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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1948
Page
17
Washington reports the Agriculture Department cautions farmers to expect lower net incomes in 1949 as costs rise across inputs. Wages, machinery, seeds, and fertilizer all climb while livestock feed prices ease, leading to a projected overall income dip despite prewar production gains.
The report notes land values climbed seven percent in the year ending July 1, now two percent above 1920 inflation peaks. Gross rents for leased land have doubled since 1941, reflecting a sharp rise in agricultural value and rental income.
Special to The Gazette reports a headon crash on highway 6 about a mile west of Victor at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Vehicle one carried Melvin Van Hulle of Victor and a man named Christian. Van Hulle had a minor head injury. Vehicle two held the Cunningham family from Hammond Indiana. Mrs Cunningham broke her leg and her husband had minor injuries while a female companion broke her arm. All occupants and two Cunningham children were severely bruised. Mrs Cunningham and the other woman were taken to Grinnell Hospital and the children to Victor for treatment.
In Stockholm the 90 year old King Gustav is ill with influenza type infection and fever. He is receiving penicillin after doctors at Drottingholm castle reported his general condition as good and heart function satisfactory.
Fairfield 15 year old James Robert Alfred, the town's first 1948 polio victim, died Tuesday at the State University Hospital in Iowa City after being ill since October 9. He was the son of Mrs. George Anderson of Fairfield.
A Cedar Rapids Public Schools travelogue program titled Travelogue airs at 7:15 on KCRG KCRK with student and teacher interviews about summer travel. Claire Trevor features on Erskine Johnson's Hollywood Story at 8:30. Opinion Aire debates should we elect Dewey president at 9 with Mary Gore and Rita Dery as panelists and I. H. Fredericks as council.
Radio schedule lists a music album segment titled The Vikings. The program includes Safety Roundup Sports and Hollywood Story style segments with anchors and newsreels guiding a light entertainment block.
Radio listing outlines a day on KCRK with programs from MBS including Hains News and George Paxton O. and Tom Grant segments. It notes a prize party titled Heart's Desire and a series of sports briefs and reels such as Superman and Captain Rats.
Iowa Deputy Secretary of State Richard N. Mason called a policy banning political candidate speeches on state college campuses foolish during a two day Iowa Council for Better Education workshop. He urged broader public administration study and urged the board of education to allow political participation, noting 28 000 students affected at the three state universities and colleges. The board has not decided on modifying the unwritten rule and will meet again before the November general election.
The first group of displaced persons to emigrate to the United States under the new DP law will depart Bremerhaven on Friday, according to U S Army officials. Poland leads the 438 migrants spanning 11 nationalities in the initial transfer.
Chrissie a 10 year old dog with short legs became the first canine to climb all Adirondack peaks 4000 feet or higher after nine years of summits with Dick and Dave Wendell in Ogdensburg. The mix spaniel terrier and spitz overcame ledges and even a porcupine run.
The U S air force will winterize the Berlin airlift with hundreds of reserve pilots receiving training at Great Falls Montana in visual and instrument flying and joining the airlift. Douglas Globemasters will shuttle high priority cargo from Westover Massachusetts to Frankfurt. Maj Gen Tunner says operations can expand through winter and summer. Ground controlled approach via radar assists landings in low visibility. De icing equipment is added and C 54 four engine transports replace the older C 47s to maximize flying time.
In Rochester Minnesota a 66 year old restaurant owner Harry Phill said his 8000 dollar life savings to bring his wife and daughter from Greece was stolen Monday night as he closed his business. He said he must start over to reunite his family after the robbery.
In Tokyo the Communist Ryuichi Tokuda appeared in a new suit during a Diet session. Lawmakers quieted as he rose, some admiring the attire. Asked about the suit’s origin he joked it came from “Friends in the United States” after a prompt question about the Soviet Union.
In Ottumwa Iowa Mrs. John Roop 53 was re arrested and charged again with first degree murder in the July 27 slaying of Earl Robertson Hedrick farmer. Her brother Edward Ebelsheiser 54 Martinsburg handyman faces the same charge in the Robertson shooting with Walter 51 Bladensburg farmer to be tried later.
In Rome Communist deputies storm a session of the chamber of deputies and mob Chief Giorgio Almirante of the Italian Social Movement as boss Palmiro Togliatti denounces Fascist tendencies and calls for freeing partisans jailed for postwar killings. The brawl lasts about twenty minutes with ushers averting injuries.
Louis J. Schmitt aged 19 of near Dubuque died at Mercy hospital from injuries after a Sunday highway 52 crash. The car struck a bridge, cleared a fence and landed in a creek bottom. hunters found the frost covered wreckage and the body as authorities investigated. His parents, Anthony L. and wife, had searched for him before learning of the tragedy.
Dmitri Karaghouzov, Bulgarian consul general in Istanbul, fled last September and arrived in Baltimore on a Turkish transport. He declares he will not return, stating he is not a Communist and that seeking the U.S. asylum was a lifelong dream. He denied carrying secrets and said he resigned and hid, sensing danger of forced return. Immigration officials noted a 90 day visa but expect asylum to be granted.
Paris INS reports Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said she will vote for President Truman in the next election and has written him to that effect. She spoke in good humor when IN S asked if she would vote the Democratic ticket on November 2.
Washington observers say Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's endorsement of President Truman could pull votes from Henry Wallace's third party, shaping the 1948 race.
In Bode Iowa Carl Fuhrman a 27 year old farmer died Tuesday when his tractor overturned in a field and pinned him to the ground. Emergency crews responded but he died at the scene leaving a widow and parents. Authorities investigated the accident on the farm near Bode.
John Santo, Romanian born CIO Transport Workers Union organizer, was ordered deported after failing to maintain student status and admitting Communist party ties. Hearings occurred last year before Immigration Commissioner Arthur Phelan. Santo may appeal to the Attorney General and federal courts.
A statement asserts the Tuesday order blocked his bid due to labor movement ties and frames it as an election maneuver by the Tru.
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