Cedar Rapids United Air Lines traffic climbs in 1950 July
United Air Lines at Cedar Rapids airport reports a six month gain of 30.1 percent in total business. July passengers reached 907 boarded and 824 arrived, with freight density at 105 pounds per shipment and daily cargo averaging 3,526 pounds. national figures show July passenger miles at 150,411 and freight miles up 51.5 percent from 1949. Harold Cary notes gains stem from industrial activity and summer travel.
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United Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
C. C. McIntyre
United
McIntyre
Cedar Rapids Station
United Operation
Iowa
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
UAL
Harold Cary
War's Needs Truly Drive Invention In Wartime
AP dispatch notes wartime pressures accelerate production and mobility. Water lift ferries troops and cargo, a new 65 inch Atar rocket appears, and a 34 inch bazooka delivers armor penetration. Military Sea Transport Service unifies navy and army shipping to rush supplies. 40,000+ troops and 500,000 tons of cargo enter the front lines in little more than a month.
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Washington
Korean
United States
Military Sea Transport Service
Navy
Army
Military Air Transport Service
Navy Air Force
Reporter Bonds With G I Friends Under Fire In Korea
A war correspondent describes the daily frontline routine in Korea, sharing danger with infantrymen, the guilt after returning to base, and the rare bond formed with soldiers as shells light the night sky. The piece also notes rapid development and deployment of the Atar rocket and Buss B29 airpower backing North Korean targets.
Woman candidate runs for sheriff in El Paso county
El Paso reports a female bid for county sheriff as Mrs. Jean Tulk, a nurse and hunter with eight opponents, argues a woman’s fit for law enforcement. She cites business education, modern crime-solving skills, and juvenile delinquency as key issues while proposing two female deputies if elected.
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EL Paso
Texas
Nea
Pecos
Jean Tulk
Roy Bean
Jersey Lily
Mrs. Tulk
Who Wrote the Marine Hymn
A long inquiry into the authorship of the Marine Hymn notes official attributions are unknown for words while music is debated between Offenbach origin and a possible Spanish Mexican folk tune. Marine archivist Thacker suggests a pre Offenbach ancient melody heard in Mexico and Spain.
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Offenbach
Marine Corps
Navy
Col
Henry C. Davis
Camp Meyer
Guantanamo
Cuba
Marine Headquarters Historical Division
Genevieve de Brabant
Paris
Joel D. Thacker
Thacker
Mexico
Spain
Collec
48-Year Pen Pals Meet in Cedar Rapids Visit
Two grandmothers aged 60, Mrs. H. A. Kloubec of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Charles Quay of Cleveland, met for the first time after 48 years of pen pal correspondence. They began writing at age 12 via Hearth and Home readers, shared birthdays, Christmases, and fancy work, and plan future visits as they compare origins, faiths, and families.
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Cedar Rapids
H. A. Kloubec
Ninth Avenue SE
Charles Quay
Cleveland
Ohio
Kloubec
William Melsha
Mallory Street
Hubert Brown
Old Hearth and Home Magazine
Cutting Approach Pays Off in Jail
GRAZ Austria Frederick Unger 32 was jailed after a night at a Graz cinema where he attempted to cut dress pieces from a neighboring woman. Police found two knives and many skirt fragments in his room. Unger said he tired of women spurning him due to lack of money and dubbed his method a new approach. He received a two month sentence.
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Graz
INS
Frederick Unger
Unger
Omaha Coach Uses Dancer List for Track Recruitment
An Omaha area high school track coach devises a method to recruit athletes by asking female students to name boys who dance well. He offers five dollars for each boy who earns a letter, tying athletic selection to dance skill as a proxy.
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Omaha, Neb
Cummins 340 Horse Diesel Set for World Speed Records
Cummins Diesel Special a 340 horsepower car, driven by Jimmy Jackson, set 129.208 mph at Indianapolis before failing to finish. It will race on Utah salt flats next month to challenge diesel speed records in one mile and one kilometer, plus five and ten mile/kilometer marks, with aims to top George Eyston’s records.
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Don Cummins
Cummins Engine Company, Inc
Utah Salt Flats
Jimmy Jackson
Indianapolis
Salt Flats
Jackson
George Eyston
England
Tourists 15 000 Years Ago Florida Official Says
Fort Myers Florida official John D Pennekamp claims visitors came to Florida 15 000 years ago evidence includes shell neck laces hairpins and curved alligator teeth found in Indian mounds as far away as Ohio and suggests Indians who visited here carried objects home with them.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Florida
John D. Pennekamp
Ohio
Pennekamp
Latin American Nations Maintain Miami Diplomatic Presence
All 20 Latin American countries have diplomatic représentation in Miami Florida.
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Miami, Fla
Rare Gallium Found For High Price But Uncertain Use
EAST ST. LOUIS Ill UP Gallium a 1300 a pound metal has been developed by the Aluminum Ore Company here but the company is still looking for some use for it. Gallium melts at 36 degrees Fahrenheit from solid to liquid and development has cost the firm 200000. It was unveiled at the opening of its 1000000 research laboratories, one of 50 products it makes for the chemical trade, now under ongoing study to determine its possible applications.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
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