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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1939
Page
20
A Chicago Daily Tribune 1939 column critiques New Deal food relief as a permanent bread line. It argues surpluses vanish with low prices and jobs, warns of bureaucratic control, and questions borderlines for aid while condemning forced labor and political manipulation.
Grain prices and farm incomes sag amid pegged prices, sealing loans, and market manipulation. Corn brings 33 cents locally and 42 cents at Chicago elevators, oats 22 to 28 cents, with farmers receiving less for products this summer than in 25 years. Critics say price fixing worsens the overall farm problem.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil criticizes massive farm subsidy spending, arguing that seven billion dollars over seven years failed to raise prices for corn and livestock or preserve export markets, despite the Washington based Agriculture Department's vast resources.
Opinion from St. Louis Post-Dispatch on North Carolina legislature using tax-specific funding to finance pensions and deficit spending. Urges voters to demand direct taxes for appropriations and warns that lumping bills into national debt shelters over Spending from tax collectors. Calls for political accountability and rejection of costly panaceas.
A columnist argues against blind faith in newness amid social change. He praises older farm life and a mixed economy of farming and industry, recalling a grandfather’s farm full of abundance and simple living. He criticizes unemployment, government reliance, and public charity while dissecting politics, war mentality, and media trends with skepticism.
The Night Spot tale covers a Hollywood party where eight guests demand luxury vittles and a $200 bill. A tricking host pays with a telltale check, exposing a past debt, then the crowd shifts to dancing until 2 am. The column threads in witty asides about Ann Sheridan, Dorothy Parker, Augustus John, and a Hartford debut.
A reflective column contrasts European and American youth and parents facing conflicts abroad and rising tensions at home. It cites Ritz Kuhn's witness to the Dies committee, a political push, and a quip about Roosevelt’s third term, illustrating wartime anxieties and political debates.
Answers from a scientific point of view challenge moral questions and discuss the role of science in society. The piece notes comedians’ offstage dullness and the seriousness of entertaining, with a banker’s advice about viewing banking as a profession. An eminent banker and economist speaks to a group of youths.
A speaker warns men starting banking careers to see themselves as trained professionals prioritizing safe, wise flow of savings into production and consumption to prevent government takeover. In a Q and A, wives today seek more freedom in marriage, equality of opportunity, and respect for freedom before and after marriage, reflecting shifts from prior generations.
A fragment reflects on a woman's demand for basic rights and the admonition that a husband who fails to recognize them is acting foolish. The line hints at gender expectations and the struggle for autonomy within marriage.
State of Iowa Linn County notices that Clara J Wavrins Executriz has been appointed and qualified on August 8 1939 as executrix of the estate of John A Warring Inte of Linn County deceased Creditors must pay debts to the executrix and file authenticated claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk Attorneys R B Milner handle the matter
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