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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1934
Page
1
The article surveys economic strain in Australia with debt and budget cuts, contrasts U S policy under Roosevelt and Perkins, notes proposals for a shorter work week to curb unemployment, mentions Basil Zaharoff and wartime profits, and observes Roosevelt's wife hinting at female presidency while Ickes critiques Hoover's legacy and class tensions.
A Senate munitions inquiry reveals Electric Boat officials discussing graft and special commissions from 1927 28 in South American submarine deals. Letters show payments to Peruvian agents and hints of bribery to officials as a normal part of doing business abroad.
London officials expressed cautious approval as the government welcomed the U S senate investigation into a secret armaments pact between Vickers-Armstrong Ltd and Electric Boat Co. A full hearing report will be sent to London by the British embassy in Washington for cabinet review.
Local fans packed Hill park for the final home game of the Western league season. Despite a tail-end team, the Raiders delivered a win as 1934 closed, highlighting enthusiastic support and a political note of shyster rhetoric surrounding the crisis.
A diary style reflection contrasts wit and humor in Irish and English culture. An Irish friend argues that true humor requires self laughter and resilience, while wit often harms. The piece notes the German Hymn of Hate during the war and concludes humor could heal, ending with a quip about Judgment Day and a hope for a kinder world.
The royal palace officially denied any engagement between Princess Maria of Italy and Archduke Otto of Hapsburg. No plans for a betrothal were announced and palace spokespeople called the report inaccurate.
Linn County supervisors approved a 1935 taxation budget totaling 1,074,375 dollars, up from 891,900 for 1934, with poor relief expenditures rising to 130,000 and the emergency fund to 86,700. The state relief department mandates budgeting the poor relief limit before federal funds. secondary road construction rises to 78,000 and the bovine tuberculosis eradication fund to 8,700.
Minneapolis report says the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad failed to attract bidders at an auction. The bid deadline passed without entries and receiver W. H. Bremner said a postponement would be sought while a federal loan request is considered to allow reorganization.
Washington reports Hollywood won its battle against NRA salary limits for stars and executives. Hugh S. Johnson suspended code provisions on salaries and methods for hiring actors under contract with producers after a Rosenblatt inquiry. The code would have allowed penalties for excessive pay up to ten thousand dollars. Rosenblatt argued the delegation of such power was impracticable and stressed business judgment in setting contracts.
LOS ANGELES AP The death of crooner and actor Russ Columbo from a bullet fired by Lansing Brown Jr a Hollywood photographer friend was ruled an accident by a coroner's jury which exonerated Brown who pulled the trigger on the antique pistol.
Gazette farm editor Ray Anderson reports a radiogram from Little America signed by Dr Thomas Poulter head of the Byrd expedition scientific corps. The message says meteor observations show good visibility and data on about eight thousand with a maximum of forty in one minute for an observer and a two week average near sixty.
In Cedar Rapids the annual auto toll figures are incomplete in the fragmentary text. It references accidents, injuries, and deaths but provides no clear totals or breakdowns.
Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa told the Young Men's Republican club in Benton Harbor that fear of losing confidence in representative government is delaying U.S. economic recovery. He warned Roosevelt may destroy trust, urged commitment to balanced budgets, thrift, and self reliance, and cautioned labor against socialism.
Chicago report says Arthur McGinnis, a Dillinger gang suspect, was captured after a fierce gunfight. He previously escaped from Marquette station by tampering with his cell door bolt. Four former Chicago police Dillinger detail officers spotted him on Halsted Street, prompting a shootout. McGinnis had $700 in his pockets.
Eight bandits who kidnapped Attorney General Tsan Ger-Shou of Kerin province and his two sons at midnight were pursued by Japanese and Manchukuoan police. The kidnapping is part of a series both Manchukuo and Japan are trying to stamp out in the new empire.
Rainy, cool weather arrived in Cedar Rapids bringing a late autumn feel. Temperatures lingered in the fifties with a 60 degree high earlier, dropping to mid-fifties as steady showers deposited about a quarter inch of moisture.
Pilot Paul Bauer died when his plane plunged into the Willamette River in Portland Oregon A passenger Carl Ahrens was rescued by bystanders and authorities searched the water for the wreckage and possible survivors The crash occurred during an afternoon flight over downtown Portland officials said
Marie Menendez, identified as witness No 2 in the Louisiana legislative investigation of New Orleans city administration, vanished after testifying. Her attorney claimed police pressured her to lie and assaulted her. authorities pursued her for court nonattendance as a broader conflict with Huey Long’s control escalated with new laws and court orders to curb Long’s political machine.
Cunard White Star executive Terence McGrath reports in Glasgow that the Loch Ness monster story is a misidentification, claiming divers found wreckage of a German blimp near Loch Ness, with the stern surfacing at low water, while construction proceeds on liner 534.
United Press reports the Wednesday results across the National and American Leagues, including sharp scoring games in Chicago New York St Louis Pittsburgh Boston Philadelphia Detroit Cincinnati Cleveland Washington and St Louis matchups. Highlights include dramatic late innings and multiple decisive wins with pitchers and lineups named for each contest.
With schools opening, stop signs will be installed at intersections near streets serving the school. Police traffic chief Hughes said janitors will place signs before dismissal and remove them later, while motorcyclists and squad cars monitor for violations. Fines double to four dollars and costs for first offenses. second offenses costlier. More signs to be added as available, resolving issues of janitor access and arterial placements.
Chicago reports Miss Ella Newholm of Duluth Minnesota as the ten millionth guest at the 1934 A Century of Progress exposition. Her arrival marks a milestone in the grand exposition's attendance record.
Fulton Illinois AP Fred Blink accused gunman who opened fire with an automatic shotgun on Tuesday killing five and wounding another, will face the Whiteside county grand jury on murder charges after an inquest led by States Attorney L L Wynn and coroner C M Frye. Witnesses including officer Frank Kustes, who shot Blink, and Tim Carrick Jr who escaped, testified Blink planned more targets and named Kustes and Fulton Mayor J B Agnew as the two. Blink, hospitalized in Sterling, expressed no remorse and even urged death, while recounting the episode from his hospital bed. The case includes the claim of a $35 debt and a subsequent double crossing leading to the killings. The narrative continues in the hospital and at the coroner’s inquest.
President Roosevelt appointed Gov. John G. Winant Marion Smith and Raymond V. Ingersoll to a board of inquiry as violence flared in the south with two killed in Trion Georgia and four shot in Augusta. Union leaders in Washington pushed a seven point settlement plan prioritizing UTI recognition and a 30 hour week while the strike expanded across the region.
Two men died and many wounded as union strikers clashed with police in Trion and Augusta Georgia while broader textile walkout render half the south’s mills idle. President Roosevelt named a board of inquiry led by Gov Winant with Marion Smith and Raymond Ingersoll to study complaints, seek remedies, and possibly arbitrate.
Manila reports a typhoon raging two days in northern Luzon has left thousands homeless with no further details as it worsens. Authorities continue to monitor affected towns and casualty potential amid mounting damages and disrupted services.
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