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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1948
Page
6
The interim highway study committee recommends a program to improve Iowa roads with funding largely from road users and no license-fee increase. It notes existing funds may cover much of the cost, but some revenue growth is needed and the plan avoids higher driver license fees for now.
Former Dodge-Chicago plant officials say army ordered dumping of valves valued at about 1 million dollars found in a Chicago area dump. They cite cost of disassembly and scrapping as prohibitive and note no plan to sell or repurpose.
The piece notes Michigan legislators face calls to pass a capital punishment bill after a Grand Rapids judge suggested the state should consider the death penalty. It discusses arguments for and against, including methods and deterrence, and cites Iowa’s hanging statute as context.
A satirical missive from Robert Quillen arguing against becoming a teacher for women in small towns. It contrasts religious conformity, social expectations, and marriage prospects with personal independence and public perception, highlighting pressures on women, church work, dating, and gossip.
A collage of humorous and pointed reflections on education, gender, work, politics, and society. The writer questions virtue and success while lampooning everyday contradictions, from classroom fairness to royal birth gossip, with sly political quips and social satire.
In a critical analysis Senator Flanders's inquiry questions who profits from corporate earnings and how those funds are used. The piece argues excessive taxes threaten capital, warn that government control would undermine the private sector, and claims postwar profits support investment and growth rather than stockholders' dividends.
A post mortem on the election argues newspapers favored Dewey for qualifications and record while voters chose Truman for emotional appeal. The writer notes editors should be cold and factual, but voters decide by emotion regardless of endorsements. A sailor recalls a wartime town tale about a waiter’s wife.
In a private letter, Secretary of State Marshall sharply criticizes Secretary Forrestal's proposed 24 billion war budget as dishonest and unnecessary amid a tense international situation. He suggests reducing to 15 billion and notes support if trimmed.
Dr Wm Brady argues ambulant injection therapy for internal piles offers pain free, rapid relief with patients remaining at work. He rebukes doctors who deny or ridicule the method and criticizes radical surgery as unnecessarily harsh.
Bugs Baer notes exits for extra parties as economists predict room only for two major national parties. Dixiecrats fade like prints, Progressives vanish, while Republicans hope the trend holds. He jokes of a hidden passage linking the Senate, House, and White House as changes unfold.
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