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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1934
Page
15
Full Leased Wire Report details advertising reps for CHICAGO and NEW YORK with addresses listed. Mail and wire services credited to Associated Press International News UPI.
Quote attributed to Lady Cynthia Asquith arguing that time and age are social constructs. Reflects a provocative stance on aging and chronology.
The text discusses former President Hoover advocating fact finding commissions to study major issues, gather accurate data, and report to the president. It notes critics call them dodge devices, but Hoover argues they reveal truth, speed up informed judgment, and distribute knowledge through expert civic collaboration.
The text argues that laws start simple but grow complex through amendments and loopholes. It contrasts early frontier justice with modern legal complexity, criticizing vague phrasing and the ease of evading statutes. It also rails against bureaucratic overreach and hypocritical rhetoric.
The author argues that education alone fails to reduce accidents and incentives like fear of fines or jail would enforce safer driving. A statewide highway patrol would deter carelessness, even among experienced drivers, and keep highways safer. The piece urges the next general assembly to establish a patrol.
Noted outlaw John Dillinger escalates crime by breaking into Indiana jails, drawing public outrage as authorities confront a daring series of jail break-ins and security failures.
A collection of headlines outlines political trials and dramatic events from various places. The tone surveys international intrigue, crime, and social upheaval reflecting a tumultuous era.
A veteran critic notes the revival New Faces brings fresh talent from California and revives interest in Broadway. He praises Flsie Janis as director and highlights aging figures like Vanderlip Belmont and Norworth, while observing a morning audience drawn to cinema and a lingering theatre hunger for novelty.
Articles mix Broadway revue notes with a Pettigrew style column and a District Court notice. James Shelton and Walter Catlett figure in a gutter themed Broadway segment while a divorce petition in Linn County Iowa seeks an absolute divorce and name restoration for Margaret E Vernon.
Suffering men and women report years of failed medicines until Gly-Cas offered relief. A Cedar Rapids resident, Mr C C Stuart, 1022 South Sixth St, praises Gly-Cas for helping conditions from nervousness to digestive issues. The ad claims widespread approval at Thrifty Drug Store and promises dramatic improvement where other treatments failed.
Walter E. Dunshee leaves for Kansas City after being elected director of Chandler Pump and Supply company and will serve as secretary and assistant manager. Other items note Florida winter trips, injuries from a handcar derailment near Sargent's crossing, Le Brun opera at Greene's, Monte Smith resignation in Washington and return to Cedar Rapids, and E Ives seven month tour of South America and Europe.
The Coe dramatic club presented the operetta The Sorcerer on April 18 1904 in the high school auditorium with local audiences enjoying the performance by student actors and musicians.
Work started today on the new Interurban bridge. A Bohemian Citizens club was formed at a meeting in the C S P hall. County Attorney Joe Mekola John Vosmek W F Sev ern and others are among the charter members. William N Otto of Cedar Rapids and Miss Lulu Secrist of Marion tied for first as honor students in the Coe College senior class.
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