Wilson High School album showcases Cedar Rapids Czech heritage for exchange
Mary Stevenson reports on Wilson High School 9B social studies students who prepared an album detailing Cedar Rapids Czech history, lodges, churches, districts, and notable figures. The portfolio includes maps, art, and essays by both Czech and non Czech students and is set to travel to Phoenix for Junior Red Cross exchange.
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Gazette-Blumenshine
Cedar Rapids
Phoenix
Ariz
Wilson
Richard Haddad
Jerry Balgren
Annalee Clemons
Carole Unzeitig
Red Cross
Wilson High School
Martha Griffith
Sixteenth Avenue
Grant Wood
Beardsly Ruml
Paul Engle
F. G Murray
Marvin Cone
Miss Griffith
Joyce Vanicek
Four Year Old Hospitalized After Ranch Fall
Gordon Nebraska AP reports four year old John Cobb was hospitalized with a broken leg after a fall from a horse in northwest Nebraska ranch country.
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Gordon
Neb
Nebraska
John Cobb
Ahead Tough Going for Farm Bills From Oleomargarine Fight
World staff reports Congress faces a tough road ahead as southern lawmakers threaten to split from the farm bloc over oleo tax repeal. Northern members warn of reprisals, while debates on price supports and imports loom. International notes cover Italy, Western union talks, Palestine, and potential December price rises tied to defense and aid programs. An early air power development is expected with a turbo-jet engine announcement.
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Associated Press
Ypashirs Ton
Congress
House Farm
Midwest
Italy
Europe
Britain
France
Benelux
Air Power
Air Force
Aircraft and politics thread through postwar views
The report notes a new large transport plane the Douglas C 124 to be ordered by the air force as a sign of expanded military procurement. It also highlights a possible shift in Palestine policy with Hilldring reassigned to advise Marshall, and cites wartime pilots seeking recall while emphasizing the need for technical officers. It discusses expected long Republican nomination battles with Dewey Stassen and Taft amid prior history of multi ballot conventions.
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Air Force
Truman
White House
State Department
John H. Hilldring
Palestine
Hilldring
Washington
Secretary of
Marshall
Holy Land
G.O.P
Dewey
Stassen
Taft
Dark
Warren G. Harding
Britons Plant Tobacco in Gardens Sparks Movement
London AP reports Britons plant tobacco seeds in kitchen plots hoping for cheap homegrown smoking. If seed packets pay out, 20 cigarettes cost about 90 cents. Rev. Hugh Cuthbertson of Tilsby Abbey, Dunmow, Essex, founded an amateur tobacco growers group to curb seed profiteering and promote home tobacco manufacture.
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London
Dunmow
Essex
Parson
Amateur
Hugh Cuthbertson
Tilsby Abbey
Giant Butte horse Big Boy dies in Butte
The Butte area mourns as Big Boy, claimed by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shelley as the largest horse, dies of pneumonia at about 3151 pounds.
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Butte
Mont
Jack Shelley
Buttte
Zahorik Elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Iowa
Leora Zahorik senior advertising student at the University of Iowa has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Daughter of Edwin V. and (Mrs.) Zahorik of Cedar Rapids she is president of Gamma Alpha Chi and treasurer of Theta Sigma Phi while also belonging to Kappa Tau Alpha. She credits taking enjoyable courses and holds a high B average.
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Leora Zahorik
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Phi Beta Kappa
Edwin V. Zahorik
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Miss Zahorik
Gamma Alpha Chi
Theta Sigma Phi
Kappa Tau Alpha
Davey Hook to Get Speech Training at Wichita Institute
Eight year old Davey Hook of Zanesville will travel to Wichita Kan to receive speech correction training at the Institute of Logopedics. The Fraternal Order of Eagles funds the effort to help him read poetry and recite in class, seeking to overcome articulation defects that hinder his schooling.
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Zanesville, Ohio
INS
Zanesville
Huck Finn
Davey Hook
Order of Eagles
Institute of Logopedics
Wichita
Kan
Davey
Mark Twain
Bill Watson
Zanes
Eagles Sponsor Young Davey’s Speech Therapy Start
Ville shows concern for the youngster and writes to Dr. Martin F. Palmer head of the Institute of Logopedics. Eagles aerie No. 302 of Zanesville votes to sponsor Davey’s training in Wichita.
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Ville
Martin F. Palmer
Institute of Logopedics
Eagles Aerie No. 302
Zanesville
Davey
Wichita
Fire Chief George Alford Reflects on Long Service
In Pine Bluff Arkansas Fire Chief George Alford recalls milestone years joining the department on April 10 1905 his 1920 marriage and 1929 promotion to chief as he marks a long career in public service.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
George Alford
Checking Theory Of Nile Source
In a desert expedition near Abyssinia border, UC scientists test Lake Rudolph as the Nile source. They dig at sunrise to avoid heat, uncover fossils of pigs elephants rhinoceros antelope and a massive turtle plus evidence of paleolithic humans on Lake Rudolph when it was larger 25 million years ago.
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Johannesburg
University of California
Abyssinia
Lake Rudolph
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