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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1949

Page

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No Divorce for Ingrid Bergman Says Doctor Lindstrom

Ingrid Bergman and her husband Dr. Peter Lindstrom dismissed divorce rumors after a two day conference with director Roberto Rossellini in Messina Sicily. Lindstrom declared no divorce ever, citing mutual affection and denying publicity aims. The actress planned to finish her film After the Storm and then rejoin Lindstrom in Sweden or the United States.

Messina Sicily Ins Ingrid Bergman Peter Lindstrom Robert Rossellini Ingrid Lindstrom Sweden United States Rossellini Ballyhoo Pia Stromboli RKO Italy Lew Wasserman

Tobacco taxes fund revenue for states and municipalities

The United States treasury along with 39 states and 30 municipalities derive part of their revenue from taxes on tobacco products, illustrating how tobacco levies support government finances.

The United States Treasury

Mother Of The Year Guests On ATR Force Hour On KCRG

A Texas woman named Mother Of The Year for Army and Air Force personnel worldwide will co host ATR Force Hour as it moves to a new 7 PM time on KCRG KCRK. The program will include a Europe based interview tied to VRay anniversary and True Or False moves to Thursday at 7 30 PM. Bob Brooks Sports Director will call Rockets Keokuk tonight at 8 15 PM, the final Rockets broadcast until Cedar Rapids team returns next Thursday.

Texas KCRG KCRK Europe CRG Bob Brooks Cedar Rapids

Gazette Radiolog Spotlight News Girls Chorus

A local Gazette feature spotlights the Radiolog program and the Girls Chorus, highlighting school performances and community reception. The piece notes the ensemble's rehearsal schedule and recent concert outcomes.

Spotlight News News Girls

Radio Schedule and Programs on KCRK Station

Station KCRK lists programs for Thursday and Friday including Teslo Test at 6:15 News and 6:30 Midget Races. Evening slots feature Sports Cameras at 6:45 and Air Force Hour at 7:00 with True or False at 9:20 and Benny News at 7:55 followed by Dugout Dope. Friday offers Movie Time at 11:45.

Tello Air Force Hour Benny

Babich Bound Over for Murder Trial

Milwaukee nine teen Milton Babich was bound over to municipal court on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of 16 year old Patricia Birmingham. The case stemmed from her shooting death in the Milwaukee river on February 20 and Babich and Patricia's sister Kath leen eloped two days before. Dr. L J Van Hecke testified two bullets hit Patricia from the left side and back of the head. he noted she was a virgin.

Milwaukee Milton Babich Babich Harvey Neelen Patricia Birmingham Milwaukee River Patricia Kathleen Thenee Neelen L. J. van Hecke van Hecke Neelen

U S Livestock Population Low Warns Cornell Dean

W S Myers of Cornell University told an American Feed Manufacturers Association gathering that per capita livestock numbers are at a 50 year low aside from the 1930s drought. He warned the industry must breed and feed better and rely more on meat imports to meet a growing population.

Chicago W. S. Myers Cornell University American Feed Manufacturers Association Myers

Cleansing KLEEREX Advertisement Claims Pimples Vanish

A vintage ad touts KLEEREX as a medicated liquid that dries up pimples and blackheads without greasiness. It promises instant itch relief and reduced redness, with a flesh colored, invisible finish. Sold in drugstores for 49 cents and triple size 98 cents.

Defense Overhaul Urged by Spaatz

General Carl Spaatz, retired air force chief, urged a drastic overhauling of the national defense establishment to achieve real unification. He called for abolishing the separate army navy and air force secretaries and folding their functions into the defense secretary and undersecretary.

NEW York INS Carl Spaatz Air Force National Defense Department Spaatz En Magazine Army Navy Defense Secretary Congress Department of Defense

Byrd Denounces Brannan Plan As Utopian Critique

Senator Byrd of Virginia attacked Secretary Brannan's farm program calling it horrible and utopian. He said the cost cannot be estimated and tied his remarks to a broader critique of government spending at the 37th annual meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce.

Washington Byrd D-Va Secretary of Agriculture Brannan United States Chamber of Commerce

Byrd Warns on Red Ink or Tax Hikes Facing Nation

The speaker outlines a choice between red ink financing that could ruin credit or confiscatory taxes that would dampen morale. Byrd forecast a three year federal deficit above 11 billion dollars by 1951 excluding Brannan. He warned that if personal income sinks to V J day levels revenues could fall by another 10 billion annually.

Byrd

Two Indicted for Fraud in Election in Bourbon County

In Bourbon County Kentucky Ed ward Fretwell Prichard Jr former aide to top Washington officials and A E Funk Jr son of the Kentucky attorney general were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to forge ballots in last fall's general election. They waived arraignment and were released on $5000 bonds each. The district attorney cites a maximum penalty of 5000 dollar fine and 10 years imprisonment. The defendants proclaimed their innocence in a joint statement.

Lexington Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr Washington A. E. Funk, Jr Kentucky Bourbon County Prichard and Funk

AFL Head Assails New Rent Formula

AFL President William Green denounces the government fair rent formula as unfair to tenants and boosting profits for about half the nation's landlords. He accuses Housing Expediter Tighe Woods of exceeding the law by guaranteeing landlords a fair net operating income amid unemployment pressures.

Washington AFL William Green Tighe E. Woods Congress

Senate Rejects Move To Limit Education Aid

The Senate rejected a proposal to cap federal education grants by wealthier states, defeating an amendment 57 to 17. The bill would give $300 million annually in federal grants with a minimum of $5 per school child and a maximum of $29 for the poorest states.

Washington LLP Senate Millard E. Tydings D-Md

Nationalists Set Up Defense Line Below Shanghai

Government troops form an emergency defense line about 700 miles south of Shanghai to slow Communist advances toward Canton in two columns. The line spans 250 miles from Swatow to Kukong near the Canton-Hankow railway, signaling limited opposition to Reds' southward push.

Shanghai Canton Swatow Kukong Yangtze River Nanchang Kiangsi Yangtze Hangchow Hankow Pai Chung-hsi Central China Changsha Hunan 58Th Lu Pao-yuan Hongkong

New York Quads Born In Bronx to Mrs Ethel Collins

A Bronx mother, Mrs. Ethel Collins, gave birth to quadruplets at Lebanon hospital late Wednesday. The four babies include two boys and two girls with the first a four pound fifteen ounce boy followed by a four pound three ounce girl and a five pound five ounce child. The father is Charles, a brokerage clerk.

New York Bronx Lebanon Hospital Ethel Collins United States Charles

Collins welcomes twins after short hospital delivery

A mother, Mrs. Collins, delivered a boy weighing three pounds seven ounces and a girl weighing one ounce two pounds at about 2 30 p.m. to 3 10 p.m. CST. She is 27, her husband 29, and they already have a two and a half year old son.

Collins

Divorce Sought After Fake Death Case in San Francisco

Mrs. Chris J. Christensen, wife of a former San Francisco city official who vanished after faking his death, announced plans for divorce. She says he disappeared again from a Houston address after promising to stay there until his problems were resolved, having left a death note on the Golden Gate Bridge on January 14, 1948.

San Francisco INS Chris J. Christensen Houston Christensen San Francisco Board of Supervisors Golden Gate Bridge

Boy Scout Knot Test Led To Accidental Hanging

London coroner ruled 11 year old Michael Heywood accidentally hanged himself while practicing knots for a Boy Scout test.

London Michael Heywood

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