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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1948
Page
7
News brief recaps from Cedar Rapids on October 24 1948 cover local happenings and notable events, naming residents and organizations involved. It reflects postwar civic life, with community updates and upcoming local schedules.
Czech statesman Peter Zenkl former Prague mayor and deputy premier will address Cedar Rapids Federation of Czech Societies at Hus Memorial Church 631 Ninth Ave SE Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Zenkl heads Committee for Free Czechoslovakia in Washington DC and is noted for opposing communists in Czechoslovakia. He survived wartime detention and exile and was later involved in anti-Communist efforts amid the 1948 coup and recent protests. The event marks the 30th anniversary of Czechoslovakia’s founding with Masaryk as president.
United Nations truce observers report Jewish forces still attacking Egyptian positions in southern Palestine 24 hours after the cease fire deadline. Heavy fighting also centered in Galilee while Syria and Israel blame each other for border clashes. Arab reports claim hundreds killed or wounded. U N observers noted continued Israeli attacks into late Saturday despite a cease fire order.
A large last minute crowd gathered in Des Moines as voters rushed to register for the November 2 election. City Clerk Glen Wickliff predicted registrations could reach a record 93,000, with the cutoff set at 4 30 p.m. Saturday. The tally already stood as the highest since the perman.
Advertisement touts SSS Tonic as a remedy for gas bloating sour stomach and indigestion claiming it boosts gastric juice flow and aids non organic stomach disturbances. It asserts improved appetite sleep energy and blood quality with millions already helped and urges purchase from drug stores.
Wickliff noted the stalled registration system in 1928 and said this year’s heavier effort is driven by veterans who will vote on the soldiers bonus proposal. Extra registration places were opened in city hall to handle the crowd.
London report says Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip will not receive extra allowance for their expected child within three weeks. Parliament had approved 160000 dollars for Elizabeth last year and assumed a child was possible. Philip gets 40000 dollars annually.
In New York at Congress hotel a man appearing intoxicated sobered in the lobby and pulled a gun, robbing three employees of nearly $1000 after forcing Manager Benjamin McCullough to surrender the money. The incident occurred Saturday as the suspect, who had been drinking, demanded cash and fled.
A gunman demanded cash from a Bellhop Louis Baker and a clerk, taking $174 from Baker who claimed his money was for Christmas savings. The robber dismissed his remark with a quip about TV and Christmas. Peter Fishman noted the exchange during the incident.
CHICAGO AP farmers expect a moderate expansion in livestock and poultry during the current feeding year as feed supplies meet needs. Dr. R M Bethke led a committee noting adequate feed for large exports and normal carryover. Spring pig crop up 13 percent, chickens 16 percent, turkeys 15 percent.
Campaign chairman B. D. Silliman urged workers to finish calls and report by Monday morning as the 1949 Community Chest wind-up approaches. Division leaders meet at the Montrose hotel at noon to review progress. workers pay their own meals. Total collected reaches $172,225.37 of $185,948.46 goal.
Cedar Rapids Waltonians launch a dinner series Monday at 6 30 p m at the Y M C A with Ken Hastie introducing a program. T B Hlubucek editor Cedar Rapids Listy will share impressions from a three month trip to Czechoslovakia last summer. Reservations by phone to Al Norton 9074.
George Naxera is reelected president of the Czech Dramatic Association as 60 members attend a CSA supper. Stanley Dusek becomes vice president with Joseph Pazour as recording secretary. The board lists Vaclav Picek Frank Chramosta and others. Films from Czechoslovakia were shown by Naxera and Hlubucek.
I M Bridges vice president of the C E Erickson Company Des Moines will speak after a Commerce dinner Tuesday at the Montrose hotel on the Multiple Basing Pricing System He is among 46 men named from across the United States to serve on Senator Capehart s sub committee on trade policies Bridges will meet with the council this week in Chicago and will receive the latest information about the plan The Manufacturers bureau has called the meeting.
City Treasurer Walter E. Miller announced a one week extension for paying special city taxes including street oiling weed cutting and snow removal. Many hundreds of postal cards are still outstanding and taxpayers are urged to pay now to reduce next year's bill.
The Laurentian Shield, a primitive rock area, covers over two million square miles across North America, primarily in eastern Canada and Labrador.
The Cedar Rapids public library suggests five books for United Nations Day reading. Titles include War and Peace Aims of the USN United Nations Herbert Evatt Appeal to the Nations Norman Thomas It s Up to Us Wofford and Calculated Risk Hamilton Fish Armstrong For Religious Book Week October 24 31 the library also lists Alternative to Futility Elton
A list of book titles and authors including Trueblood Life Everlasting Alington Jesus of the Parables Smith And So You Pray West wood Have This In Mind Kennedy Religion of Maturity Bowman Prayer and the Common Life Harkness Witness to the Truth Hamilton Main Issues Confronting Christendom Bosley The Christian Way in Race Relations Nelson.
Among the Bantus of South Africa women perform farming by custom while a man who farms his own land would be regarded as mad by his neighbors.
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