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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1935
Page
5
President outlines a twofold plan to extend and reform the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. He urges decentralization and simpler administration, aiming for one contract per farm, and anticipates a broader program to maintain gains and boost soil conservation. He cites the corn hog program as a model under the new approach.
The speaker advocates a long term farm program to conserve soil, boost fertility, and protect food supply. It notes past erosion and waste from over cultivation, warns against cruel depletion of soil, and urges flexible, county based adjustments with incentive payments and crop insurance to stabilize farm income and enable continued exports.
Iowa Governor Clyde Herring lauds Mark Twain as thoroughly American in a Hannibal centennial event. He notes Twain’s recollection of the Missouri journey from Indiana and praises the humor for its universal, enduring common touch with mankind.
The National Association of Motor Bus operators announced plans for air conditioned buses to rival cooled railroad coaches. A five passenger auto already traveled between Buffalo Chicago and New York with cooling air and dust free interiors. The car can be converted for winter warmth, enhancing comfort and reducing pollen exposure. Independenc e Iowa rural teachers organized a local Iowa State Teachers association unit with Lorraine Kelley elected temporary chair and Lois Noble as temporary secretary. A committee led by Hazleton Helen Rock to draft details includes Lois Schmidt Fairbank Margaret McGrath Cono Evelyn Cappel Sumner and Anna Mazur Byron.
Eight year old Roger Blietz died after falling under a cultivator while riding with his brother on a farm six miles east of Monona. He was the youngest son of Mrs. Mary Blietz. Funeral services are set for Saturday at St. Patrick's Church with Rev. Luke Donlon officiating. Survivors include his mother and brothers Giles and Marion.
A spark from a passing locomotive started a blaze that scorched 20 acres of timothy meadow on the E. L. McNamara farm south of town Thursday. Haystacks on the Fuhrmeister and Leslie Peet farms were endangered but saved by a fur row plowed around the former and shifting winds. By Friday morning the fire still smoldered on the Pect meadow.
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