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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1940
Page
13
Readable data shows a garbled price list with numbers and percentages. Multiple figures include 1Year 6Months 3Months 1Month and varied monetary values, pounds, and percent signs. No coherent event or person appears to anchor a full news item.
Washington observers note Roosevelt may broaden the limited emergency to create a centralized Office of Government Reports system controlling all federal news. The proposed OGA would require bureaus to release copy through official channels, prompting concern over press independence and potential censorship during peacetime and war.
The Washington New Dealers struggle to find ammunition against Willkie as they recycle old party line attacks and recall past party switches. They once praised Willkie as a foil to GOP strength, but now face the need to pan him while maintaining credibility.
The piece notes months of compliments and a push to draft Roosevelt for a third term. It argues the movement has become real, possibly the party’s only path to victory in November. Roosevelt’s hesitation risks leaving his party in the lurch, echoing Hoover’s 1932 challenge and signaling deep GOP concern.
The editorial commends Governor Wilson for appointing Assistant City Solicitor Harry S. Johnson to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Powell on the Cedar Rapids area superior court bench. It portrays Johnson as well qualified in municipal law and capable of enforcing laws and ordinances with civic responsibility.
A collection of sharp aphorisms and commentary on global power, industry, and preparedness. The piece warns that Britain’s diamond supply and machine tools hinge on war outcomes, urges moving strategic stockpiles to North America, and critiques complacency, economic self sufficiency myths, and political leaders. It riffs on Japan, Germany, and fascism while mocking pieties and urging bold action.
Walter Winchell reports tangled showbiz chatter from Hollywood to Broadway. The item notes possible mergers, FDR’s stance on a third term, marriages in Elkton and upstate theaters, and a mix of celebrity romances, court talks, and industry gossip.
Brief verse snippets reveal a mix of war and peacetime reflections on love marriage and domestic life. The poet portrays wartime ruin and the hollow aftermath while offering cautions to brides grooms and home makers and ends with a fisherman's whispered promise of a hidden trout place.
An older woman explains regular dental checkups and polishing kept her smile appealing though she declined dentures after losing wisdom and a molar. The tale argues appearance and manners reflect refinement and notes a dental rule about life expectancy loss per missing tooth without dentures.
A social club conversation reveals views on dental repairs. A woman recounts a friend with an upper incisor fracture who avoided full tooth loss by porcelain facing. another mentions peg teeth anchored by metal posts as a cosmetic solution. A dentist warns peg teeth are mainly for appearance and unsuitable for back teeth.
A reader describes color blindness improvement after high daily vitamin A intake and notes that ordinary color blindness response is uncertain. The reply suggests 25,000 unit capsules may be tried, while another reader asks for clarification on therapeutic rest versus lay understanding. The answer outlines rest in suspected appendicitis: bed rest, no oral intake, no laxatives, and possible slowing of peristalsis to avoid complications.
This 1940s humor essay notes that surveys show no war stance shift from military training, critics war as policy, and author agrees science guides society. It includes blunt Q&A on husbands spoiling wives, candles versus light bills, and Seversky convoy fighter specs with a two-man crew and 285 mph speed.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Kate C. Dunashee late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment thereof to the undersigned. Those having claims against the same will file them duly authenticated in the office of the clerk of the Linn County Iowa District Court. William H. Dunashe e executor. Barnes Chamberlain Hanzike and Wadsworth Attorneys.
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