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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1947

Page

12

Wrap Packages Securely Dont Leave Air Space

A parcel post guidance urges careful inspection of incoming parcels after reports of crushed packages. Air spaces and loose tape risk contents spilling on conveyors, triggering post office sleuthing in Cedar Rapids and nearby offices. Clerks now require firm packing, strong containers, and tight binding to prevent damage.

U. S. Postal Service Susie Chicago Cedar Rapids Post Office

French Labor Leader Opens Drive on Reds

French labor leader Benoit Frechon faces a challenge from 200 CGT militants seeking to oust leaders in the union. Delegates at a weekend conference urged democratizing the federation with secret ballots and warned against splitting the 6,000,000 members. Anti Communist critics accuse strikes of political motives amid tensions with Communist leadership.

CGT France Benoit Frechon Jouhaux

Plentiful Goods Key to Lower Prices Says Reece

Chicago the Republican chairman Carroll Reece told Abraham Lincoln club that inflation stems from deficit financing and New Deal control. He urged high productivity as path to freedom from totalitarianism, arguing abundant natural resources, labor, and tools raise the dollar's value. He cited per capita tool and capital trends through 1932.

Chicago National Republican Carroll Reece America Reece Abraham Lincoln National Republican Club

Ship cuts phone service from city

Bell Telephone repairmen worked to restore telephone service to Windsor Ontario after a freighter dragged anchor and severed 62 cables and cut off 40 long distance circuits in the Detroit river. All service to Windsor was cut Monday when the Benjamin J. Fairless dragged its anchor across 100 cables. Partial long distance rerouting via the Windsor Detroit tunnel restored some calls. complete restoration was expected late Wednesday.

Detroit Bell Telephone Windsor Ont Detroit River Benjamin J. Fairless Windsor-Detroit

Russia claims sample atom bombs tested in Siberia

L Intransigeant cited Prague dispatch from Moscow sources claiming Russia set off a 12,12 pound atom bomb at 10 am June 15 near Amur river by Irkutsk. The article notes experiments at Atomgrad, German scientists aiding, and Russia five years behind the United States in production methods.

Paris Prague Russia Siberia Moscow John Griggs Proving Ground Amur Irkutsk Griggs Atomgrad America

Shreve Archer Dies After Chicken Bone Obstruction

Shreve M Archer 59 president of a leading flax and vegetable oil firm died late Monday from an infection caused by a chicken bone lodged in his throat. He was a prominent business figure in St Paul and head of the world’s largest flax and vegetable oil company.

ST. Paul Shreve M. Archer

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