United Fund Survey Urged By Public Welfare Leader
The Public Welfare bureau chief supports a city survey to decide if United Fund is right for the area. The piece urges a thorough study of Community Chest performance and local factors, comparing outcomes in other cities, with emphasis on factual, face-up data before deciding United Fund feasibility.
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Jordan
Public Welfare Bureau
United Fund
Community Chest
United Fundwise
United. Fund
Stalin Spy Claim Shocks Soviet Public Figuresin New Report
A newly circulated report alleges Josef Stalin was a czarist spy, used to undermine his image and trigger dethronement in the Soviet leadership. The piece notes Kremlin control over press and public opinion shapes acceptance of such claims, comparing it to foreign infiltration fears and patriotism.
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Josef Stalin
Kremlin
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Joe
Washington
Jefferson
Soviet Union
Tom
Ivan
Encouraging Vote Advances Interstate Highway Plan
The House Public Works Committee approved the interstate highway bill by 16 to 2 on Friday. The measure bonds Fallon and Boggs proposals to finish the 40 000 mile system and finance provisions. Lawmakers urge action soon to aid state planning and address political delays.
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House Public Works Committee
House
Congress
Cedar Rapids schools progress report series begins
Gazette reports on a decade of Cedar Rapids public schools progress with a four part series by Art Heusinkveld. Superintendent Parker advocates annual community reports via service groups to boost ongoing local support and understanding of school needs and plans for the next ten years.
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Parker
Board of Education
Parker Long
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Art Heusinkveld
Supt
Clyde Parker
Heusinkveld
Positive Approach Creates Vitality For Living
A veteran manager judges applicants by inner spark. Peale urges deliberate daily practice of positive thinking to boost health energy and vitality, recounting a train encounter that changed a gloomy passenger into a hopeful, alive person.
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Pittsburgh
Proclamation for Women's Suffrage Sets June 5 Vote
Governor Clarke of Iowa issues a proclamation calling a state wide vote on a constitutional amendment granting women suffrage at the June 5 primary election. The article also notes a major Winter Garden show, a cafe fire near Ellis Park, and education plans on vocational science and military training in city schools.
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Clarke
Iowa
Manhattan Beach
Ellis Park
Resdueios
Board of Education
Cedar Rapids Schools Progress on 1946 Goals
Supt. Clyde Parker reports Cedar Rapids public schools have met most 1946 decade goals. The review covers curriculum revisions, teacher salaries, physical welfare, guidance and research, special education, and administrative reorganizations as the system anticipates nine new buildings for 21,000 students by 1966.
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Cedar Rapids
Clyde Parker
Board of Education
Parker
LeRoy Peterson
Supt. Parker
Post Office Plans Half Million Ball Point Pens
The Postmaster General announces bids for half a million ball point pens to replace the old post office pen. Earlier trials showed minimal loss and the new pens are inexpensive to produce, signaling a future shift away from the iron shaft writing instrument.
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Summerfield
Khrushchev Bulganin Visit Triggers Moral Debate in Britain
Eugene Lyons denounces Khrushchev and Bulganin’s planned reception by Queen Elizabeth II as a symbol of moral erosion in the Free World. He argues Western governments invite Soviet officials to legitimize a regime built on mass murder and slave labor, urging stronger resistance to Soviet influence.
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Eugene Lyons
U.P
Soviet
Russia
Reader’s Digest
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Russia
Elizabeth II
England
Moscow
Kremlin
Gibbon
Malcolm Muggeridge
Punch
Common Cause
Glasgow
Manchester
London
Stalin
Khrushchev and Company
Tiflis
Europe
West
Free World
Coolidge Explains Work Ethic To Governor Cox
When N. Cox visited Washington he noted Coolidge could see many callers daily and quit by five, while Cox stayed at his desk until nine. Coolidge replied, You talk back. The exchange appears in a Chicago Tribune excerpt.
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Calvin Coolidge
Pee. N. Cox
Massachusetts
Washington
Cox
Coolidge
Free Seas Doctrine Is Tested Across International Waters
International jurists seek a modern rule to define ocean ownership as nations extend coastal belts from three miles to 200 miles. The article traces historic claims from Phoenicians to Grotius, notes current limits, and highlights disputes over continental shelves and outer space jurisdiction.
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High Seas
United Nations
International Law Commission
Soviet
Russia
Colombia
Guatemala
Chile
Ecuador
Peru
el Salvador
Pacific Ocean
United States
North America
California
Cape Cod
Greatest discovery of the last fifty years prompts vivid opinions
Fairfax rural carrier John Leary favors harnessing the atom for power and healing cancer. Indianapolis editor R L Adair and others cite the polio vaccine as a major advance saving children's lives. Marie Vitek notes virus discovery alongside atom split as pivotal, while A L Caffrey champions atomic energy for power and civilian life return.
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John Leary
Fairfax
Dru Dunhaver
Illinois Street
Marie Vitek
Shaver
ZCBJ
A. L. Caffrey
Johnson Avenue
Cafpery
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