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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1944
Page
4
Governor Dewey delivers a milestone address in San Francisco signaling a progressive Republican stance. The speech argues for government intervention to create an economic climate that generates private sector jobs, shifting away from New Deal overreach while appealing to independents.
The letter extols sleep as a universal healer and mood stabilizer. It warns fatigue dulls judgment in leaders and everyday minds, urging earlier bedtimes and morning decisions. It references historical and political examples, plus musing on forgiveness, mobilization, and wartime morale.
The column argues that conceit and selfish opinions harm harmony. It urges deferring to others wishes to gain mutual joy and strengthen communal spirit. Solitude can enlarge the mind, but overwatching self limits happiness and friendship in society.
A succinct literary remark attributes strategic insight to leadership style, stating it is better to have a lion guiding many sheep than a sheep guiding many lions. The aphorism appears as a historical attribution to Defoe in a compact quotation context.
Arthur Baer jokes about royalty in the Balkans and Romania in a witty column. He imagines democratizing the region by giving it presidents to create regular political drama and avoid constant turmoil.
Paul Mallon reports on farm policy amid claims of looming surpluses and rationing. Officials push for a 2 billion stabilizer fund while debate rages over food stamps and home canning. Election politics color predictions for crops like soybeans and corn. expectations of support measures fade as Congress balks.
Canning targets the Bankhead program to buy the full cotton crop and wheat, citing justification but concerns about storage, protection, and expense. Officials weigh costs ahead of possible rationing adjustments before the election, while surpluses appear scarce and internal lines show hesitation.
Marquis W. Childs notes the Dumbarton Oaks conference is nearing its first milestone with optimism despite unresolved questions about France, colonial status, and postwar order. He contrasts this with Warsaw's agony and warns against endless perfectionism while framing the talks as a necessary beginning toward a real framework for peace.
A reader rebukes a military nurse corps lieutenant over nurse training standards and defends a two year course as sufficient, arguing two year graduates can provide solid bedside care. The column advises chewing gum and grass as harmless, offering dental and nutritional tips.
Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt is less confident about re election than in 1940 as aides on a West Coast swing push for a strong campaign. They cite Dewey attacks on labor and Hillman PAC and warn that sweeping stumping may be needed, though a wide coast tour is not yet settled. The piece also covers Browder testimony and a dramatic entrance by Edward Rumely during congressional questioning.
Peter Edson notes that by 1944 hundreds of thousands of German, Japanese, and Italian POWs are in the United States. Brig. Gen. Blackshear Mine oversees them, observing education through lived experience in American life, media, and libraries. Prisoners work, earn coupons, and may be shot if escaping. most adapt with access to films, newspapers, books, and radio.
Dr Albert E Wiggam weighs social advice in Q A format. He says women winning a man is best achieved by letting him win in sports and athletics though he warns against showing greater intellect. He notes psychology can boost fighters confidence and cites an experiment where six boxers coached by a psychologist largely won. He adds that lasting marriage requires maturity, mutual give and take, facing reality, and readiness to marry only when truly ready.
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