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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1934
Page
10
A noisy survey of global wheat prices and bread costs, referencing supply chains, consumer pressure, and fluctuating rates. Notable mentions include price shifts, distribution challenges, and calls for policy attention amid Ready-to-Eat demand and export concerns.
Court house brief notes a short update from the courthouse scene. The readable text references a legal proceeding or docket event without clear names or dates, urging attention to forthcoming filings or decisions.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a tense scene near a street, with references to poison, a pie, and a result. The readable fragments point to a unclear event at an urban intersection, involving names and possibly a health or safety concern, but no clear dates or identifications emerge.
The treasurer's office will remain open until 5 PM on Saturday to assist taxpayers with payments and inquiries. Residents are urged to bring tax documents and identification to ensure smooth processing.
Readers from Hanford post attend the Lubbers funeral with military rites and a procession to the Legion hall. The service featured speakers including Joseph A. Walsly, past department commander, with others listed among attendees and district court officials.
New births recorded for families including Mr and Mrs George Con at Mercy Hospital Rotote Mo a daughter born March 26. Mr and Mrs Frank at Serood Street NW report a son born March 28. Mr and Mrs Mahton Conk Ty Bo in NE welcome a child born March 24. Mr and Mrs Clarence Atueny in SE announce a daughter born March 24 at Mercy Hospital.
Government employees across Cedar Rapids press for a wage increase after long delays. The article notes many details about proposed raises, the scheduling, and distribution plans including a 18 per coil pay raise and adjustments anticipated by June, with broader implications for state and city offices and worker classifications.
A messy OCR text describes a canine related incident with a 49er figure and references a disorderly conduct charge. The article notes a dog was released or a dog was involved, and one person was dismissed from the case. The readable remnants are unclear but indicate a court action with a dismissal.
In a detailed discussion, Hitler rejects universal welfare, arguing for rising living standards through work and a graded society. He details his approach to criticism, press relations, and maintaining contact with ordinary Germans via his lunch table, insisting on careful, gradual policy implementation over four year phases.
Norfolk AP reports bandits who struck Lieutenant T C Edrington, the yard crafts pay officer at the Norfolk navy yard, locked him in a vault for several hours Thursday night and escaped with about $3000 of government money.
Mrs Cornella Vanderbilt Cecil sues Joan Francia Amherst Geel in Paris court, divorce action moving past reconciliation. Cecil, heir to the Vanderbilt fortune, wed the British diplomat ten years ago at Biltmore House. They have two children, Henry Vanderbilt Cecil and William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil, with a custody plan proposed for half to each parent.
W F Cooper, veteran Rock Island telegraph operator, will retire Saturday at midnight after 53 years in service, including 18 years in Cedar Rapids. He began as an operator at West Liberty and served as agent for the Milwaukee line before Cedar Rapids assignment. He leaves upon reaching the 70 year age limit.
Cedar Rapids union carpenters will restore the former wage scale of eighty five cents an hour for a forty hour week starting April 1. A year earlier the scale was cut to seventy cents as a temporary measure to spur new building and remodeling.
A Saturday benefit party drawn by the American Legion Auxiliary filled thirty five tables with attendees from Marion Coggon Central City Cedar Rapids Alburnett and Monteolo. Prizes for high scores and favors for table holders were awarded. Tea was served by Mrs Bleakly and Mrs Murray. Committees led by Mrs Williams and others coordinated arrangements. Several local calls highlight church services and community gatherings in Marion with visits from Des Moines and Clinton area residents and updates on evangelistic meetings at the Free Methodist church.
Mrs. James A. Farley wife of the postmaster general and Mrs. Salvatore A. Cotillo wife of a state supreme court justice plan to sail from New York on Saturday aboard the Rex liner for a pleasure trip through Italy France and Belgium.
Chester Henry Bierman of Norway and Laurine Marie Monica Brecht of Cedar Rapids obtained marriage licenses.
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