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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1937
Page
6
Washington dispatch outlines a sweeping agenda for the new seventy-fifth Congress. Key items include neutrality, taxes, relief, agriculture, foreign affairs, monetary power, and potential constitutional amendments on hours and wages.
Alice Longworth argues against federal coercion of the NRA to end abusive practices in New England textiles. She favors a boycott by the humane majority and union action by workers to secure demands, contending such private remedies are more enduring than new legislation.
Connecticut extension economist E A Perregaux notes a general feed shortage from the 1936 drought, driving high prices and an unfavorable short term outlook for dairymen. He warns of further milk cow declines in 1937 and 1938 and rising costs in farming, with partial relief as harvests and farm values shift.
San Francisco county clerk A. Van der Zee asked officials for murals showing love and marriage at the marriage license office. Clerk Al J. Walcott objected saying the room already has art including a cupid and martyred presidents. The dispute ended with the bureau opening without murals.
The use of windshields became common only after 1910 when cars gained speed sufficient to justify standard windshield installation.
A dense hourly lineup lists NBC WEAF WJZ CBS WABC WBBM and other stations. Acts include Amos n Andy Mary Small Connie Gates and many orchestras, choirs, and variety acts across afternoon, evening, and late night blocks with multiple chains and city stations.
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