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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1936
Page
8
The revised federal budget estimate is dismissed as election year hokum with no new taxes and possible repeals hinted. It places 1937 receipts near 5.666 billion, with expenditures about 7.763 billion and a net deficit around 1.517 billion after debt retirement.
The piece contrasts Kansas Governor Landon's proactive prep with Iowa Governor Herring's focus on ceremonial details at the Des Moines drought parley with President Roosevelt. Landon urged practical agricultural and economic ideas, while Herring suggested expanding federal relief funds, a role critique that questions his contributions as host.
The piece argues that social reform leaders flourish when funding comes from others and not their own pockets. It cites Hopkins Tugwell Williams and similar figures as examples of officials gaining prominence after receiving access to large funds.
A 1936 essay fragment surveys public vanity and political distrust through aphorisms on wealth, fame, crime, hypocrisy, and national character. It mocks critics of Roosevelt, notes remorse amid exposure, and jests at social pretenses and legal formalities.
The piece argues that President Roosevelt handles large public funds with ease but pays himself very low wages on his Dutchess county farm. It contrasts his use of others money with his personal spending and cites Sen. Frederic H. Bontecou on wage claims, noting the farm is private not a public works project.
The remark notes Genial Jim Farley claiming forty eight states in June and hints Landon may win Delaware and New England, signaling optimism about political momentum and regional shifts amid the campaign.
Vincent Astor shuttles between Bermuda and New Yorks St. Regis, turning hotel ownership into a fascination. He tours kitchens, wine caves, watches numbers, and even tunes in Amos n Andy at the 7 o clock hour while window shopping along the avenue.
Ten to twenty to thirty years ago in the Gazette reports Cedar Rapids resident Austin E Merriam injured in a two electric car crash near Monroe Michigan with leg and arm injuries. Vera Easton heads to Cresco to teach Latin at the high school. Dr. and Mrs. Lester DeYarman return from an eastern motor trip. J L Merritt purchases the C W Wurzbacher 100 acre Morley farm at 300 dollars per acre.
Ringling Brothers circus reached Cedar Rapids today but no show will occur until tomorrow due to Sunday. The First Baptist Church congregation voted to proceed with a new church edifice at Second Avenue and Twelfth Street. Marie Leonard dean of women at Coe College returned from Lake Geneva Wisconsin where she attended a Y W C A conference. The Rev J P Van Horn suf-
A rider sustained bruises after a collision with an automobile yesterday on Third Avenue on the island.
Miss Claire Dinwiddie departed for New Haven Connecticut to begin a two year special course after attending the performance of A Little Outcast at Greene's opera house today.
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