Old World Settlements of Iowa by Elaine Anderson
Pretty Young Cedar Rapids author Elaine Joy Anderson daughter of Mrs A J Anderson writes about Iowa Old World settlements. Her 148 page book Old World Towns profiles Belgians at Victor and others across Cedar Rapids Cedar Falls Pella Amana Keystone Des Moines Des Moines Des Moines Grinnell Tranquillity Swedesburg New Melleray Abbey and Tama Indians. The book finished in 1945 after wartime delays and features many photographs by Anderson.
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Iowa author Miss Anderson plans Midwest fiction from Old World Iowans
Cedar Rapids born writer Miss Anderson links her vacation tour and material collection for a book to personal stories of groups she researched. She envisions a Midwest based experimental novel set in a fictionalized setting. The Rock Island railroad bought 80 acres north of Des Moines for industrial development, paying $47,200 for the tract.
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Des Moines Driver Killed in Collision at Intersection
Walter Berry aged 60 died Monday when the car he rode in collided with a truck at a city street intersection in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Walter Berry
Truman Backs Prefab Housing to Ease Shortage
President Truman sent a message to the Prefabricated Home Manufacturers Institute in Chicago urging use of modern prefab methods to address the housing shortage. He cited potential to supply 50,000 homes this year and called for cost reductions in all price classes, especially moderate and low costs, while stressing sturdy value for money.
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House
U S Rejects Russian Demand in Gubitchev Case
The United States rejects Russia and UN demands to release Valentin Gubitchev. Gubitchev, arrested on spy charges, will face trial in New York. A State Department spokesman said he has no diplomatic immunity and legal proceedings will proceed.
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Princess Fawzia Weds Egyptian Diplomat
Princess Fawzia formerly empress of Iran married Egyptian diplomat Ismail Shabine Bey in Cairo on Monday. The ceremony followed tradition with the Moslem wedding not attended by the bride, who is noted as one of the world’s most beautiful women.
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Egyptian Princess Shirine Bey Marries in Private Ceremony
Shirine Bey, 31, wed in a simple private ceremony at Kouba palace with her brother King Farouk of Egypt represented by a proxy. It is her second marriage, and she hails from generations of Egyptian royalty. The same day Iran’s Shah divorced Fawzia, who bore no son to inherit the throne, and Farouk divorced Queen Farida, cited Iran's climate as the reason.
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Iran
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Lake shipping opens as freighters depart early season
Four Great Lakes freighters left Two Harbors Minnesota and other ports to begin the 1949 head of the lakes shipping season ten days ahead of last year. The move signals an early start for freight traffic on the Great Lakes.
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