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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1947

Page

12

Cedar Rapids Soldier Plays In Army Softball on Okinawa

Fourth Grade technician James R. Edmunds of Cedar Rapids served as utility outfielder on the unit team that won the army softball championship on Okinawa. Now with the 8104th service detachment Ryukyus HQ, he travels to Manila for Philippines Ryukyus competition. Edmunds is assistant to the command staff chaplain and has been on Okinawa since September 1946. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J W Edmunds of 815 Ellis Blvd NW and attended Roosevelt high school before joining the army at Fort Snelling Minnesota.

James R. Edmunds Cedar Rapids Okinawa 8104Th Service Detachment Headquarters Ryukyus Edmunds Manila Philippines J. W. Edmunds Ellis Boulevard Roosevelt High School Fruehauf Trailer Company Army Fort Snelling Minn U. S

LSU Probing Drunks After Game Controversy

LSU president Harold W. Stoke ordered a thorough investigation into drunken revelry reported at the LSU Mississippi game. An editorial claimed spectators filled the stadium with liquor bottles and a mother urged her 10 year old daughter to drink, charges Stoke pledged to verify.

L.S.A Emmerich Stoke

Wallace Returns Home from Tour

Henry Wallace said on returning from the Near East and Italy that leaders on both left and right in Italy look to the United States with hope. He noted Italy will have a serious need of wheat by next February. Wallace arrived from Rome by air after a four week tour.

New York Henry Wallace Near East Italy Wallace Rome

Dies as He Watches at Bedside of Dying Wife

In Long Beach Fred Friel aged 62 died Monday night while at his wife’s bedside. The 58 year old woman had suffered a heart attack Sunday night and remained unconscious as hospital staff reported she was sinking Tuesday. Doctor F W Kuhlman found Mr Friel dead in his chair from a heart attack.

Long Beach Fred Friel F. W. Kuhlman Friel

Shaw auctions Bible with inscription in London firm

George Bernard Shaw sent a Bible to a London firm to be auctioned on November 24. He wrote inside the cover that the book should be placed where it would do the most good for humanity and to remind readers of the Christian ethic.

London George Bernard Shaw May's Pens

Skeptic Describes Late Wife’s Book as Burdensome Curiosity

He found the volume among his late wife’s effects and called it a nuisance. He criticized its heavy binding and unrefined design, saying it would be best to part with the book as its presence is unbearable in the home.

Jenson William Morris

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A heavily garbled OCR fragment shows scattered numerals and price-like tokens such as 1.50 1.75 and 74. It lacks coherent sentences or identifiable entities, preventing clear extraction of a news item or event. The readable bits resemble catalog or sale related markings but do not form a complete record.

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