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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1940
Page
28
The Iowa dairy industry plans a near six-figure promotion to boost heavier dairy consumption. It argues better butter and dairy product education will raise demand, while a quality scoring system could shift consumer buying toward higher grades and reduce reliance on substitutes.
The Reynaud government in France secures a narrow parliamentary margin amid war policy divisions. Histories show frequent cabinet changes in crises, with Daladier and Viviani earlier resignations linked to military campaigns and internal political maneuvering. Despite parliamentary volatility, broad popular support may persist beyond party lines.
The article notes French leaders from Viviani to Clemenceau and the 1919 return to private life, while Germany saw multiple chancellors during World War I. It questions whether French political turnover could be more costly now than in the last war, given Nazi leadership.
Map makers face more trouble from peacetime infrastructure than from dictators. Philip Weld notes 1939 saw 30,000 miles of new or resurfaced pavement needing 1940 map updates, with annual 250 major alterations and 5,000 minor changes. Research teams across state capitals track new roads bridges detours and ferry schedules for motorists.
Dr Hobart Reimann of Jefferson Medical College dismisses spring fever as a mental restlessness caused by warmer weather and desire to travel, noting no physical illness. The column humorously argues for sulphur and molasses as cure despite medical opinion.
A collection of quotes from senators representatives aviators and leaders expressing views on the New Deal patronage the Hatch act Spain World War II and labor policy. Figures include Ellison Smith Taft Martin Dahl Troper Hays Smith O Neil Gannett and Roosevelt family member Elliott Roosevelt.
Waterloo representative John Gwynne stands out as eastern Iowa's most active legislator this session with five introduced measures and a passed bill in ten days. He backs reform on district court access, a century old appropriation act, and private pension changes while colleagues Thomas Martin Henry Talle and Jacobsen push amendments to existing laws and veterans' pensions amid a half session.
The Elks hosted the Commercial Club on March 23 in the lodge room above Citizens' National Bank with L. W. Anderson in charge. May talks by Mayor Redmond and others followed a banquet at the new city auditorium with John M. Grimm as toastmaster. The Gazette notes multiple civic items including the Inter-collegiate Track Union forming at Coe College, a May field meet across state colleges, A. H. Connor awarded a Northwestern railroad contract for 147 buildings from Belle Plaine to Blue Earth, Emerald Lodge 47 organizing with forty charter members, Carl Lee heading to Notre Dame for engineering and athletics, Harry McKnight named bass soloist for Independence Choral Society, Ozark Telephone Co organizing with $30,000 capital, and local market prices for wheat, corn, oats, eggs, and hogs.
Denver resident Robert Dietrich found two rare ferrets within city limits and donated them to the Colorado Museum of Natural History for mounting. He also reported seeing six ferrets together at night. The museum holds a live albino chipmunk captured in Cowdrey, Colo, last July.
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes John Barrymore’s adroit theater marketing and strong box office as Chicago and New York crowds react. He applauds Barrymore’s ad libs and self mockery, while contrasting sponsor pressure and audience reception. The column highlights prolific payoffs and urban responses to stage stunts.
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