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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1941
Page
4
Headlines mix gossip and commentary citing secrecy around blackout trials on the coast and social snippets. Mentions Walter Winchell style notes on figures like Saloon officials, Diana Barrymore, and Betty Hutton with sharp quips about draft deferments and fashion shifts.
Special to The Gazette from Camp Claiborne Louisiana describes John Doe and Richard Roe adapting to army life. He gains weight and muscle, grows broader shoulders, learns to wake quickly, and masters drill, weapon handling, digging, and marching.
Dr. William Brady argues against surgical tonsillectomy citing high rates of tissue damage during old removal methods and potential fatal risks. He notes 43 percent show no throat disease after removal and 14 percent lose pillar throat muscle, urging avoidance of routine tonsil removal due to anesthesia hospitalization and infection dangers.
Inquiries about softening hypertrophied toe nails to enable trimming. Advice suggests daily application of 5 percent potassium hydroxide in distilled water to soften nails, then cutting or filing.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Cornelia Bryce Pinchot resign as honorary sponsor and concert chairman of a Washington fund drive set for April 25. They cite complaints that the hall discriminates against Negroes and say they will not press a great Negro artist to perform there.
A fragmented radio schedule lists WMT KF, WGN WHO KPIB and others with programs from 6:00 PM to midnight including music variety drama news and markets The ad promotes Nurito a non opiate pain reliever claiming fast relief within minutes and a money back guarantee.
A Hudson River Valley agent tells how Mr. Franklin kept his life policy after mounting family and hospital bills. By working with the agent to restructure loan payments during hardships, he maintained coverage that protected him through emergencies. The piece credits better times and agent conservation efforts for higher policy retention among 65 million owners.
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