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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1950

Page

10

Smallest operating shovel crane on display in Salt Lake exhibit

Link-Belt Speeder displays a full scale 1 inch to 1 foot model of the K-370 shovel crane at the Mining Metals exposition in Salt Lake City. Operated by remote control with four small electric motors, the model reproduces every movement of the real machine. Representatives R B Barnes N V Chehak and Ralph Robey will attend the show for Link Belt Speeder.

Speeder Corporation of Cedar Rapids Mining Metals Exposition Salt Lake City Cedar Rapids Corporation C. D. Dodgen Anderson Equipment Company Houston Texas Dodgen R. B. Barnes N. V. Chehak Ralph Robey Utah Link-Belt Speeder Corporation Link-Belt Speeder Sales Metals Mining Exposition

Grownups Learn Childs Play Through Recreation Directors

Louisville recreation directors discover grownups can enjoy children's games during weekly meetings. They refresh skills in marbles rope skipping hop scotch kick the can and wheel barrow racing.

Louisville

Holidays for Horses in Copenhagen Hotel for Cart-Horses

Denmark opens a country retreat for city cart-horses funded by an animal welfare group. A veterinary surgeon hosts guests in a large shelter and grassy field offering a holiday from urban work. The concept followed a Copenhagen carter’s summer vacation allowance.

Copenhagen Denmark

Colleges Keep Fall Terms Amid Korean War Pressures

A United Press survey shows most US colleges plan a normal fall term despite the Korean War. About 80 percent expect little change, but a sharp enrollment drop is forecast after the first term as draft rules affect juniors and seniors. Tuition holds at 1949 levels for many, while living costs rise. some schools add war related courses.

Chicago United Press G. P. Tuttle University of Illinois George E. van der Beke Marquette University Milwaukee Oklahoma City University

Board Pools Buy Troubles

ANAHEIM Calif AP watchmen at Union high found three pups in the locked pool beyond a high fenced area. They unlocked gates and saw possible entry via a drainpipe and denim clad legs. The board denied a boy proof fence but ordered more frequent rounds.

Anaheim Calif Union High School

Indonesians Backing Free Malaya Plan

Malay political exiles in Indonesia with Indonesian support seek to free Malaya from British rule. The effort receives help from Malay students in Indonesian universities and businessmen with ties to Indonesia, plus elements of the Malay Nationalist party banned by the Federation of Malaya government for aiding Communist terrorists.

Singapore Indonesia Malaya Sunday “Tribune Malay Nationalist Party Federation of Malaya

Transparent glass figure Lumena to lecture at London fair

Lumena the transparent girl model will be showcased at the British Food fair in Olympia, London, to illustrate body functions with lighted organs. After the exhibit she will move to the Cleveland Health Museum in Ohio for more demonstrations led by Dr. Charles Hill, the radio doctor.

London Lumena Olympia Cleveland Health Museum Ohio Charles Hill Britain

Woman Causes Traffic Jam With Stalled Sedan

A maroon sedan halted at a red light on Fifth Street and Second Avenue last Monday at about 5 p.m. A woman stared ahead as a girl, possibly her daughter, entered the car with a package. The car remained immobile until the light turned red, provoking sharp comments from nearby drivers.

Fifth Street Second Avenue

O Dwyer Rise From Immigrant to New York Mayor

The article chronicles William O Dwyer from a $25 start as an immigrant to mounting public service, law career, and leadership as New York City mayor. It notes his wartime diplomacy, Brooklyn roots, election battles, and personal losses including his wife’s death, ending with his move toward an embassy post in Mexico.

New York William O’dwyer Horatio Alger O’dwyer U. S Mexico Jimmy Walker Fiorello LaGuardia Patrick O’dwyer County Mayo Bridget McNicholas Pohoala William Bill-O Mike O’doyle Spain Jesuit Salamanca Mike Michael Doyle Luverne, Minn University Gotham Hudson New York City Albany Woolworth Baghdad-on James West Side Brooklyn East River Park Avenue Vanderbilt Hotel Vanderbilt Catherine Lenihan Joseph W. McKee McKee Herbert H. Lehman Murder, Inc Ring LaGuardia O'Dwyer Walker City Hall Tammany Hall New York County Democratic Organization Sloan Simpson

Lincoln NM Courthouse Becomes State Monument

The old Lincoln courthouse where Billy the Kid escaped in 1881 is designated a New Mexico state monument, located in the frontier town of Lincoln.

Billy the Kid New Mexico Lincoln, N.M

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