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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1935
Page
13
A reader's account critiques the Townsend pension plan and its promotion push. The piece questions feasibility and ethics, noting high pressure fundraising and a shift toward expert promotion and mass appeal.
The morning paper argues the government suffers from a surplus of experiments and cites past campaign pledges. It accuses officials of resisting congressional spending limits and criticizes the farm board policy and agricultural restrictions shaping the last two years.
A fragmented critique argues that heavy reliance on labor-saving machines risks dulling intellect and self-reliance. It praises skilled manual work, cites Japan as a model, condemns complacent wealth, and warns against dictatorship aided by leisure. It notes education and lawmaking burdens and mocks excessive comfort.
The piece argues administration changes since 1932 reflect unforeseen circumstances and praises some New Deal pledges while criticizing others. It recalls the 1932 Democratic platform and questions whether a shift back to the Old Deal is desirable, urging alternatives within the New Deal.
A satirical column notes foreign offers of medals to Americans are blocked by anti foreign medal laws and tariff barriers. It jokes about the impracticality of gold and silver awards and suggests simpler tokens like symbolic medals of low weight. The piece ends noting sentiment matters more than the gift.
In New York Day by Day a parade of public idols faces adulation and boos alike. Tales span boxing icons Tunney and Dempsey, Valentino, Rudy Vallee, Mary Pickford, and fashion arbiter William Goodby Loew. The piece notes Dempsey’s entrance pay, Tunney’s wit, Pickford’s comeback, and shifts in celebrity culture.
A historical item notes public figures and word origins from early 20th century culture. It mentions Gereit Burgess’s role in coining blurb and huzzlecoo, Will Rogers’s introduction at a Burgess banquet, and a quip about long dinner attendances.
The speaker contrasts odd natural oddities with an arrogant, boastful man. He remarks on quirks of nature and the arrogance of human certainty, concluding that the human creature is the most perplexing of all.
The horoscope notes a tilt toward personal affairs over business, with potential conflicts to resolve. It predicts surprise, travel, and impulse may both aid and challenge, with a year of progress and pleasure ahead for those born today and mentions Alexander Black as a notable nativity. It cites population figures from Soviet Russia listing 3,563,100 shock workers and 903,100 in 1930.
A series of Wednesday interviews sponsored by the C. V. Shepherd Agency of the National Life Insurance Company discusses life insurance ages for starting a policy, the value of education through saving, and the impact of autos on unemployment. It cites Ford production plans, traffic safety measures, and the wisdom of accidental death riders.
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