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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1940
Page
11
Paris action limits bread consumption and tightens bakery controls while new credit terms with Bank of France support war time production. The move aims to stabilize prices, boost agricultural and industrial output, and ensure labor for spring planting amid labor shortages from mobilizations abroad.
The state of New Jersey is organizing a government aviation training course for model airplane builders. A survey seeks to guide instruction and aid in model craft building in children’s hospitals, orphanages and juvenile correction centers. Fourteen instructional units were established last year and will be expanded statewide.
The Commerce Department estimates January income payments to individuals at 6.05 billion dollars, up from January 1939 but 840 million below December. The decline is blamed on seasonal dividend drops and reduced industrial payrolls, with salaries and wages at 3.7 billion, up five percent from January 1939.
In Genoa Nebraska Mrs. C. A. Jungerman and Lizzie Wheeler were named the state's oldest twins as they celebrated their 87th birthdays this week.
The column discusses making Feb 29 memorable with deeds of kindness and personal goals. Readers DADDY and TOMBOY offer marriage and self reflection advice while addressing a boastful Lucky Man who seeks Hollywood success as a test of virtue.
A reader addresses Miss Manners urging restraint as the Lucky Man issue continues to provoke discussion. The note reflects concern over public commentary and etiquette in handling ongoing topic disputes.
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