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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1945
Page
6
Cedar Rapids officials urged rapid private funding for a housing program, calling for 100 temporary units and a $1 million start on permanent homes. They cited shortages of building materials and labor but urged cooperative funding to attract work and contractors, warning delay risks federal takeover.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee ends hearings on former Ambassador Hurley charges and rejects a full department inquiry. Chairman Tom Connally says no further hearings are planned, while critics insist public accountability remains essential for an effective state department and foreign service.
Cedar Rapids honors 2800 Schick hospital veterans with Christmas donations and events. VFW, American Legion, Auxiliaries, Eagles, and Red Cross fundraise gifts, a minstrel show, and boxing matches. Young Golden Gloves boxers donate their prize money to a hospital telephone fund for patients.
Gen Grahl lauded Linn county and national draft boards for their efficiency and steady service since before Pearl Harbor. He noted boards operate until May 16 1946 when the Selective Service Act expires and may endure longer if volunteers fail to fill ranks. He highlighted abuse faced and Iowa's low turnover. He urged special decorations for board members.
The essay argues that monopolies arise across many sectors from railroads to butter spreads and autos, harmed by competition. It laments protected monopolies and calls for destroying monopolies as threats to liberty and justice, citing German rhetoric and Eva Braun as a pointed aside.
A reflective aphorism notes that grasping a great idea may take as long as conceiving it, attributed to Joubert.
Readable lines discuss a winning team postgame clubhouse conduct, mentions cabals and a past Gates incident with a mess sergeant, and oddly weave references to boat theft, Japanese methods, and engineer choices. Content is disjointed and lacks a single clear reportable event.
The United States and Britain push a liberal commerce charter at an upcoming trade congress. The plan urges state trading equality, a global purchase system, and limits on cartels while leveraging the Reciprocal Trade Act and US lending influence to press for tariff reductions and broader market access.
Marquis Childs notes Secretary Byrnes heads to Moscow amid tough recruitment for top posts. He cites pay gaps and postwar brain drain as barriers, urges patience and praise, and suggests Byrnes retools the State Department while seeking smoother Anglo American and Moscow talks.
Dr Brady outlines a non surgical biliary drainage method using a magnesium sulfate solution with glycerin and lactated pepsin elixir. The process includes a two hour right side rest, repeated dosing, and a fat free interim diet to reduce gall bladder edema and expel stones into the duodenum.
Congressional leaders express ire after attending a hush hush Blair House dinner with state department officials to hear a sale pitch on Britain’s loan. Byrnes Clayton Vinson and Marringreee present. Senators George Vandenberg Tobey Connally and White press for consultation and assurances on trade practices and future loans.
DAVID LAWRENCE argues that with excess profits taxes ending in 1946 the incentive to strike in steel, aluminum and iron ore weakens. He warns Congress risks irresponsibility as labor and management clash, harming small businesses and public welfare. a fact finding tribunal could reveal true costs.
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