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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1936
Page
18
Washington reports thousands of firms with federal contracts must implement a 40 hour week and prevailing wage under Walsh Healy act rules starting Sunday. Child labor is banned and enforcement may face rapid court challenges amid broader recovery act opposition.
The piece recalls Thomas Nast who popularized the donkey and elephant images and helped expose Tweed's ring, marking his ninety sixth birthday. It also notes Frederick MacMonnies born on his birthday, famed for Civic Virtue hailed as Tough Guy for the nude statue rule near City Hall Park.
The column recalls Union General Jefferson Davis and his clash with William Nelson in 1862 Louisville. It notes Wilton Lackaye’s matinee fortune and the estates of icons like Rufus Choate and Francis Joseph Flynn. It also marks Oct 3 birthdays for Bancroft and Hawthorne’s early career connections.
The 1936 article features Joe Tinker speaking from Orlando about baseball changes since his Cubs days. He blames Ruth for ending strategy and mentions spitting and emery balls, explains infields now play for double plays, and notes his Florida real estate ventures.
Jeanette Beyer extols a communal pressure cooker for year round use. The piece saves time by sterilizing baby bottles and cooking cereals beans and meats quickly, with detailed how to for various foods and cooking times at 15 pounds pressure.
Milwaukee court features a water bottle with a whisky glass as a test of skill. District Judge A. J. Hedding rules the penny drop gimmick a gambling device, not skill. Burns the tavern keeper faces a $25 fine after a third penny lands in the glass.
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