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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1940
Page
33
The piece surveys how postwar shifts in behavior after World War I might recur after another war. It highlights waning moral restraint, rising youth crime, and freer social talk, noting a rough outlook for social conservatives as war looms again. It also notes Bob Feller hitting a home run in the first American League night game at St Louis.
The piece notes that Nazi parachute infantry, trained to jump from planes, appeared publically over a year earlier and were kept under tight control. It cites The Hour’s 1939 report on their age limits, promises of privileges, and a Prague first assignment canceled by snow, suggesting Allied underestimation before the war.
The piece argues that if national defense spending remains dominant, the federal government may again run the railroads. It notes Washington planners may have desired such a shift and cites the wartime need for coordinated transport, with a referenced Iowa folder as context.
An Association of American Railroads analysis highlights Iowa railroads with over 9 000 miles of tracks employing around 30 000 workers and paying more than 44 million dollars annually. Rail purchases totaled 6 million in 1937 across 383 cities in 96 counties, supporting about 800 local firms and contributing over 4 million dollars in state and local taxes. The report argues that government ownership would raise homeowner taxes by at least that amount and notes railroads funded roughly 171 million dollars to public coffers since 1900, including about a third for schools, a fact to consider in future ownership debates.
A dialogue contrasts radio announcers pronouncing foreign names with listeners' English grounded geography. Frustration over mispronunciations, wartime context, and the idea of switching to a juke box if names remain casual.
A collection of remarks from Alfred Sloan to Pat McCarran and Albert Einstein touching on airpower, liberty, democracy, and the path of the United States in a tense era. Notable names include James A. Moffett, Norman Thomas, Lord Lothian, Charles E. Wilson, and Carl D. Friebolin.
A poem fragment questions life and purpose, contrasting existential doubt with the pull of faith. It asks whether thought and prayer imply a beyond life, suggesting a belief in a future experience after death despite lack of scientific proof.
European war trims Canadian and Canadian American rum running as Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers enlist. Veterans stationed on ships find former adversaries among the crew, switching from enforcing liquor laws to serving in the navy, leaving coast guards short-handed.
Thirty patrol boats and cruisers joined the patrol boat branch of the Navy. Officers and crew members swelled the Navy as they volunteered for the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. An official said ships aiding liquor traffic along the Canadian coast could be treated as enemy ships and sunk when near home waters. He noted cooperation with American coast guard on the Great Lakes reduced remaining threats.
A May 21 meeting elected Mrs H C Waite as president of the Woman's Club with officers including Mrs Witwer and Mrs Hamilton as vice presidents. Local leaders joined efforts for free summer concerts, and the Clio club selected new officers at its May 22 gathering. A. T Averill bought Northwestern Telephone stock for $20 000, extending Charles City Osage exchanges. Shriners headed to Washington for imperial meeting. Local markets report wheat 5 3 5, corn 3 5, oats 2 1, hens 8, eggs 10, hogs 5, steers 47 5.
Iowa's Gillette and Herring occupy key committees shaping national defense policy. The pair back naval buildup, foreign relations, and agriculture priorities while urging calm, fiscal restraint, and steps toward a Western Hemisphere defensive alliance.
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