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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1949
Page
1
At the Waldorf Astoria a keynote speech by Norman Cousins sparked boos and hisses as he attacked the American Communist party and accused Americans of anti-Communist but not anti-humanitarian views. Pickets, police presence, and Canadian detainees framed the opening events of the three day conference.
Washington AP Senate house conferees agreed on a flat fifteen month extension of federal rent controls with home rule decontrol possible by state governor approval. The deal allows city towns and villages to vote for decontrol after public hearings and governor sign off, with provisions for remaining unincorporated areas.
Cloudy with light rain and thunder showers tonight. Low near 40. Sunday turns fair and mild with a high around 55.
Sen. Taft and Rep. Maybank indicate Republican support for president's housing and education measures. Taft says Republicans will back the housing aid plan while the Senate mulls the TVA plant funding and the European recovery act. The administration aims to move housing legislation after the six year plan for up to 810,000 houses is approved.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces a new weekly Sunday feature Stamps in the News. Syd Kronish of the Associated Press will largely write the column with occasional locally interesting paragraphs.
Milwaukee and district attorney say Milton Babich admitted the murder of Patricia Birmingham, 16, sister of his wife. Babich, 19, is charged with the slaying after Patricia was reported missing February 10 and found dead the following day.
Archbishop Moses E. Kiley of Milwaukee issues a rule banning strapless gowns and other bare shoulder formal wear for Catholic high school proms. The plan sets semi formal attire, ceilings on ticket prices at 3 dollars, corsages at 1.50, and requires parental enforcement and post prom house parties.
In UMMIT New Jersey a field mouse fed to a copperhead fought for life and killed the snake after the mouse bit the serpent in its back the snake died and the mouse also died.
A pair of tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma and nearby areas before dawn Saturday. In Oklahoma, at Crowder about 15 miles north a villa was wrecked. One person was killed and about 20 injured. Jane Colbert, about 45, was found dead while searchers continued through the ruins.
A tornado near Springtown Texas injured six people seriously and destroyed 12 homes and several businesses. Winds then damaged Desdemona Alvord Seymour Dallas and Benjamin with heavy losses across multiple towns. El Paso windstorm killed Albert Avery 36 after he was blown from a school roof.
Pretty Mary Noble a 21 year old shipyard welder was saved Friday at Blyth by a man who stripped to his underwear and jumped in. He pulled her to safety then vanished after she regained breathing. Mary hopes he is not embarrassed when found.
In Sheffield England David Elldred motorized his wife’s baby carriage to help with chores. Police ruled it a self propelled vehicle requiring plates lights and brakes and the driver’s license. Mrs Elldred resumes pushing the carriage.
Former Texas governor and oilman Ross Sterling, age 74, died Friday in Fort Worth after a heart ailment kept him hospitalized since September.
Cedar Rapids reported the warmest temperature in Iowa on Friday at 64 degrees while Spencer logged 32 for the state low. Rain was widespread, but the weather bureau forecast a shift to fair and mild conditions Sunday as Cedar Rapids measured 43 degrees and 0.52 inches of rain by 2:30 p.m.
Coeds at the University of Arkansas breathed easier after two men abducted Miss Joe Clare Thomas and held her for two hours before release. Officials installed extra lighting, increased night patrols, and ordered a buddy system for after dark. Thomas, 25, from Clarendon, suffered minor bruises and nervous shock but was unharmed. Authorities cautioned the incident might have been a prank.
Governor Adlai Stevenson and his wife hoped state senators would avoid illness as Mrs. Stevenson was confined at home with mumps. She likely caught them from her son John, 13, who recently had the disease. The Stevensons had hosted about 50 senators at the executive mansion in Springfield prior to her illness.
A seven member Bonn steering committee declared they will draft a constitution for a West German state without Allied dictation. They accused the Allies of veto threats over central power and provincial tax autonomy while negotiations with Western military governors collapsed.
Washington AP report: the National Mediation Board intervened to halt a nationwide pullman conductors strike planned for March 31. Harry W. Fraser of Cedar Rapids, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, confirmed the walkout is indefinitely postponed.
Jack Kapp, 47, president and founder of Decca Records, Inc., died Friday night in New York from a cerebral hemorrhage.
A boss in a Pure Oil News item instructs a young worker not to say two words, lousy and terrific, asking the trainee to reveal them. The dialogue humorously centers on avoiding praise or criticism in the workplace.
Delegates at the national convention urged a national work holiday to back repeal of the Taft Hartley act, with over 600 attendees. Lee Pressman led the resolution calling for immediate union conference to plan a new repeal campaign and a broad program including civil rights and welfare measures.
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