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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1939
Page
13
The column argues that Roosevelt's public works and rearmament spending has not buoyed business. It credits limited early impact and cites Hitler’s moves as a turning point. Analysts caution that government expenditure alone cannot restore momentum, with confidence and other factors proving more influential.
Government data show a sharp April drop in industrial production driven by steel and coal strikes. Auto output rose seasonally while steel ingot production fell about 49 percent from two months ago as miners halted work. Retail sales stay strong and residential building rebounds, with a chart using 1923-25 averages cited.
Labor data show 228000 people employed on PWA projects in March, up 11000 from February, with payrolls totaling 18724000, a 2225000 rise. Materials spending for the period ending March 15 was 38525000, a small fraction of earlier peak monthly outlays.
The article notes about 60 million dollars in April as the highest ever New Deal Public Works Administration expenditures. It adds that spending is not expected to rise much in June July or August.
Mary Manners offers advice through a reader letter from a 17 year old high school senior. The piece discusses how the pursuit of popularity fosters egotism deceit and unhappiness and questions how much social approval is healthy and how many others count as a crowd.
A reader asks how to fit in and gain friends among girls. The columnist urges focusing on others, listening, kindness, and being unselfish, noting popularity grows from helping others and being genuine rather than self centered.
A dated motivational note urges women to overlook past grudges and seize job opportunities. It emphasizes that personal conflicts should not block progress and highlights the value of hard work in achieving professional goals.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking urged Chinese in foreign concessions and abroad to remember their country as he opened a national spiritual mobilization campaign.
Dr. A R Menary reports Cedar Rapids dairies met the city ordinance in April for fat minimums and bacterial counts. Official plate counts must be under 50 000 per c c with very low under 25 000 and low under 50 000.
The Cedar Rapids city council heard a report on April 1936 gas quality and reviewed a petition for a sanitary sewer at Nineteenth and Twentieth avenues from Twelfth to Thirteenth streets SW. They directed a resolution of necessity for a sewer on Thirty-second street NE. Permits granted to install mains on several streets and a roller skating rink license were approved. Police court collected $873.50 in fines and $247 in fees.
The report to the city council lists marshal fees of 10.20 dollars meals to prisoners 6 dollars witness fees 1.20 and meals furnished prisoners 0.50. The civil division of the superior court reported 3.75 dollars in collections. May 18 was set as the date for a hearing on paving Sixth Street NW from G Avenue to Penn Avenue.
A veteran dog breeder reflects on the varied intelligence and instincts of dogs he has trained. He notes dogs that fetch without lessons, others that speak with no training, some swim eagerly, and some that need years of patient teaching. The piece contrasts remarkable canine feats with persistent limitations.
An unsigned 1939 column ponders why some players learn control while others fail, asking readers why pitchers may master accuracy while others struggle with command and control in baseball.
Franklin district students, led by Miss Olive Curtis and Roland L Mohlmann, perform at a Thursday evening concert in Franklin auditorium. More than 400 pupils take part with soloists, orchestras, and choirs featuring works by Haydn Wood Dvorak Handel Mozart Verdi and others including Seitz Salutation and Mannin Veen Dear Isle of Mann.
French crowds gathered at rail stations Tuesday and booed as train loads of Riviera Italians massed, bound for Italy, in response to Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano's repatriation campaign.
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