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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1936
Page
14
The article surveys a decade of natural calamities from the 1926 Florida hurricane to floods, droughts, earthquakes and tornadoes. It notes vast losses, federal drought relief for 4 million in 1934, aftermaths of the Mississippi valley floods, Galveston 1900 and Johnstown 1889 as the era's landmark disasters.
New city precinct map outlines boundaries for the election with polling sites ranging from Rude Auto to Hayes school and multiple fire stations schools and libraries across precincts. Annexed airport voters use Hayes school with delays noted for traffic. National disaster statistics follow, comparing traffic and fire death tolls and home accidents in the United States.
In 1935 the Red Cross aided victims of 128 disasters in 37 states and Alaska. Floods tornadoes hurricanes and dust bowl storms were included along with the Morro Castle fire and trench mouth cases. Past years list 1926 Florida Alabama Mississippi hurricane death toll 372 and 4 000 000 acres crops destroyed. 1927 Mississippi Valley floods 200 killed 700 000 homeless. 1928 California St Francis dam collapse 450 killed. 1930 1931 drought 1 057 counties 2 765 000 aided. 1933 southern California earthquake 130 killed 5 000 injured $50 million damage. 1935 Florida Keys hurricane 400 to 500 killed.
The Iowa State Employment Service office at 417 First Avenue E appeals to single men with farm experience to register. Assistant manager Lloyd C. Grover says farmers are calling for unmarried workers for immediate, year long jobs as tenant housing limits. Some farmers will hire married men if they will relocate to a tenant house, Grover notes.
Safety campaigns were credited with reducing automobile deaths 13 percent in February nationwide. Auto deaths fell to 1,950 from 2,240 in February 1935, per the National Safety Council. The first two months of 1936 were 3 percent lower than 1935. New York City had the lowest rate among large cities. Providence led a second group. Some smaller cities reported zero deaths.
H F Sundberg warns shippers and carriers that starting April 1 interstate trucking under common carrier and contract operations will fall under interstate commerce commission rules. Rates will be set by published tariffs for common carriers and minimums for contract haulers, with no deviation from those standards.
Mr Sund berg explains that carriers shippers and consignees must pay published minimum tariff rates and that rebates or false billing to secure lower rates are illegal with penalties up to 500 for first offenses and 2000 for subsequent offenses.
Daily airmail between major Australian cities proposed. Civil aviation department plans extensive groundwork including new airports and emergency landing fields.
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