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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
1
A New York feature details how thieving women in hotels have shifted to posing as lone tourists to lure visitors into rooms. They drug targets with chloral hydrate, then pairs coordinate alarms, security checks, and elevator maneuvers to minimize exposure.
The review praises John Scarne’s new Crown publication Scarne on Cards as a sharp handbook for cardsharp tricks. It notes the book’s rapid second printing and features deadly photographs illustrating fundamental techniques of the slick fraternity.
Osservatore Romano argues that Japan legalizing birth control would be a greater disaster than the atomic bomb and could enable a Communist takeover within 20 years. The piece blames Japan’s victors and the Japanese chamber for allowing birth control, warning of suppression of knowledge and the decline of the population.
The Board of Supervisors met after adjournment with Supervisors Seevell Beeson and Ga present. They discussed a settlement offer in the estate of a deceased party and approved a stipulation of settlement. Objections in gravel assessments for District No. 237 were overruled and hearings on road assessments and notices in Cedar Rapids Gazette were scheduled.
The report lists numerous payments and expenses in a claim register including Shoe Store clothing Prov 8.67, National Tea Co prov, Lumber Rock road maint, Centre supplies rent, Light & Power, and salaries for J L Morrison Edward L Roberts Moon Otten, Harold, Forrest K Bo, Hurt, James, Jack Norris and others. It details road maintenance costs, damages, weed control, and various administrative fees.
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