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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1932
Page
6
During the editor’s absence, representative newspapers share current editorial opinions in this Gazette column. The feature compiles viewpoints from multiple sources, offering readers a cross-section of prevailing editorial stances.
An analysis outlines how youths and older misfits feed racketeers, with estimates of two to five million in cities, half under 18. Belgium’s mixed agriculture and industry program is cited, while U.S. efforts lag in leadership and scale, risking more crime and poverty.
The Detroit News notes September brings renewal like spring in the north. Farmers' harvest launches wealth, fueling transportation, mills, factories, and consumer demand as schools reopen and households prepare for winter.
A public essay argues the law should compel criminals to compensate victims, seize assets, and impose hard labor if needed. It contrasts leathered penalties for murder with debtor punishment, urges citizen outrage at crime, and likens crime to snakes driven to extinction by collective hatred.
The long downturn has hit illustrators hard as magazine cutbacks and广告 agencies shrink. Top commercial artists once earning tens of thousands face lean times, with some returning to modest studios or leaving for Europe. Notable figures like Arthur William Brown and Herb Roth previously profited massively but now face uncertain futures.
A fragment from a 1932 column discusses Annie Chambers of Kansas City and her forthcoming biography An American Madame. It notes Octavus Roy Cohan Jr. as a young statistical prodigy and reflects on social scenes, housekeepers notes, and anecdotal vignettes about city life, with musings on swindles, youth, and culture.
Public notice details the incorporation of IM L Investment Company with authorized capital of 100000 dollars and four thousand shares at 25 dollars each. It also names William M. Pleming as administrator of the estate of a deceased Iowa resident, with claims to be filed in Linn County District Court. Attorneys Crissman, Linville and Bleakley listed.
A New York Evening Post quote mocked scientists for favoring blondes as ideal for a hygrographic instrument at McGill University. The piece claimed only long blonde hair yields accurate humidity readings, praising femininen sacrifice and lampooning gender roles.
W. G. Sibley argues in the Chicago Journal of Commerce that young men should engage in politics but balance it with business. He recalls early state service and near misses in appointments, noting political realities, personal growth, and the value of prioritizing good citizenship over political ambition.
W E Woodward recounts how Ulysses S. Grant earned his name amid a six week delay for a first name. Jesse Grant and Hannah Grant finally resolved the issue after a relatives convention chosen to settle the dilemma for their firstborn.
A collage of remarks from H L Mencken Joseph Hergesheimer Herbert Hoover Tallulah Bankhead and Robert D on marriage virtue national character and urban housing. The excerpts reflect cultural and political views in a compact, era tone.
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