Cardinal Mindszenty Pleads Guilty to General Treason Charges
In Budapest Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty 56 pleads guilty to general treason espionage and black market charges amid a heavily guarded trial. He says he cannot admit leadership of a plot to overthrow the government and asks for peace between church and state while offering resignation from his archbishopric.
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Budapest
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Mindszenty
Supreme People's Court
Archduke Otto of Hapsburg
Not A Chance for Labor Bill Says Morse
Senate labor committee session saw Senator Morse declare the administration labor bill has no chance as currently written. A House subcommittee approved a repeal plan for Taft Hartley with Wagner act restoration, while court injunction authority remains a point of contention.
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Washington
Morse
R-Ore
Senate Labor Committee
Administration
Labor
Senate
Capitol
House
Hungarian expels American diplomat on spying suspicions
The Hungarian government expelled American diplomat Stephen A. Koczak, second secretary at the Budapest legation, citing espionage charges. The State Department said there is no basis for the allegations and ordered his departure on 48 hours' notice on January 29.
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Washington
Hungary
State Department
Department
Stephen A. Koczak
Legation
Budapest
Storm Area Gets New Half Million
Washington AP report notes Congress approved a further 500000 for snow removal in the storm ravaged West. The Senate passed it unanimously after House approval by a 123 to 0 standing vote. It marks the second half million in blizzard relief for the region.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Woes of Stripper Georgia Sothern in Bankruptcy Petition
In New York Georgia Sothern, a stripper, filed for bankruptcy declaring only seven dollars in cash and one hundred dollars in clothing as her assets.
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New York
Georgia Sothern
Labor chief favors ban on Communists in unions
Secretary of Labor Tobin said it should be a crime for a Communist to hold office in a labor union. He spoke while replying to whether the non Communist affidavit clause in Taft Hartley should be dropped in a new labor law. The administration bill would repeal that provision.
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Rep. Kelley
D-Pa
Washington
LLP
Secreary of
Tobin
Snowbound cattle eat airplane wing in South Dakota
Snowbound stock starving in Cherry Creek area reportedly chewed fuselage and wing fabric of a Piper Cub found northwest of town by Cheyenne Reservation Supt G Warren Spaulding. He described clear teeth marks in the soft aluminum.
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Cherry Creek
Here
G. Warren Spaulding
Spaulding
Painting By Housewife Triggers Domestic Crisis
In Cleveland, a housewife's painting around the home led her husband to seek a restraining order. Peter Teg, 35, complained of the odor, while his wife, 35, argued that she was not home enough to be bothered by it. Judge Samuel H Silbert asked the couple to set aside the brush until a domestic relations investigator can inspect the situation.
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Cleveland
Husba
Peter Teg
Samuel H Silbert
Domestic Relations Bureau
Promise and thrashing in the parlour joke
A father asks a promise of good behavior and threatens a thrashing. The son cites his broken promise and reverses the threat, saying the father must not keep his. The humorous exchange plays on reciprocal accountability.
Redistricting Plea Renewed In Legislature
Iowa lawmakers consider a constitutional amendment to reapportion legislative seats every 20 years The plan would cut the House from 108 to 100 while keeping the Senate at 50 It would base each district on about 27 000 residents with a allowed deviation of 2 5 percent
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Iowa
Schwengel
Davenport
Ernest Kosek
Cedar Rapids
Morse Crosier
Coggon
Jones Seeks Bond to Finish Ellis Golf Course Project
Parks Commissioner Richard C. Jones asks Cedar Hapidsa to issue bonds to complete the Ellis nine hole golf course expansion. About $25,000 more is needed for pipe installation fertilization and minor improvements while $50,000 has already been spent. Finance Commissioner Louis D Burgos recommends tying the request to upcoming waterworks bonds for a better bid. Preliminary issuance data due Feb. 10 from Waterworks.
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Jones
Ellis
Cedar Hapidsa News
Richard C. Jones
Louis D Burgos
Burgus
H F. Blomquist
Rutledge Seeks Antinuance in Habeas Corpus Case
Cedar Rapids attorney Fi Laughren will ask Monday for a continuance of the writ of habeas corpus hearing for Dr. Robert C. Rutledge, the St. Louis pediatrician charged on a false accusation. Reasons include Dr Rutledge's health and the need to depose witnesses outside Missouri. Linn County officials will pursue the matter in court and seek bond forfeiture if Rutledge fails to appear.
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Leo Fi Laughren
Robert C. Rutledge
Laughren
Linn County
Willa Crissman
James Connor
St. Louis
Iowa
Crissman
Tom Condon
David W. Fitzgibbon
U S Rejects Soviet Side Deals Amid Cold War Tensions
Secretary of State Acheson rebuked Stalin for seeking direct side deals and said the United States will not discuss disarmament or a UN police force without all interested nations present. Washington insists Truman would meet Stalin only in full coordination with allies and on stable terms.
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Washington
United States
Acheson
Stalin
Truman
Europe
Russia
America
United Nations
White House
Kingsbury Smith
International News Service
Smith
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Icy Weather Disrupts Iowa Roads and Transit
Fog and freezing drizzle hit eastern Iowa turning highways into ice. Cedar Rapids area highways were very dangerous while buses ran about 30 minutes late. Trains from the West slowed 12 to 14 hours behind schedule. Eastbound trains near normal. Weather forecasters expect colder temperatures and light snow spreading statewide by Friday night.
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Iowa
The
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
West Coast
City Lines
Plastics expert Kingsley Given enlivens Cedar Rapids talk
Kingsley W. Given of General Electric spoke to about 130 Cedar Rapids Engineers Club members on new plastics and silicones. He demonstrated water-repellent Dri-Film, silicone grease and putty, explained applications in radar insulators, aircraft parts, windshields and potential long lasting enamel for cars.
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Kingsley W. Given
Cedar Rapids Engineers Club
Given
University of Iowa
Studen
Cedar Rapids
Lions Club
U S Fleet in China Shifted to Shanghai
Vice Admiral Oscar C Badger announced the Western Pacific fleet headquarters would move to Shanghai within 10 days. Most marines at Tsingtao to be evacuated to Shanghai Guam Okinawa and other Pacific bases as Communists shell near the airfield prompting the shift.
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Tsingtao
China
Oscar C Badger
United States Western Pacific Fleet
Shanghai
Badger
Western Pacific Fleet
Eldorado
Guam
Okinawa
Pacific
Bayfield
North
Frank C Chambers dies in Keokuk former Iowa Electric VP
Frank C Chambers retired vice president and general manager of the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company died in Keokuk on a Wednesday afternoon from a heart attack. Born March 27, 1879 in Hollandtown Wisconsin he lived at the Roosevelt Hotel and planned a trip to Florida. He leaves a widow Grace Harrison and two sons. Services are set for 1 30 p m Saturday at Turner Chapel with burial in Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Frank C. Chambers
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Keokuk
Chambers
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Florida
Hollandtown
Wis
Kaukauna
Grace A. Harrison
Blissfield
Hich
Lynton
Western Springs
Adrian
Mich
Rome
N. Y
Springfield
East St. Louis
Chicago
Des Moines
The
Light Company
Presbyterian Church
Turner Chapel
Theodore G. Lilley
First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Navy to lay up 72 ships cut 30,000 men to meet budget
The navy will lay up 72 ships including 15 major fighting vessels and reduce strength by 30,000 as part of Truman’s 1950 budget plan. Sullivan announced inactivation of Essex carriers and cruisers, cutbacks across shore establishments, and a shift toward lighter anti-submarine vessels.
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Washington
Navy
Truman
Secretary of Navy
Sullivan
Senate
House Armed Services and Appropriations
Marine Corps
Princeton
Antietam
Tarawa
Providence
Little Rock
Huntington
Portsmouth
Dayton
Astoria
Topeka
Duluth
Atlanta
Fresno
Oakland
Tucson
Toll 98 000 in Accidents in 1948 Safest Year on Record
The National Safety Council reports 1948 with 98 000 deaths and 10 300 000 disabling injuries. Total economic losses reach 7.2 billion dollars as homes remain the leading death site and traffic deaths fall slightly from 1947 despite higher mileage.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
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