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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1934
Page
1
The piece discusses how voters in Iowa might split party tickets in the upcoming election, notes Roosevelt era swings, and explains machine voting methods. It highlights concerns over Republican strength, Democratic hopes, and a contested Cedar Rapids district supervisor race with Wes Robovsky as a focal controversial figure.
Lee Stodgell of Louisa county won the 1934 Iowa state cornhusking title at Waterloo in the thirteenth annual farm contest. Walter Johansen of Audubon county finished second with 1,922.8 pounds net, Allen Tuttle third, Vaundon Williams fourth, Henry Peterson fifth. 10,000-plus spectators watched at A. J. Hansen farm.
A cyclone wrecked two houses seventeen miles north of London Kentucky on Wednesday night and caused the death of Mrs Emma Robertson 32 and four of her five children. They apparently perished in a fire started when the storm struck their home.
U. S. District Attorney James R. Fleming said he will start an official inquiry into John Dillinger's March escape from Crown Point jail after receiving orders from Attorney General Cummings.
A historical note records toll data for Cedar Rapids in 1934 listing 500 accidents with 298 injured and 38 deaths, reflecting severe road tolls of the era.
A reader recalls a cruel misdeed from the past and urges a return to goodness. George Eliot’s Adam Bede is cited to show how regret and reconciliation can redeem life, with a mother’s mercy guiding healing and faith.
Washington AP reports the federal deficit for the year starting last July 1 reached 1.0268 billion dollars as expenditures exceeded receipts. Gold receipts also surpassed two million, lifting total gold assets to 8.001062974 billion, the first time above eight billion.
Washington UD- The dispute between Agriculture and Interior over the forest service flares again with Interior seeking transfer and Agriculture resisting. Wallace and Ickes publicly assure friendship while White House appeals continue.
Samuel Insull testifies in federal court admitting fault for his empire's collapse after the 1929 stock market crash. He tearfully argues co-defendants share no responsibility while prosecutors seek decisive verdicts. The case centers on alleged mail fraud totaling 143 million dollars.
Knickerbocker argues Italy’s orderliness under Mussolini disguises fascism as stability. He claims fascism is democracy’s chief peril in 1934, noting Italy’s suppression of strikes, mobs, and political violence while tagging Nazism and Bolshevism as dangers to world order.
The bureau of agricultural economics reports world wheat crop excluding Russia and China at 3.33 to 3.375 billion bushels, about 360 million bushels less than last year, while world stocks on hand are higher than a year ago.
TOKIO AP The Manchukuo government has moved to establish an oil monopoly despite protests from the United States Great Britain and the Netherlands. The action was disclosed Thursday as Tokyo asserts control over key energy resources in the puppet state.
Police and fire logs show Cedar Rapids Halloween night calmer than past years. From 7 to 10 p m three hours yielded 76 police calls and five false fire alarms, plus hydrant activity and one real blaze at 616 Ninth Avenue SE. Fire Chief Kohout warned drivers about false alarms. initial false alert involved an elderly man mailing a letter into a fire box.
Berlin reports a new move to quiet Protestant opposition to Reichs bishop Ludwig Mueller while Catholics prepare to attack Alfred Rosenberg s paganist movement. Mueller pledges duty to stay. Goebbels urges youth to accept simple Spartan discipline as Catholic leaders publish studies on the myth of the twentieth century.
Samuel Insull testified that in 1932 he his wife and their son held about 13 million dollars in securities before the collapse. He said the family earned a large return of roughly 16 to 20 percent annually, with 10 million belonging to him, 1.175 million to his wife, and 1.85 million to his son, offset by debts of 3.75 million.
A brunette woman of about 30 killed herself by drinking poison after performing a ritual before a Rudolph Valentino statue in Hollywood. A hospital receipt from El Cajon near San Diego dated January 1934 was the only clue to her identity.
A hearing in Columbus on the extradition of Adam Richetti captured in Wellsville Ohio and held for Missouri authorities was postponed when his attorney demanded the right to present Richetti's deposition.
President Roosevelt moved quickly to avert clashes between capital and labor, meeting with Alfred P. Sloan and S. Clay Williams over the auto code extension. A New York master builders delegation complained union workers violated the 60 day truce and warned of wage demands spreading to other trades, signaling potential strikes in the city’s building industry.
Eight Lake county residents detained since early Tuesday in the John Dillinger escape inquiry were released in Indianapolis. Deputy Attorney General J Ed ward Barce announced the move in the Hotel Lockerbie lobby where witnesses had been held. The release followed tense efforts to obtain habeas corpus writs for four witnesses, with Judge Earl R. Cox warning that removal at night could obstruct legal process.
Four Schechter brothers Joseph Alex Martin and Aaron were found guilty by a federal court jury of violating the NRA poultry code in a felony prosecution. Walter L Rice said the verdict marks the first such felony under the NRA code. Date for sentence set for next Wednesday. Each faces up to two years in jail and 10000 dollar fines on conspiracy counts and 500 dollar fines on nineteen counts. fourteen similar counts resulted in not guilty verdicts.
Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr said the Treasury will likely switch Home Owners Loan Corporation bond offerings to private bond houses to better reach small investors. The plan aims to broaden public access to HOLOCO bonds and adjust distribution channels.
The U S Post Office discussed experimental transatlantic air mail with Graf Zeppelin designer Hugo Eckener. Flights could take about 48 hours to Europe with a 25 cent surcharge, using LZ129, the largest rigid airship, planned for next summer. Eckener proposed sending mail every ten days while Graf Zeppelin remains in South American service.
Secret Service agents and local officers seized a counterfeit operation at Henry Watson's Fort Madison home. Detectives found coin molds, a melting pot, and plating solutions plus a 100-gallon still, mash, whisky, alcohol, and wine. Watson, previously imprisoned for liquor charges, will be taken to Keokuk for arraignment on counterfeiting charges.
The federal government dismissed charges against John J. McLaughlin Jr in the Bremer kidnaping case. The three other Chicago men remain under arrest with their trial postponed from November to April.
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