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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1942

Page

6

Murder verdict in Broadway with Winchell case shocks city

Madeline Webb Eli Shonbrun and John D Cullen found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of Susie Reich. Jury mercy for Webb while Shonbrun and Cullen face death in the electric chair. Controversy over press and justice sparked by letters critiquing Winchell.

Madeline Webb Eli Shonbrun John D Cullen Susie Flora Reich Miss Webb Shonbrun Cullen

Defendants in Reich Murder Case Sentenced Friday

The Reich murder trial ends with three defendants facing death for the crime. A juried clemency recommendation for the woman may be considered by the court, though it is not mandatory.

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World Federation After War Urged By Dr Burgstahler

Dr Herbert J Burgstahler president of Ohio Wesleyan University urged that after the UN subdues coercion nations yield sovereignty to a world federation. He proposed international conferences to foster understanding and move toward a universal brotherhood over decades.

Burgstahler Buffalo N. Y Herbert J. Burgstahler Ohio Wesleyan University United Nations Cornell College Mt. Vernon Burestahler

Evening Theatre Showings and Film Schedule

The Gazette lists today’s cinema times from Iowa Paramount Palace Rialto State and other venues. Feature films include The Wife Takes a Flyer Reap the Wild Wind Jungle Book Louisiana Purchase and All That Money Can Buy with multiple showings across each theater.

Gazette Iowa Trinidad Paramount

Hollywood Stars Crowd Headlines In Paris and Hollywood

Twentieth Century Fox bought Jan Henrik Marsmans I Escaped from Hongkong for book form to be published by Reynolds and Hitchcock. Col Darryl Zanuck will arrange casting upon return from overseas. Howard Hughes buildup for The Outlaw looms with Jane Russell and Jack Beutel. Hughes rejects offers totaling over 90 000. Louisville ranks twenty fourth in U S population at 318713.

Ollywood INS Twentieth Century-Fox Jan Henrik Marsman Hongkong Marsman Philippines Aftaw Atareeman Ratirnad United States Roosevelt Reynolds and Hitchcock Darryl Zanuck Washington Howard Hughes Hughes Jane Russell Jack Beutel Howard Jean Harlow Hell's Angels Howard Hawks Air Force Warners

Supervisors to Hear Plea for New Road District on July 7

Nine Jackson township property owners petitioned Linn county for a road district. A 2.5 mile dirt road near Coggon is requested as No. B1 on the three year program. Public hearing set for 2 p.m. July 7 at the courthouse after the engineer's report and plat were approved.

Jackson Township Linn County Board of Supervisors Court House Coggon Hermond Madery Roy Chismore Alma Beebe Paul Kremer Frank Edgerly

Anderson urges scrap rubber mats from offices

Rep. Anderson of California quipped to congressmen that rubber mats under spittoons should be turned in for scrap rubber during the campaign. He joked that if members cannot spit straight without a mat, they should get a bigger bucket.

Washington Rep Anderson Calif House

Romeo 86 Sobs On Court Romance With Davis

An 86 year old farmer N Campbell Klepser testified in district court about his romance with E Gladys Care ter Frost Davis 48. His son Fred W Klepser seeks to recover more than 5500 alleged gifts to Mrs Davis. Klepser described meeting in 1940 and a 1940 apartment purchase placed in both names.

Omaha N. Campbell Klepser E. Gladys Careter Frost Davis Gladys Klepser Fred W. Klepser

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