14 Nov 1934
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1934
Page
1
A long discussion compares the Soviet bread rationing with U.S. talk of socializing industry to provide jobs. The piece argues government or private industry must create work, warns temporary relief risks permanent socialization, and cites France and past New Deal debates as context.
The Home Owners Loan Corporation halts new loan applications as its remaining funds of 1.2 million would cover about 400 000 requests, with total aid from about 3 billion earlier funds not available. White House indicates no further funds will be sought, signaling HOLC's end planned for next March. John H Fahey cites rising private lending capacity resuming normal functions.
Joe Feldstein a 47 year old Carroll fur buyer was killed Tuesday around 1 50 pm on Highway 30 about two miles south of Newhall in a collision with a machine truck body driven by Vernon Coffman of Van Horne Feldstein died from a fractured skull E W Williams 31 a Carroll businessman riding with Feldstein escaped with scratches and bruises Coffman was uninjured Williams said the Feldstein car was on the left side of the road Coroner John Burows said autopsy likely not needed.
Mrs H H Seerley age 79 widow of Homer H Seerley longtime president of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls dies after ten days of illness. She is mother of Mrs Atherton B Clark wife of Linn county judge Ather ton B Clark. Survived by another daughter and a son. Judge and Mrs Clark were in Cedar Falls Tuesday.
The remark frames a broad, transformative concept intended to reshape national policy, implying California will adopt the idea regardless of local choice. The statement underscores a pushing momentum toward wide adoption across states and politics.
The speaker warns that widespread government manufacture of goods will displace millions of workers, triggering a renewed fight against prison labor and its impact on private industry and lawful employment.
A 1934 essay describes three mental pests named Harry Worry and Anger that disrupt daily life. It argues that ordered thinking, planning, and decisive action reduce stress and improve health, urging poise and nerve to act despite uncertainty.
Foreign exchange curbs were dropped except on gold, triggering a renewed franc selloff and a dollar rise to 59.68 cents. The pound climbed to $5.01 per 1 pound, while European currencies fell. Belgian belgas, Swiss francs, and Dutch guilders also weakened versus the dollar as gold shipments to the United States were anticipated.
The Roosevelt administration ended plans for further dollar devaluation and endorses conservative monetary policy for now. A treasury order lifted restrictions on moving American capital abroad, signaling confidence that inflation risks this winter's Congress do not threaten policy.
Iowa Governor Clyde L. Herring warned county officials to actively enforce beer and liquor control laws or face possible removal. He tied the crackdown to an upcoming study by a special legislative committee and praised the state liquor control commission while stressing sheriffs’ enforcement duties.
R. K. Smith, 64, of 2148 Blake Boulevard SE, was found dead in his automobile near Brooklyn Town Tuesday around 4 p.m. He had worked for Acme Candy Co in Cedar Rapids for about 35 years and apparently suffered a heart attack. Survived by wife, two sons DeVere of Cedar Rapids and Howard of Schenectady NY, and two grandsons John Allen and Dean Kenton Smith of Cedar Rapids.
Berlin reports Reich price commissar Carl Goerdeler issued decrees to ban independent price fixing and prevent new product introductions without permission. The measures prohibit wholesalers from dodging contracts via delays or inferior goods and order cooperative stores to stop price increases in member branches.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace will address a large crowd at the Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum Thursday night at 8. J D LeCron will accompany him. they will be met in Chicago by Ray Anderson farm editor of The Gazette and flown to Cedar Rapids on The Gazette plane Thursday afternoon.
Final canvass of Jones county ballots shows Haas ahead of Clark by 15 votes, maintaining Haas as the leading candidate for judge in the eighteenth judicial district. Official totals across Cedar, Jones, and Linn counties list Haas 18 426 and Clark 18 411 with incumbent Ellison at 18 679.
In the official canvass by Linn county supervisors Cc. J. Cash of Anamosa, a Democrat, picked up 72 votes in the twentieth Cedar Rapids precinct. Maurice V. Pew of Cedar Rapids dropped 43 votes in Otter Creek and Rapids nineteenth. Pew's Linn county total stands at 11 231, Cash at 11 060, Judge F. O. Ellison up to 12 322. Other judges' counts unchanged.
President Roosevelt aims to lift millions from breadlines with guaranteed aid and medical care. A conference of social labor and industrial leaders will outline the broad social legislation for the 74th Congress. The day features round tables and a White House meeting after the discussions. Senator Borah pledges an investigation into relief funds waste.
City council in Vinton voted to cancel all light and power bills for November, gifting about 6000 to municipal electricity users. Councilman Dan Troxel and Fred Braginton led the proposal after finding a $13,364.49 balance in the electric light fund with no immediate need for funds.
Paris reports Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin secured wide support in parliament on his first test of strength. He warned against dictatorship while promising peace at home and abroad, backing a program of economic reform, financial stabilization, and measures to tackle agricultural issues and maintain a stable franc.
London reports German sources say Germany would admit rearming if powers acknowledge the confession and allow its return to the Geneva arms talks. The proposal, attributed to Joachim von Ribbentrop in talks with Capt. Anthony Eden, aims to rejoin postwar negotiations.
A brief item reports statistics on accidents injuries and deaths from the 1934 Cedar Rapids auto toll. Authorities note the toll and outline safety concerns for motorists and pedestrians.
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker piloted the Floria Flyer on a New York to Miami dawn to dusk round trip, shaving 3 hours 21 minutes from the New York Miami speed record. The flight, in a Douglas airliner, saw refueling at Jacksonville and Washington with a 55 mile headwind. Rickenbacker received a life membership in the World War Birds from Baron von Zastrow.
Andrew W Mellon, former secretary of the treasury, called the claim by the internal revenue bureau for about two million more income taxes for 1931 impertinent scandalous and improper. He filed an answer with the board of tax appeals contesting the government’s charges and defending his 1931 report.
Iowa officials conclude cattle buying ends as funds are exhausted. Government will option corn at 20 cents a bushel and purchase at 1.25 before May 1 1935, with 400 000 to 500 000 bushels to be sealed for seed use. farmers warned to adjust herds to feed supplies.
Authorities in Nashville report discovery of a girl's body in a shallow grave at the Davidson County tuberculosis hospital grounds. The decomposed body shown signs of a head blow and matches the description of 6 year old Dorothy Ann Distelhurst who disappeared Sept. 19. Investigators examine the isolated site with coroner's oversight and await identification.
Alfred E. Distelhurst, a Nashville publishing executive, endures six days of anxious waiting for his six year old daughter Dorothy Ann, abducted from Nashville and held for a $5,000 ransom. He stays in Manhattan awaiting word, following ransom-letter instructions and hoping the kidnapper will contact him. Dorothy is described as bobbed-haired with a pink lunch box.
Schuyler Nebraska UP reports Harold Malme berg, 20, Des Moines Ja., on trial for first degree murder in a case where a man who picked him up on the highway was slain.
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