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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1942
Page
14
Albert E. Wiggam discusses whether luxuries increase happiness noting a preference for simple past pleasures over gadgets and cars. He jokes about dating, tolerating grandparents, and childbearing rates, estimating nearly 3.75 births per couple needed to replenish the population. The piece ends noting Philatelic displays at the Pan American Union in Washington.
A science section piece explains distances of planets from the sun, introduces planetoids or asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, and discusses their nature. It notes 1 400 planetoids studied, cites Ceres and Pallas as large examples, and imagines life on a five mile diameter body with minimal gravity and no air.
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