31 Convicted Of Polygamy and Conspiracy in Utah Trial
In Salt Lake City thirty one Fundamentalists were found guilty by an eight man jury of conspiring to practice polygamy and acts injurious to public morals. The verdict followed two hours of deliberation and the group plans immediate appeals to challenge Utah conspiracy law. The defendants face up to one year in jail or a $1000 fine.
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Salt Lake City
State Supreme Court
Utah
Brigham Roberts
Huge Crowds at Al Smith Rites
New York crowds by the thousands gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the pontifical mass of requiem for Alfred E. Smith the former governor and 1928 Democratic presidential candidate. Roosevelt arrived with Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Terry as the service began. Smith’s family attended the cathedral, with two daughters and two sons present alongside other relatives.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York State
Fifth Avenue
Smith
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas A. Terry
Second Service Command
Alfred E. Smith, Jr
South Pacific
Willkie Condition Reported Greatly Improved at Lenox Hills
New York AP Wendell L. Willkie was described as very much better by his physician after a comfortable night at Lenox Hills hospital where he has been critically ill with colitis streptococcal throat infection and lung congestion. His temperature stood at 101 degrees Saturday according to Dr. Benjamin Salzer.
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New “York
Wendell L. Willkie
Lenox Hills Hospital
Benjamin Salzer
Dewey to Address Red Support Claims Tonight
Gov Thomas E. Dewey warned that he would discuss President Roosevelt's stance on Communist support in a Charleston radio address Saturday night at 8 45 p m. Dewey avoided naming groups but tied Roosevelt’s remarks to accepting aid from communists and called for public clarification of the Democratic PAC backing Hillman Browder and other communists.
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Dewey
F. R
Albany, N. Y
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Charleston
W. Va
Paul Lockwood
Albany
New York City
Alfred E. Smith
St. Patrick's Cathedral
White House
Milwaukee
John W. Bricker
Ohio
G.O.P
Democratic Party
Hillmans
Browders
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Cedar Rapids Weekend Forecast With Cool Nights
Fair and cooler tonight with Sunday sunny and mild. Cedar Rapids area expected moderate weekend temperatures after yesterday reached 76 degrees. Readings show 68 degrees at 2 30 PM after a 47 degree low earlier, with humidity around 22 percent and light frost possible in northwest and north central portions tonight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Seven Jackson prisoners escape prison by sawing bars
Seven convicts who escaped from Jackson prison Friday night by sawing through two sets of bars prompted a state wide search Saturday authorities reported.
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Jackson, Mich
INS
Jackson Prison
Roosevelt misstatement on GOP speech printing clarified
The White House said Roosevelt misread his remarks and added the word free when noting that Republicans had three million copies of a speech printed by the government. The costs were not paid by the government but were mailed under franking privilege, provoking congressional protests.
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Washington
INS
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Executive
Government
Fred F. Busbey
R-Nl
E. Giegengack
British Planes Bomb Bremen and Berlin Raid
A large force of R A F heavy bombers attacked Bremen and Dortmund with over 1,000 four engine Lancasters and Halifaxes taking part. Berlin Dortmund and Saarbrucken were struck in a four pronged night raid following a major American daylight assault. Bremen city was reported to be in flames end to end.
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London
R.A.F
Bremen
Germany
Berlin
Dortmund
Saarbrucken
Reich
Ruhr
Special Assessment Deadline Set for October 19
City Treasurer Walter E. Miller announced the deadline to pay special assessments for sidewalk repair weed cutting snow removal and rubbish removal is October 19. Property owners must pay at his city hall fifth floor office or the amounts will be certified to the county auditor and added to regular tax rolls.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter E. Miller
OPA Attorney Holdoegel Stricken by Infantile Paralysis
Donald D. Holdoegel 43 an enforcement attorney for Des Moines district of the OPA was placed in an iron lung after infantile paralysis spread through his body. He was hospitalized at Mercy and then Broadlawns contending with serious condition and respiratory involvement.
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Des Moines
Donald D. Holdoegel
OPA
Mercy Hospital
Broadlawns Contagious Hospital
Nazis Evacuate Greece as Allied Forces Advance
Allied planes and warships hunted a German evacuation fleet in the Aegean while British forces landed across the Peloponnesus and reached toward Corinth. Nazi withdrawal began with Kythera and included coastal ports abandoned as small boats tried to slip past British fire.
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Rome
Greece
Aegean
Peloponnesus
Athens
ATF
Grecian
Samos
Letitha
Khios
Mytilene
Lesbos
Andros
Skyros
Tripolis
Patras
Kythera
Firecrackers disrupt Boston Communist revue at Symphony Hall
In Boston the Communist Political Committee satire FD R Victory Bandwagon faced disruption when firecrackers exploded near an exit just after Earl Browder finished speaking. Police found no suspects, and the audience was calmed as Miss Ann Burlak and others urged order while Browder criticized John L Lewis and alleged collusion with Dewey Bricker.
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Boston
Communist Political Committee
Fd.r. Victory
Earl Browder
Communist Political Association
Symphony Hall
Frank Mullen
Ann Burlak
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Browder
Writ Killed Holland Sped To Tennessee
Linn county deputies moved early Friday after Judge G K Thompson annulled the habeas writ for Orgal Holland 21. Holland faced a Tennessee age of consent charge and was taken across the state line within minutes after the writ dismissal. His extradition dispute centered on an allegedly defective affidavit and Holland’s claimed May 7 arrival in Iowa.
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Linn County
Orgal Holland
Tennessee
Holland
Harlan Snyder
P. J. Whittemore
G K. Thompson
James Smith
First Avenue SW
B. B Hickenlooper
Smith
Larry Condon
Washington County
Johnson City
Tenn
James E. Patterson
George F Buresh
Co. L. Adams
Iowa
Nazi Robot Bombs Hit London During Night Attacks
German robot bombs struck southern England including the London area, causing casualties after a heavy flak barrage. British night fighters confronted two robot attacks shortly after nightfall amid the late rising moon.
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London
England
Cummins Covers Iowa Ohio State Football Game
Ga zette sports editor Tait Cummins left for Columbus to cover the Iowa Ohio State game after reporting the first three World Series games in St. Louis. If the series extends, Cummins will return to St. Louis for the windup.
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St. Louis
Tait Cummins
Gazette
Columbus
Cummins
Slain Government Girl Dorothy Berrum Linked to Marine Suspect
Police announce arrest of a U.S. marine in the case of Dorothy Berrum a government typist found raped and murdered near East Potomac Park in Washington. A leather belt believed to bear fingerprints spurred the intensified manhunt drawing Army Navy and FBI involvement. The 18-year-old victim stood four feet five inches tall.
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Washington
Snood
Dorothy Berrum
East Potomac Park
Army
Navy
Parks
Federal Bureau of Investigation
War Department
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Nazi Lines Wilt North Of Aachen
Allied advances across a breached Siegfried line push American forces from the outskirts of Aachen toward the Rhine. The First Army drives five towns inside Germany and reaches near Beggenendorf Baesweiler Alsdorf Merkstein Herbach and Hofstadt while tightening control from Geilenkirchen to Immendorf. Canadian and French troops expand gains near Le Thillot and Tilburg area as air power pummels German defenses.
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London
Aachen
Germany
U. S. First Army
Reich
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Bonn
Courtney H. Hodges
Rhine
Beggeendorf
Baeswiler
Alsdorf
Merkstein
Herbach
Hofstadt
Aachen Road
Geilenkirchen
Ubach
Immendorf
Baesweiler
Oidtweiler
U. S
Seventh Army
le Thillot
Belfort
Bussang
Vosges
Lower Holland
Tilburg
Leopold Canal
Antwerp
Ossendrecht
Schelde
Parole Granted for Earl N. Chadd After Manslaughter Sentence
Earl N. Chadd, 33, paroled from Fort Madison to L. E. Ogle of Omaha and Richard C. Meissner of Lincoln under Armour employment terms. He must not return to his former traveling representative job. His eight year manslaughter sentence stemmed from an Oct 22, 1942 auto crash that killed Navy Lt. John E. Buckle, a coach at the Navy Preflight School in Iowa City.
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Cedar Ranlds News
Earl N. Chadd
Fort Madison
Des Moines
Iowa Parole Board
Chadd
Navy
John E Buckle
Iowa City
L. E.ogle
Omaha
Neb
Armour and Company
Nebraska
Richard C. Meissner
Lincoln
Boy 14 Injured Crossing Street In Taxi Collision
Bob Rhodes 14 of 309 H avenue NW was in fair condition at St Luke s hospital after a taxi hit him while crossing at E avenue NW and Second street Friday 7 25 pm He suffered a broken leg other injuries Lucille Stegall 17 said Rhodes crossed diagonally Clair Keegan the taxi driver blamed glare from an approaching car Mrs James Edmonds 815 Ellis boulevard NW driving another car said she was blinded by the same lights and steered to the curb The youth sustained skin abrasions on the left arm a cut above one eye and a leg fracture.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Rhodes
H Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Clair Keegan
E Avenue NW
Second Street
Lucille Stegall
Rhodes
Keegan
James Edmonds
Ellis Boulevard NW
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