10 Nov 1934
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1934
Page
1
The piece surveys reactions to the 1936 election mood, citing Jim Farley calling the GOP "positively through" while Senator Borah sees a doomed party without roosevelt leadership. It highlights broad support for the New Deal, plus concerns over election dynamics and public relations for NRA guidance.
Los Angeles AP secret grand jury records reveal gardener Clifton E. Davis believed Paul Bern was murdered rather than dying by his own hand. Davis described a whisky stained scene at Bern’s pool area and suspected blood from a foul act.
New York AP Ivy Lee public relations advisor to John D Rockefeller and Jr and to major corporations died Friday at age 67. A pioneer in the field he joined Rockefeller's staff in 1915 after a career as a reporter and PR man for coal banks and railroads. Mention of $25000 from the German dye trust was raised in a congressional inquiry last July but Lee declined to discuss it after returning from Baden Baden.
Important political offices as democrats take over the 80 per cent. Free minorities in our governmental history have compared in numerical weakness with that which must struggle almost as hopelessly, beginning next January. It is just as well. Enjoying such a majority, wielding such power, those who asked for what was given them are now responsible to the nation.
A reader asks whether life can forsake profit as the driver of work. The piece argues two life types compete: commercial first, creative for the common good. The future hinges on which motive dominates society and individuals.
Northern Democrats push to share power with the south in the House it claims has been led from the south. Representative Martin Kennedy of Tammany says New York should hold the speakership amid a larger post election outlook. Separate notes cite Farley predicting Roosevelt’s 1936 win and the Liberty League planning a 1,000,000 member drive while denying it opposes the administration.
A Cedar Rapids toll tally for 1934 records 315 accidents 407 injuries and 14 deaths, reflecting the year’s road hazards and safety concerns in the city.
Washington reports open dispute as Sen Borah demands relief scrutiny and NRA scrapped for new recovery laws. Frank Belgrano of the American Legion says the fight over the $2.2 million soldiers bonus continues into the new Congress. Chamber of Commerce asks business leaders for views on NRA replacement and broader anti trust needs.
The USDA on November 1 projected an Iowa corn yield of 14.8 bushels per acre from 92,526,000 harvest acres, producing about 189,000,000 bushels, down from 198,000,000 last month and the overall nationwide crop at 1,371,527,000 bushels. Drought drives the era’s record low yields across major crops.
General Motors announced a policy to stagger 1934 model production to spread labor employment over the year. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. said some new models will be introduced in late summer or early fall rather than year end or early next year. The move aims to improve employment continuity and address wage earners’ concerns by aligning with consumer sales trends.
President Roosevelt intends another intimate national radio address soon after his return from Warm Springs, Georgia, early in December. He told reporters the last broadcast did not cover agriculture relief or many other issues.
Okeene Oklahoma AP reports a garageman, Hugh E. Zimmerman, used his homemade plane to pursue three bandits who robbed the First National Bank of $1,000. He trailed them for hours across about 100 square miles, spotting their car and aiding the sheriff before darkness halted the pursuit.
Charles J. Haas a Democrat Marion attorney led Cedar Rapids Republican Judge A B Clark by twenty five votes in unofficial Cedar and Linn county returns for the Eighteenth district judgeships. Early tallies showed Clark 18 504 to Haas 18 234 across the three counties with four incumbents later said returned.
Agreements with property owners near the Palisades state park dam site were obtained by a committee led by A. J. Smith of the Waltonians. The deals grant specific game preservation rights to the state and set the stage for construction to begin next week.
In San Leandro a warrant was issued charging Judson C. Deke with embezzling $1,600 while he faced a Woodland trial for the slaying of Lamar Hollingshead, his wife's lover. The embezzlement charge arises as the jury verdict awaits.
United States District Judge Luther B. Way in Norfolk Virginia voids the Frazier Lemke provision of the bankruptcy act claiming it violates due process and the fifth amendment by extending a bank's lien and delaying foreclosure beyond five years. Economic conditions cited as not justifying constitutional infringement.
Otto Snyder a 43 year old FERA worker on the Hawthorne road project was killed at 3 30 p m Thursday when a sand bank collapsed trapping him under soil Efforts to revive him failed Coroner Vorpahl listed crushed chest fractured ribs skull and right ankle as causes He was pronounced dead at a local hospital and later moved to Turner's mortuary Snyder lived in Cedar Rapids eight years and leaves wife Leona four children a brother Charles in Illinois plus other relatives Funeral services are set for 10 30 a m Saturday at Turner's chapel with burial in Oak Hill.
Washington considers a government backed push to speed up industrial output to absorb unemployment. The proposal would have the government bear losses while private industry expands, aiming to restore buying power and spur a broad recovery.
Senator Vandenberg accuses Farley of premature remarks as Borah and Moley weigh post election trends. GOP turnout reached about 12 million on Tuesday, despite New Deal gains. Moley predicts Democrats retain power while Republicans stay a strong opposition.
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