Heald Seeks Resignation of University President Hancher
Allen Heald, Cedar Rapids attorney and Progressive candidate for Second district, publicly urged Virgil M. Hancher to resign as University of Iowa president. Heald cited alleged inconsistent and discriminatory use of campus meeting spaces for political speakers, accusing Hancher of shifting rules to favor one party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Heald
Cedar Rapids
Progressive Party
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Heald
Hancher
Henry A. Wallace
Board of Education
Cain
Iowa
Marriage License and Local Court Notices
Joe F. Maresh and Louise K. Hanes from Cedar Rapids obtained a marriage license. Justice Court records note intoxication sentence revocation for William Lee and several divorce or custody filings. Fire alarms and incidents listed, plus multiple traffic fines and domestic notices. Local births reported with parents and locations, corrections issued for a prior birth report.
Runaway youths captured afterHardin county robberies
Two Iowa Training School for Boys runaways from Eldora were found hiding in a culvert on Highway 14 ten miles north of Marshalltown. Patrolman Robert Darnold and Sheriff Paul Hodgson seized them for questioning about four Hardin county robberies at filling stations and small cafes, including two at Whitten. Suspects are Theodore Lovell, 13, and William Davis, 14, of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa Training School For
Eldora
Highway 14
Robert Darnold
Paul Hodgson
Hardin County
Whitten
Theodore Lovell
William Davis
Des Moines
Belle Plaine Child Is Victim of Polio
IOWA CITY AP reports twenty people listed as active polio patients at University hospitals on Tuesday with two new cases and one discharge. New patients are Lent England, 26 months, Belle Plaine and Willard Patterson, 5, Ft. Dodge, admitted Oct 24 in fair condition. Discharged Monday was Kendall White, 9, Ft. Dodge, admitted Oct 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University Hospitals
Lent England
Belle Plaine
Willard Patterson
Ft. Dodge
Kendall White
Slugging and Robbery Reported by Hagerman
Ernest Hagerman reported the theft of 165 dollars to police Monday night. He was walking on First Avenue East near Tenth Street when a man emerged from behind a tree, slugged him, and took his wallet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hagerman
F. Avenue NE
Hagerman
First Avenue E
Tenth Street
Twelve Hurt as Bus Skids Off Route 40 in Fog
In Zanesville Ohio twelve people were injured Tuesday when a New York bound bus veered off Route 40 in dense fog. The crash disrupted traffic and emergency crews rendered aid at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Ohio
INS
New York-St. Is
Plot to topple Panama regime uncovered
Panamanian authorities say a plot to overthrow President Domingo Diaz Arosemena’s regime was foiled. Ringleaders include a former president a former ambassador to Washington and a high police official. Terrorist outbreaks wounded two people one fatally abducted three police officers and arson attempts were reported at two city sites.
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Panama
Domingo Diaz Arosemena
Washington
Paul Acevedo
Secret Police
Brownell Attacks Truman Speech as Hypocritical
Herbert Brownell Jr., Dewey-Warren campaign manager, called Truman’s Monday night speech a transparent ploy to lower the campaign. He accused Truman of falsehoods and hypocrisy for urging civil rights while voting in 1942 against enfranchising Black voters from poll tax states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Dewey-Warren
Harry Truman
Brownell
United States Senate
Minister To Continue Running Taxi Business Milord New Minister
Milford's new Methodist minister Kendall W. Burgess 50 will keep his taxi company. He offers church travel at 35 cents versus 50 cents for the distance as part of special low rates. Burgess, a former army chaplain, was named by Bishop Wesley Lord of Boston.
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Milford, N. H
Milford
Kendall W. Burgess
Wesley Lord
Boston
Europe
Tama Indian Held On Liquor Charge
Theodore Mitchell an 18 year old Tama Indian was jailed in Linn county charged with possession of liquor on an Indian reservation. He was arraigned before United States Commissioner Charles Benesh and agreed to plead in federal court at Waterloo on November 3. B Davis regional Indian affairs official filed the complaint alleging possession of nine 12 ounce beer cans on the reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Mitchell
Linn County
United States
Charles Benesh
Mitchell
Waterloo
B. Davis
Haifa Hit by Sudden Bombing Raid
Arab bombers raid Haifa bay area dropping about 12 devices causing major refinery damage. Reported by UP on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haifa
Israel
Haifa Bay
Two Deaths Cedar Rapids Traffic Toll Since March Fifteenth
Traffic bureau reports eight month safety contest results showing two deaths and several injuries in Cedar Rapids since March 15. Police department data highlights ongoing roadway dangers amid public awareness efforts by the Young Men's bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traffic Bureau
Police Department
Young Men’s Bureau
Ten Witnesses Jailed for Refusing to Answer Reds Quiz
Ten witnesses in Los Angeles were jailed for contempt after refusing to answer grand jury questions about Communist activities. Judge Peirson Hall ordered immediate detention with two women given until noon Wednesday to arrange child care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United States
Peirson M. Hall
California
Wesley Bissey
Ben Dobbs
Henry Steinberg
Phillip Bock
Frank Edward Alexander
Samuel Harry Kasinowitz
Delphine Murphy Smith
Margaret I. Noble
Big Ovation for Truman in Chicago
In Chicago a massive Truman welcome drew 24,000 inside Chicago Stadium with 200,000 outside. An estimated 750,000 people cheered as he toured from the Blackstone Hotel through fireworks and crowds bearing Truman signs. Organizers were Jacob Arvey and Edward J. Kelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jacob Arvey
Cook County
Democratic Central Committee
Edward J. Kelly
Harry Truman
Bill Horstman
Chicago Stadium
Big West Side Arena
Truman
Ray J. Crane
Housewives sign protest petition for Siberian steppes trek
In Binghamton New York over 100 housewives signed petitions as a test to protest high meat prices. Reporters noted many did not read the legal language and were pledged to depart for the Siberian steppes if no action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Siberian
Early Radium Treatment Advised for Birthmarks
Three Philadelphia specialists urge X rays soon after birth to remove birthmarks described as benign vascular tumors. They note such blemishes can be treated with radiation with full satisfaction and contrast past beliefs that they would disappear without intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Philadelphia
Eugene P. Pendergrass
James C. Katterjohn
James B. Butchart
American Journal of Roentgenology
Rescue pranks backfire as man watches from riverbank
Coast guardsmen in Two Rivers rescued a man who had jumped into the river after an argument. The victim, Donald Berger, 26, watched the operation from shore and was arrested by police for drunk and disorderly conduct. He had swum downstream, changed clothes, then returned to observe the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
Coast
Donald Berger
Berger
Seven-eighths of Ceylon population lives in small towns
A fragment states that seven-eighths of the population of Ceylon reside in small urban areas or towns, highlighting rural concentration and settlement patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
Husband tells police of snatching baby before woman killed by train
John Little said he grabbed his 11 month old son from his wife Erma just before she stepped onto tracks and was struck by a speeding passenger train near Camden station in Baltimore. He described racing toward her as she stood on the rails with the child and the tragedy that followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John Little
Little
Erma
Baltimore News-Post
Funeral services for Lewis Vav richhek in Swisher
Funeral services for Lewis Vav richek of Swisher who died Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital will be held at 1 30 p m Thursday in the Barta Hesser chapel. The Rev Ludvik Burian of Ely will officiate with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Vavrichek
Swisher
Cedar Rapids
Ludvik Burian
Ely
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services for Emma Mason at Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Emma Marguerite Mason aged appears to be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev Carl Cunningham of Marion Burial will be in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel The deceased resided at 1307 K Avenue NE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Marguerite Mason
K Avenue NE
Turner Chapel
Carl Cunningham
Marion
Linwood Cemetery
One Dead in New French Outbreak
In southern France during the coal miners strike a striker was killed and two police were wounded seriously as government forces cleared a road block near Ales. Explosions followed as troops moved to take control of four mines and a power plant while strikers were dispersed from Rochebelle and St Martin de Valgagues.
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Paris
France
Interior Ministry
Ales
Marseille
Rochebelle
St. Martin de Valgagues
Hickenlooper Urges International Control On Atomic Weapons
Senator Hick en looper said only the United States has the mix of scientists and engineers for large scale atomic work and warned other nations will take years to beat the A bomb. He urged gradual international policing to prevent independent bomb production and reduce fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Russia
Hickenlooper
Prefers Jail to Work Ends Up in Penal Farm
Jesse Martinez 16, of Mexican descent from Austin Texas, said he would rather go to jail than work. He robbed a restaurant in BRAZIL Indiana and was sentenced by Judge Robert Stewart to six months on the state penal farm after the judge offered a farm job instead. Martinez began the term Tuesday.
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Brazil
Ind
Jesse Martinez
Indiana
Martinez
Austin
Texas
Robert Stewart
Stewart
Red Plot Seen in Uprising in Korea
Washington reports indicate South Korean rebellion was planned by Communists for some time. An American official in Sunchon described rebels killing up to 500 police, rightists, Christians and prosperous citizens. The rebels flew the North Korean flag during occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
South Korea
Department
Michael J. McDermott
Sunchon
McDermott
$6410 Saved by Man on Relief
David Feldman a 34 year old man on city relief testified in New York court that he saved $6410 over seven years while working as a porter and shoeshine. He said the money funded a house deal with Morris Unger’s son and was involved in a scuffle over it, leading to a disorderly conduct jail sentence and welfare inquiry.
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NEW York (Ap
David Feldman
Morris Unger
Feldman
Unger
Welfare Department
Time Expired Cut Off Truman Campaign Speech
Truman was cut off the air before finishing his campaign speech as Mutual Broadcasting System and Columbia halted the broadcast at 9 30 p.m. due to time constraints. A spokesman noted the speech was a political campaign appearance, not a presidential address.
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Chicago
Harry Truman
Democratic Party
Mutual Broadcasting System
Mutual
Columbia
MBS
Truman
United States
Enlistments Highlight Cedar Rapids Recruitment News
The Cedar Rapids recruiting station announced three eastern Iowa enlistees: Kenneth W. Tomkins Colesburg and Curtis G. Barrett Osterdock in the air force, and Charles W. Moser Jr Osterdock in the regular army. Major Allen O Brophy said M/Sgt Rudolph C Nitsch, a Cedar Rapids and Manchester recruiter, is recalled to duty as a reserve officer with orders to report as a second lieutenant at Fort Stone man Calif for transfer to Okinawa Ryukyus Command.
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Cedar Rapids
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Ryukyus Command
Okinawa
Senator Gillette to Speak at ZCBJ Hall
City briefs announce tonight speech by Senator Gillette at Z C B J hall with another talk at 8 p m on October 26. Also notes Planned Parenthood clinic opening Wednesday at 1 p m in room 403 Memorial building and a Sunshine Mission service at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Edgewood Community church led by Rev Chester Ainsworth with church youth providing music in observance of the missions 53rd anniversary.
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Sunshine Mission
Edgewood Community Church
Chester Ainsworth
Woman Cast From Train In Mystery
Sheriff reports Mrs Ruth Cooney of Chicago was thrown from a Louisville and Nashville train near Hopkinsville Kentucky. She told of her 3 year old son a purse with 14 or 15 dollars and other baggage on the train as officers found her near a roadside ten miles north of Hopkinsville she showed severe injuries and possible rib fractures. She was bound for Atlanta to visit her mother and questioned about two naval recruits. No arrests were made.
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Hopkinsville
Lanice Futrell
Ruth Cooney
Chicago
Louisville and Nashville
Here
Futrell
J. W. Judd
Chattanooga
Roy Morphew
Cooney Boy
Atlanta
Judd
Schick General Hospital Set to Reopen as Veterans Domiciliary
Clinton AP reports Schick General hospital, readiness to reopen next Monday as a veterans domiciliary center, seeks first patient from Iowa or Illinois. Dr Lloyd L Cramer becomes acting chief medical officer and Dr Harold A Wilson heads dental division. New finance chief Phillip Pollard and other staff join, with Charles Krieger continuing as chief engineer.
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Clinton
Schick General Hospital
Iowa
Illinois
Lloyd L. Cramer
Veterans Administration Hospital
Hot Springs
S. D
Harold A. Wilson
Walla Walla
Wash
Phillip Pollard
Knoxville
Phillip S. Haines
Rose Dunn
Fort Snelling
Minn
Alice Budge
Wichita
Kan
Robert F. Holland
St. Paul
Charles Krieger
Truman Warns of Concentrated Power and Bigotry
President Truman blasted three groups he labeled as danger to democracy. He cited corporate profits near 20 billion dollars yearly and accused Republicans of ceding control to big business. He warned against demagogues attacking Catholics, Jews, and minorities, urging independent voters to back Democrats in the campaign.
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Truman
Cathlics
Democratic Party
Navy Day Observed Worldwide With Ceremonies
Navy Day Wednesday will be observed in ceremonies across the globe wherever there are navy ships or stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Settlement Reached In $30,000 Lynch Estate Suit
Blossom Kirk sued the estate of her mother Mrs. Thomas O T Lynch for 30000 claiming due on notes from 1945. Trial began Monday with juror Bertha Rhodes noted as a first African American woman on Linn county panel in years. Handwriting expert William C Henning testified the signatures were authentic before attorneys halted proceedings for a settlement.
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Blossom Kirk
Thomas O'T. Lynch
Kirk
Bertha Rhodes
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Linn County
William C. Henning
Cedar Rapids Business College
Thomas
Henning
Jury Commissioners Named for Linn County 1949 50
Linn county jury commissioners for 1949 and 1950 are R. N. Fitzgerald of Marion and W. J. Scherrebeck and J. C. Blodgett of Cedar Rapids. An order by the Eighteenth judicial district four judges sets terms from January 1, 1949. They will prepare lists of citizens for grand and petit juries in state courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
R. N. Fitzgerald
Marion
W. J. Scherrebeck
J. C. Blodgett
Cedar Rapids
Eighteenth Judicial District
Damage suit filed against Keeshin for 5639 dollars
Two trucking firms are involved in a 5639.78 dollar damage suit in Linn county district court. G. E. and Del Sachwitz of St. Paul and Niagara Fire Insurance sue Keeshin Motor Freight and driver Lennie C. Fanning over a two-truck wreck near Indian Creek Bridge on November 15, 1947 two miles east of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30. Plaintiffs say the Keeshin vehicle failed to yield enough room as the trucks met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
G. E. and
del Sachwitz
St. Paul
Niagara Fire Insurance Company
Keeshin Motor Freight
Lennie C. Fanning
Cedar Rapids
Indian Creek Bridge
Film Company sues for advertising account balance
The Alexander Film Company of Colorado Springs sues Leo French and the French Hardware of Coggon for 113.20 over advertising films sent to show at the Coggon theater since July 25 1947. The Klinger Paint Co won a 305.41 default judgment against Janda Manufacturing on an account. F H and H B Stalnaker sue to collect 83.35 on a promissory note from William H and Norbert C Hagerman. Ivan O Northkamp gets a temporary injunction against former wife Maxine K Jahnke leaving Iowa with two children.
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Alexander Film Company
Colorado Springs
Leo French
French Hardware
Coggon
Colorado Film
Klinger Paint Company
Janda Manufacturing Company
F. H
H. B. Stalnaker
William H
Norbert C. Hagerman
Ivan O. Northkamp
Maxine K. Jahnke
Iowa
Velma Schley Divorce Petition Dismissed Without Prejudice
The divorce petition filed by Velma Schley against Leo Schley was dismissed without prejudice, ending the case without a final resolution or bar to refile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Schley
Leo Schley
Suspected Auto Thief Held for Linn County
The Linn county sheriff's office was notified that Denison authorities hold Howard Stevens, 41, formerly of Jewell, wanted since September 1947 on auto theft charges. Stevens allegedly took a car owned by Joe Mc Craith of Lisbon and sold it later at Mapleton.
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Linn County
Denison
Howard Stevens
Jewell
Stevens
Joe McCraith
Lisbon
Mapleton
Two Missing Cedar Rapids Girls Found in Pennsylvania
Laura Teigen age 15 of 401 First Avenue SW and Evelyn Easterday age 13 of 317 Fourth Street NW were missing since October 11. They were located by police in New Kensington Pennsylvania. Juvenile Captain Stanley Davis reported the development in a telegram Tuesday. Teigen’s parents left Tuesday afternoon to accompany the girls back to Cedar Rapids.
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Laura Teigen
First Avenue
Evelyn Easterday
Fourth Street
New Kensington
Stanley Davis
Teigen
Cedar Rapids
Americans Use About 582 Gallons Oil Per Capita Yearly
The average American consumes roughly 582 gallons of oil products annually. This figure reflects widespread reliance on petroleum for transportation heating and industrial needs across the nation.
Scolaro Sets Talk On Uninflated 1949 Valuations
City Assessor Jim Scolaro will present the case for uninflated 1949 property valuations at the Iowa State Association of Assessors conference in Des Moines. He will join a round table on Wednesday and a Thursday panel under Bert Zuver, with report as association secretary treasurer part of the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Scolaro
Iowa State Association of Assessors
Des Moines
Iowa
Scolaro
Bert Zuver
Cedar Rapids
Association
Milwaukee
M. G. Linkletter
Linn
Roy Welterlen
Delaware County
S. T. Randall
J. F. Edwards
Fayette County
George Gill
State Tax Commission
John W. Barnes
Commission
Woman 79 suffers possible ankle break after collision
Robina Wilson aged 79 of 1532 D avenue NE was struck by a car at Pose avenue and Tenth street. She was taken to St Luke's hospital in fair condition. Driver Doris Hart aged 52 of 2325 Ridgeway drive SE pled guilty to failing to yield to a pedestrian and was fined five dollars plus costs in traffic court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robina Wilson
D Avenue NE
Pose Avenue
Tenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Doris Hart
Ridgeway Drive
Burglary Suspect Detained After Station Break-In
Deputy Sheriff Condon reports entry to the Mt. Vernon station by a kicked door panel before 11 p.m. A sledge was used to knock a safe knob. Jackson Woods was arrested west of Lisbon after confessing a railroadbound flight. Officers, including Mt. Vernon and North Western agents, pursued leads but found no trace of the alleged accomplice.
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Larry Condon
Condon
Charles R. Woods
George Kahl
Lisbon
Jackson Woods
Chicago
Boone
Mt. Vernon
Woods
Buddy
Scram
Jake Klimo
Ed Gill
Donald Cassidy
North Western Special
Polio Epidemic Declared in San Francisco
San Francisco officials classified the polio outbreak as an epidemic. Health Director J. C. Geiger reported 16 new cases in the week ending Saturday, raising the annual total to 158 with 12 deaths, 10 since September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. C. Geiger
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Ransom C. Kenney
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Joe Erceg
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Donald Jensen
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Elmhurst Drive
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Solon
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Marengo
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Johnson Avenue
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Vernon
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Tama Indian
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