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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1946
Page
4
Washington AP reports the National Council of Education warned that a new draft could pull enough college professors into service to reduce enrollment and strain higher education institutions.
In a letter to Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey the council notes enrollment could fall by 168000 students with 110000 veterans and argues neither the army nor selective service should bear responsibility for such a fall in fall enrollments.
In Linn County Iowa District Court a document claimed as the last will and testament of Mary S Polivka, late of the county and deceased, will be heard for proof and admission to probate at the Cedar Rapids courthouse on August 1946 at 9 o clock in the morning. Cedar Rapids July 29.
The eight month long trial of 22 German leaders at Nuremberg concluded as Soviet prosecutor Rudenko demanded death without exception. The defendants face further proceedings in a subsequent trial of seven Nazi organizations for aggressive war and war crimes. American prosecutor Jackson postponed travel to the United States.
The Senate voted to reduce the airmail postage rate from eight to six cents per ounce. The measure returns to the House, which had approved a five-cent rate. California holds more than half of the Pacific coastline of the United States.
Notice states Home Materials Inc is incorporated under Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa 1939 with principal office in Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa. It will engage in purchasing building prefabricated dwellings constructing and leasing real estate and laying out additions and public utilities. Authorized capital stock 10000 nonassessable fully paid. initial officers include Russell F Knapp president and treasurer Henry I Gundling first vice president secretary Charles E Severn second vice president. directors listed. corporate term twenty years from May 15 1946.
Raymond Scott a leading young composer and his new dance bands play Danceland Tuesday evening August 6. The program includes his quintet and the Secret Seven within the larger ensemble. Dorothy Collins is the featured vocalist.
The Gazette lists Tuesday showings for Paramount Iowa Palace Rialto Times Strand and others. Titles include Shock Rendezvous 24 The Stranger The Return of Rusty Diary of a Chambermaid Inside Job The Story of G I Joe Land Beyond the Law Song of Old Wyoming The Flying Serpent Guest Wife Frontier Gal You Came Along Our Vines Have Tender Grapes A Walk in the Sun The Man Who Dared with varied times across multiple venues.
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt canceled reservations at the Eastland hotel in Portland Maine after considering a stay for Fala the dog. An Eastland assistant manager said a clerk explained to Mrs Roosevelt that Fala’s presence was not acceptable as a guest of the hotel.
A witness reports that dogs could not be brought above the lobby. The respondent replied, All right, and Gaines left the hotel after the exchange.
Washington AP report notes Housing Expeditor Wilson W. Wyatt called the Wagner Ellender Taft bill defeat a severe blow to the veterans emergency housing program. Wyatt said the National Housing Administration depended on passage for the program's viability in the postwar period.
A speaker urges passage of emergency housing legislation to provide rental housing for veterans and low to middle income groups, linking the program to solving nationwide housing problems and meeting national goals.
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