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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1939
Page
6
Subscriptions listed show prices for 1 year 6 months at six dollars, 3 months at one dollar seventy five, and half year rates. The page notes post office class and location in Cedar Rapids Iowa with a line of figures and numbers.
A Marshalltown item reports the Marshall county board of supervisors voted to forego state relief funds and pay all relief bills while retaining management of policies. The piece suggests Linn county consider the same move, arguing local control could lower costs and reduce state interference.
The National Academy of Sciences is asked to convene scientists to plan a research program for Admiral Byrd's Antarctic expedition. The aim is to extend knowledge of cosmic rays weather biology minerals geology and related fields. The idea is to justify funding and assess what the expedition achieved for science.
In a dedication speech at the Greater German Art Exposition Hitler laments the lack of art capturing Nazi Germany’s great events with the required skill and force. He notes the regime’s patronage by a leader deeply interested in art, yet records this absence as surprising.
A reflective column critiques youth folly and warns of recurring dangers echoed from Washington. It contrasts old warnings with modern propaganda and political cynicism while musing on national resilience, leadership, and the elusive balance of liberty and order.
The article argues Hitler claims true art thrives under a thought system, but his own admission shows a mismatch between theory and practice. It questions top-down guidance, suggesting real artists need freedom to paint as they wish without political pressure or censorship.
In New York in 1939, veteran horse driver William Wright of 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue reflects on horses vs horseless carriages. He recalls a life born to and staying with horses, sharing anecdotes about his 275 dollar sorrel and nightly routines. Flags around the world’s fair era draw critique from patriotic societies about faded colors and respect for the American emblem.
Describes early factory practice where molten lead streams were dropped from towers into water tanks. The cooling water turned the streams into spherical droplets as they fell.
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