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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1947
Page
8
Tokyo reports the cabinet formally banned about 500000 purged individuals and close relatives from public service. The measure extends to political, economic, and propaganda figures and widens the purge to include in laws the relatives of those tainted by wartime roles. The action aligns with the MacArthur directive and covers publishing and unofficial political groups.
Governor Fielding Wright visited two 15 year old Negro youths in a Woodville jail cell to hear their account of the slaying of Harry McKey. James Lewis and Charles Trudell, scheduled for execution January 17, asked for clemency but Wright offered no clear ruling. The teens had been sentenced for the December 13 crime and received a reprieve for further inquiry.
New York police claim they captured Justin William McCarthy a former British pilot in an East Side tenement near Sutton. They recovered some jewels and a .45 caliber pistol and estimate loot from his robberies at about $100000.
New York editor Ogden Reid of the Herald Tribune, who led the paper since 1913, died Friday after brief illness following bronchial pneumonia resulting from an ulcerous throat. He had been treated in hospital since early last month.
The Associated Press notes nearly 5 000 service personnel to debark Saturday from four ships at New York Seattle San Francisco. Arrivals include 2195 troops aboard Admiral Rodman from Bremerhaven to New York and 1978 troops aboard Admiral Coontz likewise from Bremerhaven. San Francisco sees 1190 troops aboard Chanute Victory from Yokohama and 1353 aboard Gen H B Freeman from Korea. Mariners also list 42 officers and 12 war department civilians aboard Acadia and 169 civilians aboard Gen W M Black. Marine Angel carries ten troops from Bremerhaven for New York.
A cluttered page mixes missing person appeals and rewards with ads for watches jewelry and car services. Notices reference names towns dates and rewards, alongside businesses offering refinishing car repairs insurance and beauty services.
An old classified item notes consecutive days for a Gazette want ad listing with numbers 2.16 2.7 and a 13 day span. It reads as a fragment of a rental or sale notice with unspecified details. The snippet preserves numeric data and a reference to consecutive advertising days.
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