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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1933
Page
17
A tax expert, Prof. Simeon E. Leland, asserts that taxpayers deserve fair treatment while governments and their employers must also honor fairness in fiscal dealings.
Judge John T. Moffit dissolved a temporary injunction that blocked the Cedar Rapids public safety superintendent from suspending Detective Mike McGuire. The ruling ends confusion over who controls police and fire departments and urges voters to pick a manager approved by officials and interests.
A plan to promote a beer under the nickname high hat aims to rebrand the beverage without implying unusual drinking methods. Local commentators humorously warn against straw use while supporting the playful moniker.
The piece argues Uncle Sam shifts with changing facts, praised when willing to sacrifice battleship plans and blamed when seeking compensation. It contrasts London’s economic pressures with Washington’s trade boom, contending Europe lacks a right to criticize his quick policy changes and notes Congress’ struggle to stabilize under Roosevelt.
A columnist vents at length about rising temperatures and humidity in the region. The piece mocks the extreme east portion and hints at political action similar to last November, joking about a New Deal in weather.
A stream of vignettes on crime, corruption, and defense argues that easy money prompts crime from kidnapping to bootlegging. It warns that governments must protect citizens and criticizes neutrality, urging action and national unity against bandits and exploiters. The piece ends with a call to correct a quoted sentence about repeal.
In California a young inventor touts a new weather forecasting method based on hot and cold air masses, claiming superiority to the US Weather Bureau. Critics doubt its applicability in Iowa porches and question the claimed 961 percent accuracy as impractical and boastful. The column also notes political digs over state payrolls and a headline about the German Vatican accord.
Irene Castle is credited with promoting a trio of dance innovations the bobbed head the Castle Walk and a high shoulder shrug. She acknowledged Bessie McCoy inspired the shoulder and noted Leon Errol and his wife did the Castle Walk years earlier. The point is public popularity matters more than originality.
The passage recalls entertainment legends and early radio era acts while noting prison surroundings in Ossining near Sing Sing. It describes magicians of show business, contrasted with today’s monotone access to fame and the lingering memory of historical sites and Major John Andre.
Willie Willis describes Tony as a square shooter. He says Tony would say prayers for a week if they dig the bait.
The piece notes gangland cabmen delivering drunks to doors with take. percent shares, raids on short lived rooms in West 47th to 49th streets, Charlie Chaplin finishing a 60000 word manuscript by hand, Dorothy Stone and Fred Astaire drawing autograph seekers, and a Hollywood director demanding richer props for a bedroom set. It closes with North Carolina poultrymen facing rising chicken theft concerns.
Recap of multiple past events with brief notes on deaths injuries and notable local happenings. C A Burch died from heat. Mrs Clifford F Green and Mildred Leveson killed by lightning in Kenwood Park. Mrs J W Weston and Adelaide Birdsall injured crossing streets. George Miller elected president of Iowa Pharmaceutical Association. Cedar Rapids named Owls state headquarters. Giles W Clark drowned at Ocean Park. Louis Gettin died from lockjaw after Fourth of July injury. J M Tallman invited to sing at national church convention. Will S Coller returns from New York. Mrs A P Everett travels to Colorado Springs.
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