Industry Growth Boosts Cedar Rapids Postwar Prosperity
A Chamber of Commerce survey shows 201 manufacturing firms in Cedar Rapids, up from 161 in 1946, with 34 employing over 50. industrial building permits total 3.45 million dollars from 1947 to March 1950, highlighting expansion of existing plants and new locations as key to stable long term growth and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verybody
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Development Commission
the Gazette
J. H. Lilly
Dilemma of Politics
The piece discusses the postmastership dilemma within the Democratic party structure. It notes that a full Linn county Democratic central committee is hard to assemble, as primaries fail to fill most precinct slots. Leaders rely on year-round workers who may be ineligible, revealing a practical political challenge.
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Gillette
Petro
Linn County
Democratic Central Committee
Why Amerasia Case Was Allowed To Drop
The Amerasia affair involved OSS officers and agents including Van Beuren and Bielaski, with documents seized March 11, 1945. The record shows attempts to investigate by OSS, FBI and State Department figures, but by February 1946 the Roth and related matters were dropped or not pursued, leaving the case effectively untried.
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Amerasia
Rchbold van Beuren
OSS
Frank B. Bielaski
William Donovan
Donovan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of State
Edward Stettinius
State Department
Frederick B. Lyon
FBI
Myron Guernea
New York
Jaffe
Justice Proctor
Larsen
Roth
Justice Laws
Nolle
U. S
Ed. M. Curran
Donald Anderson
Justice Department
Amerasia Case Testimony And Raid Details
The memo recalls a second Amerasia office raid with photo documentation and notes on possible links between Bielaski and Guernea findings. It lists witnesses to question such as Donovan and Hoover and mentions fines for Jaffe and Larsen. It questions who killed the case and cites defense by Hitchcock and Anderson. It also notes parallel items about aviator Jacqueline Cochran and local social notices from decades past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerasia
Guernea
Bielaski
FBI
OSS
William Donovan
Arcibald van Beuren
Frank B. Bielaski
Myron Guern
Emmanuel Larsen
Department of Justice
Robert M. Hitchcock
Donald Anderson
Out of the Past Music and Its Gentle Influence
A brief, reflective note asserts music as a discipline and mistress of order shaping manners. It describes music as making people milder, gentler, more moral and reasonable, citing Luther as the source of the quote.
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Luther
Adrenal Glands and Hypertension Explained in Medical Note
Dr William Brady explains adrenal function and the link to high blood pressure. He notes adrenalin effects, diseases like Addison's, adrenal tumors, essential hypertension, and new drugs to neutralize adrenaline. He discusses diagnosis limits and surgical outcomes, ending with a reader question about sterilization.
Sleep learning a dream or a dangerous trend
Harry Boyd analyzes a sleep learning device that tutors the subconscious while you rest. He envisions learning classics golf and even politics from the night’s nap, but wonders if such a method signals progress or decline and weighs the implications for waking life.
No Easy Miracle for Us in the Atomic Age
Marquis Childs argues that the atomic age erodes public security and faith in progress. He cites government censorship of a physicist article and widespread fear, urging prayer, self-scrutiny, and a moral path toward peace through righteousness and open trust.
Dependent Wife Relies on Husband for Laundry
In a courtroom exchange, Judge asks if the wife is dependent on her husband. George confirms, saying she would starve without his washing duties.
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Lincoln Clarion
George
McCarthy Cast as a Modern Kingfish in Pearson Piece
Drew Pearson compares Senator McCarthy to Huey Long, noting his charm and hunger for headlines. The column recounts McCarthy’s push to reverse wartime deaths of 12 SS men who killed 450, including 350 American prisoners at Malmedy. Pearson cites a Senate Armed Services Committee report backing the army and criticizing McCarthy. The piece suggests McCarthy sought to align with German-connected groups and probes into potential aims to discredit American military government.
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Ashington
McCarthy
State Department
Wisconsin
Huey Long
Louisiana
Joe McCarthy
Huey
U. S. Army
Malmedy
Peiper
Waffen SS
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
National Council For the Prevention of War
Justice Department
Defense Department
Germany
Soviet Union
Private pilots claim flying saucers exist despite official denial
Commander McLaughlin of the navy and True magazine editor Ken Purdy insist saucers are real and traceable, while the defense department labels reports as hoaxes or hysteria. The article notes an information gap between services and calls for public data to be examined by technicians.
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Ashington
Defense Department
Robert McLaughlin
Navy
New Mexico
Ken W. Purdy
Commander McLaughlin
Air Force
House
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Cedar Rapids Reader Keeps High Morals After Wrestling Match
Mrs L C Lutz protests a recent women's wrestling event at the Coliseum calling it low entertainment for Cedar Rapids. She praises the city’s cleanliness and institutions but says the exhibition tainted her view and hopes not to hear the sport discussed again.
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Frances
Svoboda
Tom B. Powell
Superior Court
Charles Huston
David Snyder
Center Point
City Garden Club
Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
Cedar
Rapids
McKinley High School
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George E. Sokolsky
Sokolsky
Jacqueline Cochran
Allied Industrial League
Dempsy Jones
George Cervena
Triculture
Edwin Meredith
Des Moines
William Jennings Bryan
Meredith
William McAdoo
Worthy Matrons Association of the
O.E.S
George Yuill
Humane
Ben Miller
VMENT
Wm. Brady
J. E
America
Harry Boyd
Karamazov
Boyd
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Marquis Childs
YY Aseieston
Atomic Energy Commission
Angus Dunn
Washington Cathedral
Dunn
Drew Pearson
Pearson
By David Lawrence
the People’s Forum
Lady Wrestlers
Ugh
L. C. Lutz
Fifth Avenue SE
George Clark
Ty Mew Speckers
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