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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1948
Page
16
The narrative traces Oksana Burakov's youth on the Donetz steppes and her romance with Demyan Kasenkin, a czarist officer. It links their union to the deaths in the Red Army purge and to broader family fates, including Burakov’s later drastic choices driven by fear and political peril.
Quote from a feature describes a husband killed in his prime and a son cut down in youth, with the narrator fleeing to America amid a vengeful pursuit. The piece teases a tomorrow segment on the revolution and Demyan's arrest and life under the Reds, urging the Kasenkinas to flee.
State of Iowa Linn County notices that on September 18 1948 Joseph J Mitralsky was appointed administrator of the estate of Louise R Mitralsky deceased. Creditors are asked to pay debts and claimants to file claims authenticated with Linn County District Court. Milo F Mitvalsky is the attorney for the administrator.
Aerial stunt man Dick Powell 45 died during a performance in Hales Corner Wisconsin watched by over 5000 spectators including his wife Margaret Powell lost his grip while dangling from a plane wing and fell 100 feet to the ground Pilot Maurice Norum tried to overfly a lake to save him but time ran out Powell had hoped the act would revive his flagging career after two years idle He had not performed since 1946 and had been part of The Unboy Three with Sam Sharp of Waukesha and Norum to restart aviation stunt shows Powell began stunt flying at 13 after training by his WWI flyer father He also acted in early films such as Dawn Patrol and Hell's Angels and claimed to invent the mass parachute jump and a state line chute opening for soldiers.
Notice is given that Esther Thorne is executrix of the Jennie M Charter estate in Linn County Iowa on September 11. All debts owed to the estate should be paid to the executrix or attorney Charles Penningroth at the Linn County Clerk's office.
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