Russia Demands New Jap Vote If Reactionaries Win
The Allied council for control of Japan opened with Soviet delegate Kuzma Derevyanko warning that a reactionary victory in the upcoming Japanese election could trigger a demand for a new vote. He urged warning voters and reserving the right to screen elected men, while the council discussed openness of sessions and advance knowledge of decrees. The council adjourned to April 17 with meetings at biweekly intervals.
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Russia
Tokyo
Allied Council For Control of Japan
Kuzma Derevyanko
Gen. MacArthur
Derevyanko
MacArthur
Washington
Far East Commission
W. McMahon Ball
William F. Marquat
Marquat
Supreme Allied Command
War Equipment To Be Displayed on Army Day
In observance of Army Day a small display of war equipment will be on exhibit in Cedar Rapids on Saturday after 11 a.m. A 105 howitzer M 29 cargo carrier 50 and 30 caliber machine guns 81 and 60 millimeter mortars and a BAR will be shown at Second Avenue and Second Street SE. The items will be paraded through downtown before temporary public inspection.
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Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue
Second Street
Five Men Accepted for Enlistment in the Navy
Five men were accepted for Navy enlistment by local recruiting officials on Friday. William B. Norton of Wilton Junction and Hal Dee Haines of Coggon were sent to Great Lakes Naval Training Center for hospital apprentice school. The remaining three, en route to San Diego for boat training, are Glenn C. Pesek of Mt. Vernon Donald V. Merta of near Cedar Rapids and Gerald A. Peterson of 1605 K Avenue NE Cedar Rapids.
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Navy
William B. Norton
Wilton Junction
Hal Dee Haines
Coggon
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Glenn C. Pesek
Mt. Vernon
Donald V. Merta
Cedar Rapids
Gerald A. Peterson
K Avenue
Brick Hurled Through Duster Grocery Window
Two cement bricks smashed two plate glass windows and a neon sign at Duster Brothers Grocery and Market, 523 Third Avenue SE, around 2 a.m. Friday. A resident reported hearing the shatter and saw an automobile speed away toward downtown.
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Duster Brothers Grocery and Market
Third Avenue SE
Theft of $56 From Woman's Room Investigated
Detectives L. B. Marshall and George Connell investigated the theft of $56 from the room of Mrs. Minnie Whiting in the Jim block. She said the money was taken from an unlocked purse Thursday afternoon.
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Minnie Whiting
Jim Block
Anamosa Couple Take Positions at Eldora
Eldora Ia AP Fred N Cooper superintendent of the state training school for boys announced Edward Duffy of Burlington was added to the staff as supervisor of cottages. Appointment of Mr and Mrs Herbert L Leeper of Anamosa as cottage manager and matron also announced. Duffy served with the Red Cross during the war. Cooper said he studied hotel management at Cornell and has experience in psychology and social welfare. Cooper and Duffy plan an in service training course.
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Eldora
Fred N. Cooper
State
Edward Duffy
Burlington
Herbert L. Leeper
Anamosa
Duffy
Red Cross
Cooper
Cornell University
Fire drills run after new escapes completed
Cottage managers, relief couples and night men reported that the first fire drills since completion of the new fire escapes were held. It took four minutes for all boys to clear all buildings.
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Cooper
DeYarman Re-elected Church Chairman and Parish Changes
Dr Lester DeYarman was re elected chairman of the Grande Avenue United Presbyterian congregation and Miss Katharine Mitchell was secretary at the annual meeting Tuesday evening. Kenneth E. Wenzel was elected trustee to succeed Clyde G. Berry who moved to Lorimer Iowa. Dr DeVarman was elected chief usher. The Rev H K Galloway said Friday that average per capita gift to the church in 1945 was 46.31 dollars. The congregation will host the Cedar Rapids Presbytery spring meeting on April 16.
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Lester DeYarman
Grande Avenue
Plots laid out in adult garden program
Garden plots for the adult garden program have been laid out on two sites and will be ready for gardeners Saturday. John W. Nichols, playground and recreation superintendent, reported. The sites are at K avenue NE and Nineteenth street and at the Cleveland school tract on First avenue W between Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets. Gardeners who have signed up may start work Saturday.
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John W. Nichols
K Avenue NE
Nineteenth Street
Cleveland School
First Avenue W
Fifteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Cedar County road resurfacing plans re surfaced
Special to The Gazette Tipton Bids to supply 12150 cubic feet of class A crushed stone for re surfacing about 13 miles of Cedar county trunk roads will be received by the county board of supervisors on April 15. The project covers West Branch to Downey, from primary road 150 east of Tipton to primary road 30 south of Clarence, and about one mile in Fremont township southwest of Stanwood.
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Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County
County Board of Supervisors
West Branch
Downey
Clarence
Fremont Township
Stanwood
U.S. Advisers Recommend Billion Credit to France
Paris reports that American embassy attaches on Friday backed a one billion dollar United States credit to France. They cautioned that Paris cannot expect Leon Blum to secure two or three billion dollars in Washington, calling that prospect utterly impossible.
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Paris
INL
United States
France
Leon Blum
Washington
Service in Europe Now Offered War Enlistees
Cedar Rapids recruiting officers said Friday that overseas service in the European theater is now available to members of the women’s army corps. The War Department announced 600 openings in specialist categories for overseas duty. Reentering Wacs will keep their previous rank and may volunteer until September or for the duration plus six months. Specialist roles include stenographer, clerk-typist, clerk general, telephone switchboard operator and teletype-writer operator. Applications must be filed at the Cedar Rapids office by midnight April 30.
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Women’s Army Corps
Cedar Rapids
War Department
Wac
Travis to Preach at Palo Methodist Church
Dr. F F Travis district superintendent will conduct services at Palo Methodist Church on Sunday. He will address the Sunday school at 10 am on annual Decision Day, preach at 11 am, and lead the fourth quarter conference after the service. All church officials are urged to attend. A benefit egg roll for St Luke's hospital will be held Easter Sunday.
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F. F. Travis
Palo Methodist
C. W. Harrop
Travis
Harrop
St. Luke's Hospital
Worthless check report at Western Auto Supply
Carl Wilson, manager of Western Auto Supply at 422 Second Avenue SE, reported to detectives that a bogus $20 check was passed on April 1 for about $7 of goods. The check was endorsed “R. H. Stelk” and drawn on Merchants National Bank, returned marked no account.
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Carl Wilson
Western Auto Supply
Second Avenue SE
R. H. Stelk
Merchants National Bank
Aerosol Bomb Is Successful and Also Expensive
Bayne Freeland reports on using an aerosol insecticide to deal with a blue-tailed fly in a Cedar Rapids living room. The six second spray slowed the fly, a second attack followed, and within five minutes the pest was killed. The piece notes the aerosol’s effectiveness but laments the cost as too high.
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Bayne Freeland
New Guinea
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
The
Gazette
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Marion
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Frances Denney
Martin's
Allura
American Woolen Company
Bop
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