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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1933
Page
11
A quotation attributes societal lessons from war to decry youth bankers and young men, calling out unwisdom of elders and exposing flaws in the new generation. The line credits W A DeWitt and reflects social tension during economic hardship.
The governor urges consolidation of state departments, salary reductions, and elimination of mandatory taxes to curb government costs in Iowa. He argues for executive power to improve educational administration and notes needed legislation, while criticizing the primary election law as a barrier to capable leadership. If followed, the plan could improve the state within two years.
A fragmented column mocks the legendary Man from Mars, noting his early cleverness yet questioning his staying power. The piece lampoons technocrats and modern absurdities, suggesting the visitor would fail to grasp society’s strange notions and bones dust rhetoric.
The Hoover administration urges Congress to empower a universal or unilateral embargo on arms shipments to belligerents. It argues that a global, not national, ban is essential to peace, warning of unfair advantages and the need for concurrent action by all major nations to be effective.
The proposal argues that granting the President discretionary authority to approve an embargo would strengthen world security, while noting Congress retains power to lift the ban if it chooses. The debate centers on executive flexibility vs legislative oversight.
A montage of opinion echoes on economic disaster and recovery. The text argues Americans must accept vanished resources, adapt to new conditions, and rebuild fortune rather than cling to past wheat and cotton dependences, citing wheat price manipulation, Europe’s shift, and national resilience.
A vivid New York look describes Broadway and Fifth Avenue gentrification. Old landmarks like Vanderbilt and the Savoy fade as luxury apartments replace mansions. Decadence spreads from peep shows to new walkups while only a few storied hotels remain recognizable. A separate vignette recalls reactions to servant inefficiencies and a poison ivy incident with a rickshaw. Artist Pierre Brisand and Arthur Samuels are noted among afternoon casuals and quiet sorrows.
The fragment sketches street life, fashion notes, and encounters in New York. It recalls a smoker in a Waldorf lobby, a young man joining J. M. Kerr Hardware, Eddie Cantor on Park Avenue, and a self aware narrator who calls himself a work atheist amid bustling city scenes and quick, vivid details. The tone is episodic and nostalgic.
A speaker notes that when a settlement was clearly needed, recriminations surfaced, lamenting the contrast with Europe. The remark ends with a sigh that reflects restless international tensions and a jab at American responses.
A humorous verse labeling golf pros as tightly bound to perfection while the speaker enjoys casual play. The poet contrasts a pro’s need for a perfect seventy and a casual golfer’s freedom to score higher, noting a wife’s fashion depending on steady putts.
Nagging pains in the side are framed as signs of internal poisons harming health. The ad promotes harmless Dream of Najol Cream of Nujol to cleanse poisons, prevent gripes, and avoid surgery. It touts low cost, easy daily use, delicious taste, and suggests one bottle lasts over two weeks, urging readers to buy tonight.
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