Veteran Reveals War Ordeal and Hopes for Cedar Rapids
Harold V. Neilly, 32, former Army Air Corps private first class, recounts surviving a C-46 crash near Aden Arabia. He details injuries, religious reflections, postwar plans, and Cedar Rapids needs including a city stadium and veteran job opportunities. He praises Indians and criticizes isolationism while urging national unity. He plans to stay in Cedar Rapids.
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Harold V. Neilly
Army Air Corps
E Avenue NE
Mary Lee
Carol Rae
Arabia
Aden
Jet craft debate and wartime labor shift noted
The report highlights German jet capability and a U S pilot's skepticism about rivals. It also notes a surge in older women entering the postwar workforce, with census data projecting 1.5 million added workers aged 45 to 64 by 1950.
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Bureau of Census
Out of the Past on Education Ideals
A dated quotation from Herbert Spencer argues that instruction should shape both genders equally, stressing that education aims to form a true man or woman rather than gentility alone.
When Bugs Baer Notes a 1946 Car Pulls In
Arthur Baer jokes about new 1946 model automobiles and old cars. He recalls visiting the state bureau for license plates for his 1936 repaired car and quips about needing identification tags.
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State Bureau
No Place in Peaceful World for the Son of Heaven
William L. Shirer argues that after Japan’s defeat the imperial throne and Hirohito should not function as a stabilizing force. He surveys American officials and scholars debating the emperor’s role, warning that preserving the Mikado may hinder lasting Pacific peace.
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Son of Heaven
Hitler
Germany
Hirohito
Japan
United Nations
Taeenh
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
State Department
Pacific
United States
Grew
Henry St. George Tucker
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Associated Presses
Elbert D. Thomas
New York
Tribuse, Inc
Try Psychology on Japs War Aims and Terms
Merryle St. Rukeyser argues for intensified psychological and economic pressure on Japan. He urges specific, severe peace terms tied to costs, plus blunt propaganda showing ruin to deter continued war. The piece advocates selling continued fighting as harmful to Japanese interests.
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Dmiral Nimitz
Sons of Nippon
Japan
Germany
Armed Services
United States
Street race and crossing plans draw Gazette notice
The report recalls a street race between a heavy auto driver and a bay horse along Third avenue west near the North Western tracks. Citizens seek more details on violators. A Second avenue crossing across the North Western tracks is promised by Supt. Whalen. Vic Hugo of Chicago leases Peoples theater for three years through H. D. St. John. Labor Day observance plans begin with Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor leaders John Conrad W. G. Taylor and R. G. Stewart overseeing arrangements. Frequent showers threaten hay crops and delay building projects.
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Third Avenue
Second Avenue West
Huston
Supt. Whalen
North Western Railway Company
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
John Conrad
W. G. Taylor
R. G. Stewart
Truman May Do More Than Hold His Own In Berlin Meeting
An editorial assesses President Truman's potential performance at the Berlin talks. It argues he will press American interests firmly yet seek cooperative peace, balancing static justice with practical concessions. It likens Truman to Roosevelt and Churchill and predicts success if he wields bargaining strength without surrendering U.S. ideals.
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Francis Gabreski
Oil City
U. S
Europe
Pacific
Goering
Tokyo Radio
Gabreski
Truman
Berlin
Arry Truman
Chicago Daily News
Washington
United States
Mr. Truman
Henry Wallace
Mr. Roosevelt
Russia
Britain
Stalin
Churchill
San Francisco
Henry Cabot Lodge
Wheeler
Taft
Ohio
Sen
Tobey
New Hampshire
Banking and Currency Committee
Bretton Woods
Biddle Leads Fight Over Patents and Supreme Court Wins
A secret session on patents features Wallace, Biddle, Clark and Davis with talks on promoting competition through free use of patents. A list of candidates for patents commissioner includes Casper Ooms, Henry Conders, Roy Hackley, Hugh Cox and Houston Kenyon. Biddle reached 19 wins in 20 Supreme Court arguments as Secretary of Justice and his exit attracts scrutiny.
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Ashington
Wallace
Biddle
Tom Clark
Will Davis
Davis
Houston Kenyon
Standard Oil
N. J
Conders. Henry
Roy C. Hackley
Justice Department
Hugh Cox
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China- Burma-India
the Indians
Neilly
G. I
Hiltbrunner Music Company
Cedar Rapids
A. Monticello
Home Town
The
Associated Press
OPA
Women Worker's
Nelson
Onald M. Nelson
WPB
America
Somervell
Sword
War Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
Wilson
Herbert Spencer
By Arthur
Bugs" Baer
By Galbraith
William L. Shirer
China
Owen Lattimore
Sun Fo
Legislative Yuan
Foreign Affairs
War Department
By Merryle St. Rukeyser
Rukeyser
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the Gazette
Leases Peoples Theater
H. D. St. John Monday
Vic Hugo
Chicago
Peoples Theater
Omaha World-Herald
Churchiil
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Francisco
Drew Pearson
Supreme Court
Casper Ooms
Sherman Minton
White House
Florida
Pepper
Montana
Sen. Wheeler
Senate
Montgomery
Monty
Francis Biddle
Averell Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Moscow
Hollywood
Montgomery Ward
Sewell Avery
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
Irving S. Olds
VU. S. Steel Corporation
George Harrison
New York Life Insurance Company
Alger Hiss
Jimmy Byrnes
Philadelphia
Pearson
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