Cedar Rapids Police Chief Row Over Seniority Battle
Cedar Rapids police inspector Howard Walsh faces a firestorm over seniority amid a disputed move by the Policemen's Protective Association. The statement through attorney W L. Fahey accuses Walsh of proclaiming seniority while failing to fix the issue after his appointment. The group formed a new seniority committee, sought legal help, and linked Walsh to promotional motives.
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Cedar Rapids News
Howard Walsh
Cedar Rapids
W L. Fahey
Walsh
Fahey
Policemen's Protective Association
B&b
Tom Condon
Gordon Hughes
Condon
Fred Carstens
Carstens
Jesse Clift
Winter Fair Opens At Cedar Rapids With Free Admission
Cedar Rapids prepares for the three day Winter Fair starting Thursday at 9am. Eighty five booths fill the Coliseum and Armory with gifts from the French Treasures on the second floor of the Chamber building. The fair includes livestock exhibits farmer and homemaker programs and entertainment. The Atomic Energy Commission displays a radioactive tracer and Geiger counter while Iowa State College experts explain. The Hawkeye Development Commission and state agencies present progress displays. A safety booth by the Young Men’s bureau led by Ted Kubicek promotes FIT H. Over 50,000 eastern Iowans expected to visit. no admission fee.
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Cedar Rapids
Atomic Energy Commission
The
Atomic Institute
Iowa State College
Iowa Development Commission
Hawkeye State
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
State Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia Traction Strike Settled After Eight Cent Boost
Philadelphia’s nine day transit strike ended with a fourth wage increase of eight cents an hour. The Philadelphia Transportation Company workers were to vote on the agreement at a mass meeting. Mayor Bernard Samuel announced the settlement after marathon talks at city hall.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Company
CIO Transport Workers
Bernard Samuel
Streets Slippery As Freezing Rain Hits Cedar Rapids
A light freezing rain fell in Cedar Rapids late Saturday night making streets extremely slippery. Rivers and creeks in southeastern Nebraska overflowed, flooding about 15 000 acres as the Missouri River lapped at levees from Rule Nebraska to St Joseph Missouri and could overflow further per the Weather Bureau.
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Cedar Rapids
Montana
North Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Rule
Neb
St. Joseph
Weather Bureau
Onion spill ties up highway after truck overturns
Fifteen tons of onions spilled on highway 63 north of Ottumwa when a truck driven by J. M. Kulff of Lyle Minnesota skidded on ice and overturned causing a spill and road blockage.
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Ottumwa
Highway 63
Here
J. M. Kulff
Lyle, Minn
Delta Wing Jet Research Plane Unveiled by Air Force
The United States Air Force disclosed a triangular delta wing jet, the Consolidated Vultee 7002, designed for high subsonic flight above 40,000 feet. Built as a flying test lab, it tests stability and control with a 31 foot wingspan, 41 foot length, 13,000 pound gross weight, powered by an Allison J-33 turbojet and testing at Muroc Army Air Base.
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Washington
Air Force
Muroc
Calif
Iowa G O P Vets Press Spangler Resignation Demand
The Iowa Veterans Republican League urged Harrison Spangler of Cedar Rapids to resign as Iowa national committeeman at its annual meeting. The group called for reform, backed labor representation, and proposed changes in party labor policy and agriculture. Kenneth Neu of Mason City was named executive secretary.
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Des Moines
Iowa Veterans Republican League
Harrison Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
League
Organized Labor
Iowa Republican Party
Central Committee
Kenneth Neu
Mason City
Linn County Campaign Opens Monday
A Linn County campaign kickoff announces a shared effort to ease the workload with a promise that, if everyone does their share, the task will be easier.
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Linn County
Poet Ezra Pound Wins Bollingen Award Despite Treason Charge
Washington based report notes Ezra Pound, awaiting treason trial or possible death penalty, won the $1,000 Bollingen award for the highest achievement in American poetry for the Pisan Cantos. Jury members including Auden and Williams defended the prize despite Pound’s wartime exile and Fascist ties. Pound smiled softly when informed, though legal peril remains.
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INS
Ezra Pound
Congressional Library
Pound
Italy
United States
America
Conrad Aiken
W. H Auden
Louise Bergan
Katherine Anne Porter
Karl Shapiro
Allen Tate
Willard Thorp
Robert Penn Warren
Leonie Adams Archibald MacLeish
William Carlos Williams
U. S
Europe
Microfilm Plan Aims to Ease Iowa Courthouse Record Load
Pottawattamie County Bar Association seeks state permission to microfilm court and probate records to relieve storage pressure. The bill would allow boards of supervisors to order filming, prohibit destruction before 20 years old, and make copies admissible in all courts and agencies. Charles E. Swanson leads the push.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Pottawattamie County Bar Association
Charles E. Swanson
Pottawattamie County
Devere Watson
Warren Wells
Howard Brookings
Bar Association
Boards of Supervisors
Swanson
Divorce Granted to Wife of Hugh Herbert
Rose Herbert was granted a divorce from Hugh Herbert on Saturday in Fort Worth after accusing him of cruelty and gambling. Judge Frank P. Culver approved a property settlement providing $10,000 cash, $300 monthly for life or until remarriage, and real estate in California.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Rose Herbert
Hugh Herbert
Frank P. Culver
Herbert
Culver
Switzerland Plans to Stay Out of Atlantic Pacts
Swiss Foreign Minister Max Petitpierre said Paris Swiss delegation would keep aloof from the European council and from any Atlantic military pact, signaling Switzerland will not join broader military alliances.
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Paris
Switzerland
European Council
Max Petitpierre
Bulgaria Protests After Spy Confession Casts Church Leaderas
A purported confession from Vassil Ziapkov, a Protestant leader, claims spying for Britain and the United States. He and 14 others face trial Feb 25 on treason charges in Sofia, with accusations they supplied intelligence to U S and British contacts. A bill to close foreign religious groups also looms in parliament.
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Bulgaria
Britain
United States
Vassil Ziapkov
Ziapkov
High United Evangelical Church Council of Bulgaria
Cyril Black
American College
World Council of Churches
Geneva
Coe Student Wins Traffic Court Reform
A Coe College student challenged a speeding ticket and a change in traffic court procedure was announced. Safety Commissioner Gordon Hughes confirmed traffic hearings will be held in the police station court room, remedying an unorthodox process that confused the student.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Hughes
Coe College
Earl Altmeyer
Evanston
Hughes
Superior Court
Harry 8. Johnson
Altmeyer
Gazette
The
McGill Ball Crowns Black Student Queen on Birthday
Beryl Dickenson, a 21 year old sophomore art student and daughter of a pullman porter, was chosen queen of McGill university’s winter carnival ball. Dressed in red velvet and ermine, she was escorted by six foot Grenadian student Dunbar Rapier as about 3,000 white and Black attendees watched the ceremony and dancing begin.
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Montreal
Canada
McGill University
Beryl Dickenson
University
Grenada
West Indies
Morse urges Navy to reunite Captain and Kilgore for lunch
Sen Morse urges Secre tary Sullivan to bring Capt. Dierdorff and Sen Kilgore together to laugh off the dispute over a reported remark. Morse says officials should not fear discipline for offhand comments and notes Dierdorff acted from loyalty to his superior.
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Navy
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Kilgore
Washington
R-Ore
Sullivan
Ross Dierdorff
DW. Va
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Dierdorff
11Th Naval District
San Diego
D-W. Va
B. H. Bieri
NBC
Ray Henle
Double-Parked Driver Charged With Drunk Driving
Donald M. Holsinger, 38, of 1685 A avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, was charged with drunk driving after a double parked auto incident near 9 p.m. He witnessed a collision involving Marie Mahnke and James Hayes on Bever and Fifth avenues SE. Police say Holsinger returned to his car, fetched whisky, and hid it before his arrest.
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Cedar Bapids News
Cedar Rapids
Donald M. Holsinger
Bever Avenue SE
Marie Mahnke
Holsinger
Tibbett Jr Wedding Called Off in Palm Springs
Hollywood INS reports Lawrence Tibbett Jr. was in Palm Springs for his honeymoon without a bride. He was to wed Glory Dolores Huteson Wilson, but the marriage was canceled early Saturday morning shocking Mrs. Grace Tibbett, mother of the would-be groom, who had received the engraved wedding ring to keep for the nuptials.
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Hollywood
INS
Lawrence Tibbett Jr
Palm Springs
Lawrence
Glory Dolores Huteson Wilson
Grace Tibbett
Miss MacDonald Named As Whispering Woman
Chicago based Miss Merle Ford home economist and former college instructor won the $25,000 truth or consequences contest by naming Jeanette MacDonald the whispering woman. Prize included a new car and a trip to Hollywood.
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Chicago
INS
Merle Ford
Jeanette MacDonald
Hollywood
Proposal to Stalin Aims at Friendship Trains Exchange
State Sen Neal Bishop of Denver said he proposed to Premier Stalin that Friendship trains be exchanged between the Russian and American peers. He sent a letter to the Russian leader Friday.
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Denver
Neal Bishop
Stalin
Norway Labor approves steps toward Atlantic alliance
Norway's Labor Party voted 330 to 36 to back government moves toward joining Atlantic Alliance talks. Parliament action on Lange's line is expected this week as Denmark and Sweden reassess neutrality and a neutral Scandinavian alliance is set aside.
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Oslo
Norway
Labor Party
Halvard M. Lange
Denmark
Copenhagen
Sweden
Bevin Sees Long Peace If Atlantic Pact Formed
British Foreign Secretary Bevin told Bristol’s Transport General orders union gathering that a strong Atlantic defense pact could avert war for hundreds of years. He urged Western Allies to pool defenses and warned against Russia’s abuses while pledging no aggression. He emphasized peace through coordinated defense if cooperation is achieved.
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Eng
Ins
Bevin
Russia
Union
Mystery Signals From Freighter William Phips Alarm Crew
Short wave radio messages from the American freighter William Phips prompted a Gibraltar rescue, with a radio operator claiming a conspiracy to kill him. A U S destroyer sped from Gibraltar to investigate as the ship, sailing from Naples to Galveston, halted for safety.
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William Phips
Britain
Pierce
U. S
Atlantic
Naples
Galveston
Texas
Verger’s Long-Running Coin Confession Ends In Laughter
A minister filling in at a distant parish catches the verger slipping a 50 cent piece into the plate. After service the verger reveals he meant the old half-dollar he has used to lead off for 15 years.
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