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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1946
Page
7
Elizabeth Gray Vining, named by the state department as tutor for Japan's crown prince, prepares for her first trip to Japan. She will teach English and American literature and coordinate with other instructors to foster peace and understanding.
A reticent woman discusses her upcoming teaching role in Japan. She plans to teach English and will depart this fall with timing details still uncertain. The state department unit in Japan was established last March.
President Truman returned drenched and empty handed from the second fishing venture of his Bermuda vacation while RFC Director George E. Allen boasted of taking the only fish. The weather turned foul with rough seas and rain as Truman, spending most of the time in a sour mood, nearly toppled from his deck chair but stayed cheery upon return.
The War Assets administration office in Minneapolis announced sale of about 270000 feet of half inch red cellophane tape. Used in wartime to protect .50 caliber gun primers from nitroglycerine, the four layered tape carried waterproof adhesive.
Washington reports prem ature explosions killed 38 soldiers and injured 127 as the Army tallies 63 prem ature explosions in combat and training. The issue ties to Garsson munitions and prompts Senate committee hearings slated for September.
The Associated Press reports two transports carrying about 1 700 troops debark Wednesday at New York and San Francisco. The Zebulon Vance arriving at New York from Bremerhaven carries 94 troops and 267 war brides and children. The Aiken Victory docking in San Francisco from Manila carries 1 642 troops.
A husky coal heaver in Harlem staged a 90 minute one man circus as 50 policemen chased him and 1,000 spectators cheered. He dangled from a bridge, shouted at officers to back off, and was finally captured by a police launch while still courteous to a woman attendant.
A military court in Bad Nauheim Germany convicted Major Richard E. Lo Buono of East Pittsburgh Pennsylvania of knowingly permitting cruel and unusual punishment of American soldiers imprisoned in the United States. The ruling comes after testimony on treatment of prisoners at a U S Army facility.
LeBuono, former provost marshal at Lichfield, was acquitted of charges that he aided and authorized cruelties and fined $200. Col James Kilian of Highland Park, Ill., former camp commandant, claimed a clear conscience about events at Lichfield as he faced cruelty charges. Kilian and two others had been previously fined $250 and $350.
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