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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1948
Page
10
San Francisco widow Mrs. Louella Peterson, 60, reports cash missing totaling 132000 after houseguest Mrs. Wilma Jackish, 55, left for a trip. A grand theft warrant issued. bail set at 100000 bond. Peterson claimed she sold property to raise funds and owns a 400000 stake in a lumber company.
The CIO Packinghouse Workers of America filed a 1.1 million dollar damages suit against Wilson and Company, amending a May 6 complaint tied to a nationwide meat strike. The union alleges contract violations including seniority, vacation, sick pay, arbitrary dismissals, and improper dues handling affecting 400 employees and eight locals.
KCRG KCRK presents radio detective series The Adventures of the Thin Man at 9 PM with Les Tremayne and Claudia Morgan as Nick and Nora Charles. Frankie Carle leads Armar Ballroom bandstand in Cedar Rapids tonight. News staff lined up for election returns next Tuesday with Mutual Network support. Talent Jackpot bowing at 7 PM and The Better Half at 7:30 PM. Tiny Ruffner hosts the Better Half umpire segment.
A compact listing of broadcasts and musical segments from the Gazette era. Highlights include Freddy Martin, Judy and Jane, Glen Foster, and Eddie Howard, with Newsreel, sports briefs, and film matinee notes scattered across the schedule.
In San Diego Texas an elderly janitor at the Duval county courthouse burned ballots and records from the August runoff. The act occurred Oct 19 in a vacant lot across from the courthouse. Senate investigators could not question the janitor Epifiano Betacourt, but officials said the destruction was unintentional and tied to mislabeled ballot box transfers to Jim Wells County.
Shellsburg notes the double tragedy as Gladys Hastings aged 47 dies of a heart attack seven months after husband Hillis Hastings succumbed to one last March. He was stricken while trying to move a car from a mudhole between Shellsburg and Vinton. Gladys was found in bed by a niece, body taken to Fry-Holland funeral home in Vinton. The couple had moved from Chicago years ago. the mother is believed to live in Sioux City.
Alvanley Johnston head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers announced support for Thomas E. Dewey. He cautioned the endorsement does not bind the union membership and praised Dewey for leadership and dedication to freedom and national unity.
The passage frames the figure as the man of this fateful hour for America, reflecting the public stance that his leadership embodies the nation’s longing for a secure peace amid testing times. It emphasizes unity, resolve, and grave responsibility in guiding the country through peril.
Doris Duke wins Reno divorce from Porfirio Rubirosa on grounds of extreme mental cruelty. She entered Washoe county district court at 3 15 p m Wednesday and was granted the decree a half hour later. Rubirosa previously served as Dominican minister to Argentina. Duke had travelled Europe South America and Hawaii before returning to Reno where she has home.
Iowa football players Bob Chug Wilson and Dave Dickson filed suit in Iowa City seeking 5604.85 in damages for personal injuries and vehicle demolition from an auto crash on September 12. The defendant is Richard DeFrance of Iowa City, driver of the other car.
Washington officials signaled a split on Palestine as Acting Secretary Loeb t denied the policy was State Department written and avoided confirming consistency with Secretary Marshall at the UN. The dispute arises after Dewey endorsed the UN partition plan, while Truman backed the original partition and warned against politically motivated changes.
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