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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1933
Page
21
A brief quotation attributed to Adolf Hitler states that current efforts are aimed at building for the future. The line reflects a wartime propaganda framing of planning and progress.
Secretary Hull tells Pan American delegates that international bankers hinder Roosevelt and will not push changes to the securities act. Wall Street sees little relief from a tougher act as protests by bankers and industrialists mount. Critics warn of slowed financing, potential solvency risks, and possible mass receiverships ahead of maturing bonds.
The piece notes congress and a house subcommittee weighing tax reforms. The federal plan would replace an 8 percent rate above 4000 with a flat 4 percent for all, while raising the lowest surtax to 8 percent for incomes between 6000 and 8000 and pushing higher brackets up to 100000. State proposals would tax net incomes under 5000 at 1 to 5 percent and 5 percent above, with deductions.
A magazine critique laments Good Housekeeping satire by Dixie Wilson listing famous figures as typical Americans. It argues real typical Americans differ from ad copying and questions what ordinary wives, mothers, and relatives want for Christmas.
The article notes billions in new securities selling rapidly amid a shifting gold buying policy. It mentions a Montevideo conference idea of uniform Western hemisphere money, with the U.S. balking if Greece acts against it. Investors learn to distrust. repeal brings immediate benefits amid questions about after repeal.
A reflective column notes how the song Pomona misled readers into imagining a black heroine, then reveals the real origin as a slave era phrase for freedom from sin. The piece warns against judging by sound and urges reading behind words before forming malice or offense.
The author, an at home reviewer, details steady work reviewing books for modest pay. He notes selections from second hand stores fund tobacco money and recalls reading Robert Cortes Holliday's Unmentionables, a candid collection of private intimacies. A personal memory recalls buying garters from a Huntington haberdashery.
The film Dancing Lady at Paramount features Joan Crawford as Duchess Barlow and Clark Gable as Patch Gallagher in a romantic musical. It showcases inventive photography and lavish production numbers including a magic carpet and changing eras.
Will Rogers remarks from Beverly Hills comment on Notre Dame changing coaches after Rockne. He predicts Elmer Layden could come and turn the program, notes Columbia College’s New Year arrival from New York, and mentions Nicholas Murray Butler and a likely good speech despite a poor game.
Gable first attempts to flee then glances back over his shoulder in a tense moment that hints at further drama. The short subjects include a comedy, a song specialty Get Along Little Doggie, and a newsreel as part of the program.
A private showing of Little Women was held at the Town theater at 10 this forenoon for all Sisters of the Catholic schools in the city, arranged by Manager A. H. Talbot of the Iowa. The event drew strong praise for the film during its run here. Elkport supervisors Haberichter Ruegnitz Brown and County Engineer Hahn visited Elkport to secure right of way for a new road linking Numbers 10 and 20 on the south and No 13 on the north. Bids for construction are expected to be invited late in December.
The article reports the sudden resignation of Francis White from his post as American minister to Czechoslovakia after a long career in the State Department. It notes his influence on Latin American policy and places his prominence alongside figures like Coolidge and Roosevelt.
A rundown of current film offerings lists Katharine Hepburn in Little Women at Iowa theatres, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in Dancing Lady at Paramount, Charles Laughton and Carole Lombard in White Woman at State, Dorothy Mackaill with Regis Toomey in Picture Brides at Majestic, Buster Keaton with Polly Moran in The Plumber at The Plumber, King of the Jungle with Mae Buster Crabbe at Palace, Woman Accused and Cross Fire with Cary Grant at Rialto, Tim McCoy in Man of Action and Eskimo Igloo at Olympic.
French railroads operate more high speed trains than any other continental European country. The statement highlights France's rail network and its speed offerings compared with neighboring nations.
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