Reds Urged By West to End Boycott
Britain and France sent notes to Russia urging an end to the Soviet boycott of the Marshall Plan. Foreign Secretary Bevin, speaking in London at an Independence Day dinner, warned Russia not to provoke the Western world while European nations consider a Paris conference on a unified economy with American funding. Bevin also expressed goodwill toward the Russian people.
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Woman speed mark holder dies in airshow crash
Decorah Iowa July 4 1948 world record holder Marge Hurlburt 32 a former WASP and school teacher died when her AT 6 crashed during a Fourth of July airshow at Decorah airport after looping. She held the women’s speed mark of 337 mph set in Tampa Florida last March and won the Halle trophy at Cleveland National Air Races last year. She had been performing with the Flying Tigers circus and had 2000 flying hours.
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Marge Hurlburt
Pam
De“estigeese Corah
Miss Hurlburt
Florida
Flying Tigers Aerial Circus
Iowa
Flying Tigers
Battle Creek
Mich
Painesville
Associated Press
Stairway Gone Leaves Family Trapped on Second Floor
Chicago report details Marie Page, 40, and five children ages from one month to five years, kept indoors after a landlord removed the second floor stairs for safety. The family relies on neighbors for groceries, hoisting food up via rope and basket as their only passage remains blocked.
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Marie Page
Plane Wreck Sighted No Survivors Found
WEST PALM BEACH INS The navy cargo vessel Orion discovered the wreckage of a missing army C 54 in the Atlantic Saturday but reported no trace of survivors. Six crewmen were aboard the plane on a Bermuda to West Palm Beach flight. Army planes searched a wide sea area 300 miles northeast of Palm Beach.
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No, a Bazooka's Not Same Thing As a Telescope
Chicago scene reports radio announcer Hugh Downs calmly explains his homemade six foot telescope to a police officer who mistook it for a bazooka. The officer warned about firing on the boat but accepts Downs's moon study after learning about craters and astronomy.
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Sentence of Nazi Chiefs Commuted in Italy
RCME AP reports British high command in Italy commuted death sentences for three German commanders to life imprisonment. Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, Col. Gen. Eberhard von Mackensen, and Lt. Gen. Kurt Maeltzer were convicted for responsibility in the Ardeatine caves massacre near Rome. Maeltzer and Mackensen were jailed after a Rome trial on November 30.
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Rains Cut Short Legion's Fourth of July Program
A crowd of about 14 000 filled Hawkeye Downs for Hanford Post's Fourth of July celebration in Cedar Rapids but rain cut the program after 9 p.m. Only a third of numbers performed before showers intensified. The Sokol group and fireworks proceeded briefly before conditions worsened. Festival winners included Herbert Wise, Marshall White, Gloria Justis, Norman Bakehouse, Rose Marie Jun, June Schmidt, Lynn Ford, Lenore Sander, Betsy Henderson and others in various musical and baton categories.
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Saucer Reports Feed Jitters Across United States
Reports of flying saucers seen across Pennsylvania New Jersey Georgia Idaho and other states spurred experts to call the chatter a jolt of mass nerves. Scientists offered explanations from pure imagination to eye strain while a Coast Guardsman photographed a tiny speck from 10 000 feet. Authorities noted saucer observations nationwide and psychiatrists predicted the public mood would normalize as Orson Welles past scare resurfaced.
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C. R. Bat‘tey
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Valhalla
N. J
Orson Wells
Mars
Jersey
Man Arrested After Beating Woman Over Engagement Claim
Washington police arrested George Munson after he struck Lillian Barrett and allegedly explained he beat her to discover if they were still engaged. The incident underscores a domestic dispute cited by authorities.
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Girl 8 Rescues Tot from Drowning in Sewer Hole
Martha Irene Stiles eight risked her safety as cries for help rang out and grabbed the hair of two year old Linda Ann Bernard, a sewer hole victim, keeping her above water until help arrived. Linda Ann Bernard revived after fifteen minutes of artificial respiration by her father as bystanders watched.
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Linda Ann Bernard
July corn tops record at $2.13 a bushel in Chicago
July corn rose to an all time high of $2.13 a bushel in Chicago on Saturday as short covering met light offerings in the July contract. Unfavorable weather across parts of the corn belt and a private forecast predicting a crop about 606 million bushels below last year supported the rally.
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Chicago
Boardwalk collapses injure 28 in Wildwood display
In Wildwood New Jersey a boardwalk gave way during July 4 fireworks sending hundreds plummeting onto the sand. Police rescued 40 injured with 28 requiring hospital treatment and at least two listed as seriously hurt.
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No-accident Fourth in Cedar Rapids for Second Day
Cedar Rapids marked a holiday with no traffic accidents on the Fourth, continuing the safety campaign started April 1. One unrelated incident was reported to the traffic bureau in the 24-hour period ending Friday midnight.
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Sokols Welcome in Cedar Rapids Delight Fans on Tour
Don Padilla notes a busy schedule and warm Cedar Rapids reception for the Czechoslovak Sokols as Dr. Antonin Hrebik explains the group’s purpose. The tour includes performances in Davenport and Hawkeye Downs, with rain ending the final show early, and a future move from Paris to Prague.
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Heavy Rains With Tornado Toll Across Iowa State
Rainfall shattered Fourth of July events from Hawkeye Downs to Lidderdale, with Cedar Rapids recording 0.44 inches and Forest City reporting 3.05 inches. A twister at Lidderdale damaged the gun club and utilities, while Storm Lake endured hail. Cedar Rapids reached 80 to 84 degrees as rivers rose, with forecasts calling for more thundershowers then clearing.
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Czechs Weigh West East Ties After Paris Move
Prague observers fear Molotov's Paris action could push Europe toward two blocs. Czechoslovakia seeks Western markets and credits while maintaining cordial east west links. A Slav alliance network with Poland and others grows amid balancing acts.
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Vesely Fined in Traffic Charge After Three Collisions
Donald Vesely aged 21 of 1399 Elmhurst Drive NE was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty in traffic court to leaving the scene of an accident without identifying himself. Police say he caused three Thursday night crashes on Second Avenue SW involving Ray Roudabush Del Taylor and Co N Burt. Roudabush parked at 809 Second Ave SW. Taylor’s station wagon parked at 721 was struck and pushed into Burt’s car. No damage reports filed for the three vehicles.
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Bevin thanks Americans for defeating us on July 4
Foreign Secretary Bevin, delivering a July 4 message in London, told Americans, Thank you for defeating us, which produced the wonderful United States of America. He added at a dinner meant to celebrate their victory and our defeat that you can have your Revolution and your Bunker Hill but nothing will separate us now. He did not identify who they referred to.
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Young Driver Harry Case Killed Near Kinsley
Kinsley Iowa AP report says 16 year old Harry Case died Friday when his car crashed into a bridge abutment northeast of town. He was the sole occupant of the vehicle and the incident occurred in clear weather on a rural road near the highway.
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Royal exile romance ends with wedding in Rio hotel
Former Romanian King Carol II and Magda Lupescu wed in a civil ceremony at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro as Lupescu lay gravely ill from chronic anemia. Carol, 54, knighted her Princess Helen and the marriage marks Carol’s third union amid a life of exile and political turmoil.
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Romeo Beats Juliet in Detroit Quarrel, Wife Says
Juliet St Amour 35 told police her husband Romeo 39 beat her during a Friday quarrel in Detroit. The couple has been separated for two years and Romeo was in jail Saturday.
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