Fugitive Kirklin Held in Cedar Rapids for Missouri Authorities
Earl Kirklin a 24 year old Cedar Rapids father of two was arrested Monday night as a Missouri fugitive. He escaped from the Missouri state reformatory in Jefferson City in 1943 after a prior arrest for a garage break in 1942 and later lived in Joplin under the nose of local police for more than four years. He says he traveled to Kentucky after initial capture and was recaptured following a tip from Missouri authorities. He described his time on the run and stated that he was unaware he was sought until his Cedar Rapids arrest.
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Lon Breuer
Cedar Rapids
Missouri
Earl Kuhkhn
Ellis Boulevard
William Kudrna
Kirklin
Missouri, State Reformatory
Kudrna
Frank Bukacek
Joplin
Mary
Linda Sue
Reformatory
Kentucky
Mediation Director argues against shifting to labor department
Cyrus S. Ching, Federal Mediation Director, tells Senate labor committee the Taft Hartley era move to place mediation under the Labor Department would damage effectiveness and reduce employer confidence in mediators. He favors an independent agency to uphold neutrality and strengthen collective bargaining.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Truman
Labor Department
Ching
Senate Labor Committee
Six Feet Seven
United States Rubber
Department of Labor
Department of Commerce
E Service
Congress to keep Taft Hartley court orders for emergency strikes
Senator Smith predicts lawmakers will retain the Taft Hartley provision allowing 80 day injunctions to block national emergency strikes. Tobin promotes a 30 day voluntary cooling off with presidential emergency boards to suggest terms. Senator Aiken questions the teeth of such a law amid a possible coal strike by United Mine Workers led by John L Lewis.
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Washington
Smith
R-Nj
Congress
National Health Or Safety
Administration
Tobin
Aiken
R-Vi
John L Lewis
United Mine
Roosevelt Might Be Alive If He Had Not Sought Fourth Term
Rep. A L Miller states in the Congressional Record that Franklin D Roosevelt suffered a stroke in 1938 during a visit to Rochester New York. Miller says proper medical disclosure could have prevented his fourth term and kept him alive. He accuses politicians of pressuring him to run again.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Is This the Hotel Clerk in Today's Chuckle
A guest jokes with a hotel clerk over the phone after a misunderstanding. The clerk retorts, and the guest flips the question back, prompting a light exchange marked by wordplay and humor.
Vet Pension Plan Faces Administration Opposition
The Truman administration opposed congressional moves for universal veteran pensions. Veterans Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr. told the House Veterans Committee the proposal costs about 2 billion dollars in the first year and would rise. he stressed he neither favors nor opposes the measure in his official capacity. The Budget Bureau said enactment could not fit the President’s program.
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Washington
Congress
Carl R. Gray, Jr
House Veterans Committee
Gray
Bureau of the Budget
Argentina Moves to Halt Money Transfers and Imports
Buenos Aires reports Argentina halted transfers of money abroad and importation of foreign goods to study its financial policies. The government acts Tuesday to curb external payments and restrict imports as it reviews economic measures.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Block Caves In At Mining Town
A city block in Carbondale Pennsylvania sank after an underground mine caved in. At least four people were injured and 14 homes badly damaged as sections dropped more than 20 feet. A rumble warned residents and allowed most to escape.
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Carbondale
Scrubwoman’s Faith Sparks Songbird Discovery
In New York’s Daily News building Julia Barto, a Budapest maid turned scrubwoman, inspires Lilly Windsor the singer after persistent visits to Vincent in Rome Opera ties. Windsor debuts at Constitution Hall, dedicating the performance to Julia who later dies of cancer after donating her life savings to a hospital.
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Washington
Julia
Daily News
New York
Lilly
Julia Barto
J. J. Vincent
Budapest
Vincent
Constitution Hall
Rome Opera Company
House Republicans Plan Historic Public Relations Campaign
House GOP leader Martin announces a large public relations drive to explain Republican congressional work. A national publicity committee will be formed with an ex officio chair to guide messaging, backed by a paid staff, with funding to be arranged later.
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Washington
House
Congress
G.O.P
Martin
Truman
Capitol Hill
Thomas E. Dewey
Five Iowa Coeds Seek Kremlin Answer for Class Question
In a University of Iowa final exam on Russian foreign policy five coeds attempted to reach the Kremlin to gauge who might succeed Stalin and the Politburo. They learned the line was open only 7 am to 2 pm Iowa time and the call failed after late hours and one costly try.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Russia
Stalin
Jackie Fitch
Clinton
Jeanne Tyler
Fort Madison
Patricia Fortune
Cedar Rapids
Marion Mahoney
Sioux City
Marty Fry
Oklahoma City
Okla
Kremlin
Miss Fry
London
Iowa
Sige
Off Again On Again For Mr Christodoulou
Constantine Christodoulou changed his name to Chrisler with court help then back to Christodoulou. Probate Judge William F Cotter approved the first change six years ago and the second on Monday. He said his father in West Virginia teased him about the new name, so he returned to the old one for keeps.
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Detroit
Constantine Christodoulou
Chrisler
Christodoulou
William F. Cotter
West Virginia
If You Miss Your Gazette You Can Call Your Carrier
A note advises readers to contact their newspaper carrier directly if the Gazette is missed, with the carrier’s name and phone number provided on the punch.
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the Gazette
Threat Targets Eviction Plan Originator Murphy
The Rev. Wallace J. Murphy, who initiated Tulsa’s mass eviction protest against rent controls, reported a life threat from a mysterious woman who warned she would kill him. Murphy, recovering at home after a heart attack, said he has faced many hostile calls but this is the first direct threat.
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United Press
Wallace J. Murphy
Tulsa
Roy Sheldon
OwDr
Murp
Secreaty
Association
Muephy
Murphy
Predict Return of Colder Weather
Cedar Rapids weather warns of lingering cold with sub zero lows statewide. Forecast calls for 15 below tonight with a warmer high near 32 Thursday, possible snow Thursday or Friday. State highs and lows include 31 in Council Bluffs and 11 below at Elkader. Roads remain slick and hazardous per state police radio.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Elkader
Gas leak at Kelvyn Park High sends pupils to care
In Chicago Kelvyn Park High School more than 55 pupils were overcome by chlorine gas from a toppled storage tank feeding the swimming pool. Fifteen were hospitalized, others treated at home. oxygen and heart stimulants used, no serious injuries reported. Fire and ambulance crews evacuated students as the school emptied in an orderly exit.
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Chicago
Kelvyn Park High School
Sete
James Sullivan
John Tonkinson
Sullivan
Tonkinson
Elsie Marcotte
Fire Department
Nicholas Chester
Break in 16 Inch Gas Line Near Du Pont Plant
A 16inch gas line supplying the Du Pont plant in Orange Texas broke Tuesday releasing millions of cubic feet of gas. The rupture occurred beside a road in a ditch filled with ice and near a busy highway where hundreds of commuters pass daily. Authorities attributed the break to ice forming in the line.
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Orange, Texas
Big du Pont
Rutledge Denies Guilt of Murder
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge, held on a murder indictment in St. Louis, denies guilt in a reply to Missouri’s habeas corpus response. His attorney argues he is not a fugitive from Iowa and that extradition to Iowa is improper. Judge Fitzgibbon will rule on February 7.
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ST. Louis
Robert C. Rutledge
Iowa
St. Louisan
Laughren
Missouri
Rutledge
Byron C. Hartman
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson City
David W. Fitzgibbon
Court of Criminal Correction
State of
Lughren
Dr. Rutledge
Fibon
Air lift sets January record delivering to Berlin
Frankfurt reports the January air lift moved 171 960 tons of supplies into Berlin, marking a new record.
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Frankfurt
Berlin
Fire destroys Grand View hotel. at least six dead
A three story Grand View hotel in Ripon Wisconsin burned in the early hours collapsing a fuse box start. Firefighters and Ripon college students rescued many guests as six unaccounted victims are named including Albert Bleich and Robert Wingler. Two people were seriously injured by debris.
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Ripon, Wis
Grand View
Ripon College
Mamie Kuhn
Edsdie
Warren Schleinzer
Elmhurst
Fred Hemmerling
Three men missing from Ripon hotel linked to Havey firm
Madison electrical contractor O C Havey said three of his employees are unaccounted for after staying at the Grand View hotel in Ripon. One missing man is his son-in law Lloyd Wasserbach a former Wisconsin Badger tackle who played 1940 41 and 42 and later for the Chicago Rockets. The other missing workers are Robert Wingler and Albert Bleich.
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Madison
O. C. Havey
Grand View
Ripon
Havey
Lloyd Wasserbach
University of Wisconsin
Wasserbach
Badger
Chicago Rockets
Robert Wingler
Albert Bleich
Psychiatrist Witnesses Theft On Televised Break In
In Baltimore Dr Ede ward H Kerman a psychiatrist watched a burglar being subdued on a TV program and later found a thief entered his home stealing a suit and $130 wallet. He jokes about testing the show concept in private.
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Baltimore
Edeward H. Kerman
Kerman
Milton Berle Cancellations After Virus Diagnosis
New York AP report says Milton Berle is ill with a virus infection and has canceled all engagements for a month, NBC confirming the comedian’s illness and the schedule pause.
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New York
Milton Berle
NBC
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Lucille King
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Scrubwoman
Songbird
Harman W. Nichols
Land of Promise
Andrew Gross
Hawthorne
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America
Julia Barzo
Lilly Windsor
House Republicans
Mr. Christodoulou
National Association of Property Owners
Kansas City
Thurman L. McCormick
McCormick
Chicago Drive
National Home and Property Owners Foundation
Minneapolis
Luther W. Youngdahl
Rent Advisory Board
Iowa Cityan
Wis
Charles Wendlandt
Clara Salversen
Alice Callen
Wingler
Joe Wingler
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