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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1949
Page
1
Cedar Rapids city council approves pavement assessments after a prolonged dispute over northeast street work. Debate centered on cost sharing and whether the 25 percent cap plus benefits justify the $40,816.87 assessed amount. Property owners voiced objections before final action.
AMSTERDAM UP The world's newest nation was created Tuesday as Queen Juliana formally transferred sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia. The Netherlands-Indonesian Union is established with Juliana as titular head, creating a republic of 16 autonomous states spanning Java, Sumatra and beyond.
Cedar Rapids loses nine downtown metered stalls but gains a permanent bus stop on Second avenue south of the post office. Safety Commissioner Gordon Hughes notes stops serve Christmas shoppers and workers, and help balance loading zones, with the wall Plaza stop remaining.
In Toulouse France Georges Raymond punched a man who had slapped him 26 years earlier at a dance hall. A court fined Raymond forty dollars and ruled that 26 years is too long to harbor a grudge.
Heavy rain drenched New York and parts of New Jersey easing the water shortage. City rainfall reached .65 inch in 24 hours with Croton and Catskill storage up 611 million gallons and runoff estimated at 3.91 billion gallons. Officials urge continued conservation as the long term shortage remains serious.
The Civil Service Commission reports the federal civilian workforce on December 1 totaled 1,988,600, the lowest since April 1942. It marks the second time in seven and a half years payroll dipped below 2,000,000, with a rebound to 2,004,000 in January.
Fresno report says Gutierrez 25 was sentenced to die in the state gas chamber for the slaying of 17 months old Josephine Yanez after a partial confession. The case hinges on the earlier conviction for the fatal baby murder.
LOS ANGELES AP Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kohai welcome their second set of twins within ten months. Jeffrey and Michael were born Monday, weighing just over five and a half pounds. Mother and babies are reported fine. On February 9 a prior birth produced twin girls.
Washington reports two Democratic leaders urge delaying repeal of Taft Hartley until 1951. Senate Labor Chair Thomas Utah and ADA head Humphry say current Congress won’t repeal, but expect a Fair Deal majority after the next election.
Indianapolis AP report: restaurant owner James D Hightower offered free chicken dinners to the first 400 customers between 10 30 a m and 2 p m on a holiday Monday. The cafe quickly filled to capacity and a long sidewalk line formed. By 2 p m all meals were claimed and workers closed up. He said giving something made Christmas.
In Miami a blonde woman about 45 to 50 years old was found slain in Biscayne Bay. Her body wore expensive yachting attire and floated in the bay on Monday. Clues include a laundry mark, blouse label, and fingerprints sent to the FBI. Authorities sought traces of the Bauer laundry mark, Jay Thorpe shoe store, and Mademoiselle G label.
Four girls aged 8 to 12 perished when their cotton snowflake costumes caught fire from a candle lit Christmas tree at a Hamburg orphanage party. Police report the children staged a Christmas play on Christmas Eve and several dresses ignited, with two deaths on Christmas Day and two more on Monday.
New York AP reports Dr. Albert Einstein presents a generalized theory of gravitation, uniting electromagnetism and gravity as forms of one force. The document, 20 mimeographed pages, extends relativity but lacks experimental proof and faces interpretation challenges.
Moscow radio says 12 Japanese officers pled guilty to preparing and using bacteriological warfare. Defendants allege American prisoners were used as human guinea pigs in germ tests with deadly pathogens. Gen Otozoo Yamada and Unit 731 linked to planned attacks on the United States Britain and other nations.
The Associated Press reports at least 579 violent deaths over a three day Christmas holiday period ending Monday. Traffic caused 412 deaths, 66 were from fires, 101 from miscellaneous accidents, and 12 from bicycles or other incidents.
London based historian Arnold Toynbee predicted the cold war would not become a shooting war until 2000 at the earliest. He said the conflict would be fought in Asia for the next 50 years as communism remained contained in Europe and that a shooting war was not inevitable. He credited Lenin as the dominant influence and described Stalin as only an interpreter of Lenin.
The AFL affiliated Gue Reporter lists two Iowans in Congress as opposing workers farmers and small business interests this year. Senator Hickenlooper and Representative Jensen are the Iowa Republicans named among 26 senators and 81 representatives flagged by the AFL's political education arm. The report does not urge defeat of those listed.
General Motors chief Charles E. Wilson forecast a 1950 marked by continued business prosperity if no major shocks occur. He doubted radical changes in cars, predicted no sub $1000 auto, and cited four risks including political missteps, international conflict, coal shortages, and potential steel strikes.
AP report says FBI agent testified that the telephone tap is only a minute part of the investigation into espionage charges against Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev. Judge Ryan warned he may dismiss the indictment if wiretap evidence drove the case. T. Scott Miller testified he had no knowledge of any telephone conversations between the defendants.
The AFL Amalgamated Association bowed to a court injunction and voted to end the six day transit strike in Cleveland. Buses and streetcars were to roll again after a 2 p.m. deadline as officials planned to resume normal schedules by Wednesday.
A 50 pound chandelier fell from its moorings at the Monterey theater in Monterey Park Los Angeles suburb injuring four people Monday night. One man, 71 year old Steven Zsinko, suffered a possible skull fracture as the pendants crash between seats. Glass shards showered onto the audience but no one was directly struck.
The Chinese Nationalist government in Formosa announced Tuesday the loss of Chengtu, the last capital it tried to maintain on the Chinese mainland, marking a major setback in the war effort.
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