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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1947
Page
18
A Northwest Airlines DC-4 bound for Seattle landed safely at Willow Run after reporting engine trouble over Cleveland. No fire was found upon inspection. The crew and 13 passengers were uninjured. The company suspects a faulty warning system connection and has grounded the craft for further study and CAA inspection.
Milwaukee dispatch reports Harold E. Stassen condemning covert GOP maneuvers and criticizing New York Governor Dewey for avoiding a public stance on a presidential bid. Stassen says party operatives prefer signaling rather than confronting real issues, likening tactics to avoiding straight answers.
The International Civil Aviation Organization reports Pakistan's joining efforts announced from Montreal. The brief notes progress toward membership and related aviation cooperation steps with global authorities.
Circuit Judge George B. Murphy, Harvard educated, was arrested Saturday night on a drunk driving charge and released on bond. He stood mute to the charge and a plea of innocent was entered. Trial set for January 22 in traffic court. Murphy said the incident followed the Yale Harvard game and admitted having about four highballs while listening to a game broadcast at a club.
A three story George Washington Carver museum in Tuskegee burned for three hours destroying many of his personal creative items. Fire spread from the ground floor lab to the main and second floors where paintings and exhibits were on display. Firefighting aid came from Tuskegee and the veterans hospital while the modern lab, research records and most of Carver’s handiwork were lost.
London AP reports Winston Churchill on Monday night stating he could have persuaded President Truman to extend lend-lease after World War II had he not lost power in the Labor landslide of 1945. He argued Socialists blame him to shield their own failures.
Los Angeles reporters note a Robert H. Clark Company worker John Panushka flew to New York with can openers missing from the Friendship Train supplies. He recalled how scarce can openers were in Europe and the company donated three shipments to aid the effort.
Three CIO union leaders Pat Amato Irving Krane and Lee were sentenced to 90 days in jail for contempt of court after a mass demonstration outside the Cory Corporation plant where a strike was underway. Judge Robert E Crowe imposed the punishment for defying an injunction.
Men entering the West Point Military Academy are required to pledge eight years of service, comprising four years at the academy and four years afterward in the armed forces. The obligation binds new cadets to a lengthy post graduation career in the military.
Lundgren and Crowe found all other officers guilty but spared them a reprimand due to their being women. The union was found guilty, but Crowe declined a fine noting that the payers would be hard working union members. The case arose from 182 demonstrators arrested after a court injunction limited pickets to ten, later reduced to four.
In Gooding Idaho AP report actor Ralph Bellamy was granted a divorce from his organist wife Ethel Smith on Monday after he charged desertion. The case highlights Bellamy's separation and legal action within the Idaho court system.
A fragmented listing shows film titles and showtimes for multiple venues including Paramount Rialto Palace and Strand. Notable titles include It Had To Be You Stella Dallas The Perils of Pauline and Secrets of a Sorority Girl with times ranging from early afternoon to late evening.
Thirty 1948 model Austin automobiles from England debuted in New York on Tuesday. Two door models sell for 1395 dollars, four door sedans for 1495 dollars.
Detroit report shows Ford Motor Company produced 20,985 passenger cars last week, a postwar production high. The figure reflects continued recovery in manufacturing and strong demand for Ford models in the market.
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