Tragedy in Greenfield Area Leaves Family Funeral
A distraught farmer shot his wife in bed then killed himself after sending three children to a neighbor. Mrs. Kerr 35 and her husband 37 died in a murder suicide on the Kerr farm near Greenfield Iowa. The three children were unharmed.
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Greenfield
Harry Kerr
Don Foster
Kerr
Adair County
Kathryn Ann Schrader
Max B. Martin
Ross Kerr
Foster
Vandewater
George Burger
Kerrs
Young Denies Getting Fees In RFC Role
Washington AP. E Merl Young a former government messenger testifies before a senate banking subcommittee denying any fees or commissions from anyone seeking an RFC loan. He refutes claims by Dallas attorney Ross Bohannon that Young sought an 85000 fee to influence Texmass loan approval and says Bohannon overstated his influence.
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Washington
E. Merl Young
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Young
Senate Banking
Texmass Corporation
Texas
Massachusetts
Ross Bohannon
Dallas
Texmass
Bohannon
Truman
RFC
William Boyle, Jr
Rep
Sutton
D-Tenn
Waterloo Man Shoots Kin and Self in Tragedy
Waterloo taxicab driver, whose wife had filed for divorce, killed his father-in-law Harold Smith and his own wife Margery Reichel, then wounded Mrs. Smith and Keith Sassaman before taking his own life. Harold Reichel died in the incident. Mrs. Smith, Sassaman, and Jolene Lonie were hospitalized.
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Waterloo
Harold Reichel
Harold Smith
Reichel
Margery Reichel
Keith Sassaman
Lemay asserts atom bomber as sole effective weapon
Lt. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay told Senate committees that U S atom bomb carrying bombers are the only effective weapon against Russia, while General Thomas S. Power cautioned Russia could not be ruled out by long range bombardment. Lemay supported avoiding ground troop commitments until long range plans mature.
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Washington
Curtis E. Lemay
U.S
Russia
Strategic Air Command
Sen. Wherry
Lemay
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Wherry
Europe
Stanwyck-Taylor Divorce Granted
Hollywood stars Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor ended their 11 year marriage when she told a judge he sought a divorce. Stanwyck reclaimed her maiden name, kept the Brentwood mansion and furnishings worth a substantial sum, and secured 15 percent of his gross earnings until she remarries.
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Hollywood
Llp
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Chic
Italy
Miss Stanwyck
Brentwood
Judy Garland Seeks Divorce From Vincente Minnelli
Hollywood actress Judy Garland filed for divorce on Wednesday alleging mental cruelty by director Vincente Minnelli.
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Hollywood
INS
Judy Garland
Vincente Minnelli
Truman calls for moratorium on self seeking during emergency
President Truman urged Americans to curb material greed at a Washington birthday Masonic breakfast. He warned the nation faces a tremendous emergency and must sacrifice from the President to laborers to ensure rearmament and world peace. Secretary Acheson rebutted disaster forecasts as poppycock and urged decisive public response.
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Washington
Truman
U.S
Washington’s
Acheson
United States
Optimist Club Dominates Cedar Rapids Service Olympics
The Optimists swept the Cedar Rapids Inter‑Service Club Olympics taking 10 of 21 events and 270 points to top the field. Exchange, Lions, Rotary, Canopus and Kiwanis followed in turn as quartets from Rotary, Lions, Exchange and Optimist performed in bars and barbershop singing.
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Cedar Rapids
Optimist
Bedlam
Y.M.C.A
Exchange Club
Lions’ Roar
Rotary
Canopus
Kiwanis
Lions
Exchange
G I Poison Drink Deaths Reported at Hungnam Evacuation
U S Seventh Division spokesman reports three soldiers and two sailors died after drinking denatured alcohol during Hungnam evacuation. Fifteen others fell ill but recovered and returned to duty. Accounts from Tamaron crew conflict on total fatalities.
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U.S. 10Th Corps
Korea
Hungnam
U.S. Seventh Division
Tamaron
San Francisco
Army
Seventh Division
Ordnance Company
Tainaron
J. A. Roy
Pusan
Husband balks at dog in alimony case
In Chicago AP report Hyman Zussman opposed including the family dog in support payments while agreeing to support his wife and three children. The judge ordered $45 weekly for wife and kids and rent, urging the couple to settle the dog issue themselves. a hearing was set for April 3.
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Chicago
Hyman Zussman
Zussman
Daniel A. Roberts
Reds Block Efforts To Cross Han
Allied forces bulked up on the Han front with rain-soaked mud hindering advances while Reds blocked two crossings near the Han river. U S fifth air force fought above as naval units shelled targets near Wonsan and Inchon. The northward push recaptured Chunchon with no enemy opposition reported. Reds retreated leaving weapons and dead in the snow.
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Tokyo
Wonhu
Korea
Han River
G.I
The
Han
Seoul
East Central
U. N
West Central
Wonju
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U.S
St. Paul
Inchon
Yellow Sea
MacArthur
Chunchon
Eighth Army
10Th Corps
Two Children Abandoned in Omaha Theater
Omaha police sought Marion mother Mrs. Gerald Snyder after she allegedly abandoned her two children Grady Florence 7 and Robert Florence 5 in a downtown Omaha theater. The boys, who wandered to a passerby and then the police, were placed in juvenile custody and later sent to the Clearview home.
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Omaha
The
Gazette
Nebraska City
Grady Milton Florence
Robert Cecil Florence
Gerald Snyder
Eighth Avenue, Marion
Douglas County Juvenile Court
Clearview
U S Casualty Total in Korea Reaches 49132
Washington reports U S casualties in Korea at 49 132 an increase of 1 097 from a week ago The total covers 7 408 killed 32 230 wounded and 9 494 missing with those notified through Friday The summary adds 8 346 total deaths including those killed in action fatally wounded and found dead among those originally listed as missing
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Washington
U. S
Korea
West Branch farmer's plea for citizenship denied advised by judge
Federal Judge Henry N Graven reviewed Arvo Einar Uuskallio a 51 year old West Branch resident born in Finland seeking U S citizenship. Immigration service recommended denial citing lack of wartime support for the United States though Uuskallio pledged noncombatant service and farm aid. Attorney Addison M Parker represented him as witnesses including his wife and former mayor T A Moore testified.
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West Branch
U. S. Immigration Service
Cedar Rapids
United States
Henry N. Graven
Arvo Einar Uuskallio
Finland
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Uuskallio
Addison M. Parker
Des Moines
Parker
Friends Group
Auskallie
T. A.moore
Kitts Returned To Iowa on Bank Burglary Charge
Kenneth A. Kitts, 33, in Woodbury county jail awaiting federal trial for a $38 000 Laurens bank burglary. He was moved from Omaha after a judge ordered transfer to Iowa. Kitts, a four time loser with prior Nebraska sentence, faces arraignment in Fort Dodge and potential Mason City trial.
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Sioux City
Kenneth A. Kitts
Woodbury County
Laurens
Kitts
U. S
Omaha
Iowa
James A. Donohue
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Edwin L. Lunde
U.S
Tobias Diamond
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Henry N. Graven
Graven
Dubuque
Donohue
Hugh Boyle
Boyle
Nebraska
FBI
South Dakota
Decree Clamps Down on New-Used Auto Racket
Washington reports price controller Michael V. DiSalle issued an order setting temporary retail ceilings on all automobiles sold by dealers or individuals effective March 2. New cars priced at list price plus extras. used cars under manufacture price or guide-based ceilings. Aimed to curb inflated resales and rollback thousands of vehicles now on lots.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Chevrolet
Jet Shatters Ocean Mark
A twin jet British Canberra bomber landed in Gander Newfoundland after a 2 000 mile flight from Northern Ireland in four hours and 39 minutes setting a new ocean crossing record.
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Gander
Newfoundland
Northern Ireland
Washington Birthday Closures Across Government and Banks
Most government offices banks and many facilities will close Thursday for Washington's birthday. Cedar Rapids stores stay open while exceptions include armed forces recruiting offices and the draft board. City hall county courthouse post offices and freight facilities close with delayed or limited services and council meetings postponed.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington
U. S
Internal Revenue and
Federal Court Clerk’s
Draft Board
Cedar Raplids
Nicky Hilton In Nightclub Fight Sparks Dispute
Hollywood reporter notes a nightclub scuffle at the Mocambo bar involving Conrad Nicky Hilton Jr and Lt James Paulson a bomber pilot and Korean veteran. The two men offered differing accounts with Hilton denying and Paulson alleging an insult sparked the incident.
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Nicky Hilton
Hollywood
Conrad
Nicky“ Hilton, Jr
Elizabeth Taylor
Air Force
James Paulson
Hilton
Mocambo
Paulson
Lees Commuarsete
Peter Thomas
Wholesale Food Prices Advance
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index rose six cents to 7.31, marking the second highest on record. For the week ended Feb 20 the index was 22.7 percent above pre Korean War levels and 25.4 percent above a year earlier when it stood at 5.83.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Iecord
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Butler
R-Md
Senate Rules
Tydings
D-Md
Senate
Maryland
Greenfield Area
Harlan Vandewater
Boyle Too
White House
Sassaman
Steffen
Sassaman Auto
Mrs. Reichel
Smith
Stanwyck-Taylor
John Stark
Jim Logan
Truman Hanson
Tom Termohlen
Bob Ray
Reds
Olen Clements
Husband Gene
Marion
Frank Bukacek
Snyder
Link-Belt Speeder Corporation
Kansas City
Mexico
Western Union
Union Station
Bukacek
Fred J. White
Immigration and Naturalization Examiner
White
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