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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1947
Page
6
A Brazilian paper reports Russia seeks explanation from Ambassador Suritz over Brazil’s ban on all Communist activity. Observed events include a costly bank fire, fortress explosions, and a suspected coup plot. Officials say fires and blasts are accidental. arrests involve noncommissioned officers linked to pro Vargas sentiment.
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Michigan? Iowa City's 1021 day safety streak ended when Ivan L Roth 26 a garage mechanic died after his motorcycle collided with a truck at 630 pm He died later at a local hospital skull fracture reported Witness says Roth struck the rear of the truck lost control and hit a tree Police identified Glen Tuttle route 5 Iowa City as truck driver
DES MOINES AP Cardinal Spellman the highest Catholic church dignitary to visit the city arrived for a 24 hour stay with two college friends. He met at the airport with Most Rev Gerald T Bergan bishop of Des Moines and Rt Rev Msgr Francis O McCarthy of Chicago both classmates for five years in North American college Rome where they became priests in the class of 1916.
AP report from Nuremberg notes two German field marshals and ten generals indicted by an American tribunal for war crimes and crimes against humanity. They face charges tied to mass executions in the Balkans and Norway, hostage scalars, slave labor abuses, and deportations, with Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor leading the case.
Chicago widower William Smith, 72, died of starvation amid wealth in a 16 room Victorian mansion. Neighbors recalled he hauled away furniture at night and used knickknacks as fire fuel while cans of beans and crackers fed him. The house was owned by two surviving Warfield heirs. police sought hidden money, not expecting riches.
Mary Stevenson reports Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce directors unanimously approved organizing a Retired Men's Bureau after Rob ert O. Bickel presented the proposal. The founders' group began April 23 with plans to prove life can begin at 65. A T Pleune was elected temporary chairman May 8 and Bickel serves as temporary secretary. Formal organization slated for next Thursday night.
Washington dispatch notes the Cannibal Kingdom of Darkest Africa seeking anti Communist aid from the United States during the Gridiron Club spring dinner at the Statler hotel. The satire mocked both parties while President Truman and 500 officials attended. Harold M. Talburt became Gridiron president for 1947.
A Cedar Rapids drive, led by the Camp Good Health Fund appeal, lists donations totaling 672.75 toward the health center for physically handicapped children. Elizabeth S Johnston founded the initiative in 1923, and The Gazette has supported it since 1927. The camp operates in Otter creek area near Cedar Rapids, serving 60 children for nine weeks with a goal of 6995 dollars to cover expenses.
Washington reports Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov accepted US terms to restart talks on Korea. Secretary of State Marshall expected to signal quick approval for discussions on political and economic unification of the divided nation. US plans $500 million aid for Korea over three years continues despite the talks.
Northwestern University English professor John Webster Spargo foresees the elimination of the Southern and Maine inflections as the Midwest speech gains dominance. He notes evidence of this trend in California and Florida, citing vast migration from the central population core.
Samuel Hyder fifty seven laughed in Pawtucket bus iness district drawing a 4.60 fine for a reveling charge. Police Chief Leonard Mills said the laugh is funny at first but became obnoxious and disturbing to businesspeople. Hyder paid the fine and seeks case reopening with attorney Eugene LaChapelle urging leniency. Judge Connell postponed ruling until Monday after Mills request. Hyder remained upbeat insisting his laughter harmed no one.
Cedar Rapids police report no further arrests in the $3600 Elks club burglary as two accomplices remain at large. Donald B. Nelson confessed after lie detector tests, naming two men from Kansas City and Coral Gables. Nelson admitted engineering the job, providing the master key and safe combinations.
A high diplomatic source said the United States tentatively agreed to advance Iran a 20 to 30 million dollar credit to buy American surplus military supplies. Drafts in Washington were reviewed by Premier Ahmed Qavam and U S Ambassador George W Allen for parliamentary consideration. The plan also emphasizes noncombat goods like shoes blankets tents while a final deal may come by midweek.
An earthquake of about five seconds duration jolted Twenty Nine Palms at 11 10 p m Saturday. Constable C Jack Cones called it one of the sharpest quakes here with no damage reported. Twenty Nine Palms lies about 120 miles east of Los Angeles.
The Philippines Sunday proposed an interim Palestinian government possibly under United Nations care to safeguard rights until the Holy Land dispute is resolved. The idea was sent to a UN political committee subcommittee as the US and Soviet Russia clashed over proposals for an inquiry into the troubled region. Herschel V. Johnson and Andrei Gromyko debated the issue of independence while the subcommittee prepares a full resolution for Monday.
AP reports strong evidence that Soviet forces are intensively mining a northern spur of the Joachimstal uranium deposit near the Czech border. Residents near Karlsbad say mining appears expansive, with deposits possibly larger than before the war. Russian workers are said to handle digging at closed, guarded sites.
Two inmates at the state reformatory in Anamosa escaped Saturday night by stealing car keys from guests of Warden Foss Davis and driving away in their auto. Identified as Harlan Mott, 20, Des Moines, serving five years for attempted breaking and entering, and Wayne Heaberlin, 24, Knoxville, with about five years for uttering a forged instrument. Mott had 16 months left. Heaberlin about two years four months. The car belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Locke of Madison, Wis., guests in the administration building. Both trusties had free access and left without being noticed.
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