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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1936
Page
7
The piece muses on President asked questions about keeping youths under eighteen and seniors over sixty-five employed or out of work. It argues without current data from the government, estimates remain guesswork and that job creation, not reshuffling, solves unemployment.
A Missouri teen who won Eddie Cantor’s peace plan contest with another’s essay escapes most humiliation and prize money. The piece attracted publicity, and the incident is explained as mitigating circumstances given ordinary radio joke familiarity.
Illinois returns show Frank Knox ahead of Senator Borah by more than 80000 votes boosting Borah for a potential convention influence. Borah won twenty six convention delegates as the acid test of his strength with NY results less decisive.
A medley of reflections on loyalty and betrayal contrasts Benedict Arnold with other figures. It ties treachery to disloyalty to kin and bread, notes social judgments on preachers, doctors, and families, and lampoons modern life from radio showmanship to taxes and consumer culture.
Borah appears set to secure substantial Illinois backing, a crucial boost for his bid at the Cleveland convention. Wisconsin gains are discounted due to GOP field and regional radicalism, while New York remains a major force in delegate strength.
The 200 inch telescope mirror, shipped across the continent without incident, has entered the polishing stage. Four tons of glass will be ground down over four years at a rate of half a millionth of an inch daily, as global interest grows in what it will reveal about the moon sun planets and stars. The challenge remains how to place the massive mirror atop the mountain.
George Clark notes domestic upheaval from Barbara Stanwyck divorce as he stars on Vallee hour and pursues film. Lindy’s table buzzes with Burns Allen B Bradley and Bennis couples, while Fred Smith climbs ad agency ranks from Troy to copywriting chief. Miscellany on Roy Howard, Noel Coward, Landon, Eden, and Heywood Broun ends the column.
New Yorkers hailed Radio City with its vacant spaces filling quickly as a new steamship center and shopping strips reshape Manhattan. AY Templeton, facing retirement misfortune, halted sniveling and found renewed purpose aiding others while Frank Fay returns to Hollywood amid renewed professional momentum.
A young man quits a tea to rush to Newark for his first air journey to Hollywood. He messages Miriam Hopkins about flying to his first coast in the air and land to hope, expressing hopeful but cautious sentiments.
A health ad touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple method to burn fat without starvation diets or hard exercise. It claims the body’s fat loss depends on a tiny gland and that Marmola helps restore its fluid production, with the formula printed on each package.
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