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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1946
Page
8
Australia plans 35 000 migrants from Britain and Europe in 1947 to fill great empty spaces. Builders and nurses prioritized to ease housing shortages and staff hospitals. Workers’ wages vary by trade and state, with a migrant shipping line under consideration to speed passage.
The section presents remarks on immigration and population policy, noting white Australia stance and calls for rapid industry and population shifts from Britain to Australia. It cites a Sydney Daily Telegraph editorial urging independence for India and warns of risks in Asia and international power dynamics.
William Brady outlines orthopedic branches and pediatric care for bone deformities. He explains specialists such as orthopedists pediatricians and orthodontists, notes limitations in bow leg correction after age five, and recommends vitamin D sunshine and outdoor activity for young children along with splints braces and supervised exercise for correction.
Washington reports Housing Expeditor Wilson W. Wyatt will press for more rental G I homes and restoration of OPA rent and price controls. Surveys show 54 percent of veteran home seekers prefer renting. May starts show few permanent new homes for rent. Wyatt seeks congressional ruling on rental powers amid Second War Powers Act amendment debates.
The South American automobile bug displays a white light at the front and a red light at the rear, signaling its movement and position.
Sbor Ceske Vlastenky suspends July August meetings with a picnic next Wednesday at Riverside park at 1 p.m. Members to bring lunch, coffee and ice cream provided. Sbor Pomnenka Vlasti No 91 to meet next Thursday July 11 at Riverside park bringing cup spoon sugar. Czech school replaces picnic with ice cream party on its grounds at Tenth Ave and Second St SE. Wiener roast after Lodge Junior American Czech No 388 meeting at C.S.P.S. hall. Jan Hus Lodge No 51 I O O F to install officers at Sokol hall Wednesday at 8 p.m. refreshments after. Czech Melody Hour airs Sundays 12:30 1 p.m. on WMT directed by T B Hlubacek. Visitors from Cleveland at Kolar home 1203 Second St SE.
Special to The Gazette Margaret Ruth Carroll was granted a divorce from Howard M. Carroll by Judge M. C. Hamiel in district court here Friday and also was given custody of the couple's two children. Her charge of cruel and inhuman treatment was uncontested. Married at Kahoka Missouri May 21 1934 they have been separated since.
Cedar Rapids division of the Naval Reserve will hold a meeting at the Coliseum Armory at 7 50 p m Monday. Division commander Ralph Groom said recruits will receive one day's base pay for each drill period with weekly sessions. WWII veterans from navy army coast guard and marines may enlist ages 17 to 64 for navy veterans.
Captain F G Venhorst of Miami P forty seven pilot in the army air forces flew to Cedar Rapids to spend Friday evening with his parents in law Mr and Mrs Ted Nesper 2022 Avenue NE. Venhorst took off from Municipal airport Saturday on the return trip to Miami.
A sentence notes Tabriz as the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan and places it 55 air miles south of the Soviet region. The fragmentary text is unclear about exact current context or time.
Emergency food drive moves to Farm Bureau office on second floor of federal building after a start at the Chamber of Commerce. By the second week the drive reported 12600 dollars and 15000 cans toward goals of 50000 dollars and 100000 cans, with some solicitation reports still pending. Chairman D. D. Bent was hospitalized on the eve of opening.
Roger Druliner, formerly of Lincoln Nebraska, becomes the Western Auto Stores manager in Cedar Rapids. He served four and a half years in the Pacific with the Seventh Air Force and has been with the company in Lincoln since 1935, succeeding Carl F P Wilson.
Cedar Rapids reports an all time high of 24 180 telephones in service with 89 new installs in May. M H Morrison of Northwestern Bell notes steady equipment arrivals and hopes back orders clear by summer. Employment among 19 firms rose to 8504 payrolls from 8453 in April, with May wartime figure at 9292. New car and truck sales climbed to 194 for May from four last May. Real estate transfers reached 549 in May versus 486 in April and 337 in May 1945.
Reads like a busy classifieds page with lost items including a grayish tan bag and a brown billfold, a request to answer to Jake, several personal notes, and various sale ads for hats, swim trunks, jewelry, maternity services, and cleaning products. Also lists a travel share ad and service listings.
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