Indestructible Sir Winston Churchill to Turn 80
Sir Winston Churchill reaches his 80th birthday with an unveiled portrait by Graham Sutherland in Westminster Hall. A charity birthday fund gathers support from 60 million Britons while politicians debate his legacy and future.
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Sir Winston
Graham Sutherland
Houses of Parliament
Prime
Churchill
Westminster Hall
Elizabeth II
Knight of the Garter
Winston
Westminster Abbey
March of Science Examines Air Pollution By 30 Scientists
Cincinnati AP report details a federal study led by L A Chambers at the Robert Taft Sanitary Engineering Center. Thirty researchers gather air samples from 25 sites to assess pollutant types and health effects, seeking links between pollutants and mortality and weather influences.
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Cincinnati
L. A. Chambers
Robert Taft Sanitary Engineering Center
Federal Public Health Center
Chambers
Taft Center
Man borrows glasses for civil service exam in Woonsocket
An applicant for a city job in Woonsocket Rhode Island forgot his glasses for a civil service examination and borrowed a pair from a janitor. The incident was reported by United Press.
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Woonsocket, R. I
Britain Hopes For Winston's Remembered Counsel
The passage praises Sir Winston for his strong support and counsel to the common people. It notes the desire that he remembers their thanks and continues to share in their journey, ending with a plea for his company to the journey’s end.
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Britain
Sir Winston
Flyer Recovers His Lost Glasses Over Idaho Farm
MELBA Idaho AP Yale Holland was flying at 1000 feet when the plane door opened and his glasses were blown away. He later found them in a field near Melba. The lenses were unbroken and the frame only lightly damaged.
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Melba
Idaho
Yale
Holland
Policeman Nabs Stop Sign Violator at Station Door
Oakland police stopped Sahag Nahabedian after he ran a stop sign and struck another car in front of the station. His car skidded about 100 feet before coming to a halt near the police building.
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Oakland
Calif
Sahag Nahabedian
Salvation Army Celebrates Seventy Fifth Anniversary in Cedar Rapids
The Salvation Army marks 75 years since its American founding with a Cedar Rapids observance through December 5. Capt W Robert Wilkins, a direct descendant of Eliza Shirley, leads the local effort, with the army’s emergency relief and youth programs expanding under his guidance. Capt Douglas Payne now directs the self supporting men’s social service center at 323 First Street SE, focusing on rehabilitation for homeless men.
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America
Salvation Army
Cedar Rapids
Philadelphia
W. Robert Wilkins
Eliza Shirley
Eliza
England
William Booth
Marshalltown
Douglas Payne
First Street
Minneapolis
Czech lodge to meet at CSPS hall this Wednesday
Karla Masaryk and members of the lodge will gather at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the CSPS hall. Refreshments and a gift exchange will follow the regular meeting. The Czech school board will not meet again until February.
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Karla Masaryk
Lodge
Karla Masaryk, Csa
CSPS
Czech School Board
Criterion Club Plans Scholarship Fund in Cedar Rapids
The Criterion club of Cedar Rapids and the Iowa Association of Colored Women's Clubs announce a new scholarship fund for deserving students. Mrs. Emmett Collings is named general chairman. Committee members include George Turner Lawrence Baker Thornton Martin and Cecil Reed. Mrs. Alphonse O Bannon serves as club president.
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Criterion Club of
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Association of Colored Women’s Clubs
Emmett Collings
The
Mines
George Turner
Lawrence Baker
Thornton Martin
Cecil Reed
Alphonse O’bannon
Executives Club to Hear European Analyst
Cedar Rapids Executives club will hear European analyst Gregor Ziemer as featured speaker at a dinner meeting at the Montrose hotel. Ziemer will discuss Searchlight on Europe. The event begins at 6 45 p.m.
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Gregor Ziemer
Cedar ‘Rapids
Executives Club
Montrose Hotel
Ziemer
Europe
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