Salvation Army Speakers Honored Chinese Refugee Camps Builder
Brig. Bertie Morris and Mrs. Morris, honored by the Chinese government, recount their 16 years in China where they organized refugee camps for 68 000 people. Their memorandum influenced UNRRA and Princeton military study. They speak nightly at the Salvation Army hall Cedar Rapids through Feb 10 with topics The Marks of a Christian and Gods Message to Cedar Rapids.
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Greatest Trailer Boom in Making in California Says
Sterling Gleason, CPA public relations director in Southern California, predicts a massive trailer boom with up to 20 million Americans living in trailer homes as mass production drives prices down. He notes factories in California and Indiana already produce one trailer every six hours, and material shortages and postwar recovery pace may slow initial uptake.
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It's FUBAR Not SNAFU In Guam Movie Night Memoirs
G I Scrapbook by Bruce Fishwild of the Gazette reflects on Guam in the preamusement-palace era. He recalls GI movie nights with makeshift screens and a list of gear from raincoats to beer. The piece notes rank reductions and slang shifts from SNAFU to FUBAR plus a civics angle on demobilization talk and voting.
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First Dutch Newspaper Debuts in 1656
The Haarlemmer Courant, regarded as the Netherlands’ earliest newspaper, launched on January 8, 1656, marking a milestone in Dutch press history and print journalism.
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