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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1940
Page
6
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A detailed review of the Frank committee platform prospectus notes its temperate, objective approach to New Deal issues and how it could guide Republicans toward a constructive, nonpartisan stance. It highlights historical business trends and the impact of wartime patterns on party strategy.
The piece notes Nile Kinnick’s enduring prestige as a football figure and compares it to Indiana high school students preferring him over Franklin Roosevelt. It also mentions a Coe college Fellowship Week speaker who had to ask who Kinnick was, highlighting gaps in religious outreach among youth.
The article argues that elections are not inherently harmful to business. It cites past cycles showing nine of fifteen elections improved business later in the year, with mixed outcomes regardless of party. It notes variations by year, including 1884, 1892, 1896, and 1904, and discusses factors like European war demand and political sentiment.
A reflective essay traces questions about Jesus death and faith James 3 16 and explores why belief might save the world. It contrasts love over justice, imagines a transformed humanity, and critiques political, social, and moral attitudes with wry observations.
Walter Winchell notes tall tales about Tallulah Bankhead and others. The column recalls Kay Kyser and Lou Holtz banter, a mink coat scam, Vivien Leigh reports, and London notes on a gag misattribution to Kreisler.
In a Florida night club a new rhumba troupe quarrels with their sweethearts and is fired 1,500 miles from Broadway. The owner hires them for a week to cover fares home, but the group collapses as feuding continues. The stranded dancers end up replaced by a rhumba octet led by the sweethearts, now stars of the act.
A scientist columnist answers questions on morals memory and speed. Questions cover parental nagging and child happiness, memory differences between genders, and whether a person can act as fast as lightning. The piece cites a Stanford-Terman study and explains nerve impulse speeds.
Ninety two percent of Egypt’s 9,000,000 residents are described as Mohammedan in a recent demographic note.
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