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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1940
Page
6
The piece argues adults may be too eager to appear liberal and tolerant, risking children’s minds. It warns that open mindedness can become empty and that impressionable youths lack the defenses adults build through experience. It likens intellectual exposure to medical trust, urging parental caution.
The First Lady notes a rise in race and religious prejudice in the United States and suggests it may echo her husband’s view. A White House source attributes to the President a belief that bigotry is widespread and could affect political prospects for Catholics like Jim Farley.
Congress debates a legislative branch funding bill with a 626000 raise over the current 23000000 appropriation. The increase funds salaries, telephones and telegraph, repairs, and construction, reflecting ongoing fiscal priorities as the House weighs the economy’s impact.
The library fund rises by 340000 and the printing allowance by 180000 as part of election year spending. Senate and House members must travel to their constituencies for votes, prompting librarians to assemble statistics for speeches and mass reprints labeled Not Printed at Government Expense for campaign literature.
Two University of California scientists report that aging may be linked to a missing vitamin B factor whose shortage darkens hair and accelerates aging. Adding the factor reversed gray hair and revived vigor in some animals, but researchers urge cautious further study. The piece also recalls an Omaha editor’s warning that eternal life would create a dull, unchanging world and endless debt.
A reflective piece observes that many readers think Gracie Allen might not be a terrible president. It weighs public sentiment and social wit as a barometer for political judgment.
A compilation of opinions from Henry Ford Col Charles A Lindbergh John Haynes Holmes Nicholas Murray Butler and others on progress democracy war and youth. The selections name figures like Edsel Ford Adolf Hitler Alf Landon and Pope Pius XII reflecting 1930s concerns.
A devotional verse recalls Jesus entering Jerusalem on a colt amid cheering crowds and palm fronds. The piece marks the Sabbath moment as the crowd spreads garments and welcomes the Lord, foretelling His passion and the last triumphant hour.
Rufus P. Payne urges Winchell to change Hicktown News-Press name to avoid offense. Open letters from Ashland Virginia and Crewe Virginia mock the title as New York centralism, arguing small towns share culture with big cities and defend rural life against urban snobbery.
Compiled notes show ice moved swiftly on the river tearing a path through the Milwaukee bridgework at Covington. Key items include saloon signups, a Cedar Rapids saloon vote count, Cedar Rapids firemen fund drive, and a new bank cashier appointment. The article also lists local baseball news, school elections, theater lineups, and market prices. In Washington Iowa the Valentine resignation issue under Hatch Act scrutiny influenced gubernatorial politics and the Democratic primary dynamic throughout 1900.
Iowa politics shift as Senator Herring withdraws Valentine from the governor race leaving Ed Breen as the remaining Democrat. The move unsettles party cohesion and potentially weakens chances to topple Governor Wilson with national implications for Roosevelt era politics.
A reader reflects on the many column personalities who have died, become discredited, divorced, or faded from relevance. The piece muses on mortality among public figures and the fleeting nature of fame in the theater district.
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