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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1933
Page
15
A quoted line from Prof Simeon E Leland stresses that taxpayers deserve fair play while governments and their employers should uphold fairness as well. The remark frames civil scrutiny as essential in tax policy and public administration.
Judge John T. Moffit dissolves a restraint on suspending Detective Mike McGuire, affirming the superintendent of public safety may run the department. The ruling aims to end confusion over who controls police and fire operations and guides future voter choices for the public safety post.
A local push proposes branding a beer as high hat with a humorous note that drinking it through a straw is not intended. The remark signals a lighthearted community response to a naming idea.
A fragmented column riffs on U S stance at London and Washington conferences, noting the shift from idealism to practical trade measures. It compares reactions of Europe and Congress, and ends with a tongue in cheek jab at a future weather New Deal.
A 1933 critique argues that success breeds imitation from oil booms to kidnappings and bootlegging. It warns that criminals grow bolder as governments fail to curb bandits and urges decisive action to defend citizens against rising rackets and economic peril.
A California inventor touts a hot and cold air mass analysis method claiming 96.1 percent accuracy. Critics doubt applicability to Iowa’s east, arguing the new approach may not fit local climate. The writer notes the column’s influence and mentions political payroll concerns and a Vatican accord report.
Irene Castle is credited with popularizing the bobbed head the Castle Walk and a high shoulder shrug while dancing. The piece notes Bessie McCoy suggested the lofty shoulder and recalls Leon Errol and his wife performing the Castle Walk years ago. It argues popularity outweighs originality in fads.
A reflective piece notes entertainers past and present cashing in on each other, from Benny Field to Al Jolson, while crossing Ossining toward Sing Sing. It recalls the Headless Horseman signs on Sleepy Hollow roads and a Major John Andre monument marking a turning point in history.
A string of vivid lines covers gangster cabmen, Chaplin’s literary project and stage door autograph frenzies. Crothy Stone and Fred Astaire heat up a musical run while Am I shouts at a director over props. A North Carolina poultry warning ends the column.
Items from the Gazette recount multiple incidents on July 11 1923 including deaths from heat and lightning injuries in Kenwood Park Cedar Rapids injuries from a storm and a pedestrian automobile collision. A 1913 note reports George Miller's election as Iowa Pharmaceutical Association president and Cedar Rapids hosting the Order of Owls nest announcement.
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