Pay Voted To Families Of Fighters
The Senate rapidly approved a bill to provide monthly cash allowances from 85 to 155 dollars for families of enlisted service members across the army navy air force marines and coast guard. The plan outlines individual contributions by the service member and government shares with higher payments for non commissioned officers and larger families.
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Protest Over City Band Playing The Volga Boatman
Long Beach officials disclosed a letter from Mrs. Lilly S. Galloway of Santa Monica protesting the city band's performance of The Volga Boatman. She questions if Americanism allows the Slavic slave dirges to be played.
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Long Beach
All Innocence
Lilly S. Galloway
Santa Monica
Russia
Prowler Shot By Angry Homeowner, Police Say
Police search for a prowler shot by Lloyd Watson at 4:05 a.m. near 520 Eighth Avenue SE after Watson reported seeing a man trying to enter a window and firing as the intruder fled. The prowler collapsed then vanished.
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Lloyd Watson
Eighth Avenue SE
Watson
Linn County Supervisors Deliberate Quiet Session
The Linn county board of supervisors held a quiet Tuesday session handling routine matters and a postponed renewal of the Otis Elevator Company contract, which expired July 1. No action was taken and the matter was carried to next week as the board anticipated more work.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Otis Elevator Company
Deaf girl hears through wrist on Hidden Truth tonight
On KCRG KCRK hear a story about a young girl who becomes totally deaf yet can hear via her wrist. The program invites listeners to a wartime case file style feature using a lie detector expert, a shady manufacturer, and a bone conducted hearing aid.
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Radio Listings and Program Notes from The Gazette
The Gazette presents a service listing radio programs for readers at no charge to stations. Entries include area airings and names such as Ed Hill, Walter Kiernan, and the Lone Ranger with musical and dance shows, morning clocks, sports news, and orchestral programs.
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the Gazette
Ed Hill
Lone Ranger
Fire damages Cedar Rapids apartment house on Third Avenue
Four families escaped unharmed as Cedar Rapids firefighters battled a blaze at 1021 Third Avenue SE. Fireman Ted Rock was briefly overcome but recovered and returned to duty. The fire, likely from a fuse box, caused smoke and water damage on the upper floors. residents and visitors included the Stockwell and Samek families and Dr. and Mrs. Stover.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank X. Betz
Third Avenue SE
Ted Rock
Central Station
E. P. Kohout
Rock
Thomas Stockwell
Bert Stockwell
Oelwein
Kohout
Link Belt Union Set Meeting Amid Long Strike
Link-Belt Speeder employees in the CIO Labor Center at 7 30 tonight to discuss the wage offer during the forty first day of a strike. Don Smith president of local 299 UAW says members may reject the offer but will decide tonight. A new company offer followed a Chicago plant settlement and officials plan a 9 p.m. plant meeting after the members gathering.
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CIO Labor Center
Don Smith
United Auto Workers
Link-Belt
Chicago
Smith
Muscatine Infantryman Killed in Korea Action
Mr and Mrs Albert Reynolds of Muscatine said they were notified their son Pvt Edward Reynolds 18 was killed in action in Korea Aug 3 He belonged to the 27th infantry of the 25th division and had enlisted in January 1948 at age 16 He served with occupation forces in Japan from June 1948 before going to Korea He and Cecil are their other children
Marion wedding and community notices fill local page
Harriett Filloon and Amos Kohl of Marion wed at the Methodist church with Rev. James P. Gable officiating. Attendants include Mr. and Mrs. Earl Weaver of Marion. The Kohl couple will reside at 2293 Fifth Avenue, Marion and hosted a wedding supper with guests from Cedar Rapids Deer Lodge Mont. Washington Ia New York City and more. A 40th anniversary for De Witt Kohl is noted with open house. Various social updates include hospital stay for Mrs. J. B. Gerrans, travel notes, births, softball cancellations, and Legion and church announcements.
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Amos Kohl
Marion
Methodist Church
James P. Gable
Earl Weaver
William Cochran
Cedar Rapids
Myrtle Dawson
Deer Lodge
Mont
Weaver
Mable Fritz
Nathan Walker
Dale Filloon
Hanson Dinner Honors Hargie Hanson Guest
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hanson hosted a Tuesday dinner honoring Hargie Hanson of North Hollywood California. Guests included Mrs. Mary Walker of
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Mrs. Arthur Hanson
Mr. Hanson
Hargie Hanson
North Hollywood
Calif
Mary Walker
Garden Show Draws 250 Entries in Marion Club Event
Cedar Rapids attendees include Mr and Mrs Robert Hanson Mrs Clayton Hanson of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Charlotte Benedict and Mrs Edith Gordon. Marion Nature and Garden club sponsors a garden and flower show with more than 250 entries in the Methodist church basement.
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Del
Robert
Cedar Rapids
Hanson
Clayton Hanson
Charlotte Benedict
Edith Gordon
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Marion Nature and Garden Club
Methodist
Mrs Pringle Joins Sister for Midwest Family Trip
Mrs James A Pringle accompanies her sister Mrs Alma Dietz to Batavia Illinois. They will join Mrs Dietz son and his family to their summer home in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin for a vacation.
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James A. Pringle
Alma Dietz
Batavia, Ill
Polio Affects Local Teen Jean Marchant Ill in Iowa City
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Marchant rushed to Iowa City Tuesday as their daughter Jean Marchant aged 16 is ill with polio at the University hospital. The parents will stay in Iowa City until her condition improves.
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D. C. Marchant
Iowa City
Jean Marchant
University Hospital
Jean
Movie Starlet on Iowa Stage Tonight
Cedar Rapids welcomes Leslie Banning, film star on tour to promote Louisa. She appears at the Iowa theater tonight at 8 45 to meet fans ahead of the Thursday opening.
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Iowa
Leslie Banning
Cedar Rapids
Miss Banning
Louisa
Turkey Prohibits Beauty Prize Winners From Teaching
A Turkish law bars individuals who win beauty pageants from serving as school teachers. The rule aims to separate pageant fame from formal education roles and has drawn responses from education and women's groups.
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Turkey
GM Workers Celebrate Five Cent Wage Increase Under COLA Pact
GM announced a five cent hourly wage boost for about 411,000 workers under the CIO United Auto Workers cost-of-living contract. The rise brings the average GM production employee to about $1.72 per hour starting Sept. 1, with 335,000 hourly workers receiving the increase and 76,000 salaried workers getting $25 more per quarter.
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General Motors
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C. E. Wilson
No clear headline due to fragmentary excerpt
Wilson says acetate present prices may reflect a temporary cost of living rise and price trend in basic commodities. Under the GM UAW contract wages are reviewed quarterly and adjusted with the U.S. CPI.
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Wilson Sai
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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