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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1936
Page
6
A local businessman rebels against Roosevelt social security speech claiming half truths about worker and employer payroll tax shares. He argues the tax will be passed to consumers through higher prices and that government trust funds may be spent, concluding the administration spreads half truths about social security.
A couple argues over a malfunctioning radio, swapping quips about listening choices. The man insists the device interferes with listening to Al Smith, while the woman questions the tune and clarity. Talk turns to faulty tubes and buying replacements as the quarrel peaks.
In Massachusetts President Roosevelt argues that most heads of families earning under 26 000 will pay less income tax in 1936 than in 1932 for 1931 while corporations face a smaller normal tax. He notes 99 percent of filers under 26 000 and 98 percent of corporations benefit, though 1937 comparisons to 1932 show changes due to the new revenue act.
A columnist reflects on the handicap of honorable conduct when faced with rogues. It contrasts personal integrity with national behavior, cites Russia and Japan, and warns that widespread lying would erode trust and civilization. The piece ends quoting a 1936 copyright note.
Leonard Liebling reports from Oslo and Miami Beach to Kansas. Notes pass of Edison Marshall and Jules Glaenzer as a Swedish dinner and a line of theater folk emerge. Mrs Josh Cosden, Our Nell, decorates London mansions for Mountbatten. Gracie Allen lauded as sustaining radio nonsense.
A collage notes on a lucrative guarding cars racket and a string of celebrity vignettes, including Nilton Berle as a cabaret icon, James K Hackett and Bing Crosby abroad, and a Queen Anne style critique. It also covers notices of executors in Iowa and a political speech insight contrasting men and women voters.
A reader recounts successful ambulant hernia treatment after a prior surgical cure and argues the method saves time and money. He urges physicians and laypeople to accept ambulant injection therapy as a valid cure, challenging skeptics to doubt progress in medicine.
A discussion quotes Mrs. George B. Simmons on training children to rely on themselves and let go, arguing that true parental help means enabling self sufficiency. It questions whether scientific views can resolve moral questions and cites a politician described by Herbert C. Henderson in Today.
An advertorial note offers a booklet titled How to Improve Your Memory by Dr Henry C Link. It promises tested memory rules and tips for remembering names dates lessons and books with modern science backing. Readers can apply for memory help by sending 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Albert E Wiggam care of this newspaper.
The note appeals to business people to help this year's graduates by sending a 3 cent stamped addressed envelope and an extra 3 cent stamp to cover the cost of a booklet titled How to Apply for a Job. The message emphasizes also considering boys and girls who have waited years for work.
A reader quotes a physician as kind and skilled, noting affordable fees. The message then asks who wants a hernia operation, implying aggressive recruitment or misrepresentation of medical care. This raises concerns about medical solicitation in professional contexts.
A clipped note describes a boy who chewed ivy leaves and suffered ivy poisoning. A reply offers a monograph on ivy poisoning for a fee and a stamped envelope for copy. The piece includes a fragment on complexion and skin oil remedies with a request for a gas envelope and address for a monograph.
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