23 Oct 1934
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1934
Page
1
Twenty planes took off from Mildenhall for Melbourne in a high stakes race with $50,000 prize. Scott and Black shattered the previous record by flying from England to Australia in two days four hours and twenty two minutes, while rivals crashed near Rome.
C W A Scott and Campbell Black, leading the London to Melbourne air derby, began the last lap from Charleville toward Melbourne 787 miles away as Dutch rivals trailed. Their earlier Darwin landing marked a long lead and a new record pace toward the finish.
AKINS Okla AP Charles Pretty Boy Floyd was killed near East Liverpool, Ohio. A grave for him awaits in Oklahoma a mother tended for over a year. His mother says he told her in 1933 to bury him there and that he expected to die soon with lead in him.
Cedar Rapids police and federal liquor officers raided Joe Hadad at 608 Summer Street NW and seized three gallons of alcohol along with about three quarts of moonshine hidden in a clover floor plant. He faces a charge of maintaining a liquor nuisance.
In Elgin Illinois a woman named Mrs Wilbur Lundy attempted suicide by firing at her chest but the gun did not fire. Her husband removed the safety and handed it back. She then shot him three times.
A reader asks if events prove democracy is endangered, exploring how propaganda shapes public perception and whether true threats exist beyond rhetoric. The piece weighs evidence of risk against media influence.
A 1934 sermon by Dr Newton laments America’s Bible ignorance echoing England’s loss of authority. He warns language, literature, and morals decay without scripture, urges revival of reading and reverence to restore soul, law, and moral purpose.
Progress in the federal banking rehabilitation program and release of funds for closed banks was reported by government agencies Monday as the American Bankers Association began its annual convention. The treasury department promised early publicity on banking legislation as experts rushed to finish a special study.
Lloyd K. Garrison submitted his resignation as chairman of the national labor relations board to President Roosevelt. The resignation was accepted and he retires to return to the University of Wisconsin, offering to assist the new chairman if needed. No successor announced. Robert M. Hutchins has been named as a possible NRA labor board figure.
C. J. Lord, vice-president of the National Bank of Commerce of Seattle, was elected president of the national bank division of the American Bankers association. He succeeds Irving W. Cook, president of the First National Bank of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Washington AP bankers at ABA convention denounce Roosevelts fireside remarks as unfair and demand an end to government and press attacks They cite banks holding over half the national debt and urge a mil itant stand against criticism Leaders warn on the Frazier Lemke act and vow to push idle dollars and men to work ahead of Roosevelts speech Wednesday in Washington
The piece argues that over 300 million Europeans live under dictatorship in Germany Italy and Russia while America remains free. It questions whether workers benefit under fascism bolshevism or national socialism and whether democracy can endure, quoting Edward Benesch and Oswald Mosley on peace and power.
President Roosevelt urged private relief to carry unemployment aid, advocating decentralization and continued private charity while warning against shifting burdens to government. Baker endorsed the private relief campaign, noting federal and state cooperation with local agencies to meet material needs amid unemployment.
Suva Fiji AP heavy rains forced Sir Charles Kingsford Smith to postpone until Wednesday the take off on the next leg of his transpacific flight to the United States. He and navigator Captain P J Taylor may fly to Fanning Island 1200 miles from Suva to use a long beach for landing and then proceed to Honolulu Thursday.
Wreckage found near Wilson's Promontory on Monday is believed to be from an Airways liner missing with ten passengers after it departed Launceston for Melbourne on Friday.
In Louisville a federal court postponed the arraignment of Frances Robinson on kidnapping charges involving Mrs. Alice Speed Stall until 10 am Tuesday. Attorney Clem W. Higgins says the defendant will appear in person to enter a not guilty plea to aiding and abetting her husband in the $50 000 abduction. The Robisons and the father in law remain at $50 000 bond under Lindbergh law indictments as a coast to coast search continued for the younger Robinson.
Cairo reports that Aida Aly and her seventh husband were sentenced for drug dealing. Aly had six prior husbands in prison for similar crimes, and now she faces punishment along with her new spouse.
Charles Pretty Boy Floyd, longtime outlaw, was slain by federal agents and East Liverpool police at a farm seven miles north of East Liverpool. Dozens of shots fired ended his life as he tried to escape, with Purvis leading the raid. Floyd died after being shot eight to twenty times while en route to a hospital, leaving little cash and loaded pistols.
Oklahoma City AP recounts Charles Arthur Pretty Boy Floyd blamed for a string of murders bank robberies and kidnappings across the southwest over four years. His escape history and the killing of lieutenant George Birdwell are noted with details of crimes and locales including Sallisaw and Bowling Green.
The government recorded 114 days of outlays over two billion dollars with a daily average near 17.5 million. Tax collections for the first fiscal quarter rose sharply, totaling 804,878,165, up 191,619,187 from a year earlier. September receipts totaled 79,737,883. liquor and processing taxes boosted the gain, while losses from stock transfer taxes and fuel levies tempered the rise.
Oklahoma City AP outlines how Charles Arthur Floyd earned the nickname Pretty Boy. Returning to Sallisaw after criminal beginnings in St. Louis, Floyd impressed hill folk with his slicked hair and pocket comb, who dubbed him Pretty Boy.
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