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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1942
Page
7
Editor and Publisher argues the gasoline and rubber shortages reveal propaganda and mixed signals from Washington. It calls for full, fact based disclosure and unified leadership to maintain public confidence and sustain national effort.
A Baptist preacher answers a boy who fears giving up pleasant life for war by defining terms and arguing that true goodness goes beyond avoiding evil. He cites personal decency, self respect, and immortal soul as motives, notes esthetic rewards of cleanliness, and contrasts virtue with selfish gains and social hypocrisy.
A reader urges Dr. Newton to organize religious beliefs like currency into essential valuable and subordinate columns. He cites Jowett and warns that without unity in variety religion risks irrelevance. He cautions against making dimes equal dollars and stresses charity in all things.
The Rev. William A. Elliott warns that Baptist principles may not endure while he stresses a broader worry that any religion might fail to survive. Maj. Gen. Hanson Ely notes psychology troops work best when officers share risk and confidence.
Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma warns that if gasoline rationing is imposed during the war the public will enforce it themselves making a self policing measure. The quote is presented as a call for disciplined civilian response to fuel constraints.
A Robert Moses quote ponders the difference between a person in a bathing suit on a beach and the same person in a bathing suit on a street 150 feet away. The note highlights park appearance and attire expectations in public spaces.
In radio diplomacy terms the NBC president Niles Trammell urges a place for broadcasters at the peace conference table while noting secret bargains and negotiation tactics may falter without radio input.
A decade of Roosevelts appointees has produced the most divided term in memory with seven Roosevelt justices and Stone shaping rulings amid feuds. Black and Frankfurter clash on 30 of 45 decisions while Murphy and Jackson split 28 times, and Roberts swings both ways amid shifting loyalties.
A quip from the Free Advice Dept advises not to stop to tie shoe strings or adjust a hat while crossing fruit patches. The proverb uses rustic imagery of a watermelon patch and a grape arbor to caution against delays in risky farm work.
War production and rubber policy are mired in divided authority among OPM Rubber Reserve, RFC, and other agencies. A congressional report urges centralized, sole control to end chaos in gas and tire supply, warning delays could derail the war.
A columnist argues that governing Americans may require more civilian staff than arm forces. Senator Taft cites Leon Henderson seeking 100,000 aides for rationing, claiming federal employes exceed trained soldiers. The piece questions if civilian bureaucracy costs exceed military needs and notes 1918 civilian staffing levels.
A roving correspondent argues the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps will face ridicule but train to be capable soldiers. The piece envisions WAAC discipline transforming dining, dress, and daily routines, claiming the reform will ease men’s postwar life and shorten grooming delays.
The speaker cautions against spreading rumors and urges restraint in war predictions. He notes that people think based on hope rather than fact and warns individuals to keep education to themselves to avoid trouble.
Guidance for men past 50 or 60 with enlarged prostate focusing on hygiene, hydration, diet, and modest treatment options. Recommends avoiding alcohol, staying warm, regular bladder emptying, ample fluids and milk, citrus and fermented products, and considering prostatic massage, medical diathermy, hot baths, and sleep patterns. Mentions sleep changes at 50 and 60 and potential hormone injections for nocturnal frequency.
Inquiries ask if an infant can thrive on raw food exclusively and if an adult could do so. The reply notes no known cases but sees no reason it could not work. it cites infant growth on raw foods for eight to ten months. Additional questions cover tooth development timing and pumpernickle bread’s food value, noting rye bread has slightly fewer calories than white wheat and offers better vitamins than white bread.
Fragmentary text from a Cedar Rapids publication shows publisher names John L. and John R. with postal details, Associated Press credit, and subscription rates. No coherent event or article content is discernible from the OCR snippet.
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