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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1948

Page

2

Barkley Speech Sparks Praise as Democrats Rally Around Him

A Washington INS dispatch recalls a National Press Club night where Alben Barkley, praised across party lines, delivered a keynote that softened Democratic harshness toward civil rights while highlighting bipartisanship on foreign policy. The radio group concluded Barkley keeps the party alive.

Washington INS Press Club Barkley Herbert Hoover G.O.P New Deal Alben Barkley

Annie the Ant Nervous Breakdown in Edinburgh

In Edinburgh, Annie the ant suffered what researchers call the emmet family’s first nervous breakdown. Scientists at the Institute of Animal Genetics say anxiety over maze errors caused Annie to misplace focus from food to worry. They seek a cure through further tests.

Edinburgh Scotland Annie Emmet Institute of Animal Genetics

Experts urge closing public pools during polio epidemic

Eleven international experts on poliomyelitis unanimously urged shutting public swimming pools during an active outbreak. The panel at the first international poliomyelitis conference sponsored by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis cited infection risks from water and fatigue arising from swimming, naming physicians from Columbia, Minnesota, Johns Hopkins, Copenhagen, Temple, Stanford, Mayo, Northwestern, New York University, Oslo, and Oxford.

New York United States National Foundation For Franklin D. Roosevelt Drs. Austin McIntosh Columbia University Irvine McQuarrie University of Minnesota David Bodian John Hopkins University Fritz Buchtal University of Copenhagen Waldo E. Nelson Temple University Philadelphia Harold K. Faber Stanford University Gordon N. Martin Mayo Clinic Lewis J. Pollock Northwestern University W. Ritchie Russell Oxford England Robert Ward New York University Birger Kanda Oslo University

Illness and exercise linked to paralysis risk, expert warns

Russell emphasizes fatigue and claims activity after disease onset worsens paralysis. He cites evidence that physical exertion after headache and sore throat begin can push conditions toward crisis, urging caution.

Russell

Driver Frozen to Death In Refrigerator Truck

CHICAGO A coroner's jury urged frequent city inspections of all refrigerated trucks after Victor Collyer, 20, was found dead in the truck he was driving during a vacation job. He suffocated and froze while attempting to exit the pie company vehicle.

Chicago INS Victor Collyer Pie Company Collyer

Boys Survive Electric Rail Incident On Chicago L

Two 6 and 8 year old boys climbed onto the Chicago L third rail area and were shocked when Eugene Mullen tripped and Charles Benbow pulled him free. An electrician freed them with a flagpole, revived them, and they were hospitalized with burns but expected to recover.

Chicago Eugene Mullen Charles Benbow Eugene Charles L” Line Ebon Frank William Donati Frank

B 29 navigator sucked from cockpit. crewmen die

A B 29 bomber attached to the 97th bomber squadron based at Biggs field lost its plexiglass navigator bubble Tuesday. Lt Walter H Hilbert, 31, was dragged from the plane at 26 000 feet and fell to his death, his body found in an alfalfa field near the Mexican border.

San Diego Calif al Gallagher Walter H. Hilbert Hilbert Navy 97Th Biggs Field el Paso Texas Coast Guard North Island Navy Base United States Atlantic Ocean Newfoundland Atlantic International Border Reamfield Accient

Karns Sentenced After Lugging Door to Courthouse

Benjamin Karns, 42, began a 20 day jail term after he dragged a door from his former wife to the sleeping porch in court to prove he did not molest her. Judge Elmer Schnackenberg said the evidence showed a loose panel where Karns allegedly kicked the door.

Chicago Benjamin Karns Elmer Schnackenberg Karns

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