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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1946
Page
4
The Cedar Rapids Gazette issue from Thursday August 20 1946 presents local news, weather, society briefs, and community notices for Cedar Rapids Iowa with headlines and dated reportage. Local events and civic notices reflect postwar everyday life in the city.
In Frankfurt a former Brooklyn GI Danny Militello 25 illegally re entered to wed Katherina Trost 17. He avoids a 30 day sentence and can register their son’s birth with the U S consul. The army hints at visas for his family to join him in Brooklyn.
In Chicago William Heirens 17 sat in a small room as doctors used a brain wave test at the Neuro Psychiatric Institute to study his electrical brain impulses. Wires attached to his head fed data to a control box and a recording machine in the next room.
A troencephalograph charts nerve impulses from Heirens to compare with thousands of patient charts. The six inch wide tape prints six pale blue lines as scientists seek abnormalities in thought processes. Additional tests include basal metabolism, insulin tolerance and a blood test in the mental health review.
In Yreka California a fly landing on a horse began a chain reaction that scorched 55 acres of virgin timber. The horse brushed the fly, hit a hot wire from a broken insulator, and was electrocuted, its mane and tail catching fire and spreading to the surrounding forest. The fly likely escaped.
The Gazette lists theater times for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Strand and Marion showing Centennial Summer Captain Fury Captain Caution Somewhere in the Night Hot Cargo Deadline at Dawn City for Conquest Texas Panhandle The Town Went Wild Doll Face Silver Queen The Horn Blows at Midnight Enchanted Cottage Our Hearts Were Growing Up Red Dragon with multiple daily showings.
Norfolk AP reports one pilot missing after an unidentified plane struck a four ship Navy formation of one seater fighters near Cape Henry. Lieut Mason of San Diego fell into the sea but was rescued by a Virginia Pilot Association boat. The other Navy aircraft continued northwest and radio contact failed as a search began. The planes were from Bomber Fighter Squadron 3 at Oceana.
Six troop carrying ships scheduled to arrive at New York San Francisco Seattle and Monterey with more than 4800 armed service personnel aboard. Colby Victory from Bremerhaven 1395 troops. Claymont Victory from Honolulu 1291 troops. Bayfield from Kwajalein 828 troops. USAT George W Carver from Alaska 423 army 51 navy. Monterey from Yokohama 815 army including 14 nurses. Aleutian from Alaska two troops.
An adult elephant carries a brain weighing about eight pounds. This fact highlights the animal's large neural capacity and structural complexity compared to other land mammals.
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