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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1948

Page

3

Groves Urges U S To Keep Atomic Arms

Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves former head of the atomic bomb project tells the American Legion convention the United States must not abandon atomic weapons until major powers reveal good intentions. He backs the Baruch plan for control and says real peace requires open intercourse, warns against a fixed government monopoly on atomic energy and fears a drift to socialism. In a separate Chicago area report Wakefield is charged with conspiracy and burglary. her ex-convict sweetheart Roy Marble is held on bond for the alleged theft from the Civic Medical Center.

Miami Leslie R. Groves United States American Legion Groves Winston Churchill Wakefield Roy Marble Marble Civic Medical Center of Chicago Miss Wakefield Naperville Francis O’sullivan O’sullivan

Admits Aiding Lover To Steal for Treatments

CHICAGO AP An attractive receptionist Miss Meri Wakefield 28 of Oak Park held for grand jury action on $1,283 theft charge to fund tuberculosis treatments for her sweetheart. Bond set at $500.

Chicago Meri Wakefield Oak Park

Father Forbidden To Give Gangster Comics to Boys

In Chicago, Superior Court Judge Rudolph Desert barred Kal T. E. Drewes from giving his sons blood and thunder comics or taking them to gangster films. Attorney Harry X. Cole, for mother Ella Armstrong, said visits included comic books and Western crime movies that unsettled the children. The couple, divorced in 1945, share custody of Jack 12 and Thomas 8 with child support set at $15 weekly.

Chicago Superior Court Rudolph Desert Monday Harry X. Cole Cole Ella Armstrong Kal T. E. Drewes Drewes Armstrong Jack Thomas Clarence W. Horstman

Judge Rules On Custody And Culture In Family Dispute

In a custody dispute the judge orders Drewes to pay 17 dollars weekly for the two boys, insisting they deserve a culture rich environment with good books. Desert stresses children need cultural upbringing and education to avoid negative cinematic influence.

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