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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1936
Page
4
In Detroit, Governor Alf M. Landon denounces the administration as eroding constitutional rights, citing emergency powers, spending, and centralized control. He warns that executive overreach threatens courts, local governments, and individual liberty, urging repeal of autocratic powers.
Opinion pieces compare Mussolini's 5 percent real estate levy to a threat to property rights and warn that such taxes fund empire expansion. The column argues against central government overreach and NRA AAA powers, citing unemployment and disrupted recovery as proof.
The piece argues that national planning forces government to extend beyond business and suppress dissent through layered regulation. It warns of loss of economic freedom and liberty as administrations concentrate power in Washington, citing past potato quotas and the need to resist centralized plans.
A speech argues government did not create the automobile industry nor ownership, praising American initiative energy and frugality. It criticizes centralized power and NRA codes, cites Detroit pioneers lowering prices and expanding jobs, and urges protecting constitutional freedoms and debating expanded powers. The speaker warns against loss of freedom seen abroad.
In Kansas City President Roosevelt outlines a shift from private charity to government action to support youth amid dust bowl hardship. He argues human waste in disaster is greater than physical waste and calls for expanding opportunities for the next generation.
Roosevelt address noted in the text as part of a 1933 to 1936 radio network schedule. The listing includes multiple programs across NBC CBS and WABC with performers and orchestras such as Boynton, Waring, and Kostelanetz, plus guests like Ruth Lyon and Earl Lewis.
An advertisement touts Cystex as a guaranteed kidney support remedy. It claims 48 hours to feel better and a week to feel younger, offering a $10,000 deposit guarantee and urging readers to contact their druggist.
A political appeal urges young Americans to resist oppression and war. It emphasizes the necessity of active participation to keep democracy moving forward and warns that staying on the sidelines is unhappy. The speaker invites youth to join the ongoing struggle to preserve democracy in America.
In Des Moines the will of Johnson Brigham longtime state librarian was filed for probate. It discloses cash bequests totaling more than 38000 dollars to heirs including Mary Brigham Johnson and Anna Gane Hartley with specific allocations to Elaine Hartley Levine and other relatives. The remainder is to be divided between the two daughters after cash bequests.
Governor Clyde L. Herring attacked Republican campaign methods in Council Bluffs calling them sewer politics and noting the use of liberty league slush funds and du Pont dough. He alleged his opponent Lester J. Dickinson faced harsh insults like Dog Food Dick during the race.
In Dallas Texas armored cars delivered prize money to stock owners. Admiral Royal Beauty owned by J J Lynes and son of Plainfield Iowa won first in the Ayrshire heifer class four months to one year old. Winners will receive about $19 500 in cash by Saturday conclusion of judging.
Grinnell's Amelia Earhart Putnam, famed flyer, told reporters she will vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt for president for his social consciousness. She spoke at Grinnell College and attended a Democratic luncheon, saying she voted for him in 1932 for the same reason.
The Iowa Chiropractors Association elected Dr. H. R. McClintock of Carroll as president at the convention in Des Moines. Officers include Dr. E. D. Hemphill of Ida Grove as first vice president and Dr. A. H. Clingman of Cedar Falls as second vice president. L. M. Henry of Pella was re-elected secretary treasurer and Des Moines chosen as the 1937 convention city.
Waterloo AP Norman Thomas third party presidential candidate outlines a threefold program for working farmers. He calls for government credit to relieve debt, abolition of tenant and corporate farming via land value taxation, and planned production with socialized marketing including consumer co operatives and publicly owned processing and distribution plants.
W Wilder of Cedar Rapids Iowa was re elected president of the Grain and Feed Dealers National Association at its fortieth annual convention in Milwaukee Tuesday Also re elected were O F East Minneapolis first vice president and E H Sexauer Brookings S D second vice president New directors named include J C Smith Grundy Center Iowa and S P Mason Sioux City Iowa
George F. Buresh former labor candidate for US senator spoke in Iowa City Tuesday night accusing four giant holding companies of controlling most food prices. He said the firms concentrate wealth with ease yet deprive producers of their livelihoods.
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