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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1952
Page
5
Seattle electrical engineer Blair Dickison created an automatic pilot for lifeboats used by air crews. The device steers survivors to safety after a ditching, with a test record of a 900 mile voyage and a landing within half a mile of a preselected point.
A Vienna dispatch reports Romania defrauded 82 million from the treasury by 24 officials. Other officials diverted textiles to the black market and gave away hunting rights and diapers for services. The piece argues corruption in communist states spans eastern Europe, labeled sabotage by controlled press.
Prince Oscar of Prussia, last surviving son of Kaiser Wilhelm, says a monarchy’s return can only be decided by Germans themselves. He dodges politics, praises reunification, and leads the Protestant Order of St. John with hospitals in Germany, Switzerland, and Finland.
Washington officials handling foreign affairs monitor scattered British house of commons races. They note local results show Labor gains but not enough seats to threaten Churchill's Conservative government. They seek to see if trends signal a shift against the Tories or intra party struggles on the left. Vacancies arise from death or illness.
C M Gustafson supervisor of employed public relations for the Railway Express Agency will address Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Civic bureau at 6 15 p m Thursday in the Chamber Building His career began with Adams Express in Ottumwa in 1913 he served in World War I and later held multiple executive roles before his current post in Chicago.
A Boston report notes that unstrained cranberry sauce preserves up to 80 percent of the fruit's vitamin C content.
The United States will monitor four British Royal Air Force jet bombers and two jet transports as they start a Latin American goodwill and training tour this month. The exercise could also boost jet aircraft sales. More than 1,500 Iowans are employed in coal mines.
Washington AP says Adm. Ernest J. King has finished his wartime memoirs for publication next month. Gen. George C. Marshall remains among top WWII leaders without an autobiography. Publishers offered about a million dollars for Marshall's memoir but he declined, saying he has no plans to write.
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