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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1942
Page
9
A seasoned economic commentator argues that depreciation and depletion reflect real production changes, not mere bookkeeping. He warns against tax policy assuming huge gains from stripping deductions, noting energy use, obsolescence, and tool wear shape costs, profits, and wartime production.
A reader is urged to avoid wasted years by pursuing unselfish work. The note analyzes Dr. Grenfell’s life of aid in Labrador as a model of joyful, meaningful service, and contrasts selfish pleasures with a career conquering injustice and ignorance. It also weaves in the editor’s reflections and quotes from various radio and public figures.
A Shakespeare quotation notes that true aid to others also aids the helper, calling beauty in life’s reciprocated generosity and moral exchange.
A collection of aphorisms and maxims by Joseph Fort Newton exploring personal conduct, faith, social behavior, and wisdom. It weighs self discipline, kindness, courage, and critical thinking amid modern life with a mix of humor and moral observations.
President Getulio Vargas praises Brazilian workers after a massive parade as a display of resolve against aggression. Donald Nelson warns against assuming scrap yard material is idle and may fuel future industry. President Roosevelt urges lasting victory with caution to avoid future betrayal in guiding youth.
Former Treasury official John W. Hanes urges Sen. George to remove corporate taxes from politics by applying a base rate to all corporations and a 100 percent excess profits tax on earnings above three maxima. He calls for careful scrutiny, limits by net after taxes, and renegotiation boards focused on costs, warning current law stifles production.
The army and navy need 500000 typewriters and have shifted from courting corporate buyers to appealing individuals. If response is weak, Donald Nelson may take tougher action as WPB records show firms hoarded used machines after prohibitions, risking conscription to meet demand.
Brunswick Ga brief quotes a leading banker advising thrift caution. The piece notes some people confuse spending with earning and warns against overextending finances. It reflects a national push toward prudent budgeting with local emphasis in Brunswick.
The Detroit News frames marines as tireless workers in a portrait of constant effort. It highlights their routine gathering of material for another stanza of a nearly endless hymn to duty.
The treasury revived its spending tax plan after private committee discussions and external criticism. It aimed to raise 6.5 billion dollars yearly by taxing incomes and existing levies, sparking internal dissent and warning from officials while facing resistance from Congress and military priorities. Key figures referenced include Morgenthau, Senator Guffey, and Grümann Aircraft chief Jake Swirbul who secured steel, enabling a new war plant.
The New Rochelle mayor defends melting historic La Rochelle cannon into scrap while warning against discarding symbolic relics. He argues monuments carry irreplaceable value beyond metal needs and urges a careful inventory before any broad meltings.
Henry McLemore reports on a humorous survey about taxation ideas. He mocks treasury plans and proposes a satirical universal surrender of all money to the government, to gauge who would be refunded and who would not, highlighting public impatience with tax schemes.
Arthur Baer comments on Henry Ford producing bombers at a rate of 8760 per year with no lunch breaks. He notes 24 replacements daily in all weather, enabling sustained bombing schedules over Europe. The piece jokes that Hitler will endure Ford fatigue as Ford’s planes are used to drop on people, a first for Henry Ford.
Dr Brady notes prior guidance on using castor oil for acute diarrhea in infants and adults, then receives a letter from a physician arguing against castor oil as harmful to intestinal lining. Brady replies he has not used castor oil in 20 years and says other purgatives can replace it.
The columnist recalls recommending Aromatic Syrup of Rhubarb over castor oil for summer stomach aches, apologizes for the castor oil focus, and notes a New Orleans desk sergeant demonstrating artificial respiration. The piece cites Red Cross approval, offers a resuscitation booklet by mail, and discusses hernia causes with a cited statistic from Mosby 1938.
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