Ickes Attacks Pauley Offer on Tidewater Suit
Secretary Ickes testified that Edwin Pauley offered to fund the Democratic Party with 300000 dollars if a federal tidelands oil suit was dropped. He said the offer came at a 1944 meeting and implicated President Roosevelt in prior discussions.
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Lions win third Service Club Olympics at the Y
Lions club wins the third annual Service Club Olympics at the Y.M.C.A. with the top liar prize going to L. C. Johnson of the Lions for Africa elephant hunt tale. Durk Offringa of Rotary takes second by sharing a 49 year secret about downing 1,689 geese with one shot.
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Morally Responsible for Those Under Me Homma Admits War Crimes Orders
Lt Gen Masa haru Homma testified at his war crimes trial that he ordered the Bataan march of about 70,000 prisoners and took moral responsibility for all that happened under his command. He acknowledged lack of awareness of the prisoners’ conditions and said leaflets promising humane treatment were issued and believed to be followed.
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Blizzard grips Iowa as record cold blasts state
A severe winter storm paralyzed much of Iowa with high winds and heavy snow. Cedar Rapids and eastern counties faced near zero visibility, closed schools, and transport disruptions. One death in the northwest and wind-driven drifts hampered travel across the state.
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Pastor Siple Given Life Sentence for Daughter’s Murder
Grand Rapids Siple the Rev. Frank E. 53 confessed poisoning his 17 year old daughter and was found guilty of first degree murder. Judge Verdier sentenced the unfrocked pastor to life imprisonment after a lengthy probe into his church dealings. Siple had pleaded guilty earlier to a temporary murder warrant and said the killing was an act of mercy to spare his daughter from an asylum.
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Frank E.siple
Leonard D. Verdier
Southlawn Church of God
Siple
Verdier
Southern Michigan
Girl 20 Strangled. Body Found by Mother in Missouri
Mary Lou Jenkins, 20, a Stephens College graduate, was found strangled in the living room of a home near Columbia, Missouri. Her mother, Mrs. Jack Jenkins, said she left her daughter with an elderly couple and returned to find the doors locked, entering through a rear window.
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U S Judge Johnson accused of selling justice by committee
The House Judiciary Committee reported former Federal Judge Albert W. Johnson of Lewisburg sold justice in his court for all the traffic would bear. It noted he resigned last July and forfeited a $10 000 a year pension after 20 years on the bench amid indictments.
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Survivors Pulled From Yukon Liner Wreck Off Alaska
Rescue crews completed removal of the last survivors from the Yukon wrecked on the Alaskan coast after a violent arctic storm. The ship carried 371 passengers and 124 crew. 10 missing. Survivors were treated in Seward as Army planes dropped supplies and shore parties kept vigil along the cliffside wreckage.
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Seward
Four ships in danger off Oregon and Washington coasts
The coast guard reported four ships in trouble during lash ing gales off the Oregon and Washington coasts. The troopship S S Henry Austin sent an SOS for immediate assistance. Also listed were the coastal steamer Whitney Olson and two unidentified fishing boats.
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Whitney Olson
Four Coast Guard Men Feared Dead After Pacific Storm
Four coast guard members are feared dead after a 40 foot cabin boat carrying them from Grays Harbor washed ashore near Ocean City Washington. Two bodies were found at Ocean City and two more are missing as a severe storm lashed the Pacific Northwest for 24 hours. The radio aboard the deserted boat was still transmitting.
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Woman ends sitdown strike at Miami Beach hotel lobby
A well-groomed woman abandoned her sitdown strike after staying awake in a hotel lobby since a one-night stay expired on Saturday. Hotel manager Irving Hermann said she checked in as Mrs H Epstein of Brooklyn New York and was taken to a hospital on a physician’s advice with relatives notified.
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N.Y
Smith Paroled After Fraud Sentence Linked to Huey Long
Dr. James Monroe Smith, once LSU president due to ties with Huey Long, was released on parole from a federal penitentiary after serving ten months of a mail fraud sentence.
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James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Huey Long
Federal Penitentiary
Walter L. Cherry Dies at 72 Former Cedar Rapids Dairy Pioneer
Walter L. Cherry 72 longtime Cedar Rapids dairy equipment leader died in Evanston Hospital Illinois after a lingering illness. He led Cherry Burrell Corp as president and later chaired its executive committee and was honored for 50 years of service. Born January 9 1874 he left Coe College to join J G Cherry Co later forming the Cherry Burrell merger. He had resided in Winnetka Illinois since 1929 and held civic roles in Cedar Rapids before moving.
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Linn County
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Illinois Line Is Scene of Fatal Clash
Two pickets were killed and three wounded in a gun battle with guards aboard an eastbound Toledo Peoria and Western freight train. State police were sent to Gridley and Eureka to halt violence as strikes heated across central Illinois.
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Housing in Cedar Rapids 80 Temporary Houses Question
The Cedar Rapids Veterans Service and Information Center seeks housing for 80 temporary federal housing units. Chairman James Yuill notes the emergency housing line is quiet as residents must find rooms or rental spaces. Call 30241 to offer a room or a suitable rental for veterans and their families.
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Veterans Service and Information Teen
James Yuill
Emergency Housing Committee
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George Arliss Dies in London at 77
LONDON UP George Arliss a 77 year old star of stage and screen for 60 years died Tuesday night at his Maida Hill home from a bronchial ailment. He was famed for Disraeli Alexander Hamilton Rothschild Voltaire The Iron Duke Old English The Man Who Played God and The Millionaire. He also wrote a book titled Ten Years in the Studios.
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America
House Approves Job Compromise Amid Truman Push
The House approved a diluted employment bill compromise by 320 to 84 and sent it to the Senate. The measure, result of a House Senate conference, aims to declare Congress’s view on government job guarantees but falls short of the President's preferred stronger Senate version.
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