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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1948
Page
18
In Cedar Rapids 1948 report Prof Vasey urges broader public participation in Iowa health services mental hygiene and welfare programs. Ed Zeller executive secretary of the Cedar Rapids Y M C A outlines plans to organize neighborhood gangs into clubs, seen with optimism.
Iowa City based University of Iowa creates the new graduate school of social work prompted by statewide welfare workers. Wayne Vasey named director to train Iowa and Midwest staff for rural and urban needs, with field training in Cedar Rapids and other agencies.
In Superior Wisconsin a boxcar loaded with lime caught fire in the railroad yard. Fire crews faced a slow start until a switch engine towed the burning car five blocks to the fire station.
Mrs. H. C. Turbett of Toledo has created over 100 quilts in a long life, including nine in the Chinese Fan design. At 92 she sews by hand without glasses, plans to continue to 100, and attributes her hobby to postmarriage life in Tama County. She recalls birthplace near Lyons and life in Otter Creek township, with family and community events filling her days.
William Brady discusses the discovery and history of vitamin B from Beri Beri research in Japan and the West. He traces rice polishing to disease emergence, the 1905 Funk isolation, and the 1926 split into B1 and B2 factors. He notes variability of B complex with sources and processing, and cautions on relying on outdated nutrition conclusions.
Gazette want ad rates outline word counts for ads, with deadline times and payment notes. The page fragment lists numerous lost items including a gold class ring with initials F A W, a Lady’s Bulova watch, a black roller skate, a bundle of eight towel bars, a brown billfold with leave papers, a Lady’s hat in Newman box, and a parakeet. Also contains jumble of out of town ads, rental, services, and local business notices.
Northwestern Bell Tele phone Company filed a registration statement with the SEC in Washington to offer 60 million dollars of 45 year debentures. Proceeds will retire part of debt used for improvements to the telephone plant. From 1946 to August this year 90 million was spent on new construction, largely funded by advances from AT&T. An invitation for sealed bids will be published if the registration becomes effective, with November 16 as the bid date.
Fort Worth Texas police report another theft targeting a kindergarten piggy bank saved by children all year for a planned picnic. Citizens urge caution as authorities investigate the peculiar crime and seek clues.
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