Congress probes USHA propaganda amid slum clearance bid
A column argues that the US Housing Authority uses funds for propaganda to push Congress to approve an $800 million slum clearance bill. It questions spending motives, cites past agency campaigns, and suggests the public may resist further spending. The piece notes Mars as aViewer distraction and warns of mounting taxes and debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Rules Committee
United States Housing Authority
House
Rep. Cox
Georgia
USHA
Congress
WPA
AAA
TVA
City budget keeps millage steady amid growth
A Cedar Rapids group praised the city council during a budget hearing for withholding a millage tax increase next year. Officials face rising costs and population growth, yet promise to postpone tax boosts while maintaining services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mars Near Earth Reaches Closest Point Since 1924
The article notes Mars is about 36 million miles away and provides guidance on locating the red planet in the southeastern sky. It warns readers not to rely on too much direction-setting material, recalling past precision errors and the risk of awkward viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Moon
Earth
Tenth Avenue
Forties
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Webster Groves
Plattsburg
State
Wealth and values through moderation and use
A reflective piece argues true wealth is the ability to enjoy life and use money wisely rather than hoard it. It contrasts spendthrift and miser mindsets, champions balanced living, and critiques money as a measure of value tied to security and comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess
New York Day by Day excerpts from 1939 column
Charles Driscoll shares light vignettes from New York life including Geraldine Farrar’s good fortune symbols, Burns Mantle and Swope celebrity talk, Simon Lake and Eddie Rickenbacker. He lampoons Captain Kidd clipping, a sandwich man mishap, pigeons near churches, Webster Groves neighbors, Rockefeller Center trees, and Major Bowes with his customary wry tone.
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New York
Geraldine Farrar
Connecticut Woods
Burns Mantle
Fred Knowles
Dover Plains
Mantle
Knowles
Herbert Bayard Swope
Racks
New Yorker
Mister
United States
Swope
Frank
Cal
Herb
Simon Lake
Times Square
Eddie Rickenbacker
Sale of Real Estate by Linn County Receivership
Court in Linn County Iowa orders the sale of real estate from the receivership of the Cedar Rapids Iowa based State Savings Bank. Property fronting Lot 5 Block 34 Carrier's Addition Cedar Rapids Iowa listed for 1000.00. Hearing set for the first day at 9:00 A.M. at the Linn County Courthouse Cedar Rapids to show cause why the application should not be granted. W Bates Receiver. Mekon attorney for Receiver.
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Towa Ste
W.iver
Owa State Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn ‘County
Rapids
Inn County
Thal
District Court of Iowa
Linn County
Linn County Court House
W. Bates
Jere & State Savings Bank of
Cedar Rates
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Cedar Rapids Gasette
the Gazette Company
Ilinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
South
Wisconsin
Marion
Chicago
Allen- P Frazier CO
Michigan Ave
Allen-Klapp-Frazier
Fifth Ave
Media Records
A.N.P.A. Bureau of Advertising
Associated Press
The
International Press
United Press
Rochefou
Hitler
Hell
Japan
Charles Driscoll
Kidd
Albert Payson Terhune
Captain
Mr. Terhune
Union Square
Fi Avenue
Rockefeller Center
Major Bowes
Rudolph Novak
R. C
Neil) Montgomery
Vernon White
JOE_ BUSS
Charles Filips
R. H. Pickford
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philco
Conservador Electric Refrigerator
Smulekoff's
Smulekoff
Third Ave
3Rd Ave
Smalekoff
Third Avenue
West Side
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