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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1949
Page
1
A 55 year old Negro, Fred Lee Roberts, was acquitted of manslaughter in the May riot at Bath Packing Company plant near Waterloo. The jury found he acted in self defense when shot was fired into the air while his car was stopped by a crowd outside the gate.
The coast guard released a message that the Bittersweet ashore seven tons of oats and 13 tons of hay for Umnak island’s 12 horses six Guernsey cows and 3000 sheep snowed in. Supplies included 20 barrels of stove furnace oil eight barrels of gasoline mail and a ton of miscellaneous items.
Gov William Beardsley named Henry W. Burma of Allison to the state board of control subject to Senate confirmation. If approved Burma will fill the unexpired term of E. W. Carlsen and complete the term ending June 30 1951. Burma, a former Iowa House speaker, previously ran for governor in 1944 and has been out of politics.
The Labour party faced embarrassment after a leaflet depicting an unknown child as a healthy socialist supporter used a photo of the Duke of Kent at eight months. The image, nine years old, prompted sudden cancellation of 6 000 more leaflets.
Cedar Rapids forecasts indicate a warming trend with Thursday expected to rise from a 14 below reading to around 10 above as a system moves through. Snow flurries possible with the warmup. Local highs and lows varied across the region with Iowa towns recording extreme cold Tuesday night.
Hardwick Vermont dairy farmer Aime Bellavance who cannot read asserts the Constitution allows him to sell milk at three cents under state minimum. He defies the milk control board by selling at 18 cents a quart, saying he will stay in business with 125 cows and may buy more. He claims others will follow as they have large families.
Linn County board of supervisors approved a labor pact for 58 road department workers boosting hourly wages by 74 cents across all classifications. Sick leave remains limited to one week for 1-3 years and two weeks for over three years, while the union plans further talks next month on sick leave provisions.
The French steamship Magellan bearing the 49 car Merci train for the Friendship Train arrives at New York harbor with riotous cheers. Whistles sound, planes fly overhead, and fireboats spray white water as the vessel passes the Statue of Liberty.
In Chunidan a thousand Soviet trained North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel with 2000 reinforcements to seize territory along a three mile front. South Korea’s Home Affairs Minister Sin Sung mo warns the action is not guerrilla but could trigger full scale conflict between the two zones. The force uses Russian rifles heavy machine guns mortars and artillery and made initial gains of 300 to 400 yards.
George Stark, 56, of Gibbon Minnesota, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and fined 2500 dollars for holding Francisco Rodriguez, an illiterate farm hand of Mexican birth, in slavery for almost seven years. A federal jury deliberated less than eight hours before convicting him Tuesday night.
The United States agreed to raise its legation in Monrovia Liberia to embassy status as a gesture of praise to Africa's only Negro republic.
Linn county Red Cross plans a $50,000 campaign Feb 21 to March, led by campaign chairman John Beck. The chapter money comes from a $12,000 war surplus and a $37,000 local budget, with a national quota of $25,006. No drive occurred in 1948. the last was 1947 at $54,531.
Harry B. Coffee of the Union Stock Yards Company said rescue crews pulled 18 cattle from a snow drift on his Chadron area ranch. The cattle, buried since January 2, were still alive when found Wednesday.
The nation's railroads and 16 unions asked a presidential fact-finding board be reconvened to settle their wage dispute. About 1,000,000 non-operating workers are represented. The action suspends strike threats while government authorities consider reinstatement.
The National Labor Relations Board says the administration labor bill would largely repeal state anti closed shop laws, allowing only purely local enterprises to fall outside federal reach. NLRB Chairman Herzog refused to take a stand on the provision, urging Congress to decide unfinished Taft Hartley cases and noting 16 states ban union security provisions.
A visitor and host share a playful mishearing about the name Peggyj. The host explains Peggyj is a pet form for Pegasus the immortal steed, revealing a pun that plays on immortal and nag meanings.
Washington reports Secretary Acheson rejected Premier Stalin’s offer for a personal meeting with President Truman. White House said Truman had received no invitation. Press Secretary Ross said the president would be glad to meet Stalin in Washington, not in Poland or Czechoslovakia, ending the subject.
The 46 foot Mary K III drifted in the Gulf of Mexico before being towed into Tarpon Springs for repairs after a night of helpless drifting. Skipper Lester J. Kelly of Green Bay Wisconsin said the SOS from his Gibson Girl transmitter was a routine tow request. Coast guard and air force agencies searched to locate the transmitter, with full report needed to confirm if the distress call was legitimate.
Washington AFB Democrats pushed through the House Ways and Means Committee on a 17 to 8 vote a bill to restore full powers of the oil reciprocal trade law until June 12 1951. President Truman urged the legislation to remove GOP limits on trade negotiations saying it will bolster world commerce and peace. Two Republicans Kean New Jersey and Holmes Washington joined 15 Democrats in support while eight Republicans opposed. The bill moves to the House for debate next week and would let the President cut American duties up to 50 percent below January 1 1941 in pacts with nations agreeing to lower trade barriers.
CO and LANDSBERG Germany six Germans were hanged by the United States Army Wednesday for crimes against Allied flyers and concentration camp inmates.
Premier Stalin tells International News Service he would like to visit Washington but doctors forbid a prolonged sea or air journey. He proposes meetings in Moscow Leningrad Kaliningrad Odessa or Yalta with possible Warsaw or Czechoslovakia options if convenient to President Truman. The note marks his first public statement signed to a journalist and notes health concerns.
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