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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1946
Page
13
The Cedar Rapids USO center at Union Station closes after three years of community service with little fanfare. Volunteers, mostly women, provided support to servicemen, handling remaining needs through local YMCA YWCA Salvation Army programs.
An official reason given for postponing tests to avoid pulling congressmen from work rings hollow. There is no assurance that lawmakers’ tasks will be lighter six weeks hence. The project requires extensive planning and preparation already underway.
In the state high school tournament Danbury, with 42 students and 16 boys, earned crowd acclaim for plucky play. The Northwest Iowa team shocked a heavy favorite in round two and came within two points of another upset, illustrating small towns' surprising resilience against larger enrollments.
Column notes the 1938 aviation oddity Douglas Corrigan planning a U S senate bid in California under the Prohibitionist banner. The writer jokes the move is another misstep and quips about unlikely outcomes while teasing reactions.
A William and moral reflections piece notes barter traditions from Mormons to Arabs, contrasts with American pricing norms, and recalls how honest trading evolved. It praises standardized pricing while cautioning that value and virtue vary with culture and era. The author lauds wartime unity and comments on wealth, immigration, and character shaping morals.
A Cumberland quotation asserts that true justice comes from not only avoiding wrong but also not withholding aid when possible, emphasizing moral integrity as fairness to all.
Raymond Moley argues for a taxpayer led push to curb federal spending and reduce the national debt. He highlights a 1946 budget deficit, suggests revising defense and public works, and calls for political pressure to achieve a balanced 1947 budget and lower debt.
In a playful note, Bug Baer backtracks from calling the Senate clubhouse the U S sanatorium. He laments misprint shifts from sanatorium to sanatorium and jokes about retracting the term once television arrives.
London scientists reportedly perfect a shell that travels at right angles a few seconds after leaving the muzzle. Punch magazine says the timing is too favorable for world peace, which it notes is supposedly near.
The piece notes China calls the current year The Year of the Dog while warning Washington risks earning the nickname The Year of the Doghouse if its leadership fails to act. It frames the U S political mood with a sharp cultural contrast.
Drew Pearson II argues the Iran test is the pivotal moment for the postwar peace system. He recalls Kellogg Briand and Stimson’s efforts to deter aggression, warns that earlier failures in Manchuria Ethiopia and the Rhineland opened dangerous holes, and says today’s UN challenge with Iran may prove whether a warless world can endure.
George E. Sokols kyl argues UNO’s first year tests its viability and openness. He contends Russia’s power could erode UNO. without broad participation, alliances may rise and peace hinges on transparent law over secret deals. UNO’s openness sustains hope that war can be discouraged.
David Lawrence argues that U.S. moral power, with Britain, leverages publicity and public debate to influence Russia. He cites Russia demobilization, listening to British broadcasts, and praise for the UN as signs of restraint, plus Churchill’s Fulton speech as a catalyst for American engagement and moral leadership.
Reader questions about cures for alcoholism are answered. The column rejects hidden medicines or disguises, cites Alcoholics Anonymous as a free support network, and references Dr Lambert's hospital method. It also discusses raw milk and brucellosis concerns in tuberculosis work.
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