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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1949
Page
1
House Democrats approved a rules change to let committee chairmen force action on bills 21 days after clearance requests. The plan, opposed by Republicans, passed 176 to 48 and faces full House approval next week. It assumes cross-party support to pass amid potential GOP opposition.
Special to The Gazette Juan Gomez about 60 a Mexican railroad laborer was found dead just outside his bunk car on the Chicago and Milwaukee railroad tracks Saturday morning. Iowa county coroner C E Van Dyke attributed the death to a heart attack noting a small scalp wound but said it likely occurred when he fell. Authorities are holding the body pending further investigation. Gomez’s home is believed to be in Chicago. Dyke said Gomez was among laborers living in a work train at Parnell near the Milwaukee line.
The Associated Press reports 134 Americans died in New Year’s accidents and violent incidents. Traffic fatalities totaled 98, with 36 other deaths from drowning fire airplane crashes and a Cincinnati nightclub shooting. Notable losses occurred among revelers at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade with three heart attack fatalities among about 1.75 million spectators.
The FBI recovered 32 cases of government firearms from a Mexican ship at San Francisco linked to the Raritan New Jersey arsenal theft. Nine men face Newark charges for the 750 gun theft. The shipment included 200 Thompson submachine guns 90 M1 carbines 25 bazookas and 15 50 caliber machine guns.
Clarence Lloyd W. Hockman a 58 year old farmer north of Clarence was killed Saturday morning when his car was struck by an eastbound North Western train at the stockyards crossing near his home. The wreck hurled the car’s motor into a field. Hockman a World War I veteran leaves a wife and two brothers.
Frank Nasaralli 34 faces 25 000 bail on false pretense charges after posing as Joseph Churchill a World War II casualty. He won the trust of Churchill's Philadelphia sweetheart Josephine Trocolli 28 who loaned him about 600 dollars before Nasaralli confessed he was not Churchill claiming his face was altered by plastic surgery.
The speaker recalls youth spent chasing bets and inside straights, losing hard-earned money. Now aged and broke, he vows to quit all games from roulette to twenty six, challenging any bet that he cannot quit, as a final boast from Whoenix Flame.
The House Un American Activities Committee warned that Communists have deep lines into the U.S. government making President Truman's loyalty program a feeble defense. The panel cited Reds in the army navy diplomatic corps and treasury while noting uncertainty over how many Communists hold posts. It charged the Communist controlled United Public Workers union has 15 000 members in the Panama Canal zone and that the Panama district attorney called the situation a public danger.
The Democratic caucus named Rep. Rayburn of Texas as its candidate for speaker of the House in the new session. Rep. McCormack of Massachusetts was chosen as majority leader, both having held the posts before Republicans took control two years ago.
Senate committee urges Congress to end political influence in postmaster appointments and end discrimination against Negroes in federal posts. The Post Office and Civil Service Committee, led by Senator Langer, wrapped up its 80th Congress work with recommendations.
Cedar Rapids streets grew more treacherous as new snow fell before 8 PM and a thin mist covered the roads. By 9 PM the temperature had dropped to 21 degrees, two degrees below the daytime high of 23.
Four deaths and millions in property damage traced to storms. Snow and cold halted melt, lowering flood danger but many remained homeless and utilities disrupted as ice and wrecked bridges hampered travel across New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
A hoax call by impersonator Admiral Kinsey led Maestro Music to broadcast an emergency juke box alert. Hundreds of sailors fled bars and clubs, reporting to bases as police and the Eleventh Naval District investigated the prank.
A special House committee urged clear laws to keep radio as free as the press. The report accuses the FCC of power misuse and censorship aims on licensed stations. It calls for new statutes addressing postwar issues including television.
Iowa experienced another light winter snowfall Saturday night as Western Iowa saw the storm first and it moved eastward and northward. Most of the state was expected to see snow on Sunday with cloudy skies and temperatures ranging from the mid teens to the mid twenties. Winds from the south at 15 to 25 mph kept highways and side roads slippery in spots.
Tehran faces a crippling snow disaster with nearly three feet of snow in 72 hours. Up to 60 people are dead and about 73,000 homeless as earthen houses collapse under weight. Mosques serve as shelters while Mayor Hessam Dowlatabadi warns of exposure risks. An unconfirmed report adds 50 deaths in Tehran, with ten more fatalities in other regions.
Richard Leach aged 12 died from injuries after a sled he rode collided with a car in Sioux City. The incident occurred Friday night while he was coasting in a street setting, authorities said.
Cedar Rapids will begin an informal census tomorrow with 14 field assessors surveying the city for about three months. They will estimate population and set property values for tax purposes, aiming to produce a more accurate figure than the 1940 official count.
An Israeli spokesman warned that if Tel Aviv is bombed again from the air or shelled from the sea Egypt will be attacked in retaliation. Early Sunday a pair of vessels approached Tel Aviv coast but were driven off by shore fire. The attack occurred around 2 am amid air raid sirens and naval fire, with unclear nationality of the hostile forces possibly Egyptian.
Batavia reports new Dutch offensives along Sumatra coasts targeting Teloekbetong seaport and a western coal field. Mopping-up actions noted on Easterly islands as Java remains largely under Dutch control. Indonesians reportedly resist near Jakarta while guerilla activity grows in west and east Java.
In Budapest Monsignor Bela Vitz told President Szakasits the Catholic church is ready to agree to an accord after Cardinal Mindszenty was arrested on treason charges. U S officials denounced the arrest as a weakening sham amid regime moves to seize Catholic schools.
The 81,235 ton Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary ran aground on a sand bar west of Cherbourg during a Saturday storm while en route to New York. It sought aid from tugs and standby lighters in case passengers disembarked. notable aboard included Charles Laughton and Sir Alexander Cadogan with their spouses, plus Benno Moisiewitch and Stewart MacPherson among others.
Cloudy with intermittent snow or rain overspreading most of Iowa Sunday. Warmer in eastern portions Sunday and continuing rain or snow into Monday. Clearing and colder by Tuesday. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs 30 north to 40 south Sunday, Sunday lows 25 to 30, Monday highs around 35 to 40.
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