FBI Called In Hunt for Girl's Slayer
FBI joined the search for Theresa Foster the 18 year old University of Colorado coed found slain near a Boulder bridge. A .45 weapon parts were sent to Washington for tests as police and military authorities broaden the manhunt and campus curfews.
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Boulder
Colo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Theresa Foster
University of Colorado Coed
FBI
Washington, D. C
Here
Hatfield Chilson Friday
Denver
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Fort Logan
Lowry Air Base
Denver Arsenal
Fort Warren
Wyo
Chilson
A.W.O.L
Colorado University
Colorado School of Mines
Weather and notices from the Daily Record
The Daily Record reports November weather with highs in the 50s and 70s across cities, plus a detailed forecast for Sunday through Tuesday. It lists traffic incidents, divorce decrees, marriage licenses, fires, and a string of obituaries and memorials from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
Mitchum Trial Delayed Due to Attorney Injury
Hollywood AP reports film star Robert Mitchum’s trial on drug charges moved from November 22 to January 10 after his attorney Jerry Giesler was injured in an auto accident. Two physicians say Giesler has not recovered enough to attend court.
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Hollywood
Robert Mitchum
Jerry Giesler
Andrews Sister Weds Hollywood Executive in Friday Ceremony
The eldest Andrews sister Laverne, 32, now Mrs. Rogers, married Friday night in Hollywood. The former singer wed a Pocoing company executive in a private ceremony.
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Hollywood
Sing- Andrews
Rogers
Laverne Andrews
Pocoing Company
Marrid
Truman Aids Widow After Red Tape Battle
In a Washington episode President Truman intervened to help Mrs. John S. Power, widow of a civilian army economist killed in France. After months of delays and repeated agency runarounds, VA and the army began insurance payments on her late husband’s $10,000 policy, effective the coming week.
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Washington
Truman
John S. Power
Veterans Administration
Army
France
Power
Communist Strike In Paris Fizzles
A Communist ordered a 24 hour general strike in Paris crippling transport and removing newspapers from the capital yet non Communist unions urged workers to ignore it. By noon only a small minority followed the strike as police brutality protests on the Champs Elysees during Armistice day celebrations sparked the action.
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Paris
Communist Union of Paris
Champs Elysees
Rioters Attack French Government Mine. Three Police Men Kidnapped
Rioting strikers attacked the Brassades Mines government facility 25 miles southeast of Clermont Ferrand in central France. Three police officers were reported kidnapped as fighting broke out at the coal mine.
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Paris
France
Brassades-Mines
Clermont Ferrand
Like Goldilocks He Makes Self at Home
George Cascianna, 28, slept in a stranger’s bed after mistaking an apartment for his own. The Breens found him in underwear on their bed with beer and whisky. He pled guilty to disorderly conduct and the judge postponed sentencing.
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New York
George Cascianna
Goldilocks
Richard Breen
Breen
Breens
Cuscianna
Cascianna
Deaths Emery T. Schiey 49 Cedar Rapids native dies in Las Vegas
Emery T. Schiey 49 a Cedar Rapids native who lived in Waterloo and Los Angeles died Friday in Las Vegas Nevada where he had resided the last two years. He is survived by his wife a daughter Georgianne three brothers and four sisters. The body will be brought to Teahen chapel in Cedar Rapids with funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Emery T. Schiey
Cedar Rapids
Las Vegas
Nev
Waterloo
Georgianne
George
Louis
Los Angeles
Leo
J.A. Brown
Dell Rapids
S. D
Agnes Kennedy
Martha Schley
John Redmond
Teahen
Mrs Mabel Heiss Found Dead in Cedar Rapids Home
Cedar Rapids police discovered Mrs Mabel Heiss 48 in her residence at 1329 M avenue NE after brothers in law Donald and Charles Heiss knocked and received no answer. She lived with her son Jack and daughter in Detroit Mrs Harold Wood. Body taken to Beatty chapel awaiting coroner determination and funeral plans.
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Cedar Rapids
Mabel Heiss
M Avenue NE
Donald Heiss
Charles Heiss
Detroit
Beatty Chapel
Linn County
Heiss
Britain Designs A Bomb Shelters For Civil Defense
London reports Britain has drawn up elaborate civil defense plans including atom bomb shelters and rocket weapon protection. Ministers approved a detailed program ready to deploy at short notice with a new civil defense bill. Local volunteers will lead efforts, reinforced by mobile military columns and an inter-departmental technical committee. An evacuations plan for London and major towns is anticipated as part of population dispersal ahead of any future war.
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London
INS
Britain
Minister of Works
Home Office
England
Boy Pulls False Alarm On Fire Truck Duty
Gloucester New Jersey report recounts three year old Richard Sherrer who pulled a fire alarm before firefighters arrived. He rode a red tricycle, rang the bell, wore a cardboard firefighter hat, and later confessed at home that he activated the alarm.
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Gloucester
N. J
Richard Sherrer
Richard
World faces meat shortage for 10 to 15 years says professor
CAPETOWN South Africa UP Professor John Hammond of Cambridge University warns the globe will endure a meat shortage for the next decade and a half. He cites rising incomes and demand, lower unemployment, farmers shifting to dairy, and war damage to cattle as key causes.
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Capetown
South Africa
John Hammond
Cambridge University
Hammond
General Alarm Fire Keeps Cop Hopping
Carmel California dispatch recounts Duke Dufur, an off duty officer and volunteer firefighter, rushing from Cannery Row to Monterey fire scene. He ferried to Carmel ambulance then directed traffic after briefly returning to assist police, demonstrating multi agency demands during the general alarm.
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Carmel
Calif
Duke” Dufur
Monterey
Dufur
Pair Arraigned On Linn County Break in Charges
John Good 26 and Arnold Block 19 of Hi Way hotel were arraigned in Linn County district court on breaking and entering charges. They face counts for Cannon's tavern and eight Center Point businesses with $2500 bail each. They admitted stealing two cars and were arrested after a Parole Agent tipped off police.
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John Good
Arnold Block
Hi-Way
Linn County District Court
Center Point
Swisher
Cedar Davids
Floyd Philbrick
Cannon’s
Fifth Street
Oscar Story
Good
Atomic Energy Lifts Earth's Face
The Geological Society of America's meeting heard a new theory that buried atomic energy from uranium and related minerals raises and reshapes the earth. Dr Bailey Willis and Dr C W Wolfe proposed deep heat sources create bubbles and blisters that drift and form continents, ocean beds, and mountains with slow growth and no danger of explosive activity.
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Associated Press
New York
Geological Society of America
Bailey Willis
Stanford University
C. W. Wolfe
Boston University
Willis
Wolfe
Dr. Willis
Ambitious Couple Juggle Work and Study in Boston
Ernest Tynes, 45, a Newton letter-carrier, studies by night at Franklin Technical Institute while his wife Gladys, 45, a Boston department store typist, also studies at Calvin Coolidge College. He aims to become a building contractor, she to enter social work after graduation.
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Boston
Ernest Tynes
Newton
Franklin Technical Institute
Gladys
Calvin Coolidge College
Tynes
African Tree Produces Sausage Shaped Fruit
UCLA botanists describe a native African tree Kigelia Pinnata that bears long green salami like fruit up to 18 inches. Squirrels in Africa cut and ferment the interior before eating it though the fruit is not advised for human consumption.
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Los Angeles
University of California At
UCLA
Hawaii
Africa
Threat of Swim Suit Brings Quick Action
A Monterey California swimming instructor Elsie Luce threatened the city council with a suit if the storm sewer in front of her home was not repaired. Mayor Hugh Darmody promised swift action after the warning delivered at a council meeting.
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Monterey
Calif
Elsie Luce
Hugh Darmody
Hong Kong Pickpockets Trained by Local Snatching Schools
Detective Inspector J. R. Sykes testified in magistrate's court that the alleged pickpocket is a member of a local pickpocketing and snatching school. He noted several such schools operate in the colony.
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Hong Kong
Hongkong
Fagin
J. R. Sykes
Lindbergh Heads to Alaska to Study Air Operations
Charles A. Lindbergh, special consultant for the air force, travels to Alaska to study operations there, the air force announced Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Air Force
Alaska
Courthouse pledges five years for embezzlement by agent
George Robinson, 20, of 1512 Tenth street SE, pled guilty to embezzlement by agent and received a five year sentence from Judge G. K. Thompson at Fort Madison penitentiary. He admitted stealing 69.68 dollars from a filling station at 402 Center Point road NE where he worked last Sunday.
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George Robinson
Tenth Street
Fort Madison
G. K. Thompson
Robinson
Center Point Road
Bertha Howard Seeks Separate Maintenance in Divorce Suit
Bertha Howard filed suit in district court for separate maintenance from Herman Howard. The petition states they were married August 1, 1916, and they have three children, all married.
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Bertha Howard Friday
Herman Howard
Will of Mrs William W Smith probate in Linn County
The will of Mrs William W Smith who died October 26 was admitted to probate in Linn County district court. A son Karl Russell John Smith was named executor without bond. The will leaves the entire estate to her husband.
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William W. Smith
Linn
Karl Russell John Smith
Judge Awards Quinn Default Judgment in Promissory Note Case
Judge G K Thompson on Saturday awarded Kenneth P Quinn a default judgment of 206 67 against E Courts on a promissory note.
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G. K. Thompson
Kenneth P. Quinn
Street Oiling Levy Nearly 78 Percent Paid in Cedar Rapids
City Treasurer Wal ter E. Miller announced that 78 percent of prepaid street oiling assessments have been collected for 1948, up from 71.9 percent last year. Total oiling bill was 20,759.98 with 16,217.78 collected. 4,542.20 will be certified and added to 1949 tax rolls. Similar figures for 1947 show 12,207.39 received before certification of a 16,978.02 bill. Additional assessments for snow removal and tree trimming are pending.
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Walter E. Miller
Miller
ST Onsaite
Cedar Rapids
Goat Jumping Into Boat Kills Boy in Illinois
In Galesburg Illinois a seven year old boy named Jerry Nylin died after a goat jumped into a small boat on the river shore causing a .22 caliber gun to discharge. Companions Junior and Arlee Shekels were present as the bullet struck Jerry in the heart and he died at a local hospital.
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Galesburg
Ill
INS
Jerry Nylin
Junior
Arlee Shekels
Jerry
Tavern Owner Sat On During Theft in Chicago Bar Hiatus
Four men robbed a Chicago tavern after a customer ordered a beer and aided by three armed accomplices. The owner Sophie Paskiewicz was forced into a rear room and held for 15 minutes while $200 was taken.
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Chicago
INS
Sophie Paskiewicz
Sophie
Four Firemen Burned To Death In Newark Crash
Four firemen died and five were injured when a car crashed into a speeding fire engine in Newark's business district. The 50 gallon gasoline tank ignited and three victims were incinerated before onlookers as Acting Fire Capt. William Mauger, 37, was pulled from the wreckage alive but later died in hospital.
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Newark
N. J
INS
William Mauger
Dochterman Re-enlists In Regular Army
Sgt. John W. Dechterman from 641 Sixteenth Avenue SW reenlists for three more years. He serves with Headquarters Company 3rd Infantry Regiment in Salzburg Austria and has three years overseas experience. He leads the regiment drum and bugle corps as non commissioned officer in charge.
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Dochterman
John W. Dechterman
R. G. Dechterman
Sixteenth Avenue
3 Infantry Paniment
Salzburg
Austria
Table Top Radios Prize in Cedar Rapids Speech Contest
Table top radios and merchandise credits are set as prizes for Cedar Rapids high schools in the Speak for Democracy contest ending November 22. Eight finalists will compete in the city finals at the Chamber of Commerce building with winners to be named that night.
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Rome
Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s Bureau
National Radio Week
Westinghouse
YMB
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids man pleads to assault with intent five year term
Arthur Krug, 48, of Cedar Rapids, was sentenced to an indeterminate five year term after pleading guilty to assault with intent to commit a felony in the June 3 attack on Dorothy Wilson. He admitted beating her on a rural road west of Cedar Rapids and restraining her in his car with a kerosene fire burning inside.
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Arthur Krug
Cedar Rapids
Fort Madison
Krug
Floyd Philbrick
Philbrick
Dorothy Wilson
British Pay Rare Tribute to F R Roosevelt in Abbey
Britain honored Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Westminster Abbey in a 10 minute ceremony. Winston Churchill unveiled a plaque with Mrs Roosevelt and Curtis Boettiger present. Attlee and the Westminster dean spoke as British and foreign notables paid tribute to the wartime leader.
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London
Britain
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Westminster Abbey
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Attlee
Westminster
Cuban sugar magnate takes Halifax cab ride lauded as tieup relief
Cuban sugar magnate Jose Gasch, diverted from New York by a longshoremen strike, stepped off the liner Mauretania at Halifax and hired a taxi. Driver Ralph Heisler earned $20 a day plus expenses to take him to New York, where the limousine and chauffeur awaited.
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Halifax
N. S
Jose Gasch Friday
Mauretania
New York
Sewor
Ralph Heisler
Riedel Elected President of Iowa Milk Dealers
Harley Riedel of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Iowa Milk Dealers Association at a Des Moines convention. G. R. Whiting of Sioux City became vice president and W. H. Humby of Waterloo was named treasurer.
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Harley Riedel
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Milk Dealers Association
Des Moines
Sanitary Dairy
Riedel
Bever Avenue
G. R. Whiting
Sioux City
W. H. Humby
Waterloo
Hunter Is Shot When Rifle Fires At Fox
HEPWORTH Ont AP Hunter Charles Adam 26 said he swung his rifle butt at a wounded fox when it snapped at him. The weapon discharged striking him in the chest. Hospital authorities said his condition was not critical.
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Hepworth
Ont
Charles Adam
GE and Subsidiaries Fined in Sherman Antitrust Case
General Electric and two subsidiaries along with three officials were fined 56000 by a federal judge for conspiring from 1928 to 1940 to monopolize trade in hard metal compositions and products. The case cited violations of the Sherman act and the Wilson tariff act.
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NEW York
General Electric Company
Be J
John C. Knox
Dr Nall to Speak at St Pauls Cedar Rapids
Dr T Otto Nall editor of the Christian Advocate will speak at St Pauls Church in Cedar Rapids Sunday. He has served as managing editor since 1940 and will discuss A Sunday in Berlin based on his 15 country European trip last summer.
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T. Otto Nall
Christian Advocate
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul's Church
Dr. Nall
Garret Theological Seminary
Adrian College
Hamline College
Garret
Berlin
Illness Delays Trial of 12 Communist Leaders
William Z. Foster, national chairman of the Communist party, is too ill with a heart ailment to stand trial. A court doctor ordered postponement and Judge Medina tentatively set a 30 day delay while allowing the 12 defendants to be tried together.
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New York
William Z. Foster
Communist Party
United States
Foster
Harold R. Medina
Ten Downed U S Flyers Rescued Near Fais Atoll
The 10 man B 29 crew crash landed on Fais atoll while searching for another Superfort. They were rescued by a Martin PBM from the fleet air wing in Saipan and brought to Guam. Natives aided their transfer. eight names released. flight originated Okinawa to Guam.
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Guam
Air Force
Fais Atoll
Navy
Fleet Air Wing
Saipan
Yap Island
Okinawa
Police Hold Three Men For Benton County Larceny Suspects
Morning report states Benton county sheriff detaining three men on suspicion of larceny. Leonard Sturm 22 Ray Stumpff 29 Leslie Stumpff 21 were arrested at 1 30 am Saturday tied to thefts in Newhall. Items stolen include a bicycle a shotgun groceries blankets and potted plants. All property seized by Cedar Rapids police.
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Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Leonard W. Sturm
Midway Drive
Ray G. Stumpff
Leslie Stumpff
John 4 Avenue
Newhall
Casper Risdel
Ray Orf
Don Bascomb
Twelve Scout Officials Attend Marshalltown Training Conference
Twelve Boy Scout officials from the Waubeek Area Council attended a training conference in Marshalltown led by O. B. Evenson, assistant national director of rural Scouting. Sessions ran Saturday from 9 a.m. and continue Sunday until a noon luncheon. Evenson plans three regional events, with others set for Joplin, Missouri and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Waubeek Area
Marshalltown
O. B. Evenson
Evenson
Joplin
Cheyenne
Wyo
Elevation Range Across Great Lakes Ranges Noted
The Great Lakes' elevations vary with Lake Superior at 602 feet and Lake Ontario at 246 feet above sea level.
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Great Lakes
Superior
Ontario
Notice of Will Bate in HBR for Joan Comnts
Court lists a will probate action with date November 12 and time near 3 oclock. Kubicek Novak Kubicek Attorneys appear for the matter in the District Court.
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HBR
Joan
Bo District Court
Kubicek
Novak & Kubicek, Attorneys
Notice of Probate and Debt Settlement in Linn County
Notice is given that on the 12th day of February 1948 an estate in Linn County Iowa has appointed a executor. Persons indebted to the estate must pay promptly to the undersigned. Claims against the estate must be duly authenticated and presented to the administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Linn
Iowa
Whem
EiNora Hemphaeeutsis
W. Inu
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Jeago
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Chambers Inskeep Optical Company
Richard H. McNeill
Seventh Street
Wilma Arendt Scheer
Herman Scheer
Cecilia Landry
Virgil E. Landry
Sylvia Henry
Robert M. Henry
Harold Holmes Fish
Agnes Lucille Fish
Sash and Door Company
First Street
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
George Vicko, Jr
Barbara Delores Addis
I. A. Lowell
Margaret Vesely
Duane Leroy Larby
Gloria Jean Carstensen
Olin
Harlan Saber
Volga City
Virginia Seeland
Elkader
Robert E. Schmidt
Rockford
Given J. Wentworth
Howard C. Parks
Joyce M. Fosdick
Marion
St. Luke’s
Albert Willenberg
Fifth Avenue SE
Jack Shuman
Vernon
Mercy
Ronald Woolsthchill
Watkins
James Pearson
N. Y
Ensign
James H. Barry
Norfolk
Ensign Barry
Halford T. Barry
Fourth Avenue
Kalamazoo
Mich
R. D. Blackie
Blackie
Mabel Vaughn
First Avenue
Bellflower
Fred Panzica
Panzica
Lenore Teply
Lenora Teply
Frank J. Teply, Jr
Robert LeRoy McAnally
Third Avenue SW
C. V. Lehman
Robert L. McAnally
Third Avenue
Jean B. Kern
Iowa City
Curtis A. Kingson
Ottumwa
Albert Horsky
Donald H. Stewert
Tenth Avenue SE
Armand J. Fontaine
Allison Hotel
T. M. Jakways
Twenty-first Street
Brandon
Earl Geltz
Jesup
John R. Lewis
Oatholc
Lone Tree
John R. Petsel
Cameron
Lone Tree Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ossian
Ole Tollefson
Springfield Lutheran Church
Calmar
Oelwein
Armena Davidson
Sacred Heart Church
Williamsburg
Johanna Bevins
Parnell
St. Joseph’s Church
Clyde O. Sperry
Monona
Frank Leath
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Acob Hohnle
Amana
Andrews
Howard W. Blakeslee
LINDY
Dial
Adv
Krebs
First Avenue SE
Townsend Club
Townsend Victory Club No
K. of P. Hall
Berger, Purrier
7Th Ave
Berger, Furrier
F.R
Halifax-N.y
Iowa Milk Dealers
Hunter
Fox
General Electric and Subsidiaries
St. Paul's
U.S
Benton
John B
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