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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1946
Page
8
The article describes loran navigation using four land stations and short wave beams to guide aircraft and ships. A four-station system lets navigators determine position from elapsed signal times, enabling automatic steering and real time tracking nationwide.
Paris official report shows the French constituent assembly voting 288 to 260 to create a single chamber national legislature. The amendment by the MRP to form a second senate was defeated with Communist and Socialist delegates backing the move against moderates.
An autopsy in Long Beach, California, exposed that the so called Cobra Woman Miss Elsie Marks was actually a male carnival performer named John Doe Nadir born in India. He lived for 18 years with shipyard worker Alexander Marks who described their life as wife and husband and noted a bearded lady turn before a deadly rattlesnake bite ended the act.
Indianapolis AP report on Fort Benjamin Harrison unveiling a new infrared night hunting device by Electronic Laboratories. The war department disclosed two models, a 35 pound sniperscope that attaches to rifles and a snooperscope for spotting enemies in total darkness during a public demonstration.
Gen. MacArthur announces the Honkeiku colliery explosion in the Manchurian coalfield on April 26, 1942. A methane blast after a short circuit trapped 4,400 workers, killing 1,527 Chinese and Koreans and injuring 268. Ventilation failed as officials feared spreading the blaze.
Report notes that many victims died of carbon monoxide poisoning after the blast. Headquarters compares the incident to the 1906 Calais mine disaster in France, where 1,110 workers perished, marking the only larger tragedy referenced.
David A. Wallace of Chrysler warned in Los Angeles that five years will pass before most motorists can buy new cars without trouble. He said postwar car shortages will persist, with about 10 million fewer cars on the road and rapid deterioration consuming usable old vehicles. He urged motorists to maintain their existing cars.
The city council approved a class B permit for William Hubacek at 316 Third Street SE. A separate petition from George R Griner seeks permission to construct footings for a commercial building at 1537 First Avenue SE beneath the sidewalk.
Council agrees to settle the riverfront line near the former YMCA building. A rezoning petition for the block between 18th and 19th streets on First Avenue East is sent to the city plan commission. An ordinance vacates part of Fifth Avenue SW and the north 88 feet of H Street. Fire chief reports a $60,000 fire destroying the Red Comet Fire Extinguisher factory.
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