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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

05 Aug 1948

Page 9

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1948

Page

9

Hiroshima Peace Festival Marks Bomb Anniversary

Hiroshima marks the third anniversary of the atomic blast with a peace festival led by Mayor Shinzo Hamai. Survivors like Kiyoshi Kikkawa and others reflect on loss and hope, while planners dream of a Statue of Liberty memorial as reconstruction proceeds.

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Hiroshima Japan NEA Ichiban Kiyoshi Kikkawa Shinzo Hamai Hamai Hiroshima Peace Festival Society United States Peace Festival Society America Hiroshima Castle Wakako Honda Miss Honda Industrial and Commerce Shunsuke Yoshioka Fukutaro Okitsuki Kikkawa Peace Society Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Carl F. Tessmer
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Beauty Winner To Defy Bishop Again

A 19 year old beauty contestant Mariruth plans a second defiance of a Roman Catholic bishop’s ban on entering beauty contests. She appears on stage in Moundsville West Virginia on Saturday night continuing her challenge to church leadership.

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Bishop Moundsville W. Va Mariruth
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Miss Wheeling winner contends for Miss West Virginia title

Mariruth won Miss Wheeling on June 28 amid Catholic Bishop Swint’s warning of possible excommunication for entering Miss America pageant. He called pageants immoral and pagan and urged other Catholic contestants to drop out. Swint avoided public discussion and did not attend or respond to Vatican appeals.

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Ford Atlantic City Mariruth Wheeling John J. Swint Swint Bishop Swint
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Richard C. Ferguson Tts Maj S. A. Jarvie Eijiro Yamada Yamada Takaosuk Hamasho Red Cross Hospital RAYON Bonnie American Woolen Company Ecra Axminster
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