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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1942
Page
13
Dr Mary MacFadyen urges regular medical checkups and early diagnosis to combat tuberculosis especially in young women. She notes overwork, poor diet, and early schooling demands raise risk and promotes tuberculin tests, chest X rays, and routine physician visits with a Keep Fit for Defense leaflet available via The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Reports from London state Germanys 35 000 ton battleship Tirpitz has returned to Trondheim base after a British torpedo plane attack near Narvik. Also at Trondheim are pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and cruiser Prinz Eugen, the latter said damaged.
Pattern 285 offers a transfer design of seven motifs averaging 5 by 8 inches with color schemes and stitch illustrations. Send 10 cents plus 1 cent mailing to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Department 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY. include pattern number name and address.
The National Retail Credit association reports February credit sales rose 2.3 percent from a year earlier across 12,573 stores in 40 cities, while total sales climbed 8.6 percent and collections on credit accounts increased 2.7 percent as war work fuels circulation.
Dear Miss Manners answers a reader about a 17 year old in love with a 22 year old soldier. The guidance favors waiting to marry due to wartime separation and future uncertainty. A second letter condemns gold diggers, arguing women should not waste a partner’s hard earned money.
Edgar A. Guest lampoons aging and family mischief in a humorous verse about grandparent “assaults” by playful grandchildren. He notes no legal protection for older fools, while Ellen taunts his ears and nose, ending with the refrain that such actions trigger no jail for the poet.
A reader criticizes a prior letter about gold digging and urges both girls and boys to value love over money. The writer argues mercenary relationships are undesirable and that fun and good times can be found without spending a lot, encouraging intelligent people to avoid costly pursuits.
The American Federation of Labor urged Congress to reject a broad sales tax and further income tax exemptions arguing such measures would depress wartime living standards and burden those least able to pay. It outlined a war tax program mirroring Treasury estimates to raise about 7.6 billion dollars and called for an equitable distribution so all pay a fair share.
When starting an automobile engine the throttle should be opened part way. This allows more gas to enter the cylinders and makes it easier for the engine to turn over.
Jones county conciliation court approved the final report of commissioner Glenn McLaughlin after Judge George Scott of Cedar Rapids signed off. Principal creditor of Bert Kiburz agreed to reduce about $2,000 of the full claim. Action filed May 2, 1940. Only one other case remains pending.
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