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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1935
Page
9
A quotation attributed to Dr. B. L Beli notes that those who strive for higher ends are often opposed by the multitude and frequently face hatred and persecution for their ideals.
Iowa public works officials face muddled orders after WPA Hopkins rejects 75 approved projects. Across 31 states, officials report similar confusion as Washington push to spend relief funds clashes with planning. The shift toward leaf taking efforts raises concerns about reduced funding for permanent public works and local borrowing. Mussolini troops test artillery with real shells, a deadly incident questions the value of such maneuvers and morale effects for soldiers entering battle.
The piece weighs the Ethiopia grant of vast concessions to American and British interests. It highlights contradictory reports of a fifty million dollar deal, pipelines and refineries, and warns of “monkey business” amid political maneuvering involving Emperor Hale Selassie and looming tensions with Italy. It notes U S and British stakes, public skepticism, and the Washington stance on foreign capital risks.
The U S army staged war games in New York last week simulating combat within limits. Poison lemonade proved the greatest physical hazard with no deaths and only minor injuries. The Italian army is somewhat rougher in their practices.
In a 1935 style essay a speaker mocks snobbery and class prejudice. A boss’s cold, righteous attitude harms a young worker, driving him toward bitterness and moral resentment. The piece critiques superiority, modesty, and social judgment with pointed vignettes and proverb-like lines.
Post brings Bill Hart's new western book with touching inscription and autographed Eddie Egan boxing volume. Lloyd Nolan letters from Hollywood reveal actor career notes. Will Rogers letters, Gelett Burgess discovery on Sixth Avenue, candy shop vignettes, a comic Valentine proprietor, Winnie Sheehan and Jeritza dinners, then movie plans and monkeyshines of Beachley. Reading Honey in the Horn and Lamb in His Bosom.
A review of republished Back Home stories and vignettes by Eugene Wood and others, recalling vaudeville’s backroad humor. The piece notes Fay’s mugging exit that sparked a trend, mentions Peggy Wood’s foreword, and surveys quirky anecdotes about actors, writers, and theatrical lore from Chicago to New York, with a closing quip about a Broadway cafe de l’Opera auction.
Washington-bound readers learn that five of Iowa’s nine representatives will close their offices for eight months while others remain to assist constituents. Fred Biermann Lloyd Thurston Hubert Utterback and B M Jacobsen keep offices open. E C Eicher John Gwynne Otha Wearin Fred Gilchrist Guy Gillette depart. Biermann plans a European tour for study of agriculture and will visit France Belgium and co-operatives in Denmark. Thurston eyes a Philippine Islands trip pending Mrs Thurston’s health with passport secured.
Iowa senators stay at home this weekend. Senator Louis Murphy heads to Dubuque after adjournment while Senator L J Dickinson remains locally then visits Mercer Pennsylvania and Kokomo Indiana before heading to Algona. Miss Sylvia Kaufmann, Murphy's secretary, returns to Dubuque as Miss Clara Springer heads the office in Ottumwa. Harry Day Dickinson's secretary is ill. Miss Marie Fellner of Davenport runs the office.
Walter A Mess of Calamus and Edna L Pauls of London married with a $1.50 license fee paid in pennies and rings purchased the same way. Hazel Maxey wed Robert White at St Wenceslaus in Iowa City with Rev Edward W Neuzil officiating and a breakfast for many relatives and friends.
Mrs. H J Dunlap traveled from Hopkinton to Fairchild Wisconsin following the death of her brother James D Cattanach. He was shot on August 21 while attempting to stop a thief stealing gasoline from his oil station.
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