New York’s Herald Tribune Joins City Newspapers Shut
New Yorkers faced a rare city wide newspaper shutdown as six major dailies closed in sympathy with a photo engravers strike. The Herald Tribune halted publication pending talks with AFL Photo-Engravers and publishers, while negotiations continue with no immediate resolution.
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New York
New
Herald Tribune
The
Times
Denis M. Burke
Times and Herald Tribune
Publishers Association of
New York City
Couple Held For Hours By Berk Bandits
Three bandits robbed a bank of about 40000 dollars after abducting cashier John W. Pope and his wife Stella and holding them for eleven hours. Pope, wounded and blindfolded, was forced to open the bank vault at seven a.m. before the couple was separated and moved to different cars.
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Jasonville
Ind
John W. Pope
People’s Trust Company
Stella
Pope
Joe Croft
Popes
Suthard
Sino-Soviet Friendship Association runs romance service
The Kung Sheung Daily News reports that the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association is conducting a lonely hearts service for Russian technicians in Communist China.
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Hong Kong
Kung Sheung Daily News
Sino-Soviet Friendship Association
Communist
China
Dynamite Truck Fire Threat Abated Near University of Iowa
A dynamite laden truck caught tire fire near the University of Iowa campus. Driver Mike Nolan of Fremont Nebraska warned bystanders and alerted the Iowa City Fire Department, which quickly extinguished the blaze. Officials suspect tire friction caused the fire aboard the Baggitt Transportation Company rig bound for Wyoming.
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Iowa City Fire Department
University of Iowa
Mike Nolan
Fremont
Neb
Baggitt Transportation Company of
Birmingham
Ala
Wyoming
Light Rain or Snow Forecast for Iowa
The weather bureau foresees light rain possibly mixed with snow across Iowa over the next 24 hours. A frontal system from the west will spread rain from the west to the east by Wednesday, with temps modestly higher tonight then cooler Wednesday. Cedar Rapids reported 33 degrees Tuesday after an overnight low of 13, while November rainfall exceeded October's, and Cedar Rapids year to date totals show substantial deficits and higher-than-normal precipitation.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Gulf of Mexico
Cedarapids
Cedar Rapids
Allies Doubtful Over Korean Talks Plan
Allied sources say the Communist plan for a Korean political conference is disappointing as it demands Russia attend as a neutral. The UN proposes Russia as a full participant while New Delhi is ruled out by South Korea. Arthur Dean met with President Rhee after the plan’s release.
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Panmunjom
Russia
U. N
New Delhi
U. N. General Assembly
New York
Pyun Yung Tae
India
Arthur H. Dean
Rhee
Overloaded state test truck ticketed in Waverly
In Waverly Nebraska state police ticketed the state test truck that checks other trucks for overloading after finding the vehicle overloaded with weights for scales.
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Waverly, Neb
Tufts Receives $1.086 Million Pledge From Posners
Medford industrialist Harry Posner, president of Worcester Paper Box, and his wife Hannah pledged 1,086,000 as part payment of the debt they owe this land of freedom. Posner became a U.S. citizen after emigrating from Russia. Hannah was born in Grand Forks.
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Medford
Mass
Tufts College
Harry Posner
Worcester Paper Box Corporation
Hannah
Posner
U. S
Russia
Grand Forks
Mayor Back Faces Court Puzzle in Cedar Rapids
Mayor Milo Sedlacek returned to office after a two month absence to confront Cedar Rapids’ toughest issue the organization of the new municipal court. City Clerk Maude Krebs’ fate hung in the balance as council members met to choose between keeping Clerk of Municipal Court under council control or appointing an outsider with an election slated two years hence. No decision emerged after a nearly two hour meeting and a follow up parley was set for Wednesday morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Milo Sedlacek
Maude Krebs
Sedlacek
Vandals Strike Rock Quarry Damaging Heavy Equipment
Police report saboteurs fired rifles at the Concrete Materials quarry on River road SW idle Sunday. The attack damaged two large power shovels a drilling machine and a crusher and caused layoffs of about 25 workers with an estimated total loss around 1 500 dollars plus 1 400 tons of production.
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Cedar Rapids
River Road
John Hanna
Monay
Hanna
Thief Strikes Loran Market Stole Cigarettes and Dimes
A thief broke into a Loran market and carried off several cartons of one brand cigarettes and eight dollars in dimes. No suspects named and no further details released.
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Loran
Ohio
Former C R Residents Drop Plans To Give Up Children
A Cedar Rapids couple, Millard and Mrs Colson, who moved to Los Angeles last July, abandon plans to place their six children for adoption due to lack of housing. They have lived in a hotel but were issued a notice to leave, prompting the decision. The Colsons cite health and financial hardship while hoping to return the children to Iowa if possible.
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C.R
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Millard Colson
Colson
H. J. Colson
Thirty-fourth Street
Colsons
Millard
Iowa
AT&T Plans Transatlantic Telephone Cable Run
AT and T announces a 35 million dollar project to lay the longest undersea voice cable from New York to London and Montreal to London. The system, 2000 nautical miles offshore, will use vacuum tube repeaters and coaxial conductors to support 36 simultaneous conversations and connect with British, Canadian networks and a future microwave relay to reach the U.S.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Atlantic
A. T. and
A. T. and T
British Post Office
Great Britain
Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation
London
Montreal
A. T
Ee Wee Key West
Raa
Scotland
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
U. S
Bell System
Florida
Cuba
Unpaid Official Causes Water Supply Drain in Cincinnati Area
Jerome Morris a 42 year old water works superintendent from Cleves fired hydrants early Tuesday and emptied the town 183000 gallon supply tank in retaliation for missing a 136 bi monthly paycheck He was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge by Cincinnati authorities.
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Cincinnati
Jerome Morris
Cleves
Morris
Doctor Slain In Mistaken Identity Case
DETROIT police say Dr Edward D Spalding a top heart specialist was shot dead by a former mental patient who sought revenge against doctors He mistook Spalding for Dr William T McAlonan who he claimed mistreated him A list in the killer s pocket named hospital staff and the suspect was held on murder charges
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Detroit
Edward D.spalding
John Sherback
Sherback
Spalding
Eloise
William T. McAlonan
McAlonan
Burlesque May End in Chicago as Rialto Razed
Harold Minsky faces loss of his Rialto theater lease as the building is torn down for shops leaving his burlesque show uncertain. He will seek another venue to stage his girls, with a final New Year Eve performance if no new theater is found.
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Chicago
Minsky
Rialto Theater
Harold Minsky
Burlesque
Minisky’s
Rialto
Newark
Abe
Willie
Herb
Model Tells Role for FBI
Marlane MacLane Kowall, 27, daughter of Barton MacLane, testified before the Subversive Activities Control Board that she served as a secret FBI informant in the Communist party for three years. She said she joined for patriotic reasons and tried to assure her father she worked for free, noting their dispute began after she participated in a Hollywood studio strike.
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Washington
INS
Barton MacLane
FBI
Communist Party
Marlane MacLane Kowall
Subversive Activities Control Board
Jefferson School of Social Science
New York
Rowall
Hollywood
Huntress Finds Right Spot For Deer On Opening Day
In Deer Park Pennsylvania Mrs Steve Vacula finally shoots a five point buck on her porch after 27 years of hunting on opening day without a deer. Her husband and four male friends went out but returned empty handed.
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Deer Park
Steve Vacula
Pennsylvania
Dulles Defends Allies Against Arrogant Tactics
Secretary of State Dulles rebutted Senator McCarthy’s charge of arrogance in U S policy. He defended allied cooperation and warned that US bases and warning systems keep peace while rejecting threats and domination. Davies undergoes new security review amid McCarthy attacks.
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Washington
Dulles
Mc Carthy
R-Wis
Eisenhower
McCarthy
U. S
Administration
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Milwaukee
John Paton Davies
McCartthy
Davies
Central Intelligence Agency
Ste McCarthy
John W. Foster
Nationalist China warns on East conference decision
Nationalist China in Taipei warned it would not recognize a decision from the East conference unless Asian governments are first consulted. The message signals Beijing’s demand for regional consultation amid regional tensions in Formosa.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Nationalist
China
East
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