dispute as unions demand no delay in wage revisions and expect a 10 percent increase to old levels by July 1 under current contracts. General Hugh Johnson moves to quell motor industry labor tensions amid broader recovery program concerns.
The American Federation of Labor presses for workers to elect their own representatives by secret ballot to bargain with auto manufacturers. President Johnson proposes a mediation committee as a compromise to curb industry strife. The NRA and industry leaders weigh concessions while Johnson cancels a New York trip to focus on conciliation amid stalled wage talks.
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