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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1947
Page
2
Washington AP reports a pact signed by John L. Lewis and most bituminous operators averts a nationwide soft coal strike. The accord raises pay, shortens the work day, and sets welfare fund terms through July 1, 1948. Southern and some Western operators have yet to sign.
Eight cars of Clyde Beatty’s 15 car circus train derailed near Hubbard Nebraska killing John C. Fisher 40 of Lewistown PA and injuring at least six. The accident disrupted plans for Norfolk and Fremont shows with 350 on board. Circus officials estimated damage at least 100000. The train carried tigers lions and elephants and did not release the animals.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa corn benefited from good July weather with most acreage cultivated once, averages 10 to 14 days late, weed growth reduced, soybeans largely planted, oats headed, flax progressing, and wheat near ready to combine in about 10 days. Less than 1 percent of corn laid by July 5, versus 52 percent a year earlier.
Des Moines Iowa AP The state board of control announced the appointment of Dr Robert C Kammerer 36 of Atchison Kansas as a six thousand dollar a year full time director of psychological services He will begin his duties at Iowa City and will handle mental health matters in state institutions while serving as a consultant to the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station Kammerer fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr Harold Skeels last year He is a native of Illinois a graduate of Illinois and Indiana universities and has worked for the Chicago juvenile court system and the Indianapolis school system He currently directs the Kansas Receiving Home for Children and is an extension lecturer for Kansas University.
Winchester Illinois sheriff Randall Killebrew faced a full county jail when a standing room only crowd filled the facility. He arranged to detain one prisoner at a local hotel with a deputy assigned to guard him.
Des Moines AP reports Mayor John MacVicar spoke by long distance from a moving car at 42 mph near the airport about parking meters. Finance Commissioner Burgus said the call came in normally and described the portable mobile radio system demonstration with Northwestern Bell.
European nations in the Soviet sphere appealed to Moscow for permission to attend the Paris Marshall Plan conference. Hungary and Poland already asked. Bulgaria and Yugoslavia had not yet acted. Romania awaits Polish Hungarian results. Prague's invitation boosts participation concerns among others.
The Romanian foreign office rejected a Moscow broadcast that Romania would boycott the Marshall plan conference. A Romanian spokesman said no decision had been taken on the Anglo French invitation. Soviet radio said Yugoslavia and Poland refused to attend.
The Austrian cabinet on Tuesday accepted an invitation to participate in the European reconstruction conference, signaling Vienna's engagement in postwar economic and political planning. The move aligns Austria with broader European efforts toward recovery and stability, reported by AP.
British Foreign Secretary Bevin on Tuesday indicated the door remained open to Russia joining in implementing the Marshall plan. He stressed the program is purely economic and that religious or ideological prejudices must be ruled out of discussions.
A four year old brown dog named Trixie died under unexplained circumstances after a pre-dawn encounter with a mysterious creature leaving four and a half inch footprints in an alley behind F avenue NE. The dog's owner, Mrs. John Elsbury, reported the death and investigators found the footprint evidence inconclusive amid neighborhood doubt.
Washington reports a severe freight car shortage by late summer the busiest since records began. The Commerce Department says car in operation fell by 24 000 since January 1 and producers expect only 7000 new units in July against a 10 000 goal due to a steel shortage.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko led a sharp briefing denying Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia bore primary blame for Balkan disorders. He urged the U N Security Council to reverse the commission's conclusions and to order foreign troops out of Greece. He accused Western delegates of distorting data to push anti Greece measures.
The United Nations Security Council voted 9 to 0 in favor of an American blueprint for arms reduction discussions. Russia abstained along with Poland and warned it would not be bound by the plan, seeking linkage to an atomic weapons ban.
At a U N atomic energy commission session a majority backed destroying all existing atomic weapons. Gromyko led a bloc with Britain Canada Australia China and Brazil supporting destruction while the United States held a cautious position on disposal and peaceful use of nuclear fuel.
The American League rallied for a 2-1 win before 41,123 at Wrigley Field. Dimaggio and Bouredau produced the early hits as the AL bullpen and pinch hitters aided the comeback, while Williams and Gordon sparked key plays in the field.
Bayneera Jean Freeland reported three purple flying discs hovering over Garfield school on Cedar Rapids northeast. The three discs, described as big as life with large faces and mouths, spoke a word “Kookarookaroo” and ate rocks tossed by the girl. They moved toward Maplewood drive near Collins Radio Company.
A caller reports seeing flying saucers near Third Avenue and Third Street in Cedar Rapids. The craft allegedly carried cups, described with dramatic flair by the informant.
The House passed a revised income tax reduction totaling four billion dollars annually by a 302 to 112 vote. Sixty-nine Democrats joined 233 Republicans in support. two Republicans, 109 Democrats, and one minor party member opposed. The bill moves to the Senate with expectations of a Senate vote by Friday or Saturday and a veto fight with President Truman possible.
Eugene Dennis, general secretary of the United States Communist Party, was sentenced by Federal District Judge David A. Pine to one year in jail and fined $1,000 for contempt of Congress. Dennis may remain free on $10,000 bond pending a ruling by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
John L. Lewis warned Taft cannot win the presidency if he secures the Republican nomination in 1948. Lewis asserted Taft would lose Ohio, his home state, even if he wins the GOP nomination.
Roanoke reports Kyle Walker a toy manufacturer says the mysterious flying saucers seen nationwide are a new type of flying toy produced at his plant. The claim specifies a domestic toy origin to explain the observed UFO sightings.
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