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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1947
Page
5
Gen. De Gaulle shifts from exile to authority as observers note his prescient warnings and now strong push for centralized control. His early doubts about democracy gave way to broad support as France faced ongoing global tension and internal disputes. This pivot appears to place him on a rapid path back to leadership.
The text surveys France's political tension as Communists push left and Charles de Gaulle gains a renewed following. It notes his harsh intellect and unusual appeal when addressing crowds from a balcony, suggesting he may be returning to power and that the nation feels a moment for prayer.
Justice department investigators served subpoenas on key witnesses in the grand jury inquiry into retired Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers. U S Attorney George Fay said charges will cover perjury bribery war fraud and tax evasion with max penalties up to 629500 in fines and 39 years jail. Meyers faced a possible air force court martial and loss of decorations and pension.
Huntington West Virginia residents report the city council debated a measure to ban barbers from charging more than 25 cents to cut the hand of a bald man. Introduced by Councilman R J Wilkinson Jr who is bald.
An 11-year-old girl Nettie V Huguley and her eight-year-old brother Kirby Lee Huguley played with toy balloons Tuesday on a railroad trestle when a streamliner approached. The engineer could not stop in time and both children were killed instantly. Their parents Mr and Mrs Herman Huguley of Whistler have three other children.
Los Angeles report says a nationwide ring used bogus checks to buy cars, with Raymond F. Ivory, 38, a salesman, arrested. Ivory faces an Indianapolis warrant and will plead here. FBI notes the ring bilked Chicago, Nashville, Joplin and other eastern cities of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Y membership roundup completed in one week by 80 ranch bosses wranglers and cowboys exceeded its 12 000 point goal, reaching 12 035 points. Circle Branch led at 120 percent, HC health club at 119 percent, while Nick Zuidema's Bar Yranch hit 113 percent and Square S trailed by 41 percent.
Michael Powers, 53, once known as a $10 tipper during his AFL Rubber Workers Union presidency, was found dead in a 75 cent a day hotel room on West Madison street. Police say natural causes but recall Powers helped trap three gangsters in 1929.
Lloyd H. Brown claims unsanitary ditch conditions east of Central City from waste dumped by Central City Produce Company. The Iowa Department of Health backed the complaint to Linn county for investigation and action by Maine township trustees. Meanwhile Linn supervisors appointed Vera Lindsay as auto department clerk, effective Nov 1 at $115 monthly.
Article reports comments by Marriner S. Eccles, chair of the Federal Reserve, before a joint economic committee. He argues higher taxes and debt repayment to reduce money in circulation, praises restraint on wage raises, and criticizes subsidizing farmers and easy housing credit as inflationary. He warns full employment and low prices cannot coexist without government regulation.
Joseph Klus 28 an attendant at a service station obeyed two gunmen who demanded the company’s money. He handed over $65 after taking ten $1 bills he kept as his own, explaining the $1 was his. The robbers took the rest.
General Mills, Inc. announces a quarterly dividend of 1.25 per share on its five percent preserved stock. The payout is payable January 1, 1948 to stockholders of record December 10, 1947, marking the 331st consecutive dividend of its kind.
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