Escapee and accomplice tied to payroll holdups in Boston
In Cambridge a long‑wanted escapee George E. Hayes and a Cambridge ex convict were seized with 2745 in new bills as investigators linked them to two payroll robberies totaling nearly 140000. A third suspect, Patrick Farina, 34, of Brighton, is held on 50000 bail.
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Boston
B. F. Sturtevant Company
Hyde Park
American Sugar Refining Company
Patrick Farina
Brighton
Sturtevant
Farina
Miners and Steel Unions Miss Deadline on Noncompliant Pledges
The NLRB began processing last minute unions filings for Taft Hartley non Communist pledges. CIO United Auto Workers reversed stance and filed papers, while AFL UMW and CIO Steelworkers refused to file, risking dismissal of 3450 pending cases and loss of NLRB services. John L. Lewis led UMW opposition while Steelworkers vow court challenge.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
NLRB
AFL
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
CIO Steelworkers
UMW
United Auto Workers
Eugene Cotton
Atomic tests may seed human deformities for 1090 years
Caltech biologist Dr. Ernest G. Anderson reports laboratory tests using corn from Bikini Atoll exposure show recessive genetic and chromosomal defects can emerge in the second generation. He warns inherited deformities may appear in Japanese offspring years hence, while noting no first generation abnormalities.
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Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Japan
Ernest G. Anderson
Anderson
Institute
Bikini
Dr. Anderson
United States Department of Agriculture
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Caltech
Man O' War dies at Faraway Farm in Kentucky
Lexington, AP Man O' War America's best known thoroughbred died at Faraway Farm of Samuel D. Riddle on Saturday afternoon at age 30. He raced 21 times in 1919 and 1920, winning 20 with a single defeat to Upset after a slow start. nicknamed Big Red sired many champions including War Admiral.
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Lexington. Ky
America
Samuel D. Riddle
Man O' War
Man O’ War
Big Red
War Admiral
Yugoslav Militia Orders U.S. Scribes Out of Belgrade
Yugoslav militiamen visited the homes of Mary Lester of United Press and Arthur Brandel of the New York Times in Belgrade at 745 am Saturday and gave them 24 hours to leave the country. Their two month visas expired at end October and renewal was pending. The eviction came before passport returns. Attacks on the New York Times and AP have recently occurred. AP correspondent Oscar Carthers reportedly retains his visa.
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Belgrade
Mary Lester
United Press
Arthur Brandel
New York Times
Associated Press
Dragoljub Solovich
Oscar Carthers
Predict Improved Weather Sunday
Cedar Rapids area forecasters expect better weather with partial cloudiness and slightly higher temperatures on Sunday. Light rain is possible in the south and southwest parts of the state while Cedar Rapids records show 54 degrees Saturday afternoon and a 50 degree overnight low.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Distillery Halts Whisky Mash Production After Federal Delay
Heaven Hill Distilleries halted mash production for whisky at midnight after a distributor dropped objections to a 60 day shutdown. The Bardstown Kentucky plant joined most distilleries in a nationwide stoppage, later reopening following a circuit court ruling that the federal government cannot halt production except in a national emergency.
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Louisville
Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc
Bardstown
Wynekoop to be released from prison on December 28
Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, 76, will be released December 28 from the women's branch of the Illinois state penitentiary after serving 13 years and nine months of a 25-year sentence for the slaying of her daughter in law.
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Dwight, Ill
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Women’s Branch
Illinois State Penitentiary
Halloween Pranks Bring Ire and Gunfire in City
On Halloween night chaos included overturned cans and soaped windows as a Cigar Store Indian vanished prompting a shotgun incident. Henry S. Hamblin, 25, of Bedford, stood at a loaded weapon and nearly collapsed when it fired near him. Police charged I. J. Shepard, 1340 First Avenue NE, with discharging a firearm within city limits after the gun went off while he pursued the thief. Shepard was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Sixteen teens spent the night at the police station to avoid trouble, while a seven year old delivered pumpkins filled with candy to neighbors.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe
Henry S. Hamblin
Bedford
Hamblin
I. J. Shepard
First Avenue NE
Shepard
Harry S. Johnson
Jimmy Adkins
Howard Walsh
Coe Dedicates a Memorial To Lt Donald Niggemeyer
Coe alumni dedicated a memorial war tower for the victory bell in memory of Donald H. Niggemeyer, a 1944 Coe graduate who died of wounds in northern France in October 1944. The event featured Dr. C Ward Macy and Charles McManaman of the "22" who presented the bell tower, reflecting on sacrifice, youth, and the need to prevent future wars.
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Coe
Donald Niggemeyer
Cedar Rapids
Donald H. Niggemeyer
Niggemeyer
France
Macy
Charles McManaman
Hawarden
United Nations
McManaman
Queen of Coe Homecoming Queen crowned at Coe game
Lucy Roberts of Ottumwa representing Delta Delta Delta was crowned Homecoming queen at Coe College during the half time of the Coe Grinnell game. She rode in a convertible with six attendants and floats were judged in the morning on B avenue. The queen and court were to be presented at the homecoming dance at 8 30 p.m. in the Coe men's gymnasium. A postgame alumni party followed in Voorhees House.
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Cedar Rapids
Lucy Roberts
Ottumwa
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Coe College
Coe
Alumni Association
Voorhees
Bottle Gas Firms Form Rapid Thermogas Company
A merger of 11 leading independent bottle gas firms in Iowa and Wisconsin, including Rapid Gas, Suburban Gas of Cedar Rapids, and Thermogas of Des Moines, creates the Rapid Thermogas Company the largest independent distributor in America. The new firm, capitalized at 1,000,000, will serve about 125,000 rural homes with executive offices in Des Moines and a Cedar Rapids plant. Charles O. Russell of Des Moines chairs the operation. W. J. Mueller of Portage vice president sales. R. L. Buckingham Cedar Rapids vice president advertising. Elmer Schmidt Des Moines secretary. F. W. Stewart Cedar Rapids treasurer. Board members span Iowa, Wisconsin, and Maine, with branch activity in Galesburg and Madison. Local operations directed by vice president and GM L. Lunning from the Cedar Rapids plant.
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Cedar
Des Moines
Thermogas
W. J. Mueller
Portage
Wis
R. L. Buckingham
Cedar Rapids
Rapid Gas
Elmer Schmidt
F. W. Stewart
Twenty-second Avenue
Suburban
Tri-State Thermogas Company
Clinton
Clinton Thermogas Sales and Service
Lunning
Russell, Buckingham
Mueller
Schmidt
Stewart
L. R. Patrick
Hubert Dreibelbeis
Henry B. Walker
Ernie Christian
Decorah
William Peterson
Waukon
Harlan Williams
Ottumwa
John Graf
Rock
Commercial Traveler Group Organizer Dies
PEORIA Ill AP Harry W Budd 61 organizer of the United Commercial Travelers Association and widely known among traveling men died Friday after a long illness.
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Peoria, Ill
Harry W. Budd
United Commercial Travelers Association
Cedar Rapids Levy Quietly Grows Despite Higher Assessments
Cedar Rapids 1947 levy set at 50.022 mills reflecting a 1.949 mill rise, likely the lowest among major Iowa cities. City government 17.79, school levy 25.958, county 6.885. Valuations rose to 70.81 million real and personal, with credits at 39.60 million, plus 600000 soldier exemptions.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
M. G. Linkletter
Music School No Nuisance Court Victory
In Baltimore a criminal court judge ruled that a music school does not constitute a loud and unseemly nuisance. Judge Joseph Sherbow noted that even a single child practicing at home can annoy, yet commercial interests have introduced many new sounds in city life. Larry London, acquitted of the nuisance charge, said music from his school is often drowned by passing street cars.
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Baltimore
Orpheus
Joseph Sherbow
Larry London
1000 Mile Trip Made by Tomcat
ATLANTA AP Mr Black endured a long journey from Stamford Connecticut to the home of his original owner Mrs L T Fraser journeying 1000 miles The cat reportedly disappeared from Mrs Jones last spring and later reappeared at Mrs Fraser s home The animal s feet were observed soaking in warm water upon arrival and the tale hints at an odd Halloween header of homeward travel
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Atlanta
Trick or treat aid for Europe gathers canned goods
In Santa Monica a junior high pupil went door to door for Halloween, collecting canned foods to aid Europe. The student requested rice but received corn instead, explaining the group chose charity over sweets to help starving Europeans.
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Santa Monica
David Benjamin
Europe
Benjamin
Boy Runs To Aid Mother and Is Killed
In Chicago Tommy Tennant, six, known for carrying his mother’s bundles, ran to help her across the street and was struck by a truck. He died at the scene, and his mother carried home his lifeless body.
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Boy
Mother
Chicago
Tommy Tennant
Dali reports Pebble Beach burglary of furs and jewelry
Salvadore Dali reported to police that burglars looted his Pebble Beach home of about $19,000 in furs and jewelry. He and his wife found the crime upon returning Friday night after being away since morning. Investigators said entry was gained by prying a side window screen.
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George E. Hayes
Waltham
Charlestown
Cambridge
Hayes
Pebble Beach
Calif
Salvadore Dali
Dali
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