Tomorrows Count Most Seniors Told at Cedar Rapids Graduation
Dr Russell Cole president of Cornell college urged 124 graduates at Cedar Rapids high schools 78th commencement to value tomorrow over material wealth and heritage. He spoke of freedom to learn and earn within limits, urged faith with heritage and brotherhood, and noted plans to use intellect for peace. Diplomas were awarded by principals Paxson Hallman Tracy and Kluss as the program featured a city orchestra and choir and a prayer by Rabbi Herman Schaalman.
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Russell Cole
Cornell College
Cole
Franklin, Roosevelt, Wilson
McKinley
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Dr. Cole
Arthur Deamer
Paul Anthony
McKinley School
Mendelssohn, Haydn
Tschaikowsky
John E. Hutchins
W. L. Paxson
M. S. Hallman
Franklin
Pierre A. Tracy
Wilson
Fred J. Kluss
Roosevelt
Four Divisions Cited By General Devers
Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers praised the 44th 45th 79th and 100th infantry divisions for helping halt the German offensive on the Seventh Army front. The commendation covers actions in the first weeks of January as the U S Seventh Army fought back the attack.
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U. S. Seventh Army
United States
Jacob L. Devers
Sixth Army Group
Help for Badly Wounded Britain Proposed by Batt
William L. Batt vice chairman of the War Production Board urged energetic steps to aid Britain’s postwar economy. Speaking to the Engineering Society of Cincinnati he called for Americans to send talent abroad and place the right people to work in Britain, stressing economic cooperation as vital to securing peace alongside military aid.
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Cincinnati
William L. Batt
War Production Board
United States
Britain
Engineering Society of Cincinnati
Batt
Christ Maggas Installed As President Of Ahepa
Ahepa lodge officers were installed Wednesday night by district governor Tom Siamis with assistance from Paul Costas, the Rev J Pallas, Mike Thomas, Tom A Thomas and Mike Bellas. John M Costas served as marshal. Officers named include Christ Maggas as president and Mike Katsakos as vice president.
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Ahepa Lodge
Tom Siamis
Paul Costas
J. Pallas
Mike Thomas
Tom A. Thomas
Mike Bellas
John M. Costas
Christ Maggas
Mike Katsakos
Notable Greek-American Lodge Officers Named in Board List
President William Haritakis and Secretary Louis Chipokas are listed as officers. The board of governors includes Tom A. Thomas as chairman, with Mike Bellas, George Zeangas, George Folion, and Steve Varvaris. Appointed officers are John Thomas chaplain Tom Panagos warden J M Bellas captain of the guard Wick Kanellis and Peter Chiafos sentinels.
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William Haritakis
Louis Chipokas
Tom A. Thomas
Mike Bellas
George Zeangas
George Folion
Steve Varvaris
John Thomas
Tom Panagos
J. M. Bellas
Wick Kanellis
Peter Chiafos
Sentinels
Army to Try Two Nazi Spy Suspects
NEW YORK AP The Second service command said the justice department transferred to the army jurisdiction of two alleged German agents who landed on the Maine coast from a submarine on November 29. Secretary Stimson said their trial by military commission would be held on Governors Island, with William Curtis Colepaugh and Eric H Gimpel charged with violating the law of war. Trial date not fixed.
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New York
Justice Department
Army
Maine
Secretary of
War Stimson
Washington
Governors Island
William Curtis Colepaugh
Eric H Gimpel
Sleeping Sickness Cure Reported by Johns Hopkins Doctor
A new drug combining arsenic and butyric acid reportedly cures African sleeping sickness in early trials. Dr. Harry Eagle of Johns Hopkins University announced the finding in Science, highlighting the potential global impact if proven effective.
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New York
Science
Official Journal of American Scientists
Harry Eagle
Johns Hopkins University
French Railroad Wreck Kills 120 in Saint Valery En Caux
A rail wreck at Saint Valery en Caux near Dieppe killed 120 and injured 200 as a train ran out of control down a steep incline and slammed into a station. American troops were among passengers though casualties among them were not confirmed. Officials cited icy rails as a likely cause.
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Dieppe
France
Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Here
Final tally shows 48 million votes cast in November
Final official tabulation shows 48,025,684 voted for President, 45,103,023 for representative, and 34,974,613 for senator. Roosevelt led with a 3,596,227 plurality over Dewey, official presidential total 25,602,505 to 22,006,278. Other votes include Norman Thomas 80,518 and mainly Texas regulars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Norman Thomas
Claude A. Watson
Prohibition
Edward A. Teichert
Socialist- Labor
Texas
Gerald L. K. Smith
American First
Smith
Wartime voting totals near 1940 peak in Michigan
In Michigan the candidate polled 1,530 votes as part of a wartime election. The nationwide total for Presidential electors fell 1,789,628 votes short of the 1940 record of 49,815,312, reflecting the impact of wartime interruptions on turnout.
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Michigan
Coutts to Address Salesmen on Taxes
Bay C. Coutts, tax consultant, will speak at a luncheon of the National Association of Salesmen Saturday at 12 30 p m. at the Roosevelt hotel on Taxes How They Affect You as a Salesman.
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Bay C. Coutts
National Association of Salesmen
Roosevelt Hotel
War Cost in 1944 Rises 7.1 Percent
Washington AP report shows 1944 war expenditures totaled 91.174 billion dollars, up 7.1 percent from 1943. Since July 1, 1940, war spending reached 244.5 billion dollars. December outlays were 7.835 billion, rising 740 million from November.
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Washington
War Production Board
Greater Teamwork of United Nations Urged by Landon
Alf M Landon urged closer cooperation among the United States Great Britain and Russia to form a common military policy and arm a joint staff. He said Russia should join the military staff with Britain and America to pressure Germany and shorten the time needed to defeat it.
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United Nations
Landon
Cleveland (Ap
Alf M. Landon
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Britain
America
Chamber of Commerce
Landon Calls for Better Coherence of Allied War Effort
In a statement, Landon urged a unified command plan with the big three nations to supply sailors and airplanes and to coordinate more coherent, efficient war effort across all fronts. He stressed the need for clearer understanding of the major international problems to be solved.
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Diers
83rd Jap Admiral Dead Domei Reports
The Japanese Domei agency said Rear Admiral Kiichiro Akamate died December 29, bringing to 83 the number of Japanese admirals reported dead in the last seven months. The dispatch noted he died in a hospital but did not give a cause.
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United Press
Kiichiro Akamatesu
Domei Agency
Akamatsu
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Parkerwilder
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