Ex convicts tied to jewel theft and KC killing, Chicago nabbed
Two ex convicts Kenneth A. Kitts and Frank Perry were seized in Chicago while driving a $5,000 Cadillac and questioned in a double Kansas City slaying and a $32,000 Des Moines jewel robbery. They face concealed weapon and disorderly conduct charges with $450 bonds. Detectives say the pair had $4,000 in jewels and $1,300 cash, and a .38 pistol.
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New York
Heiress Elopes With Young Cuban
The 18-year-old Joyce Irene Green, heiress to a Chain Store fortune, wed 22-year-old Juan Gonzales Cuevas in Nashville North Carolina on Monday. Her father, H. L. Green, said they are honeymooning in the South, while authorities had tracked the couple since her disappearance from a Massachusetts finishing school last Friday. The couple fled in a yellow convertible as friends reportedly aided their escape.
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KCRG Tonight Presents 2000 Plus Broadcast Tone
The station airs a 2000 plus program at 8 pm featuring future policy themes and a prominent cast. Ae of Nu Phi Epsilon is spotlighted on Concert Echoes at 9 30 with members Charlotte Lazier Norma Beers Helen Taggart Collette Lewis Rosemary Jennings Janet Sullivan Margaret Mach Eunice Kregel and Joanne Ramsey. Alma Turecek arranged songs and Mrs Louis H Silar organized this week’s show produced by Margaret Heinrich.
Radiolog Gazette Reports Ace Program Update
The Gazette notes the Radiolog initiative and its rapid rollout to key action stations. Officials confirm enhanced coverage and service targets as crews implement the new system across multiple districts.
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Platter Pantry Hosts B-Bar-B at 5:30
Local notice announces Platter Pantry hosting B-Bar-B event at 5:30. Details unreadable in fragment but indicates venue and start time for community gathering.
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Germans Sing Deutschland Ueber Alles in Berlin Rallys
In Berlin, over 5,000 Germans sang Deutschland ueber Alles at Titania palace after Adenauer urged West Germany to be a full partner in Europe. About 4,000 more sang at Funkturm hall with no orchestra, all amid political tension and Western Allied oversight.
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Cedar Rapids and county approvals motion for April actions
The county lets April 4 farm to market contracts and approves voting machines for seven Cedar Rapids high schools for May 9 Boys State elections. The Iowa Highway Commission’s April 11 bridge project at Wapsipinicon river Troy Mills is approved alongside tax sale cancellation and a small refund. City budget transfers and reports from Marion mayor and County Auditor Hanzlik are accepted with specified funds noted.
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British Budget Cuts Aid Middle Class as Tax Relief Emerges
In a 1950 51 budget Sir Stafford Cripps cuts income tax for middle earners by 11 pounds seven shillings annually, easing to 12 percent on the first 75 pounds and 25 percent on the next 200 pounds. Relief favors middle voters but not working classes. Also raised gasoline tax, expanded miles, raised beer strength, cut welfare costs, trimmed food subsidies, and taxed 1949 bonuses. Rolls Royce purchase tax sliced to 15 percent.
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Italian peasants clash with police in San Felice protest
Five hundred Communist led peasants clashed with police in San Felice in Modena province as police dispersed an unauthorized demonstration of about 2000 jobless farm workers. Two policemen were injured in the confrontation reported by dispatches.
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Strike Ties Up Brest Trade After Worker’s Death
In Brest France a general strike halted business in the port city of 70 000. Stores closed and the port was paralyzed while rail traffic to Landerneau about 15 miles away ceased. The action marks a Communist led clash with police that left one worker dead.
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Moonshine raid ends with pigs and three men charged
In Franklin Tennessee federal agents raided a moonshine whisky still. Revenue agents reported a sow and her litter of pigs so drunk they could not walk after gorging on mash. Three men faced charges of illegal manufacture of whisky.
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Oscar Crowell
Chapple, Author, Iowa Native, Dies
Joe Mitchell Chapple, 82, author, lecturer and retired newspaperman, died in a Miami hospital after a long illness. A La Porte City, Iowa native, he lived in Boston and wrote more than 30 books including Heart Throbs Vivid Spain and To Baghdad and Back. He began editing a Grand Rapids newspaper at 16 and later led the Bostonian and National magazine for 40 years.
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Cudahy Creamery at Winfield Fined $1,000
KEOKUK AP The Cudahy Packing Company's creamery at Winfield Iowa was fined 1000 dollars for violations of the pure food act. The government alleged shipments of impure butter to Providence Illinois. Manager Henry Livingstone was not fined. Federal Judge Carroll O Switzer also fined John Linneman of Burlington 195 dollars plus costs after guilty pleas on 13 counts of improper handling of weigh bills and C O D orders. Linneman owns Hedrick transfer line in Burlington.
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Robin Finds Home Life Better Than Facing Cats
In Cleveland a pet robin named Cooky, rescued from a neighborhood cat, now enjoys domestic life with Nancy Fabian. The bird prefers daily baths in a family saucer, watching chores, and dining at home, finding comfort and safety indoors.
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Linn County Revises Road Maintenance Districts
The Linn County board of supervisors approved a revised maintenance plan drawn by engineer William Behrens creating five maintenance sections from four. The system deploys five crews across 16 patrols, effective immediately, aimed at improving road upkeep this summer. The board also discussed buying seven new trucks to replace worn equipment, but no decision was reached.
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Actress Helen Walker to Wed Ted du Domaine
Film actress Helen Walker announced she will wed department store executive Ted du Domaine within two weeks.
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Robb Elected Chairman of Iowa Tax Commission
George Robb of Estherville was named chairman of the Iowa tax commission a day after being appointed as a member by Gov. Beardsley to succeed Warren Wells who had resigned. The three man commission now includes Robb and Wells, former chairman.
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Robb Profile Highlights Iowa Politician and Farmer
Robb is identified as a former Estherville mayor, a former Iowa House of Representatives member, and a long-time farmer and livestock man reflecting a public service and agricultural career.
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