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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1940
Page
19
A fragment lists numbers 7.50 430 2.25 0.90 1050 5.70 300 1.10 followed by the names PIDS AND MARION and the phrase the Martineau suggesting a catalog or pricing snippet from a sale or ledger.
The piece notes a year with no passenger fatalities under CAA and the Air Safety Board, praising cooperation among regulators pilots and airlines. It warns Roosevelt’s plan to scrap the setup and move regulation to commerce, risking safety for claimed savings. It cites pilots opposing the reorganization and argues safety should guide policy.
University of Cincinnati researchers analyzed 11 years of data from 63 000 freshmen in four states and find people increasingly shorter compared with past generations. They link height trends to temperature, noting warmer environments produce shorter averages, a pattern echoing the Dark Ages. The result is bad news for Big Ten basketball coaches.
The piece praises Frank Gannett, New York publisher, for his thoughtful, selfless campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. It argues able men should travel the country to awaken voters to economic issues, warning politicians must heed genuine advice from figures like Gannett.
The piece argues that Gannett and other respected analysts struggle to gain public attention due to perceptions of bias and ambition. It describes a restrictive cycle where plausible thinkers must appear as likely winners to be heard, limiting valuable economic and political analysis for the nation.
The excerpt explains how wealth forms from settlement and trade, evolving from family exchange to specialization and large-scale commerce. It notes government should protect order, warns against meddling in trade, and claims wealth rises with increased trade while prosperity falls when trade declines.
Walter Winchell highlights Broadway chatter from Owney Madden's lockup to the New York Express folding after one issue. notes on Eric von Straheim visa delays Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe show and a row over the Drama Critics Circle award.
A fragment recalls Lois Andrews, beloved of a brewer, resenting a hoax that allegedly started numerous items.
Allen Prescott, visiting in South Carolina, meets the horsey set and proves oddly quiet about horses. A witty hostess quips about shooting, then a mysterious author behind the novel TPSCAP E is hinted at, and a newsroom apprentice dazzles editors with his White House and Morgan connections.
Each year about 90 000 people visit the Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford on Avon England drawing researchers tourists and regional interest from across the country and abroad.
Mrs. E W Spence spoke to the Garden club in Oelwein. A car accident four miles east of Ames left Mr and Mrs R W Chambers bruised but uninjured. George W Taylor named to the Sanitary commission and Matthew Tschirgi to the River Front Improvement commission. Dr J Lynn Crawford, noted surgeon and musician, died at home. Ketts Musical Revue chorus girls demanded a dollar an hour pay. Manager Slate settled after a conference. Mr and Mrs F M Bricker and daughter Ethelyn moved to Cedar Rapids from Belle Plaine. Lieut Gen E R Moore toured the state seeking Republican gubernatorial nomination. Mr and Mrs H P Martin returned to Cedar Rapids from Clarence.
Mr and Mrs Theodore Stickney begin an extended European tour while Mrs Chancey Stickney and daughter Mrs Nellie Hatton return from California. Mr C E Tuttle leaves for Dalhart Texas to tend his spring rambles crop. J H Herron sustains a broken wrist cranking his car.
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