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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1936
Page
6
Is It Worth The Extra Money For Work Relief
A political debate weighs whether synthetic work relief for the unemployed is worth the extra cost compared with direct relief. Proponents cite morale, skills, and national energy use. opponents note questionable value and high taxpayer expense. The WPA cost per beneficiary is about $80 versus $33 for direct aid. A growing view favors direct relief as the lesser evil. A British expedition to Ur uncovers an ancient story, while Cantor is praised for digging up real antiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cantor
New Deal Brain Trust Has Real Spending Advantage
The New Deal brain trust can spend actual funds unlike the GOP brain trust which operates on hypothetical money. This distinction highlights practical fiscal flexibility backing the New Deal approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brain Trust
Puzzling Shift in Youth Arrest Demographics
federal bureau of investigation notes a shift from 19 year olds leading arrests to 22 year olds in early 1940s records. study seeks أسباب, citing 106,594 fingerprint cases and high shares of 21 to 23 year olds among offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
G- Men
CCC
Not So Bad At That Tour Season Plans For Summer Travel
The piece notes how millions of office and factory workers study maps and resort guides to plan two week summer tours across thousands of miles. It considers questions of destination and cost, not travel speed, and hints at further details to come.
First long distance horseless carriage journey in America
Thirty seven years ago Friday Alexander Winton and Charles Shanks embarked on the first long distance motor journey in America. They drove from Cleveland to New York City over 707 miles in five days, real running time under forty eight hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Winton
Charles Shanks
America
Cleveland
New York City
Albany
Winton
New Boulevard
Pioneer Auto Tourists
Winton and Shanks
New York
Congressman Zion Checks Salary From Comic Relief Fund
A speculative note suggests Congressman Zion's pay may be drawn from any available comic relief fund. The remark implies a financial mechanism linked to discretionary or humorous budgetary sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zioncheck
Poetry Teaching Deemed Impossible by Critics
A critic argues that poetry cannot be taught and suggests that the act of not writing poetry is equally unteachable. The remark challenges conventional views on literary instruction and creativity.
Unemployed men face jobs shortage amid women in workforce
This 1936 column critiques unemployment, arguing that women hold many jobs men could fill and urging permanent solutions. It notes job scarcity, market inequality, and social attitudes toward women workers while offering sharp social commentary on progress, labor, and citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York Day by Day Notes on People and Pundits
New York Day by Day by 00 McIntyre surveys modern celebrities and social figures with brief remarks on Doris Parker and friends. Highlights include Joan Crawford and Dorothy Parker references, with quips about Hoover and Dempsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McIntyre
Rex Beach’s Rigid Writing Routine and Ventures
Rex Beach maintains a strict daily schedule writing from eight to one in New York Florida or wherever he is. He also runs a 200 acre Florida farm where he grows celery gladioli and calla lilies and oversees planting cultivation and shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Beach
New York
Florida
Kipling Estate Tops Burdened Writers Amid Celebrity Wealth
The article notes Kipling left 712000, Arnold Bennett about 150000, Wells says he is poor, and Isaac Bashevis Singer is very wealthy. It highlights Eddie Guest and Arthur Brisbane as wealthy poets and columnists. It also mentions long tenures of theater servants and stars like Marilyn Miller and Ziegfeld's Sidney. It ends with Roma magazine's odd vignette and a colloquial morning bots reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Arnold Bennett
H. G. Wells
Isaac Marcosson
Explore Your Mind Author's Note On Science And Morality
The text cites Dr. William Moulton Marston arguing women show stronger emotional explosions than men. It notes prisoners read crime-related books in German prisons, and states high schoolers can have original thoughts. It references Columbia experiments finding women more explosive than men.
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William Moulton Marston
Esquire
Columbia
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