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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1938
Page
7
The article commends the modest press statement by Hughes outlining the flight’s purpose to prove American aircraft and crews’ reliability. It notes there was no circus atmosphere, the trip covered nearly 15 000 miles in four days with minimal detour, and it argues increased public confidence in well planned air travel is crucial.
The public wonders about Premier Mussolini's health and vigor as rumors spread of his demise. He demonstrates fitness by fencing riding motorcycling hay pitching and other feats while ordering jobholders to show athletic ability to avoid new duties. The piece notes an American parallel with Farley.
New York adopts a model subdivision control law aimed at long range planning. Planning authorities gain power to assess fire and flood hazards before approval and can require street and underground improvements or performance bonds to ensure facilities. The move follows years of over subdivision and real estate excess.
The New York planning approach limits subdivision fragmentation by requiring improved parcels before building permits are issued. Critics note the law is permissive and not self enforcing, but advocates say it could halt worst excesses by developers unwilling to invest in necessary improvements. State planners urge other states to consider similar safeguards.
A columnist offers a cheeky look at gender roles emphasizing love as service. A wife should act as a comrade and do things for her husband to show care, not as a servant. The piece shifts to social musings on work, politics, and manners plus a humorous correction about a friend’s teeth.
The piece guides visitors along Broadway to Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow where Washington Irving lived and died. It notes the Old Dutch Church built in 1697 with pews from 1837, a small historic churchyard, and a sense of time passing as generations rest there.
A historical newspaper brief notes a modern artist provoking backlash with an explicit display. The piece mentions a 22 year interval, a 23 year marker, and a cryptic line about a Ceylonese monkey, suggesting controversy over provocative imagery and public reaction.
A narrator recalls a village graveyard where Major Andre’s pursuers John Paulding Isaac Van Wart and David Williams are commemorated. They note 18th century pioneers, Dutch roots, and the Sleepy Hollow author buried on the hill, a solemn, history filled site.
Mary Manners offers a fiction excerpt where Genevieve’s mother hysterically opposes a romance and later feigns illness to control her daughter. The piece ends with a reader letter about affectionate goodnights, urging caution in giving kisses to all suitors.
A girl of sixteen argues that she should refuse a goodnight kiss until she knows a boy well enough to judge friendship. She believes guarding intimacy raises respect and desirability, and asks for reader opinions. The response claims boys value girls who keep high standards and compares doing so to selecting apples on high branches rather than those too easily reached.
President Roosevelt announced a federal committee to promote buying products made by the blind. Helen Keller chairs the group with members from the Navy Army Treasury Commerce and Interior Departments along with agricultural officials and a field agent.
London reports the United States proposed an international ever normal granary to curb wheat overproduction. A. G. Black of the Agriculture Department presented the plan to the world wheat committee, with markets possibly allocated to exporting countries. The committee agreed to refer the proposal to member governments.
The column outlines a transition from local shops to large national industry, spurred by six billion annual heavy construction spending. It credits Roosevelt's 1933 policy and predicts fall recovery, urging focus on local government roles, shared private sector duties, banking reform, and broad citizen responsibility for the common welfare.
Rep R Thomas Jenkins of Ohio said TVA dams are built for power purposes only. He supported federal flood protection aid but argued flood control could be achieved without building large dams costing hundreds of millions, after TVA dam inspections in Tennessee.
Washington reports Commissioner Paul V. McNutt will acquire a summer palace in the mountains of the Philippines. Bid by H. R. Go and Company of Jacksonville totaled 151200 dollars, the lowest offer opened Friday. Construction aims for completion early next year in Baguio.
Radio listings cover NBC CBS and NBC networks with a dense lineup from 4:00 PM to 10:30 PM featuring NBC orchestras led by Doiehuere and Waller, plus WJZ WABC and WEAF programs. Notable acts include Bernpence, Leo Reisman, Dick Jurgen, and Hank Williams? The schedule notes varied orchestras, church programs, dramas, and religious hours across multiple stations.
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