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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1940

Page

2

Marion Council Raises Speed Limit on Highway 151

Marion city council raised the speed limit from 25 to 35 mph on highway 151 from Indian Creek to the city limits along Sixth avenue. An ordinance to vacate parts of Ength street and Seventeenth street intersecting the Milwaukee right of way was approved at first reading with two more readings planned. A pedestrian underpass under the Milwaukee viaduct at Seventh street was discussed as crossings are seldom used and approaches are steep.

Marion Council Indian Creek Sixth Avenue Seventeenth Street Milwaukee Seventh Street Marion WK Lothian Wilfred Coates Cline West Heighth Avenue LeRoy Cooper Ames Lothian Des Moines School of Instruction C:ty

Norris Renews FBI Attack After Jackson Report

Senator George W Norris renewed his attack on the FBI accusing agents of using methods likened to Nazi and Soviet repressive tactics. He charged officials ignored facts in clearing six men of civil rights violations in Detroit and Milwaukee. Norris praised Attorney General Jackson but remained unhappy with the report and kept faith in Jackson’s qualifications for the presidency.

Washington George W Norris Neb Federal Bureau of Investigation Norris FBI Justice Department Detroit Milwaukee Robert H Jackson Henry Schweinhaut Department Civil Liberties Division Senate Jacksons Jackson

Senator Vassalo Dies, Mussolini Aide at 64 in Rome

Rome reports the death of Senator Ernesto Vassalo, aged 64, who served as Premier Mussolini's first undersecretary of foreign affairs, dying Monday night in the Italian capital.

Rome Ernesto Vassalo Mussolini

Getting at the Cause of Constipation with All-Bran

An advertisement urges relief by addressing the cause of constipation through bulk in the diet. It promotes Kellogg's All-Bran, a cereal, as a non medicine aid to regularity and hydration, made in Battle Creek, with a note to consult a physician if chronic.

Mas Kellogg's Battle Creek

Kenneth Spencer to Sing Thursday in Memorial Coliseum

National Music Week brings Kenneth Spencer, understudy to Paul Robeson, to Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum for a 8:45 pm concert with a program mixing classical pieces and American ballads such as Deep River Carry Me Back to Old Virginia and Honor Honor He charts a rising path acclaimed from the west to the east and the event includes a Wednesday children program and additional campus and shrine activities featuring local choirs and orchestras.

Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum Kenneth Spencer Paul Robeson Beethoven Club Old Virginia Mendelssohn Ich Liebe Beethoven Ueidenroslein Schubert Widmane Schumann

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