Army's Powerful New Patton Tank Has Many Firsts
The Patton 48, a new 45 to 50 ton medium tank, was unveiled in Newark Delaware. Secretary Frank Pace Jr led the ceremony with Mrs Patton christening the tank, which features a one piece cast hull and turret, a 90 mm gun, two caliber .50 and one caliber .30 machine guns, and a V 12 engine delivering 810 hp. The .50 gun can be aimed and reloaded from inside the tank without exposing crew. The crew is four, one fewer than earlier models.
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Del
Army
Chrysler Delaware Tank P
Army Ordnance
Ehryger Corporation
Frank Pace
D. S. Patton
Collins Appoints New Ad Manager
Collins Radio Company announces Paul E. Condon as advertising manager replacing Alfred K. Higgins who will reduce duties for health reasons. Higgins moves to consultant role with advertising and public relations while Condon comes from Mid-Continent Airlines.
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Paul E., Condon
Collins Radio Company
R. S. Gates
Condon
Alfred K. Higgins
Higins
Mid-Continent Airlines
Kansas City
U.S. Navy
Atlantic Fleet
Central
South America
Obstacle to Home Beauty Shop Removed
Neighborhood fears about a woodworking shop near 843 Seventeenth Street SW need not block a living room beauty parlor the Kostkas oppose seeking such space. Mrs Marie Stewart’s request for a home beauty parlor, June 9, was withdrawn and may be resubmitted at the adjustment board’s July 14 meeting, Stewart said Tuesday.
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Seventeenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Adjustment Board
Stewart
Car Skids on Mud Patch. Woman Killed in Sac City
Miss Nellie Tyler, 67, of Chester Pennsylvania, died after a car she rode in skidded on a mud patch left by heavy rains on highway 20 at the east edge of Sac City. Four others were injured two seriously including her sister Mrs Laura Sarkisian Detroit and Beatrice McKenney 41 of Chester. Also hospitalized were Norman H Tyler 56 and Wesley Aumend 55 both of Chester.
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Sac City
Nellie Tyler
Chester
Hester
Miss Tyler
Norman H. Tyler
Wesley Aumend
Senator E L Humbert dies at 82 in Corning Iowa
DES MOINES AP Senator Ernest Lee Humbert a Corning Republican aged 82 who once pressed to legalize parimutuel betting on horse races in Iowa died Tuesday. A horse breeder and importer he served in the Iowa House in 1946 and the Senate starting 1948 from Adams and Taylor counties. He did not seek re election under a district rotation but ran again for his old House seat and lost the June 2 primary to William Oliver Turner of Corning.
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Des Moines
Ernest Lee Humbert
Rcorning
Iowa
Humbert
House of ‘Representatives
Adams
Taylor
William Oliver Turener
Corning
Higher Unemployment Compensation Asked
The executive board of district 8 United Electrical and Farm Equipment Workers (Ind.) urged four Midwestern state governors to double unemployment benefits for thousands of idle workers. The union, claiming 25,000 members, asked for special legislative sessions or other needed actions.
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Rock Island
District 8
United Electrical and Farm Equipment Workers
Ind
Steel Shortage Drives Layoffs in Midwest Plants
The union cites a steel shortage as the cause of mass layoffs in Illinois Iowa Indiana and Missouri with about 10 000 idle workers in Quad Cities farm machinery plants. Iowa official Carl B Stiger says unemployment benefits cannot be raised without legislative action and a special session would be required. current Iowa maximum is 26 a week for 20 weeks with pre shortage averages around 20 to 21 a week.
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Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
Union
Quad Cities
Des Moines
Carl B. Stiger
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Crop Prospects Bright Across Iowa As Rain Delays Hit
Iowa weekly weather and crop bulletin reports continued good prospects overall despite excessive rain that slowed field work in western and central areas. Final corn cultivation shows strong progress with 55 percent of intended acreage laid by June 28, haying delayed by moisture, and alfalfa and red clover first-cut completion well ahead of last year.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
West Central District
Auto Production By Firms Listed
Automotive News tabulates weekly truck output from June 28 and June 21 and year to date through June 28. Chevrolet built 7,304 last week versus 6,825 prior. Dodge 3,412 versus 3,462. Ford 4,852 versus 4,874. GMC 2,512 vs 2,482. International 2,340 vs 2,338. Rep 355 vs 341. Studebaker 1,290 vs 1,271. Willys-Overland 2,703 vs 2,602.
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Automotive News
Chevrolet
Dodge
Ford
GMC
International
Rep
Studebaker
Willys-Overland
Local Classifieds Mix With Ads For Services and Jobs
A jumble of small ads covers heating and repairs, bail bonds, tailoring, jewelry, moving, painting, cleaning, driving and job openings. Listings feature Novak Heating, Goodman Detective Service, Kenwood Transfer, Morris Fur, Rosen's Tailor Shop, and various trades, renting spaces, and help wanted in Cedar Rapids area.
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3Rd St. SE
Mutual OF
Omaha Verdi F. Lenzen Mgr
American Budg
Rosen’s Tailor Shop
4Th ST. SE
Morris
Ma of
Bigelow
Kenwood Transfer
Charles Clubb
R.R. No
Sigourney
Gazette
Poe
Taft Hotel
Ronald Ead
Polio Patients in Sioux City Hospitals Rise
Polio patients under treatment in Sioux City hospitals numbered 37 on Tuesday with three new admissions Monday night. New patients include Opal Barnes aged 28 from Cherokee Kathryn Nelson aged 21 from Galva and Mary Sokoloske aged 9 from Sioux City.
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Opal Barnes
Cherokee
Kathryn Nelson
Galva
Mary Sokoloske
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Tee
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