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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1949
Page
1
Russia refused to mediate in the Chinese civil war, dampening Nationalist hopes for foreign intervention. The Foreign Minister delivered Moscow's reply to Ambassador Bao, signaling limited support for peace talks and stressing Soviet stance amid competing factions and external pressure.
In New York the court severed Foster from the trial of top Communist leaders at government's request. Judge Harold Medina denied separate trials for the defense and declined delays. The move aimed to keep the proceedings focused on other defendants while Foster’s status remained unresolved.
Magistrate Roa op Stephenson found Helene Van Meulebiesk and Matie Van Meulebiesk guilty of trespassing and distilling at the Fast Bud Holders club. Each was fined 40 plus costs and given options to pay, serve time, or apply for probation with a 20 day appeal window.
Mechanicsville police trace a theft and car chase after a station holdup thwarted by an alert resident. The Interstate Finance Company car, owned by Owen Bates and parked near the YMCA, was stolen. officers chased the fleeing vehicle on Mt Vernon road and near Seventh Street before it was abandoned.
Flats, a western Nebraska community, faces isolation due to heavy snow. Eight residents could not file their income tax estimates by Monday’s deadline and asked Governor Val Peterson for help. Peterson planned to seek a highway crew to clear passage.
Pan American Airways Clipper May Flower flew nonstop from New York to London in 10 hours 2 minutes, shaving the previous record of 10 hours 12 minutes. The speed flight occurred Tuesday, highlighting the airline's early transatlantic record attempts.
Cedar Rapids school board approves pay raises for high school counselors boosting from 300 to 500 dollars additional to base pay for ten months and increasing compensation for the district’s guidance and research head Donald G Efmer. The board also creates a high school administrative assistant post and tightens the teacher work year with a three day pre fall workshop for returning staff and a four day institute for new teachers. Clerical days are reassigned with June 3 as clerical day next year and the last day of each semester designated clerical.
Heavy snow blanketed Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa with 15 inches by 2:30 pm Tuesday. Temperatures would plunge to sub zero by Wednesday morning, with lows 15 to 25 below in North Dakota and 15 below in South Dakota and Minnesota. Highway and air travel disrupted as planes were canceled and routes became snow packed. Rescue trains aided stranded motorists in New Mexico as the storm moved southeastward.
Washington AP reports the Senate voted 47 to 44 against exempting inauguration tickets from federal amusement taxes. The defeat blocks a House approved bill and leaves thousands of dollars in uncollected taxes on tickets sold for parade route seats and the inaugural ball.
The administration proposed a six months extension of the Republican sponsored voluntary anti inflation law which expires Feb 28. Chairman Spence of the house banking committee said the extension would give Congress time to study and act on President Truman's economic program.
Washington AP reports Foreign Aid Chief Paul G. Hoffman extended for 60 days the policy allowing American merchant ships to carry at least half of Marshall plan cargoes. The move delays the ECA order set to limit guaranteeing private shipping 50 percent of recovery shipments financed by American dollars until April 1.
Florida officials said the pistol death of Grenville Baker heir to an $18.5 million Wall Street fortune may have been accidental. FBI tests on the gun were requested and casts prepared to compare handprints as coroner rules described.
In Jefferson City Missouri a noon recess halted the extradition hearing of Dr Robert C Rutledge after his attorney finished the defense. Acting Gov Emery Allison set the session to resume at 1 15 pm as Laughren attacked the papers for defects in jurisdiction authentication and alignment with federal Iowa law. The case concerns Rutledge charged with first degree murder in Cedar Rapids for the Dec 14 stabbing of Byron Hartman.
Foreign Secretary Bevin indicated a softened stance on Palestine and hinted Britain may recognize Israel. He announced readiness to release Jewish refugees of military age detained in Cyprus once transportation is arranged and urged postponement of broader debate until next week.
Police say John F Rea a 22 year old New Yorker and St Louis University student was shot on the eighth floor of the Sheraton hotel in a death linked to a quarrel earlier with Carlo Diliberto 43. Diliberto was detained as a suspect after the elevator confrontation and phone remonstration. Witnesses at a party on the eighth floor declined to discuss details.
Pope Pius XII lauded the United States for its part in the European recovery program during a brief address in Vatican City. He praised 62 American members of the Italian European recovery staff and their spouses and urged them to keep in mind the ultimate aim of reconstruction linking physical aid to spiritual life.
Rescue forces searched the Atlantic after the British South American Airways Tudor Ariel vanished on a 1000 mile Bermuda Kingston Jamaica flight. It was due at 12:07 pm, last heard at 7:37 am, with 12 passengers and a seven member crew aboard.
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