Cedar Rapids Fire Dept Unveils Streamlined Communications System
The Cedar Rapids Fire Department reports a redesigned all in one dispatcher station improving alarm dispatch. The overhaul integrates phones radios and intercoms with centralized controls and faster alerting across stations.
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C.R. Fire Department
Cedar Rapids
J. Robert Correll
Fire Department
Air Defense
National Defense
First Street
Fifth Avenue
Central Fire Station
Central Station
Lincoln Zarub
Topsy
Turnover of Car Officials At Fast Pace Overview
Detroit dispatch notes a rapid turnover among automotive executives as 24 percent of top officials retained titles or retired in the past year. P W Litchfield of Goodyear argues private synthetic rubber control promises stability and relief from past uncertainties. He cites global supply risks and wartime disruption easing with synthetic rubber development.
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Detroit
INS
Automotive News
P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Litchfield
Nevada Gambling Crackdown Deepens As License Rules Tighten
Nevada tightens licensing after Ched Considine series on Las Vegas crime. Governor Russell and the tax commission deny licenses for George Raft and the Royal Nevada. A new three member Gambling Control Board replaces the old tax commission, with $15 000 a year czars and broad powers to inspect records and compel witnesses. Tax revenue from gambling rises as rates climb and a statewide sales tax is adopted to fund schools and welfare.
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Chet Lobsey
Vegas
Nev
INS
Nevada
Bob Considine
Las Vegas
Charles H. Russell
George Raft
Frank Fishman
Fishman
California
Commission
Florida
St. Louis
Thunderbird
Marion B. Hicks
Clifford A. Jones
New York
Meyer and
Jake Lansky
Hicks and Jones
Lansky Brothers
Governor and
Tax Commission
America
Considine
Gov
Russell
Murder, Inc
Chicago
Miami
Detroit
Sevenman Tax Commission
Robbins Cathin
Old
U.S
Reno
Strip
Wrong Number Prompts Police Call in Denver
Denver police picked up Robert C. Walker after a woman complained he persisted in arranging a blind date by phone. Walker claimed he was dialing a trucking firm and kept getting the wrong number.
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Denver
Robert C. Walker
Davy Crockett Tales Of Bravado And Bare Knack
The piece recounts legendary exploits of Davy Crockett highlighting his humor and frontier skill. It narrates a famed shooting contest with Mike Fink ending in Crockett’s refusal to shoot, Crockett’s grin as hallmark, and a humorous misadventure with a raccoon and a mistaken knot in a tree.
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Ted Ashby
Davy Crockett
Tennessee
Crockett
Mike Fink
Davy
Fink
Mike
Ratler
Las Vegas Expands Plush Resorts Amid Tourism Boom
The city opens in April with four new plush resorts entering the race, boosting Las Vegas growth. Tourists tally around 25,000 daily, stressing airline bus and highway capacity as the entertainment capital accelerates its bid for further development.
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Las Vegas
Desert Entertainment Capital
Fulbright Warns Of Heavy Stock Market Speculation
Senator J William Fulbright warned of heavy speculation in the stock market and urged possibly raising margin requirements to 100 percent. He noted no immediate danger of a crash but said the banking and currency committee aimed to alert to declines and reduce extreme fluctuations.
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Washington
ULP
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Capitol Cloak Room
Learned Lesson Too Thoroughly Learned Lesson Too Thoroughly
Police in Joliet Illinois found two year old Jean Jerich wandering near homes after she refused to state her name. Her father asked why she did not tell officers her name and she replied you taught me never to talk to strangers.
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Joliet, Ill
Jean Jerich
Son Finds Ring His Mother Lost in 1910
MACON MISS. UP George Schimmell mailed his mother's wedding ring to her Birmingham Alabama home after spading it up in the family garden at or about the spot she lost it in 1910.
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Macon
Miss
George Schimmell
Birmingham
Ala
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G. R. “Rocket” Jones
Oldsmobile
New England
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