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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1952
Page
5
An eight crew plus one civilian B 50 bomber crashed into a creek near Edgewood Maryland during a routine flight killing five crew members. The civilian photographer and the pilot co pilot and engineer survived the incident. None of the crew listed as from Iowa.
An aged sign on a mercantile building in Delhi Iowa shows a list reading Clothing Hats Caps Boots Shoes and Buffalo Robes. Photographer John Reynolds notes the faded display as a glimpse of local commerce.
The piece notes the tension between navy official photos and public publication with a warning stamp reading Official Photo Not to be used for Publication By Order of The Chief of Naval Operations. It mentions Iowa newspapers receiving hometown navy pictures and a toy maker releasing a wooden junior mechanic kit for children.
A list of tools including a screwdriver wrench hammer bolts screws and nails shows they all function. The boy hammering dents in table tops uses the lone screwdriver to remove fasteners from tricycles kiddie bars and coaster wagons. Police surround a stop sign at highways 13 and 3 west of Edgewood to gain motorists’ attention with tires stacked around the sign. Highway markers for crossroads and intersecting roads are described as simple and potentially helpful.
Dr Toni Hagen a Swiss geologist said reports the Everest expedition neared the summit or failed were concoctions and he expected the team to return to Katmandu around December 15 with a press conference to follow.
Joseph P. Kennedy says he and his son John F. Kennedy are in complete disagreement on foreign policy. The former ambassador notes a sharp split amid the transition to the Kennedy political era.
The elder Kennedy described himself as an isolationist during a Monday night high school association meeting. He criticized foreign policy aid, saying current assistance has not produced the rosy outcomes hoped for.
In Washington the coming Congress will test relations between President Eisenhower and Senator Taft as Taft weighs the Republican legislative program and differences with the White House. Taft has led talks, opposed the Atlantic Pact, and may become floor leader if fellow Republicans name him.
Seitaro Fujita a former Japanese sergeant testified at Provoos treason trial that he witnessed the execution of Capt. Burton C. Thomson an American officer from Swea City Iowa on Corregidor Thomson was reportedly executed after Provoo sought special privileges and warned of potential trouble Fujita said Provoo reported Thomson had a rebellious attitude and the matter was reported to the Japanese company commander Provoo now faces a possible death sentence for allegedly switching sides in 1942 after Corregidor fell
The testimony describes Lt Minoru Nakagawa and another executioner carrying out killings. Three days later Fujita saw Provoo again and recounted that Provoo asked about Capt Thomson. The witness says Provoo replied that he would be informed of any other Americans of that type.
The text records a probate notice to creditors to present their claims against the estate of a deceased individual in Tinnope Iowa. It names the Iowa district officials and the law firm Kilian Shuttleworth Ingersoll as the attorney. The document urges claimants to file by a stated deadline for proper adjudication.
In South Bend the Humane Society recommended dropping delinquency charges against three boys ages 15 19 and 13 involved in plastering a cat. They admitted tossing the animal into a mortar box on October 5 and were placed on unofficial probation. Dr Bruce Hostrawser treated the cat and restored it to health at his office.
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