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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1948
Page
7
John Reynolds reports on the Naval Reserve armory installing a vapor compression evaporator for training. The unit turns salt water into fresh water using electric heating and a condenser, allowing NR personnel to learn naval equipment operation with tap water currently used as a substitute.
Notice from Linn County Iowa announcing the appointment of Agu pate as administrator of the Frank Rovikov estate and the appointment of Mary RR Clerk as executor of the Mary RR Clerk estate. Creditors are asked to file claims and all indebted parties to promptly pay.
G Greek of Atlantic and Mrs Florence M Lynch of LeMars were reelected as Iowa members of the Democratic National Committee. The committee will shape party policies.
According to a Collier’s article based on Hopkins papers, President Roosevelt believed defeating Germany first would likely ending with Japan surrender or collapse, and he warned advisers that rushing Japan could boost German dominance. Churchill and Stalin clashed over strategy, with Roosevelt preferring selective action to save lives.
Hollywood notes that a movie titled Flashing Silks will dramatize the turf rivalry of Citation and Stymie with top jockeys like Johnny Longden and Eddie Arcaro. The King brothers produce the project, aiming to feature real racing figures and a winner’s ending. Mary Astor’s daughter Marylyn Thorpe makes her screen debut in Little Women, while Leland Hayward advances new stage works in London.
Lana Turner and Tallulah Bankhead are seen at Hollywood Park placing a sentimental bet on Early Bird in honor of Bankhead’s parakeet Gaylord. Betty Grable sits nearby at an adjacent table, with the duo drawing fashion attention as Bankhead wears a striking red ensemble and Grable shines in electric attire.
Yang Mei, 20, alleged nine year appetite loss, was revealed by the Central News Agency as a midnight pantry raider at Chungking hospital. Nurses observed her slipping into the pantry to feast on chicken heads, pork and potato stew, porridge, rice, and other foods. Authorities weigh punishment for alleged fraud.
Milton Shabat of Los Angeles sues the Ambassador East hotel for 250000 claiming injuries from a portable burner explosion in the Pump room while dining. He says burns to head arms and body forced him to neglect his glass designing firm since the March 26, 1947 incident.
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