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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1947

Page

4

Miss Overell in Jail Over Easter

Louise Overell, 17, heiress, faces Easter in Orange County jail after being charged with murdering her parents along with fiancé George Gollum. Bail set for trial May 26 due to minority. Gollum not eligible for bail. Marriage plans to take place on her 18th birthday April 30 require court and guardian consent.

Santa Ana Calif Louise Overell George Gollum Orange County Otto Jacobs Gollum Husky Franklin G. West Miss Overell James Musick Fred Jungquist

Mary E Trueblood 96 Belle Plaine resident dies

Mary E Trueblood 96 died Saturday morning at Fred Strayhan home where she had lived for years. Survived by nieces and nephews including Daisy Keller Belle Plaine and Myrtle Koch Marengo. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. Peffers funeral home burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Belle Plaine Mary E. Trueblood Fred Strayhan Daisy Keller Myrtle Koch Marengo Peffers Funeral Home Oak,Hill Cemetery

Bee Rock Tunnel Shortest in Nation Near Appalachia

The 30 foot Bee Rock tunnel near Appalachia Virginia is described as the nation’s shortest railway tunnel and reputed to be the world’s shortest.

Appalachia

Marines Pursue Chinese Reds After Tangku Attack

U S Marines chase Communist forces after a pre dawn assault on an ammunition dump near Tangku five miles northwest of Sutaochiao. The attackers, estimated at far greater numbers, fled as Marine ground forces and planes pursued them. Casualties include five Marines dead and 16 wounded with some attackers killed.

Peiping China United States Tangku Marine Headquarters Tientsin Sutaochiao Fifth Marine Division Tang

Tried Every Way but Couldn't Get Arrested

Baltimore AP Gerald E Caldwell a cab driver told police he would terrorize riders after declaring this is a pistol He sped through red lights and stopped for lights all night hoping a gunman would rob his fares In the end the passenger paid 525 and Caldwell received 150 from the fare tape

Baltimore Gerald E. Caldwell Caldwell

Browder Seeks American Labor Party Affiliation

Earl Browder former head of the American Communist party plans to join the New York American Labor party ahead of the next elections. He says the ALP shares his principles and criticizes anti Communist campaigns as mass hysteria. He supports U.S. military training for defense but opposes training aimed at fighting Russia.

Washington Earl Browder American Communist Party New York American Labor Party ALP Communist Party Browder United States Russia

103 Candles Mark Aunt Cindy Carpenter Birthday

In Hickory North Carolina ex slave Aunt Cindy Carpenter celebrated her birthday with a cake bearing 103 candles marking her milestone celebration.

Cindy Hickory N. C Cindy” Carpenter

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