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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1947
Page
20
The Summer radio slate shifts as ABC plans Lights Out replacing Henry Morgan on a July 23 launch while CBS fills The Family Hour with light music this summer. Mutual brings The Abbott Mysteries back June 8 replacing Quick as a Flash with Fibber McGee and Mollie remaining a Tuesday night staple.
Headliners Tonight with Alister Cooke and Don Fairbairn serve as quizmasters. Ken Carson to sing on Summerfield Bandstand replacing The Great Gildersleeve. Elliott Lewis and Cathy Lewis plan screen tests while Craig Rice returns to newspapers and writes a new novel and movie scenario. Fred Waring leads a 75 member troupe visiting Waring’s Pennsylvania resort for summer broadcasts. Welk to appear on Jack Smith show Tuesday 9 15 over CBS WMT with Earl Sheldon conducting.
A dense hour by hour guide lists radio stations KXEL WGN WMT and others with times from 8:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. including program titles hosts and featured segments such as True Story Melody Memos Perry Mason and Sky King alongside farm market news and drama series.
Notice states Peter McMahon appointed as administrator of the Mary McMahon deceased estate in Linn County Iowa on a May Sunday 1947. Creditors urged to pay debts and file claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk via attorney Edward J Dahms.
Des Moines AP A former boxing and wrestling figure, Alphonse Babe Bisignano was fined 1000 dollars and jailed 90 days to run concurrently with a six month contempt sentence. His associates Rolland Freel and Elmer Thomas pled guilty and were fined 300 dollars each.
President Truman weighs Donald M. Nelson Robert M. LaFollette and Mark F. Ethridge to run the $400 million aid program for Greece and Turkey. Ethridge faces opposition from senators and questions over acceptance. Nelson is a former War Production Board chair and Roosevelt era China envoy.
In Lake Success New York AP report says Russia reopened the Greek border probe in the UN Security Council. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei A Gromyko urged trimming the U N subcommission powers to only special cases defined by the parent commission.
Samuel Hyder a 57 year old mill worker in Pawtucket Rhode Island was fined 460 dollars after pleading guilty to a laugh offense. Judge William M Connell ordered a reopening of the case on May 22 noting Hyder does not read English and was unaware of the plea’s meaning or consequences.
Henry A. Wallace urged nationalizing the coal industry under a coal authority to prevent strikes and protect global supplies. He spoke in Minneapolis outlining his antiwar tour and criticizing Truman loyalty tests, military loans, and U S policy toward Greece and Turkey. He proposed UN planning, higher global development funding, and treating Communists as human beings.
An army private Dennis Wood, 19, testified he killed Gertrude Briggs, confirming he followed her in Leeds and used a bayonet. He said he recalled only a blacked out moment and blood on his hands while the stabbing occurred, admitting the act for Eric Briggs, charged with the crime.
Noted trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd escaped from the Arizona state hospital for the insane after twelve hours of freedom. She used a toothbrush handle to jimmy a door, climbed a gate, and fled toward an orange grove near Phoenix before being recaptured and returned to custody. Her motive was to visit her ailing mother.
New York INS reports more than 35 firefighters were injured when a spectacular five alarm fire swept nine buildings and numerous concessions at Coney Island on Monday night.
The Supreme Court rules in favor of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fullard Lee claiming ownership of Palmyra Island after 25 years of dispute. The decision upholds their title, potentially affecting rent on a $1,000,000 Navy air base later turned over to the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The Navy had dispossessed private owners in 1939, arguing U.S. title to Hawaiian lands. Justice Reed writes for the majority. four justices dissent.
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey refused Joe Music a naturalization grant after officials cited a $500 federal fine for selling liquor by the drink and Iowa law violations. Music, a Lithuanian bartender, argued for citizenship as a group of 20 included Chinese and Filipino entrants, a first for Des Moines.
The article notes that service members who enlist before Congress officially terminates the GI Bill benefits may still qualify for education and training support. It discusses eligibility implications and potential timelines for benefits deployment.
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