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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1933
Page
19
Advertising representatives for Chicago and New York are named. Chicago office at 510 N. Michigan Ave. New York office at 531 Fifth Avenue.
Franklin Williams architect warns that ninety percent of Americans are in a frame of mind toward dictatorship. He cites social changes and political rhetoric as drivers shaping public attitude and governance risk.
A Thanksgiving meditation notes that many can be thankful for health, job prospects, and political and economic factors, while humor and irony thread through the piece. It references broad groups such as labor, farmers, workers, and politicians, closing with a satirical note on the new German reichstag meeting December 12 and dubious figures.
A Catholic clergy member and a church leader in Amena are at the center of a public dispute. Critics argue clerical involvement in politics risks integrity while supporters claim clergy may speak on moral issues. The debate reflects wider tensions between church authority and secular governance.
Washington reports indicate officials discuss repealing the Eighteenth Amendment to boost foreign liquor access. If repealed, the United States would open a vast new market for imported alcoholic beverages as part of broader international negotiations echoed by President Roosevelt.
An essay on unemployment and the economy argues for returning surplus workers to the land to form self sufficient farms. It critiques mechanization, taxation for dole, and the idea that education fixes politics, ending with a quip about a clerk remarking on fashion.
The article argues for using repeal as a bargaining tool to share the anticipated liquor market with foreign countries in exchange for access to their markets for American farm products. It claims little domestic loss, hints at debt relief leverage, and critiques current immigration limits while noting American football purity and a quip about God We Trust.
In New York a long excerpt recalls Ring Lardner as a complex friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The piece notes Lardner’s fading joy in writing, his concern over Tad’s fate, and his wish to be a musician, cut by harsh managers and illness. It also mentions a touching moment at a funeral in Texas.
A fragment from a column recalls Lardner aiming for a musician career while noting social chatter. The piece mentions contacts at openings, gratitude from a woman, and sketches of theatrical figures and nightlife, with anecdotes on celebrities and city scenes.
A fragmentary aside recaps a music hall scene with vivid, rainbow imagery and a playful note on tears and dancing in an old film parody voice. It references a 1933 era mood of showbiz glamour and lighthearted escapism.
In a 1923 Gazette notice G C. Clha is listed in St Luke's hospital after injuries from a hunting accident. A two week drive to clear First Christian church debt raised over 7000 dollars with mortgages and notes to be burned at a special service next Sunday. Three Cedar Rapids men named officers in the reserve corps include Glenn D. Lacey and Sophus W Klinge.
Local events include a performance titled The Final Settlement at Greene's Opera House today. A gymnastic contest in the local gymnasium ended with a score of 419.6 to 305.1, and Rev Charles Steizle of New York spoke on A Bree Deal before a small City auditorium audience.
Grace Able escaped serious burns in a morning fire at the Keeshan news stand 319 Second Avenue at 8 o clock. Her hair was singed as she fought to evacuate. The blaze damaged the Robb brothers milk depot next door. R C Haynor and family arrived in Cedar Rapids after two years in Colorado and JM and WM Ingold left for New Vienna Ohio to attend the funeral of their grandmother Mrs Lucinda McKibben 97.
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