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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1935
Page
9
Nicholas Murray Butler argues that "Stop spending our money" should be adopted as the real slogan for the American people, calling for tighter government control over expenditures and a national budget check. He frames the phrase as a plainspoken critique of current policy and a call for financial prudence.
Senator Arthur Vandenburg proposes a broader civil service merit system for the post office, excluding only the postmaster general. He argues it would remove politics from appointments and create a businesslike postal service, with significant support and potential opposition in Congress.
The text argues over who should bear costs for unemployment relief, noting warnings from opponents about fiscal strain. It discusses federal funding versus state responsibility, the permanence of federal support, and concerns about taxpayers footing ongoing aid and who should fund future emergencies.
A historical column argues communities should control relief funds to curb graft and bias against densely populated urban areas. It criticizes national taxation for subsidizing noncontributing regions, praises FERA's shift of responsibility to states, and critiques liquor ads and political figures in a satirical tone.
A critical meditation on how nations prolong war through chivalry and profiteering. It condemns noncombatant suffering, heavy industry profits, and home-front complacency while urging destruction of property to hasten end. It references Germany, Sherman, and general wartime hypocrisy.
A bustling diary of New York social life and literary circles. The entry names Bob Davis James Melton Dr Abraham Rosenbach Vern Porter and others, notes Algonquin and Brevoort literary hubs, mentions the Dakota building and imaginary estate names, and closes with a wry jab at social elites.
A scanned Gazette list recalls bold thieves looting post office money boxes with two women implicated. Streetcars stopped for twelve minutes at Fourth and Third as a Rock Island freight train blocked crossings. State and local officials named new assessors and officers. The Rock Island shops training school and river safety orders figure in. National headquarters of the CSP S moved here with Cedar Rapids men installed to top posts. Obits note J M Martinek, a Bohemian business figure, passing in Town City. Louise Crawford heads to Boston for music studies. Georgia cotton farmers vow to burn every tenth bale to curb supply. Sergeant Kitty headlines Greene’s Opera House. Charles F Hutchens heads to Pawnee to launch business. Austral iary stump-tailed lizard tail and head are nearly indistinguishable.
Will Rogers lampoons the California Bar Association for alleged ties between lawyers and crime. He claims ethics were invented and then forgotten as bars prepare to engage lawyers as advance agents for underworld schemes. The writer signs the note from Hollywood.
A 1935 author notes science guides moral questions and social rights. It cites Drs Hugh Hartshorne and Mark May on honesty as learned behavior, not innate, with emphasis on teaching children ethical conduct.
Gossip in the hospital as Father Time visits the hall to greet the newborn year old Nineteen Thirty Four. Nurses observe births and deaths in quiet rooms while a new anesthetic via blood stream is applied.
A reader letter column discusses New Year resolutions focusing on restraint and generosity. Miss Manners replies urging constructive talk, kindness toward Baer, and dismissing petty feuds while emphasizing thoughtful behavior and public good.
The Daily Express reports Gregory Zinovieff and Leo Kaneneff, once prominent communists, banished to Solovetski Island in the White Sea. Stalin personally ordered the exile without trial, and the two were secretly handcuffed and transported on a special freight train to the Arctic.
The star forecast for Tuesday January 1 by Genevieve KembIe notes opportunities to boost fortunes and gain support from business and influential figures, with obstacles and rivalries to overcome. Those born on this day may secure prestige and influential friendships. notable nativity Paul Revere is cited.
Cedar Roids will have no mail delivery on New Year's Day except special delivery letters and parcels. The downtown post office closes all day, but mail will be sorted for boxholders and served at 5 pm. Public buildings and most business houses close all day Tuesday.
Thirty one members of the Sun Shine Mission Sunday school hold a perfect attendance record for 1934. The roll of honor includes families and individuals such as Mr and Mrs Bert West Mrs NX Christianson and her children Ethel Ruth Harold Donald and Edna, and several others with many named spouses, grandchildren and relatives noted. Ruth and Edna Christianson Mrs Markham and Harvey Dykhuizen also keep a three year streak.
Des Moines AP reports four main state revenue sources gasoline cigaret inheritance and beer taxes all rose in 1934 over 1933. Gasoline receipts climbed to 11,898,503 with a 1,289,271 increase, inheritance tax total reached 99,737 up 219,671, cigaret tax rose to 1,201,464 up 153,427, beer tax gains not clearly stated.
Charles D. Manson chamber secretary appeared before the city council to deliver a $400 check covering the first six months rent on the municipal airport. The Chamber had agreed to pay airfield rent for two years when the city leased it last year.
Francis T. Shadle of Estherville and Freda Young of Marion are married. HEF Redell of Cedar Rapids and Jewel Warner of Dubuque wed. Paul Morrison of Cedar Rapids and Eleanor Humphrey of Van Horne also married.
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