Favorite Books of 1946 Chosen by Cedar Rapids Readers
Doris Cone reports Cedar Rapids public library survey of 50 readers selecting their top books for 1946. Non fiction leads with 58 titles. 43 fiction. Notable picks include Out of China, Arch of Triumph, Autobiography, and The Ha Pro season, with comments from ministers teachers and professionals illustrating diverse tastes.
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Doris Cone
Cedar Rapids
F. W. Bags
Wesley Jackson
William Saroyan
Eugene O'Neill
Lumir Sedlacek
We McLarand
Kohn
George Schoenfelder
Amana
Eugene C. Hoyt
The
Gazette
Andrew Peterson
Readers’ 1946 literary picks span poets and historians
F C Carver and Mrs F G Murray name works by Emil Lenard Jules Romains and William Allen White. Malcolm Hallman praises Helen Papash and a Harvard report on influence. Mrs Hallman recalls Stefan Zweig Balzac The Arch The Folded Leaf William Maxwell.
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F. C. Carver
Dakar
Emil Len
Bob Condon
Jules Romains
F. G. Murray
William Allen White
China
Malcolm S. Hallman
Helen Papash
Hallman
Harvard
William Maxwell
Germans To Wreck Hitler s Shrine To Horst Wessel
Munich council votes to down the giant marble monument to Horst Wessel and 15 dead from the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. The shrine had been prepared as Hitler s burial ground but is slated for removal as part of postwar reorganization.
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Hitler
Horst Wessel
Munich
Germany
BA Council
Berlin Teachers Strain as Enrollments Edge Past 1958
Berlin's school enrollment reaches 450,617 despite a population drop of one million since the war. Public primary schools account for 305,452 students, with vocational, high, intermediate, and Aoog schools totaling the rest. Denazification removed many teachers, leaving 6,162 for a shrinking staff.
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Berlin
Ao Og
Poland Plans Aviation Boom With Airports and Factories
Poland aims to expand aviation with a new international airport in service by 1949 and plans for nine airplane factories. The draft program envisions broad development of aviation infrastructure and capability in the postwar era.
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Poland
Warsaw
Lempira Named After Honduran Chief in Revolt History
The lempira, Honduras currency, derives its name from an Indigenous chief who led a revolt in the sixteenth century against colonial authorities. The note highlights the origins of the currency’s name and its historic roots.
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Honduras
High Mighty as Nazis They Now Do Menial Work
Berlin authorities demote former Nazi elites to day labor across 20 district offices. Princess Viktoria Cecilie von Hessen and figures like Prof Max Kloss and Werner Krauss take up chores from housekeeping to hedge trimming while Nazis receive low wages and rations.
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Daniel de Luce
Berlin
Yesteryear
Max Kloss
Norbert Schultze
Lili Mariene
England
Sigrid von Rex
Werner Krauss
Postage Due Kitty Delays Mail Run in Washington
A rust colored kitten ambled from a newly opened mail pouch in Port Orchard and rode an unscheduled 300 mile trip from Spokane. Postal workers halted operations briefly, sent the car back to Spokane, and dubbed the pawed traveler Postage Due.
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Port Orchard
Wash
Kitty
Spokane
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