Fight Looms On Superior Court Setup
In Cedar Rapids a tug of war over the future of the Linn County Superior Court pits abolition advocates against plans to keep and rejuvenate the court. A bar association committee circulates petitions to submit the issue to voters at the March general election. District Court Clerk Arthur Axmear certified a 66 member juror list for upcoming terms. 200 signatures on petitions are required. If abolished, the city would establish a police court and transfer other duties to district court, with juvenile matters currently handled by the superior court affected. The study found the court’s expenses excessive and proposed elimination without reducing overall judicial services. Judge William Matias, in office since July, ordered a juror panel to restore jury trials, noting most attorneys supported restoring the system to better serve the community.
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Cedar Rapids
Superior Court
Linn County Bar Association
William Matias
Lynch
Bar Association Committee
Ohe
Matias
Harry S. Johnson
William S. Beardsley
Linn County
Quaker Oats Employee Union Election Request Filed
The Brewery Workers union filed with the NLRB for an election at the Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant. The Grain Millers union followed with a similar action within 24 hours. Local 100 of the grain millers will distribute hand bills inviting workers to attend a meeting at the plant.
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Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats
Brewery Workers Union
NLRB
Harold Bondy
Detroit
Brewery Workers
American Federation of Grain Millers
Clyde Brown
Grain Millers
Penick and Ford
Cargill, Inc
National Oats Company
Quaker
Bondy
Father rejects suitor in witty exchange
A humorous exchange shows a father vetoing an unsuitable match for his daughter. The suitor requests consent, and the father implies his daughter deserves a worthy partner, delivering a sharp line about not marrying an idiot.
Two Day Weeks For Coal Miners
Pittsburgh AP reports United Mine Workers district presidents said 480,000 miners will work only Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the next two weeks due to Christmas and New Year holidays. District Five chief John Busarello and District Two head James Mark confirmed the schedule while miners have been at three days a week under UMW President John L. Lewis.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John Busarello
District Five
James Mark
District Two
UMW
John L. Lewis
UE Urges Truman to Fire NLRB Counsel Denham
The United Electrical Workers asked President Truman to investigate the NLRB and fire Robert N. Denham after he revised a secret order related to the UE CIO organizing fight. UE president Albert J. Fitzgerald wired Truman seeking Denham’s dismissal amid court action for an injunction.
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Washington
United Electrical Workers
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
Denham
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
NLRB
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Manstein Exits Hamburg En Route to War Crimes Jail
Former Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, sentenced to 18 years, was whisked out of Hamburg on Tuesday. His destination appeared to be the war crimes jail at Werl.
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Hamburg
Erich von Manstein
Werl
Cedar Rapids to Rebid Football Track Stadium Plans
Cedar Rapids school board moves to re submit the district’s 500000 football track stadium project for bids on February 13. Architect William Stuhr will redraw plans to cut costs with alternates and meet Superintendent Clyde Parker for a conference on December 27.
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Cedar Rapids
William Stuhr
Rock Island
Clyde Parker
Parker
Stuhr
Shoppers’ Note on Extended Downtown Hours
Cedar Rapids stores and the post office will stay open until 9 tonight and through Thursday. On Friday they close at 5 30. The stores observe the legal holiday Monday December 26 and will also be closed January 2.
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Cedar Rapids
Woman Dies After Tama Highway Crash Injures Cedar Rapids Resident
Mrs. Ora Fugate 53 of Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a car she rode in plunged down a 50 foot embankment 13 miles east of Tama on Highway 30. Her brother in law Albert Fugate drove the car. he and Georgie Fugate suffered minor injuries. Other drivers in the collision were Othmer H Buff and Arthur T Allan. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Beatty chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial.
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Cedar Rapids
Ora Fugate
Eighth Street
Tama
Fugate
Highway 30
Albert Fugate
Oxford Junction Man Crushed by Feed Mill
Ernest Lazare 47 of Oxford Junction died Monday after a portable feed mill rolled onto him while he worked under its front. Coroner Dr Robert D Paul ruled accidental death. Survived by wife and four children Allan Beverly Gayle and Arla. Body sent to Hayden funeral home.
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The
Oxford Junction
Ernest Lazare
Here
Robert D. Paul
Anamosa
Jones County
Hayden Funeral Home
Allan
Beverly
Gayle
Arla
White Christmas Predicted and Cold Wave Imminent
Weather bureau cautions Iowa residents of a likely white Christmas as a cold wave moves in. Temperatures may dip to 5 below in the northwest, 10 above in the southeast, with snow, sleet, and strong winds retracing the state. Northern Iowa faces snow tonight and Wednesday eastward, with more snow by weekend. Driving conditions worsened by Tuesday morning as sleet and fog spread, with historic cold sweeping from Canada into the northern mountain states and Idaho roads opened after closures.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mercury
Burlington
Rae
Sioux Ity
Potatello
Idaho
Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Gives Birth To Son
Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, wife of the millionaire sportsman, welcomed a son Tuesday at a small private hospital in New York. The event highlights the Vanderbilt family’s continued prominence in society and business circles.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Disregard Action on Spangler Shakes GOP Ranks
DES MOINES AP Republican State Chairman Whitney Gillilland questioned a GOP state committee request for National Committeeman Harrison E. Spangler's resignation. He ordered minutes of a disputed August Clear Lake meeting to be disregarded, aiming to heal intra party rifts without endorsing the action. Spangler, a Cedar Rapids attorney, was invited to the meeting though not a member.
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Des Moines
Whitney Gillilland
Harrison E. Spangler
Gilliland
Clear Lake
Glenwood
Divorce Offer Aims To Help Duke Segovia Rule Spain
The Duchess of Segovia Charlotte Tiedemann offered a divorce from her husband Don Jaime Duke of Segovia to aid his bid for the Spanish throne. She said the move could be arranged without difficulty though the Vatican does not recognize the duke’s current marriage to the duchess’s first wife.
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Duke
Paris
Alfonso
Spain
Vatican
Don Jaime
Emanuel de Pam Pierre
Don Juan
Francisco Franco
Franco
Charlotte Tiedemann
Spangler Declines Comment On Iowa GOP Resignation Directive
At his Cedar Rapids home on Monday night Harrison E. Spangler refused to comment on a directive from Republican State Chairman Whitney Gullilland. The order urged the state central committee to ignore Spangler's request to resign as national committee man made last August.
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Cedar Rapids
Harrison E. Spangler
Whitney Gullilland
State Central Committee
Spangler
Spangler's meeting aims at party unity ahead of 1950 elections
Spangler did not attend the closed Cedar Rapids meeting after sending Gilliland a note citing a prior engagement. Don Hines and Harry O'Donnell stood by in the hotel as Republicans discussed keeping Spangler's allies from failing him, with Gilliland seeking to weld the party for 1950. The Iowa delegation had nominated Spangler to the 1948 Republican National Convention. he cannot be removed except for cause by the national committee.
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Gillilland
Don Hines
Harry O’donnell
Cedar Rapids
Spangler
Hines
O'Donnell
Spang
Iowa
National Committee
Gilliland
Bogan
Clear Lake
Pair Tie Up Actor Wilcox And Rob Diana Barrymore
New York police say two men bound and gagged actor Robert Wilcox in Diana Barrymore's duplex, then escaped with a mink coat a silver fox scarf and other loot. Wilcox says the intruders claimed to be friends of Barrymore and boasted of marijuana use.
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Wilcox
Rob Diana Barrymore
New York
Robert Wilcox
Diana Barrymore
Miss Barrymore
John Barrymore
Miss ‘Barrymore
G.i.’S
Truman Back In Washington
President Truman returns from a three week Key West vacation and is greeted by Acheson Johnson Sawyer and other officials. He plans cabinet talks on the state of the Union budget and economic report before Christmas in Independence Missouri and a return to Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Key West
State Acheson
Defense Johnson
Commerce
Sawyer
White House
State of the Union
Congress
Independence
Roosevelt Jr Accepts National Jewish Appeal Post
Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. was named chairman of the National Christian Committee of the United Jewish Appeal. He will lead committees across the country to raise funds from Christians to aid Jewish refugees worldwide. Morgenthau Jr. announced the 1950 UJA goal of 272,455,800 dollars.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
United Jewish Appeal
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
UJA
Roosevelt
Unborn Quadruplets Save London Barmaid From Prison
London AP says a 38 year old barmaid, Diane Fl cicher, faced a prison term after a theft conviction. An appeals committee heard doctors first predicted twins then triplets and finally quadruplets, leading to a reprieve as the unborn babies were cited in her case.
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London
Aw Street
Diane Fl
Cicher
J. F. Eastwood
U N Chief Proposes Halt to Atom Bomb Production
U N Assembly President Carlos P Romulo proposed a temporary halt to atom bomb production to avert an arms race among the Big Five and Canada. He urged an early world atomic control accord and asked six powers to pursue concrete proposals through talks and a possible UN General Assembly session.
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General Assembly
Romulo
McNaughton
Russia
West
Assembly
U.N
U.n.atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy Commission
Security Council
Woman Shot and Killed by Son in Carnegie Home
In Carnegie Pennsylvania a 39 year old woman, Helen Langston, was shot in her home after intervening in a quarrel between her two sons, 18 year old William and 17 year old John. A 5 year old brother Joseph is alleged to fired the fatal shot with a .22 caliber pistol taken from a dresser. The three boys were taken to the police station for questioning.
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Carnegie, Pe
Chris Keisling
Helen Langston
Keisling
William
John
Joseph
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C. J. Lynch, Jr
Association
Brown
AFL Labor Temple
Associated Press
William O'Dwyer
Elizabeth Sloan Simpson
St. Joseph's Church
Stuart
Fla
David Martin
Edward M. Bernecker
Manstein
Loyal
J. C. Blodgett
Charles Penningroth
Cleveland
Kenwood
Carl Kesler
Sandee Jordan
Dwight Krumholtz
Veterans Memorial Recreation Center
Rockford Road
Oxford
Canada
Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
Sero
Havre
Mont
Lewiston
Custer
Williston
N. C
Lander
Wye
Vanderbilt Baby
Onay
Gerald Bogan
F.R., Jr
Jewish Fund
Six Nations
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