Cedar Rapids Considers Municipal Band for March Election
Proposals to establish a Cedar Rapids municipal band recall storied ensembles from the 1880s to 1920s including the 53rd Regimental led by Jacob Schmidt. The plan, to be decided at the March 27 election, allows a levy up to one eighth mill to fund the unit.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Kouba
58Rd Regimental
Jansa
53Rd Regimental
Jacob Schmidt
Greene's Opera House
Greene
Opera House
Iowa
Frank Kouba, Jr
National Guard
Kou
Fairfield
53Rd National Guard
Topnotch
Stanley Vesely
Coe College Music
Fred Zbanek
Joseph Hicksa
Ed Hazleton
John Hesse
Joe Zitka
Emmett Carter
Leo Uleh
Retirement Bends And The Slow Exit Strategy
New York AP reports Harvard Business School expert Professor A Lindberg warns against abrupt retirement. He suggests tapering work gradually or switching to different duties to avoid the retirement bends and related health decline. He calls for research on aging, pension effects, and older workers in a shifting labor market.
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New York
A. Lindberg
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business Review
Prof
Lindberg
Industry
Norway Offers Refuge to Blind D P's From Germany
The Norwegian government pledges to take blind displaced persons stranded in Germany since the war. After repeated visa denials, Norway will provide homes and assist them to find suitable jobs. It is the first nation to admit blind refugees and their dependents.
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Norway
Hamburg
Germany
Aoming Hand
The
P.’s
D.p.’S
Stamps Celebrate World Figures and Events
The piece surveys philatelic honors from Austria to Guatemala, highlighting stamps for Andreas Hofer 1767 1810 and Tyrolean liberty symbol, Czechoslovakia ski meet medals, Guatemalan post values, redrawn air mail issues, and UK and Swedish issues. It notes Stamp Collecting magazine awards to Pro Aero Sweden praise, King George VI private collection exhibit at London, and Japan honoring Ukichi Kukuzawa with an 8 yen olive stamp.
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Andreas Hofer
Edwin Mueller
Tyrol
Hofer
Innsbruck
George VII
George V
Colombia Delays Arrival of Cisneros Stamp Series
In Bucharest the final batch of three 50 centavos stamps honoring Francisco Javier Cisneros has arrived. All stamps share the same Cisneros portrait and are identical except for color.
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Bucharest
Colombia
Francisco Javier Cisneros
Cisneros
City Manager Plan Growing
Seventy nine American municipalities adopted the council-manager form of government in 1949, according to the National Municipal League. This brings the total with the plan in effect to 958, and the league predicts it will become the prevailing form of local government within the next decade.
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New York
National Municipal League
Clearing House of Information
League
No Hitler Visit To U S Allegedly Prevented War Says German Student
Hans Oehmke, 24, ex-Nazi army officer and University of Pennsylvania student, asserts Hitler would not have started war with the United States if he had visited the country. He recalls his father’s 1938 business trip and warning that American military production would決 prevent victory.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Hitler
United States
Hans Oehmke
Army Department
Oehmke
America
Hawkeye Downs drives $100000 capital improvement plan
Campaign chairman A L Killian reports volunteers are nearly organized for the Hawkeye Downs capital improvement drive. He says recruitment continues and a strong response bodes well for a busy year with more livestock shows and events, drawing Cedar Rapids visitors and boosting regional activity. Solicitation begins March 14.
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Hawkeye Downs
A. L. Killian
Killian
Downs
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Improvement Fund
Taft-Hartley Suits Reach 304 in Two Years
A government survey shows the Taft-Hartley Act produced 304 lawsuits in its first two years, with 65 by the government. Most actions involved employers and unions, many dismissed before trial. The government won 18 against unions and 3 company suits. 69 employer suits and 61 union suits reached disposition with mixed results. New York led in filings with 69 cases.
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Ashington
LLP
Missouri
District of Courts
Columbia
Massachawrara
Oak Ridge Atomic Plant
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
National Labor Relations Board
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
New Jersey
Miami Author Foresees Hydrogen Bomb Threat Within Two Years
Miami writer Philip Wylie, known for pessimistic views, warns Russia and the United States will develop and possibly deploy hydrogen bombs within 24 months. He argues no worldwide atomic control exists, fears widespread destruction, and believes survival could prompt lessons for a better future.
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Miami
INS
Philip Wylie
Russia
Wylie
America
Hiroshima
Woman Speaker At Foreign Trade Bureau Meeting
Mrs. Lillian Kreps manager of the World Trade department of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce will address a Ladies night meeting of the Foreign Trade bureau at 6 30 p m Wednesday in the Montrose hotel. She is a representative of the U S department of commerce in Indianapolis and organized business tours to South and Central America in 1946 and Western Europe last fall with 31 participants. Reservations via the Chamber of Commerce at 5135.
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Lillian Kreps
World Trade Department
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Foreign Trade Bureau
Montrose Hotel
World Trade Department of Schnull and Company
Kreps
U. S. Department of Commerce
Indianapolis
South
Central America
Public Health Service Officers Don Navy Style Uniforms
U S Public Health Service officers wear uniforms resembling naval dress during official duties reflecting service traditions and authority.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Naval
Pitcher Burns Ball as Fire Breaks Out in Pocket
Geelong Australia weekend match sees Robert Bate struck on the leg by a pitched ball. He hops around the wicket drops his bat and gloves, and discovers a pocket full of matches ignited by the ball. The incident ends with the ball catching fire in his pocket.
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Burns
Geelong
Australia
Robert Bate
U S Public Health Service Officers Held Army Rank
Officers of the U S Public Health Service carry army style ranks, a practice noted in a recent official description. The arrangement parallels military structure and affects ceremonial duties and insignia.
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U. S. Pa Health Service
Army
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Louis Spacek
Fred Schmidt
Archie Ditmars
Enos Richardson
Don Cook
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Frank Bohac
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Guy Clark
Joseph Kremenak
Wendl Douda
Wendl Mokress
Emory McElhinney
Frank Zbanek
Charles Gaunt
Charles Fraser
Mr. Nash
Vincent Stodola
Joseph Kucera
Frank Kopp
Joseph Krob
Ralph Vosmek
Harry Lawrence
Ted Arntzen
William Vesely
Fred Neff
March of Science
Alton L. Blakeslee
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Audiphone Co., Inc
Third Street SE
DIAL
Ryzelly Et
Vysoke Tatry
Czechoslovakia
Stamp Collecting
Switzerland
Pro Aero
Sweden
Stamp Club
Glad
Stockholm
Ukichi Kukuzawa
Japan
Kukuzawa
Keio University
Jiji Shimpo
A of Kukusewa
Stan Furnace
White
Liberty Furnace
Kenwood
Roy M. Rice
Mgr
Morris
Morris Aes
U.S
Downs Drive
Capital Improvement Fund
T-H Law
Wrylie
Foreign Trade Bureau
Mrs. Kreps
Chinchillas
Center Point Road
Weing Road
Investigate Invest
Iowa Chinchilla
First Street
Uptown
First Avenue
Delrich
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