Voice of America to Broadcast Czech Voices From Iowa
Voice of America will air Czech Americans from Cedar Rapids and East Iowa in Prague bound programs. Jaroslav Drabek former Czech war crimes prosecutor leads interviews with about 50 locals, with broadcasts beamed from New York and Munich over short and long waves. Drabek, a former Prague anti Nazi activist, details his capture and exile, and asserts VOA aims to show Czech listeners both truth and hope through Iowa speakers including Mayor Mila Sedlacek and several ordinary residents.
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Ed Murphy
Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
East Iowa
New York City
Jaroslav Drabek
Voice of America Ergineer
Bernard Casper
Voice of America
New York
Munich
Germany
Drabek J
United States
Drabek
Iowa
Norway
Ely
Casper
George Naxera
Dick Polansky
Jenik
Garland Hoskin
Kacel
McIntosh to Speak on Loudspeakers at IRE Meeting
Frank H. McIntosh Washington DC consulting radio engineer will address Cedar Rapids IRE Wednesday at 7 39 p m in FMCA Little theater His topic Loudspeakers and the Transmission of Sound covers medium characteristics coupling at various frequencies compressibility and doppler distortion A speaker with less than 2 percent distortion described Also notes his Bell Labs and McIntosh Inglis affiliations and his IRE AIEE SMTPE and other memberships A short business meeting precedes with nominations for 1953 section officers and floor nominations invited.
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Frank H. McIntosh
Washington, D.C
Cedar Rapids
Institute of Radio Engineers
FMCA
McIntosh
McIntosh and
Inglis
Radio
Bell Telephone Laboratories
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers
Washington Engineers Club
IRE
Foreign Trade Bureau To Elect New Officers
The Foreign Trade bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will elect new officers at its first dinner meeting of the year. The event is set for 6 30 pm Wednesday at the Montrose hotel with a roundtable discussion on foreign trade problems after the business portion.
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Firsl
Foreign Trade Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Montrose
The Looney Larceny Of 1952 Crazy Crimes
A colorful 1952 crime roundup notes odd thefts from across North America. Highlights include a Philadelphia streetcar theft prompted by directions, a pants sale robbery in Toronto, a mining camp pilfered in Flin Flon, and bees stolen in Council Bluffs. The piece wryly chronicles failed getaways and odd explanations, ending with a man who robbed his neighbor’s house only to discover he’d inherited it.
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Philadelphia
Toronto
Flin Flon
Manitoba
Peoria
Hof
Germany
Corpus Christi
Texas
Menasha
Wis
Detroit
Ike's Protection Is Big Concern
The Secret Service worries about protecting General Eisenhower. They fear they cannot persuade him to take required precautions. During his triumphal entry into Washington he stood straight up in the car, creating a prime target, despite plans for a fast procession and other security arrangements.
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Washington
Secret Service
Gen
Eisenhower
Jkem
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