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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1933
Page
13
A compact price table shows modest discount terms for six month and shorter periods. The figures present six month price at five dollars and smaller steps for three months one month and other bundled periods.
The piece argues that broad flat cuts are dangerous and ineffective. Intelligent tax reduction demands careful analysis, keeping major functions like police and fire, agriculture programs, and public services in proper proportion. It warns against wholesale 20 to 25 percent reductions and urges targeted, temporary measures with attention to times and needs.
A battered report notes scant work completed in a historic session with few major laws enacted. It cites delays, cost-cutting zeal, and political maneuvering as reasons for slow progress, while highlighting hopes for bills to reach the floor and potential impacts of the upcoming presidential transition.
The speaker argues that postwar normalcy is impossible due to war profits, foreign loans, heavy bonding, and rising taxation. He cites Europe’s purchases, America’s credit, bonded infrastructure, and the ensuing debt burden, warning that machinery and production limits prevent a simple return to prewar life.
The passage notes optimism about Congress accelerating legislation amid tensions in the 1930s. It laments people discarding signs like Jesse Beer Or Christmas as someone’s burden, suggesting the signs would be useful now.
A fragmented editorial critiques the term President-elect for Roosevelt and proposes Presilect as a smoother, more rhythmic alternative. It argues for precision in headlines amid the looming transition and cites reader patience and journalistic standards.
New York society notes reveal modesty among the wealthy including figures like Colonel Lindbergh and Vincent Astor. The piece names Edna St. Vincent Millay, Eugene ONeill, George S. Kaufman, and Rennold Wolfe while teasing the extravagant habits of theater and literary circles in Manhattan.
A narrator in a Broadway milieu recalls a stark scene near the Avon theater with a deranged man, topaz eyes, and a last shot claimed within 24 hours. He notes the heavy toll on prominent producers Shubert Dillingham Burnside Harris and laments theaters emptied by wartime upheaval and electric lights turning Broadway into a glowing cave.
A narrator wanders a Clifton Webb vest display in a department store noting bright neon signs and lighting. The scene shifts to a fitting room where a startled shopper complains about the experience, ending with a humorous escape line.
Two bridge players trade a quip about Jane marrying a husband described as a model. The first says she married a model husband, the second retorts that he turned out to be a sport model, highlighting a playful dig at appearances versus reality.
On J Milton Seeley’s New Hampshire farm nearly forty sledge dogs will join Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd’s second Antarctic expedition next October. About 150 dogs in total will sail for the South Pole, including Eskimo Malamute and Siberian breeds aged from one month to 15 years.
An advertisement touts Alleniu a science formula to purge excess uric acid and toxins from joints and tissues. It claims pain relief within 48 hours for rheumatic pains sciatica neuritis and lumbago with a money back guarantee. May Drug Co Podzimek Phey and other druggists sell the 85 cent bottle.
An old advertisement extols Groves Laxative Bromo Quinine as a safe cold remedy. It outlines a four step benefit including opening bowels killing germs relieving fever and headache and fortifying the system. Available in 30c and 50c sizes with a daily dose suggestion during epidemics.
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