Crime Orgy By Couple Revealed In Michigan Case
Byron Center Michigan AP police unearthed the bodies of a widow and her child from a basement grave. Martha Beck 29 confessed aiding murder in a lonely hearts racket with Raymond Martinez Fernandez 34. They allegedly murdered victims in several states, fled to Albany and Astoria, and used fake marriages to defraud widows while planning to move on with the child.
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Byron Center
Mich
Roger C McMahon
Martha Beck
Albany
Delphine Downing
Rainelle
Beck
Raymond Martinez Fernandez
Downing
Lonely Hearts” Club
Fernandez
Correspondence Club
Laureldale
Chicago
Janet Faye
McMahon
Mrs. Downing
Television To Be Available In Iowa in '50
J H Wilson of Northwestern Bell predicts network television will reach Des Moines in 1950 based on AT&T plans. He cites tower sites along a Chicago to Des Moines relay route via Princeton Iowa and cites Davenport and Des Moines buildings as receivers. The system uses micro waves for long distance links and will switch to the Des Moines Minneapolis coaxial cable once ready.
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Iowa
Des Moines
INS
J. H. Wilson
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Wilson
Chicago
Princeton
Davenport
London
Morse
Oxford
Chelsea
Gilman, Collins and Enterprise
Telephone
Des Moines-Minneapolis
Associated Press
Washington
Dilowa Hutukhtu
Asia
Owen Lattimore
Page School
Johns Hopkins University
Nanking
Page
Dilowa
Nine Aboard C 47 Missing in Texas
The Air Force seeks a missing C 47 in west Texas after a Monday takeoff from Biggs Field El Paso. Nine persons were believed aboard the plane which was to land at Kelly Air Base at 10 06 a.m. local time.
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San Antonio
Air Force
West Texas
Biggs Field
el Paso
Kelly Air Base
Five Convicted in Munich Spy Trial
A United States military commission in Munich on Tuesday convicted five Europeans of espionage and sentenced them to prison terms from 12 to 30 years. The defendants included three Germans and two Poles convicted of conveying information to a foreign power.
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Munich
United States
Waterloo Boy Held For Manslaughter
Fifteen year old Carl Brigson of Waterloo is charged with manslaughter in the death of 14 year old Joe Williams. Brigson was arraigned and held in county jail in default of a 2000 bond as district officials prepare to present the case to the grand jury next week. Williams died from a .32 caliber revolver shot at the Williams home while the boys played with the gun.
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Waterloo
Carl Brigson
Joe Williams
Black Hawk County
Blair Wood
Brigson
Wood
Williams
Linn Health Group To Meet Thursday
The Linn County Citizens Health committee of 54 members will meet Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce to hear a report from the U S Public Health Service survey team led by Dr. Harold Graning. The group will review how an integrated county health setup functions and its projected costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Citizens’ Health Committee
U S U Students Win Board Action End Their Strike
At Upper Iowa University the board Will meet Sunday to hear a student committee demanding action. The protest over Coach Joe Fortunato’s release ends as students return to classes Wednesday after a two day rebellion involving most of the 460 students.
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U.S.U
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Joe Fortunato
Vivian T. Smith
St. Louis
Methodist College
Melvin Miller
W. C Mongold
Disbarment Move Is Taken Against W R Watsabaugh
Accusations aim to suspend Walter R. Watsabaugh Cedar Rapids lawyer after judges G K Thompson and Floyd Philbrick signed an order directing M W O Rieley and W C Shuttleworth to draft the accusation papers. Watsabaugh is charged with embezzling 900 dollars from a client after a settlement two years ago and has waived to the grand jury.
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Walter R. Watsabaugh
Cedar Rapids
Watsabaugh
O'Rieley
Bar Association
Association
O’rieley
Shuttleworth
Edgar L. King
Earl J. North
J. A. Wessler
Warren Ackley
Linn County
Widow of Eduard Benes Wounded in Assassination Attempt
Refugees report the widow of Eduard Benes former Czechoslovak president was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt last week. She is in danger of losing her eyesight according to observers.
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Munich
INS
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Five Hungarians Withdraw Confessions in Mindszenty Trial
In Budapest five of the 14 men on trial for alleged card inal Mindszenty black market dealings withdrew their pre trial confessions claiming police intimidation.
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Budapest
Cardinal Mindszenty
Proposal in Legislature is Accepted
In Idaho's House Rep. Edwin Snow proposed to Rep. Edith Miller after a fellow member announced his marriage. Miller accepted on a personal privilege, though both admit potential policy clashes over issues like slot machines. The pair plan to discuss marriage and political differences.
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Boise
Edwin Snow
Adams
Idaho House of Representatives
Ada
Edith Miller
Snow
Miss Miller
Walter Averill
Cupid
House panel approves 1500 tax enforcers in budget plan
The House Appropriations Committee approved funds for 1500 internal revenue enforcement workers, arguing 7,000 would yield diminishing returns. The panel trimmed requests, set a total treasury and post office budget, and backed 220.5 million for the Internal Revenue Service while noting the need to ensure taxpayers are not unfairly penalized by staff shortages.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Postal
House
Senate
Don Barnes 73 prominent Cedar Rapids attorney dies in Palm Springs
Don Barnes senior partner of Barnes Wadsworth Elderkin and Locher died in his sleep at Palm Springs California after a two week hospitalization a heart ailment ended his long career. He was a leading Cedar Rapids lawyer who helped reorganize the Amana colonies into a corporate form and worked on liquidation cases for Cedar Rapids National Bank and Collins Farm Company. His son Donald P Barnes was en route home to Cedar Rapids when informed of the death.
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Don Barnes
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Palm Springs
Calif
Brownsville
Texas
Barnes
California
Barnes, Wadsworth, Elderkin and Locher
Donald P. Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Amana
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Collins Farm Company
United Light
Progress Slow in Red Cross Drive Despite Donations
A total of $7,751.59, or 16 per cent of the 1949 quota, has been collected in the Cedar Rapids Red Cross drive, which ends Saturday with a $50,000 goal. Division leaders include Gordon Hughes public employes, and James W. Ensign division captains. An audit released by the Cedar Rapids chapter lists volunteers. nationwide drive begins with a $60.6 million target led by E Roland Harriman.
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Cedar Rapids News
Red Cross
Treasury
John Beck
Drive
Gordon Hughes
Hughes
R. E. Norman
James Smith
William McLaughlin
Clyde Parker
Sgt
J. E. Clapp
Atate
R. E. Beall
James W. Ensign
William P. Bell
Robert Martin
Ralph Sanders
Henry V. Jambor, Jr
Ed Haase
Kenneth L. Warboy
Mercantile
Transportation Division
Cedar Rapids
National Association of Cost Accountants
F. J. McCarthy
R. C. Pierce
Joseph Holec
L. M. Schoon
C. A. Ewall
A. C. Redal
W. C. Bernstorf
J. M. Roberts
H. H. Wright
McCarthy
Bruce E. Se Sam Co. W. Mossman
John Nagel
C. W. Reinert
Robert J. Connor
M. C. Nelson
American Red Cross Fund
E. Roland Harriman
New York Ibanker and Railway Five
Lucas Aims To Cut Off Filibuster
Senator Lucas urges Republican support to limit Senate debate under a proposed two thirds vote. Connally defends the chamber as the last great forum of debate and opposes the rule change, while Taft and others discuss their stance ahead of a policy committee meeting.
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Lucas
Washington
Inl
Senate
Sen
Connally
Texas
Truman
Barkley
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Sen. Wherry
R- Pee
Vandenberg
Taft
Ohio
Alternating Temperatures Forecast For Iowa This Week
Cedar Rapids reports a 3 above low as warmer air moves in Tuesday with light rain or snow expected with the warmer readings. A new pattern of alternating warm and cold days is seen for Iowans, likely reducing flood threat as a low pressure storm from the Rockies brings precipitation evening into Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Gazette columnist covers Iowa state girls basketball finals
Gus Schrader, assistant sports editor of The Gazette, reports from Des Moines on the state high school basketball finals. He focuses on eastern Iowa entries Walder, Keswick, and McGregor, delivering full coverage for Gazette readers.
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Gus Schrader
The
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Waler
Keswick
McGregor
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