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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1946
Page
16
Kenneth L. Dixon profiles a Midwest born lawyer who rose to a federal post under Truman. Despite a private income near six figures, he accepts a $12,000 salary to serve the nation and fight entrenched interests. He faces ad hominem attacks labeling him a phony yet continues in service.
Mrs Anna Pautz of Vancouver Washington writes she suffered for years from rheumatism and arthritis and is now free from pain and able to work. She offers to answer inquiries for information and provides her P O Box 825 address for correspondence with NUE OVO Laboratories.
The Veterans Administration said unemployment claims by former servicemen fell to 1,122,000 for the week ended Oct. 12, down 68,000 from the prior week and far below the April peak. Initial claims also dropped for the first half of October, with under 200,000 filed, as many veterans returned to school. In Iowa, 8,572 veterans received allowances in the second week of October.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a general conference opens November 16 to seal mergers forming the Evangelical United Brethren church. The new denomination will total 714000 members with global missionary representation, uniting Evangelical and United Brethren roots dating to German immigrant communities in Lancaster County.
In Du Quoin Illinois a department store let men buy nylons for one day to give husbands a break on early Christmas shopping. The store manager cited a lighthearted policy aimed at assisting male shoppers.
Chicago based plastics inventor Elliott E. Simpson told delegates at the National Shoe show that shoes with plastic soles already number 775 million pairs. He predicted uppers made from soybeans nutshells and sawdust will soon replace leather and warned leather shortages could jeopardize Americans.
University of Minnesota students searched for Kilroy’s body after a mock burial to end the chalky fingered spook tale from World War II. Kilroy’s tombstone and casket were stolen from Coffman Memorial building with the graffitied message Ilroy, jr. was here.
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