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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1955

Page

3

Put It Back Card Praised By Cedar Rapids Chamber

A reader thanks Cedar Rapids Iowa Chamber of Commerce for sending a red pasteboard hat card that reads PUT IT BACK This hat Belongs to Name Business Address A Member of the Chamber of Commerce. The writer notes owning no hat but appreciates the card and shares humorous pastepot pilfering in newspaper work.

Cedar! Rapids Chamber of Commerce John Reynolds Gazette Cedar Rapids

Chinese Red Forces Are Summarized

An intelligence briefing reports near one million Communist troops, 235 divisions, and strong manpower with limited seapower. It cites 60,000 Russian officers guiding forces and 8,000 US Far East air force planes. Partridge says war readiness exists though no definite clash forecast.

Taipeh Formosa Shanghai Canton Korea Russia Earle E. Partridge Far East Partridge U. S. Far Eastern U. S

Hoegh Faces Irate Calls Over Iowa Budget

Gov. Hoegh disclosed two angry phone calls about his Iowa budget message to the legislature. A garage owner’s wife spoke of service tax payment burdens while Hoegh’s 15-year-old daughter also received a call from a voter who said he would not support him again.

Des Moines INS Hoegh Iowa

Chain Phone Calls Support Hoegh Budget in Des Moines

A 10 member committee led by former state employee Don Hughes of Des Moines launched chain telephone calls to friends and neighbors to build awareness and informed support for Gov. Hoegh's budget recommendations.

Des Moines Hoegh Don Hughes

Weather Man Seeks Clearer Meaning of Normal Weather

Weather authority chief H. E. Landsberg says the term normal is evasive and should be refined. He notes normals use a 30 year mean and will shift from 1921 1950 to 1931 1960 as climate trends require.

Washington INS H. E. Landsberg U.S. Weather Bureau Climatological Services Division Weather and Crop Bulletin Ndsberg Landsberg

Locomotive bell calls Mengale villagers to mission church

Natives of Mengale in French Cameroon are summoned to their mission church by the ringing of a locomotive bell donated by an American railroad.

Mengale Cameroon West Africa

Premises Key in Ruling on Beer in Clubs

Des Moines reports that Atty Gen Dayton Countryman will issue a formal opinion on selling beer in clubs. Officials question what constitutes the club premises and if divisions within a room could allow beer sales alongside liquor. Countryman also maintains a grace period for clubs and seeks sponsors for a $50 federal liquor stamp bill.

Des Moines Statehouse Atty Dayton Countryman Countryman Council Bluffs Iowa

Restaurant Group Backs Toll Road Study Motive

The Iowa Restaurant Association endorses the Iowa Free Roads Association urging more legislative studies before building the proposed east west toll road. They argue initial economic feasibility reports prepared for the highway commission by two firms fail to fully prove turnpike viability.

Des Moines INS Iowa Restaurant Association Iowa Free Roads Association Free Roads Organization Iowa Highway Commission

Gambling Equipment Seized in Ventura Raid

Ventura County sheriff says raid on a local gun club yielded gambling equipment including dice games and wheel bets. State agents and sheriff’s officers conducted the raid. no charges filed.

Stag Ventura Lttle

Streamliner By Stella White

A short prose note urges caution for footwear care. It warns never to place wet shoes near heat and to allow full drying before wearing. It adds to polish once dry and to manipulate leather to keep it supple.

Bennett Durant Tavern Operators Fined in Iowa Raid

Tipton report says two Cedar county tavern operators were fined 300 each after pleading guilty in district court to liquor law violations. Swiger of Travel Inn Bennett and Schukar of Idle Hour Lanes Durant were fined. Mostaert of Frank's tavern London and Ronald of Corner cafe London were bound over to district court. No liquor found at Sunbury. raid on five taverns in four communities concluded by 10:30 p.m.

Gazette Tipton Cedar County Iowa Justice Court C. W. Swiger Bennett W. E. Schukar Durant Frank Mostaert Frank Arnold Ronald Corner Cafe London Sunbury

Future Teachers Told Of Classroom Role

DES MOINES AP The classroom is the start of better community relations in the school, said Frank Hildreth president of the State Education Association. He urged future teachers to serve the community, and to be public spirited and sacrifice energy to improve public relations.

Des Moines Iowa Future Teachers Association Frank Hildreth Yore State Education Association

Gazette Want Ad Rates and Classified Notices

A noisy spread of ad rates and assorted notices lists price tiers for one and three day placements, plus a dense jumble of lost and found items, service ads, personal notices, and job requests. The muddled column includes catalog-like listings for repairs, tax services, remodeling, and local trades, with many phone numbers and addresses in scattered formats.

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