Gas Bugay Trailing in Auto Race
In a Detroit to Toledo leg, 1913 Stanley Steamer driven by Rube De Launty aged 70 leads the Stoddard-Dayton of Jack Brause, 76, amid tire trouble and water stops. Brause’s car chafes poor funnel access and a leaky tire plus rim issues slow the field while De Launty boasts fuel efficiency and speed as the duo zigzags toward New York. Both enjoy crowds, media attention, and playful taunts along the route.
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Felix Wold
Toledo
Detroit
New York
Erie
Mich
Jack Brause
Stoddard-Dayton
de Launty
Brause
de- Launty
Chicago
Stanley
Salyer Murder Trial Set for October 1 in Linn County
Webster Salyer, 32, an Alburnett mechanic, faces a first degree murder charge for the July 20 shooting of his wife's brother Charles Johnson in a renovated Alburnett trailer. He pled not guilty and remains jailed without bond awaiting trial presided by Judge J. E. Heiserman. Other September term cases include drunk-driving defendants and larceny charges.
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Cedar Rapids
Webster Salyer
Alburnett
Willis A. Glassgow
Salyer
Charles Johnson
Linn County
J. E. Heiserman
Anamosa
William Prenosil
William Krumholtz
Matthew Lawrence
Dennis J. Collins
Ernest Burdick
LeRoy Heath
E. L. Jordan
Kenneth Beatty
Tom Powers
Harold T. Hawkins
John Frank Louvar
Louis Davison
Roy Kirklin
Bobby Henson
Cleave Staples
Donald Wright
Carl W. Pope
William R. White
Rollin J. Klenk
Vernon E. Erickson
L. R. Riley
Helen Lotts
Herbert Smith
Rainy cold front chills Iowa with statewide showers
Intermittent showers moved through Iowa as a northern Rockies cold front brought cooler air. Cedar Rapids saw temperatures drop from 79 to 70 by noon and 73 by 2 30 pm with lows in the 50s forecast tonight. Floyd River expected to crest at its highest in 17 years near Sioux City.
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Cedar Rapids
Sioux Rapids
Iowa
Rockies
Mercury
Sioux City
Floyd
Council Bluffs
Daven
Wilmer C. Jones Files Nomination Papers for Mayor
Wilmer C. Jones, 68, of 2925 Bever Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, filed nomination papers for mayor, the third candidate to file. A retired railway mail service officer of 1904 to 1947, he also ran a plumbing co stake, and wrote for the Cedar Rapids Republican in 1926 and 1927. He is married with two grown children and attends St. Pauls Methodist Church. He previously sought a Cedar Rapids school board seat.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilmer C. Jones
Bever Avenue
Jones
Center Point
Railway
Giant United strato-cruiser crashes in fog near San Francisco
A United Air Lines double decked plane on a training flight crashed upside down in mudflats off Redwood Point near San Francisco bay. Three crew members aboard are believed dead. The ship had been airborne about 45 minutes amid heavy fog with coast guard planes unable to see much.
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San Francisco
United Air Lines
San Francisco Bay
San Mateo County
Redwood Point
Redwood City
Coast Guard
United Air Lines Plane Dives Into San Francisco Bay
United Air Lines says the San Francisco crash occurred during a training flight with no revenue passengers aboard. Chicago offices report a routine training flight with likely five or six people on board and no confirmed crew details.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
San Francisco Bay
General Offices
the Line
Line
US Casualties Rise to 82 362 in Korea
The Defense Department reports 82 362 American battle casualties in Korea, up 596 from a week ago. The tally includes 13 822 dead, 56 353 wounded, 10 652 missing, 169 prisoners, and 1 366 formerly listed as missing but found. Next of kin notifications lag one to three weeks.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Gross Flees Graft Trial In New York
Harry Gross, key witness in a graft trial of 18 policemen, fled police custody after receiving death threats to his wife and children. The escape occurred as the trial neared the end of its second day, with the FBI joining the nationwide search.
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Gross
New York City
Miles McDonald
Conrad Rothengast
Jules Hefland
Harry Gross
New York
Miles F. McDonald
McDonald
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Red Radio Hints Allied Apology May Be Rejected
Tokyo reports a Peiping radio hinting the Communists may reject an Allied apology for the Kaesong neutral zone strafing. The dispatch labels the Allied claim a mistake as absurd. Optimism about resuming peace talks hinges on the Red reaction and potential further apologies for other alleged violations.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Kaesong
Korea
U.N
Matthew B. Ridgway
Asylum Granted to Czech Refugees in the West
The U S High Commission said all political refugees aboard the Czech train that breached the Iron Curtain may stay in the West. Twenty five Czechs requested asylum in the free West after their daring escape on Tuesday. Eighty six others who rode the freedom train will be returned to Czechoslovakia.
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Hof
Germany
U. S. High Commission
West
Free West
Czechoslovakia
UN Divisions Attack Reds on Eastern Front in Korea
United Nations divisions advanced northward across eastern Korea amid a quiet west. General Van Fleet urged the Reds to attack, saying it would be a chance to crush their forces, while noting no current sign of an imminent offensive. Jets clashed, damaging a MiG-15 with no Allied losses.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Eo Pecket
van Fleet
Red “Iron Triangle
Sea of Japan
Bowles Named To India Post
President Truman nominated Chester Bowles former Connecticut governor and World War II price chief as ambassador to India. Lou Henderson was named ambassador to Iran replacing Henry Grady whose resignation was reluctantly accepted. Grady stayed to aid oil crisis talks before stepping down. Bowles had long been linked to a diplomatic posting.
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Washington
Truman
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
Price Boss
India
Lou W. Henderson
Iran
Henry F. Grady
Grady
Britain
Henderson
Nehru
Bowles
Office of
Price Administration
Man Killed in Fall at Hotel Taft elevator shaft accident claims Hinsdale
Frank Klepach a 72 year old part time elevator operator at the Taft hotel was fatally injured at 11 50 am Wednesday when he fell down the elevator shaft He was taken to St Luke s hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival Police said he was sitting on a chair tilted back against the shaft wall the shaft door open as the elevator was stuck between floors he apparently lost his balance and toppled through the open door
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Klepach
E Avenue NE
Taft Hotel
St. Luke’s Hospital
Klepach
Camp Good Health Fund Surpasses Goal for Eight-Week Camp
Gifts totaling 7648.51 push the Camp Good Health Fund past the 151 goal by 35.51 enabling eight weeks of operation for the children's health camp this summer. Contributions can be sent to The Gazette care.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Children’s Health Camp
Care For the Gazette
Quaker Oats Walkout Sparks Wage Talks Resume
Quaker Oats plant workers returned to duty after a surprise Tuesday walkout at 2 15 p m. The night shift did not report as wage talks continue under a 1950 contract reopening. Union seeks 15 cent raise plus a welfare plan and extended pension options for longtime staff.
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Cedar Rapids News
Fed
Office Workers of America
Ten Percent Hike To Cedar Rapids Bakers Waited Strike Averted
Union members at Cedar Rapids three major bakeries voted to accept a 10 percent wage increase based on the January 1950 scale plus a 10 cent an hour boost. The raise is retroactive to May 1, pending Wage Stabilization Board approval.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Bert Slack
Bakers and Confectioners Union
Wage Stabilization Board
Marshall resigns as defense secretary Lovett named successor
George C. Marshall resigns as secretary of defense effective immediately. He will be succeeded by deputy secretary Robert A. Lovett, a veteran official and ally. President Truman accepts the resignation with reluctance amid plans for a broader postwar policy and the Marshall Plan continuation.
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Associated Press
George C. Marshall
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Washington
Marshall
Army
Louis Johnson
Pentagon
White House
Truman
William C. Foster
Lovett
Richard M. Bissell, Jr
ECA
Foster
Marshall Plan Agency
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Stanley Steamer
Ford
Chevrolet
Jackson
U.S
Star Witness
Long Island
Harry
Red Radio
Reds
India Post
John David McAllister
Lisa Glanville
Peter Glanville
Cedar Rapids Executive Association
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Iaee
Damwean
Pension Change
Shipping Department
C.R. Bakers
Colonial
Petersen and Butternut
James White
Teamsters Union
Levett
Congress
United States
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