Bomb Blast Not Denied by Govt Sources
U S officials silence fuels belief that the United States tested a hydrogen bomb during Pacific autumn experiments. A Los Angeles Examiner report cites a witness letter about a hydrogen blast at Eniwetok. Officials decline comment while military and diplomatic factors shape the potential timing of any announcement.
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Washington
INS
Pacific
Los Angeles Examiner
Eniwetok
Los Angeles
Atomic Energy Commission
Morse Salisbury
Defense
Iowa Forecast Mixes Clouds and Cold With Weekend Chill
Daily Record notes a colder Sunday in the Midwest with highs in the middle 40s and light NW winds, followed by mostly fair Monday and rising temperatures. It lists dates, precipitation totals for November, and includes local weather figures for Municipal airport. It also reports marriage licenses, divorce actions, and funeral notices for A L Taverstad, C A Merritt, and Lt Charles R Bright with service details.
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Perce M
Iowa
Teenagers Mistakenly Take Stolen 1938 Chevrolet
Police halted a 1938 Chevrolet on Mt. Vernon road SE around 8 45 p m. Don Wilkinson 20 of 1104 Fifth street NW and Wayne Adair 16 of Palo were ordered out by four patrol cars. They believed they drove a stolen car but learned theirs matched a vehicle parked behind Limbach Lumber.
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Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon Road
Mt. Vernon
Camburn Court SE
Don Wilkinson
Fifth Street NW
Wayne Adair
Palo
Wilkinson
Limbach Lumber Company
Harry Kahler
Narva Hotel
Adair
Clark to Attend Jap Imperial Ceremonies
General Mark W. Clark accepted an invitation to attend the ceremony in Tokyo where Crown Prince Akihito will be named heir apparent. Emperor Hirohito extended the invitation to Clark and 329 others, a first in which non-imperial guests will witness the rites.
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Tokyo
INS
Mark W. Clark
Akihito
Hirohito
Clark
Dakota amendment fails in South Dakota voting
In Sioux Falls unofficial incomplete returns show the 18 year old voting amendment fell 190 votes short. The latest totals: Yes 125,816 No 126,006.
San Francisco Suffered a Brief 15 Second Quake
An AP report notes a 15 second earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay area at 1 30 p m on Saturday but caused no damage as residents felt the tremor.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Soviet Military strength outlined by The Twentieth Century
London dispatch reports in a Soviet special issue that the Red Army comprises 215 divisions with 110 infantry and cavalry, 65 armored, and 40 artillery divisions. The air force totals 20,000 planes, with over half jet fighters and bombers including MiG 15 and Tupolev jets.
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London
Europe
Asia
Daughter fights will favoring third wife
Miriam Slosky 23, daughter of Alfred H. Busiel founder of Lady Esther cosmetics, sues to overturn her father’s will that leaves most of a $3 million estate to his third wife Suzette Compton of Yorktown Heights. She alleges undue influence and fraud in inducing the signature.
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Chicago
INS
Alfred H. Bussel
Lady Esther, Ltd
Miriam Slosky
Denver
Suzette Compton
Yorktown Heights
Busiel
North America Average Altitude About Two Thousand Feet
The mean altitude across North America is about 2 000 feet. This figure provides a general sense of the continent's elevation above sea level.
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North America
Violence rises as Harvester strike widens and talks end
In a Chicago dispatch, further violence erupted in the International Harvester strike and negotiations were terminated. At New Paris Ohio a bomb tore into a vehicle and damaged the home of Virgil Shilts a leader of a striker resistance group from nearby Richmond Indiana. No injuries were reported. Shilts had recently returned to work as part of a back to work movement. In Chicago IH broke off talks with the union saying negotiators were insincere. About 5 866 workers reported for work on Friday, over a quarter of the 22 738 strikers.
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Chicago
International Harvester
New Paris
Ohio
Virgil Shilts
Richmond
Ind
Shilts
United Electrical Union
City Briefs From Cedar Rapids Chamber Activities
Chamber election ballots must be returned by 5 p.m. Tuesday as urged by Executive Vice-President Robert Caldwell. Various civic meetings are planned including luncheons at the Roosevelt hotel and YMCA, a Christmas Parade committee gathering, a Bungalow cooking school, and luncheon by the Retail Merchants Bureau. Armistice Day closings and a Masons reunion are noted along with Qur notes on upcoming talks and a veteran railway unit meeting.
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Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Robert Caldwell
Merchants Bureau
Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Hotel
Attorneys Reach Aly Rita Settlement in Paris
Lawyers plan a legal separation for Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan with a substantial settlement for their daughter Yasmin. The proposed terms were drafted by attorneys and await approval by Rita.
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Paris
INS
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Aly
Yasmin
Rita
Missionaries Edward Tritt and Walter Erikson Murdered in West New Guinea
Reports from The Hague said American missionaries Edward Tritt of Oshkosh Wisconsin and Walter Erikson of Elgin Illinois were murdered in West New Guinea. Police seek five suspects as investigations continue.
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The
Hague
Edward Tritt
Oshkosh
Wis
Walter J. Erikson
Elgin, Ill
West New Guinea
Deaths Hinton Services Held for A. W. Hinton
Services for A W Hinton Cedar Rapids resident for 32 years who died at home Friday will be held at Turner chapel 1 30 PM Monday with Dr Marvin B Kober pastor of St Pauls Methodist Church officiating Burial is planned at Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Survivors include a sister Mrs Mildred Triska and three brothers Byron Hinton Gerald Hinton and Paul Beckley
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Belle Plaine
A. L. Taverstad
Elberon
First Congregational Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Clarence
C. A. Merritt
Chapman Funeral Home
Methodist Church
A. W
Bob” Hinton
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Marvin B. Kober
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Hinton
Mildred ‘Triska
Byron Hinton
Gerald Hinton
Burbank
Calif
Paul Beckley
Bloomfield
Iowa
Alma M. Dorothy services set in Iowa City
Alma M. Dorothy a laboratory technician and pharmacy assistant at Oakdale sanatorium for 29 years died in University hospitals Iowa City Friday. Services will be 3 30 p m Monday with Rev Mr Bensinger chaplain at Oakdale and University hospitals. Burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Alma M. Dorothy
Knoll Street
S.E
Oakdale Sanatorium
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Turner Chapel
Bensinger
Oakdale
Linwood Cemetery
Services for Mark M. Knicker Held in Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Mark M. Knicker longtime Cedar Rapids resident will be conducted in Turner chapel at 10 a.m. Monday by Dr. Andrew E. Kurth pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Fairfax cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Mark M. Knicker
Cedar Rapiids
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Andrew E. Kurth
Westminster Presbytterian Church
Fairfax Cemetery
Friends Imay
Mrs Milo Doerfler Dies in Indianapolis Home
Former Cedar Rapids resident Mrs Milo Doerfler died Saturday morning at her Indianapolis home. She is survived by her sister Ruth Burger and brother Ralph Harper, both of Cedar Rapids.
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Milo Doerfler
Cedar Rapids
Indianapolis
Ruth Burger
Ralph Harper
Flanders calls for UN led Korea peace plan and neutral zone
Flanders outlined a UN backed approach to Korea focusing on free elections after reconstruction and rehabilitation of industry transport and housing in both Koreas. He argued a neutral air corridor and zone could shift moral leverage even if it does not end the war.
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Thns
Korea
U.N
Flanders
Red China
Alr
Marshall College cancels lectures after Legion protest
Marshall College in Huntington West Virginia canceled its forum series after an American Legion post protested three scheduled lecturers identified with extreme leftist groups. The programs would end for 1952 53 with John Carradine remaining. Lerner Bourke White and Engle had been scheduled to speak but were dropped.
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Huntington
W. Va
Marshall College
American Legion
Stewart H. Smith
John Carradine
Max Lerner
Rourke-White
Paule
Lerner
Brandeis University
Engle
The
State University of Iowa
Lull Settles Over Korean Ground Front
United Nations infantry repelled a Chinese Communist sneak attack west of Bunker Hill as snow blanketed the front. Allied fire from machine guns tanks and grenades slowed the raid while front-line troops receive new cold weather gear and thermal boots for the winter combat season.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Bunker Hill
Panmunjom
United Press
Central Front
Korea
Dixie Demo May Get Cabinet Post
Eisenhower may court Southern conservatives for a cabinet post. GOP sources cite Sen. Karl Mundt and governors Allan Shivers and James Byrnes as likely figures, with Sen. Harry Byrd also mentioned. The discussions reflect desires to bridge Republican aims with Southern Democrat sentiments.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South
G.O.P
Karl A. Mundt
R-S.d
Allan Shivers
Texas
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Eisenhower
Harry F Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Adlai E. Stevenson
Budget figures for 1952 raise total
Previously reported totals show $6 795.00 for Mr. and Mrs. William L S Vee and $5.00 for Mrs. F. W. Mulson with miscellaneous amounts. The Water system shows $0.90 and the 1952 budget totals $7,688.00 with an amount to be raised of $880.10.
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William L. Svee
F. W. Mulson
Public response letters praise Eisenhower in 1952 election era
Voters and readers from diverse places send notes to praise Eisenhower and critique the Truman record. Messages cite integrity, vision, and dedication while some caution keeping campaign materials for 1956. Donors include individuals from Abilene Kansas Cambridge Massachusetts Kingston New York and Hialeah Florida.
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Chicago
United States
Stevenson
West Coast
Truman to Confer With Eisenhower on Policy Actions
President Truman will consult General Eisenhower on all future foreign and domestic policy actions and will make no major independent decisions during the remainder of his term. A White House source said Truman will confer with the president elect on any course of action, even in emergencies, to avoid independent moves.
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Washington
Ins
Truman
Gen
Eisenhower
White House
I Nation
Jakarta
Indonesia
Java
Two Senators Seek Two Year Veeps in Presidency
Senators Fulbright and Smathers proposed limiting a vice president who becomes president to a two year caretaker term if the president dies. They would push legislation at the 83rd Congress opening to set mid term elections for a new four year presidency.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
George Smathers
Florida
Fulbright
Smathers
Nixon
California
Eisenhower
83Rd Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
Wangers Reported Fully Reconciled in New Orleans
Actress Joan Bennett and producer Walter Wanger reportedly reached a complete reconciliation in New Orleans where Bennett stars in Bell Book and Candie. The couple were in a guarded hotel suite with their four year old daughter Shelley present.
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New Orleans
INS
Joan Bennett
Walter Wanger
Wanger
Miss Bennett
Wangers
Shelley
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Mildred A. Seery
Joseph DeNio
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William S. Janey
Edmund G. Stoltman
Emma L. Stoltman
Greta M. Sulentic
Anthony P. Sulentic
Frances Vozenilek
Frank Vozenilek
Columbus Junction
Charles Robert Bright
Tacoma
Wash
Columbus City Cemetery
Stacy Funeral Home
John E. Lapes
Mt. Vernon Ave
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Barta
Hesser
Jay W. Hesser
Jay W. Hesser, Jr
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Eighth St. SE
Dial
Estroy Drive
Old Marion Road
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Civic Development Association
Inoon
Social Planners—Board of Directors
Cedar Rapids Council of Social Planning
YMCA
Young ‘Men’s Bureau
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Realff Ottesen
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Masonic Hall
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Rotary Club
Henry Gundling
Montrose Hotel
Gerald S. Carney
J. J. Carney
Ellis Boulevard
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
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Beauceant
Masonic Temple
Associated Press
Yvonne Chevallier
Reims
France
Pierre Chevallier
Rene Pleven
Hinton Services
Dorothy Services
Dixie
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Center Point
Walker
Brady
Teahen Funeral Home
First Avenue NW
J. W. Novak & Son Monument Co
2Nd Street
Secedar Rapids
Adlai
WN Js
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Abilene
Kan
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Mass
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