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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1936
Page
1
The Marshalltown Times-Republican argues for selecting a non factional Republican candidate who can unite factions and appeal to voters in the 1936 senatorial race. It urges avoiding factional figures, embracing new capable faces, and aligning with national party standards while opposing Democratic policy.
Analysis discusses Coughlin Townsend Smith and Lemke as potential third party influence in the 1936 election, mapping regional strengths and historical parallels from Vermont to California. It contrasts past third parties with current threats, then shifts to a broader piece on power, wealth, and global stability, warning of stealthy militaristic threats and the need for unity to curb them.
A Council Bluffs Nonpareil essay argues bureaucratic waste in Washington persists after the NRA, recounting a tale of a department head learning the difficulty of reform when a fishing employee bluntly warns him to keep his job. It questions abolishing New Deal bureaus and predicts decades of repair.
The Sioux City Journal notes Britain plans a powerful navy revival with the goal of ruling the waves, signaling renewed maritime strength and imperial confidence in England.
The article profiles Bugs Baer noting his rapid wit and flamboyant stage presence, contrasting his earlier display at Washington events with today’s bustling New York banquet scene. It recalls George Ade John T McCutcheon and Beatrice Lillie as contemporaries, and reflects on forensics, travel writing, and literary legends shaping American entertainment.
The piece recalls a night circle at the Hotel Savoy and Mere Catherine in Montparnasse while shifting to medical notes on peptic ulcer rise in Germany after WWI. It cites Dr Rudolph Brandel on ulcer admissions and gender rates, and Dr Knud Secher's link between tobacco smoke and ulcers. Dr Irving Gray analyzes digestive patients who smoke, noting high rates of heartburn, duodenal and gastric ulcer symptoms, and other stomach disorders.
At noon the next day a solitary figure, broke and befuddled, refused help saying none could share his hangover. Three others offered aid, but he dismissed them with a rueful moan.
The Cedar Rapids Amusement association announces a new 10 20 30 public address system at Frontier park to project arena sounds to all grandstand sections for the August rodeo. Also notes Camp Mishawaka at Stone City, hospital expansion at St Luke's, and civic paving plans on First avenue.
Iowa war veterans will assemble here Saturday to accompany Department Commander Clark to the national encampment at Minneapolis. Contractor Mike Ford announced he will build a 60 by 160 foot warehouse near the Rock Island railroad tracks in the next few months for storage of pipe, tile, cement and brick. Thursday designated Cedar Rapids day at the Iowa City chautauqua with a special low interurban rate to Iowa City.
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