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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1936
Page
7
A reflective remark by Walpole mulls over shifting from satire to apologies as age tempers view of humanity, implying a softened stance and reconsideration of critique in later years.
Readers praised Bain for Colby’s Monday night speech, while editors weigh the Minnesota runaround and Democratic loyalties. The Lynchburg editorial voice cautions against splitting the party for regional gain as voting percentages rise and fall with key issues.
The article argues mass production via mechanization lowers prices and expands access to cars for the masses. It cites Bernard DeVeto’s Harper's passage praising the industry’s social function and notes estimates of cost differences between mass produced cars and hand built yachts. It highlights that roughly 4 million cars sold last year, with a minority above $3,000.
Election statisticians estimate the 1932 presidential vote may reach 43 million, up from 40 million in 1932. The Gazette notes only 70 percent of eligibles voted in 1892 or 70 percent in 1932, with many ineligible or nonregisterable factors reducing actual turnout.
A 1936 reflective essay argues liberty and equality are not absolute yet exist closer than any nation. It contrasts birth privilege with opportunity, notes rank and caste as enduring forms of inequality, and critiques wealth, snobbery, and social reform while touching on politics, prostitution, and national prosperity.
In a wry column George Clark notes radio spenders funding programs for low costs, sidelining big names. Vincent Lopez regains prominence with a fresh contract and hair revival while George White’s career rides another wave from his Tenderloin days to vaudeville to Scandals.
A poet describes a moonlit block with two maids emerging from side street bistros. One calls a passerby her dream prince, promising to stay out till morning, while the other jokes about lighting a match on a temple as frost lingers on windows.
Mortuary records show several self-inflicted jumps from great heights in New York. Psychiatrists say many skyscraper plunges arise from sudden impulse as people, sometimes in good spirits moments before, are lured by a chilling pull to jump. Instances at the Empire State Building and an 18th story hotel ledge prompted calls for protective screens.
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