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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1936
Page
10
The Gazette urges city readers to study the special farm section for a clear Iowa farm picture. It surveys voter participation, noting 1932 turnout and predicting 1936 trends and youth influence, with Democrats aiming to court new voters through CCC, college grants, and youth programs.
The Arbor Day dedication by the Waltonians at Cedar Rapids new sewage disposal plant honors the late Louis J. Zika. He guided the city’s essential sewer system project with honesty, practical knowledge, and steady leadership during his tenure as streets and public improvements superintendent.
The Gazette notes youths may swing the 1936 election as eight million will reach age 21 by then and another half million foreign born become naturalized. It highlights that both parties court young voters who could form a decisive group if organized.
A century old note recalls Tahra Bey the fakir who walked on red hot coals and performed a cataleptic trance. Paul Brunton’s new London book offers Tahra Bey’s claimed methods including nerve-desensitizing pressure and fever heat to heal wounds rapidly. The piece admits skepticism about the secrets behind such feats.
A collage of notable quotes from Henry Franklin Bouillon Jane Hoey Pius XI George H Earl Henry Ford L B Angas Richard Hart shorne Alfred Adler and H A Reye. The excerpts critique political life media literacy child welfare optimism skepticism and gender dynamics.
In Washington Iowa voters expect Sen. L J Dickinson to win the Republican nomination and Rep. Hubert Utterback the Democratic bid for the U S Senate race next fall. Both parties view the likely nominees as best positioned for November with Dickinson’s record and Utterback’s ties to Gov. Herring and Sen. Murphy cited among reasons.
The Hopkins Matanuska project faces critique over crop quality as scientists in Wallace's Alaska department seek solutions. Continuous daylight drives rapid growth needing more soil nutrients and water balance. Possible fixes include targeted fertilizers and controlled shading to shorten daylight.
A mosaic column discusses a poised aette on ocean liners and her effect on social mood, notes on New York real estate turning back to brownstone homes, praises Mike Donlin as a baseball idol, critiques Cook and Peary controversy, highlights Gainesville Texas civic circus, and caps with weekend book picks.
A white robed cleric stands beside a bier and speaks to the dead man's friends as doubt and want vanish. He says the door to suffering closes and the road now runs wide for the departed, who knows more than the living about gain and loss.
Weather clues point to good planting odds with signs of rainless days. The speaker notes markets rising and a planned town trip for a new dress, as optimism grows for the planting ahead. A mention of the new moon and herbal signs ties to hopeful farm prospects.
Washington DC reports work to begin on a new United States legation for Finland in Helsinki. The site near the British German and Estonian legations will cost about 100000 dollars and reflects Finland’s strong wartime debt payment record. The feature also highlights Finland’s timber wealth population education and bilingual society centered in Helsinki and Sav o region.
The report claims that drug smuggling and transport in England now relies on carrier pigeons. It notes the tactic as a developing method mentioned in contemporary gossip and law enforcement chatter.
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