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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1949
Page
4
Paris reports non Communist Europe could face a $3 billion deficit in 1952 when Marshall Plan aid ends. OEEC warns living standards may fall 10 to 25 percent unless Europe increases exports, cuts imports, and tightens dollars usage over the next six to twelve months.
KCRG KCRK features SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT at 7 15 pm with Donna Edwards Franklin and Herbert Wise Roosevelt plus Bob Davis Roosevelt and Bob Swaney Franklin. Safety Roundtable at 7 includes KAHL public safety officials. Family Theater at 8 30 showcases Adolphe Menjou hosting two juvenile stars Gigi Perreau and Peter Miles. Manhattan Playhouse at 9 profiles a businessman and The Music Album at 9 30 profiles Rogers and Hart with There’s A Small Hotel Manhattan The Lady Is A Tramp and Falling In Love With Love.
Fragmentary listing shows a 6 45 time block with various programs and hosts including Gabriel Heatter and Adolphe Menjou. It references Newsreels, family theater, serials, and talk segments across a midweek evening lineup.
Radio schedule items list program blocks and times featuring MBS and local show names. Entries include sports camera features, theater segments, and various monthly or daily listings with times like 18:22 and 6:55, plus brief newsreels and devotionals.
A proposal urges nations to raise output per worker by 15 percent over four years, aiming to boost global production. The plan envisions higher energy and material exchange and emphasizes coordinated economic growth among member countries.
Bi partisan push in the House seeks 90 percent parity for six basic crops Wheat corn cotton tobacco peanuts and rice. Rep Pace argues for repeal of a law allowing parity as low as 60 percent while Rep Cooley backs 90 percent with production controls to curb surpluses.
The commerce department issued Special Days Weeks and Months in 1949 a calendar listing many holidays and quirky occasions such as National Laugh Week National Donut Week Apple Day and Spring Cleaning Drive to aid business advertising campaigns.
Des Moines Iowa August J Glaser 37 Fort Dodge meat plant owner pled guilty to a federal indictment accusing him of evading 12116 in federal income taxes. Federal Judge Charles A Dewey fined him 2500 and costs and placed him on two years probation. His attorney said 21000 was concealed in 1948 and 1944, with 18000 paid to five Stoak City firms in inflated prices.
Iowa state entomologist Dr. H M Harris reports updated methods for 1949 reflecting farmer experience and recent trials. New guidelines set first treatment when 50 egg masses per 100 plants on corn 35 inches tall or more, with a second application 7 to 10 days later only if eggs persist. Second brood control advised for late planted corn with 100 or more egg masses per 100 plants, likely in August. DDT remains the preferred chemical with 1 pound per acre minimum, spray rates 1.25 to 1.5 pounds per acre, equipment includes low pressure sprayers and aircraft sprayers for effective control.
In Detroit Mrs. Rose Bennick unexpectedly gave birth to seven pound Dorothy Elizabeth after feeling unwell Friday. The 39 year old, who hadn’t suspected pregnancy, and husband Felix, a factory machinist, are happy with the healthy infant. The couple, married eight years, had no baby clothes on hand at the time.
The Gazette lists theater times for Paramount State Town Palace Strand and Marion venues with films such as Words and Music Mexican Hayride Death Rides the Range and The Noose Hangs High plus two Western titles and several showings.
A quirky fact notes that if every bus streetcar and trolley coach in the United States were lined bumper to bumper the line would stretch from New York to Cincinnati highlighting the vast fleet of public transit vehicles in the country.
Detroit AP report details Donna Joyce a 15 year old high school freshman who writes goodbye notes to her boyfriend 17 year old Robert and plans to use her father's police revolver to end her life after a quarrel with him.
Donna is found dying in the living room with a bullet in her chest. Deputy Detective Chief John Otman notes the postscript stating death by own action. The father who overheard a Monday night incident reportedly paid little attention.
Two young gunmen staged a noon holdup in Hollywood tying up four people in a stamp shop and escaping with rare stamps and boxes of gold coins valued at more than $20,000. Witnesses described the quick, coordinated raid and the absence of injuries.
Five individuals who shared $153000 in cash and prizes in 1948 describe how the win changed their lives. One contestant could be named Contestant of the Year in Borden's new quiz, with plans and aspirations shaping their future after the big win.
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