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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1934
Page
1
The Gazette presents a frank independent take on the looming polls. It defends public interest while noting reporters sketch candidate lives in Linn county and urges careful ballot scanning to judge qualifications.
Waterloo AP report lists 25 corn huskers chosen to compete for the 1934 state title at the Merndale farm near Waterloo. Notables include Clarence Bockes Grundy Center 1933 state champion Clyde Tague 1929 1930 champ and Walter Johansen Audubon 1932 runner-up. Williams Mechanicsville Cedar county husking record holder. Full entry includes champions from Grundy Center Guthrie County Buffalo Center and many towns across Iowa.
Samuel Insull Jr. and his son Samuel Jr. plan to testify in federal court to tell their story to the world. Their lawyer Floyd Thompson says they will not seek a directed verdict and remain charged with mail fraud in connection with Corporation Securities Company of Chicago.
The article argues Iowa voters should reject straight party voting and consider individual candidates. It highlights eight candidates for judges in the Eighteenth Judicial District across Linn Jones and Cedar counties, noting only four can be elected and promising more detail tomorrow.
A 1934 reflection notes William Wilberforce's twenty year battle to end the slave trade in the British Empire, while criticizing his blind spot to domestic child labor in factories and urging self examination of moral blindness.
The National Labor Relations Board held a five hour round table with Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea executives and labor reps to salvage Roosevelt era industrial truce amid a dispute with the union. H A Millis declined to predict progress and Edward McGrady left grimly as talks paused after dinner with Cleveland stores at stake.
Funeral services for Claude S. Heskett 46 Cedar Rapids manager of the Wilson and company wholesale market will be held in Des Moines at 2 p.m. Thursday Burial will be in the Masonic cemetery He died from injuries from a collision between the car he rode in with his son and a Des Moines street car The son suffered bruises
Wall Street rises on indications that farm income will be fatter this winter. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports nine month farm income at 4.313 billion dollars versus 3.479 billion last year, a rise of over 750 million. September cash income reached 662 million, up 81 million from August and 108 million from September 1933 amid drought sales. Bank clearings for farm centers show gains of 8 to 44 percent in cities like Omaha and Kansas City. Living costs for farmers climbed with the 1933 price index at 122 this year from 109 last year, while wages and input prices rose about 10 percent.
The Gazette presents a 24 page Farm News section edited by Ray Anderson. It stresses Cedar Rapids as a rich trading center in a strong agricultural region, with favorable 1935 farm outlook notes from L. K. Soth, Charles D. Reed, and Leslie M. Carr. The issue targets city readers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and rural patrons.
Dr. Cornell Grossman, a Millburn dentist and independent gubernatorial candidate, listed $350 in dental work on his campaign expense account filed with the secretary of state. The item read dental work done for campaign seater or for printed matter.
Berlin reports a skilled German worker must toil seven hours to earn a basket of provisions that a skilled American earns in two hours. Knickerbocker cites Reich statistics showing German pay under 79 pfennigs per hour versus about $1 per hour in major U.S. cities. The piece contrasts diet quality and notes the cost in working time reveals the disparity, hinting at dictatorship’s impact.
Des Moines reports an allotment of 1 640 959 dollars in federal funds for Iowa relief in November, about 100000 dollars less than state estimates. State relief director Mulock says details will arrive from Washington and the variance may come from special project funds. Other states receive varied totals including Minnesota 3581605 and Illinois 11557240.
Berlin reporting indicates Adolf Hitler plans a sweeping purge of Reich church personnel from the top down within days. He met rebel bishops Bishop Meisser of Bavaria Bishop Wurm of Württemberg and Bishop Marahrens of Hanover to discuss the church crisis.
Reports speculated that Congress might be asked to approve a combined $12 billion program for public works and housing in 1935. Fleming of the Public Works Administration denied any recommendation to the President, while officials pursue plans to meet relief needs and possibly expand the housing program.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt signaled willingness to debate Dorothy Frooks a New York state reform candidate. The meeting hinges on Frooks speaking in New York City and the organizing committee agreeing to proceed.
In Des Moines a Democratic rally featured United States Senator Louis Murphy praising New Deal progress and addressing critics. Gov Clyde L Herring and former Judge Hubert Utterback spoke of election impact while a torchlight parade and marching units accompanied the event.
Joseph R. Nutt former treasurer of the Republican National Committee and Wilbur M. Baldwin former chairman of Union Trust Company were found not guilty of fraud by a federal court jury Monday night in Cleveland.
Washington officials pressed for a direct payroll tax to finance unemployment insurance as part of a broader shift from dole to loans and welfare. The plan aims to blunt the impact of future depressions and sustain workers during hard times.
Daily Mail report from Varna says a time bomb exploded in the tender of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria on the Varna Sofia route. Railway workers were arrested as the tsar risked his life to save the locomotive driver whose clothes burned. Police found bomb fragments after the fire was put out. The blast did not demolish the royal train.
The farm administration reduced class one milk price in the Chicago sales area from 2.25 to 2.00 per hundred pounds by amending the Chicago milk license. The change becomes effective November 1.
Police fired on a crowd of about 300 rioters protesting relief work at the Denver federal employment project. Five officers were injured and roughly 28 relief workers remained off the job. Vehicles fled toward the mountains after clashes at the South Platte site.
Australian aviator Charles Melrose, who flew solo in the England to Australia air race, arrived in Melbourne at 9:08 am Wednesday, becoming the seventh entrant to finish the grueling event.
Edward Barce assistant attorney general brought eight Crown Point witnesses to Monticello Indiana to aid inquiry into John Dillinger escape from Lake county jail on March 3. He said arrests of at least three aiding Dillinger would follow and that examination should finish soon. Witnesses included Ernest Blunk Lewis Baker Jarvey Keiser Dennis M Dunn Archie Danx Mrs Mary Boettcher and Mr and Mrs Terry Garland all of Crown Point.
A chain of charges and investigations follows Gov McNutt and Assistant Attorney General Barce as lawmen seize suspects tied to John Dillinger's jail escape. Lake county officials condemn moves while Judge Murray mulls grand jury action. Senator Robins uses the matter to attack the state administration amid reelection bids. Blunk faces grand jury indictment earlier, then acquitted.
The Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune reported it bought the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune, effective December. The move widens cross publication ties between major U.S. papers as editors expect synergies in output and distribution.
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