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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1949
Page
10
A reader claims Chic Young used Blondie to awaken Dagwood with an inflated sack, prompting his wife to retaliate. He recalls stockpiling paper bags at home and a Sunday nap interrupted by a giant grocery bag explosion.
A narrator notes a backlog of 37 paper sacks dwindling to nine by Sunday night. Under nightfall’s cover they count the supply and brace for a long wait before the stock is replenished, ready for rest on the davenport.
A fourth round wage increase of seven to 12 cents an hour was agreed Sunday night preventing a CIO Utility Workers strike by 27,000 Con Edison employees. The pact would avert gas and electricity cuts to 8 million people in the metropolitan area. a ratifying vote by the union is expected to be a formality.
Seventy percent of the citys wrapped bread was cut off when six major baking firms shut down. The stoppage followed a Continental Baking Company walkout by 200 AFL Teamsters demanding a raise from 55 to 65 weekly. The New York Bakery Employers Labor Council closed five unstruck plants to back the strike.
Denmark's Social Democratic executive backed increased cooperation with democratic nations to secure military safety, signaling a Western alignment. Only one of about 50 members voted against, with Agrarian and Conservative parties already backing the North Atlantic alliance and a potential majority in parliament.
Inez Robb describes Texas City's post tragedy revival from the 1947 Grand Camp and High Flyer explosions. The city, once 20 000 residents, has grown to over 27 000 with new housing, rebuilt docks, and a recovering port economy. A federal suit seeking 200 million dollars for damages is planned by 200 entities alleging improper labeling of cargo from government ordnance plants.
A grid of clues covers insects and related terms across multiple lengths. Answers range from Depicted insect to Caress and include notes on fishers, metals, colors, and measurements. The puzzle uses familiar words spanning garden tools and Latin scripts alongside common prefixes and suffixes.
The suit argues freighters were labeled fertilizer to hide their nitrate content. It states that regardless of outcome, Texans vow nitrates or explosives will be named accurately and not as fertilizers to spare other ports from similar tragedy.
A notice states the undersigned on the eighteenth of October in Linn County Iowa appoints McCarty as receiver for a debt case. Creditors must file claims by the court clerk in Linn County District Court with attorney Sarah Bank and Thomas Woods present.
The Consolidated School District of a Linn County town invites sealed bids by 2:00 p.m. March 8 1949 for 160000 in school building bonds bearing interest payable November 1, mature in staggered amounts through 1968. Bid at par with lowest rate. requires 2 percent certified cash as good faith. Gilbert Batcheld secretary.
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