GOP State Chiefs Gather to Plan for 1950 Campaign
A national meeting of Republican state chairmen convenes in Chicago to map campaign strategy for the 1950 elections. Howard Scott, acting chairman, outlines plans to form a 14 member policy committee and select two members from state groups. The group aims to share lessons from 1948 and strengthen the party’s national effort.
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Chicago
TP Republian
Howard Scotts Bluff
Ned Astite Chaiman
Chauran
Wall
Pireeree
Howard
Midwest
Hugh B. Scott
Kepuntow
Omaha
Wren Scott
Natromeboure
Pats
Csno O
Thomas F Dewey
Wll
National Committee
Congressional
Scott Howard
Scott Wall
Washington
Scott
Ler
Chater
Nebraska
Cvs
Scotts
Committee Heads For State Jaycee Convention Named
Cedar Rapids hosts the 1949 state Junior Chamber of Commerce convention May 6 to 8 with Frank Nye as general chairman and P F Bezanson and Willard Verba as vice chairs. John Cuthbertson is secretary, Mrs Gerald Huland heads the ladies committee, and theme is strictly Jaycee. speakers will be notable Jaycees.
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Jaycees
Bruce Hicks
Roosters
Harold Ward
Maurice Nathanson
Jim Brady
Bob Anderson
Charles
Ted Ruffin
Paul Palmer
Gerald Hiland Stag
Clayton Mossman
Kenneth Moon
Tyle Vernon
Gene Carson
Pope Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Pontificate
Pope Pius XII marked ten years since his coronation with a high Mass in the Sistine Chapel. The ceremony featured a ceremonial procession, purple Cardinals, and a blessing to all present as diplomats and church leaders sent congratulatory messages.
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Rome
Pius XII
Sistine Chapel
Pus Nilius
Amoan
Tu Es
Petrus
Peter
Benedetto Cardinal
Aloisi- Masella
Pius
Holy See
Episcopal Commission For Catholic Action
Pontif
The
Vatican
Frigidaire Unveils 1948 Line and Price Cuts
Frigidaire division of General Motors announced a new line of refrigerators and electric ranges with 5 to 7 percent price reductions for 1948 models. The changes take effect March 14, reflecting improvements in function rather than design. Refrigerators drop $8 to $25 and ranges $15 to $20.
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Dayton, Ohio
Frigidaire Division
General Motors
Frigidaire
Former Coe teacher receives Balboa Order from Panama
Mrs Phyllis Spencer, formerly on the Coe college faculty, is awarded the Cross of the Order of Balboa by Panama for promoting friendship between Americans in the Canal Zone and Panamanians. She taught at Cristobal high school and helped form women’s clubs teaching English and Spanish and published a Panamanian folklore book.
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Order of Balboa
Republic of Panama
Phyllis Spencer
Coe College
Canal Zone
Panama
Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Inter-American Women's Club
Draper Rooms Retired War Captain Eunice Barzynski
Maj Gen William H. Draper Jr 52 and Miss Eunice Barzynski 33 Chicago were wed Saturday. Barzynski, daughter of Brig Gen Joseph E Barzynski, is a former WAC captain who served in France and Germany and recently left active duty after joining in 1943. Draper, ex undersecretary of the army, was a New York investment banker before military service.
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Chicago
William H. Draper, Jr
Army
Eunice Barzynski
Murder Suspected In Lake Death Of Young Chicagoan
Daniel H Heekin Jr 34 son of a Cincinnati manufacturer is found dead in Lake Michigan with bruises and a cut. Police believe murder possible and autopsy ordered. Heekin, Yale 194? graduate and Navy veteran, left a substantial independent fortune and worked for a mail order firm. His widow Ann, 34, is distraught as investigators probe circumstances surrounding his disappearance February 25.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Daniel H Heekin, Jr
Lake Michigan
John Dedaney
Heekin
Delaney
South Side Shore
A L. Brodie
South Side
Edward
Berghausen
Bellsaw Place
Heelan
Heekin Can
Cincinnat
Yale
Navy
Ann
Heekins
Daniel
Polly
Towboat Harry Truman Fails To Beat Historical Record
In St Louis the diesel towboat Harry Truman could not surpass the 1870 New Orleans to St Louis record set by the steamboat Robert E Lee. Officials said the Truman finished behind by one hour and sixteen minutes on a shorter river course with 1100 tons of cargo, planning a retry.
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ST Louis
Harry Truman
New Orleans
St. Louis
Robert E Lee
Federal Barge Line
Truman
Natchez
Lee
Capt John Wise Rites Set for 1945 War Hero
Services for Capt John O Wise killed in action April 7 1945 over Tokyo will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church Independence. Burial in Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids. Born Cedar Rapids Oct 13 1918 he enlisted March 15 1941 earned wings Oct 31 1941 as B 29 pilot with 498th Bomb Group Saipan. Survived by brother Lloyd L Wise, niece and nephew of Cedar Rapids.
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John O Wise
Tokyo
First Presbyterian Church
Independence
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
J McNamara
Capt Wise
Mikoteg
Franklin
Indepence
Saipan
Lloyd L Wise
Rapids
Son of Sen McClellan Killed in Arkansas Car Crash
In Fayetteville Arkansas Senator John L McClellan learns of the death of his son John L McClellan Jr a 23 year old second year law student at the University of Arkansas. He was injured in an automobile accident Wednesday night and died at the veterans hospital. The family had just held a burial service for another son who died while serving in the army Pvt Max McClellan died in North Africa in 1943.
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Fayetteville
Ark
John L. McClellan
John L. McClellan Jr
Veterans Hospital
University of Arkansas
McClellan
Sheridan
Max . McClellan
North Africa
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