Fear Russians To Attempt To Split Allies
Western diplomats warned Moscow may present Trojan horse proposals at the Berlin Big Four meet to win German favor and weaken Western unity. A 100 page set of Western working papers outlines possible concessions on Germany and Austria, but a formal peace treaty could take long to negotiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Berlin
Hese
Germany
Austria
United States
Britain
France
European Defense Community
North Atlantic
Paris
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
Confession of a Soldier Deceived by a Communist Recruiter
A veteran recounts being recruited by a Chinese officer in the demilitarized zone who manipulated him into staying behind. He describes factions, fear of betrayal, and his decision to return home to face consequences. He hopes the story informs Americans about Communist deceit and seeks parental forgiveness.
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Europe
South America
Asia
Demilitarized Zone
Weather Summary and Local Notices
Saturday's weather shows a high of 38 and a low of 21 in the region with fair, cold conditions. Forecast calls for fair and cold Sunday and partly cloudy conditions Monday. Local births, divorces, and fire and service notices from St Luke's Mercy, Cedar Rapids, and nearby towns are listed along with area funeral arrangements and joint community alerts.
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New York
Es Moines
Washington
Orleans
Jenver
Iil
Phoenix
Stone
Deaths Thomas F. Sholes 79 Cedar Rapids painter dies at home
Thomas F. Sholes 79, of 111 Fourteenth Street NE, Cedar Rapids, died suddenly at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Born March 7, 1874 in Illinois, he was a painter and decorator and member of Painters Local 447 and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Surviving are wife Caroline, two daughters Alice Faunt of Woodland, California and Doris Kanellis of Cedar Rapids, and ten grandchildren. Services at Beatty Bearle chapel with time to be announced. friends may call after 4 p.m. today.
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Thomas F. Sholes
Fourteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Order of Eagles
Caroline
Alice Faunt
Woodland
Calif
George
Doris) Kanellis
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
Double services for Cedar Rapids couple killed in highway crash
Funeral services for Mr and Mrs J J Jack Shepard of 501 33rd street NE Cedar Rapids who died Thursday in a highway accident will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Monday with Rector D A Loferski of St John s Episcopal church presiding Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial cemetery.
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Vinton
Darrell C. Race
Methodist Church
Tama
Fry-Holland Funeral
Jess T. Hall
Mahannah
Center Point
John L. Cress
Satchett-Murdoch Funeral Home
Williamsburg
Margaret Baack
McSwiggin and Uhlmann Funeral
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Homestead
Church Cemetery
J. J
Jack” Shepard
33Rd Street
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for J Earl Smith in Cedar Rapids
Life long resident J Earl Smith of R F D No 2 Cedar Rapids died Friday. Services set for 3 30 p m Monday at Turner chapel conducted by Dr Marvin B Kober of St Pauls Methodist church. Friends may call at the chapel.
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J. Earl Smith
R.F.D
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Marvin B. Kober
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Tito Denies Russian Link
Belgrade President Tito rejected a Freeman article alleging a secret Yugoslav Soviet pact. He called the piece slanderous and a bid to discredit Yugoslavia in the West. The article by Bogdan Radista claimed documents showed Tito and Premier Malenkov agreed to move toward resuming Moscow Belgrade ties.
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Belgrade
Tito
U. S
Russia
Yugoslavia
Brdo
Slovenia
the Freeman
Bogdan Radista
Yugoslav Information Department
United States
Radista
Georgi Malenkov
Moscow
Russians Prepare For Space Flight
Moscow reports Russians organizing an astronautical department in the Central U.S.S.R. Flying Club to popularize interplanetary flight seen moving from utopian idea toward reality. The Evening Moscow credits Russian thinkers with pioneering space travel concepts and notes plans to advance the field.
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Moscow
Buck Rogers and Company
Evening
U.S.S.R
Atom Smasher Advances With Proton Synchrotron Raceway
The article describes the Proton Synchrotron continuing the Cosmotron approach with a hollow raceway around the magnet, roughly 2 200 feet in circumference. Protons complete about three million revolutions per second and gain energy from a 1 000 volt radio wave drive, guided by a strong core magnet to maintain a stable path.
Soldier's wartime diary reveals shift from pro US to peace stance
An American prisoner recounts camp life at Pyoktong during the Korean War. He describes being elected to a peace committee, reading communist writings, and briefly aligning with the Progressive movement before deciding to quit. He reflects on becoming a peace fighter without embracing communism.
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Arias
California
Pyoktong
United States
Europe
Daily Workers
New York
London
San Francisco
Fellow PW Says Boys Hated Texan
Charleston, AP. Eugene Heyward Tumbleston, a 22 year old former prisoner in Korea, says Cpl. Claude Batchelor led pro peace progressives who praised Chinese and germ warfare claims. Tumbleston accuses Batchelor of special treatment and influence with interrogators while others starved.
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Charleston
S. C
Korea
Claude Batchelor
Eugene Heyward Tumbleston
Charleston News and Courier
Batchelor
United States
Camp Five
Cedar Rapids weekly briefs highlight meetings and speakers
City Briefs note events across Cedar Rapids including a preschool ad, a luncheon by the Family Child Care section with Virginia Myhre of Des Moines, the Retail Merchants luncheon at Montrose hotel, a Coe College panel on American Foreign Policy, Hawkeye Toastmasters gathering, Cerebral Palsy parents meeting with Robert Bentz, Rotary Club talks by H A Wilhelm, Haven Club gathering, Optimists program by Marlin Peterson, James White addressing a labor class, and labor economics discussion at Hickey Hall.
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Virginia Myhre
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Social Welfare
Cedar Rapids ‘Council of Social Planning
YMCA
Retail Merchants
Retail Merchants Bureau of the
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Montrose Hotel
Coe College
Richard Spencer
Willard Arnett
Donald Watson
Martin Ellie
Air Force
Marlin Peterson
Singing Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Optimist Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Johnson County Medics Elect Dr. Yetter President 1954
Iowa City Dr. William L. Yetter was elected president of the Johnson County Medical Society for 1954 succeeding Dr. Alson E. Braley. Re-elected were Dr. Eugene J Boyd as vice-president and Dr. J. S. Greenleaf as secretary treasurer. The article notes Mercury’s diameter at 3,010 miles.
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Iowa City
William L. Yetter
Johnson County Medical Society
Alson E. Braley
Eugene J Boyd
J. S. Greenleaf
Should She Be Bride Or Bridegroom In French Village
In Le Blanc France authorities paused Lucie Blanchet's wedding to Aime Trechet after a pre marriage exam suggested she may be intersex or assigned male at birth. A doctor flagged strong physiological doubt about Lucie's sex and noted possible medical action. Wedding plans were canceled as a legal review begun.
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LE Blanc
France
Lucie Blanchet
Lucie
Aime Trechet
St. Geme
Trechet
Studebaker Postpones Large Layoff in South Bend
Studebaker Corp delays a planned 2000 to 3500 job cuts in South Bend Indiana. The shift removal caused postponement while details are worked out with Local 5 CIO UAW. Union chief Louis Horvath cites a contract seniority clause dispute as the delay factor. layoff now set for next Tuesday from an original Friday date.
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South Bend, Ind
Llp
Studebaker Corp
Louis Horvath
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Horvath
January Grass Fires Reminders of Autumn
Cedar Rapids firemen battled four grass fires on Saturday as dry grass burned from rubbish, with three fires started by burning rubbish in January snow. A coal bin ignition at Cedar Christian church and a defective oil heater caused two more alarms. damage was negligible.
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Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Thirty-third Street
Thirty-second Street
Third Avenue
Twentysixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Christian Church
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Vietminh drive near Dien Bien Phu siege in Laos region
Vietminh division pushed toward Vientiane and near the Thai border as the 125 mile line closed in on the administrative capital. Fighting raged 31 miles from Senoir airfield and in Dong Hene area with thousands in jungle battle against French defenses. Dien Bien Phu remained under siege with heavy but inconclusive fighting.
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Vietminh
Vientiane
Thailand
Indo- China
Dong Hene
Seno
Laos
Dien Bienphu
Panmunjom Peace Talks Likely To Resume Soon
Allied diplomats think conditions are ripe for an early resumption of Panmunjom negotiations. Both the United States and Red China have expressed interest in revival after talks broke off when U S envoy Dean left amid accusations of perfidy. Chou En-lai signaled China’s wish to restart, while the State Department noted the matter remains under allied review.
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Washington
United States
Red China
U. S
Arthur H. Dean
State Department
Dean
Korea
Chou En-lai
Chou
Russia
Weather Bureau Phone Most Popular in Chicago
The Weather Bureau was the citys most popular telephone call in year with nearly 20 million calls. Recipients heard a recorded Chicago weather forecast. Calls averaged about 53 000 daily, peaking on September 1 at 101 degrees as 283 427 calls were received.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Symington assails air power cuts as wasteful policy
Sen. Stuart Symington criticizes the Eisenhower administration for cutting 23 wings from the air force program and then restoring them, calling the shift a rapid change in strategic planning. He cites taxpayer losses, 50 000 air force personnel cut in 1953, and wasted construction and training funds.
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Springfield
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Eisenhower
Symington
Congress
Air Force
Defense Department
Air’force
Barn Fire Destroys What Cheer Farm Barn
A large barn on the Del Williams farm near What Cheer burned Saturday afternoon, causing an estimated loss between 15 000 and 20 000 dollars. No livestock were reported lost, hay and stored corn were destroyed, milking machines survived, and the fire was not controlled before evening. What Cheer and Deep River fire units responded, with the alarm at 4 30 p m.
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the Gazette
del Williams
Mear
Deep River
What Cheer
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