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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1950
Page
7
Discussion of the Soviet Union chairing the U.N. Security Council, accusing Russia of obstructing U.N. aims, boycotts, and potential parliamentary hurdles. Calls for decisive action to avoid paralysis while noting broader consumer supply risks amid wartime panic and distribution disruptions.
A reader argues that fear of shortages drives purchases like sheets and hose, noting wartime experiences. She contends many women buy to replenish long-standing needs and avoid waste, while predicting modest stockpiling for nylon hose and sugar.
A Cedar Rapids warning notes no definite evidence that peace petitions labeled Communist-inspired are circulating locally yet prompts vigilance. Iowa City activists formed an “Iowa City for Peace” group that drafted petitions and sought campus distribution, denying ties to the House committee’s pink sheets. The piece urges citizens to scrutinize propaganda and warns that peace advocacy can be exploited by Reds in white.
The Columbia University Press ranking highlights Pilgrim's Progress Moby Dick Paradise Lost Faerie Queene Life of Johnson Pamela Silas Marner Ivanhoe Don Quixote Faust as the dullest literary masterpieces. The author notes personal fatigue with these works despite recognizing their craft and acknowledges the panel's consensus.
The Gazette notes evangelist Billy Sun day and his wife plan to retire after a final revival service in Seattle and settle on a Washington state farm.
A reflective column questions gender stereotypes about driving ability. It weighs social perceptions, hints at bias in judgments of women behind the wheel, and challenges readers to reconsider proven or perceived differences. The piece promotes equality in evaluating skill.
A mixed set of reader opinions on women drivers contrasts with Stewart Alsop's analysis of U.S. civilian defense in a potential Soviet atomic war. The piece argues civilian defense is a palliative and urges unified military command and revamped organization to counter aerial threats.
The piece hints at espionage involving sorcerers and a 1775 turncoat telling colonial secrets about Concord ammunition and Benedict Arnold. It notes betrayals by Blanchard and Davis in a chancy sale while chemists dominate the scene, and observers cite unattractive sorcerers’ assistants with contrasts to Belle Boyd and Mata Hari.
A brief dialogue shows Mandy correcting a nurse about her husband’s death. The Driller notes Mandy’s insistence that the cause was not a concussion but a deeper fatal conclusion, implying a miscommunication at a medical setting.
The Omaha World Herald notes that Moscow claims Russia alone won World War II on all fronts, while history may later offer a different view, however reactionary this assertion appears.
Washington reports the real estate lobby hails President Truman’s credit curbs on housing as a victory. The move reduces public housing funds 25 percent and allows private builders to raise prices and interest rates, while curtailing veterans loans. The lettered campaign links to housing officials and industry leaders who helped shape the policy and its messaging.
The State University of Iowa thanks Cedar Rapids citizens for assisting with Smetana's The Bartered Bride as part of the Twelfth Annual Festival of Fine Arts. It credits Emma Hervert, George Naxera, Ted Hlubucek, and Vera Machovsky led Sokol dancers for costumes and performances, with hundreds of tickets sold and special bus service organized from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City. The letter lauds broad community cooperation and the national-cultural value of the production.
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