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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1946
Page
2
Cedar Rapids resident Adolph J. Kobylak recounts Czechia’s June elections and the enduring warmth for western democracy. He notes Benes remains unaligned with communism, while concerns of army support for the Communist ticket circulate amid postwar reforms and reconstruction.
The state council of the Czech American National Alliance gave 2000 to the Children’s Health Camp near Tabor for tuberculosis recovery. About 50 Sokol gymnasts from Omaha attend the National Sokol meet at Creighton stadium as the American Sokol union convenes in Omaha.
The article notes Daniel Lambert as the heaviest man, recorded at 739 pounds at his death at age 39. It also mentions a 102 inch waistline for Persbert.
Mrs L J Smith reports 2540 boys and girls enrolled in the playground and home garden program now in its twenty first year. 2086 have home gardens, 433 hold plots in seven playground gardens, and 21 in the Children's Home. Visitors will grade and assist this summer with notebooks and gardening tasks. An annual garden picnic and exhibit at Bever Park on Aug 15 will award top home and playground gardeners and those with the best notebooks.
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