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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1938
Page
19
Pres Earl E. Harper urged Cedar Rapids graduates that graft thrives when government meddles in the economy. He warned that public indifference and economic promises fuel dishonesty, arguing restraint on official influence over economic enterprise as the path to honesty.
Opinion notes droughts across Europe and New Zealand, with Florida suffering citrus losses while Iowa reports no global drying. The piece adds a skeptical view of American farmer opportunities and jokes about weather regulation.
The piece questions timing and scope of a possible domestic propaganda register law. It argues the administration runs a costly publicity machine and notes difficulty in measuring its size, reach, and costs across the forty eight states plus territories.
The piece argues that uncovering the true state of New Deal administration spending requires extensive investigation. It contends aides withhold facts and that only a large, years long probe could reveal actual affairs. It warns the propaganda machine could shift political trends if not disclosed.
A 1938 column condemns underestimating Mussolini and Hitler while praising their early achievements. It argues that fear of strong rivals reflects a wider failure of American democracy, warns against seeking security through nationalism, and laments factional politics amid economic strain.
Charles Driscoll surveys urban life from subway youths and shop aromas to Quaker protests and literary figures. He notes Amer ican wartime tensions between residents of New York and foreign communities, and profiles critics Ogden Nash and Aubrey Nash plus journalist Brenner. He recounts a midtown cinema offering Soviet and Spanish war news.
A Harlem plant of the New York World sits idle beside the 125th and 126th street stations. The modern factory, built to print uptown editions, remains unused as watchmen patrol and repairs are made, funded by the Pulitzer family amid heavy taxes.
A new $50 000 corporation named The Cedar Rapids Air Ways Inc is organized with John Jay of Iowa Steel and Iron Works as president Howard Hall secretary and treasurer and Dan Hunter local aviator as vice president and manager Lena Vogt returns to Cedar Rapids to reside Rebecca Hallman with Mr and Mrs M S Hallman journey to Spearfish S D for summer Teachers College duties Local markets report prices for grain livestock and produce Mrs J W Moreland and Dorothy Neal sustain injuries in a car accident with a broken arm and leg respectively.
A tire blew on Ellis boulevard near M avenue causing a car to strike the curb. Oscar E. French, wounded in France, was reported by his Marion parents. Mrs E Henecke suffered a fractured leg after a motorcycle collision at First avenue and Thirteenth street. Market prices list grains and livestock, while a local election names C B Robbins to a veterans post. Shanghai reports state 10 000 jinrikishas employ 30 000 workers with five dependents each.
Mrs Lena King of Marion was elected president of the Iowa W R C at the convention held here today. F G Clark of Cedar Rapids was elected senior vice president with other officers named.
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