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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1934
Page
25
A brief literary note attributes a line from Kathleen Norris stating there is no luck in a professional career. The remark emphasizes earned effort over chance in guiding career success.
The retirement of General Hugh S. Johnson from the Roosevelt administration signals a shift in national policy on industry. With Johnson out, plans for NRA’s future are debated as concerns over a possible move toward a thirty hour work week and firmer reforms surface, potentially altering New Deal strategy after elections.
The Gazette reports that Bruno Hauptmann as an alleged Lindbergh ransom recipient and an alien may spur congressional push for tougher deportation rules. It outlines pre July 1 1924 entry limits, crimes involving moral turpitude, reentry rules, and potential grounds for deportation including prior felonies, repeated sentences, and acts against the US government.
The labor department notes many habitual alien criminals cannot be deported due to sentence length and judge recommendations. It cites that such recommendations have mandatory effect if filed within thirty days of sentencing. The department urged Congress to stiffen law and also seek discretion for technical violations.
New York City tests a small claims division in the municipal court described as a poor man's court. It eliminates formalities and lets disputants tell their stories to the judge. In a second session two installment judgments set a precedent for paying $48 and $18 in weekly one dollar installments, aiming to reduce litigation costs for the poor.
A fragmentary essay critiques reading and writing as mere speech substitutes while praising knowledge preserved through records. It parodies claims of intellectual superiority, lampoons reformers and big shots, and notes the social tensions of liberty and culture in a noisy miscellaneous column.
New York City shows a muted mood with fewer crowds and dressy scenes as people wait for a sign of renewed activity. London’s burst to life is cited as a possible parallel, while stray anecdotes touch on Arthur Allen letters and stage figures amid a broader cultural drift.
The piece notes how St John Ervine the late London critic impressed newspapermen as a guest critic in New York. It compares his style to Irish mannerisms and mentions a letter from a boyhood friend Johnny Greer. It also hints at Burroughs once serving as a Salt Lake policeman and Big Bill Edwards praised for poise.
Lake City notes John N Willys daily orchid deliveries to his bride on their honeymoon crossing. Brady and Grace George may join New York's Hollywood colony. Helen Jacobs dines in quiet Southern rooms. Damon Runyon frequents the same restaurant for months. Potatoes souffle appears on a New York menu at Holland House and Fifth Avenue. Amon Carter jokes about fried pastries after Paris crash in 1929 at Ciro's.
Washington of Cedar Rapids defeated Bowen High School of Chicago 15 to 6 in a mud filled Coe field game this afternoon. Marshall G McCarroll left for Boston to study electrical engineering at MIT. Arthur Poe and daughter Nan returned from the east. Ella to attend St Timothy's in Baltimore. John Bouusek local teamster fatally injured last evening.
Sept 27 1914 a man was kicked by a horse while feeding it at Cedar Rapids. The Great Divide was killed at Greene's opera house today. Rev W G Crowder Mercedes Trinity Methodist church has been transferred to the Marshall town district superintendency. Syrian Cedar Rapids build new church dedicated by Bishop Raphael of Brooklyn N Y. Russian consul Anthony Wolff spoke at C P 8 Red Cross fund drive. Clayton Brown injured hand at Cedar Rapids woodworking plant. Miss Alice Faulkes returns to Ogontz school. Miss Helen Low and Albert Peddycourt wed Sept 20 at Rev L O Bricker home. Warren Herman departs for Oklahoma.
In three years, 101 750 people have been provided with farm employment in Canada's back-to-the farm movement, aided by the two national railways. The most important mineral substances in food are salts of iron iodine phosphorus calcium lime manganese potash and soda.
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