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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1948
Page
12
Police questioned Jesse Jenkins and his 13 year old daughter Constance after seven other family members died in a Sunday night fire that trapped them in a second story flat. Jenkins and Constance escaped by leaping from a window.
A kerosene heater caused a Sunday blaze that swept a two story Madison apartment, killing mother Floorence Dinger, 32, and children Judeen 8 Billy 5 Shirley 4. Nancy 11 was saved by her mother who then died. Two others were hospitalized with burns and 25 escaped in night attire.
Authorities investigated a Monday house fire in Hoopes ton Illinois that claimed the lives of Sharon Kay Smith age four and Patricia Jean two. Three other children escaped as the blaze swept through the home while the mother was visiting a neighbor. Jeannette Louise Smith carried her half sister Shirley Lee Creamer to safety and Verna May Smith also fled.
Prague reports indicate Arnost Heidrich secretary-general of the Czech foreign ministry vanished from his office and is believed to have fled the country with his wife and young son. Police had been surveilling him for weeks and began a search after his last sighting eight days ago.
Paramount shows When My Baby Smiles At Me at 1 3 10 15 30 45 and shorts. Iowa Station West Bodyguard at 2 55 5 50 8 45. State Northwest Stampede Lets Live Again early then 3 40 6 20 8 55. Town S O S Submarine Harpoon in repeats. Palace A Foreign Affair Arthur Takes Over with times. Times Another Part of the Forest Up in Central Park. Strand The Farmer's Daughter Caged Fury. Marion Melody Time Man Eater of Kumaon in late runs.
Louella Parsons reports Clare Boothe Luce sold Samuel Goldwyn an original story Their Wedding Day with Teresa Wright and Dana Andrews as leads. Cary Grant’s secretary heads to Heidelberg as Cary travels to Europe while hints persist about Betsy Drake marriage. Janet Gaynor to star opposite Gary Cooper in Task Force. Jane, Universal-International Miss America 1948 Joan Fulton. Betty Grable back on set injured. Joan Crawford sings at Ciros. Steve Cochran in Mae West play Diamond Lil. Truman victory party costs and Kitty Carlisle cast in Rape of Lucretia in Newark.
Washington reports Rep. Richard F. Harless of Arizona and former Zingfield Follies beauty Meredith Howard spending their Monday together on a honeymoon trip.
Rob ert Kosanovic in Meadville Pennsylvania welcomed triplet sons after his wife gave birth Sunday night. The 21 year old mother also has an 11 month old boy. Two babies weighed six pounds one and three quarters ounces and the third five pounds three and one half ounces. The father plans to finish the upstairs of their new house to provide bunks for the six children.
Hollywood reports Betty Grable is laid up with a strained back after attempting to lift Cesar Romero in a film scene. The studio says she will not perform weighty stunts for several days as doctors treat the injury.
President Truman seeks to cap military spending at 15 billion dollars unless new overseas threats emerge. Edwin G. Nourse and Budget Director James E. Webb warned the Pentagon that budgets near 18 to 20 billion could trigger inflation, calling for strict cost controls and reallocation to maximize effectiveness.
From Paris, John Foster Dulles said the United Nations has reduced the chance of war by signaling that aggressors would be opposed by most countries. He cited UN debate as steering toward a settlement of the Berlin crisis and warned that miscalculation begins conflicts.
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