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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1942
Page
7
Fragmented text from a local paper mentions Cedar and Grzette Iowa Rapid and various numbers and prices. It references Associated Press credits and republication note and notes pilot inability to mitigate the bid.
The piece argues Japan's rapid advance through Asia from Bataan to India endangers Allied lifelines. It warns that talk outpaces action and urges the United Nations to strike soon to halt the invasion, noting India as a pivotal potential target and a possible turning point.
The Gazette cites editorial research showing U S WWI costs through March totaled about 11.22 billion dollars, with daily spending near 90 million and 64 million on direct military costs. Revenues cover only part of needs, forcing borrowing via war bonds and swelling the federal debt. The piece argues the immense burden underpins the push for expanded production and sacrifice to prevail.
A newspaper column urges Congress and agencies to cut unsolicited mail during the war. It argues excessive printed matter wastes money, paper, and time and calls for a sharp brake to conserve resources amid national efforts.
Robert Quillen reflects on soldiers as ordinary American kids who wear the uniform and carry the flag. He urges fairness in praise, noting countless soldiers face death daily while heroes in headlines receive national honor. He warns against moral dirt and bureaucratic excess.
The article notes that Rising Sun is experiencing weather that mirrors California’s mild climate, suggesting unusually pleasant conditions for the area. No further context or dates provided.
Dr Fort Newton argues lasting marriage rests on real love not physical attraction. Self centeredness and nagging ruin partnership. couples should divorce from self and choose mutual growth. He warns against letting ego and fixation hollow the home and urges engaging, evolving companionship.
The piece argues that heavy spending and large weapon counts do not guarantee victory. It warns against treating money as power, urging focus on manpower, material readiness, and disciplined troops to counter Axis forces. It cites debts, base costs, and production figures to critique reliance on numbers.
The Senate approves renegotiation and recapture as a approach to limit profits on war contracts. Critics urge clearer profit standards for fairness to workers and taxpayers while allowing exceptions under audit review and practical limits. The measure awaits House-Senate conference revision with aim to prevent excessive gains.
The text argues that reliance on numerical figures masks true wartime demands. It criticizes optimism about unlimited resources and asserts four statistical abstractions distort the task, urging their removal to win the war. It references Singapore costs and rubber shortages as pointed examples.
Paul Mallon argues in this opinion that Japan faces choices between striking Pearl Harbor or targeting Alaska and Vladivostok. He notes the Panama Canal, the need for bases, and the difficulty of direct land invasions, while predicting the American approach of bombing Japan and pressuring Russian territories.
In a discussion framing naval control over the merchant marine, Gen. Hugh S Johnson condemns lax discipline aboard ships. He cites missing convoys, unlicensed striking, drunkenness, and weak union leadership as factors, urging a decisive, aggressive response to purge errant mariners.
Fragmentary item notes a joke comparing military branches to doing things their own way with a quip about Dr. Dafoe and Dionne. The text conveys light wartime humor and personal names without clear event details.
A grateful letter from a wife thanks Wm. Brady M.D. Personal Health for using quinine as an aid to hearing. She notes her husband’s head noises and dizziness ceased after the second 15 day course and that he now hears normally five months later.
The column discusses common beliefs that quinine causes deafness and notes that deafness only occurs at poisonous doses. It describes a described treatment for Meniere's disease using repeated quinine courses totaling multiple 15 day periods with rests, claiming possible relief and potential long term benefit.
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