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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1946
Page
2
AP report details hidden networks of former Japanese officers forming cooperative farms and secret cells to regain power. Observations note monitored farms near Tokyo and shrine-adjacent camps north of the capital, with weapons, vehicles, and supplies surfacing under Allied surveillance.
Evanglist Jackie Burris will conduct a daily month long revival at Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids starting next Sunday at 2 30 p m with a sermon on Unconditional Surrender Before V A Day The program runs nightly 7 30 p m from April 29 to May 26 Burris 40 has traveled widely and plans a world tour to Australia in October bringing a non denominational revival style with eight accompanying musicians and singers.
Seamen and officers including Jack Little and James Porter are noted as arriving from Guam and Lu zon while on leave. Sgt. Bowman and Capt. Porter receive ribbons for Leyte, Okinawa, and Philippine liberation campaigns. multiple sailors are honorably discharged or transferred, with family addresses listed and overseas assignments described.
Emmet J Neenan Cedar Rapids branch manager says all Nabisco employees in Cedar Rapids will share in a pension plan to start May 1. George H Copers president outlines that the firm pays all costs for continuous service and pensions are based on the last ten years of service with retirement at 65 and a one percent credit per year.
James Manufacturing of Janesville Wisconsin displays 200 quonset huts in Greene square Cedar Rapids for immediate living use priced at 798 each. The huts funded by the mayoral housing committee are stopgap housing not intended as permanent homes and may be purchased by veterans and non veterans through the housing office in Memorial building basement. The huts were surplus from a postwar government contract and are described as weatherproof and fire resistant with reinforced plywood floors laminated arches and synthetic rubber covering.
Lt. LeRoy H. Kling, formerly with Hamilton Seed and Coal, has served since October as chief of industry and manufacturing with the military government in Japan. His letters describe farm toil, geisha misconceptions, black market prices, reconstruction, and life in Yokohama and Kawasaki as he works to convert industry for Japan.
Eddie Wechsler and Marguerite Bennett married in San Diego after meeting by accident years ago. They offered a playful account of how love began, noting their cars once collided and that is how their story started.
Historical practice used trial by combat to decide court cases in Scotland until the end of the 16th century, reflecting legal customs of the era and evolving judicial procedures.
Philadelphia AP report shows Sally Duber 23 charged with assault and mayhem for roughing a 13 year old girl. Neighbors had taunting nicknames she claimed. Albion B. Murray set bail at 30 dollars as the case proceeds.
Mrs Louise Atwell swore out the warrant alleging her daughter Shirley suffered a black eye a bruised nose and a bite on the finger The testimony includes Miss Duber a stage performer who claimed four girls called her a burlesque queen and that she pushed Shirley The girl said they yelled at Miss Duber but it was the first time they had seen her
In Inglewood California the Chamber of Commerce invited 28 candidates for office to discuss aims. Speakers faced a three minute limit with fines for violators and the treasurer reported receipts of 38.25 dollars.
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