Spy Trial Verdict Is Conviction
United States military commission in Munich finds Frantisek Klecka guilty of espionage for Czechoslovakia after a two day trial. He receives 20 years hard labor by an eight man panel. The case began the series of five trials with secrecy relaxed after an inquiry.
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United States
Frantisek Klecka
Czechoslovakia
Klecka
Europe
John L. McKee
Lucius D. Clay
United States Army
Roman Knoff
Helmut Schostok
George Kolodizie
Theodore Szendielorz
Rudolph Badura
Poles Klecka
Maxwell D Taylor
Germany
McKee
Taylor
Frankfurt
Kosek Proposes 75 Percent Income Tax With Community Property
In Des Moines Rep. Ernest Kosek of Cedar Rapids unveils a bill to extend the 75 percent income tax rate and add a community property provision allowing spouses to split income for tax purposes. He notes the law would keep liberal exemptions and argues substantial savings for taxpayers, with examples for $3,000 to $10,000 net incomes. The measure would be introduced Friday as the current 75 percent rate expires next Jan. 1 if not extended.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ernest Kosek
Cedar Rapids
Kosek
Requirement of Bargaining with Foremen Sought
The Foremen's Association of America asked Congress to require employers to bargain collectively with foremen. Ford argues the Taft-Hartley provision limits foremen bargaining and favors a return to the Wagner Act to grant foremen the same rights as other unions. Brown endorses repeal of TH and a full Wagner system, while Gossett warns it would hurt production efficiency and raise costs.
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Washington
Foremen’s Association of America
Congress
Carl Brown
Senate Labor Committee
Ford Motor Company
William T Gossett
Ford
Foremen’s Association
Brown
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Committee
Gossett
Couple Admit Driving Same Car at Same Time
Seattle AP report says BC Pierce and Edna Pierce faced drunk driving charges after admitting they were operating the same automobile at once. Police allege they drove during a collision with a parked car with Pierce handling pedals and gear and Edna steering.
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Seattle
BC Pierce
Edna Pierce
Pierce
Pilot dies after takeoff crash near Olds
Ralph Beattie, 39, an Olds farmer, died in a Burlington hospital from injuries after his hot air plane crashed on takeoff while serving as a spotter for a community fox hunt near Olds on February 3.
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Burlington
Ralph Beattie
Olds
Olds Fed
FEW Members Strike In Outgrowth of Rivalry
Seven hundred CIO Farm Equipment Workers at West Pullman, International Harvester, walk out protesting the discharge of an employee who distributed United Auto Workers literature on company time. The worker was suspended for two weeks after a Yee Tine, while FEW demanded firing for violation of the union contract.
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Chicago
CIO
West Pullman
International Harvester Company
United Auto Workers
An Few
Harvester
Volume Basis Established for City Gas Bills
Cedar Rapids city council approved an ordinance changing gas bills to a volume based system removing heating value from pricing. Consumers pay monthly gas volume, not BTU heating content, with third reading due after public inspection. Officials say bills may drop slightly as long as heating value stays at 1000 BTU per cubic foot.
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Cedar Rapids
BTU
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Untiring Search by Woman Ends in Reunion with Mate
Mrs. Harry Lanning of Chicago hunted for two years to find her missing husband, a Container Corp. supervisor who vanished on Valentine’s Day. After she circulated posters nationwide, he was found in Chicago living under the name Harry Manders. He apologized, said he loved her, and agreed to return home.
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New York
Harry Lanning
Chicago
Lanning
Harry Manders
Claire Lanning
Canton
Ohio
Big Bill Tilden Given Year in Jail
Former world tennis champion Bill Tilden, aged 56, is sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to a morals charge involving a teenage boy. The sentence runs concurrently with a February probation violation term. Judge A. A. Scott cautions of possible retaliation for such acts.
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Los Angeles
INS
Big Bill Tilden
Tilden
A. A. Scott
How Poor Humor Upsets Parish Life
A parishioner greets a visiting lady and the minister’s boy blurts out a rude remark. His mother corrects him but then compounds the moment by suggesting a sharper insult as a joke. The anecdote plays on churchgoing propriety and juvenile embarrassment.
Mitchum Moved To Honor Farm In Castric Calif
Film star Robert Mitchum transferred from Los Angeles county jail to Castric sheriff's honor farm to work in a cement block plant amid hopes prisoners won t resent him He said the jail was safe but feared tension on the farm where 600 to 700 men watch the actor who was elected assistant trusty for his model conduct Works at $3 250 a week and may be kept on the farm up to 15 years with no trouble according to the jailer
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Castric
Calif
Robert Mitchum
Sheriff’s Honor Farm
Los Angeles
Achurch
Mitchum
Charles A. Fitzgerald
American Envoy Leaves Budapest
Selden Chapin United States minister to Hungary departed Budapest by plane Thursday for Vienna after being recalled to Washington for consultation following Hungary's demand for his ouster.
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Budapest
INS
Selden Chapin
United States
Hungary
Washington
Vienna
Convicts Flee Army Post With Prison Guard Shot
Two army prisoners, Nelson and Nye, escaped from Fort Meade after overpowering guards and seizing a pistol. Sgt. Walton Morris was wounded in the ambush while the two men, suspects in a court martial context, were being held as witnesses in Lt. Col. Pinard’s case.
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Fort Meade, Md
Ins
Robert Nelson
Rome
Donald Nye
Syracuse
Nelson
Nye
Post
Walton Morris
Post Medical Laboratory
Nelson and
George Pinard
G.I
Army Rehabilitation Center
Wurtzburg
Germany
Fort Meade
William Genung
Iowa Senate Rejects Beardsley Bonus Plan Shift
The Iowa Senate 27 to 23 refused to concur with the House on paying 36.125 million from the state surplus for World War II veterans. The measure heads back to the House likely to be sent to a conference committee. The scene also includes tax relief proposals for food and medicines and a study committee on sex offenders.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
House
William S. Beardsley
Senate
Beardsley
Drake Young Republicans urge resignations of Spangler and Hickman
Drake University Young Republicans adopt a resolution demanding the resignations of Harrison Spangler Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Charles Hickman Centerville as Iowa national committeeman and committee woman. Richard McMullin Indianola introduced the measure which passed unanimously among about two dozen members.
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Harrison Spangler
Charles Hickman
Old Guard
Spangler
Hickman
Iowa State Central Committee
Iowa
Frank Nye
The
Cedar Rapids
Velvet Touch Wins Institute Decorators Award
The American Institute of Decorators announced in New York that the motion picture The Velvet Touch would receive its top annual award for distinguished interior settings in film.
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New York
American Institute of Decorators
Flood Warnings Lifted as Thaw Raises Iowa River Levels
Weather bureau warned streams in southwest Iowa would run near bankfull Friday due to thawing. Cedar Rapids reported 45 degrees while statewide temps rose above freezing Thursday and Friday. Missouri river tributaries face rises from thaw and ice jams, but no serious floods expected. Five day outlook shows colder temps Friday night and a chance of snow Saturday.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Missouri
Four Children Sue Parents Over Missing Savings
The Joseph Krasons were sued by their four now adult children who say they gave $30,980 for room board clothing and small allowances. The suit seeks an accounting and an injunction to stop disposal of the savings plus repayment. The claim lists Ted $13,500 Evelyn Goetz $1,050 Alice Nowak $4,550 and Josephine Filipiak $2,880 as the amounts given.
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Chicago
Joseph Krasons
Krasons
Ted
Evelyn Goetz
Alice Nowak
Josephine Filipiak
Hoover Commission Aims Post Office Overhaul
The Hoover Commission calls for removing the post office from political control and running it on a business basis. It urges 15 regional divisions, merit-based hiring, senate confirmation for the postmaster general, and self funding of key services.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Post Office Department
Congress
Commission
Post Office
Postmaster General
Postal Service
New York Reporter Reveals Radio Actress Patricia Yan Cause
An autosy disclosed Wednesday that a cerebral hemorrhage caused the death of Radio Actress Patricia Yan. Medical officials confirmed the fatal brain bleed as the cause, with investigators examining circumstances surrounding the incident in New York.
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New York
INS
Patricia Yan
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