Hiss Appeal Rejected by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court refused to review Alger Hiss perjury conviction. Justices Reed Frankfurter and Clark disqualified themselves. Hiss remains free on bail while awaiting any further appeal, with his 1950 conviction and five year sentence intact.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Russia
State Department
Reed
Frankfurter
Clark
New York
High Court
Tanker Deal Described in Loan Probe
Former congressman Joseph F. Casey testified to a Senate subcommittee about investing 20000 in American Overseas Tanker, which bought five surplus government tankers, reconditioned them, leased to Standard Oil, and sold for 270000, with profits treated as capital gains. He noted Rosenbaum and Dudley were minor stockholders and that the venture aimed to classify profits as capital gains rather than income.
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Washington
Joseph F. Casey
Casey
Democratic House
Massachusetts
Joseph Rosenbaum
Maritime Commission
Rosenbaum
Senate Banking Subcommittee
RFC
Robert W. Dudley
American Overseas
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Cedar Rapids School Election Votes Plummet Amid Storm
Light balloting marked the Cedar Rapids school election as a weekend storm dampened turnout. By 1 30 p m only 448 residents had voted with 18 of 24 precincts reporting and officials noted voting lagging behind last year.
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Cedar Rapids
Polls Open Until 7 in School Election
Polls close at 7 o clock and voters are urged to travel from any neighborhood to the polling places. Streets are open and paths have been shoveled to doors of the polls in every precinct. Listen to KCRG 1600 for results tonight.
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Kcrg — 1600
Council Buys More Parking Land on First Ave
Cedar Rapids votes to buy two adjacent lots from Illinois Central for 40000 dollars to add offstreet parking for about 300 cars. The site near Fourth Street and Knights of Pythias hall, with a Deep Rock station lease ending April 1, will be cleared and graded asap with a public hearing set for March 29.
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Cedar Rapids News
First Avenue E
Illinois Central Railroad
Fourth Street
Knights of Pythias Hall
Edward A. Prochaska
Deep Rock
Prochaska
First Avenue
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids Air Warning Detachment Receives Alert Order
The Cedar Rapids Detachment B of the 133rd aircraft control and warning squadron gets its alert order as the Iowa Air National Guard unit prepares for active duty, likely not until next fall. Commanding officer is Capt. Elroy H. Novak. Fort Dodge detachment also serves.
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Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Fred C. Tandy
Iowa
3657Th Ordnance Company
Camp Rucker
Ala
Air Force
Club Owners Veto Chandler for Baseball Commissioner
Miami Beach AP report says A. B. Happy Chandler was rejected for a new contract as baseball commissioner by nine owners voting to keep him and seven against. His seven year term ends April 30, 1952 as the vote mirrors the earlier December 11 decision requiring twelve votes for retention.
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First Sport
Miami Beach
A. B
Chandler
Former Cedar Rapids Man Killed in Korea
The Department of Defense announced Lt. William C. Perry, a former Cedar Rapids resident who attended the University of Iowa, was killed in action in Korea. His former wife Hazel and their two children live in Cedar Rapids route 2. Perry was commissioned in 1949 after prior Army service. his home previously was Lombard.
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Cedar Rapids
Department of Defense
William C. Perry
Korea
Perry
Hazel
Route 2
University of Iowa
Infantry
Army
Lombard
Wife of Crosby Silent On Status of Marriage
Dixie Lee Crosby wife of Bing Crosby boarded a plane for a three month Europe tour and told reporters they could make their own story on her marital status.
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New York
Dixie Lee Crosby
Bing Crosby
Europe
Indictments Sought in RFC Probe
Attorney General McGrath disclosed that the government will seek perjury conspiracy and fraud indictments in the RFC investigation. Letters filed in federal court accompany the special grand jury’s work as yet unidentified individuals allegedly lied under oath and concealed material facts.
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Washington
McGrath
RFC
Federal District Court
House Committee Approves Draft Age Reduction and Longer Service
The House Armed Services Committee on Monday approved lowering the draft age to 18 years and six months and extending the service term to 26 months. Chairman Vinson stated the action was final with no objection. The panel is reviewing Vinson's revised bill proposing universal military training and other changes.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Senate J
Earle Nichols Dies Suddenly at Cedar Rapids
Earle G. Nichols 59 of 2406 Meadowbrook drive SE Cedar Rapids died Sunday at St Luke’s hospital after a heart attack Saturday He was general commercial manager for the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company with a long career in the local utility sector He was born December 26 1891 in Panora and was a graduate of Iowa State College He married Neva Kinser in 1923 and survived by his wife daughter and granddaughter Nichols held leadership roles in Kiwanis Y M C A Retail Merchants bureau and Chamber of Commerce and was a member of Masonic bodies Services will be held at Turner chapel with flowers requested to be omitted.
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Cedar Rapids
Earle G. Nichols
Meadowbrook
Deive — SE
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
St. Luke’s Hospital
Panora
Nichols
Iowa State College
Ames
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Tau Beta Pi
Phi Kappa Phi
Bagley
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Iowa State
Iowa Railway and Light Corporation
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Sidelights of One of Iowa's Biggest Snows
Iowa reports a severe late winter storm dropping 18 inches by 10 a.m. in Cedar Rapids on March 12 1938. The storm disrupted travel delaying a wedding near Storm Lake and caused widespread outages, plane sightings, and a canceled naval reserve drill.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Mona
19 Inch Snowstorm Halts Cedar Rapids City Services
Cedar Rapids declared a state of emergency as a two day snowstorm dropped over 19 inches by Monday afternoon. City crews crowded streets with plows and barricades while transportation and schools faced major disruptions.
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Cedar Rapids
C. W. Garberson
Track Pay to Costello Told
George Morton Levy Roosevelt Raceway general counsel testified before a Senate crime inquiry that he paid Frank Costello sixty thousand dollars to remove bookmakers from the track to preserve its license. Levy said Costello earned fifteen thousand dollars annually for four years ending in 1949 and did a fine job.
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New York
George Morton Levy
Roosevelt Raceway
Senate Crime Investigation Committee
Frank Costello
Levy
Costello
Gillette Says Senate Panel To Report On Hatch Act Charge
Sen. Guy M. Gillette said the elections subcommittee has enough facts to draft a report on Hatch Act violations in Albert H. Loveland’s campaign. Loveland lost to Sen. Rourke B. Hickenlooper last November. An Agriculture Department employee is accused of campaigning for Loveland.
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Fred Henson
Third Avenue
Fourth
Rock Island
George Rowe
Y.W.C.A
Council
C.R. Air Warning Detachment
C.R. Man
Crosby
Earle Nichols
Iowa News
Storm Lake
Jack Kaufman
Vivian Franzen
Rembrandt
Kaufman
Spencer
Estherville
Sioux Rapids
Spirit Lake
Highway 74
Naval Reserve
Cmdr
R. S. Glessner
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Des Moines
X. T. Prentiss
Mt. Ayr
Prentiss
Cedar Falls
C.R
Police and
Ackworth
Weather Bureau
Highway
Waterloo
United Air Lines
City Lines
St. Matthew’s
Crandie Railroad
Tenth Street
David Williams
Williams
PMA
Gillette
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