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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1956

Page

4

Pills May Replace Needle In Treatment of Diabetes

Pittsburgh. Dr. I Arthur Mirsky of the University of Pittsburgh medical school reports on 18 months of research predicting pills will replace insulin injections in diabetes treatment within two years. He cautions safety is not yet assured and notes pills work in about four of five cases.

Pittsburgh I. Arthur Mirsky University of Pittsburgh Medical School Clinical Society Pittsburgh Diabetes Association Mirsky

Ex-US Employee Refuses to Name White Espionage Ring Member

Former federal worker Harry Rhine of Louisville pleads the Fifth Amendment when asked by the House Un-American Activities Committee about participation in Harry Dexter White’s alleged espionage circle. Rhine, who served in the 1930s with the NRA and Senate Commerce Committee, cites self-incrimination. Marcel Kistin of Arlington also invokes Fifth and First Amendments, declining to say if he was a Communist.

Robert E. Thompson Washington INS Congressional Harry Dexter White Harry Rhine Louisville White Treasury Department Rhine House American Activities Committee George Silverman John Abt Victor Perlo Richard Arens Red Cell Reds National Recovery Administration Senate Commerce Committee CIO United Electrical Workers Marcel Kistin Arlington Mass Works Progress Administration Farm Security Administration War Assets Administration Kistin James E. Gorham

Eleven East Iowans Enlist in Army for Eighth Division

Eleven Eastern Iowa men joined the army reported by Cedar Rapids recruiters. Eight join the Eighth Infantry Division now training at Fort Carson Colorado and set to transfer to Germany next August. Two enlistees went to Camp Chaffee Arkansas for basic training. One veteran, Donald Knepp Wellman, enlisted as a corporal and will join the Second Division at Fort Lewis Washington then transfer to Alaska. State offices urge college qualification test filings by March 5 with testing at Coe Luther Corner University and 18 other centers.

Iowa Cedar Rapids Eighth Infantry Division Fort Carson Colo Germany Eighth Division Russell H. Schirm William P. McLeland Lyle E. Chittick Jerry W. Pealer Allan Nelson Iowa City Stephen L. Sanger George W. Haman Robert J. Suppel Camp Chaffee Ark Frederick A. Jones Glen A. Yarrington Marion Donald K State Selective Service Des Moines Draft Board Coe College Luther College Corner College University of Iowa

Local deferment score to be filed for boards

State headquarters states the score will be on file so student deferments can be considered by local boards for next year.

Cording

Bank Bandits Rob Buffalo Bank for Fifty Two Thousand

Police and FBI hunted two bandits who held more than a dozen people at bay while stealing 52000 from a Buffalo bank. The robbers wore nylon stocking masks and missed another 50000 in an open vault.

Buffalo FBI

Iowa Alumni Party in Minneapolis Before Iowa Minnesota Game

The Iowa Alumni club in the Twin Cities hosts an informal cocktail party for Iowa alumni and friends before the Iowa Minnesota basketball game on February 25. The Normandy hotel will host from 4 30 to 7 p m with SUI athletic representatives as special guests and films of past Iowa basketball games shown.

Iowa Twin Cities Normandy Hotel Minneapolis SUI Athletic Department

University Head Predicts End of Racial Violence

University of Alabama president O C Carmichael told students and faculty that the community and state will protect the campus from mob violence over Autherine Lucy's enrollment. The case now rests with federal court Birmingham. Two photographers were briefly detained during the convocation.

Tuscaloosa Ala O. C. Carmichael University of Alabama Carmichael Autherine Lucy Board of Trustees Birmingham Cies George Tames New York Times J. Ralph Reid

Three Jackets Stolen From Coe Gym Lockers

The theft of three jackets from lockers in the fieldhouse at Coe college was reported to police Wednesday night. Three youths named Larry Snyder Kenneth War boy and Bob Bleakley said their jackets were taken.

Coe College Larry Snyder E Avenue Kenneth Warboy Bob Bleakley Cottage Grove Avenue

Lone Ranger TV Schedule on Channel 9

The Lone Ranger is scheduled every Thursday at 6 30 p m on Channel 9.

Channel 9

Eisenhower Creates National Defense Executive Reserve Plan

President Eisenhower signed an executive order establishing the national defense executive reserve to recruit 3 000 to 4 000 executives for potential federal service in mobilization. Reservists serve voluntarily, train periodically, and may be assigned to ODM and other key departments as needed.

Thomasville Eisenhower National Defense Executive Reserve Arthur S. Flemming Office of Defense Mobilization Flemming Reserve White House James C. Hagerty ODM Defense, Commerce, Interior and Labor Departments

Brown to Prison for Wilma Allen kidnapping

Arthur Brown the kidnapper of Wilma Allen was moved to the state prison to face execution in the gas chamber on February 24. His case attracted attention in Kansas City as authorities outlined the date and method of the sentence.

Kansas City Arthur Brown Wilma Allen

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