Voter apathy and local elections urged in Cedar Rapids message
A Linn County Educational council appearance by Senator Frank C. Byers warned that only a minority of Cedar Rapids voters will cast ballots in the Monday school election. The piece urges participation in school board races and city offices, noting eligibility rules and upcoming voting days through March 25. It also references a separate dispute over fairgrounds costs and army payment.
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Tate
Frank C. Byers
Linn County Educational Council
Finance
Taxpayer
OPA price ceiling rule risks farm equipment shortages
The new OPA bulletin outlines a price rise process for tractors and other farm gear. Dealers may delay sales until approval, while earlier deliveries must stick to current ceilings plus freight. The policy may leave farmers unable to obtain equipment as seasons approach, fueling controversy over price controls.
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OPA
CPA
A Simple Solution in Iowa Fairground Controversy
The Iowa state fair board and the army clash over restoration funds for the fairgrounds after a 1942 air corps depot takeover. The board says $700,000 is needed, the army offers $535,400, and a settlement by April 1 is sought to allow the centennial fair this year.
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Army
Iowa State Fair Board
Fair Board
Air Corps
Confulated voter puzzled over fall choice
A bemused man voices uncertainty about voting in the fall. He criticizes both major parties and notes concerns over housing subsidies for veterans, recalling the past missteps with the Recon struction Finance corporation. He finds the political scene confusing and undecided.
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Pauley
George Allen
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Snag in Iowa Centennial Fund Raising Plans
The Iowa centennial commission stalls another fundraising idea for statewide observance. Senator Hickenlooper warns Gov Blue of a presidential ban on minting memorial coins. Delegations from Iowa Texas and Florida press for permission to mint commemorative coins. In 1938 Iowa won a territorial centennial stamp after Sen Clyde L Herring pursued it.
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Iowa
Texas
Florida
Clyde L. Herring
Congressmen as lobbyists corrupting the system
The Detroit News criticizes lawmakers acting as errand boys for lobbyists. It argues such behavior corrupts legislators by trading influence for favors and campaign contributions, binding officials to repay with votes.
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Detroit News
UNO praise and caution echo in Greenwich view
The Greenwich letter writers celebrate the UNO as wonderful in theory yet warn it risks derailment if it demands real changes at home. They hail its distant success and urge keeping it away from familiar habits, houses, and policies.
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Greenwich
UNO
Vacuo
Baltimore Sun
Vision of peace and war ends, calls for broad view
The Christian Science Monitor urges a comprehensive view of peace, noting the need to see major events like crossing the Rhine and Okinawa from a single perspective. It argues that piecemeal fixes fail to address misery and stresses unity in pursuing lasting peace in our time.
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Joan
Rhine
Okinawa
Christian Science Monitor
Old Soldiers Stirred by Notes on Peace and War
A quip filled column recalls Bugsy Baer and UNO training in New York and a Churchill visit in Missouri. The speaker jokes about whether the effort is for peace or war, mocking uniforms and epaulets and joking of atomic bomb secrets and Granny’s knitting formula as curious allusions.
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UNO
New York
Churchill
Missouri
Leo Szilard
Enrico Fermi
Szilard
Nils Bohr
United States
Veteran Seaman Reflects On War Experience And Future
Jacques Campbell 20, seaman first class, served 1943 45 in the Pacific aboard S. S. Petrofbay near Guam Tulagi Eniwhetok. He discusses housing for returnees VFW plans GI bill benefits and possible future moves to California or Cedar Rapids with his grandmother at 2011 Linn Boulevard SE. He favors war era reforms including a universal training year and a veterans bonus to aid housing education and family needs.
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Jacques Campbell
Navy
Harriet Campbell
Linn Boulevard
Quaker Oats Company
S. S. Petrofbay
Pacific
Guam
Tulagi
Eniwhetok
Japan
Jack
United States
Russia
G.I
California
Congress
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cedar Rap
Cedar Rapids
Cowboys Cowed by Harvey Coat Rule at Dining Rooms
Restaurants under the Fred Harvey system strictly enforce the founder’s rule that gentlemen must wear coats at tables. A dissenting Oklahoma official lost his bid to overturn the policy in state court. In Las Vegas New Mexico cowhands once rode in, fired pistols, and were told to leave after Harvey’s firm demand for civility and coats.
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Baltimore Sun
Fred Harvey
Oklahoma
State Corporation Commission
State Supreme Court
Las Vegas
N. M
Harvey
Army Lobby Tactics Spark Bitter Charge Over Atomic Control
Drew Pearson reports on rival lobbying as scientists accuse the Army of pushing to keep atomic power under military control. He notes Congress inquiries and the role of industry groups including utilities, the American Legion, and railroads in shaping policy.
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Army
Capitol Hill
American Legion
Russia and United States Clash Over Peace Policy
A columnist argues that despite wartime cooperation America should end appeasement toward the USSR. It notes US aid via lease-lend, Russia’s vast armed forces, slow peacetime reconversion, and Truman’s possible shift to equal terms, warning against subsiding to Moscow’s demands.
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America
Byrnes
Russia
Washington
London
Moscow
United Nations
United States
Britain
Chamberlain
Germany
G.i.’S
UNO
Truman
Ussr
West Side High School Proposition Rejected After Tight Vote
In Cedar Rapids the west side high school proposition failed by a 2948 vote margin as Taft and Hall win school director posts and J P Bowdish becomes treasurer. The city notes historic turnout of women voters amid a busy election day. Andrew Carnegie funds science hall at Coe College. A promotion of Faust and Tannhauser tickets at Greene's Opera House excites opera fans. Bananas plentiful. Tony Nase advertises another carload arrival.
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West Side
Taft
Hall
J. P. Bowdish
Greene’s
Opera House
Tannhauser
Cedar Rapids
Savage Opera Company
Coe College
Andrew Carnegie
Philanthrophist
Tony Nase
Might Drag His Feet Tar Washington or Simon Newcomb
The passage notes Simon Newcomb, a renowned astronomer and mathematician, doubting aviation science. In 1903 he warned that bird flight does not prove man can fly and questioned the ability to stop at high speeds in an aeroplane.
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Washington
Simon Newcomb
UNO's Success Hinges on Ending Imperialism and Inequality
Excerpted speech by Eleanor Roosevelt at a London UNO meeting argues the new world organization must learn from the League of Nations failures. She highlights power imbalances, minority protection gaps, and the need for a world government inclusive of subject peoples, insisting sacrifices by major powers are necessary to avoid renewed conflict.
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Leanor Roosevelt
UNO
London
Association of Nations
League of Nations
League
America
Danzig
Luxemburg
Liechtenstein
France
Council of the League
Spain
Germany
Poland
United States
Russia
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