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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1948

Page

7

Untold Story of a Soviet Purge Widow and Her Son

The excerpt recounts a Ukrainian Russian family’s purge ordeal. Olga’s husband Demyan was seized and presumed dead. The NKVD and Komsomol target children of purged parents to spy and control. Olga plans relocation to Moscow with her son Oleg to escape fear, seeking a teaching post while preserving his education.

Oksana Kasenkina Isaac Don Levine Demyan Moscow Oleg Artemovsk Komsomol NKVD Young Communist League Olga Mamochka Demyanchik

State Printing Board Seeks Bids For State Publications

The Iowa Board of State Printing will meet in Des Moines October 15 1948 to receive bids for journals ledgers calendars and catalogs and for annual financial and budget reports. Bids opened at 10:00 a.m. with option to reject all bids and terms specified by the superintendent of State House.

Iowa Board Moines Tows Des Bill Inderine Estnan Eed State House

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