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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1938
Page
25
A Northwestern professor's critique of the American Legion as fascistic sparks debate about education, civil liberties, and political influence. The column argues against amplifying the charges, noting official Legion resolutions and the risk of bitter controversy.
Senator Norris of Nebraska voices alarm over executive influence in Congress. He says party caucus power has given way to a president wielding control, punishing independent lawmakers and rewarding those who comply. He warns voters that dissenting officials lose support at the polls.
The passage contrasts an earlier 1923 denunciation of federal overreach with a newer, softened view by Senator Norris. It questions whether his current stance shows matured judgment or faded principles as he ages from sixty two to seventy seven.
The piece muses on a failed push to shorten the inch by a tiny margin, noting weak White House support and a pending public referendum. It compares this to broader liberal and conservative stances, then touches on hypnotic drugs, prison policy, local clarity of town codes, and the Yankees’ July chances.
A collage of quoted statements from Dr. Mary E. Woolley Anna Y. La Guardia Dewey Burke Kennedy Wilbur Barnes Berg Roper Boulware Spring Kalinin Babson Tweedsmuir Walker Woodring on education corruption newspapers democracy and international law with a range of opinions about guidance press and global politics.
There was no driver to cry get on and sting him with a whip No voice to bid him still to try No bolstering plea of leadership The man himself stood alone to judge whether to continue or stop He who has the will to rise will not rest until his goal is met He pledges the fee for what he wants to do.
In a humorous memoir excerpt Charles Driscoll recalls visiting Hollywood and reuniting with his brother John. The scene shifts to a Kansas farm memory where a boy volunteers to ride a hog, sharing jokes about Paul Revere Robert E. Lee and James Fenimore Cooper, all amid playful sibling chatter and science talk.
Recruits from Cedar Rapids depart for Des Moines under Capt George Bever with a crowd ovation. Other items note Charles Mills in Rough Riders escapes injury near Santiago, Martin Evans taking a new rail job, a bicycle accident involving Miss Kasper, a trolley party honoring Miss Duell of Chicago, a broom factory plan on May’s Island, Malcolm Smith nominated for secretary of state, and local market prices for wheat oats corn rye barley hay hens eggs hogs steers.
A column of dog related anecdotes recounts a Dallas divorce ruling over dogs custody, a German shepherd Jerry surviving a porcupine encounter with 200 quills, Uncle Sam taxing a dog Spike's inheritance, a Camden foxhound Pony repeatedly returning to the city pound, and a beagle Queen misfiring a hunter's shotgun injuring Cecil Parthemer.
A narrator notes a hog lacking a mane and sets inquiries after a misadventure. The dog Mack senses danger and charges the herd, leaping fences and biting the hog’s hindquarters. Van orders the dog on, causing chaos as he laughs and nearly falls from a fence-post.
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