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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1947
Page
2
At the Davis home in Cedar Rapids a rare African sacred lily rises from a bulb kept dormant through summer then brought to light for rapid growth. The plant reaches 61 inches tall with a 27 inch bloom spike, a single deep red flower aging to pink, and a strong odor. The bulb's growth and bloom cycle span years, with seven years until full bloom and annual dormancy thereafter.
Secretary of State Marshall on Friday named John E. Peurifoy to the post of acting assistant secretary of state. Peurifoy, a nine year veteran of state department administration, succeeds Donald Russell who resigned with Secretary Byrnes.
Fulton National Bank refused to honor checks from either claimant in Georgia's disputed governorship, signaling a court battle over control of the executive account and halting state operations. The move follows Treasurer Hamilton’s claim that the dispute has frozen revenues and highway department activities as both Earl Talmadge and Lt. Gov. Thompson contest the office.
Registration is $2.50 with in person or mail options at the Coe business office. On January 28 at 8 p.m. at Coe chapel Dr. Ordway Tead, editor of books on sociology and economics, will speak. Other speakers include Kermit Eby of CIO Robert Watt of AFL Whipple Jacobs NAM board member and Senator Wayne Morse Senate labor committee. Fee remains the same throughout the course.
Sims Garrett and other highway department appointees were not confirmed by the senate on Wednesday, leaving Garrett and Dyer barred from offices. Thompson named a rival administrator while Hamilton cited pending bond approvals by Georgia's attorney general Eugene Cook as a hurdle.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced a 3 cent per pound increase in its selling price for natural crude rubber. The new price rises from 22 1/2 to 25 cents per pound for basic grade natural rubber, reflecting higher costs paid for Far Eastern rubber.
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