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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1947
Page
4
The article argues for a detailed study of the $37.5 billion budget before any reductions, noting House and Senate cuts of 6 and 4.5 billion respectively. It cites Republican accountants reviewing the budget and urges cautious, justifiable reductions while supporting workable liquor legislation and local option likelihoods as a legislative test.
The Iowa Senate approved a liquor by the drink bill after adding a local option amendment despite opposition. Critics warn it shifts problems to dry or wet communities, creating enforcement challenges and economic concerns while acknowledging potential benefits.
The Iowa senator rejects rumor and partisan zeal, saying he will vote based on the record for Lilienthal as Atomic Energy Commission chair. He rebukes Senate overreach and applauds Hickenlooper and Wilson for clarity that tempers the Lilienthal debate.
In a Dear Louise style note from Dad, the writer argues debt makes individuals vulnerable and powerless, detailing public and personal obligations. He warns that taxes and mortgages, plus past economic collapses, show why debt controls lives and can erase financial progress.
A quotation from J Mason warns that spending time on minor matters is folly much like Nero shoeing horses with gold. The line contrasts grand folly with wasted effort on trivial pursuits.
The piece mocks Churchill and Winnie as misleading the nation into war and out again. It critiques government mismanagement and wartime rhetoric with sharp, satirical imagery.
In Congress Democratic leaders back a substantial budget cut while Senate votes propose topping off funds. Thirty Democrats join 21 Republicans to back the cut, with nine Democrats preferring a deeper reduction. The clash over the President's claimed budget and possible tax relief sparks a broader 1948 campaign issue as lawmakers weigh debt retirement versus tax cuts within a new budget-expenditure limit law.
Drew Pearson reports Taft allies spent 49300 outside Ohio to back specific candidates in November 1946. Dewey forces used larger sums but funded HQ instead of direct candidate aid. The piece notes Taft's selective support for House members and asks about southern delegate influence on 1948 nominating prospects.
A medical column argues for outdoor exposure and sun based health benefits for all ages. It cites English physiologist Leonard Hill and asserts that brief cold exposure and sunlight aid vitamin D production and calcium metabolism, dismissing moral criticisms from older relatives.
Marquis Childs surveys Mexico during President Truman's visit, noting soaring prices and a cost of living index near 311.9 in January 1947 and food costs rising sharply. He contrasts officialdom's visibility with the peon's daily struggle and observes a booming luxury market amid wage-price pressures.
Local listings tease a humorous Lionel Barrymore led program Mayor of the Town with Agnes Moorehead and Conrad Binyon cast. NBC CBS CBS networks feature Our Foreign Policy with Leverett Saltonstall and Frances Boltos, Vaughn Monroe, Van Heflin Audrey Totter star in It Started with Eve, and This Is Hollywood with Merle Oberon. Iowa Purdue game on WSUI. Family Theater shifts to 8:30 PM Saturday. Mighty Casey also touted.
Casey’s misfortune after a strikeout will be heard on Mutual and WGN from eight to eight thirty. Millard Mitchell leads the program with Ann Thomas and Walter Kinsella in High Adventure stories of the West and detectives. Also notes on Ladies Be Seated at Chicago headquarters March 31 and the first air performance of Best Years of Our Lives on March 15.
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