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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1949

Page

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Friends Bet Steve Early Stifles Feud

Washington reports Stephen Tyree Early is named undersecretary of defense, second to the secretary, with a mandate to quiet interservice tensions and unify efforts. The 59 year old former Pullman executive and White House aide will earn about 12000 a year, with possible increases debated in Congress.

Steve Lyle C. Wilson Washington Stephen Tyree Early Armed Services Potomac Air Force Navy Pentagon Defense Congress Truman Tydings F.D.R White House Pullman, Inc Pullman Standard Car Company House Johnson Army Kenneth C. Royall John L. Sullivan W. Stuart Symington Royall Sullivan James Forrestal Forrestal Sessio Oenetie

Final Figure in Linn Red Cross Campaign

The Linn county Red Cross 1949 drive raised 61714.74 dollars. Executive Secretary Mrs. Wells C. Peck reported at April board meeting that only 0.9 percent of funds were spent on campaign operations, credited to volunteer service. Lucille Fristoe urged expansion of volunteer roles at Schick hospital, and the board approved joining a proposed volunteer service council. The Linn chapter plans its annual dinner April 28 at the Montrose hotel, electing officers and nine new board members.

Linn County Red Cross Wells C.peck Peck Lucille Fristoe St. Louis Schick Hospital Clinton Schick Linn Gray Ladies Service Linn County Red Cross Mont- Tose

President's Home To Have Piped-In Music

The Blair House, serving as Truman’s temporary White House, will install a loudspeaker in the sitting room fireplace to provide piped in music from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. The service mirrors hotel and business programs, offering semi classical and popular tunes with no request records and the President and family receiving the schedule as is.

Washington Blair House Truman White House

Congressmen Aid Roy in Dental Fund Drive at Capitol

Washington column details Roy Wilson a 55 year old Negro grandfather and Capitol wait staffer whose dental needs trigger a bipartisan fundraiser. Rep Horan and Rep Brehm join colleagues at the restaurant tables with a salad bowl fundraiser yielding about 70 dollars to cover extractions and dentures for Roy.

Washington Roy Wilson House of Representives Lyle Snader Allen R-Ill Lyle Horan

Prehistoric dangeroos heights vary уточ

The text notes prehistoric dangeroos reached 12 to 20 feet tall, while the largest living specimens are seven to eight feet tall.

The Father Business Is The Trade

A poem by Edgar A. Guest extols the father as the builder of tomorrow through daily guidance and quiet instruction. It emphasizes that a father must learn to shape a son both by example and by steady, lifelong teaching, with no closing time to his duties.

Burglars Really Worked for Loot

Thieves broke into a Baltimore bar and escaped with 1000 dollars after scaling a 20 foot wall and forcing multiple doors and safes. They pried through plating, toppled a heavy safe, and left behind tools and broken beer bottles as evidence of their labor.

Baltimore

Acting President Li Tsung-jen Offers Self Surrender to Mao

Li Tsung-jen, acting president of Nationalist China, proposed via cable to Mao Zedong that he surrender to the Communists for punishment as a war criminal. He urged moderating the unconditional surrender demand and warned peace talks near Peiping could fail as Communist troops push toward Nanking and adjacent posts.

United Press Li Tsung-jen Nationalist China Mao Tze-tung Mao Peiping Nanking Red Yicheng Yangtze

Linn County Board of Supervisors Proceedings 1908 and 1949

Iowa Linn County Board of Supervisors records cover March 3 1908 and March 24 1949 sessions. Minutes note approvals, road work orders, tax suspensions, and claims including county funds and road maintenance expenses for Marion, Buffalo Township, and various 1940s locality references.

Otte F. Hanzlik Teatese 7A State of Iowa Foon Linn Board of Supervisors Pementrnes Seevell Beeson Ood Superv Beeson Iowa Ieosevelt Gall Fee Bertram Bena Aine M. J. Thomas Marion J. LeRoy Scott

Linn County Board of Supervisors Approves Road District and Budgets

The Linn County Board of Supervisors met to approve Secondary Road District No. 253 and remove and place stop signs at specified intersections. They adjourned after approving claims, budgets, andMaintenance payments including salaries for numerous county staff and contractors for road construction and maintenance.

State of Iowa Linn Board of Supervisors Seevell Beeson Hood Linn County Iowa Marions Sentinel Marconismana Secare Oy Lectnaar Board of Spervisors Code of Anna Astmord Ae SE Delaware

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