The Common Man and the 1936 Election Debate
The piece argues the common man will be saved by either Roosevelt or Landon, criticizing the New Deal for debt and misused credit while claiming both parties pander to voters. It contrasts Roosevelt’s loyalty to a platform with Landon’s stated expectations and warns that recovery remains elusive, despite party rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Deal
Joe Robinson
Alf Landon
Roosevelt
Robinson
Landon
Jim Farley
Cedar Rapids council approves most beer permits despite K A Thompson warnings
The Cedar Rapids city council issued eighty two new class B beer permits on Thursday, largely ignoring County Attorney G K Thompson's transfers warnings as subterfuges violating Iowa law. Nine applicants were denied per Thompson and Police Chief Vinch lists, while transfers and operator changes drew scrutiny. The Hi Ho tavern at 419 Second Avenue SE and other named venues faced derecognition or transfer issues, with several establishments tied to the Prochaska brothers and other denied operators. Twenty new names joined the list of permit denials and the council cited public welfare concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Iowa
R. J. Vinch
Linn
Hi-Ho
Second Avenue SE
John Sprynel
Prochaska Brothers
Sprynel
Prochaskas
Club Royale
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Perley Blochlinger
Weather Reports Show Unseasonably Warm Cedar Rapids Day
The Cedar Rapids area saw a hot day with temperatures reaching 92 at 1 p.m. under light clouds. Morning lows were 52, and the day rose from 64 to 85, with a plunge to 90 later, according to Chambers Inskeep company records noting June-like heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Unemployed Roose velt Era Echoes of Hard Times
It notes 000 unemployed and frames the hardship as Roose velt era fate with a bleak mood that grips the nation and echoes into leadership and public morale.
Confessions of a Little Man Amid Great Days
A serialized reflection on upheaval and modern change. The author contrasts failed giants with “little men” facing vast days, lamenting shallow leadership and the rise of a new order crushed old culture, while science shrinks distance and mystery persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andreyev
Will Rogers
Children at Camp Good Health Craft and Charities
New handcraft work brightened Thursday at Camp Good Health where girls began embroidery lessons and boys painted blocks from scrap lumber for the cabins. Jacks tournaments stir in feminine circles as Mary Sue Ristine sent twelve jack balls. six dining room chairs arrived as a gift from Mrs Flora Manville with a drive for more. The camp, run by the Public Health Nursing association, aids physically handicapped poor children. funds come from the Camp Good Health Fund via The Gazette Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Health
Mary Sue Ristine
Flora Manville
Vogel Schell Harley
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
Gazette
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Welford Extends Lead In North Dakota Primary
Early returns from 649 of 2,242 precincts show Governor Walter Welford leading former Governor William Langer by about 11,000 votes for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Welford has 38,067 to Langer’s 25,560, with more western precincts still to report.
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Fargo
N. D
William Langer
Walter Welford
Welford
Langer
William Lemke
Congress
Asher L. Burdick
Lem
Lemke
John Moses
Ole H. Olson
Progressive
James F. Morrow
Moses
Olson
Morrow
Henry Holt
J. J. Nygard
Nail Removed From Lung Of Australian Boy In Philadelphia
An Australian boy Kelvin Rogers had a three inch nail removed from his lung at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia after arriving from Australia with his mother. The nail had lodged in his lung for eighteen months and was removed via bronchoscope in seven minutes. The hospital said he was doing nicely.
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Philadelphia
Kelvin Rogers
Temple University Hospital
Australia
Rogers
Louis E Lyon pioneer of Iowa City dies in California
Louis E Lyon a pioneer resident of Iowa City and father of Mrs. F C Byers died Thursday morning in Los Angeles California. Born 88 years ago in Iowa City he lived in his birthplace until moving to California about 15 years ago. He helped shape Iowa City with real estate mercantile and construction work and played in the University of Iowa orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Lyon
Iowa City
Frank C. Byers
Nineteenth Street
Los Angeles
Calif
Lyon
Iowa
California
University of Iowa
State University
Robert MacNeil Ends Life In Car On Country Road
Robert MacNeil, 33, of 608 Six teenth street SE, shot himself in a parked car on a river road near the Ivanhoe bridge south of Cedar Rapids around 8:45 p.m. A note left by MacNeil said illness since a nervous breakdown affected him. Deputy coroner Dr. J. J. Terrall said he was convinced it was a suicide. no inquest will be held.
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Robert MacNeil
Sixteenth Street SE
Ivanhoe Bridge
Cedar Rapids
Guy Maxa
MacNeil
Heat and drought devastate crops across the western plains
In a blistering June heat wave crops suffer in drought hit areas from North Dakota to Nebraska. Temperatures top 100 as farmers report failing oats and barley. Officials seek relief programs and warn of worsening conditions with grasshopper invasions adding to losses. Authorities discuss a Washington backed aid plan worth up to 100 million dollars for Northwest farmers.
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Chicago
Dakota
North Dakota
Bismarck
Jamestown
Fargo
Napoleon
Dickinson
Aberdeen
S. D
Miles City
Mont
M. A. Kennedy
South Dakota
WPA
Iowa
Montana
Elmer Holt
Walter Welford
Washington
Northwest
Nebraska
M. H. Swenk
University of Nebraska
Anti-Strike Breaker Bill Becomes Law
President Roosevelt signed a law banning the importation of strike breakers across state lines. The act targets interstate movement of strikebreakers with penalties for transporters, part of a batch of bills signed in the closing days of Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Air Corps
Heart's Heritage Romance Unfolds in Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Rev. Jonathan Farwell keeps a dark tragedy secret from Dale and Elaine as the young lovers face disclosure. Dale confesses love for Lee and Elaine resurfaces from the past to resolve the doubt, smoothing the path for a hopeful future. Joseph McCord presents the gripping tale starting tomorrow.
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Jonathan Farwell
Dale
Elaine
Lee
Joseph McCord
Cedar Rapids
Labor Plank Approved By Roosevelt
Senator Robert Wagner reported by long distance telephone to have presented a proposed labor plank to President Roosevelt. Wagner predicted the platform dispute would be settled, though another sub-committee member warned the constitutional amendment question had not been resolved. The plank seeks federal and state control over hours of labor and wages if needed.
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Philadelphia
INL
Robert Wagner
New York
Democratic Platform
Roosevelt
Wagner
Democratic platform tightens monopoly plank for small business
Philadelphia reports the Democratic platform committee in an all night session added teeth to the monopoly plank and moved toward an hour wages pledge to speed the document to the convention. The sub committee described the platform as an endorsement of the New Deal and a commitment to continue it. A Wag ner led panel included a clause invoking civil and criminal laws to protect small business.
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Jay Franklin
Tugwell
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Iowa
Roosevelt
Farley
New Deal
Franklin
Resolutions
Sen Smith Needs More Prayer Says Negro Preacher
AP reports Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina walked out of the Democratic National Convention when a Negro offered the invocation. Reverend Marshall Shepard says if Smith dislikes Negro participation he might form his own party in South Carolina.
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Philadelphia
South Carolina
Ellison D. Smith
Brother Smith
Smith
Senate
Marshall Shepard
The
Baptist Church
Republican Party
Spangler disputes Robinson claims on New Deal
Harrison E Spangler chairman of the western division of the Republican National Committee attacks Sen Joseph T Robinsons speech asserting the New Deal failed to honor the 1932 platform promises He argues that expenditure cuts and budget balancing were not achieved and warns of a perceived Washington dictatorship in policy.
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Chicago
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
Joseph T. Robinson
Robinson
Spangler
Congress
Washington
Southern Democrats push plan to change two thirds rule
Delegates from the South seek to abolish the century old two thirds nominating requirement at Roosevelt Garner convention. A seven member sub committee backed by Missouri Senator Bennett Clark approved a plan to apportion delegates by Democratic strength in each state and territory. The move faces opposition from the solid South and is seen as a bid to curb dark horse candidacies and intra party strife.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Rules Committee
Garner
Townsend
Washington State
Bennett Clark
Missouri
National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Tydings
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Howard Bruce
John J. O’connor
New York
House Rules Committee
Brain Trust
House
Solid South
James A. Farley
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Hyde Park
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
London
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Cedar Rapids News
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Anamosa
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Ewe
Langer Widens
No. Dakota
Bulletin
F.C. Byers
Robert F. Wagner
Sen. Smith
Democratic Committee
Dixie
Herring
Clyde Herring
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