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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1934
Page
1
A columnist recalls how voters react to feelings over facts in elections. He warns against trusting campaign rhetoric and urges continued enlightenment to curb self serving leaders. The piece discusses the New Deal, liberty, and public responsibility ahead of next Tuesdays polls.
Berlin allocates a uniform ban on all storm troops along the Saar border from January 10 to February 10 for the plebiscite period. Joseph Buerckel declares a "uniformless holiday" and bars rallies and drilling in the 25 mile zone, while urging enhanced discipline to counter French occupation fears.
Paris says no plan for French troops to enter the Saar without League approval. The Quai d Orsay notes France will act only if the governing commission asks for foreign police during the Saar plebiscite amid tensions from Le Matin reports of a Nazi coup scenario.
London reports that France asked Britain to join any emergency action in the Saar but officials denied the request on Friday. The denial clarifies Britain would not participate without new authorization.
Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis ruled that Congress can appropriate money for loans and grants to municipalities to relieve unemployment. He refused to enjoin California Missouri from proceeding with a municipal electric plant, in a suit by Missouri Utilities of Cape Girardeau against the city officials Fairbanks Morse Construction and Harold L. Ickes.
The cabinet of Premier Gaston Doumergue appeared saved Friday night by an agreement among Edouard Herriot and five radical socialist ministers to accept, in general form, the premier’s plan for greater power to dissolve the chamber of deputies.
A traveler among Eskimos recalls a chief who argues that God has left mankind and that people now worship symbols. The tale suggests a shared human longing for the divine amid worn rites and empty forms, a counsel on spiritual seeking and humility.
Secretary Cordell Hull urged world trade cooperation in a speech read to the foreign trade association. He warned extreme nationalism would destroy western civilization and urged breaking down artificial barriers to restore global commerce as a peace-making force. Hull, resting in Pinehurst, NC, noted past tariffs and called for cooperative negotiations.
Cal A. Ward was re-elected president of the Kansas State Farmers Union at the close of the annual convention in Ellis. Delegates chose to hold the 1935 convention in Iola.
President Roosevelt overruled his housing chief to push a nationwide home building program with an 80 percent loan insurance and a 5 percent base rate. Aimed at 15 billion dollars over ten years, the plan includes mortgage guarantees, private bank loans, and a service charge on new homes.
Washington AP Harry L. Hopkins relief administrator teased Chester C. Davis farm administrator saying they earned Phi Beta Kappa keys long after college. He joked their scholastic records were not remarkable and implied their honors were earned later in life.
Feg Murray a renowned cartoonist and Hollywood figure will host Seein Stars a new feature in The Gazette. The segment promises insights into stars of the screen and stage and debuts next Sunday.
In Rome near Mussolini’s Palazzo Venezia a spectator notes the iron presence of fascist militia while a confrontation about liberty and the 1848 Italian constitution unfolds. The observer cites Article 24, which declares equality before the law for all citizens, as a point of contrast to the regime’s control.
Federal authorities assumed control of the investigation into John Dillinger s wooden gun escape from Crown Point jail Indiana The probe centers on a $3900 payoff with $1800 paid before the break and $2100 due on transfer to Illinois A Crown Point man a Chicago lawyer and an Indiana police official are named in a confession as participants The escape used a wooden gun sourced from Chicago and Dillinger fled with Ernest Blunk the Crown Point fingerprint expert
Davenport Tasmania. Fisherman Alex Johnson rescued a sheep from drowning in a river. He cared for it until it recovered and two days later the animal gave birth to a healthy lamb.
President Roosevelt extends the auto code for three months and orders a labor employment study to be completed by February 1. Negotiations will invite manufacturers and labor to conferences upon his Hyde Park return to decide on public hearings if needed. Chrysler and Sloan met with the President while the request came from the Automotive Manufacturers Association.
In Nebraska authorities seek 12 year old Robert McFarland of Scottsbluff who vanished Friday morning after leaving home for school He may be hitchhiking toward Shenandoah Iowa with an automobile bearing Iowa plates and the first two digits 77 Police ask officers to search for the missing youth and any clues in the case.
Miss Frances Perkins, secretary of labor, told Iowa Teachers convention in Des Moines that Congress will pass social insurance including job and old age benefits. She outlined a long-range plan to provide security during economic crises, with employment and old age protections and a funded reserve. Dr. F C Ensign of the University of Iowa spoke on high school education anniversary as part of the event.
Denver theater man Bernard J. Hynes announced he plans to marry next month Fran ces Heenan known as Peaches Browning widow of New York real estate magnate Edward W. Browning.
Helen M. Brewer known as the girl bus queen of Iowa disappeared from the St Paul U S Marshal office after being held on income tax failure charges tied to the Red Ball Transit sale to Jefferson Transport. She was later arrested in Minneapolis and slated for a federal court appearance.
Cedar Rapids introduces an automobile toll plan for 1934 with new charges and fee schedules. Officials expect steady revenue from road use and urge motorists to review the revised rates and payment procedures.
In Chicago a tense cross examination of Samuel Insull over a $143,000,000 mail fraud case reveals a $10,000,000 mistake in a statement to stockholders. Prosecutor Leslie Salter pressesInsull battles questions over alleged deceits while defending his financial practices as defense witnesses prepare charts. Adjournment sends Insull to await Saturday's testimony.
The cross examination reveals Samuel Insull denying under oath that securities costs were misrepresented and admitting 1929 1930 and 1931 salaries from Commonwealth Edison and Peoples Gas Light and Coke. The 74 year old defendant defends earnings as justified fees, while denying selfish motive.
Former Missouri senator James A. Reed told the Nebraska Grain Dealers association that the current administration is advancing Bolshevism socialism and red internationalism and lacking the logic of these beliefs. The group adopted a resolution to stop legislative regulation of grain marketing and elected B. W Larson as president.
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