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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1933
Page
11
The town senate approved the Beatty Bennett mandatory tax reduction plan directing 20 percent cuts in levies and a 20 percent drop in assessed valuations, affecting 1934-35 budgets. It targets city county schools and other bodies, risking service reductions but promising overall tax relief and solvency safeguards.
Friends take a 19 year old who was blind since birth to a movie, hoping to wow him with his first cinema experience. He can finally see the screen, while his friends share reactions and brief chatter about the film’s visuals.
Readers flocked to Cedar River viewing points as flood fears rose in 1929. Levees and sandbag crews held, sparking talk of dramatic devastation that ultimately yielded a quiet, anticlimactic scare. Townsfolk sought thrills more than safety.
The article discusses Mussolini establishing a fascist template shaping world politics. It notes dictatorships rising in Germany, Poland, Russia, Hungary, Turkey, Cuba, Canada, the United States, and Latin America. It emphasizes fascism as a potent influence amid economic hardship and war.
A criticism of fascist regimes contrasts democracy with dictatorship while noting American tendencies toward executive action amid calls to reaffirm representative government. The column muses on Mussolini as a passing fact and jokes about a football play, bonds publicity, and cartoon missteps amid river floods and bridge fears.
A wide riff on truth and deceit, criticizing liars and high pressure sales, war propaganda, and social pretensions. It laments fading trust, cites Twain, older citizens, and honest conduct, with sharp lines on honesty in America, economics, and public life.
In New York the tight bond between modern youth and their sires remains vivid. Fathers drop by sons’ apartments, gossip with daughters, and even join in games, while sons guard secrets from mothers. Homer Barton embodies Broadway loyalty, watching changes meld into the same street pulse.
A fragment recalls a Kipling styled toast as the British empire faced turmoil. Two men are highlighted as exemplars of loyalty and national character in a historical reflection on England and its reach.
The piece recalls George M. Cohan and Gene Buck as steady figures immune to inflation and fashion in Broadway culture. It mentions J. P. Morgan’s intense workload, Edgar Lee Masters, and anecdotes about Tiffany's façade remaining intact. The tone blends salon talk with portraits of cultural figures and nightlife.
The sixteenth Swedish industrial fair will be held in Gothenburg May 20 28. A larger exhibitor turnout than 572 in 1932 is expected. Last year the fair drew about 70000 visitors and this year may attract more due to special exhibits in architecture and applied arts motors and engines and advertising.
In Iowa City three civil actions involving Glen Farnsworth were resolved for a total of $500. John Black, seeking $1,000, settled for $400, while Joseph and Dorothy Black each received $50.
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