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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1936
Page
6
Philadelphia figures the city spent about 200000 on hosting the New Deal convention yet expects a 10000000 return if accurate. Mayor Wilson notes the potential to cover first installment costs from convention profits while Iowa editor questions who funded delegates. Most delegates are government or party employees.
STANLEY WALKER notes that The Players once blackballed Rudyard Kipling denying him guest privileges. Old timers recalled salty essays in which Americans and their manners were judged harshly, deciding there was no point in extending hospitality. The railroad excursion feature of American life has faded since the turn of the century as excursions lost amusement appeal.
The piece warns that Lemke O Brien debt cancellation proposals would wipe out about 20 billion dollars of government bonds held by bankers. It argues repudiation would break promises and could set a precedent to cancel debts of others, urging caution about third party influence on future policy.
The President calls the New York wage law ruling a no man’s land set up by the Supreme Court decision, criticising the administration for relying on compliant officials in a charged political moment.
H A Toulmin Jr of the American Bar Association argues statistics show machinery created far more jobs than it displaced from 1900 to 1930 and in the ensuing fifty years. He notes five in ten readers fear unemployment is not supported. most new jobs come from invention and engineering with higher pay.
A reflective column laments monopoly as a social vice while noting everyday price abuses from small village bed to regional skilled labor. It argues curbing big firms yet avoiding hypocrisy, then skims random vignettes on virtue, politics, aging, and scandalous impressions, ending with a misposed quote about starting goodness.
Police traced leads to the congressional office building seeking Rep Zioncheek after the alleged escape from an asylum. The case hints at an old theory about evading pursuit by choosing an unlikely route.
In a remark noted by Big Jim, Landon appears new to national politics yet is praised for accepting the platform at a rate of 9.44 percent, seen as a refreshing stance by supporters.
A fragmented prose piece surveys Bernarr Macfadden amid his varied pursuits from bunion derbies to politics and his habit of bold ventures. It shifts to John V A Weaver criticizing Ernest Hemingway and notes a slump in ghostwriting, editors spotting fakes, and a West Fifty second Street bar scene with young women drinking.
Poignant reminiscence honors Joe a nimble analyst of baseball and youth. The piece notes his sharp eye, influence on players, and the crowd’s cheers, then laments his death as time moves on and champions fade from memory.
A vivid reminiscence recalls a train trip with a man who detrain and perform showy moves while passengers watch. The highlight is a Delmonico era lunch of deviled eggs on toothpicks and flaky chicken legs, with kerchiefs in collars to guard against cinders.
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