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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1934
Page
1
The column compares England's recovery to the United States, praising Britain's balanced budget and trade lead while cautioning against copying Soviet ideas. It criticizes federal relief misuses, notes wariness of naval armaments, and questions National Socialism while defending worker rights and American resilience.
Three thousand national guardsmen moved into New Orleans to back Huey P. Long's dictatorship as city officials resist. Mayor Walmsley defies the invasion, promising a peaceful election while Baton Rouge mobilizes units and residents fear clashes with troops. The move follows a push to curb vice and gambling amid looming congressional primary tensions.
Norman Oklahoma. Neal Myers on trial for the murder of Marian Mills a University of Oklahoma co ed. Jury options include guilty with life imprisonment or death or acquittal. Trial ended with Myers denying involvement in an operation that led to Mills death on July 10 at Hazel Brown home.
Washington AP The American Liberty League outlined its campaign tenets for nationwide support of its New Deal critique. It stressed human rights and property rights are closely linked yet prioritize human rights when possible, and pledged to aid unemployed Americans through destitution, rebuild confidence, and study pending legislation without partisanship.
Oakley Neubauer aged 16 of Walcott Ia passed his private pilot license exam at Cedar Rapids airport becoming the youngest licensed pilot in Iowa. Two others Roy Olsen of 1438 Fourth Ave SE and Gene Niederhouser of Marshalltown also qualified. The exams were conducted by government inspector R L Stevens of Davenport.
Washington disclosures about close ties between Electric Boat and Vickers Ltd spark renewed calls in Parliament for a broad inquiry into British armament methods. Alfred Denville and other MPs plan a deputation to the Admiralty to demand assurances that such practices end.
President Roosevelt states collective bargaining will have a permanent place in the NRA framework as part of a broader recovery program. He warns price fixing may be dropped due to legal and practical hurdles while child labor and minimum hours provisions are to be pursued, with a temporary administrative NRA setup possible before Congress.
In probate court the will of Mrs Blanche Swingley Armstrong leaving about 200000 valued estate is probated. The Cornell college Mt Vernon Illinois receives 100000 for a fine arts building and annual Iowa artists painting exhibition. Other gifts include 15000 to Berry schools in Georgia 15000 to Park College Missouri and 6000 to the Chicago Art Institute.
TOKIO AP Premier Keisuke Okada's cabinet on Friday gave full approval to a secret naval limitation scheme Japan intends to present as a genuine disarmament proposal. The plan will be revealed during October preliminary conversations in London.
The Samuel Insull case and sixteen co defendants in a mail fraud trial were delayed to October 2 to allow new counsel for four defendants to prepare their defense.
A writer argues against returning harm with harm, citing a friend who chose consistent kindness as life’s winning rule. The tale shows how deliberate good deeds can outpace spite, envy, and hate, leaving a brighter, happier impression.
Secretary Wallace backs Chester Davis proposal for a county control association referendum on the 1935 corn-hog program. He argues the move aligns with democratic principles and could help voters determine economic policy next year, warning of dangers from overproduction and price drops.
Senate investigators tied King George V to efforts to stop a Poland gun sale by Driggs Ordnance in 1932 and direct orders to English makers. The War Department aided the U S firm, and witnesses cited royal involvement and a Polish commission visit, signaling government and royal pressure on arms deals.
Jacksonville AP report says ard Anders hooked a fish wearing glasses. He believes the glasses drifted into the water from another angler and became attached to the fish’s gills, leaving him amazed at the sight.
Chicago reports two plastic surgeons Dr. Wilhelm Loeser and Dr. Harold Cassidy and law clerk Arthur O'Leary pled guilty before Federal Judge John P. Barnes to conspiracy charges to harbor John Dillinger and Homer Van Meter. Former city prosecutor Louis P. Piquett pled not guilty with trial set for Sept 17.
L W Plager announced Iowa county quotas for the AAA corn fodder conservation program. Farmers will sign applications at their county agent offices and fodder must be cut at the proper stage and delivered to a central point. Prices range from 7.50 to 10 dollars per ton.
Upton Sinclair, Democratic nominee for California governor, vows that if elected he will bypass the state legislature and submit his program directly to voters via initiative and referendum. He claims to empower the governor to control farms and industries and to direct reforestation to create work for California’s unemployed.
Police investigated a claim that Howard Guilford, former publisher of sensational Minneapolis weeklies, was killed by assassins allegedly hired by communists. J M Near, former co publisher, said he received a threat linked to anti communistic actions.
A stirring debate was expected at the Wisconsin Methodist Episcopal conference over a report urging abolition of the capitalistic profit system. The document drew sharp disagreement among church leaders and lay members in Appleton Wisconsin.
Premier Mussolini pledged Italy will drop any move to revise the Versailles treaty and reinforce a Europe-wide pact against re arming Germany. The accord envisions 1.5 million bayonets and 7,000 aircraft to back continental peace under the Rome peace plan. The shift follows German actions, aligning France Italy and the little entente to curb Germany and halt parity in arming.
Taranto Italy reports Premier Benito Mussolini pledges readiness to lead if marching becomes necessary. He says the Mediterranean must not be a closed sea but a free trade outlet vital to the people’s life.
President Green calls all AFL unions totaling 4 million workers to back the textile walkout. Labor mediation under Roosevelt and Frances Perkins seeks peace while Honea Path mourns six killed. unions plan to marshal a potentially 20 million dollar war chest as drivers push for federal relief and wider mobilization.
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