Rutledge May Face Accusation in St Louis Hotel Death
Attorney Leo Laughren says Dr Robert C Rutledge will defend himself by arguing Byron Hattman died from a wound personally caused by Hattman. Rutledge, 27, is charged with first degree murder in the Roosevelt hotel room death last December. He was free on bond as authorities pursued extradition and new indictment proceedings continued in Missouri and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Louis
Leo F Laughren
Robert C Rutledge
Rutledge
St Louis Peeciattian
Hattman Duing
Roosevelt Hotel
Laughren Porcever
Hattman
David W Fitzgibbon
Tim Nal
Relief Drops To Plains Folk Snowbound By Severe Weather
Aircraft and helicopters swept relief to isolated western plains towns including Gordon Nebraska as planes airlifted blood plasma baby food bread canned milk medicine coal and hay. National Guard Civil Air Patrol and private planes supported mercy missions amid continuing sub freezing temperatures and drifting snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Plains
Gordon
Nebraska
National Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Lowryfield
Denver
Jones Asks Retraction If He Is Doing a Fair Job
Parks Commissioner Richard C Jones and the City Plan Commission clashed for the second time in 36 days over park management. Jones urged a public park tour by the commission to evaluate his handling, offering a retraction if found to have done a fair job. The commission voted to file the report and take no action, with several members opposing and Downe alone voting against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Richard C Jones
City Plan Commission
Cedar Rapids
Commission
Jones Jetter
Warriner
Lubbock
Joe V Zastera
R R Downer
Ent
Downer
Federal Housing Agency
Plan Commission
E P Boynton
Mrs Pine Given 2 Year Sentence
Mrs Mable Pine a 40 year old North English beauty parlor operator pled guilty to exposing a dead body and was given an indeterminate sentence not to exceed two years in district court judge James P Gaffney set $3000 bond on appeal. The incident involves the death of her newborn daughter found in a Cedar Rapids trash can on December 19. She claimed the child was born December 14 and wrapped in towels kept in a room off the beauty parlor before going to Cedar Rapids where authorities were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Mable Pine
Iowa County District Court
James P Gaffney
Fere
Cedar Rapids
Wholesale Food Prices Fall to Lowest Since May 1947
The Dun and Bradstreet index shows wholesale food prices dropped last week to $6.08, down $128 or 17.4 percent from the peak on July 13. The level marks the lowest since May 27, 1947, indicating a broad easing in wholesale food costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
Postal Inspector Shot Fatally at Oklahoma City Post Office
In Oklahoma City, postal inspector E. M. Harkins was shot and killed inside the main post office lobby. Joseph Donnelly, 65, was arrested and arraigned on a federal murder charge and held without bond. Donnelly claimed slander and said he carried a knife and pistol, offering an alarming motive. He produced letters to the President and FBI in his pocket, while a janitor witnessed the shooting. The case coincides with another fatal shooting of attorney Earl Pruet in his law office, no arrest yet in that case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
E. M Harkins
Joseph Donnelly Donnelly
Donnelly
Harkins
FBI
United States
Earl Pruet
Pruet
Soviets Press Scandinavia Amid Cold War Tension
Western powers face Palestine Indonesia and Germany troubles as Moscow escalates propaganda aimed at Scandinavia to keep Norway, Sweden from joining the North Atlantic pact. The West prepares a defensive stance while Berlin blockade and airlift continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Scandinavia
Palestine
Indonesia
Germany
Moscow Literary Gazette
Halvard Lange
Washington
Norway
Sweden
Moscow New Times
U. N. General Assembly
Berlin
Lawmaker Pledges 70-Group Air Force Push
Representative Vinson of Georgia said he will press for a 70-group air force and expects congressional approval. As incoming chairman of the House Armed Services Committee he vows the air force will have full opportunity to present its case despite White House spending-cut pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vinson
D+Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
White House
Congress
Ex Official Is Accused of Treason in World War II
Washington (UP) The justice department announces the arrest on a treason charge of Herbert J Burgman a former state department employee who broadcast for the Nazis during the war He was taken into custody by U S occupation authorities in Germany and will be flown back to the United States later this month His case will be presented to a grand jury Burgman 52 is the first civilian government employee charged with treason in World War II The department said several other Americans charged with Nazi broadcasts remain under investigation and indictments are expected next year Burgman a Hokah Minnesota native first went to Germany in 1921 as an economic statistician at the U S embassy in Berlin He stayed in America’s citizen status during the war while continuing to work from Germany Officials say Burgman did English language shortwave broadcasts for the Nazis Two other former Nazi broadcasters Mildred E Sisk alias Gillars the former Axis Sally and Martin J Mohri Brooklyn allegedly flew an army air force plane across German lines and joined the Nazi SS guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Burgman
United States
Germany
Hokah
Minn
Berlin
Justice Department
Mildred E Sisk
Gillars
Sally
Martin J. Mohti
Brooklyn
Allies Evacuate Berlin Tuberculosis Patients by Airlift
Western Allies began moving 1500 gravely ill Berlin TB patients to Western Germany for better care and nutrition. The first 60 were flown from Gatow to the British zone, with all patients expected to leave Berlin within two months via airlift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Gatow
Quake Strikes Near Rome Shakes Viterbo Area
An earthquake near Rome, the second in 15 hours, shook the Viterbo area about 50 miles north of Rome on Wednesday. No damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Viterbo
East Coast TV Link Joins Midwest In Historic Phase
Televised network expansion joined Philadelphia and Cleveland creating a coast to coast link. The Philadelphia Cleveland tie costs 12.5 million dollars and enables simultaneous broadcasts to 17 cities with over 30 stations. The move folds East and Midwest strands into one national network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Mississippi
Midwest
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Philadelphia
Cleveland
St. Louis
Washington
Boston
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Editor Harry Boyd Signs King Features Contract
Cedar Rapids editor Harry Boyd locked a deal Wednesday to write a nationally circulated King Features Syndicate column while remaining Gazette editor. The five weekly pieces will reflect a Midwest editor’s view, distributed from New York City with a first release later this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Harry Boyd
King Features Syndicate
The
Me Gazette
New York
Washington
Boyd
New York City
King Features
United States
Bdyd
Westbrook Pegler
George Sokolsky
Walter Winchell
George Dixon
Jack Lait
Dorothy Kilgallen
Sunday Gazette
University of Iowa
Sioux City
Kaw
Forest Drive
Forrestal to Stay About Three More Months
Defense Secretary Forrestal will remain in the cabinet for roughly three months while Congress reviews the 14.27 billion dollar defense budget. He plans to testify before congressional committees, following a meeting with President Truman. The high official spoke on background about Forrestal’s intended continuation in the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Forrestal
Truman
Congress
National Defense Establishment
Churchill’s Travel Nerves Fray Train Schedules
In a fragmentary note from the Afme News the text mocks Windston Churchill’s rail nerves and habit of barely catching trains, with Mrs. Church ill saying he lets the train slip away by a narrow margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nabinston Churchill
Attitude on Holy Land Under Fire
A British foreign office spokesman condemned the United States stance on the Palestine crisis. He urged full enforcement of UN Security Council resolutions and argued peace and security in the Middle East depend on acting through the United Nations rather than backing either side. He blamed unprovoked Jewish attacks for destabilizing the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Middle East
United Nations
United States Urges Restraint in Middle East Turmoil
Acting Secretary Lovett said Washington formally urged Britain Israel and Egypt to restrain actions as Israeli Egyptian truce talks near. He cited the downing of five British planes as a focal point in Palestine dissension and said U S pleas for restraint were sent before and after the incident. He stressed U S concern for peace and noted a UN sponsored talks outlook remains promising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lovett
United States
Britain
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Palestine
United State
Aquaba
Foreign bloc led by Czechoslovakia arms Israel, UN embargo violation
A British Foreign Office spokesman said a bloc led by Czechoslovakia supplied about 90 percent of arms to Israel in defiance of the UN embargo. He noted other countries were involved but did not name them, and declined to name the United States or Russia specifically. The issue remained a key tension after Friday’s air incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Czechoslovakia
Israel
Middle East
United States
Russia
President Truman Flies to See Marshall in Pinehurst
President Truman flew to Pinehurst North Carolina to confer again with Secretary of State George C. Marshall. Eben Ayers said Truman planned about an hour meeting before returning to Washington for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Pinehurst
N. C
Marshall
Eben Ayers
Charles G. Ross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hartman
Byron Hattman
Linn County
William Cruissman
Tom Condon
Des Moines
Gas Blue
Missouri
Phil Donnelly
Crissmans
Jefferson
Crissman
Condon
Jefferson City
Lasctrens
Elf
City Hospital
Hattmanns Poor
Attman
Hattmans
Associated Press
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Administration
Clark Clifford
President Truman
Paul W. Herzog
National Labor Relations Board
Abe Murdock
NLRB
Tobin
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
California
Orange and Lemon
Los Angeles
Orange County
Silverado Canyon
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Amarillo
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Spokane
Power Company
Northwest Power Pool
Columbia River
Portland
Plan
R. T Lubbock
Parks Committee
T R. Warriner
Downe
Hamilton Development Company
Today's Index
Eeewe
Eerees Daily Record
Eneee Eaths
State Dept. Employe
Herbert J. Burgman
State Department
Mississippi River
ABC
CBS
Dumont
Newark
Baltimore
Richmond
Schenectady
N. Y
New Haven
Milwaukee
Toledo
Detroit
Buffalo
Philadelphia-Cleveland
Pittsburgh
WDTV
Afme News
Holy Land
U.N
Tine Crisis
United Nations Security Council
Council
American View
U. S
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!