Police School Trains Cedar Rapids Officers In Modern Tactics
Cedar Rapids Police Chief Thomas J. Condon organized a March post graduate course for peace officers. FBI agents Kelley and Fletcher led demonstrations on firearms and defense, with local attorneys and a newspaper editor among instructors. A fingerprinting and evidence course is planned for April, and a permanent FBI linked instructor may join after the program.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thomas J. Condon
FBI
National Police Academy
Washington, DC
Condon
Iowa
Clarence M. Kelley
Quantico
E. R. Fletcher
University of Wichita
Cedar Rapids
R. S. Milner
G. K. Thompson
Carl] Hendrickson
Harry Boyd
The
Gazette
Kelley
Fletcher
Bureau
James J. Quigley
D. W. Pitcher
Hendrickson
J. Edgar Hoover
Stanley Davis
Czechs Seek Allied Restored Czech Administration
The exiled Czech government announced it was negotiating with the Soviet British and United States governments for restoration of Czech administration in liberated territory. It plans to send a delegation to assume tasks alongside Allied forces once the military situation allows.
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London
United States
Italy
Prague
Americans to dig up 141 pounds scrap per person in 1944
Washington officials say the United States must average 141 pounds of iron and steel scrap per person in 1944 to sustain wartime production. Walter A. Janssen, head of the metals and minerals unit, warned in a Saturday statement.
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Washington
Walter A. Janssen
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Murder Charge in Starvation Death Case
In San Francisco a murder charge was filed against Louise Flack 28 after her crippled daughter Delores 8 died alone in a basement flat. Coroner Kingston investigates whether Delores was kept drugged or given an overdose of sleeping potion as the case unfolds.
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San Francisco
INS
Louise Flack
Delores
John J. Kingston
Dr. Kingston
Discovery of near-empty bottle tied to infant found dying
An almost empty bottle of elixir of phenol barbitol was found near the crib where a child, severely underweight at about 15 pounds, was discovered on Wednesday.
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Iren
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It is registered as second class matter June 18 19 at the post office at a Rarid Iown under the Act of March 3 1879.
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The
Gazette Company
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Executives Club Meeting Postponed for Easter Week Programs
The Cedar Rapids Executives club postponed its April 6 meeting due to Easter week programs in city churches. President Robert M. Hutchins of the University of Chicago was to speak and will appear later, likely in the fall. The board will meet soon to revise the season’s plans.
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Cedar Rapids
Executives Club
O. A. Kearney
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Executives Club Board of Directors
Knox reports fifty carriers in Pacific
Navy Secretary Knox said American forces move freely in the Pacific and more than 50 aircraft carriers are operating there. He stated the United States has taken the initiative, will go where it pleases, and dares the enemy to engage. He added an offensive submarine campaign has targeted Japanese airpower with constructive blows.
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Chicago
Navy
Knox
Pacific
U S Chemists Find Secret of Nazi Drug
U S chemists have succeeded in manufacturing neostibosan a drug used to combat black fever and tropical bubo which Germany produced before the war The Winthrop Chemical company announced the drug described as an extremely complex ethylsubamine pentavalent antimony compound was being made on a scale to meet armed forces needs Dr A E Sherndal company vice president led the effort with only a general description of the drug
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Rensselaer
N. Y
Germany
Winthrop Chemical Company
A. E. Sherndal
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C. R. Police
Jack Shan
Little Red
Prac
Kelly
New Worker
George Davis
Police
Associated Press
United Press International
Mos
Towa
U. S
Eee Allen-Klapp Coseras
Michigan Avenue
Liberty Furnace
Liberty Nut
Liberty Stoker
Kenwood Fuel CO
F. McLaughlin
Dial
Uncle Sam
Killian Company
Y Joyce
California
Aaby
Mother
Mary
U.S
Robard
America
Black Patent
Deanna
Straes
Nyna
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