Beating Alleged at Iowa Training School Tells Of Death
Ottumwa witness Marvin McAdoo testified that guard Carl Klatt ordered 17 year old Ronald Miller and six other inmates to stand by beds and haul coal after a suspected escape plot. Miller was beaten with a metal tug and billy club, collapsing on the coal pile before dying. Klatt faces second degree murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight McCormack
Fort Dodge
Ronald Miller
Marvin McAdoo
Ottumwa
Carl Klatt
Miller
Klatt
W. A. Swanson
Eldora
Clifton
Cycbina
McAdoo
Double Strike Ties Up Cedar Rapids Truck Lines
Labor turmoil stops most over the road trucking in the Cedar Rapids area. Only Western Transportation runs. National Freight Lines halted. AFL Teamsters Local 238 says Midwest Operation Association rejected an eastern contract, prompting broad regional strikes across Iowa and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Western Transportation Company
National Freight Lines
Middle West
Teamsters Union
Midwest Operators Association
Teamsters
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Colorado
Lou Hausking
Minneapolis
Hausking
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Midwest
H & W Motor Express Company
Hawkeye Motor Express Company, Inc
Merchants Motor Freight, Inc
Keeshin National Freight Lines, Inc
Rock Island Motor Transit Company
Takin Brothers Freight Lines, Inc
Western
National
Chicago
Soldier Re-enlists to See His Girl in New York
In KEARNS Utah a Private Larry N Hawkins 19 of Brooklyn N Y re-enlisted at the overseas replacement depot so he could take furlough to visit his girl Marie Gloria Musolino 18 of Brooklyn N Y. He dropped 30 photographs on the post review editor’s desk and apologized for not having the other 40 sent home and the 250 he keeps in his room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearns
Utah
New York
Larry N. Hawkins
Brooklyn
N. Y
Marie Gloria Musolino
Kearns Post- Review
Output Boost by OPA Stirs Hope for End to Tire Rationing
Washington reports a sharp rise in tire production with OPA stating output could hit 11 million passenger tires this quarter, up from 7 million in July September. CPA head John D. Small says rationing may end shortly after year’s start as dealer inventories build and auto industry strikes affect allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
John D. Small
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
General, Six Others Parachute to Safety
Brig. Gen. George H. Weems, five other army officers and an enlisted man parachuted to safety when an army transport plane crashed in rainy weather near Walhalla South Carolina Tuesday night. The Fort Benning public relations office said none suffered serious injuries.
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Walhalla
S. C
George H. Weems
Army
Here
Fort Benning
Washington
Bolling Field
Churchill Warns Socialist Ideas Can Destroy Britain
London dispatch says Winston Churchill declared war on British socialism and warned that socialist theories threaten Britain's prosperity and freedom. He attacked Aneurin Bevan and Sir Stafford Cripps, calling Cripps a promoter of misery while urging Conservatives to lead Britain out of what he called a lapse.
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London
INS
Winston Churchill
Britain
Central Council
Churchill
Aneurin Bevan
Stafford Cripps
Bevan
Cripps
The
Board of Trade
London Evening Papers
City Seeks Rooms in Loop to aid veterans
Downtown Cedar Rapids officials decide that housing veterans and their families in vacant rooms will not raise property assessments during the emergency. The emergency housing committee will open an office and seek a health board resolution to rent available rooms in A zones, with a house to house survey to be conducted this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
F. K. Hahn
James F. Scolaro
Emergency Housing Committee
Scolaro
Hahn
Board of Health
Health Board
Dwight Krumholtz
Emer
Gency Housing Committee
Don Hines
James Yuill
Housing Committee
Area Rental Office
Yuill
Manning to Command ROTC at Coe College
Capt. Leo W. Manning of Bloomington Illinois reports for duty as commandant of the ROTC unit at Coe college succeeding Capt. Leo A Hoffman. Manning entered service in 1941 and has served at Camp Fannin Fort McClellan Camp Shelby and overseas in France and Germany. He was wounded in Germany and returned to the United States in June 1945. Hoffman reports to Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth and has returned to business in Omaha.
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Leo W. Manning
Bloomington
Ill
R.O.T.C
Coe College
Leo A. Hoffman
War Department
Manning
Camp Fannin
Texas
Fort McClellan
Ala
Camp Shelby
Miss
France
Germany
England
Hoffman
Fort Riley
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Coe
Omaha
Pacific Wet Move Reported Speeded
NBC correspondent Fred Reinhardt reports Lt Gen W D Styer ordered all men in the Western Pacific army command with 70 or more service points to report to redeployment centers within 48 hours. The movement of troops from the Philippines is a growing operation with thousands hoping to be home for New Year’s Day.
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New York
INS
Fred Reinhardt
NBC
Manila
W. D. Styer
Mercury Jumps Track At 32 Degrees But Rises Later
The report notes a 32 degree reading held until midnight then rose to 41 by 2:30 p.m. The Chambers-Inskeep chart shows a straight 32 degree line until late, with a night low of 25 at Cedar Rapids. Forecasters expect warmer trend through Thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high near 43 in Sioux City.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Iowa Weather Station
Iowa
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
City Judge Renzi among 100 drivers cited in 36 inch snowfall
Watertown city Judge Michael Renzi was among more than 100 motorists ticketed after cars were stranded in a 36 inch blizzard. He fined himself one dollar but excused others as an act of God.
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Watertown
N. Y
Michael Renzi
Renzi
Probers Move to Summon Marshall Before China Trip
The Pearl Harbor committee considers calling Gen. George C. Marshall as a witness before he heads to China. Joseph Grew testifies that some Tokyo embassy codes were destroyed before the war, others remained until after Pearl Harbor. A diary review proposal prompts questions, but Grew doubts it contains usable material.
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Washington
Congressional
Pearl Harbor
George C. Marshall
China
Barkley
D-Ky
Joseph C Grew
Tokyo
Sen. Brewster
Maine
Grew
Sen Ferguson
R-Mich
Brewster
William D Mitchell
Mitchell
Marshall Takes Hurley Post in China
President Truman taps General George C. Marshall to serve as special envoy to China after Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley resigns as ambassador. Marshall, hailed as a top wartime figure, will replace Hurley temporarily as U.S. seeks to address civil war and Japanese postwar concerns in China.
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Washington
Truman
George C. Marshall
China
Patrick Hurley
Marshall
Hurley
State Byrnes
Leesburg
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Michael J. McDermott
Byrnes
Mr. Truman
McDermott
Chungking
Allied lawyers clash as Hess sanity verdict looms
A major rift among American attorneys erupts during the Nuremberg trial with Maj. Gen. Donovan and Col. Brundage departing the prosecution. Capt. Boyle steps in as Justice Jackson defends the procedure while court rules on Schuschnigg affidavits. Hess is deemed not sane in the strict sense. psychiatrists cite amnesia complicating his defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
Rudolph Hess
William J. Donovan
Howard Brundalage
Murray Gurfein
Brundage
Sidney Alderman
Ralph Albrecht
Donovan
Capt
Kenneth Boyle
Robert Jackson
New York
Jackson
Office of Strategic Services
Feneral
Hess
Scotland
Col
Linn County Trails in Iowa Victory Bond Sales Report
Linn Cedar Rapids areas fall to 77th in Iowa Victory bond sales as 42 percent of the 2,007,000 quota is reached mid campaign. Audubon leads at 133 percent. Linn reports 41,489 daily average with Tuesday sales at 40,406 and rural areas contributing 11,755. Burroughs Adding Machine and Illinois Central line share noteworthy purchases. North Western railroad credits Linn with 300,000 in bonds.
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Cedar Rapids
Burroughs Adding Machines Company
al J. Dietsch
Illinois Central Roundhouse
I. C
Andy Nelson
Linn County
North Western Railroad
R. L. Williams
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South Gate
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Louis R. Lee
Baptist Evangelistic Church
Swanson
Boy
C. R. Trucks
Cedar Rapids News
National Labor Relations Board
Index
Daily Record
Aknis
Enae
Marion Wee
State
Avaene
Walter Winchell
Globe
Okinow
Joseph Okinow
Second Avenue
Capt. Manning
Coe Rotc
Pacific
Mee
State Department
Capitol Hill
Wei Tao-ming
Orient
Atcheson, Service
George Atcheson, Jr
Gen. MacArthur
John S Service
Atcheson
Japan
Kurt Schuschnigg
Schuschnigg
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Beaverbrook
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Kemsley
van Sittart J
Londonerry
Alderman
Franz von Papen
Vienna
Hitler
von Papen
Linn
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