Slaying of U S Envoy Told by Tibetans
The State Department reported that American Vice-Consul Douglas S. MacKiernan was killed by Tibetan border guards while attempting to escape Communist held northwest China across the Himalayas. The April 13 incident involved his camel, an apparently mistaken patrol, and an accidental shooting. Tibetan authorities apologized. two natives in the caravan were killed and one wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Douglas S. MacKiernan
China
Himalaya
MacKiernan
Thasa
Adio
State Department
New Delhi
Miner who defied Lewis calls for stronger Taft Hartley law
Lloyd H. Sidener, a former United Mine Workers local member from Canton, Ohio, who lost his job and home after defying John L. Lewis, urged Senator Taft to strengthen the Taft Hartley Act to shield workers from labor leaders. Sidener credited the law with enabling him to "strike back" and said workers should study its protections, especially in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami, Fla
United Mine Works
John L. Lewis
Lloyd H. Sidener
Canton
Robert Taft
Ohio
Lewis
United Electric Coal Co
Illinois
Injury of Elgin Man Investigated
Elgin authorities investigated the serious injury of Melvin Boleyn a 35 year old man found battered and bleeding on an east side lawn about 1 am Saturday He lay unconscious and suffered a possible concussion He was taken first to Postville hospital and later transferred to Des Moines Veterans Hospital Town Marshal Walter Kohls led the inquiry and sought to determine if assault or a hit and run caused the injuries
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Elgin
East Side
Melvin Boleyn
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Boleyn
Walter Kohls
Postville Hospital
Kohls
Willkie engagement announced in Minnesota
Philip H. Willkie son of the late Wendell H. Willkie and Rosalie Heffelfinger of Wayzata are engaged. The couple were announce by her parents Mr and Mrs F Peavey Heffelfinger. No wedding date given. Heffelfinger mother is a Minnesota Republican national committeewoman. Rosalie is a 1950 Smith College graduate and met Willkie at a GOP box lunch in Washington last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayzata, Minn
Philip H. Willkie
Wendell H. Willkie
Rosalie Heffelfinger
Wayzata
Miss Heffelfinger
F. Peavey Heffelfinger
Minnesota
Smith College
Young Willkie
G.O.P. National Committee
Washington
Three Year Old Cedar Rapids Boy Is 41st Polio Patient
Three year old Carl L Thoresen Jr of 1400 Center Point Road NE Cedar Rapids became the citys 41st polio patient. He was admitted to Mercy hospital at 3 25 p m Saturday and was reported in good condition Saturday night. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Carl L Thoresen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl L. Thoresen, Jr
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Carl L. Thoresen
Don DeFore Finds Work and Normal Life in Hollywood
Don DeFore, after early major film roles, settles into steady work and a normal Cedar Rapids–Hollywood life. He plans to return to the West Coast soon, hopes to act in a Claudia stage production, and foresees occasional projects with Florida producers while maintaining a family, church, and neighborly routine in Chicago and Cedar Rapids connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolds
John Deere Company
West
Don
Chicago
California
Marion Holmes
Art Kassel Orchestra
Cedar Rapids City Briefs and Local Notices
City Briefs cover Maine lodge meeting at 838 First Avenue NE and a Saturday grass fire at 117 First Street SW. Notices include a Rotary Club luncheon program at the Roosevelt hotel and a National Oats picnic on August 3 at Daniels Park. Also items on polio insurance, car accidents involving Levi Neuenswander and Pazour, a West Point cadet on air, a Memorial drive report, and Dodd facing three traffic charges with details of the July 21 accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Street SW
Central Fire
First Street
James Cook
West Point
Cedar Rapids
New York
Cook
Mutual
Bevin Chided for Having Non Socialized Surgery
London AP reports Britain’s Socialist doctors scold Foreign Secretary Bevin for not having his operations under the socialized medicine scheme. The Socialist Medical Association journal Medicine Today and Tomorrow notes Bevin is not the only prominent Labor figure to seek care outside the national health service.
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Bevin
London
Britain
National Health Service
Socialist Medical Association
Medicine Today
Thanks From Camp Good Health Manager Pleune
A. T. Pleune thanks donors and campers for raising Camp Good Health’s budget and invites all visitors to view how funds are used. He notes volunteers and children helped raise funds, assures generous response exceeded targets, and reiterates that visitors are welcome beyond visiting day Sundays to see how money is spent.
Gillette Blames Price Rises on Unfair Food Profiteering
CHICAGO AP The chairman of a senate agriculture subcommittee, Sen. Gillette, says some business elements are driving sharp food price rises amid Korea fighting. He urges public reports of flagrant hikes and warns that voluntary controls may yield to government price controls and rationing if not stopped. He notes farmer revenue has not increased.
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Gillette
Chicago
Senate
Sen. Gillette
D-Ia
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
WGN
Korea
Windows Smashed at Soviet Embassy in London
AP reports radical demonstrators smashed several windows of the Soviet embassy in Kensington Palace Gardens as about 150 gathered outside. Bricks were thrown after a brief deputation argued with officials, and police later had demonstrators pick up scattered leaflets.
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London
British Press Association
Kensington Palace Gardens
Williamsburg Man Waives Hearing on Rape Charge
John F. McCune Jr. 24 of Williamsburg waived to the grand jury on a rape charge after arraignment in justice court. He posted $7,000 bail. The charge stems from a Millersburg girl's mother filing the complaint. In the same court session, Gearold Trimble was fined $50 plus costs for reckless driving, while Robert Willeps and Richard Burck were fined $15 plus costs for beer on a public highway.
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Marengo
John F. McCune, Jr
Williamsburg
Justice Court
Millersburg
Cedar Rapids
Gearold Trimble
Robert Willeps
Richard Burck
Espionage Charge Tied to Brothman Firm in Elmhurst Lab
Federal court proceedings seek up to 5000 dollars in fines or five years imprisonment or both for spies. Brothman employed Gold at A Brothman Associates Inc in Elmhurst L I New York until June 1948. The FBI cites a Soviet espionage network led by Semenov and notes Gold reported a Russian official compared Brothman’s work for the Soviet Union to one or two brigades.
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Brothman
A. Brothman Associates, Inc
Elmhurst
Hoover
Semenov
Gold
Soviet Union
Two Motorists May Face Traffic Charges
Clifton B. Reynolds and John Bartosh were jailed after Saturday night stops on Fifth Street SE and near Bartosh’s home. Both men, ages 33 and 49, were held for possible driving charges with liquor involved after sobriety tests at police headquarters. Bartosh’s arrest followed a complaint by his wife of an earlier assault.
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Clifton B. Reynolds
Twenty-first Avenue
John Bartosh
Fourth Street
Bartosh
Reynolds
Fifth Street
Eighth
Tenth Avenues
Driver Injured In Crash With Parked Car On B Avenue
Bernard C. Brown of 1514 B avenue NW sustained a gash to his forehead Saturday around 9 p.m. when his car struck a parked vehicle in the 900 block of B avenue NW. He was treated at Mercy hospital and released. The other car belonged to Francis Machan of 906 B avenue NW. Police charged Brown with failing to have his car under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard C. Brown
B Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Francis Machan
Brown
Bank Robbery in Kenova: $25,000 Loot Recovered Quickly
Two masked bandits robbed the First National bank in Kenova of about $25,000 at 11:40 a.m. Saturday. Within 15 minutes Huntington police had two men in custody near the city limits and authorities reported the money recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
First National Bank
Kenova
Lyle Stanley Arrested On Complaint by Wife
Lyle J. Stanley, 38, of 511 K Avenue NW was arrested at his home about 5 25 p m for drunkenness and disturbing the peace after his wife signed an information against him. Police reported he threw furniture glassware and dishes around the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle J. Stanley
K Avenue NW
Iowa air cadet killed in Texas trainer crash
WACO Texas UP 1st Lt Donald Peters 31 Bettendorf Iowa a cadet at Connally air force base was killed Saturday near Dublin Texas when his T 6 trainer crashed and burned Aged 31 Peters from Bettendorf Iowa a cadet stationed at Connally Air Force Base died in the crash near Dublin Texas Saturday.
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Iowa
Waco
Texas
Donald Peters
Bettendorf
Connally Air Force Base
Dublin
Davenport 90 year old man killed by freight train
Davenport police said Alex Dunn aged 90 lay down on railroad tracks in front of a Rock Island freight train on Saturday and was killed. Witnesses told officers he deliberately placed himself on the tracks.
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Davenport
Alex Dunn
Rock Island
Deaths Henry Eckstein 72 Cedar Rapids resident
Henry Eckstein 72 of 1914 Williams boulevard SW Cedar Rapids died Saturday at 10 30 am after a long illness Born in Boone he moved from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids 20 years ago He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 764 Waterloo Surviving Lenora his wife a daughter Catherine of Cedar Rapids and a brother George of Boone Services set for Tuesday at 2 pm at Schroeder funeral home Boone Body at Barta Hesser chapel with calling after 4 pm Sunday until Monday morning no flowers
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Henry Eckstein
Williams Boulevard
Boone
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Order of Eagles
Aerie
Lenora
Catherine
George
Schroeder
Funeral Services For Mrs William Burns At Immaculate Conception
Funeral services for Mrs William Burns of 701 Eighteenth Street SE will be held Monday at 8 a.m. at Immaculate Conception church. She died Thursday. Burial will be at Woodlawn cemetery in Oelwein. Friends may call at Mona han funeral home. Rosaries will be recited Sunday afternoon and evening by church circles and the rector.
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William Burns
Eighteenth Street SE
Immaculate Conception Church
J. M. Molloy
Woodlawn Cemetery
Oelwein
Monahan
St. Rose Circle
St. Margaret Circle
Msgr. Molloy
Services for Mrs Bohdan Trefny on Monday at Janeba Funeral Home
Mrs Bohdan Trefny formerly of 230 Sixteenth Avenue SW died at Walker Friday. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Janeba Funeral Home conducted by Rev Zdenek Pauk. Burial will be in Bohemian National Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
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Bohdan Trefny
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Walker
Janeba
Zdenek Pauk
Bohemian National Cemetery
Funeral services for Harriet Campbell to be held Tuesday
Funeral services for Harriet E Campbell of 1429 Fifth avenue SE are set for Tuesday at 1 30 p m in Turner chapel with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 1 p m Sunday.
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Harriet E. Campbell
Fifth Avenue SE
Turner Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services for Donald Youtzy set Monday in Kenwood church
Funeral services for Donald Raymond Youtzy, who died Saturday morning, are planned for 2 p.m. Monday at Kenwood Methodist Church conducted by Rev. J. Arthur Young. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at Rohn Chapel after 4 p.m. Sunday.
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Donald Raymond Youtzy
Kenwood Methodist Church
J. Arthur Young
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Rohn
Mrs Alma Hartman Dies After Illness in Rockford Hospital
Alma Hartman 45 formerly of Cedar Rapids died at 1 30 a m Saturday in a Rockford hospital after a period of illness. She is survived by her father John Taylor Cedar Rapids three brothers James John Lynn all in Chicago Valero Calif and two sisters Madge Kleineck Rockford and Mrs Paul Myers Cedar Rapids Services set for 2 p m
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Alma Hartman
Cedar Rapids
Rockford
John Taylor
James
John
Chicago
Lynn
Valero
Calif
Madge Kleineck
Paul Myers
Funeral arrangements and calling hours announced
Friends may call Sunday after 4 p.m. at the Beatty. The family requests no flowers. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatty
Burjaj
Oak Hill Cemetery
Korea frontline battle tests U N forces at Kochang and Hadong
United Press reports heavy fighting south of Koryo as North Korean units move along roads southeast of Kochang and southwest of Taegu. MacArthur describes spectacular air strikes by Brit and American carriers on the Hadong area, with dozens of targets hit and villages burned. Front-line cavalry recon teams are isolated behind a Communist roadblock near Kochang, prompting renewed American rescues. General Walker warns the war has reached its crisis stage but expresses confidence in holding until reinforcements arrive for a counter offensive.
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Associated Press
Pusan
Yongdong-Hwanggan
Hwanggan
Maddox
United Press
Peter Kalische
Kochang
Taegu
U. S
8Th Army
Mace
MacArthur
Hadong
U.S .4 Cavalry Division
Korch
Chirye
Kumchon
First Cavalry
Pelea
Walker
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South Korea
North Korea
Tsushima
DeFore
Susan
Hollywood
Sinclair Memorial Church
Footlighters
Claudia
Joan Caulfield
la Jolla Playhouse
West Coast
Las Palmas
Fifth Avenue
High Seas
Irma
Lizabeth Scott
Dean Jagger
Wallis
Charlton Heston
Marjorie Rey
Paramount
Florida
Diana Lynn
Wallis Pictures
Darrell Horsfall
Steve Darrell
Gregory Pecks
Peck
Richard Widmark
Widmark
Robert Mitchums
Mandeville Canyon
Mitchum
Boy Scouts
Scout
John Lindsay
Anthony Caruso
Pasadena Playhouse
Maine Lodge
0.C.F
First Avenue
City Cab
Daniels Park
Blue Cross
Guaranty
Adv
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Polio Insurance
Ray Moore Agency
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Neuvenswander- Klein
Levi Neuenswander
Mt. Vernon
Tenth Street
James Klein, Jr
First Avenue E
Aldridge Agency
Pailthorpe
Merchants National Bank
Pazour
Charles Pazour
C Street
Albert Burgert
Burgert
Nineteenth
Twenty-second Avenues
Rapids Chevrolet Company
James V. Novak & Son
Jay W. Hesser
Barta- Hesser’s
Jay W. Hesser, Jay W. Hesser, Jr
Barta
Hesser
8Th St
Funeral Directors Dial
Lapes
Florist
3Rd Ave
Camp Good Health
A. T. Pleune
FBI
Moskowitz
Manhattan
New York City
Dewitt Clinton High School
Columbia University
Sunnyside
Long Island
Abraham Brothman
Miriam Moskowitz
Lyle Stanley
Omuk
Betz Monuments
Mrs. Burns Services
Trefny Services
Campbell Rites
Donald Youtzy Rites
Iowa Memorial Company
Third Avenue
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Mer
Walter Krebs
John B.turner & Son
S.E
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