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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1947
Page
4
Kenneth L Dixon argues that wartime cryptography remains protected by security exceptions as publicizing decoded messages would expose methods and endanger national defense. He notes monitors record all radio traffic, warns of enemy access to archives, and contends secrecy protects future security while inviting detective story intrigue.
Edgar A Guest warns readers about the dangers of flattery in speeches and public praise. The piece urges discernment, noting that flattering addresses can mislead and inflate egos, while urging people to stay grounded and focused on duty beyond applause. The verse cautions that vanity fades after life ends and urges lifelong caution.
Austin Minnesota workers received year end joint earnings payments totaling 1 831 419 15 dollars. Average annual earnings per person reached 3 575 43 with Austin foremen excluded and weekly wages around 68 75 dollars. H H Corey noted productivity and cooperation as key drivers amid favorable market conditions for meat packers.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd told a national committee backing the moral re-armament movement that other nations would possess the atom bomb within five years and that weapons equally destructive were already in development. He warned the United Nations fails to curb aggressors and urged urgent world action. The committee, led by Frank Buchman, includes 72 leaders from industry, labor, farming, and government.
James Robert Collins, who escaped from an Alabama prison twelve years ago and built a life as a business owner in Quakertown Pennsylvania, will not be required to return to Alabama to finish a murder life sentence. Extradition was dropped so he may return voluntarily and seek a pardon. Collins was convicted as an accomplice in a Citronelle bank robbery that left a banker dead. He had escaped after serving six years of the life term and recently married in Quakertown.
Ruth Constad reports Hilda Gerald, a 46 year old widow, pickets the apartment of a ballet dancer she loves, demanding marriage and accusing him of refusing to negotiate. She carries signs about being treated as a common law wife and lack of support, saying she will continue until he agrees to marry.
Washington report notes major US industrial advertisers publish in Amtorgs Russian owned American Inc magazine. The publication circulates among Soviet industry executives and promotes closer US-Soviet trade relations with ads in English and Russian.
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