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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1951
Page
1
Washington coverage reports a railway disaster with 11 dead and 60 injured as political tension rises over President Truman’s handling of Gen. MacArthur. The president notes he considered removing MacArthur for a year while critics accuse him of misleading the public.
Fire wrecked a Philadelphia waterfront pier injuring more than twenty five to thirty crewmen from the freighter Pineland. Police reported possible missing stevedores but all ship crew members were believed to have escaped. The blaze started at an unknown source on the pier and spread quickly to oil containers.
In Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania Major G A McLaughlin reports 11 dead and about 60 injured after the Red Arrow plowed into the rear of the Pittsburgh Philadelphia night express near the station. The night express had halted for a drag inspection when the collision occurred. One identified victim is C S Laurenstein of Indianapolis metallurgist for Link Belt Company.
Federal Judge Richmond B. Reech sentenced 69 year old Dr Edward A Rumely executive secretary of the Committee for Constitutional Government to six months in jail and fined him 1000 dollars for contempt of congress The jail term was suspended due to Rumelys age He said he will appeal after refusing to name large financial contributors to his organization to the house lobby committee
Brooklyn Policy King Louis Weber was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $2,000 for lying to the senate crime investigating committee. Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey ordered Weber jailed until the fine is paid, a condition not applied to Moran, a political protege of former Mayor William O'Dwyer.
A surge of selling in the last 20 minutes of trading battered the stock market with declines up to $5 a share. Investors cited Korea war worries and reports that Russia sought talks on Far Eastern settlements with the United States as contributing factors.
Frank Karpa was captured in Cedar Rapids after a three day manhunt and pled guilty to eight charges of larceny burglary and escape. Judge M C Hamiel ordered 72 year prison terms to run consecutively with one charge dismissed. Karpa alias Frank Karper and Joseph Sharney had escaped from Tipton jail twice before this latest pursuit ending with arrest by Cedar Rapids officers.
Cedar Rapids will honor the Defenders of Freedom on Armed Forces Day with a four event observance. A B-36 flyover is planned for 16 52 a m as the flight tours 30 midwest cities weather may shift up to 30 minutes. The parade forms on A avenue NE near Coe College at 1 46 p m and travels south on Center Point Road then west on First and Third streets to the municipal plaza arriving about 2 05 p m. Units include Cedar Rapids National Guard Navy Reserve Coe College ROTC Roosevelt High School band and veterans organizations with a late night Camp Dodge trip for part of the guard. The program also features scouts a fire truck parade of local industry honorees Century Engineering Collins Radio and others. Continued on Page 3 Col 8.
Waterloo Iowa pretty 37 year old mother jailed for contempt after refusing to take juror oath to hear murder trial She seeks bond from Iowa Supreme Court to free her while appealing a six month sentence Her husband 44 stays home to care for their two sons while she remains jailed pending appeal
The U N General Assembly ordered a worldwide embargo on direct or indirect shipments of war materials to Communist China and North Korea by a 47 to 0 vote. India led eight abstentions and urged specifying Korean war aims, while Russia and its allies stayed away.
The army announced 904,788 total U N forces casualties against Communist troops in Korea from the war start to May 7. North Koreans suffered 319,818 battle casualties and 76,066 non battle losses with 143,818 captured. Chinese losses totaled 315,603 with 3,483 captured.
In Pittsburgh,<AP> Thomas Bailey a 65 year old angler reeled in Evelyn Shepard Sekula a 31 year old woman who had wandered into the Allegheny River after her husband reported her missing Bailey spotted her thrashing and cast his line to safety before fellow anglers assisted She is reported in good condition.
AP correspondents report major Chinese offensives driving Allied forces back across Korea. The front stretched from the east coast to near Seoul with U.N. troops yielding positions and units in great trouble. Rain fell as the retreat continued toward a 25 mile line from Inje to the Sea of Japan.
Washington AP The Interstate Commerce Commission on Friday authorized the post office department to implement an average to increase in parcel post rates. The ruling sustains higher charges for parcel shipments, affecting customers nationwide and the postal service budget.
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