Toll of Dead Now Nine in Dorm Blaze
Nine students died as a Kenyon College blaze at the Old Kenyon dormitory raged from early Sunday into the night. Fire officials Monday listed the dead and missing including Jack McDonald of Hamilton Ohio and Ernest Ahwajee Albert Lewis George Pincus Stephen Shepard Colin Woodworth and Martin E Mangle.
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Gambier, Ohio
Kenyon College
Jack
McDonald
Hamilton
Ohio
Kenyon
Ernest Ahwajee
Akron
Albert J Lewis
Hazelton
George Pincus
Brooklyn
Stephen Shepard
New York
Colin Woodworth
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Martin E Mangle
Edward Brout
Mt Vernon
Marc S Peck
Fenton
Mich
Truman urges decisive action on filibuster clash
President Truman urges Senate leaders to confront the filibuster issue, aiming for a showdown. Senate Democrats debate changing rules to permit limited debate, amid Southern opposition who fear blocking anti poll tax and anti-lynching measures.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Lucas
White House
Barkley
French Major Admits Data Leak To Foreign Attache
Paris AP A Communist army major confessed to handing army documents to a foreign military attache. An army captain questioned the major and accused of turning over defense papers to a Communist magazine. The attache’s country was not named and the officers were identified only as Maj Teulery and Capt Azema. Teulery was on active service. Azema is an airborne instructor.
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Paris
Interior Ministry
Teulery
Azema
Gideons Pick Cedar Rapids For State Convention
Waterloo reports the Gideons choose Cedar Rapids as the site for the state convention to be held October 7 8 and 9 after the state council met here Sunday The announcement confirms Cedar Rapids as the convention location and dates.
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Waterloo
Gideons
Cedar Rapids
Society
Dining room patron confronts steak struggle at restaurant
A patron wrestles a tough steak and requests a new dish. The waiter refuses to replace it, noting the steak cannot be sent back to the kitchen. The exchange ends with a firm but polite denial.
Red Cross Drive Total Unofficially Set at 5875.05
Cedar Rapids Red Cross drive totals reach 5875.05 unofficially with a $50,000 quota for 1949. John Beck chairs the drive. Harry Strother reports 130 dollars by Feb 26 and aims for 160 percent division return. Clyde Parker topped the public schools division last week as totals in various industrial and mercantile categories are listed.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
The
Red Cross
John Beck
Harry Strother
Beck
Strother
Clyde Parker
Hoover Group Proposes Civilian Control Shakeup of Defense
The Hoover Commission urges that the war navy and air force secretaries be demoted and the defense secretary become a super boss to end service rivalries. It calls for a strong civilian budget role, undersecretaries, and a revamped joint chiefs system to reinforce civilian control and mobilization planning.
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Washington
INS
Hoover Commission
War
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Commission
Congress
America
Hoover
Defense Secretary
Raje
James V. Forrestal
Kenneth C Royall
John L. Sullivan
W. Stuart Symington
Army
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Fire Destroys H. V. Jones Residence. Family Narrowly Escapes
Penny Jones, 13, awakened to smoke at 2047 Grande avenue SE and alerted her guest Lee Cooper saving three others as fire consumed the southwest corner from basement to second floor. Fire officials traced the blaze to a basement short circuit. the family sought temporary housing after spending Sunday with friends.
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Cedar Rapids
Penny Jones
Grande Avenue
Jones
Penny
Lee Cooper
H. V. Jones
Water Seepage Breaks Phone Service in Cedar Rapids
About 400 Cedar Rapids subscribers lost service for over eight hours Sunday as water seeped through insulation around underground cables causing a short circuit. The outage affected areas near First Avenue West from First to Nineteenth Streets with reports along Johnson Avenue NW and Sixth Avenue SW. The failure originated far Thirteenth Street and Third Avenue SW.
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Cedar Rapids
M. H. Morrison
Telephone Company
First Avenue
First
Johnson Avenue NW
Sixth Avenue
Morrison
Thirteenth Street
Third Avenue
Farm Prices Down 4 Percent Amid Decline in 1947 Parity
Washington news: Agriculture department reports farm prices fell 4 percent from mid January to mid February to the lowest since September 1946. Prices paid by farmers dropped 1 percent, narrowing the parity ratio to its lowest point since July.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
High Court Voids Naval Conviction for Hirshberg
The Supreme Court voided a navy court martial for Harold E. Hirshberg who struck two prisoners in Japanese camps. He faced 10 months confinement and a dishonorable discharge after re enlistment. the court said he could not have been court martialed without re enlistment.
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Washington
Svpreme
Navy
Harold E. Hirshberg
Hirshberg
Orient
New York
Supreme Court
Denver Woman Lived 20 Years As Man to Get Along
Mrs. Billie Morrison, 36, admitted dressing as a man for two decades after leaving Texas. Police detained her and daughter Judy, 19, after an argument ended with an iron thrown during a dispute. Morrison described adopting male clothes to ease life, having worked as a cook painter and laborer. Both were held for investigation.
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Denver
Billie Morrison
Judy
Silo Cow Hurt in Slide to Freedom at Liberty
Grady the silo dwelling cow slipped down a greasy slide toward a liberty area and injured herself seriously. Rancher Bill Mach says the cow may lose the udder and cannot nurse calves. Dr. L. J. Crump treats her while she appears content and fed.
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Yukon
Okla
Grady
Bill Mach
Mach
L. J.) Crump
Hoffman Cites Red Needling In Aid Appeal
Foreign Aid Chief Paul G. Hoffman told the Senate committee that British recovery would be jeopardized by any cut in Marshall Plan funds. He said Mayhew was needled by the Russians and that the speech in Scotland was political, not economic, and warned that a $2 billion reduction would cause disaster for Marshall Plan countries.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoffman
Christopher P. Mayhew
Scotland
Hector McNeil
London
McNeil
Britain
Europe
Connally
D-Texas
Mayhew
Stafford Cripps
Marshall Plantations
George
D-Ga
Killer Dies in Gunfight with Arizona Cops
In Phoenix ex convict Billy Ray Gilbert, 28, killed after refusing to surrender, dies amid a gunfight with police at the Red Wing auto court near Needles California. Detective Ed Langevin was wounded as officers used tear gas and heavy fire. Gilbert fired until he attempted to surrender with a smoking pistol. George Schmid, 21, later surrendered as details emerged of a kidnapping and multiple murders tied to the case.
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Phoenix
Billy Ray Gilbert
Needles
Calif
Gilbert
Red Wing Auto Court
West
Ed Langevin
George Schmid
Schmid
Florence Chisholm
Mrrs
Earnest Winstead
Guard Stands By For Eddyville Flood Duty
The Iowa National Guard stood by for possible flood duty at Eddyville after Lt. Col. Fred C. Tandy refused to use guard planes to bomb a seven mile ice gorge on the Des Moines River. Mayor Dave Evans pressed requests to blast the gorge or call Rock Island engineers, who declined for fear of wide damage. River level hovered around 19.2 feet, four tenths down from Sunday, with homes and town affected as water backed into the area.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa National Guard
Eddyville
Fred C. Tandy
National Guard
Dave Evans
Tandy
Evans
Army Engineers Corps
Rock Island
William S. Beardsley
Chillicothe
Little Town
Thankful
Upper Iowa University in Turmoil Over Coach Firing
Upper Iowa University students staged a protest after coach Joe Fortunato was fired effective March 12. About 250 students demonstrated, parading through Fayette and staging on-campus support with banners and a planned torchlight march. Dean W C Mongold said no immediate disciplinary steps were planned, noting Fortunato lacked a master’s degree and accreditation standards required action.
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Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Joe Fortunato
Fortunato
Joe
John Dorman
Doc" Dorman
Fayette — Upper Iowa University
Methodist College
the Gazette
Upper Iowa
de. Smith
Eee
Oelwein
W C. Mongold
Mongold
Mangold
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Ames, Ia
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Truman Lucas
France
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Linn
Marion
Winfield A. White
K-V
Roy A. Lou
Hoover Group
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Admiral William D. Leahy
Mrs. Jones
Mr Jones
Fire Department
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Silo
Cripps
Killer
Arizona
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