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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1950
Page
6
The editors decline to comment on individual city candidates until finalists emerge. They praise the large field and competition while cautioning against relying on candidate platitudes. They favor state funding for a needed legal opinion over private-interest bias.
Gener al Larson visited our town to discuss an anti gambling crusade liquor laws and lobbying issues. The piece also unpacks Governor Kraschel's stance on the Brannan plan and his potential senate bid highlighting party unity and broad national concerns.
Drew Pearson notes that Soviet public opinion shifted after early wartime freedoms and victories but later tightened under renewed Communist controls. He warns of widespread unrest in Hungary Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia and urges a bold American peace propaganda effort to win over the Russian people without atomic war.
Kiwanians heard Expert P. A. Goeser from the National Livestock and Meat Board discuss buying and preparing meats at a Montrose dinner meeting. Coe Prof. Ward Macy received a summer teaching offer from the University of Washington in Seattle.
The article explains virus pneumonia follows a flu like infection and differs from bacterial pneumonia in symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. X ray often reveals extensive lung involvement despite mild outward signs. It notes self limiting course, low mortality, and uncertain role of antibiotics and contagion dynamics.
A commentary on the burden of mass mail to U S senators and representatives. The author argues that letters overwhelm lawmakers with 50 letters a day requiring hours of reading and response time. He urges concise, direct messages and notes readers should not expect lengthy replies.
A reader asks if visiting a sanatorium patient released after tuberculosis treatment risks infection. The answer says risk is low if the disease is not yet arrested but advises caution as the patient returns periodically for treatment and to be on guard during visits.
The New York Times reports a state department directive on Germany urging careful water use to save millions of gallons. The editorial questions whether this issue signals a leak in the department amid Republican criticism.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith argues Congress must renew the Marshall Plan beyond 1952. She says ending it would invite a renewed Soviet drive while noting the plan has aided Western Europe’s recovery and strengthened U S security against communism despite hurt to some American industries.
Marquis Childs writes from Florida as Washington’s gloom deepens and civil liberties face new threats. He warns that Rep Smith and Sen Mundt push measures weakening academic freedom and political rights, amid a broad panic driving toward a national stockade.
More than 60 schools and colleges have copies of the Hoover report urging federal bureaucracy overhaul with potential lifetime savings of up to 4 billion dollars annually. Leonard D. White leads the Schools and Universities Division, stressing education rather than indoctrination while noting mid century stakes and the need for efficient administration.
By Bugs Baer critiques White House stamp policy and Roosevelt era traditions. Jim Farley prints ten editions daily while proposals surface for new dubious memorial stamps. The piece lampoons Uncle Sam imagery and Acheson to urge caution in national messaging.
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