Is This the Word From On High on the New Deal coercion
The piece questions reports of coercion used to sway voters toward Roosevelt and cites Jay Franklin’s syndicated article alleging that opposing the New Deal could lead to reduced future benefits. It argues the threat harms democratic choice and urges Roosevelt to endorse or repudiate the implication promptly. The author condemns the coercive rhetoric as a serious charge against the New Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
New Deal High Command
Jay Franklin
Franklin
Washington
United States
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
New National Union
WPA
Landon supports Kansas public schools says superintendent
William Allen White’s statement on Kansas school funding is clear and the record shows Governor Landon influenced education positively. W T Markham, state superintendent, notes no denial of education access or teacher salaries, while Dr Ernst Frederick Pihlblad credits Landon with opposing a tax limitation that would harm schools. The smear campaign misstates the facts in many ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Kansas
Alf Landon
White
W. T. Markham
Markham
Landon
Harry T. Woodring
Prairie
Ernst Frederick Pihiblad
Bethany College
Kansas Board of Education
Harry Woodring
Woodring
Praise and fame ruin the boy in a world of copy
A 1936 reflection on how early praise shapes a boy into either a driven future star or a fragile ego. It warns that sports pages inflate young heroes, turning humble youths into demigods. The piece condemns ostentatious adulation and political manipulation, ending with a correction prompt and copyright note.
Poor Timing on Repayment of AAA Processing Taxes
The article notes that many large millers and meat packers plan to repay processing taxes they collected but never remitted to the government to dodge the windfall tax. By delaying until after the AAA was ruled unconstitutional, they risk public suspicion rather than goodwill, diminishing any potential gesture.
Bowery Floater Gentry and Unwashed Union League Echoes
In New York Bowery flop houses patrons exude contentment as roots deepen among the old guard. The piece contrasts uptown inn floaters with Bowery regulars, portraying a self assured underclass who anticipate handouts and burial. It also notes America’s three national dishes as baked beans pumpkin pie and flapjacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bowery
Union League
Merica
George Rector
Pan Cowboy Craze and Cowboys Voice in Pop Culture
In Mexico City Idwal Jones discovers Pan-Cinese bread and notes it tops crepes Suzette in popularity. The Cowboy Craze spreads from dude ranches radio vaudeville and Madison Square Rodeo to New York and Hollywood with riderless ranchers and a fleet of melodious yet thin voiced entertainers like Bob Bartlett, famed for Arctic storms and a 12 year old choir-like tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idwal Jones
Mexico City
Panhandle
West
New York
Hollywood
Miami
Cubs
Bing Crosby
Admission
Bob Bartlett
Soprano Anna Burmeister to sing at Coe this evening
Misses Frances and Grace Swab host Miss Anna Burmeister, Chicago soprano, at Coe for an evening concert. Mr and Mrs C E Bodey gave a farewell dinner for Mr and Mrs Perry Snyder as they head to Minneapolis. Mrs Anna Reed fractured her right arm after a work accident at Lasswell studio. S V Shonka was shot in the right side near his eye while pheasant hunting in Chickasaw county. Another hunting party fired as Shonka and friends re entered their car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances
Grace Swab
Anna Burmeister
Chicago
Coe
C. E. Bodey
Perry Snyder
Minneapolis
Anna Reed
Lasswell
S. V. Shonka
Chickasaw County
Mr. Shonka
Burlesque, Cowboys, and Snakes in Early 20th Century Oddities
A collage of cultural tidbits from 1936 covering vaudeville crooners like Darling Bob McKay and Calamity Jane’s dramatic feuds with Wild Bill Hickok, notes on tin snake meat and Garden of Eden Salad, media figures Hank Wales Vincent Sheean and Inez Lopez, plus a boy’s joke about a chem engineer and a Ninth Avenue bridge fall.
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Bob” McKay
St. Louis
Benny Fields
Bob
Calamity Jane
Wild Bill Hickok
Louisiana
Texas
Hank Wales
Vincent Sheean
Sheean
Wales
Paris
Ryley Cooper
Frank Buck
Octavus Roy Cohen
Inez Lopez
Jack Dempsey
Iowa soldiers and cadets shine in national events
Walter Meyers, lieutenant of Company D, First Iowa infantry, led the rapid fire in the Jacksonville rifle shoot as part of the Iowa team. Robert C. Toms of Marion returned from seven months with the American ambulance field service in France. G. C. Skinner Jr., son of Cedar Rapids’ Dr. Skinner, has made good at Annapolis Naval Academy as a football tackle. George Herrington, 12, suffered a dislocated elbow yesterday.
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Walter Meyers
Iowa Infantry
Jacksonville
Fla
Iowa
Robert C. Toms
Marion
France
G. C. Skinner, Jr
G. C. Skinner
Cedar Rapids
Annapolis Naval Academy
George Herrington
Sinclair and Douglas swap mansions in year’s largest real estate deal
Miss Laura R. Munger leaves for an extended stay in Phoenix Arizona. George B. Douglas becomes owner of the Sinclair mansion on the boulevard. The Sinclairs acquire the Douglas home on Second Avenue. The transaction involves about $125 in investment. Mrs. Hiram Levy of Rochester New York visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Solomon.
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Laura R. Munger
Phoenix
Ariz
George B. Douglas
Sinclair
Boulevard
Sinclairs
Douglas
Second Avenue
Hiram Levy
Rochester
N. Y
Oscar Solomon
Spooning Lessons From a Manners Club Tale
Florence La Ganke recounts a lighthearted scene as Nancy Page and Joan guide Susan Page Junior in proper manners at supper. The girls emphasize age-appropriate decorum, depicting Susan practicing polite spooning away from herself while observing family chatter and the club’s influence on everyday etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manners Club
Susan
Joan
Peter
Peter Page Junior
Nancy
Manners for Midgets leaflet request in Cedar Rapids Gazette
In a Cedar Rapids Gazette notice, Nancy Page promotes a new leaflet titled Manners for Midgets. The item explains sending a stamped self addressed envelope to receive the booklet and mentions a classroom scene with Aunt Nancy correcting table manners. The note notes dues collection and a two cent payment.
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Nancy
Nancy Page
The
Cedar Rapids
Death of farmer David Anderson near Waukon
David Anderson a longtime farmer living half a mile east of Waukon died Tuesday. His daughter found him in a barn. Born sixty six years ago he was a son of Mr and Mrs O G Anderson early Center township settlers. Survived by his widow two daughters Miss Ruby Anderson and Mrs Amos Lemme of Waukon Earl Anderson of St Paul and a brother Elmer of northern Wisconsin.
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Waukon
David Anderson
O. G. Anderson
Center Township
Amos Lemme
Ruby
Earl Anderson
St. Paul
Elmer
Wisconsin
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America
George Clark
Ned Baxter
New York Day
Ninth Avenue Bridge
Florence la Ganke
Aunt Nancy
Crae
S.S.S
S.S.S. Caz
Maytag
Ier
Maytag Model
Cedar Rapids Maytag Company
Second Ave
First Avenue
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