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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
6
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President Roosevelt, praising lawmakers who voted against the lending and spending bill, notes historians may record the names of those who opposed the measure. He says the House acted courageously, breaking a cycle of borrowed-money spending and boosting private enterprise.
The piece argues precedents unlikely force a third term for President Roosevelt amid congressional defeats. It recalls Coolidge’s non run pledge and notes past presidents who declined or could not pursue a third term, including Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe Jackson Grant and Lincoln.
The excerpt criticizes Japan for breaking treaties over Manchuria and China and notes how Britain and the Jews shaped Palestine policy. It railings against Western hypocrisy, urges caution in alliances, and mocks reform rhetoric while weaving observations about leadership, greed, and social mores.
The article recalls Theodore Roosevelt defending a two term limit and rejecting further nominations. It notes years later he faced pressure from a potential third term and how he avoided retracting his opposition while urging current leaders to seek a two term path, linking past rhetoric to present politics.
Analysts note the New York Yankees show few big innings lately due to weak output from Crosetti Henrich and Dahlgren. In the last 200 innings only two four run frames occurred, prompting the idea that a team could exploit the Yankees' pitching with consistent hits.
A collage of humor and social notes covers nightclub audiences in Kentucky and New York, jokes about politicians and celebrities, stage quips, and a Q&A on minding people. It includes comic lines about Lepke, Huey Long, Mussolini, and a panel on women executives with insights from female students.
A reflective verse about missing a friend. The speaker laments dull roads and muted beauty where once shared walks, lakes, and skies looked blue. With the friend away, all things feel green and gold yet hollow, and the world seems lonely and gray.
Salem Illinois Henry Griffen aged 76 uses a brown jug as age proof after family records and Bible burned. Jug bears his name and birth date from his seventh birthday given by an uncle. Griffen cites the jug in an old age pension application.
The phrase playfuly suggests a light eater but if taken literally a person would eat about their own body weight in food each day. The idea contrasts metaphor with a hypothetical extreme eating pace.
Birds of the water column dive beneath the surface then launch into flight to pursue fish, demonstrating versatile aquatic hunting behavior observed in cormorants. The sequence shows underwater pursuit followed by aerial escape or retrieval.
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