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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1936
Page
6
Parole System Under Fire From Iowa Critics
Chauncey A. Weaver calls Iowa parole and pardon system a political racket. Recent figures show the parole board freed nearly half as many prisoners as the three state penal institutions received in five years. The parole board chair says tightening is needed and may seek funding for investigators. The legislature should investigate to determine whether judges are too harsh or the parole board releases too many inmates early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey A. Weaver
Des Moines
Iowa Parole Board
Iowa
Parole Board
Stunned Diplomats Mark Europe’s Dizzy Diplomatic Dance
A satirical take notes how foreign correspondents use stunned to describe shocks from Italy and Ethiopia to Rhineland. It argues European statesmen have wandered in a daze, rendering commentary impractical amid a string of audacious moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Geneva
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Hitler
Rhineland
Europe
Life Insurance Week Highlights Its Role in Society
The article notes life insurance as a key social and economic pillar with more than 100 billion dollars in force and assets around 24 trillion. It cites 63 million Americans paying premiums totaling over seven percent of national income, praising its individualist thrift approach and noting a congressional repudiation of loose thinking threatening insurer stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Insurance Week
Eack
United States
Resignation of Granger subsistence project manager
Miss Marie Comstock, Granger Indiana subsistence homesteads manager since November, submitted a resignation on February 2 with sincere regret. She suggested February 20 as a possible effective date but would stay until a successor was found, which did not occur. Lacking a replacement, L G Whitney of the resettlement administration took charge on April 1 pending new appointment. The AP noted she offered no reason for resigning, though personal matters were implied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Comstock
Granger
Miss Comstock
L. G. Whitney
The
Resettlement Administration
Associated Press
Whitney
Moral questions and religion as social cure
A 1936 copyright piece argues harnessing natural desires through a unifying belief system as the solution to modern morals. It contrasts religious and secular movements, cites empires and dictators as false gods, and praises leading Christians as vessel of righteousness. It closes with satirical quips on politics, marriage, and freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Lenin
Italy
Mussolini
Germany
Hitler
Christ
Miss Comstock Quits Granger Homestead Project
The letter of resignation from Miss Comstock shows no political or bureaucratic motive for quitting. She cites personal affairs in Michigan and says she remains deeply interested in the Granger resettlement and homestead work. The Granger project is reported to be progressing as well as expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Comstock
William Comstock
Michigan
The
State College
Granger
Whitney
Private adoptions spark secrecy and public scrutiny
New York notes reveal adoption headlines roiling celebrity families and public interest. Publicity around foster parents and orphanages sparks debates on children's happiness and disclosure, with cases from Jolsons to Burns and Allen and even the Jimmy Walkers highlighting leaks and privacy concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ient
Jimmy Walkers
al Jolsons
Burns and Allen
Jack Bennys
Willie Willis saves baby carriage from hill tumble
Willie Willis recounts stopping Mrs Brown's baby carriage from rolling downhill where her triplets rode inside, noting he avoided performing a good deed for three days by acting.
Rageful Outburst Sparks Turbulent Scene
A man, enraged, hollered a heated expletive in a gutter ward, shouting in a cloud of fury and defiance as witnesses described a chaotic moment marked by shouting and strong language.
Car Crash Injures Nelson and Wise on Fifth Avenue
Charles A. Nelson and Earl Wise were injured when their car lost control and struck a trolley pole on Fifth Avenue near Fourteenth Street yesterday. The article notes the incident alongside return travel of Misses Jessie and Lulu Averill from Florida after five weeks and mentions Rev. C. R. Parker delivering an Ascension day address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Nelson
Earl Wise
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Jessie
Lulu Averill
Florida
C. R. Parker
Knights Templar at Anamosa Yesterday
Editorial writer Dr A L Murray of The Gazette delivered the commencement address to Farley High School graduates during ceremonies last night linking local groups and notable visitors to community education and civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
Anamosa
A. L. Murray
the Gazette
Farley
Lincoln talk planned at City Temple London on July 4
Dr Joseph Fort Newton has word a speech on Abraham Lincoln will be delivered at City Temple London on July 4 with Thomas Nelson Page as presiding officer. George Camp Douglas, a local with the British army, is promoted to first lieutenant. E R Webster of Marion is elected unanimously to the American Waterworks Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fort Newton
Abraham Lincoln
City Temple
London
Thomas Nelson Page
England
George Camp Douglas
E. R. Webster
Marion
American Waterworks Association
National Stock Company Opens Greene's Opera House Engagement
S E Sinclair elected president of the Y M C A at the annual board meeting. C G Greene named vice president Frank O Clark treasurer and A S Laurence secretary. Dr G E Crawford left for Des Moines to attend the State Medical Society council meeting as chairman. Mrs C O Johnson travels to Fremont Nebraska to visit Mrs Frank Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stock Company
Greene
Opera House
S. E. Sinclair
Board O Trustees
C. G. Greene
Frank O Clark
A. S. Laurance
G. E. Crawford
Des Moines
State Medical Society Council
C. O. Johnson
Fremont
Neb
Frank Walters
Eagle Scout portrays Roger Williams in colony pageant
Eagle Scout Charles Roger Williams Jr of Troop 82 Providence played the role of his ancestor Roger Williams founder of Rhode Island in a Scout pageant depicting the colony's founding three hundred years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Roger Williams, Jr
Providence
Roge Williams
Rhode Island
Th Colony
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