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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1946

Page

3

Post Office and Army Swap on Rocket Mail Plans

London reports say the Post Office and Army ordnance departments discuss rocket mail to the United States at 2000 mph with a fleet planned to deliver in about 90 minutes. Officials warn of landing errors and potential diplomatic incidents while noting major technical problems and risks.

INS Post Office Army Ordnance Departments London England United States Great Britain Britain Ordnance White House New York City Empire State Building

Palmer Named Interim Pastor for Cedar Rapids Church

Dr. Frederick B. Palmer of Boulder Colorado will arrive in Cedar Rapids September 1 to serve as interim pastor at First Baptist Church until May 1. He brings decades of Baptist administration experience including Colorado state secretary roles and leadership in Wyoming New York Illinois Iowa and Northern Baptist circles. He recently completed an interim pastorate at Council Bluffs.

Frederick B. Palmer Boulder Colo Cedar Rapids First Baptist Church Grant F. Anderson World Mission Crusade Baptist Nebraska South Dakota Palmer Mexico Chicago Baptist State Convention of Colorado Wyoming Northern Baptist Convention Council Blufis

Coffee and Cream On Boycott List

The International Association of Machinists local 831 urges a boycott of coffee and cream to push wages in line with rising prices. Legislative chairman Eugene S. Daley says a 10 to 13 cent coffee increase by OPA prompts workers to abstain, and that dairy prices, including cream, are out of control.

International Association of Machinists Eugene S. Daley OPA Union Legislative Committee Daley Dairies

Illinois Youths Catch Alligator from Sewer

Five hours of dangling down a Rockford sewer hole yielded a foot long alligator. Ten year old Eugene Yagle and Edmund Carlgren aged eight lured the creature with ham and line from a residential sewer grate. It became Edmund’s bathtub pet.

Rockford Eugene Yagle Edmund Carlgren Edmund Carlgren

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