Four Polio Patients Return Home in Cedar Rapids Report
Four polio patients discharged to home and one new case and a probable case were reported in Cedar Rapids, bringing 1950 total to 23. Phillip Comes, 12, and Harlan Bramwell, 24, were named cases with hospital moves noted. many other children and adults remain under treatment or listed as improved or in serious condition.
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Cedar Rapids
Phillip Comes
Leo Comes
Third Street
Iowa City
Fof Harlan Bramwell
Thirty-first Street
Communications Engineering Company
Bramwell
Mercy Hospital
Camp Good Health Fund Drive Expands Paper Collection
Health campaign in Cedar Rapids reports funds rising to 13 dollars as pupils collect old papers and magazines to benefit Camp Good Health. Mrs. Ammons appeals for a truck or car to expand pickup routes, with collection centers at 1329 K street SW and donors urged to mail contributions to The Gazette Cedar Rapids. The camp on Mt. Vernon road offers full medical supervision a trained nurse and a small ward for short term care with visiting hours today 3 to 5 pm.
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Paul Ammons
van Buren
Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
Mt. Vernon Road
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Two Housewives Debate Timing of Last Low Mood
Two housewives waiting at the grocer overheard discussing the last mood shift. One says it arrived at a bad moment just when everybody was out of work.
Polio Sickness Report At Mercy Hospital
Michael Mehegan four listed as in satisfactory condition after a polio attack at Mercy hospital. Teresa Meyer nineteen months old, daughter of Arthur H Meyer, reported ill and paralyzed at University hospital though no official report.
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University Hospital
Michael Mehegan
William Mehegan
Second Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Teresa Meyer
Arthur H. Meyer
Ellis Terrace
City Briefs and Club Notices Highlight Local Events
Picnic postponement announced for the Officers Club July 22. Rotary Club welcomes Piney Woods founder Lawrence Clifton Jones at noon at the Roosevelt hotel. Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club hosts Lake Macbride picnic next Sunday at 1 pm. info from Kenneth Johnson. Dows camp auxiliary to Spanish War Veterans to meet Friday for picnic supper at Bever Park. Two Cedar Rapids and Swisher youths complete marine recruit training at San Diego and advance to private first class. Davie and Hobbie named with family details.
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Rotary Club
Lawrence Clifton Jones
School For
Piney Woods
Miss
Roosevelt Hotel
Radio Club
Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club
Lake Macbride
Kenneth Johnson
Dows
Jane Delano
Bever Park
Iowa
Floyd A. Davie
Cedar Rapids
Robert Hobbie
Near Swisher
San Diego
Calif
Davie
Hattie Davie
C Street
Hobbie
C. W. Hobbie
Swisher
War correspondents clash over censorship in Korea
Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker authorized military censorship while Gen. MacArthur opposed formal censorship deeming sound reporting rests on reporters’ judgment. Lambert and Kalischer defend objectivity and deny aiding the enemy as controversy over reporting continues.
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MacArthur
Walton H. Walker
Korea
Lambert
Navy
Kalischer
Stalin's Son Promotes Soviet Air Force Might
Lt. Gen. Vassili Stalin, deputy commander at Tushino, praises his father's leadership and says Soviet airmen fly higher faster farther. He cites a “glorious history” and previews the Festival of Stalinist Aviation show commemorating the air force's 32nd anniversary.
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Moscow
Vassili Stalin
Tushino
Pravda
Communist Party
Izvestia
Botanists Find 700 Unique Plant Varieties on Hawaii
Botanists on the Hawaiian Islands report nearly 700 plant varieties discovered that are found nowhere else. Researchers note high biodiversity and emphasize conservation needs amid ongoing exploration of remote habitats.
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Hawaiian Islands
Spy Probers Cite Six for Contempt
The House un American Activities Committee issued contempt citations against six witnesses after a testimony session on Red intrigue. The six are Esther M. Tice of Cincinnati Clarence Hiskey Marcel Scherer of New York Pascal Branca Elizabeth Sasaly and Bella Rodman of Washington D C.
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Washington
INS
House
U.S
House un-American Activities Committee
Congress
America
Esther M. Tice
Cincinnati
Clarence Hiskey
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Marcel Scherer
New York
Pasquale Branca
Elizabeth Sasaly
Bella Rodman
Washington, D. C
Deaths Ronald Freeman Rose Former Quaker Oats worker
Services for Ronald Freeman Rose 609 Eighteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids longtime resident and 20 year Quaker Oats employee who died after a long illness will be held at Turner chapel Monday at 1 30 p m conducted by Rev William J Cohen Jr Burial will be Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Ronald Freeman Rose
Eighteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
Turner Chapel
William J. Cohen, Jr
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Death of Michael Cullum Father of Mrs Crow
Word arrives of the death Saturday morning of Michael Cullum in a Fort Madison nursing home after a long illness. He is the father of Mrs S Doyle Crow of 625 Second Street SW.
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Michael Cullum
S. Doyle Crow
Second Street
Cullum
Fort Madison
Bats in Attic Trouble Prompted Virginia Rep Harrison Advice
Rep Burr Harrison of Virginia relayed a constituent’s bat problem to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The agency suggested waiting for bats’ nightly hunt and then slamming the attic door, keeping it closed until after it is screened.
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Washington
Burr P. Harrison
D-Va
Harrison
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Maine Lodge installs officers in Cedar Rapids meeting
In Cedar Rapids on Friday night the Maine lodge 643 1.0.0.F. installed officers during its regular meeting. Newly installed were Thomas Greene noble grand Robert Hampton vice grand Glenn Smith warden James Wood conductor A B Anderson right scene supporter John McGowan left scene supporter Henry Ellis right support to noble grand Charles Bachman left support vice grand Leo Mellick inside guardian Roy Jackman outside guardian. Installation was led by Hans Krogh special district deputy grand master and supported by Bachman Jackman Ellis Norman Smith and William Hemmer.
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Maine Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Greene
Noble Grand
Robert Hampton
Glenn Smith
James Wood
A. B. Anderson
John McGowan
Henry Ellis
Charles Bachman
Leo Mellick
Inside Guardian
Roy Jackman
Guardian
Hans Krogh
Bachman
Jackman
Ellis
Norman Smith
William Hemmer
Linda Fosdick 3 Hurt When Struck by Auto
Three year old Linda Fosdick of 520 Thirtieth Street SE was slightly injured Saturday afternoon after being struck by a car near her home. Taken to Mercy Hospital by Ambulance Service, she received bruises and head abrasions and stayed overnight for observation. Driver was Don H. Benda of 714 Knoll Street SE.
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Linda Fosdick
Thirtieth Street
Richard J. Fosdick
Mercy Hospital
Linda
Don H. Benda
Knoll Street
Reopen Ft. Jackson for Replacement Training
The Army announced Ft. Jackson in Columbia South Carolina is reopening immediately as a replacement training center. The camp has been in caretaker status and used for National Guard training in recent years.
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Washington
Army
Ft. Jackson
Columbia
S. C
Obituaries of Mrs Wayne Love and John Roberts
Mrs Wayne Love 50 died at her Oelwein home Saturday at noon. Her body is at Brant funeral home awaiting arrangements. John E Roberts 93 died in Marengo Saturday. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Hoover funeral home with burial in Odd Fellow cemetery.
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Oelwein
Wayne Loveland
Brant Funeral
Marengo —Ohn
E. Roberts
Hoover Funeral Home
Odd Fellow Cemetery
Wind and Hail Damage Reported in NE Iowa
A severe wind and hail storm struck northeastern Iowa on Saturday night. Trees were uprooted in McGregor blocking streets and cutting electricity for about two hours. Rural buildings toppled and crops damaged near Elkader West Union. A flash flood hit Farmersburg area as hail stones near Myrtle Kramer farm measured seven and a half inches in circumference.
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Iowa
McGregor
Elkader
West Union
Myrtle Kramer
Farmersburg
North Korean Crossings Crushed Near Taejon
Front line reports say new North Korean river crossings west and northwest of Taejon were crushed by American artillery and air strikes. The clash involved night guerillas in U S fatigues and civilians, with tanks knocked out and Red forces massing along roads west of Taejon.
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Taejon
Moore
U.S
South Korea
MacArthur
Associated Press
William R. Moore
Kum
West Union Boy Bee Stings Run High in Incident
West Union Allen Whitcher two year old is in Community hospital in serious condition after suffering about 300 to 400 bee stings on his grandparents farm Friday night. The boy was found in an orchard after upsetting two beehives as his parents and relatives tried to rescue him, later treated and released.
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West Union
Allen Whitcher
Marion Whitcher
Ross Whitcher
Here
Gen Evangeline Booth Shows Slight Rally in Illness
In Hartsdale New York Salvation Army founder Evangeline Booth aged 85 reportedly rallied slightly from a critical illness on Saturday. A Salvation Army spokesman said there is no hope for recovery and death could come at any time. Her condition described as complications of old age has kept her at home for over a year.
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Hartsdale
N.Y
INS
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Wallace and Progres Sides Split Over Korea
Wallace argues North Korea aggression is Soviet responsibility while criticizing U.N. China boycott. C B Baldwin says party not seeking Wallace exit though most members disagree on Korea. The Progressive party rejects blaming Russia for the war.
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C. B. Baldwin
The
Progressive Party
Wallace
Korea
Progressives
Russia
U.N
China
World Organization
Security in Japan Seems Impossible
In Tokyo dispatches the wartime security challenge in Japan during the Korean War is analyzed as nearly insurmountable. The piece cites hundreds of Russians with diplomatic access, Tass correspondents at MacArthur briefings, large sympathetic Korean populations, and public movement of troops through major cities as key vulnerabilities.
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Tokyo
INS
Japan
Tass
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Korea
Couple Killed in Train Car Crash Near Manson Iowa
A man and his wife, O. H. Moen and his wife, were killed when their car was struck at a crossing by a Rock Island train entering Manson from the south. Moen, about 70, an Inwood undertaker and former city official, and his wife, about 65, were en route to Des Moines to visit a daughter. The car was pushed about 500 feet. the train traveled roughly 12 miles per hour. Four daughters and two sons survive the couple.
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Manson, Ia
Manson
O. H. Moen
Inwood
Moen
Des Moines
Kermit Johnson
Moens
Rock Island
Gus Johnson
Gowrie
Lucille Ball Expecting Child in January
Hollywood insiders report red haired film star Lucille Ball wife of Desi Arnaz is expecting to become a mother in January. Ball was seen knitting sweaters and stockings as she supports the coming arrival.
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Hollywood
Ins
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Cedar Rapids Family Injured In Omaha Area Crash
Three Cedar Rapids residents were injured Saturday when a car sideswiped their vehicle along highway six near Omaha. Mrs. Julius Koehn 45 and her two daughters Joan 16 and Elizabeth 4 were hospitalized with chest and hip injuries plus cuts and bruises. Emmett Brumbaugh 61 of Omaha, driver of the other car, was treated and released. The Koehns were en route home from an antique show in Denver.
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Cedar Rapids
Highway Six
Omaha
Julius Koehn
Third Avenue
Koehn
Joan
Elizabeth
Emmett Brumbaugh
Carline Mars limps in on one engine 400 miles to bay
The Navy flying boat Caroline Mars, 165000 pounds with 18 aboard, landed safely in San Francisco Bay after 400 miles at sea on a single engine. Lt Cmdr A C Snyder reported trouble on a Hawaii flight with 15 crew and 3 tigers as a rescue flight escorted the craft with five air sea rescue planes from Hamilton AFB.
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Alameda Naval Air Station
Calif
Navy
San Francisco Bay
Mars
Coast Guard
Cmdr
A. C. Snyder
Hayward
Hawaii
Hamilton Air Force Base
Snyder
Tyson Seeks Iowa Young Republican Chairmanship
Robert F. Tyson of Shenandoah announced his candidacy for chairman of the Iowa Young Republican League at the state convention in Des Moines. Tyson currently chairs the Iowa Seventh district Young GOP and aims to form 99 county groups and strengthen ties with the senior party organization.
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Shenandoah
Robert F. Tyson
Iowa Young Republican League
Tyson
Iowa
Young G.O.P
Des Moines
Barge Loading Kerosene Explodes Near Albany
An oil barge loading kerosene exploded Saturday night at the Esso Standard docks on the Hudson River five miles south of Albany. The blast ignited the dock but firemen controlled the flames in about two hours with no injuries reported. One crew member aboard the barge and several Esso officials on the dock escaped.
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Albany
N. Y
Esso Standard
Hudson River
Esso
Revolutionaries Fail in Ecuador Uprising at Guayaquil Barracks
In Guayaquil a revolutionary uprising failed as a mob supporting former Government Minister Carlos Guevara Moreno attacked army barracks but was dispersed. Local authorities reported no further violence.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
INS
Carlos Guevara Moreno
Air Force pilots help in Korea clash details disputed
Reports clash over F-293 fighter capabilities and rocket use against tanks in Korea. Vandenberg counters claims of ground targeting and low altitude rocket attacks. Officers note strong Army Navy Air Force cooperation at two advanced Korean fields during the briefing.
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Vandenberg
U. S. Fichte
Air Force
Fifth Air
Korea
Truman
Army
Navy
Air
Anti Leopold Strike Widens in Walloonia
In Liege and surrounding Walloonia areas workers halted large factories and mines while trains and utilities operated slowly. Socialist protests targeted King Leopold's return, with day long strikes across eastern Walloon region showing partial effectiveness.
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Liege
Belgium
Leopold
Walloon
Lion and Verviers
Nanx
Walloonia
Baby Son of University Student Injured by Car
Two year old Jimmie Scothorn son of Ui versity of Iowa student Jon Cherokee was injured when struck by a tax cab near his barracks unit. He was kept in Mercy hospital overnight for observation with bruises. The cab driver Robert Jones 21 of Iowa City said he did not see Jimmie turning a corner near Finkbine park housing area. Parents are Mr and Mrs DeWitt Scothorn.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Jimmie Scothorn
Uiversity of
Iowa
Jon Cherokee
Bere
Mercy Hospital
Robert
B. Jones
Jimmie Ten
Finkbine Park
DeWitt Scothorn
Soviet Paper Accuses Sweden of Military Act
London reports Moscow accuses Sweden of preparing for possible moves against Russia. The Soviet Red Star says Sweden, as a traditional ally of the United States and Britain, is ordered by American imperialists to undertake preparatory military actions.
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Sweden
London
Sns
Moscow
Europe
United States
Britain
Russia
Reer
Red Star
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Richard L. Hathorne
Richard Hathorne
Twelfth Street
Blank Memorial Hospital
Richard Phillips
Howard Phillips
Park Avenue
Patty Dietz
Lyle Dietz
Fourth Avenue
St. Luke’sospital
Bert Leonard
Clarence Leonard
Sixth
Paul Larson
Richard Larson
Richard Kephart
Mary Ann Suits
Myron Suits
Dennis Blanchard
Mrs
Lawrence Blanchard
Bobbie Myers
Kenneth Myers
Nineeenth Street
Herbert Lanphere
Avenue NE
Uiversity Hospital
Marian Hall
Foureenth Street
Charles Comried
Ray Comried
E Avenue
Thomas R. Tompkins
Merle Tompkins
Eighteenth Avenue SW
Ronald Taylor
Ee Harold J. Taylor
Avenue NW
Kregg Johnson
Robert D. Johnson
Johnson Avenue NW
Kenneth Bracy
Kenneth E. Bracy
T University Hospital
Tom Baker
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Polio Insurance
Aldridge Agency
City Cab
Dial
Adv
Ray Moore Agency
Aien
Betz Monuments
Jay W. Hesser
Arta - Hesser
Jay W. Hesser, Jr
Barta
Hesser
5Th. Avenue
8Th Street
Funeral Directors Dial
Walker
U. S. Army
Paris
United Press
Stalin
Henry Shapiro
Rose Services
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Iowa Memorial Company
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Walter Krebs
Edge of
Caroline Mars
Collins
Cole
Colson Wheel
James V. Novak & Son
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John Burner
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