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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1947
Page
4
The Cedar Rapids bus dispute reveals the public lacks a formal, usable process to settle wage and service controversies without strikes. A 5-cent fare and a $1.11 wage rise for drivers are debated as essential for balanced profit and service. The article urges the city council to strengthen franchise protections and establish clear dispute procedures to safeguard riders.
Rev Will W Orr of Westminster United Presbyterian Des Moines rejected a $900 raise and proposed a $600 cut instead, urging salaries and prices to fall. The church kept his pay at its existing level, calling the move a noble experiment that likely won’t catch on.
Weather has been against it but baseball season nears with opening game in Washington where the President will throw the first ball. Reports suggest his pitching during training may attract scouts seeking to sign him.
Robert Quillen argues a new, global mindset is needed to prevent catastrophe. He warns that disease, war, and ideological extremism cross borders quickly and urges young minds to imagine a united world and reject old, parochial thinking. He notes danger from disease, bombers, and nuclear power and stresses patriotism and responsibility.
A quotation reflects on human identity, stating a person is not truly human until associated with Wittmann. The line presents a philosophical view rather than a news event or action.
The column humorously critiques U.N. daily meetings with Gromyko, joking about endless complaints and the coming grand building donated by Rockefellers. It mocks the delegates preference for water proximity and puckish quips about wooden nickels tossed overboard.
Marquis Childs reports a proposed 200 million acre land sale to cattle and sheep raisers faced public backlash. He notes stockmen seek to override forest service grazing rights, while conservationists and newspapers denounce the plan as a private land grab amid political shifts and budget pressures.
Drew Pearson argues FDR failed to act against Spanish Civil War and Japanese aggression, contrasting with Truman. He notes Roosevelt’s early quarantine stance and the need for strong action to deter war, while praising Truman’s current policies to defend democracy in Greece and Turkey and to counter Soviet aims.
Radio listings note upcoming TV and radio programs with stars such as Van Heflin and Barbara Stanwyck in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers on This Is Hollywood at 9 15 over CBS WMT Hedda Hopper hosts Is Britain Going into an Eclipse over NBC WMAQ Gen Joseph T MacNarney discusses Allied zones at 9 45 over CBS WBBM rebroadcast 10 45 Al Franzella and Joe Besser appear on Vaughn Monroe show 6 30 over CBS WMT Special cancer society program at 6 30 on ABC with Adair Jessica Dragonette Lucienne Boyer Jan Peerce and Josef Stopak Lucienne Boyer Jan Peerce Hollace Shaw and more featured on NBC WH0 Time the Place and the Tune at 8 Phil Oman comments Saturday Serenade at 8 45 CBS WBBM Lanny Ross writing songs as Robert Matthews Blind Date may return Claudia Morgan to emcee Will Rogers life series From the Embassies program proposed Olan Soule descendant of Miles Standish and Beryl Vaughan of Shakespeare lineage.
Dr Brady argues vitamins are essential foods not cures and warns most people suffer B complex deficiency due to refined diets. He cites nine out of ten with deficiency and urges daily, lifelong intake from natural foods rather than pills, noting dietary shifts since 1840 reduce B1 intake from 600 IU to about 50 IU.
In 1942 the United States extended a $500 million China loan with minimal spending controls. The article notes Chiang Kai-shek seeks more aid while Congress debates $400 million for Greece and Turkey. It contrasts U S oversight with Britain’s tighter wartime loan terms and details loan dispersal through 1946.
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