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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1934
Page
12
Nearly half the forced pay reduction for police and firemen is restored by Thursday’s arrangement, replacing the earlier plan that sliced salaries by about ten percent. The agreement preserves a pension adjustment and ends September deductions, affecting February through September payments.
The text blends a puzzle fragment with a payroll analysis noting that 1933 and 1934 had eleven and a half month pay cycles. It explains last September’s deduction, a 5 percent real reduction, and a 10 percent annual cut on a fiscal year basis, with restoration retroactive for the year just begun.
Natalie Schoen and Nevin Nichols were appointed as recreation supervisors by the playground commission for September 1 through April 1. They had been summer supervisors of the playground program. Alberta Munkres of Chadron Neb was named instructor in elementary education at Cornell College. She holds a bachelor from Drake, an MEd from Boston University, and an MA from Columbia Teachers College, with further study at several institutions.
William H Thompson age 71 longtime Linn County resident died late Wednesday at a Iowa City hospital after several weeks illness. Born November 18 1862 near Paris Linn County he married Sarah D Rundall in 1890. They moved to Lisbon where he worked as a buttermaker and creamery manager. Survived by widow five children nine grandchildren one brother and one sister. Funeral Saturday 2 pm from Lisbon home with burial in Norwich cemetery near Martelle.
Senator L J Dickinson denounces agricultural administrative payments as doles and election checks. He claims farmers face socialization and bureaucratic whims as the AAA imposes hog taxes and upends price trends. He cites 1934 federal receipts of about 350 million paid by farmers.
In a Roumania dispatch the humorist notes Bucharest as a grand city with 800000 residents. He mentions the king in the mountains and Queen Marie at the seashore, calls Romania a corn country, praises hogs and English, then hints at political scandal including a sighting of Senator Robinson in Vienna.
Senator Dickinson voices opposition to the agricultural program arguing higher prices do not boost farmer profits. He cites hog market data showing lower cash in hand despite doubled prices and accuses policy of coercion. He warns the coming election will test constitutional principles and the nation’s direction.
Arthur Butterfield 19 of Knox-Vike was held by police after being found behind an automobile at Rude Auto company shops. He admitted planning to steal paint to redecorate his car. Officers found two gallons of paint a flashlight and a short piece of gas pipe on him.
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