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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1947
Page
15
The Iowa senate weighs a liquor-by-the-drink bill with local option features seen as a threat to dry laws and potential bootlegger revival. Critics urge mandatory licensing and point to non profit clubs as a legal gray area while noting enforcement and public sentiment concerns.
A policy stance argues that broad approval and observance cannot be achieved by passing blame. The text emphasizes accountability and decisive action rather than shifting responsibility.
Wayne Morse argues top labor leaders failed to aid Congress in shaping new labor legislation. His Tuesday speech at Coe chapel will offer analyses of congressional problems in formulating bills. The series on labor management has broadened views and highlighted areas of agreement and dispute between managers and workers.
The article extols a new camera that completes a snapshot by turning a knob and adds automatic focus speed and centering. It claims the device also functions as a full darkroom on site and promises instant feedback on shot quality, noting the public loves photos but often errs in subject arrangement.
The piece argues that big gamblers seek to fix football and other games, while self deceptive gamblers chase luck. It contrasts vice in gambling with moral restraint, noting favorites like drink or pennies for fun can lead to ruin for some, and cites theft and social harm among gamblers.
A collection of opinions reflects postwar values and pop culture. The notes joke about college football, city dumps, China, vaudeville, radio prizes, and freedom movements with satirical lines and cultural observations.
The discussion centers on a travel and charge scheme where passengers present a credit card at the railroad depot to gauge trust. Several lines including Santa Fe, Burlington, Rock Island, New York Central, Frisco, and Missouri plan trials soon, while Pennsy holds back.
Paul Mallon argues Britain's coal famine stems from a socialist government unable to produce enough despite weather. He cites reduced loadings, miner strikes, and wage disputes as evidence, contrasting with pre crisis averages. He warns that democratic socialism fails to sustain essential industry and warns against deeper leftward moves.
Marquis Childs argues the new Senate leader Rev. Peter Marshall urges humility and divine guidance. He warns the Eightieth Congress must avoid repeated economic mistakes like Smoot Hawley and decide on Lilienthal’s Atomic Energy Commission chair and a critical budget to meet global duties and defend democracy.
In Washington the lure of power politics persists as promotion talk places John C. H. Lee on a path to major general. Lee, nicknamed Court House, led transport operations in WWII and ordered a subordinate to sign an oral order. The piece also notes Rankin's diminished clout under GOP control and Edith Nourse Rogers keeping veterans hearings on track.
Analysis of Hannegan's comments at a postal workers dinner outlines a strategy to keep Truman in the 1948 race. It notes Truman’s weak presidency and Democratic tensions, the likelihood of a renomination, and the role of federal officeholders in shaping delegates. It weighs GOP alternatives like Dewey Stassen Taft and Van denberg.
Dr Wm Brady argues divorce rates reach crisis levels with nearly a third as many divorces as marriages in 1945. He classifies American men into three grades, condemns desertion, calls for jail reform for fathers, and offers brief health and youth advice amid a broader discussion of social ills.
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