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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
6
Fragmentary text references a carrier in Cedar Rapids and Marion with pricing per year and weekly notes. No clear event or names besides locations. The readable bits suggest a newspaper notification about delivery routes or rates but lack key facts.
The Iowa saga around Senator Brookhart continues as debate grows whether he will run as an independent in November. With Henry Field a strong Republican foe and no clear niche against the Field-Murphy dynamic, Brookhart faces slim odds. potential names include a La La candidate nod to La Follette and La Guardia.
E. E. Sisley of Palo questions the wisdom of voters facing 122 office seekers. He argues a citizen cannot know each candidate’s qualifications well enough to decide who is best suited to public service. He says direct primaries erode party guidance and demands reform.
Dudley C. Meyers Oak Park commissioner of public works cites figures to show local services may not be as costly as totals suggest. He argues taxpayers deserve both sides of the cost issue.
A Cedar Rapids analysis converts city expenditures into monthly per family costs. Public works, fire protection, police, lighting, parks, library, health, and recreation total about $8.50 per family monthly, framing taxes as a tradeoff for services and urging restraint to lower costs.
The piece describes a modern musical revue in New York twenty years after earlier shows. It contrasts the crisper, plot threaded performance with earlier extravaganzas, lampooning topics like depression politics and investment collapse. It references scenes at the Automat and a White House curtain with a VP seeking escape.
A 1932 reflection on revues and fashion notes the sparkle of iridescent costumes and modern satire while contrasting with the old Midnight Frolic. It recalls Charlot’s influence, industry chatter, and anecdotes of entertainment figures and oddities from various cities.
General Glassford orders the bonus armies in Washington to evacuate by June 9 with transport promised for fifty miles toward home. The piece compares Coxey’s Army arrivals, demonstrations, and relief aims in 1894 to the 1932 bonus march, noting similar tactics, public reaction, and eventual dispersal efforts around the Capitol and Bladensburg area.
An English inventor introduces a safety valve that allows expansion in household water pipes to prevent bursting when water freezes, offering a practical remedy for cold weather plumbing.
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