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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1955

Page

15

Inventions Parade From Official Gazette of US Patent Office

AP Newsfeatures writer Arthur Edson surveys a year of patent ideas from the Official Gazette. He notes rock pickers, a shin bayonet, bust pads for women, a corncob burner, page turning devices, a turbojet control, and a method for making and distributing snow, highlighting inventors from Missouri to the Gold Coast.

Washington Patent Ray O. Schrum Schrum West Fork Missouri Albert Clemens Louisville George Fatee Cuyahoga Falls Richard Graves Gold Coast British West Africa Graves Wayne M. Pierce, Jr Milford, Conn Pierce Official U. S AP Newsfeatures Joe Cunningham Africa

French Youth 19 Tours U S by Bicycle for Job Prospects

In Dallas AP report Guy Chassagnard, 19, travels by bicycle from Montreal through New York and Chicago to Oklahoma and Texas, then westward across the United States. He aims to write about America for a Paris newspaper and five magazines, seeking a French newspaper job amid aid from locals and manufacturers.

Dallas Guy Chassagnard France United States Montreal New York Chicago Oklahoma Texas Paris

Car Door Shoe Scraper and Antispill Cup Invented

The piece notes Charles H. Scherzer of Goodland Kansas developing a shoe scraper that attaches to car doors and Wallace S. Dale of Minneapolis creating an antispill drinking cup with a magnetic-closure valve. It highlights parental spill problems and frames Dale as a potential bene factor for families.

Charles H. Scherzer Goodland Kan Wallace S. Dale Minneapolis Dale Parenthood

Gray-Haired Woman and Two Men Rob Capitol Savings Vault

A gray-haired woman enters Capitol Savings and Loan during burglar alarm installation and with two male accomplices forces Manager Mitchell Bishart to surrender cash from the drawer. They escape with 1,187 dollars.

Chicago Capitol Savings and Loan Association Mitchell Bishart

On Guard Against Communism Weekly Roundup

A Gazette summary profiles Kremlin shakeup and Communist line from Daily Worker editorials. Foster asserts party control remains, urges unity behind peaceful coexistence while shifts in Soviet leadership unfold. Merger of CIO and AFL excites Reds, aims to reinsert Communists into large unions. Trials: harvey Matusow faces affidavits alleging false witness claims.

Jack Lotto Communist Party William Z. Foster Kremlin U.S Daily Worker Foster Ameri Ussr Foster l Reds Nikita Khrushchev Ussr Party CIO AFL Tteir Pet Harvey Matusow The Thas

Judge urged retrial bid tied to Sobell case

The Reds ask for retrials in two cases where Matusow testified and move for a new trial in Morton Sobell, a 30 year Alcatraz convict in the atomic spy ring, citing a government attorney who worked on Sobell as a conflict in the Matusow cases.

Ers Matusow Reds Morton Sobell Alcatraz Sobell

Five Reserve Officers Promoted in Cedar Rapids Group

The Air Force Reserve squadron in Cedar Rapids announced the promotion of five men from first lieutenant to captain. The promoted are Seymour A. Oshlman Harold Trease James H. Franey Donald Angott and Joseph G. Beranek. Monday night's meeting was designated Commander's night.

Air Force Reserve Squadron Celdar Rapids Seymour A. Oshlman Harold Trease James H. Franey Donald Angott Joseph G. Beranek

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