Cedar Rapids Sewer Bonds Set Delicate Auction Record
Cedar Rapids sold 750000 dollars of sewer bonds in a three hour auction described as the toughest in seven months in the United States. Ravenscroft and Company led a syndicate with Mercantile Trust Chicago and William Bish Chicago in a bid achieving about 1.65 percent net interest after a 16551 dollar premium.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Ravenscroft and Company of
Ravenscraft
the Mercantile Trust Company of
St. Louis
William Bish
Chicago
Tvo
Stevenson and Eisenhower trade blows in New York state campaign
Adlai Stevenson tours Buffalo and Cleveland railing at Republican smear tactics and communism while blasting Eisenhower and the isolationist faction. Eisenhower campaigns through Schenectady Troy and Buffalo defending inflation policy and attacking Truman and the current administration as mismanaging the economy.
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Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Buffalo
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Cleveland
Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
New York State
Schenectady
General Electric
Dewey
Albany
Troy
Harry Truman
Truman
White House
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Lie Cracks Down on 12 Americans at UN
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie moves to purge 12 American UN staff after they refused to answer questions on Communist ties. One official fired, another suspended, ten placed on compulsory leave. names include Stanley Graze and Joel Gordon amid hearings led by Senate subcommittee chair O’Conor and Sen McCarran.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Trygve Lie
Lie
U.S
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
U. S
Sem O'Conor
D-Md
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
O'Conor
Communist’ Party
McCarran
Reno
Stanley Graze
Technical Assistance Office
Graze
Joel Gordon
Department of Economic Affairs
Frank C. Bancroft
Hope Dorothy Eldridge
Jack S$. Harris
Julia Older
Jane M. Reed
Alfred J. van Tassel
Mrs. Hermen Zap
Herbert Schimmel
Alexander Svenchansky
Ferguson Exhaustion Saps Michigan Senator in Hospital
CADILLAC Mich AP Senator Ferguson R Mich was confined to a hospital Thursday with complete exhaustion. He spent a short time in an oxygen tent Wednesday night with doctors saying he rested comfortably and showed progress. Acute indigestion was noted though aides denied a heart attack.
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Cadillac, Mich
Ferguson
R-Mich
Allies Take Iron Horse Mountain in Korea Front Crises
South Korean infantry reached the crest of Iron Horse Mountain on the central front while U N fighters attacked targets in North Korea. F-86 jets downed a MiG 15 and likely destroyed another as Red jets tried to halt bomber strikes on railways mines and troops. Ninth division soldiers seized Iron Horse northwest of Chorwon after intense fighting with Chinese forces. Sniper Ridge and Triangle Hill quieted after two weeks, as Reds paused recapture attempts.
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Seoul
Iron Horse Mountain
U. N
North Korea
Ninth Division
Iron Horse
Chorwon
Sniper Ridge
Triangle Hill
Reds
Dynamite Blamed For Home Blast In Latrobe
A blast leveled a Latrobe home killing a family of five after state police linked the explosion to dynamite purchased by Joseph Rogosky 60. Investigators said he stored the explosives in his basement to open a limestone quarry on his 10 acre farm.
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Latrobe
Joseph Rogosky
Coe College Adds Three Trustees to Board
Coe college announces three new trustees chosen at a Wednesday meeting. New trustees are Bert Aston from Roswell New Mexico a former Zoe football captain in 1913, W Roland Ford a Chicago Abbott Laboratories display manager, and BE D Silliman a Cedar Rapids lawyer and 1917 Coe graduate. Four attendees sworn in include Earte Muzzy Quaker Oats Chicago executive and Lake Forest resident, David Bleakley Cedar Rapids lawyer and former Coe student, William Whipple Cedar Rapids insurance head and Coe graduate, and Howard Helscher Cedar Rapids realtor and 1927 Coe graduate who is national president of the Coe Alumni Association.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Owen N. Elliott
BE. D. Silliman
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Celdar Rapids
Coe
Bert Aston
Roswell
N. M
Zoe
W. Roland Ford
Abbott Laboratories
Chicago
Payne Street
Evanston
Hissan, Wallace
Earte Muzzy
Quaker Oats Company
Deerpath Avenue
Lake Forest
Ill
David Bleakley
Meadowbrook Drive
William Whipple
Whipple Insurance Agency
Hel
Bever Avenue
Howard Helscher
Twenty-second Street
Coe College Alumni Association
Helscher
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Polio Cases Fall 5 Percent in Week
Washington AP reports a 5 percent drop in polio cases last week per the Public Health Service. The development follows ongoing vaccination and monitoring efforts nationwide.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
Chest Campaign Passes Half Way to Goal in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Red Feather campaign totals reached 127 721 59 dollars at 54 4 percent of the 244 694 goal after 6 045 pledges. Campaign officials expect to meet the target with continued community support from workers and volunteers, noting multiple employers surpassed quotas including Northwestern Bell Telephone, Armstrong’s, Sears Roebuck and Roosevelt Hotel.
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Cedar Rapids
National Association of Cost Accountants
JM. E. Feiden
Chest
Chest Office
Feiden l
Red Feather
Northwastern Hell Telephone Company
Communication Beets of America
CIO
Armstrong's
Sears Roebuck and Company
Roosevelt Hotel
Eastern Iowans Meet On Pensions
One thousand one hundred public employees from nine East Iowa counties heard lawmakers discuss replacing the 1946 OASI system with a state funded retirement plan. The hearing covered plan specifics, actuarial input, and calls for full prior service credit with back payments, while the committee trimmed recommendations to fit state needs.
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Iowa
Memorial Coliseum
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Benton
Delaware
Duibuque
Johnson and
Cedar
Dutchman Grunewald Indicted on 22 Counts of Contempt
A federal grand jury indicted Henry W. Grunewald known as the Dutchman on 22 counts of contempt of Congress. The case ties to a House inquiry into tax frauds and a 1940s style scheme alleged by Abraham Teitelbaum. Grunewald allegedly refused to identify officials or discuss tax cases before the Ways and Means Subcommittee.
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Washington
Henry W. “the Dutchman
Grunewald
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Rep
King
D-Catif
Internal ‘Revenue Bureau
Jtax
King Committee
Abraham
Teitelbaum
Chicago
Capone
Frank Nathan
Pittsburgh
Bert K. Master
Florida
Mr. Watson
Nathan
Naster
Nathan and Naster
T. Lamar Caudle
Putchiman
Caudle
Charles Oliphant
Internal Revenue Bureau
Gunewald
Oliphant
Grammer Found Guilty in Wife’s Slaying
George Grammer was convicted of first degree murder in Baltimore for killing his wife in a crime that resembled an automobile accident. A judge rendered the verdict without a jury. sentencing could be hanging or life imprisonment.
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Baltimore
George Grammer
Virginia Democrats split as Tuck sits out race
Virginia’s Democratic organization is badly split as two of its big three oppose endorsing Stevenson-Sparkman. Former Gov. William M. Tuck and Sen. Harry Byrd accuse Adlai Stevenson of "Trimanism" while Gov. John Battle has spoken for Stevenson.
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Richmond
Virginia
Democratic
William M. Tuck
Harry Byrd
Adlai Stevenson
John
Battle
Stevenson
Tuck
Byrd
Dwight Eisenhower
Fishing plan for 100th birthday called off
J H Cover who turned 100 on Wednesday could not make the birthday fishing trip his daughters planned. They ruled it would be too strenuous for him to undertake the outing in Minot North Dakota.
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Minot, N. D
J. H. Cover
Cover
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