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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1934
Page
1
A 1929 Thanksgiving meditation contrasts grim realities with faith in capitalism and practical reforms. A worker writes that wealth concentration sustains living standards and comforts, while urging understood use of capital to meet human needs. The piece honors Lincoln and warns against demagogic ideals, urging fair play and informed solutions.
Five bodies identified as Elmo J. Noakes of Roseville California his three daughters aged 8 10 and 12 and his niece Winnie Pierce. State police say Noakes likely traveled east to find work then killed his family and himself. An abandoned Pontiac sedan tied to Noakes and a bakery truck driver corroborate the case.
A 1934 meditation on thankfulness for simple meals and life. It contrasts a Scottish grace with modern distractions like theater and film, urging appreciation of health, work, freedom, and homey joys in all of life’s drama. It ends with a copyright notice.
The passage contrasts a practical, emotionless approach to politics with suffering as a catalyst for recovery. It recalls Lincoln's call to mercy and resolve to finish the work, bind up wounds, care for veterans and their families, and seek a just peace at home and abroad.
In London, George Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece wed in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey. A crowd of over a million lined the streets as archbishop's blessing echoed, with foreign royals in attendance and a grand royal procession.
Nancy Traylor daughter of the late Melvin A. Traylor and Nathan Swift of the Swift meat family married in a simple late afternoon ceremony at the bride’s mother's home. Bishop Thomas Anderson officiated assisted by Bruce A. Baker as best man. The wedding included 75 guests and a prayer book bouquet dating to 1714. The couple will honeymoon in Bermuda and reside with the bride’s mother after New Years.
London AP reports crowds at the royal wedding required 750 ambulance attendances along the procession route. Ten people were hospitalized, with many fainting and two sustaining leg fractures amid the dense crowds.
World business leaders will meet in Paris next June to press for economic recovery. The conference, called by the International Chamber of Commerce, aims to address currency stabilization, international trade, production organization, and global transport.
Two more terrorist bombs explode in the Salt River Valley near Japanese agriculturists homes in Phoenix. A third bomb placed at the home of Japanese association president Fred Okuma failed to explode, marking a renewed violent phase in the three months old eviction drive.
President Roosevelt closed Thanksgiving with a turkey dinner for children patients and Mrs. Roosevelt at Warm Springs Georgia. He witnessed dedication of two new foundation buildings Kress hall dormitory and Columbus colonnade as tourists gathered in the cloudy but busy Georgia community. James A. Moffett federal housing administrator attended as a trustee, and the president spoke of expanding housing to aid the nation’s lowest income group.
A letter asking the county grand jury to investigate the death of Jerry Jarnegin, husband of musical comedy actress Trene Franklin, failed to prompt action. Dr. John P. Buckley said no new evidence exists to warrant an investigation, despite references to peculiar angles in the death at their home three months earlier.
Federal and local officers detained a man and a woman named Charles Gideon and Opal Caton amid a nationwide hunt for John Hamilton and Helen Gillis widow of George Nelson. Witnesses reported federal agents at the scene as Nelson’s body was discovered near Chicago.
A coroner's jury ruled Jarnegin's death a self inflicted shooting in a room where Miss Franklin hosted dinner guests. A long pistol was found in a chair six feet from the body and Miss Franklin claimed to have moved it in hysteria. Dorothy Watson testified Jarnegin had recent good humor after selling two new songs to a studio.
SOUTH AMANA Miss Helen Graf a nurse at University hospital Iowa City was critically injured when struck by a car on Highway 6. She was taken to Iowa City by ambulance with multiple fractures and severe injuries after stepping from a parked car into an eastbound vehicle driven by Bill Langlas of Marengo.
Secretary Ickes said the Public Works Administration's $150 million program will barely scratch the surface for slum clearance and low cost housing. He voiced hope for a greatly enlarged program in 1935 and suggested a liberal contribution for the desirable social purpose.
United States exchanges were shut Thursday while Canadian and European markets remained open. AP report notes broad closure affecting stocks and commodities across the U S.
A group of leading industrialists plans to align with administration officials to shape a federal unemployment insurance program. They favor employer leadership and warn against measures harming business interests while weighing state versus industry reserve funding and cross-subsidy between regions with varying unemployment.
The federal housing administration issues new regulations to insure mortgages up to the full cost of low cost urban housing projects. James A. Moffett defines the field to attract private capital while avoiding competition with public funds. President Roosevelt emphasizes government aid for renters while preventing plan clashes with Ickes.
The administration announced insurance for long term mortgages up to 20 years on low cost housing projects. Insured loans may cover full building value excluding land, with 90 percent coverage and up to 16 000 dollar mortgages. Dividends capped at six percent with special disbursements limited to 2 1/2 percent, rebated to tenants as rent credits. Capital stock cannot retire during mortgage life. projects may be privately financed or funded by public bodies.
Baton Rouge Louisiana State University students seeking a medium for criticism of Senator Huey P Long turned Thursday to the possibility of an independent newspaper. The move signals campus debate over press independence and political commentary amid Long era tensions.
A baby girl was born at 5 a.m. Thursday in Kirkland Lake during the royal wedding in London. She will be named Margaret Marina McDonald in honor of the Greek bride. Her father, John McDonald, is a miner.
A British railway guard, left behind when the train started, ran two miles to the next station and rejoined a trainload of about two thousand excursionists.
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