Woes and War on Wages and Policy in 1934 Washington
A roundup of 1934 policy hurdles and political misfires. Johnson’s wage plan stalls as capital and consumer goods groups refuse to agree. Roosevelt kinship moments with Franklin Jr. highlight lighthearted White House tension. Sugar policy revisions and air mail woes stir controversy, while RFC repayments rise and Prohibition-era strains linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Hugh Johnson
Johnson
Consumer Industries Committee
Capital Goods Committee
Stock Exchange
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
New England School
Franklin
Air Mail
White House
George Dern
Dern
Den
MacArthur
Roosevelt
War Department
White Howe
Subistence Gardens Seek Land Donations for Relief Hike
Emergency relief garden committee asks for free land to establish subsistence gardens for federally aided workers. Land rental not paid. many unused city lots eligible. Government seeds provided. contact E. S. Smith or Al Dobrasky with offers. Also notes Thames Barking power station unloads coal at 500 tons per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Relief Garden Committee
Barat
E. S. Smith
al Doubrasky
Thames
Barking
England
Reconciliation Efforts Reported for Pickford and Fairbanks
Paris and Palma discussions push toward Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks reunion. Karl K Kitchen carried a letter from Pickford to Fairbanks in Barcelona while US mediator seeks America’s reaction. Fairbanks and his son stay in Palma as talks weigh his loyalty and fans’ views.
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London
The
Daily Express
Karl K. Kitchen
Paris
Barcelona
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Ins
Miss Pickford
Palma
Majorca Island
Fairbanks
Douglas, Jr
Lord Ashley
Lady Ashley
Douglas
Hollywood
America
Ashley
Mary
Doug
New Gibraltar Tunnel Plan Aims at Cross Straits Link
Engineers study a Gibraltar tunnel to connect Europe and Africa. They estimate sea depth at about 1,000 feet and the shortest distance between shores near six and a quarter miles. The report hints at further details and year-end projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
Straits of Gibraltar
Europe
Africa
Deaths and obituaries from Cedar Rapids area note several deaths
John Drahos 83 died at his son’s home in Solon after a brief illness born in Bohemia June 7 1850. Surviving include five children, two grandchildren and a brother. funeral in Cedar Rapids with burial at St. John’s. Frank O Warren ival died in Cedar Rapids after a lingering illness born February 23 1876 in Cleveland Indiana. survived by wife and daughter and relatives. funeral pending. Kaspar Podolak 76 of Omaha died after three months illness from a fall. several children listed. Clarence Schone 33 of Cedar Rapids died in hospital. funeral in Monticello with burial there. survived by wife and three children.
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John Drahos
John, Jr
Solon
Cesky Rybny
Bohemia
Cedar Rapids
Helen Biskup
Frank Drakos
John Jr
Ben Pospisin
Joseph
Cedar Valley
Philip
Bertram
St. Wenceslaus
Father Vojacek
St. John’s Cemetery
Frank O. Warren
Seventh Street
Cleveland
Belle Plaine
Hopelodge
A. F
A. M
Jessie F
Earlene
D. E. Ward
Chicago
George Peterson
Will Jolpher
Aurora
Ill
Gaffney and Moore Chapel
Kaspar Podolak
Omaha
Blanche Kofron
William
Des Moines
Kenneth
Washington
Arthur
Arthur Klopp
N. A. Espergren
Clarence Schone
B Avenue
Monticello
Phyllis
Glenn
Richard
Newspapers Exempt From Iowa Sales Tax Ruling
The Iowa state board ruled that newspaper receipts are not taxable under the new retail sales tax. The board said a newspaper's value lies mainly in its news items, treating it as a service not subject to tax.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Board of
As- Bpsee DE and Review
Tg A
Trade Publica
Radio Schedule Highlights Dense with NBC and CBS Listings
A dense rail of radio programming logs from morning to night lists shows and orchestras across NBC CBS networks. Entries name Herman Basta Towbin WABC WEAF WOW WJZ and many others with times and stations varied.
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Deremi
WABC
WNT
Herman and Basta
Nbc
Weaf Chain
Landt Thie
Weaf Wow
WJZ Wmaq
Salon Orch
Bradley Kincaid
Cyril Towbin
Breen and
de Rose
Weaf Who
Clara
Weap Woc-Who
Today's Children
WJZ
Wtms Cwenr
Betty Crocker
WEAF
Weaf Woc-Who
CBS
WBBM
Woco
Pats Waller
WMT
Tony Wons
Ben Alley
Gene Arnold
Betty Barthell
Woc-Who
Mary Steele
WJZ Kyw
Helen Trent
WGN
KMOX
Judy and
Jane
WCCO
Ra Neatherton
WLA
Elin Wesleyan Choir
WABY
Fevell
Wwocu
Ee Army Band
Me Perkins
Wenr Wooc
England
Sylvia
WOC
Strangler Lewis
WJZ Chain
Sherman Crch
Paulist Choir
Skippy
Cugat Orch
Irene Beasley
Nick Lucas
WENR
Dot Miller
Ree
Morton Bowe
Woo- HO
Pantee
CBB
WISN
Stradivacius String
WLS
Edwin BI
WLW
Marian Jorch
Phil
Alaska
Lymanerch
WMAQ
WTAM
Fray
Bregaiatti
WMT W
Ruth Etting
Jennie Lang
Deane Orch
Wcco Mox
Feighter
Mere Woo- Olsen and Johnson
Kmoxx
Pally Salmond
Eceltist
Stress Orch
Mary Eastman
Myrt and
Marie
John Erskine
Mario Cozzi
Weal Chain
WJZ Wenr
Gentry Orch
WJZ_ chain
Dickerson Ercch
Ted Black
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Merry Carong
Drew Pearson
Robert
Allen
Agricultural Department
Rocky Mountain States
A. J. S. Weaver
AAA
Congressman Hope
Kansas
Mr. Weaver
Mr Weaver
Lindsay Warren
North Caro Union
Oscar DePriest
Illinois
Andrew W. Mellon
Andy
Secretary of the Treasury
House
William Jennings Bryan
Free Silver
RFC
Thomas J. Ross
Ivy
Cotten
Cence
Tvevnayyte
Nererer
Sahara
Cedar Rapids Fuel
ED Soboda
Mackront Toaxeni
Wen
Teromene
Wey
Sma
New Easter Millinery Inc
Second Street
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