Roosevelt Opponents Air Waste and Policy Critique in Iowa
Long letter from J. N. Muncey of Jesup Iowa voicing opposition to Franklin D Roosevelt. He attacks New Deal programs, cites a dam on Wapsie at Littleton, a hill move at Mount Vernon, and the Devil's Backbone park as wasteful expenditures. He condemns HOLC, farm policy, and government payrolls, and criticizes tax and relief approaches while urging cost awareness before elections. He cites speeches from 1932 to 1936 and notes local figures disputing data requests about public works.
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Mount Vernon
HOLC
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F. D. BR
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Devil’s Back Bone
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Iowa
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Pearle Whitson
Walker
Argentina
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New Deal
Marshall
Nature
Hoover
Landon
Wall Street
Jerusalem
John Spratte
Brandon
the Gazette
Spratte
High prices and political debate stir readers in Iowa letters
A batch of letters from Farmers, laborers and readers in Iowa rail at New Deal policies and high prices while praising Roosevelt. Contributors argue over taxes, agriculture aid, and party loyalties, referencing figures like Pepper, Landon, and Coughlin, and noting editorials and public sentiment.
We Americans and the winner take all
We rail at the rich and praise the winner while the loser is mocked. The piece criticizes political cynicism and party loyalty, noting broken promises, empty boasts, and the crowd's straw vote behavior. It ends with a call to vote for a union party that keeps its promises, signed John I. Smith, City.
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America
Ourself
Union Party
John I. Smith
Two horns of liberty and a warning in prophetic talk
A religious speaker argues that the United States, symbolized as the beast with two horns, grew peaceably under civil and religious liberty. He warns that ongoing propaganda for new deals could threaten these freedoms, fearing a dark outcome if such policy shifts succeed.
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Babylon
Medo Persia
Grecia
Rome
United States
Lincoln
Modern Patrick Henry Coughlin Sparks Editor Letter
A reader praises Father Charles E. Coughlin for exposing what he calls crooked politics and defends the paper against accusations of bias. He acknowledges Hearst’s distant influence on wires but asserts the Gazette maintains independent editorials and stances.
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Coughlin
Gazette
Peoples Forum
The
Charles E. Coughlin
Remarkable six men pay tribute to Senator Reed speech
At Cedar Rapids last evening five listeners plus the proprietor stood in a store to hear Senator Reed. A wounded World War I veteran, a businessman, two young men, and a traveling man showed quiet emotion after the peroration. All six rose as a silent tribute and walked out, mirroring the impact of the oratory.
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Thomas Jefferson
Joseph
Egypt
Ira Nermeyer
Westwood Drive
City
Senator Reed
Cedar Rapids
Reed
London
M. A. Smith
Independence
Keota Driver Fined for Reckless Passing on Hill
Raymond Adrian of Keota was fined 50 dollars and costs in police court for reckless driving. Thirty six dollars of the fine was suspended for good behavior. He was arrested by State Highway Patrolmen Faber and Reese for passing a car on a hill on Bowling street and Thirty sixth avenue SW Saturday evening.
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Raymond Adrian
Keota
Adrian
Faber and
Reese
Bowling Street
Thirty-sixth Avenue
Sinking of Sand Merchant Leaves 18 Dead and One Missing
The Sand Merchant, a Canadian sand ship, capsized off Cleveland in Lake Erie during a 45 mile gale. Eighteen men and one woman died, seven survived after clinging to lifeboats for hours. Survivors describe heroic efforts and a captain who jumped without a preserver as waves swamped the vessel.
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Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Canada
Martin White
Harry
Dad
Herman Dault
Armos
Joseph
Stanley Drinkwater
Port Stanley
Ont
Graham MacLelland
Cleveland Harbor
Thunder Bay Quarries
Sandusky
Marquette & Bessemer No. 1
Point Pelee
Great Lakes
MacLelland
Cape Tormentine
N. B
Lakes
Fred Morse
Windsor
National Preaching Mission Opens With Thousands Attending
In Des Moines the second mass meeting of the National Preaching Mission drew about 3000 Iowa church leaders and laymen. Fifteen top ministers joined opening services led by Bishop Ralph Cushman of Denver and Rev. George A. Buttrick of New York. Mass meetings are planned for Tuesday and Wednesday, part of a nationwide series of twenty five events.
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Des Moines
National
America
Iowa
Ralph Cushman
Denver
Colo
George A. Buttrick
New York City
Notice of Will Probate in Cedar Rapids Iowa
In the District Court to all whom it may concern an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Meri Metelak late of this county deceased will come for hearing on October 24 1936 at 9 o clock A M for proof and admission to probate. Edwin W Lundquist Clerk. Joseph Mekota Attorney.
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Iowa
Lion ‘Gouet
District Court
Meri Metelak
Cedar Rapids
Edwin W. Lundquist
Joseph Mekota
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Missouri
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Byrd
Virginia
Tydings
Maryland
James P. Warburg
Glass
George Wharton Pepper
Emily B. Procter
Bar Harbor, Me
Editor Gazette
Liberty League
Father Coughlin
William Lemke
National Union For
Dorothy Pokine
Margaret McLaughlin
Dorothy Perkins
Ave. SE
Higley Bldg
Hill
Tore
ST. Joseph's
Bettes
Bettes Co., Inc
DuBois, Pa
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