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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1932
Page
6
An essay contrasts fixed standards with flexible time and value systems. It argues time and weight must remain absolute, while the standard of value, notably money, remains unstable. It praises scientific efforts like Irving Fisher’s to stabilize money for progress and security.
The article argues public education remains a major national industry with one in four citizens involved as pupil or teacher. It notes growing high school enrollments and budgets, the need for efficiency, and the priority of quality teaching to sustain the system.
The New York Times argues for higher teaching quality and greater financial demands on teachers to improve economy. It warns teachers may need to accept temporary salary cuts to protect permanent schedules and education for children.
Sherwood Anderson proposes a bold social experiment in a letter reprinted in The Nation. He urges a temporary joint leadership by Roosevelt and another president, spending three months living among workers to expose urban hardship and inspire reform. He frames it as educational and humane, not radical.
A New York Evening Post piece urges revising history to include slumgullion, a 1918 army dish blending beef stew with Hungarian goulash and New England staples. It recalls how a simple mess kit meal inspired morale and even altered perceptions of Allied strategy and Versailles.
A speculative discussion on the restoration of beer after Prohibition. Optimists cite possible early dates and congressional tinkering with near beer to real beer. Skeptics worry about palate adaptation and physiology amid pending legislation and social debate.
A collection of quotes from Norman Thomas, Wilbur, Coolidge, Jimmie Doolittle, Mayor McKee, and Frank Morrison comments on democracy, poverty, productivity, and unemployment. The remarks span political parties, labor, and the economy reflecting era concerns.
The author argues that money alone will not attract capable public servants and that honors or distinctive rewards are required. He notes past reliance on love of office faded, cites Civil War era brigades, and questions the value of monetary incentives versus prestige in drawing top talent to government service. He ends by asking how much the government saves using varnish on stamps.
A jumble of witty lines targets farm votes, Roosevelt, Tammany, and Hoover. The piece snarls at party posturing, corruption humor, and public spending while lampooning economic woes and Wall Street mishaps.
Fragmented diary style column pieces with quips on matrimony, golf, education, and travel. mentions Maine golfers, a state asylum, Princess Der Ling, Pearl S Buck, Clara Walsh, Dr Campbell, The Chimney Corner, H. T. Websters, Lord Oxford, The Marvelous Millers, and roadside hot dog wagons.
A Paris to New York collage of society notes. A Manhattan man in London dials the White House after finding a king’s address in a phone book. Barbara Hutton, Harry Richman, and Lionel Barrymore feature in brisk vignettes of fame and folly with playful barbs about modern life and showbiz.
Dr Brady asserts four case anecdotes show marking superstitions are unfounded. He critiques embryology ignorance, notes reliance on observation over science, and urges better health education while sharing reader questions on tonal surgery, cholesterol foods, and teeth grinding in children.
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