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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1937
Page
43
Crowds flood Washington as President Roosevelt drafts his second term inaugural address. He will take the oath on January 20 with Chief Justice Hughes administering and a broad pageant planned on the Capitol grounds.
A column surveys reading trends noting a successful edition of The Bible presented as living literature, with minimal notes to highlight its beauty. It cites Bible influence on writers such as Shaw and Wharton, then shifts to cultural observations of hotel life, English costume lore, and vaudeville veterans transitioning to film.
A short reflective poem notes loss of marsh and pasture as prairie men replace wetlands with steel trains. It laments vanished wildlife such as swans brants and bitterns and warns that tomorrow will bring more change, leaving the speaker to question mourning for a fading landscape.
Cedar Rapids area agents from Clayton Delaware Jones Benton Towa Poweshiek and Linn counties gathered for the Equitable Life Insurance annual agency conference at the Montrose hotel. Oscar A Anderson Cedar Rapids general agent hosted lunch and announced a 15 percent gain in new business. George A Newman Byron A Barlow and Byron K Anderson qualified for the agency club and with Anderson will attend Equitable Life’s national convention at Mackinac Island in July.
Local notices report flu recovery for Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rossman at 1509 Park Ave SE. W. R. Keough fractured his arm after a fall on ice at 1233 Ellis Blvd NW. Prof Louis Pelzer will speak on Stage Coach Travel at a Rotary luncheon Monday at Roosevelt hotel. Des Moines trip attendance noted for Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Hoskin, with funeral in Des Moines. Mrs. Kenneth Reed and Jacqueline Kay visit from Indiana Harbor, with others in Marion and Stockton locale. Cedar Rapids Saengerbund rehearsal set for Monday at Ben Hur Hall. Bankruptcy petitions filed by Lewis R. Whiting and Arthur Bridge. Paul Johnson to conduct naturalization hearing in Cedar Rapids courthouse.
The President seeks to overhaul government to improve efficiency and lays plans for three aims. He pledges economic improvement, broader rewards from industry and agriculture for workers, and a stance against war. The plan depends on congressional approval and a broad reorganization of the executive branch.
The President argues for nationwide wage and hour standards in private industry under government supervision to overcome constitutional obstacles to federal regulation of industry and agriculture, aiming to unify labor protections nationwide.
The Maharajah and Maharanee of Indore and their young daughter travel by train to New York after a several months stay in Los Angeles.
Frank Klepach of 1015 Thirteenth street NW leaves today for the national conference of Concrete Contractors to be held Monday through Wednesday at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago. The Portland Cement association organizes details of the meeting and will feature a presentation on new concrete construction techniques for firesafe homes.
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