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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
6
A reflective line noting that past good luck often led to bad outcomes while misfortune sometimes built opportunity. The quote credits Col. E. M. House with a paradox about luck shaping future chances and resilience through reversal.
The piece weighs Roosevelt's pre election talk of drastic federal reorganization against Hoover and Roosevelt actions from 1933. It notes many new agencies formed, some abolished, and overlapping functions across 18 housing and 12 foreign trade bureaus while warning voters not to expect rapid bold reform given past results.
The author muses on skipping military training in college and the value of military knowledge. The passage notes a Japanese couple arrested in Davenport on Wednesday for taking snapshots from the river.
A 1936 column argues unemployment fears stem from attitudes, proposes treating jobless as a labor reserve like other societal assets, and critiques political leaders and various reform ideas. It muses on American and English approaches, warns against class contempt, and ends with a prompt to revise a sentence about a bad cold.
The piece questions the value of spying via photos of Rock Island Arsenal across the river. It weighs the risk to a couple if the snaps show a boat versus the arsenal, and muses on whether such images ever yield real strategic information.
The piece notes 40 000 voters signed petitions to reelect Uncle George Norris of Nebraska. It contrasts Norris with Lehman and cites national tickets riding on popular state candidates. It flags political strategy as devious, with governors and candidates in several states affected.
O O McIntyre recalls the J P Morgan library wonders with untouched manuscripts from Scott and Balzac while musing on theater critics Watts and Hammond. The column also highlights deadliners versus leisurely writers and quirky word coinages and anecdotes.
The piece presents a playful exchange featuring Billy Phelps reflecting on golf, success, and doing well in small tasks. It contrasts human striving with a divinity theme and ends with a brief tale of a diarist and a man who leaves after a failed visit.
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