17 Linn county draftees headed to Des Moines Thursday
The G I Gazette lists seventeen Linn county men slated for induction in Des Moines this Thursday. Names include Howard D. Reep Chicago LaVaughn R Potts 1104 G avenue NE Carol R Midealf 1300 G avenue NE Thomas A Kehne 121 Third street SW James A McMurrin Central City Warren J Carney Mt. Vernon Bruce A Harper 1708 Grande avenue SE Regis McNamara Coggan Robert FB Perew 719 avenue NW Eewin J Tiernan Cedar Rapids route 2 Robert E Conway Washington DC Robert C Rohlena Cedar Rapids route 2 Robert E Fink Alburnett Richard E Edgar 218 Eleventh street NW James Ternus Gilman Rudolph D Menta 1423 Sixth street NW David A Glover 829 Tenth street SW. Two Cedar Rapids families received letters from wounded Korea soldiers.
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Howard D. Reep
Chicago
LaVaughn R. Potts
G Avenue
Nes
Carol R. Midealf
Thomas A. Kehne
Third Street
James A. McMurrin
Central City
Warren J. Carney
Mt. Vernon
Bruce A. Harper
Grande Avenue
Regis
McNamara
Coggan
Robert FB. Perew
Avenue
Top of the World Airman Assigned to Thule Base
Airman 3/c Robert D. Fisher of 1128 Ninth Street SE is stationed as an air policeman at Thule air base, a remote all weather base near the north pole. The base was previously a closely guarded secret and lies about 930 miles from the north pole.
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Robert D. Fisher
Ninth Street SE
Thule Air Base
North Pole
Navy and Army Men From Cedar Rapids Serving in Europe
In Europe Pfc Donald E Fisney son of Mr and Mrs Edward Pisney Cedar Rapids route 8 serves with the Twenty eighth infantry division in Germany arriving in Europe in June. Pvt Robert W Novotny son of Mr and Mrs Fred J Novotny Cedar Rapids route 2 graduated from clerk typist school at Fort Leonard Wood Mo in the army since May. Five Cedar Rapids navy men are listed for Operation Main Brace NATO fleet maneuvers: Lt Johan S S Craft aboard Mt Olympus. Arthur D Emerson seaman aboard the carrier Franklin D Roosevelt. Wayne F Mills seaman aboard the Mindoro. Neil E Hamilton radarman (3/c) aboard the Keppler. Jerry H Gabrielson pur ser 3/c aboard the Myles C Fox.
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Leroy C. McIntosh
Judson McIintosh
Sixteenth Street
Max W. Delater
Mayne Hinton
Third Street
Third Infantry Division
Korea
Donald E. Fisney
Mrr
Edward Pisney
Cedar Rapids
Twenty-eighth Infantry Division
Germany
Europe
Robert W. Novotny
Fred J. Novotny
Fort Leonard Wood
Atlantic
Navy
Johan S&s. Craft
Vera Craft
Center Point Road
Mt. Olympus
Arthur D. Emerson
Seamen
A. V. Emerson
Thirty-sixth Street
Wayne F. Mills
Seaman
Walter H. Mills
Circle Drive
Mindoro
Neil E. Hamilton
Everett W. Hamton
Eighth Street
Jerry H.gabrielson
Purner
Seventh Street
Myles C. Fox
Industrial designers shape products to sell themselves
New York AP report on how supermarkets and packaging transformed sales. Gerald Stahl, a former B-29 engineering officer, leads a firm shaping color, feel, and branding to attract shoppers. Impulse purchases rise as eye catching packaging boosts appeal. Colors like orange and yellow attract, while purple, black, and muddy reds repel.
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Hiroshima
Gerald Stahl
Ene
Stahl
Main Street
Fifth Avenue
Trouble in South Africa May Reach New Heights
In Johannesburg AP reports a rising campaign by non whites against apartheid. The UN General Assembly opens in New York Tuesday and activists aim to draw UN focus to South Africa, with plans to extend protests nationwide beyond the larger cities.
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South Africa
Johannesburg
United Nations General Assembly
New York
U.N
Stephen Setlo
Transvaal
African National Congress
Toy designer forecasts 2000 futures in wartime studio
A prolific designer with decades of experience created numerous consumer products from safety razors to portable refrigerators and washing machines. During the war his insights spurred a line of futuristic toys including jet cars rockets ray guns and space ships. He recalls forecasting the year 2000 with blue sky ideas later proven prescient.
Oil Revenues Boost Alberta Indians’ Finances
Edmonton AP reports tribal funds of Alberta Indians were supplemented by 758000 dollars through oil land contracts to last March. Most tribes are now in strong financial position, paying their own relief and welfare costs.
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Edmonton
Canada
Alberta
Cancer in Men lecture by Dr Flecks at McKinley High
Dr R H Flecks of the State University of Iowa hospitals discusses cancer in men as the third lecture in the series Common Sense Facts About Cancer at 7 40 p m Tuesday at McKinley high school. He heads the urology department and leads prostate cancer research funded by the Iowa division of the American Cancer Society. Glen Fletcher will introduce him. A film Man Alive will be shown. Women are encouraged to attend.
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R. H. Flecks
State University of Iowa
McKinley High School
Flecks
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Flocks
Iowa
American Cancer Society
Glen Fletcher
Linn County
Absent-minded thief traps himself with unsigned note
In Fort Worth Texas an absent minded thief left an unsigned letter in a stolen car and trapped himself. Detective Herman Cobb linked the note to the suspect and the case advances with the description of car and prior thefts.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Herman Cobb
Mona Lisa Inspires International Mail and Louvre Crowds
Paris reports heavy Louvre attendance the largest since the war with August crowds of visitors admiring Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa in the Grand Galerie. Letters to the Mona Lisa from Germany arrive at Louvre addressed simply to Mona Lisa Paris. The 136-carat Hagath Diamond also draws notable attention.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa de la Giacondo
Francesco de la Giacondo
Germany
Louvre
Paris
Rolles of
Venus de Milo
Samothrace
Mona Lisa
Althen
Napoleon
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Cecar Rapids
James L. Taylor
Marvin Moody
White Oak Road
Robert FR. Moody
University of Iowa
Moody
Bunker Hill
Defense Department
Anna M. Rosenberg
Defense
Armed Forces Press Service
Mule Skinners
Camp Carson
Colo
Fort Riley
Kan
Carson
Army and
Air Force
Nichols
Marine Corps
Ray S. Nichols
Lawa
Sgt. Nichols
Evelyn
Ninth Street
Gji
George J. Frayman
U.S.S. Orleck
Orleck
John’ Frayman
Oakland Avenue
Kenwood
Taba
Peis
Therm
Down
Hall
Ekfest
3Rd Ave
R. H. Flocks
Charles C. Lane
Paris (Ap
Louvre Palace
France
Everglaze
Killian
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