Boy Admits Slaying Four Children in Michigan Case
Oliver Terpenning Jr., 16, was arrested in Toledo after he allegedly confessed to fatally shooting four children near Imlay City, Michigan. Norman Dombroski, a Toledo painter, located and detained him after a radio broadcast led him to the suspect.
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Toledo
Ohio
Oliver Terpenning, Jr
William Werner
Imlay City
Mich
Norman Dombroski
Werner
Dombroski
Michigan
East Lansing
School Fund Boost Voted Married Vets
A burst of wartime politics and a grim crime story fill the page. Oliver Terpenning Jr confessed to four killings after a troubling pattern of running away and a crush on Barbara Smith. The case spans Michigan and Ontario as police coordinate extradition. In Washington, a House committee advanced GI bill boosts for married students, adding child allowances and anti-Communist safeguards, while expanding car assistance for disabled veterans.
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Terpenning
Kenneth H. Smith
Louisiana
Smith
Barbara
Smiths
Washington
House Veterans Committee
FBI
Three Trusties Escape From Iowa Prison Farm
Fort Madison AP report states three trusties escaped from Iowa state prison farm No 3 near Montrose Monday night. Warden Percy Lainson’s office said the men left around 10 p.m. and no trace was found by noon Tuesday. The escapees were LaVern Hess 23 Des Moines serving five years for larceny Willmirth Thomas 30 Des Moines serving five years for assault to rob and Don Keffer 36 Cedar Rapids serving 10 years for car theft.
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Fort Madison
Iowa State
Montrose
Percy Lainson
LaVern Hess
Des Moines
Willmirth Thomas
Asssault
Don .Keffer
Cedar Rapids
Attlee Attacks Pro Soviet Bloc in Britain
Prime Minister Attlee spoke to the Labour conference in Margate denouncing pro Soviet bloc ties and endorsing Foreign Secretary Bevin's policies. He said the government will fulfill its term and pursue a long-term plan, rejecting claims of subservience to any power. Attlee praised Bevin and nationalized coal, while defending swift legislation as necessary changes.
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Attlee
Britain
Bevin
Margate
England
Labor Party
House of Commons
More Rain And Cooler Ahead In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids forecast notes persistent rain and cooler temperatures continuing. Showers remain likely with a 54 degree reading at 2 30 PM and 12 inches of precipitation recorded. highs reached 63 earlier in the day with evening readings around 59 and overnight near 49.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Christ of Passion Play Star Convicted in Nazi Charge
Alois Lang famed as the Christ of the Oberammergau Passion Play was found guilty of nominal nazism by a German denazification court. Lang was fined 1,000 marks or face 15 days in a labor camp in Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany.
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
INS
Alois Lang
Oberammergau
Lang
Mrs Truman Suffers Setback Amid Medical Aid
GRANDVIEW Missouri January update: Martha E. Truman 94 year old mother of the President appears to have lost some gains after a bad night but by mid morning held her own. A vitamin serum medicine was flown from New York and delivered at 3 20 am. White House physician Brig Gen Wallace Graham declined to identify the medicine but said it replenishes diminishing stock. Earlier she rallied and took nourishment, while the President had breakfast with Treasury Secretary Snyder to discuss the financial situation. Snyder flew in from Arkansas planning to return to Washington.
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Grandview
Martha E. Truman
New York
Wallace Graham
White House
Secret Service
Truman
Treasury Snyder
Snyder
Arkansas
Washington
Envoy to Peru Named for West Union Couple
James Alexander Strong and his wife Phyllis Loomis of West Union are noted as the new Canadian ambassador to Peru. The couple wed in October 1931 after meeting in Panama.
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West Union
James Alexander Strong
Phyllis Loomis
Peru
Panama
May Testifies on Havana Trip as War Mission for Roosevelt
Andrew J. May testified that a Havana trip soon after Pearl Harbor was a war mission at Roosevelt's request. He denied traveling with Murray Garsson, though they were on the same plane and may have shared adjoining hotel rooms. May placed the visit in January 1942 and described a White House discussion on Cuba defenses, fort Morro fortification, and an airfield inspection.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
Havana
Pearl Harbor
Murray Garsson
Roosevelt
May
Garsson
William Paisley
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Jones Burglary Suspect Cleared
Cedar Rapids police freed Eddie Jones of Kansas City after Don Nelson confessed but failed to identify Jones in the $3,600 Elks club burglary. Nelson named John C. Smith of Coral Gables as the other man. Smith and Jones were arrested in Fort Lauderdale with authorities to transport Smith to Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Fr. Lauderdale
Fla
Eddie Jones
Kansas City
Elks Club
T. J. Condon
Don Nelson
Jones
John C. Smith
Coral Gables
Nelson
Smith
Ft. Lauderdale
Larry Condon
Frank Bukacek
Yanks Hang 22 for Nazi War Crimes
Landsberg Germany June 1945 AP twenty two operators of the Mauthausen concentration camp were hanged as part of the largest mass execution of war criminals by the Allies. A total of 49 are doomed at Landsberg prison after a US war crimes court found murders and atrocities against camp inmates.
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Landsberg
Germany
Mauthausen
Adolf Hitler
United States Army
Cedar Rapids retail food costs rise 0.9 percent in 30 days
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Cedar Rapids retail food prices up 0.9 percent for the 30 days ending mid April, with the overall index 36.2 percent above last year. Meats and dairy fell, cereals and bakery products led gains, and fats and oils remain near 78 percent above 1940 levels. General index on April 15 stood 97.3 percent above the 1940 norm.
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Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Marine Raiders' Commander Dies in Portland Oregon
Brig. Gen Evans F. Carlson, 51, famed Carlson's Raiders leader and World War II hero, died Tuesday from heart ailment after a prior heart attack last November. His Marine career began in 1919 in Portland, with service in China, Nicaragua, and the Pacific. He organized the first presidential guard for Roosevelt, trained the Raiders, and led the Second Marine Division at Tarawa, later wounded at Saipan. He planned to write about his Marine experiences.
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Portland
Ore
Evans F. Carlson
Brightwood
Makin Island
Carlson
Astoria
United States
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
China
The
Onent
Tarawa
Saipan
21 Year Old Man Takes Own Life In Seattle
John McEowen Jr, 21, of 411 BHighth Street SE, died in a local hospital at 10 50 Tuesday morning from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Police say he shot himself in the head with a .22 rifle shortly after 11 p.m. Monday in a rented room he shared with a man. His roommate Clar ence Faber, a Wilson Packing Company employee, said he was asleep and did not hear the shot. McEowen, a former submarine sailor, had been despondent since his discharge and feared lung injury from service. He had threatened self harm soon after discharge and had been under a doctor’s care. He worked for his aunt Martha Wilson at Martha's Kitchen, 416 Fifth Street SE, since leaving the service. Funeral arrangements have not been made. the body is at Monahan Funeral Home.
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Cedar Rapids
John McEowen, Jr
McEowen
Martha Wilson
Martha’s Kitchen
Fifth Street SE
Roosevelt to Appear at Hearing on June Fourth Battery Charge
Los Angeles dispatch reports John Roosevelt agreed Monday to appear at a hearing on June 4 where a union official will accuse him of battery. The filing stems from an incident linked to labor disputes and union activity in the city.
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Los Angeles
INS
John Roosevelt
Will
Truman urges permanent housing and home finance agency
President Truman proposed to Congress a permanent housing and home finance agency to consolidate virtually all government housing activities. The plan would replace the wartime National Housing Agency, creating three units under a single administrator with Senate confirmation, plus a national housing council to coordinate remaining functions.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Housing and Home Finance Agency
National Housing Agency
NHA
White House
Missouri
Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Public Housing Administration
Federal Public Housing Authority
Senate
Raymond M. Foley
National Housing Council
Nicaraguan Chief Ousted as Unfit
New York AP reports the Nicaraguan congress declared President Leonardo Arguello unfit for failing to preserve order. Benjamin Lescayo Sacasa, first to assume the presidency after Arguello, was advised by the state department on Tuesday.
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Nica
Raguan” Congress
Leonardo Arguello
Benjamin
Lescayo Sacasa
Nate
State Department
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