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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1936
Page
6
In Cleveland Governor Landon attacks the New Deal for never knowing how many Americans are unemployed or on relief. He says seven and a half billion dollars have been spent without clear goals or data, condemning the administration for neglecting essential information ahead of the election.
Bertram Benedict points to federal bookkeeping items that may affect campaign talking points. He notes deficits for 1936-37 and the first quarter of 1937 and compares them with the administration's estimates, suggesting assets against debt may be counted differently.
Dispatches from Vienna report an early, sudden winter over the Alps. A family of swallows faced dangerous flying conditions until human ingenuity and compassion intervened, ensuring survival and a renewed summer for the flock.
A 1936 column mix of social commentary and aphorisms debates duty to indigent parents after marriage, prudence in family finances, and views on politics and society. It pairs quips about Roosevelt, class, and memory with cautions on demagoguery and Americanism.
In Austria swallows are collected and shipped to Vienna where planes from Austrian Airways shuttle them over the Alps and release them near Venice. The piece notes a humane effort amid a tense world, praising those who help birds survive harsh winters despite grim politics and war talk.
The court decisions leave a regulatory gap allowing Farley and Hamilton to claim victory by about 50,000 votes each. The ruling signals continued jurisdictional uncertainty over which level of government governs the disputed area.
A writer recalls Father Coughlin's rhetoric as unmatched since childhood days reciting Patrick Henry before a mirror, highlighting the enduring impact of his dramatic oratory on personal memory.
The passage notes efforts by Hopkins Tugwell Frankfurter and Ezekiel to push Roosevelt’s re election, implying a coordinated stance by these figures to back his campaign. The reference situates the political effort in a context of public quiet on the matter.
The text suggests Roosevelt and Landon should avoid heavy statistics to keep audiences engaged, or their orations may be labeled educational. It implies a critique of data heavy political rhetoric and a push toward clearer communication.
In 1936 a flurry of rare book finds captivates collectors. Boswell's Journal of a Voyage to the Hebrides is issued as a complete first edition from a New York house, tied to Malahide papers. Kino diaries sold to the University of California through Jake Zeitlin, with tales of global search across Mexico Spain and England.
Miss Jane Bope, a senior, is elected president of the Brooklyn high school student council. Other officers for the year include vice president Kenneth Dieterich, secretary Helen Miller, and treasurer Mary Alice Levere.
Louis Howard Kepler of Mount Vernon, prominent attorney, died early today. The Gazette notes a brief obituary for a local figure and mentions other moves and travels of residents including C. E. Street returning from Philadelphia and J. C. Travis heading to Fort Worth.
Leo Kiburz of Cedar Rapids has become a lieutenant in the British army and trains with the Canadian expeditionary forces. W. F. Anderson, Effingham water works superintendent, visits his father Dan Anderson in the city. Mrs Charles Kramer hosts today honoring her eighty four birthday.
Mrs Rose Worhli and Mrs Kate Fordyce aged eighty three are listed in local notices. Mrs Charles W Boegel has traveled to Minneapolis to study harp under Williams of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Mr and Mrs William H Holt returned from a month long trip to the east Bert Hoyt was injured today at Pawnee mill when he was caught under water pipes Mrs H M Goodwin departs for a two months visit to New York
Notice is given that on October 5, 1936 at 9 o clock A M instruments purporting to the Last Will and Testament and Codicil of Alice M Welch late of Linn County Iowa deceased will come on for hearing before the District Court for proof and admission to probate Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa September 30 1936 Edwin W Lundquist Clerk District Court Barnes Chamberlain and Hanzlik Attorneys
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