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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1932
Page
6
Mrs. Ella A. Boole argues Herbert Hoover would have been chosen by any President in 1929 for an economic crisis. The piece lauds Hoover’s engineering, famine relief, and administrative record, asserting his qualifications and readiness to lead a recovery with the same program and judgment.
Citizens discuss using the two billion dollar relief loan program to back self liquidating works such as a sewage treatment plant and a municipal pool. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation could provide loans to states cities and public agencies for toll based or user fee financed projects, to spur employment without local tax burden.
Protests renew over motorists giving free rides to strangers, risking streetcar viability and jobs. The piece argues motorists' generosity cheapens revenue, harms service, and may increase liability, urging restraint and focus on relatives or close friends. It also comments on political figures and campaign themes of the era.
A New England reader challenges the writer to prove or disprove autointoxication and colon therapies. The author defends physiology, argues autointoxication rests on quackery, and notes years of study before taking a stand while inviting doctors to observe if self-poisoning is possible.
Dr Brady discusses the constipation habit and his teaching approach in a booklet offered for a dime. He notes readers’ misconceptions about bowel control and invites feedback, claiming the first five days are the hardest and that the simplest truth is to do nothing.
Eliza Hickok reports Dr. Harry M. Gage of Cedar Rapids College argues that tougher times demand more schooling not menos. He cites a freshman girl stranded 150 miles from home after her bank closed, showing resilience and the value of continued education amid economic strain.
A Cedar Rapids doctor extols education as a shield in hard times. He recalls families pooling resources to send daughters and sons to college, noting perseverance, shared sacrifice, and the pursuit of thinking over mere training. He cites geology’s demand and the value of education beyond sustenance.
Washington dispatch notes that urban parks have become essential public welfare centers amid economic hardship. Since 1930, park expenditures reached about 100 million with 200 million in five years funded largely by bonds, while salaries and recreation programs expand to include swimming, skating, tennis, and baseball facilities.
The article explains that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will determine loan terms and rates individually, loans may run through January 23, 1934, and no fees are charged. Emphasizes self-sufficiency and job creation as key criteria, with sewage plants and pools noted as possible municipal projects under state law, and notes a need for more local information on how loans are handled.
The Mail Bag reflects readers disputing Bennett myths about the New York Herald editor and staff. It also notes Honolulu observations, Hollywood gossip, theatre and literary updates, and a variety of brief quips about actors, writers, and public figures.
A late war encounter recalls an American sergeant ordering a Negro private to clear a dugout of Germans. The private hesitates then whispers a grim quip about not shooting the fastest man if three emerge, highlighting wartime humor under danger.
A rural scene praises a harvest festival as harvesters move from knolls to a village where music and gossip mix with tuba sounds. The poem contrasts long seasons from sowing to threshing, noting tired hearts and the desire for lively fiddling after toil in hillside silt.
The University of Oxford in England is said to have been founded by King Alfred in 872.
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