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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1946
Page
2
London reports European governments and unions express grave concern over U S labor strikes affecting coal rail and sea transport vital for rehabilitation. British leaders criticize Truman for seizure policy while Denmark Norway Sweden and Italy consider mediation gaps and recovery needs amid postwar shortages.
A tiny high precision steel ball bearing about 1/10 inch in diameter is to serve in civilian devices after wartime use. The three balls in a steel jacket form the smallest bearing in the world and will be used in cameras recording equipment television radar and other instruments for the atomic bomb test off Bikini Atoll. American industry credits rapid development to overcome wartime bearing shortfalls and foresees wide peacetime use in fountain pens watches and precision instruments.
Camp Wapsie Y M C A boys camp on the Wapsipinicon river Cedar Rapids opens its 28th season Sunday with near 70 boys moving in for a week of outdoor fun and study. Final arrangements are being completed this week as staff finish buildings and schedules. Jerry Heyl and A W Salisbury supervise training sessions for staff with Lloyd Rice John Miller Mrs Stanley Kellams and Leonard Hamilton among the on site crew. Heyl a longtime Y worker has directed several camps and this is his second season at Wapsie Y Salisbury Spencer high school principal has led the camp for three years and will supervise swimming based on Y M C A aquatic tests. Rice a Spencer high school science teacher will guide nature trails.
Washington reports a push for rapid natural gas pipeline expansion with about 5000 miles of interstate lines and $200 million in proposed spending before the Federal Power Commission hearings opening June 17. Amid this, bids of $70–$80 million aim to convert war pipelines to gas transport.
Cedar Rapids youths seven years and older may join the Y M C A summer swimming program. Nine classes include life saving instruction with improved water quality and filtration. Registration is at the Y M C A boys desk, with a schedule starting Saturday June 15 for learn to swim and swimming groups across multiple ages.
Washington writer reviews midsummer 1946 mail order catalogues claiming abundance beyond wartime shortages. He catalogs apparel, hosiery, shoes, baby items, kitchenware, furniture, bedding, towels, tools, and toys with prices, noting shipping and stock concerns while questioning inventory completeness. He jokes about timing and the urge to order before Christmas.
W. D. Lyon Advertising Agency adds Robert Nunn as art director and Jane Rice as radio director. Nunn, Army veteran with European theater service, was Sears art director and Chicago studio art director. Rice comes from Russel M. Leeds Chicago agency and WIBA Madison radio. Office moves to 303 Second Avenue SE to accommodate growth.
Free road maps, once vanishing during the war, are returning with plans for plentiful quantities and improved quality. In 1942 oil firms and the American Automobile Association distributed 160 million maps, and Walter Ris tow of the New York Public Library expects this summer’s reissues to exceed prewar availability. Local gas stations report maps arriving slowly, with a noted scarcity of distant state maps, especially Texas, while Gulf Oil previously issued millions across regions in the 1910s and 1920s. The maps cost oil companies about three cents each.
North Western Railway plans to spend about 11.726 million dollars on new equipment. The group, led by president R. L. Williams, will buy 46 passenger cars including coaches cafes and diners and 12 diesel locomotives for streamliner service. Freight purchases include eight 4 500 horsepower diesels and 140 covered hopper cars for main line service.
A sales pitch promotes a plan of programmed insurance claiming a definite retirement income and protective coverage for all income levels. It targets thinking people and urges adoption for future security.
United Press report from New York notes overall stock declines in major groups amid reduced trading while special issues rise. The industrial average fell 2.32 points, rail index wiped out prior gains, utilities slipped, and the 65 stock average ended down 1.17 points.
Eastern Iowa market excerpt shows indicative price ranges from recent transactions. Reader note clarifies quotations are not firm bids or offers but reflect current trading levels.
Washington AP. Senators learned that a colleague sent thousands of telegrams in one day at government expense to answer a petition. The Appropriations Committee proposed a monthly limit of 300 telegrams per senator and an increase to 50 official long distance calls per month, not to exceed 250 minutes.
Cities Service Oil announces an 18 million dollar expansion of its East Chicago Indiana refinery led by W Alton Jones. A fluid catalytic cracking unit will boost output to 33000 barrels per day under M W Kellogg supervision with completion set for spring 1948, expanding supply to 36 states.
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