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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1934
Page
21
Refusal by William P MacCracken Jr to testify again in Congress fuels doubts about officials tied to ocean mail contract awards. The piece reviews contempt penalties, prior cases including Kilbourn v Thompson, and notes potential habeas corpus delays as the issue tests constitutional limits.
A narrator scolds a young man for a messy room linking it to the mind and habits. He argues minds shape actions and urges discipline to prevent a cascading messiness. The piece shifts to social quips on manners, money, politics, and humor, ending with a dated joke about a football star and a signed note.
A fragment cites Roosevelt’s foresight shielding American press from NRA tactics and labels Verne Sankey a public enemy who hangs himself, while noting tears from peeling onions.
A provocative Supreme Court Justice Peter Schmuck of New York argues a married man may kiss other women without fault if not overusing it. The piece mocks the idea as dangerous, urging discussion with a spouse and noting potential reversals and practical life fragilities.
A fragmentary magazine style meditation on curiosity about everyday oddities and social personas. The narrator muses why people act as they do including train conductors therapists and lamp lighters while recalling figures like Vincent Astor and Theodore Dreiser. A scene introduces Wolfgang Herlich from Berlin and a Paris French book exchange for Allentown travel.
A reflective sketch covers curious appetites, clever wordplay, and social scenes. Notes on Christopher Morley and Mark Twain echo literary passions. The piece recalls dining with Harvey Firestone Jr and others, couched in witty, era-specific tone.
A set of puzzle clues references a historic canal builder and a great waterway he carved connecting Asia to Europe. The list mixes terms for instruments, measurements, animals, and daily objects, revealing a broad, era-spanning wordplay page.
The piece profiles George Dern as secretary of war within the New Deal cabinet. It cites his reluctance for the role, his reliance on John Martyn and General Douglas MacArthur, and his clash with Harry Woodring. A confidential White House briefing triggers a showdown with truck contracts and calls for reform at the War Department.
A dense schedule lists evening and morning radio programs by time and network across stations such as NBC CBS and ABC. It names acts like Martha Mears Isham Jones Stokowski and Ted Weems plus orchestras, choirs and drama series with station prefixes WJZ WEAF WABC WCCO KOA WLW WREN and more.
Wilbur Plager of Grundy Center tops the short course livestock judging at Farm and Home Week in Ames with 945 points amid 40 participants. Harold Shoeman of Waterloo is runner-up with 937 points and Shoeman wins hog judging. Other category winners include W. J. Hulme Traer sheep Kenneth Royer Dallas Center beef cattle Howard S Turnbull Speer Tit dairy cattle R. W. Wortman Ames. Plager previously led beef cattle judging last year. his brother Russell won the international live stock judging contest. father L. W. Plager won the agents juding contest last June.
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