Cedar Rapids Faces Backyard Plumbing Health Menace
Cedar Rapids struggles with old and unconnected sewer lines as many homes cannot afford $750 to hook up to postwar mains. Health officials report about 60 percent violations in areas with new sewers, and enforcement is tempered by hardship, though officials will act where privies or septic tanks offend.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl Smith
Smith
Young’s Hill
Oak Hill
Eleeventh
Twelfth Streets
Health Department
J. H. Lilly
Lilly
Congress Plans Returning Battle Flags to Mexico
Congress is poised to authorize the return to Mexico of battle flags captured in the Mexican-American War. The measure, already passed by the Senate, would also return regimental pennants and swords. Texans Connolly and Bentsen sponsor, Howell (D N J) joins as third. The move follows American Legion backing and broad Mexican goodwill.
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Congress
Mexico
Washington
INS
U. S
Senate
House
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
United States
Mexico City
William Gaither
Chapultapec
Santa Anna
Zachary Taylor
Sen
Connolly
Rep
Bentsen
Howell
D-N.j
Gaither
Executive Committee of
The
American Legion
Cedar Rapids Mail Carrier Vane Retires After 41 Years
Vane aged 62 retired from the Cedar Rapids postal service after 41 years with the government. He spent 20 years as a carrier, began in 1906 as a railway mail clerk, worked on Fourth Avenue SE and First Avenue E, and spent nine years on a downtown route. He plans gardening and photography, has two Cedar Rapids children, and is active in Z C B J lodge and the Iowa Mail Carriers Association.
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Vane
Cil R. Vane
C Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Avenue SE
Tenth
Twenty-first
First Avenue
Twenty-third
Thirty-first
Second
B Avenues
V. E. Vane
Mrs. Vane
W. G. Haskell
Charles D. Houston
F. K. Hahn
Hahn
Frank Baldwin
Cedar
Mon Wallgren to Have New Quarters in FPC
Washington AP reports Mon Wallgren will take a seat on the Federal Power Commission this week. He will move into rooms vacated by Leland Olds as his office is converted into a conference room and spaces once used by the public relations section become his quarters.
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Washington
Mon Wallgren
Washington State
Federal Power Commission
Leland Olds
Wallgren
Commission
Lodge Masaryk and Czech School Board Schedule Meetings
South Side News notes Lodge Masaryk C S A meets Wednesday at 8 p m in C S P S hall. The Czech school board meets Thursday at 7 30 p m in the school building. Cedar Rapids voters adopted the commission form of city government in 1908.
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Masaryk
C.S.A
C.S.P.S. Hall
Commission
Cedar Rapids
Lions Dance Benefits Projector Fund for Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Lions club sponsors a Halloween night dance at Danceland to raise funds for ceiling projectors for bedfast residents. Proceeds, except taxes, go to buy projectors donated hall and entertainment. Tom Owens Cowboys will play. tickets $1 per couple at the door. Projectors may be patient operated. Lions plan a library of projection books.
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Cedar Rapids Lions Club
Charles Gunn
Cedar Rapids
Lions Club
Tom Owens Cowboys
Marion
Two Jury Trials Set for Linn County Court This Week
Linn county district court will hear two jury trials this week. Howard K. Springer sues Stanley Reid for 16123.20 over injuries from a Nov 27 1945 car collision on First avenue and First street W. R C Schroeder Grace E Dean v Cedar Rapids Moose Lodge and John W Dahl seek 1056.95 for a motor operated light dimmer allegedly ordered and not installed.
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Linn County
M. C. Hamiel
Howard K. Springer
Stanley Reid
J. E. Heiserman
R. C. Schroeder
Grace E. Dean
Standard Electric Company
Cedar Rapids Moose Lodge
John W. Dahl
Springer
Reid
First Avenue
First Street
Cedar Rapids Chamber Reports Mail Call Volume
Daily mail to the Cedar Rapids Chamber averages about 175 pieces. The inquiries include Cedar Rapids area details and requests for store, office and industrial space availability.
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Cedar Rapids
Weede to Sing with Cedar Rapids Symphony Wednesday
Metropolitan Opera star Robert Weede headlines Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra’s season opening concert on November 9. The benefit event funds free concerts for the public, with tickets at local music stores and the Symphony Association office.
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Robert Weede
Metropolitan Opera
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Weedie
Met
Variety
Lawrence Tibbett
Weede
Cedar Rapids
Hillbrunner Music Company
Taylor Music Company
Morris Sanford’s
Coe Music Department
Symphony Association
Dows Building
Will China Reds Stop at Borders Soon
Washington reports the big question after the Chinese Communist advance is whether Beijing will respect neighboring borders. Acheson warns of possible strikes beyond China while observers doubt a wide invasion and expect reliance on fifth column activity or guerrilla infiltration instead.
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China
Washington
State Acheson
United Nations
Traffic inquiries rise in September volume at chamber
The Traffic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce averaged 142 inquiries daily in September under Manager Grant Maples. He projects about 30 000 inquiries for 1949 with more than 23 000 already received this year.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Grant Maples
Math Man Unveils Multiplication Short Cut
New York mathematician John L. Garwood claims a one page chart can teach multiplication without counting on fingers or toes in one fifth the time. He says the washable plastic chart, tested at New York University, reduces drudgery and may replace calculators for some offices despite requiring adding by users.
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New York
John L. Garwood
Gendlia
Garwood
Philadelphia
Bouquets Baked To Last Longer
Los Angeles reports Mrs Mae DeLane bakes bouquets to preserve color. She places flat cut flowers and greenery in sand, bakes ten hours in a low oven, brushes with camel hair, fixes in position, then seals under a glass frame for a framed dried bouquet. Cautions imitators not to underbake or overbake.
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Los Angeles
Mae DeLane
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Radio City Music Hall
Ernc Rapee
DeFeo Opera Company
Baltimore
National Federation of Music Clubs
Rochester
John Charles Thomas
Adelin Fermin
Eastman School of Music
Milan
Oscar Anselmi
Luisa Tettrazini
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Tonio
America
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
USO
Pacific Theater
Britain
Hong Kong
Newman
Miles
Revere
Revere Ware
Claire Cox
New York University
General Electric
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