Fake Medical Men Abound In U S Today
Ruth Brigham reports on the U S Food and Drug Administration warning that fraudulent medical devices flood the postwar market. George P. Larrick cites hundreds of cases including a Chicago made “virilium catalytic barium chloride” device sold in Michigan for 300 dollars.
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Food and Drug Administration
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Texas
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Georgia
Deadline Monday for Narcotics Registration
Cedar Rapids internal revenue office warns that penalties under the federal narcotics act begin Monday. Herman Stecklein notes registrations lag as importers manufacturers sellers and dispensers including druggists doctors dentists and laboratories must register to avoid penalties.
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Cedar Rapids
Internal Revenue Bureau
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Mission School Students Conduct Church Services
A Westminster youth caravan visited Cedar Rapids last week representing four nationalities. The five young missionaries conducted the summer Bible school and Sunday services at Daniels Park church and prepared activities for the church and playground, proceeding next to Grinnell and Mt. Pleasant for further ministry.
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Westminster
Daniels Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
F. A. Munneke
Andy Gutierrez
Laurabel Wilson
June Klushhken
Dixie Meyrick
Virgilio Garcia
Munneke
Dune
Grinnell
National Westminster Fellowship Conference
Mt. Pleasant
Middletown
Theational Mission Board
Daniels Park
Jargon Terms Shape Newsroom Speech From The Past
A survey of newsroom slang traces how editors photographers and wires operate from takes to railroaded copy and morgue photos. The article catalogs terms like stet flag bulldog scoop flash fiddle and jukebox and explains their origins and usage in early journalism.
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Agee
Shoes Yield Hidden Treasure From Old Shoe Heel
In Decca Czechoslovakia a shoemaker found buried treasure inside a hollowed heel. The hoard included two gold rings a gold wristwatch a 20 franc gold piece and a five ruble gold coin. Authorities surmise the shoe belonged to a Sudeten German deported to Germany.
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Czechoslovakia
Decca
Sudetenland
Germany
Miss Douma Chosen Director for Voorhees Hall at Coe College
Grace Douma of Ottumwa will become residence director for the Voorhees women’s dormitory at Coe College, effective July 10. She will coordinate campus social activities with the dean of students, John A. Fisher, after a career as a history teacher and graduate of Coe College.
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Shower of twins at St. Margaret hospital
Rammond Indiana report says three sets of twins born within 152 minutes at St. Margaret hospital. Hospital officials call it the most action-packed time in the maternity ward.
Swiss extends arms export ban to December 1947
The Swiss government renews the ban on munitions exports through December 10, 1947, extending a policy that has been renewed in six month intervals after its previous expiration. The measure maintains the wartime restriction on exporting arms.
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