Cedar Rapids Arborist Lists Adaptable Street Oaks and Care Tips
Cedar Rapids arborist R. K. Alman discusses adaptable oaks for street planting including red oak and pin oak. He notes red oaks decline due to drought and pests while two-lined oak borer and wilt disease threaten trees. Pin oak stands out for color and growth. recommends mixed plantings and pruning. Sassafras and Chinese scholar tree noted for limited street use and suitability on dry sandy sites.
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Cedar Rapids
Sudse
Bever Park
Blake Boulevard
Memorial Drive
Mt Vernon Avenue
Doctor fined and suspended for speeding helping dying patient
In Cincinnati Dr. William Froschauer was fined ten dollars and costs and given a ten day driving suspension after pleading he was rushing a dying woman to the hospital. The woman died of hemorrhage.
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Cincinnati
INS
William Froschauer
OPM Orders Less Chlorine In Paper Whiteness Expected To Fall
The Office of Personal Management orders reduced chlorine use in pulp and paper production excluding newsprint. Resulting decrease in whitening affects most paper grades. The move frees about 60 000 tons of chlorine annually for defense needs though on hand stocks remain unaffected.
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Washington
INS
OPM
Pulp
Paper and Paper Board
Wrong Door For Them Right One For Police
In Chicago two men, Paul Fenner and Carl Jackson, both Black, sought their attorney after allegedly being indicted for operating an illegal still. They went to the federal courthouse, took an incorrect floor, and were detained by Deputy Marshal Mack Fisher who learned their names and informed them warrants existed for their arrest.
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Chicago
Paul Fenner
Carl Jackson
Fenner
Jackson
United States
Mack Fisher
Loses His Pants But Gets His Man
In Los Angeles AP report William Inkman chased a robber after the thief stole $2 and forced him to drop his trousers. Inkman pursued in shirt tail and shorts, flagging Motorcycle Officer Harry E. Dowland who captured the fugitive. Inkman recovered his pants and returned to finish.
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Los Angeles
William Inkman
Inkman
Harry E. Dowland
Keep 'em Flying a Cedar Rapids CPT Training Story
Bill Campbell chronicles Coe College aviation students in the civilian pilot training program. Dr Alfred W Meyer directs ground school focusing on civil air regulations meteorology navigation and aircraft servicing while Dan Hunter and Meyer supervise extended flight and ground work at the Cedar Rapids Municipal airport. The piece urges community support to sustain training efforts and keep the cadets flying.
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Bill Campbell
Cedar Rapids
CPT
Coe College
Alfred W Meyer
Dan Hunter
Meyer
Gazette
Lacey Gee
English Cadet Meets U S Gal His Pen Pal After Four Years
ARCADIA Fla UP A 20 year old English flying cadet Raymond K Dean said he had never dated before and was keeping company with Doris Mae Stevens a 20 year old Baltimore stenographer his pen pal since high school days in 1937 Doris Mae flew down here Friday for the reunion after four years of correspondence and a long potential romance.
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Arcadia
Fla
Baltimore
Raymond K Dean
Doris Mae Stevens
Doris Mae
Meeting of Pen Pal Couple in English Weekend Reunion
A Baltimore woman visits England meeting Dean, her pen pal from a Liverpool school. She works at a chemical firm and was granted a long weekend to make the trip. He admits the weekend is one of the biggest moments of his life and has never dated seriously before. Doris Mae plans to return to Baltimore Monday.
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Dean
Doris Mae
Baltimore
Liverpool Collegiate School
Prof Weld To Address Kelvin Society Tuesday
Prof LeRoy Weld head of the physics department at Coe College will speak to the Kelvin Society at Science Hall Tuesday evening at 7 30. His talk is titled Some Outstanding Problems in Astrophysics. Weld is noted in American physics circles for contributions across acoustics optics electricity thermodynamics and astrology and has authored several widely used textbooks.
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LeRoy Id) Weld
Coe College
Kelvin Society
Science Hall
Weld
Replacement of Ark Royal Is City Goal
London AP The city of Leeds set as its goal the raising of 3 5 million pounds toward a fund for replacement of the Ark Royal. Almost all British towns villages are conducting worship weeks raising funds to adopt ships or build new ones. Leeds decided to adapt the Ark Royal after the ship was sunk.
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London
Leeds
Britain
Hitch-Hiker Returns to Jail After Ride with Officials
A hitchhiking prisoner who escaped a street gang celebrated a lucky ride until the two motorists turned out to be authorities. Police Chief Harry Gardner and Sheriff Beatty Ray took him on a drive back to jail, about 20 miles, ending the escape attempt.
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Iola
Kan
Harry Gardner
Beatty Ray—y
Cooperative Housing Plan for Defense Workers
Washington defense housing coordinator Charles F Palme announces a plan to provide cooperative housing for defense workers at moderate costs. Cooperatives would organize, apply to the Federal Housing Administration for 90 percent mortgage insurance, and employ their own architects to select sites and prepare plans. Only individual homes would be built though grouped for economy and planning.
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Washington
Charles F. Palme
Saturdes
Pre de Betes
Uta Ae
Lider
Federal Housing Administration
Camera Club Exhibit Opens at Cedar Rapids Public Library
Cedar Rapids camera enthusiasts display 180 prints from 400 entries across the United States in the library gallery. Three color works by local exhibitors include Bert Beenk's October in Ellis Park and January Moon at Sunset. Ida Barrs presents Bright Autumn Leaves.
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Cedar Rapids
Amera Club
Law wins election windsor Ont
The United Automobile Workers of America won an election at the Foard Motor plant in Windsor following a government conducted ballot. An unrelated note mentions the elephant painting at the Chicago Sportsman's Club has ears from an African elephant.
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Windsor, Ont
United Automobile Workers of America Today
Foard Motor Company
Chicagos Sportsman's Club
Revenge and Peace in a Fresh Theatrical Reflection
A reader notes quote from Bugs Baer and contrasts revenge with justice. The piece explores desire for peace while acknowledging the lure of revenge in a humorous, old newspaper voice. It imagines a parable where restitution complicates vengeance and questions what counts as true justice.
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