Hard Rains and Fog Hit East Iowa Weather
East Iowa faced heavy rains and thunderstorms while the Great Plains blizzard sent strong winds and up to 22 inches of snow northward. Temperatures in eastern Iowa were to drop to 15 to 25 above zero with no widespread snow expected until later in the week.
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Crosby snowbound halts Nebraska legislative start in Lincoln
Lt Governor Robert Crosby wired from North Platte that he was snowbound and unable to open the 1949 Nebraska legislature at noon in Lincoln. The start of the session was postponed awaiting his arrival and any further instructions.
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Milo Sedlacek Pursues Cedar Rapids Postmaster Post
Milo Sedlacek, longtime Cedar Rapids public servant and Democratic activist, announced his candidacy for Cedar Rapids postmaster. He joins William McLaughlin and John Greenlee in the race, with civil service review and a possible political appointment under President Truman.
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Surprise G.O.P. Support For Truman Seen in Vote
Washington AP reports unexpected Republican support for President Truman on Capitol Hill as the 81st Congress opens. A rules committee reform passed 275 to 142 with 49 Republicans joining Truman Democrats, signaling potential cross party backing for housing health education and Taft Hartley repeal.
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Gazette Wins a National Award for Home Decoration Pages
The Cedar Rapids Gazette building and real estate pages edited by Miss Naom Daebel won first place in the 100 000 population city category at the American Furniture Mart competition in Chicago. Doebel earned honorable mention in the overall national contest.
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Rutledge Will Not Attend Extradition Hearing Thursday
Dr Robert C Rutledge of St Louis will miss his extradition hearing in Jefferson City Missouri due to ill health. His attorney Leo F Laughren said Rutledge is recovering from a self administered drug incident while police waited to question him and expects to travel in a few weeks. The murder charge involves Byron C Hartman a 29 year old design engineer killed at the Roosevelt Hotel on December 14.
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Hattman Engaged to Airline Stewardess Before Death
Byron C. Hattman who was killed in a Cedar Rapids hotel love quarrel was engaged to Mary Buckley a 23 year old Pan American Airways stewardess from St. Louis. Hattman’s father John C Hattman of Carapolis Pa confirmed the engagement by long distance call. Friends say the wedding was planned for the spring.
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Eccles Reports Inflation Nearing End
Federal Reserve Board member Marinr S Eccles says there are signs inflation is ending and urges the government to encourage deflation. He proposes a new 15 percent federal tax on undistributed corporate profits to help curb inflation.
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Los Angeles Records Colder Than Ever at 28.1
Los Angeles plunged to 28.1 degrees tying a record low and the coldest reading ever in the city. Orchardists warned of possible citrus damage while heaters burned in groves as forecasters noted the prior low of 28.4 set in 1913.
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Americans Not Taken From China
Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger denied reports that American forces were withdrawing from China. He said negotiations over returning the Shantung university campus buildings leased by the marines ended and no agreement was reached.
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North English woman held in baby death case
A 40 year old North English beauty parlor operator was arrested in West , Wis on an Iowa county warrant charging her with exposing a dead baby. Investigators tied the infant found in a Cedar Rapids depot trash can to her after tracing a paper sack matches and a cigarette package to North English. Police say the baby was born in English and suffocated, dying within hours of birth.
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Tollin Town In Arkansas Tornado Toll Hits Warren 46 Dead
A tornado roared through Warren Arkansas injuring nearly 300 and killing 46 in a 15 minute sweep. Rescue workers from nearby towns aided convicts with bulldozers as firefighters battled fires and officials feared the toll could rise.
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Dairyman Quits After Barn Shifts From Earth
Elyria Ohio AP Merle Heidenreich plans to leave the dairy business after his 80 foot barn began to shift and sink. He moved 40 Holstein cows off the structure and will sell them and quit the 144 acre farm. He links the problem to a nearby muck spot into which highway crews have dumped earth.
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Ohio
Merle Heidenreich
Smog Suspected in Tournament of Roses Deaths
Coroner orders autopsies to determine if Pasadena smog on New Year’s Day contributed to seven deaths linked to heart failure during the Rose Parade. Police treated 32 for heart issues and 33 for fainting amid crowds of about 1.5 million. officials say air conditions were light on smog.
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Iowa State College Faces VA Payment Halt Over Audit Dispute
Iowa State College at Ames has received no federal payments for veterans education costs since last fall as a VA audit challenges the college overcharged more than 500000 on past contracts. Officials say the government now owes nearly 1 million as the dispute centers on per credit hour cost calculations for GI Bill aid.
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Hunger Death Toll in Shanghai Rises Past Four Thousand
The Public Benevolence Society reported that at least 4,211 people have starved to death in Shanghai since November 1. On Monday authorities found 189 frozen bodies, all but seven of them children, amid the city’s dire conditions.
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Copeland’s Top Floor Wisdom at Harvard
A humorous tale recalls Prof Charles Townsend Copeland choosing Hollis Hall above all. He says he stays on the top floor because only Cambridge places God above him, then notes God is busy but quiet. The punch line mentions Werkmsa.
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Hollis Hall
Harvard University
Prof. Copeland
Cambridge
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