Berlin Crisis Deepens as Talks Collapse Before UN
The Berlin blockade and secret talks with Russia have collapsed, pushing East West tensions to a new peak. The United States Britain and France bring the dispute before the United Nations Security Council as public warnings rise of possible Berlin crisis incidents and a possible end to Soviet participation in the UN.
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France
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Coe Student Dies in Gun Cleaning Accident
Ralph B. Van Vliet a 21-year-old Coe College freshman from Otley Iowa died early Monday from a heart wound after an accidental shooting in Greene Hall at St Luke's hospital. The weapon a .45 caliber converted from a .22 had been assembled improperly by Van Vliet. Roommate Elmer Ellison stated he was asleep and woke to a gunshot. Coroner said the bullet was in the chamber and not the clip. Van Vliet served in the army 1945 to 1947 and worked in Newton the past year. His parents will bring the body to Otley.
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Ralph B. van Vliet
Coe College
Otley
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Greene Hall
Elmer Ellison
Mason City
Ellison
Robert Brosh
Parole Requests Filed by Two Women in Urschel Kidnapping
Federal parole board says Kathryn Kelly and Ora L. Shannon have applied for parole after 15 years of life terms in the 1933 Urschel kidnapping. They are at Alderson facility, eligible for parole in October. cases under advisement while Machine Gun Kelly and Harvey Bailey await action. R. G. Shannon, Ora’s husband, is free on parole. FBI notes $92,000 of ransom recovered.
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Oklahoma City
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Three Fugitives Back in Jail in Illinois
Three Mississippi prisoners who escaped from La Salle county jail near Ottawa were recaptured Sunday night by Sheriff Edward T. Ryan and a 40 man posse. George Brooks 24 John Brooks 21 and Lewis Thomas Jr 22 were located hiding in a swamp near the Illinois Michigan canal at Seneca Ill They had locked attorneys jailer and turnkey in a shower room during the escape and were serving four year armed robbery terms with additional burglary and auto theft charges.
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LaSalle County
King George to Wear Crown in Parliament Opening
London reports the king will wear the imperial crown for the first time in a decade at parliament opening. Government consent for a full ceremonial return follows a campaign to restore peacetime normalcy, requiring lords and ladies to don ceremonial robes mothballed since before the war.
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Truman Denounces Congress as Bill of Rights Threat
President Truman assailed the 80th Congress and much of the press as he campaigned through Texas. He framed the fight as between special interests and the people, urged election of a full Democratic slate, and praised Attorney General Clark for upholding constitutional government and the Bill of Rights. He also urged support for Lyndon Johnson and spoke at a Sunday banquet in San Antonio before visiting John Nance Garner.
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Two men held for bank holdup in Mason City case
Bernard Morgan of Hampton and Robert Safford of Mason City were arrested after confessing to robbing the Sheffield Savings Bank. About $10,744.98 was taken, with $9,944 recovered from two sacks buried at Beeds Lake state park. Both men face FBI custody on federal charges.
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Mason City
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Cerro Gordo County
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Mrs Kasenkina Reveals Seizure Details At Consulate
In her own story Mrs Oksa na Kasenkina a Russian schoolteacher describes risking death by leaping from a consulate window to avoid returning home and recounts being seized by Soviet officials and held prisoner. The Cedar Rapids Gazette presents the second installment of her dramatic postwar human document.
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Stocks Reach 5 Month Low After Berlin UN Move
New York stocks slid to five month lows as Western Powers turned Berlin worries over to the United Nations. Early trading showed about 2,000,000 shares in motion, then volume dwindled to around 500,000 late, with declines of one to four points across rails oils and steels and broad weakness elsewhere.
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U S 100 Planes Short for Berlin Air Lift
Lt Gen Curtis Lemay says US air force in Europe needs 225 four engined C-54 transports to meet the Berlin air lift goal of 4 700 tons daily with 3 400 tons American share. He notes 115–120 planes in service and winter weather ahead could clog the supply line.
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Dewey Urges Public Voice In Power Job
Governor Dewey traveling through Oregon to Seattle laid out a nine point Western resources program for regional river development. He favored broad public participation in planning and operation of water power projects and proposed joint local and federal control rather than full federal control. He supported TVA as established but opposed a presidentially appointed board. He linked Berlin blockade at the UN and urged a cabinet free of quarrel. He contrasted GOP and Democrat appropriations to defend Western development.
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Frost Seen for Northeast Iowa
The Elkader area recorded 31 degrees early Monday with frost predicted to spread widely through lowland regions of northeastern and central Iowa by Tuesday. Forecasters expect cool pleasant weather ahead with highs in the seventies and a state low of 31 at Elkader.
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U S Envoy Daughter Wins German Film Role
Rosemary Murphy, 23, daughter of U S Ambassador Robert Murphy, has been chosen from 10 American girls in Berlin to appear in a German film now being shot in Munich. The movie Der Ruf stars Fritz Kortner and centers on a Jewish professor returning to the university after the Nazis seized power.
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Urbana Girl Killed in Hillside Crash Near Urbana
A Vinton high school sophomore Joan Schirm died when the car carrying Urbana area youth to a church rally failed to negotiate a curve on Oak Grove road, rolled three times, and crashed into a corn field. Five others were hurt, with Danny Caldwell most seriously. The group included Marilyn Caldwell Ramona and Phyllis Smith Allen King and driver King.
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Joan Schirm
George Schirm
Urbana
Danny Caldwell
Marilyn Caldwell
Vinton Hospital
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Phyllis Smith
Allen King
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King
Shellsburg- Urbana
Oak Grove Road
Delbert White
Miss Schirm
Fry-Holland
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Morris Caldwell
Ramona Smith
Phyllis
Albert Smith
Young King
Wallace Invades Texas Challenging Segregation
Henry A. Wallace heads to Texas on a three day swing to urge President Truman to join him in boycotting segregated meetings. Wallace vows to speak only at real American meetings and to quarantine his Progressive party in private homes due to hotel refusals. Edith Roberts, a Black secretary, travels with the Wallace group while reporters stay at hotels. He will fly to Houston then El Paso before heading to the West Coast.
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No Sharp Break In Used Car Market Seen
New York AP reports Charles Hillard of Fort Worth Texas former president of the National Used Car Dealers Association says there is no sharp break in the used car market. He presented a countrywide analysis at the association annual convention noting a seasonal price decline of about three percent similar to fall 1947 and denying rumors of over stocking.
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Bevin Says Russia Must Bear War Responsibility
Paris reports British Foreign Secretary Bevin charged the Soviet Union with threatening world peace as Western Powers pushed the Berlin crisis to the U N security council. He listed five charges against Moscow, warned of atomic war risks, and said the West may need to form regional alliances if the U N fails.
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