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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1936
Page
3
Washington reports a 1 500 million dollar security and tax package to take effect January 1 with a 1 percent payroll tax, windfall levies, and higher corporate and individual taxes. Morgenthau predicts larger 1936 income tax receipts as social security costs rise and benefits expand.
Anamosa public school expansion costing about 84500 is near finish. The project includes a new commercial department funded partly by a 37800 federal grant with updated corridors and completed roof work. Faculty for next year features G B Kinser R L Runkle Lillian Bodine J W McLees and others.
Ehellsburg resident E W Robbins is named defendant in a $20 000 damage suit filed by Clifford R Stone of Urbana over a July 18 highway collision near Palo to Shellsburg. Stone alleges negligent and reckless driving led to severe injuries including left arm amputation.
Cedar Rapids prepares for September 16 to 19 all Iowa event at Frontier park featuring 600 head of dairy cattle, 65 saddle horses, horse shows, army cavalry demonstrations, vaudeville, dances, and a 1000 musician mass band. Educational exhibits, cattle judging, and a public sale of Baby Beeves follow judging.
A list of 150 youths aged 16 to 25 will be screened to select 100 for National Youth Administration educational aid totaling six dollars monthly. Recipients must be certified by relief officials and approved by school administrators for eligibility and capacity before performing project work in local schools.
In a light column from Jackson Hole Wyoming readers note a patched elbow on President Roosevelt’s old gray suit during a nonpartisan tour. Observers joke about whether the patch nods to Nourmahal cruises or a sign of grief, with satire on his attire and public image.
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