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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1936
Page
8
The piece questions Secretary Wallace's corn price pledge and hints at undisclosed plans by the new dealers. It argues the president should clearly state NRA AAA TVA aims and their real objectives to avoid voter mistrust. It critiques delays in revealing policy aims.
A reader commends Monday columns on the social security payroll tax and argues it will be paid by workers. He warns employers would cut wages or close during bad times to absorb the six percent total tax, urging further editorial coverage.
The upcoming election will ask Oregon voters to make military training optional in state schools. Across universities where training is voluntary, take up rates are low, with Wisconsin 15 percent and Minnesota under 10 percent. Harvard and Yale show similar low participation. The Morrill act mandates military training at federally funded colleges, shaping the national debate.
A fragmented 1936 humor essay centers Toolong a tribal thief who buys a brass nose ring with bullocks, gains status yet loses decent reputation. satirical lines critique social justice, wealth, and manners, ending with ironic reflections on ambition and public taste.
The passage reviews 1923 Wisconsin actions and Morrill act compliance rules, noting opponents claim compulsory drill violates democracy and academic freedom while supporters warn against state curriculums. It cites the Senate vote on March 18 and the December 3 1934 Supreme Court ruling upholding UC’s power to expel nonparticipants.
O O McIntyre notes gloom in city venues with pennies meals and silent streets. He recounts caricatures of worn patrons, vaudeville nostalgia, and social chatter from East Central Park to the theater circuit.
Report from a newly found New Guinea tribe notes that husbands purchase wives with native currency averaging 25 cents. The brief highlights a barter practice as part of local customs and social structure.
A psychologist explains limits on opinions drawn from knowledge and self insight. He notes mothers may favor more freedom for children than fathers, based on Stogdill’s study of psychologists students and parents. He outlines introspection behavior and studying others as paths to understanding the self.
Dr Henry C Link explains memory rules tested by science in a booklet titled How to Improve Your Memory. Readers may apply for a copy by sending costs and a stamped self addressed envelope to Dr Albert E Wiggam care this newspaper and request Memory.
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