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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1947
Page
5
Washington police traced a mysteri ous call moments before army veteran Frederick Joseph Sauer 25 of Wilkes Barre Pa blew himself to bits in a downtown booth. Witnesses said he cried while drinking beer then dialed a number prior to the blast. Coroner's inquest tentatively set as investigators probe possible accidental death.
A fragment of a police or court note indicates Sauer pressed a homemade bomb to his stomach and triggered it by touching two wires, describing an apparent self inflicted blast and its basic mechanism.
In St Louis Gen Dwight D Eisenhower said a weapon that might destroy millions overnight does not guarantee security. He warned against cutting defense funds and stressed the need for capable armed forces a citizen reserve and national unity to support defense.
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