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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1949
Page
2
John Reynolds profiles Citizen Adams, a Cedar Rapids man with a stubborn sleep pattern and a disruptive alarm clock. The piece humorously traces his attempts to wake, from bedside clocks to a hallway relocation, ending with his dog retrieving the Alarm and saving the morning.
In Cardiff Wales AP Ernest Evans won a divorce after testifying his wife cruelty. He claimed she subjected him to humiliation and physical submission during their marriage. She weighed 224 pounds. The court proceedings centered on alleged cruelty.
Foss Davis warden at Anamosa tells Lions Club that modern youth are physically and mentally lazy. He notes 500000 dollars in annual prison business including cannery work, printing, license plates, and insecticides. Parolees return at twenty five percent and parents are blamed for failures.
A religious meditation calls for unity and compassion across nations. It asks God to forgive walling-up thinking and expand care beyond borders, seeking end to war and a shared humanity through humility and fellowship. The text invokes the Christ of Calvary and ends with AMEN.
Winnipeg dispatch reports an epidemic resembling infantile paralysis at Chesterfield Inlet, Hudson Bay, killed 11 Eskimos, mainly under 20. A five-doctor team from the Arctic hamlet stated the patients had been brought under control.
Doctors and 600 Royal Canadian Force personnel were flown into the settlement on Wednesday to deliver pounds of medical supplies to hospitalized residents and improve care.
Cedar Rapids milk and cream met minirequirements for February with bacteria levels under 50 000 per cc and butterfat above 16 percent across ten dairies. The report notes varied fat percentages and low bacterial counts among brands and locations including North Side, Dows, Krebs Dutch Girl, and Peters brands, reflecting generally strong sanitary conditions in the month.
In a civil suit, New York’s Court of Appeals allows a trial in Syracuse over claims that Father Divine and associates suppressed a will and caused an 80 year old follower’s death after a major operation. Dey Sheldon Lyon and cousins allege threats and conspiracy to kill to block a new will.
The University of Illinois journalism program experiments with facsimile newspaper production by radio. It has borrowed a sender and two receivers to transmit and receive the mock edition.
AP reports San Francisco supervisor Chris Jepsen Christensen, missing 14 months after Jan 18 1948, has decided to stay in Houston. He reunited with wife Thursday, says he will not return to San Francisco despite his wife's plea to come back. He recently arrived as a Bible salesman earning 13.50 for his first day.
Notice announces an estate administration for Linn County Iowa with Julia L Kubicek as Administratriz. It directs creditors to present duly authenticated claims to the clerk of the county district court and to make immediate payments as required.
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