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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1947

Page

9

Dust Storms Return Warned by Government

The Agriculture Department warned that destructive droughts and dust storms will return to the Great Plains within five years, possibly sooner or later, and likely more severe than the 1930s. A Soil Conservation Service bulletin cites soil erosion, plowing sod for wheat, and overstocking as aggravating factors while urging flood and windbreak measures and planting grass and trees during wet years.

Washington Agriculture Department Great Plains Department Soil Conservation Service

Peiping imposes 10 p.m. curfew on residents

Chinese authorities in Peiping order a 10 pm to dawn curfew amid anti Communist claims. The measure follows a week of midnight curfews after student riots. Reports say gangs of Communist assassins entered the city to aid an upcoming anti civil war demonstration scheduled for June 2.

Peiping INS

Officers Elected by Legislation Council

Salt Lake City INL reported the National Council on State Legislation elected Mrs. John Glaettli Jr of Madison Wisconsin as president succeeding Mrs. C Tracy La Cost of Toledo Ohio. Other officers include Mrs Ray Meade Birmingham Alabama first vice president Mrs Alex J Jex Salt Lake City second vice president Mrs Edmund P Evans treasurer Mrs Glenn W Southers Chicago secretary Regional directors named Mrs W R Wallace Chester South Carolina Mrs Frank Bryan Montpelier Vermont Mrs Lester Merritt Columbus Ohio Dr Paul C Young Baton Rouge Louisiana N Ruth Woods St Louis Missouri and D Werner Washington

Salt Lake City INL National Council On State Legislation John Glaettli, Jr Madison Wis C. Tracy la Cost Toledo Ohio Ray Meade Birmingham Ala Alex J. Jex Edmund P., Evans Glenn W. Southers Chicago W. R. Wallace Chester S. C Frank Bryan Montpelier Lester Merrit Columbus Paul C. Young Baton Rouge Ruth Woods St. Louis D. Werner Washington, D

Plans for painting new traffic lanes on Kenwood avenue

Plans to mark traffic lanes on First Avenue from the hilltop west to Thirty‑first Street in Kenwood were announced by Traffic Capt. L. W. Remington. Weather and possible street resurfacing delay the project, with a solid yellow center line and broken white side lanes to be painted by the department's new automatic spray machine. Corrugated cardboard made from cotton stalks is noted in the report.

Blamenshine L. W. Remington F. A. Ahring Leland Duncan First Avenue Avenue Hill Thirty-first Street Kenwood

Abd El Krim, Riff Leader, Now in Egypt

Abd El Krim, 66, former Riff leader, has landed in Port Said en route to Cairo and taken sanctuary at King Farouk's Koubbeh palace. He will stay in Egypt until Morocco is freed, joining Haj Amin El Husseini in exile circles as Arab solidarity moves unfold.

Cairo INS Abd el Krim Riff Egypt Reunion Farouk Spain Krim Morocco Jerusalem Haj Amin el Husseini France Indian Ocean Port Said Koubbeh U. N. Palestine Commission Spanish North Africa

Politicos Debate Residency Rule In New Castle

In New Castle Indiana politicians argue a residency rule requiring living on a specific street for eligibility. The brief dispute centers on who qualifies and how the rule should be enforced.

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