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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1934
Page
1
Senate investigators reveal DuPont funding in campaigns while NRA criticism looms over leadership amid strike turmoil. A pension proposal prompts questions about federal tax funding, spending, and market effects. Bicycle revival seen as sign of hopeful days ahead amid broader social discourse.
AFL leaders weigh the impact of Hugh Johnson’s push for organizing by industries rather than crafts while NRA backing stirs tension. President Roosevelt’s awareness, Johnson’s timing, and responses from Green and Hillman shape a possible split ahead of the October convention. Johnson says the move is imminent, seeking to ease tensions under the recovery act.
Washington reports a two week textile strike turning violent with fourteen dead and many wounded. General Hugh S. Johnson faces union accusations of bias and unfitness as federal mediation stalls. Leaders in Pawtucket and strike factions denounce his remarks while violence lingers along the 1500 mile front.
A 1934 reflection on keeping private suffering to oneself. The piece argues that others have their own woes and that chronic complaints repels friends. It urges bearing ills bravely, letting time and silence do more than clamoring for sympathy. It ends noting shared sorrows without public airing.
The national labor relations board ordered Kohler in Kohler Wisconsin and Ames Baldwin Wyoming Shovel in Parkersburg West Virginia to cooperate in special elections to determine representation for collective bargaining.
At Drake Stadium Des Moines the Musketears Cedar Rapids won junior competition while Le Mars and Waukon led adult groups in the drum and bugle event. Prize money ranged from 50 to 125 dollars with Le Mars taking 150 for a first in adult, and Valley Junction finishing third in the adult division. Roosevelt high school Des Moines topped the band contest earning 225 dollars with North high Des Moines runner up and Storm Lake third.
Elliott Speer headmaster of Mount Hermon school was shot Friday night as he read in his study. A large motor car was seen on the grounds, a maid reported glimpsing a man, and a possible religious motive is being explored. Brookline man Sidney Gould offered a tip but denies knowledge of Speer. Ballistics expert checked slugs. police scoured nearby woods with no shotgun trace yet. Funeral arrangements set. Speer leaves three children. Memorial service planned at the school.
Washington D C The treasury filed a civil action to collect 3 075 103 23 from former secretary Andrew W Mellon over alleged tax evasion via fictitious stock sales. Mellon denounced the suit as a bid to discredit him and to retry old grand jury findings. He said he could prove he overpaid taxes for 1931 and accused the treasury of political maneuvering. The filing was made before the U S board of tax appeals by Robert H Jackson.
The Frost State Bank was robbed by a lone bandit who escaped with a small amount of cash, estimated under $500. Assistant cashier Carl Marsan was in the cage when the demand occurred and the robber fled in a vehicle after the incident. Marsan fired three shots at the escape car, none hit.
CALANDER Ont AP The condition of Cecile one of the Dionne quintuplets Saturday caused Dr A R Dafoe considerable anxiety while he still felt concern for two of her sisters The five premature babies 110 days old are suffering from intestinal toxemia Dr Dafoe north country physician who attended the birth of the children and has cared for them subsequently said Cecile had a high temperature She gained one quarter of an ounce in weight during the night but would probably lose before Sunday Cecile the doctor said was passing through the crisis that Annette and Yvonne the two largest have already passed.
Crowley La Huey Long tops the state political fray as he voids a Tuesday judicial nominating primary for Judge Thomas Porter after the death of Justice Winston Overton. He ejects the district Democratic chairman, orders a new election for October 9, and sets filing by September 26, threatening a special session to back his move and asserting control of the legislature.
The Soviet Union formally accepted an invitation to join the League of Nations ending 15 years of isolation. Moscow pledged entry as a full member with a permanent seat on the council, while abstentions from Portugal and Argentina noted. Russia reserved the right to arbitrate only post admission disputes.
In Chicago a barber shop attack left Joe Adduci dead while he sat in the chair. Off duty detective Russell Richards wounded one fleeing gunman and engaged the other two, who drove off with their comrade wounded. motive for the slaying remains unknown.
AP reports a period from September 17 to 22 with a chance of showers in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central plains. Warmer start, followed by mostly seasonable temperatures, with possible cooling toward the end.
About 300 farmers and representatives from Minnesota Wisconsin Northern Iowa North and South Dakota endorsed continuing general federal crop control. They backed a 1935 hog program limiting production to 90 percent of 1932 33 base with 75 percent allowance this year and 40 cent per bushel corn benefits. county committees gain 10 percent leeway to adjust allotments. Other regional meetings will feed into the Agricultural Adjustment Administration along with stricter feeder pig purchase rules and warehousing plans for various grains.
Lawrence Kilmer 26 held in Fond du Lac County Jail on murder charge after a roadhouse party death of Agatha Arnold 22. Undersheriff Booth swears first degree warrant. Kilmer arraigned before Judge Fellows and pleads not guilty. hearing set for Sept. 27.
Col Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Anne Lindbergh landed at Roswell New Mexico after flying from Woodward Oklahoma. They refused to reveal their destination but were believed to stay overnight in El Paso. They also toured a farm in Oklahoma giving local hosts their first airplane rides and assisted with farm chores.
The senate munitions committee plans to reveal evidence that Germany assembled a sizable fleet of warplanes, shipped piecemeal via North Sea ports from the United States and Britain and Sweden, with camouflaged arms and equipment mislabeled in invoices. Nye warns of efforts to slow the probe as witnesses from United Aircraft and Pratt and Whitney testify.
H I Gannett of Omaha was welcomed as visitor number 11 000 000 at the 1934 Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. Fair officials greeted him at the gate and presented free tickets and souvenirs as part of the celebration.
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