15 Oct 1951
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1951
Page
1
Washington insiders report 2000 guests invited to a British embassy reception on November 1 for Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The event runs 3:30 to 5:30 with a ten second handshake limit per guest and tea served in a side room for the royal couple.
Public notice announces the formation of a corporation named H. Wenkstern Investment Company in Cedar Rapids Iowa. It will buy hold pledge transfer sell and dispose of securities and real estate and conduct related financing and construction activities with a 20 year term and a board of directors to be elected annually. Woodrow H. Wenkstern serves as president and Henrietta Wenkstern as secretary treasurer.
Edward VII and George V watch as portraits are rehung and faces washed in honor of a princess visit at the embassy. Lady Franks guides reporters through the scene while M Rene Girault and assistants prepare cakes pastries and canapes for the fruit punch and champagne.
A crossword style clue set listing across items such as fish types and food terms with clues like Depicted fish and It is found in the Atlantic and oceans, plus down clues including Type style and sun god of Egypt, forming a themed puzzle grid.
A compact list of crossword solutions mapping numbered clues to terms: Ornamenta, tip, substance, printing mistakes, invaded, harangué, placed in office, German river, mountain passes, employs, anent, therefore, also, salt, area measure, Chinese measure.
Cardinal Tedeschini cited by Osservatore Romano says Pope Pius XII saw the Virgin Mary on three consecutive days in Rome during the year just as he proclaimed the dogma of her Assumption. The Pope reportedly saw the vision on Oct 30 Oct 31 and Nov 1.
In Korea a Chinese machine gunner said he hesitated to surrender with his weapon and instead waited. He finally surrendered after taking his company commander’s pistol to avoid carrying the machine gun over mountains. The surrender guidance urged enemy soldiers to bring weapons when surrendering to UN forces.
Dr. Oscar A. Benson, 60, presided Monday as head of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, guiding 460000 members in Minneapolis context.
John Reynolds reflects on the obsession with keeping up with the Joneses, noting a shift from paying cash to mortgage or debt as families chase status through new possessions. He recalls past generations resisting novelty and laments the social pressure driving material imitation.
A narrator fears recurring shocks from a pattern of financial strain caused by a family’s sacrifices. The passage reflects anxiety about moral and economic consequences while striving to keep pace with friends and neighbors as one child’s need prompts the initial concession.
Public notice of forming a corporation for pecuniary refit under Iowa law to operate ballrooms a bowling alley and amusements. Authorized capital 600 shares at 100 each. Corporate term twenty years with renewal. Officers Woodrow H Wenkstern President and Henrietta Wenkstern Secretary Treasurer. Dated October 6 1951.
A child endures teased by classmates over others wearing “red diamonds” rings. After mounting pressure the parent relents and buys Jan a 35 cent ring from a dime store amid mockery and confusion about the other girl’s name.
In Kalamazoo Michigan a 91 year old widow Mrs Aletta Siam seeks a marriage license to wed 50 year old Frederick N Frasier. Frasier served five years in the navy during World War II. The couple said the marriage is partly a business arrangement but they do like each other and plan to marry soon.
The National Retail Druggists Association presidents said states, not individual druggists, should act to curb narcotics sales illegally. The remark was made on Monday in Minneapolis.
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