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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1950
Page
3
Hal Boyle portrays the refugee agony along Korean roads as U S troops advance. Scenes show a blind old man, a mother nursing a baby, a dying youth, and crowds trudging past ruined villages while dust and fear fill the air. The piece contrasts numb endurance with brief flashes of mercy and fear.
A verse by Edgar A. Guest grimly warns that pursuing luxury leads to lasting strife and health woes. It contrasts opulent living with simple labor and frugal meals, advising that wealth can corrode happiness and vitality.
A Harvard expedition survey from 1948 found Aleutian Island natives nearly free of heart disease, suggesting distinctive cardiovascular health patterns among the population.
Ralph A. Hay and Harold Butler, 23 and 20, son of a Missouri sheriff and a Liberty man, were captured near Valentine Nebraska after a zig zag chase from Denver through Holyoke Imperial and McCook. The pair fled after a July 5 Liberty supermarket robbery and were wounded when police fired at their car.
A car rented by Hay and Butler from a Kansas City agency was found abandoned behind Liberty county jail. The pair disappeared, and Sheriff Hay issued a dramatic radio appeal to his son, urging contact to clear up the case and uphold the law.
Washington report says the government launched a drive to boost U S war production manpower and a proposal to draft Communist labor was advanced by Rep Lovre to Defense Secretary Johnson. Lovre urged stripping reserve officers with Communist ties of commissions and subjecting them to the labor draft.
Labor Secretary Tobin activated a master defense training plan to prevent shortages in key skilled trades. The program assigns 200 apprenticeship offices to boost training for aircraft and engine mechanics, boilermakers, glass blowers, machinists, millwrights, patternmakers, tool and die makers and other trades in preparation for total mobilization.
An electric storm with high winds and heavy rain swept through Greater Winnipeg on Monday causing thousands of dollars in property damage.
House Armed Services Chair Vinson disclosed that the Marines will rise to 174000 next year, adding two combat divisions. He said the administration will seek 400 million dollars for two leatherneck divisions and about 100 million for two Marine air squadrons, with no further funds expected this year. Marine strength listed at 74500 personnel.
Mrs. J P Macaure of New Orleans extols Hadacol claiming it cured nervousness irritability and general run down condition from vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The testimonial promotes Hadacol as the remedy for stomach pains neuritis and growth support with trial sizes priced at 1.25 and 3.50, urging readers to buy now.
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