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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1949
Page
1
Chiang Kai-shek told Kuomintang leaders he can fight and talk peace because China’s military strength remains greater than the Communists. He urged unity and warned against Communist claims that peace implies weakness, amid New Year visit to Sun Yat-sen’s tomb.
Mostly cloudy tonight with a turn to sunnier skies by Sunday. Temperatures reach 30 to 40 today with a low 23 to 28 tonight as a cold snap moves in.
Cedar Rapids newborn Charles Erwin Klohs, son of Mr and Mrs Erwin C Klohs, was the 1949 derby winner born at Mercy Hospital at 1:28 am. He weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces and was welcomed by Dr. L Miller. The Klobs hope to claim baby gifts from 31 merchants as the year’s first arrival.
A strong quake rated able to cause minor damage cut power to Pacific Grove and New Monterey Friday night. Two high tension lines shorted near Monterey, plunging about 9 000 residents and several hundred residents into darkness for hours. The epicenter was near Monterey and the tremor was felt as far north as San Francisco.
Belleville Illinois reports Grandma Allie McGonell of Fayetteville hailed as the toughest prisoner by Deputy Sheriff Gomer Williams after a barn entry to arrest her daughter Marie Saxton for neglect. Williams was struck and chased by McGonell who was later fined 100 dollars. Saxton jailed on 500 dollar bond. three children placed in county detention home.
A man robbed a Midtown Manhattan jewelry store on a slushy Friday, taking cash and uncut diamonds worth about 80 000 dollars. He tied the salesman and porter, fled into a crowd after a pursuing officer slipped on the slick pavement.
New Delhi and Karachi report a cease-fire in Kashmir and outline a UN supervised plebiscite. The agreement, brokered by UN Kashmir Commission member Alfredo Lozano, calls for halt at 1159 pm and aims for peace and closer ties between the two nations.
Pacific Palisades California AP report says Commissioner William Peart 89 longtime Salvation Army leader died Friday night at home after retirement.
Baltimore officials opened an inquiry into the death of five month old Martha Lee Funderburk, who was reportedly kept from City hospitals twice. The infant, described as malnourished with pneumonia, died after care centered between City hospitals and Sydenham. The mother, Mildred Funderburk, says her daughter initially showed pneumonia signs and was advised to seek hospital care.
Sir Malcolm Campbell, 63, famed auto and motor boat speed king, dies in England after a decline in health since June age operation. He first exceeded 300 mph in the United States at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, with a record of 301.1292 mph, and his 141.74 mph speedboat record on Lake Coniston in 1939 remains unchallenged.
San Francisco workers walked out at midnight to strike five major cab firms, tying up about 650 cabs or 85 percent of city service during New Year festivities. AFL union secretary cites demand for a daily minimum of 10.25 dollars or 50 percent of receipts, whichever is greater, up from 9 dollars and 49 percent.
City and federal mediators granted a 12 day pause to avert a tugboat strike in New York harbor after 400 tugs joined 3,500 tugboat men in delaying a walkout to Jan 12. Separately a coal and fuel truck drivers’ strike also defered for 12 days, while a subway tube walkout ended after 500 to 600 workers protested firings.
Dutch spokesmen said Java phase of Indonesia campaign ended with cease fire. Sumatra cleanup to follow. Lt Gen Simon Spoor warned rebels to surrender as all major cities and key areas were captured and peace was being pursued.
Buckingham Palace announced the king, ill for six weeks with a serious leg ailment, will leave next week for a holiday at Sandringham. Doctors say the Norfolk trip can do him no harm, first departure since the illness was announced November 22.
Floods across New York New Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts Vermont and Maine left hundreds homeless as rivers swelled after two days of heavy rain and snowmelt. National guard units assisted evacuations while towns like Bennington Vermont and many Berkshire Hills communities faced isolation.
A Shanghai report recalls a propaganda exchange where Nationalists boasted pork and buns while Communists retorted with a live pig on air. The pig squealed toward the Nationalist side during a birthday feast, as the Communist loudspeaker fell silent for two days.
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