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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1942
Page
13
Merryle S. Rukeyser argues new war era finances demand careful budgeting as taxes rise and government needs expand. He urges citizens to earmark taxes from earn flows, adopt pay as you go plans, and rethink spendable income versus gross income to maintain financial independence amid a sweeping tax burden.
Robert Quillen critiques CBS feature They Live Forever as propaganda that risks harming morale. He argues propaganda should be crafted by psychologists to avoid frightening listeners, while amateur efforts may weaken resolve and mislead about war’s true costs.
Joseph Fort Newton presents a summary of Charles Morrison’s exploration in The Christian and the War. Morrison debates pacifist and militarist views and proposes a Christian realist stance that war is a divine judgment yet beyond human sin, urging trust in God amid mystery.
A set of stark wartime statements from figures like Rabbi Milton Steinberg, Maj. William Duncan Herridge, Oswaldo Aranha, and Oswaldo Aranha again. They warn against repeated blunders, urge a strong English-speaking alliance, promise readiness to fight, and predict an Axis attack on Brazil.
Col Frederick Palmer argues the Dieppe raid proves the probable cost of a second European front. He links Allied resolve to confront wartime emergencies, notes a two day Alabama drydock strike cost a Liberty ship, and stresses leadership must inspire through frank truth and decisive action. He cites Lexingtons advance and warns of intensified house to house combat as the war widens.
The Detroit News notes the late summer award for a daring idea goes to Henry Wallace for urging dismantling synthetic rubber factories as swiftly as the war concludes.
A Chicago medical publicist asserts prehistoric man lacked stoop shouldered or bow legged posture. The piece contrasts ancient traits with later human conditions and then shifts to taxes. The Detroit News tone frames a light cultural observation about anatomy and fiscal matters.
Washington outlines a cautious estimate of German force quality at Stalingrad. About 500,000 crack troops faced the front, with millions more in reserve and third class units deployed elsewhere. Luftwaffe strength numbered roughly 1,500 planes, limited by pilot shortages and material losses, signaling a weaker overall German war machine than mythic totals suggest.
G B Lal reports that Milhorat Small and Diethelm found in over 200 patients that emotional upsets such as panic, agitation, excitement, and anxiety cause white blood cell increases in the absence of infection. The finding, noted in Archives of Neurological Psychiatry, links body and mind in medical science and psychology.
Henry McLemore argues against national mania for promotional "Weeks" to spur wartime effort. He contrasts glossy campaigns with real sacrifice, urges reliance on pilots’ combat experience to gauge aircraft quality, and questions bureaucratic delays in evaluating planes like the Airacobra, Kittyhawk, and Lightning amid the war.
By Arthur Bugs Baer the unsigned missive calls eight alleged saboteurs pigeons sent for bait and mocks a Nazi threat. The letter hints at speeding production and humorously offers a seat in a mug's lap, while a taxpayer notes a rare amusement at an electricity bill.
A reader asks about ambulant injection therapy as a cure for hernia to avoid hospital stay and major operation. Replies note recurrence rates after standard surgery vs injection treatment and urge caution, quoting authorities and critiquing some medical opinions.
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