Partly cloudy and warmer with rain likely in extreme northeast
Weather summary notes a partial cloud cover and a warmup across the region with showers likely in the extreme northeast. Highs Sunday range 45 to 50 in the northeast and 55 to 65 in the southwest, winds 20 mph. Clearing Monday with a low near 40 and a high near 50. Tuesday expected to be fair with above normal afternoon temperatures. Precipitation totals for April show none so far. normal is 2.47. Airport wind NW at 20 mph, gusts to 28. Sunrise 5:49, sunset 6:34. Population notes include local obits and traffic court results.
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Bismarck
Polisess
Chicago
Denver
New York
Miami
Ene City
Municipal
City Briefs from the Sentinel on Local News Items
Walters is hospitalized at St. Luke's with a heart ailment. Mrs. Warmuth had surgery at St. Luke's with visitors barred. Marine enlistee Norman Covington, 17, of Coggon, signed for four years. recruiter Ray Nichols noted the call. 10th grade student Max Tow, 15, fractured a collar bone during PE at Franklin School. William F. Webster Jr. is identified as the Navy recruit, son of different local residents. A pass key suspected in a burglary touched Larry Kavanaugh at 1421 Avenue NE. $7 and a billfold stolen. Marine Pfc. James B. Boyle, son of Earl J. Boyle, on 30 days’ leave from Camp Pendleton after Guam duty. Thelma Keller returns from Hastings after her son Marine Cpl. Charles R. Keller suffered a head injury. he’s in fair condition and at Great Lakes Naval Hospital. L Vearle Dawson Jr., Cedar Rapids rep for a paint firm, to be released from Iowa City hospital after a major lung operation linked to injuries from a July car accident.
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Marine
James B. Boyle
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Earl J. Boyle
Washington Avenue
Boyle
Guam
L. Vearle Dawson, Jr
Cedar Rapids
University Hospital
Iowa City
Dawson
Professor Ends Life in Plunge
Boston police report Harvard professor Francis Otto Matthiessen, 48, a noted American literature scholar and Socialist, leaped from a 12th floor hotel room in Boston, striking the curb over 180 feet below after leaving a note about being low in spirits and seeking international peace. Matthiessen, a Pasadena native, had been accused last year of aiding Communist front groups.
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Boston
Harvard
Francis Otto Matthiessen
Matthiessen
Pasadena
Calif
Charze
Matthews and Matthiessen linked to Progressive campaigns
Joseph B. Matthews, former research director of the un American activities committee, helped craft advocacy in Massachusetts. Arthur Matthiessen spoke for Henry A. Wallace in Vermont in support of the Progressive party during the presidential bid.
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Massachusetts
Joseph B. Matthews
The
UN- American Activities Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Matthiessen
Vermont
Progressive Party
Boy Scout Paper Drive Surges to Seek Outside Help
Cedar Rapids Boy Scouts ran a large fund raising paper drive with 250 youths and 30 trucks. By 1 p.m. 115 tons had been collected and the Salvation Army was called to assist. Windy weather scattered papers and some trucks dropped papers into streets. callers were directed to Scout HQ or Salvation Army for pickups.
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Cedar Rapids
Keith Benner
Salvation Army
Benner
Scout Headquarters
Robert Farrell in Critical Condition After Crash
Robert E. Farrell, 45, of the Lighthouse Inn near Cedar Rapids, remained in critical condition at St. Luke's hospital after a Saturday morning auto accident on highway 30 east of Clarence. The sheriff's report said his car rolled seven times, landing about 85 feet off the road in a field, apparently after Farrell veered onto the shoulder while attempting to pass a large truck.
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Robert E. Farrell
Lighthouse Inn
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Clarence
Tipton
Farrell
Astro-Dome Cars Hauled Through Cedar Rapids
New Astro-dome railroad passenger cars seen on a train at Cedar Rapids Union Station Saturday morning were en route for delivery to the Union Pacific railroad. Ticket agents said UP may place the cars in service on West Coast trains that pass through Cedar Rapids after breaking in.
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Cedar Rapids
Union Station
Union Pacific Railroad
U. P
Former Pastor To Conduct Holy Week Services
Bishop C. H. Stauffacher of Kansas City will speak during Holy Week at Salem Evangelical United Brethren church. He addresses 10 45 a.m. Sunday worship and 7 30 p.m. services Monday through Thursday. He will officiate at the church organ dedication Sunday at 7 30 p.m. A reception follows. The Stauffacher family has long served Salem with his father and brother also as pastors.
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C. H. Stauffacher
Kansas City
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church
Salem
Bishop Stauffacher
John E. Stauffacher
George A. Stauffacher
Klassen Pleads Guilty on Stolen Property Charge
Jack Klassen pled guilty to receiving stolen property from three Cedar Rapids Boy Scouts. The 25 year old was fined 200 dollars plus costs by Judge G K Thompson and a six month sentence was suspended on payment. The radio stolen January 21 from Matthew Plumbing Company truck was traced to Klassen after three scouts confessed.
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Jack Klassen
First Avenue
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Klassen
Cedar Rapids
Matthew Plumbing Company
Baruch urges stand by mobilization for total peace plan
Baruch proposes a GHQ for Peace to win the cold war and warns against a sudden shift to hot conflict. He calls for stand by mobilization including selective service with work or fight, civilian defense, anti profiteering, production prioritization, rationing, higher taxes, and price controls to prevent inflation. He argues for nonstop, nonpartisan peace leadership until victory.
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Germany
Baruch
United States
Congress
Youth Is Fined $100 For Reckless Driving
Daniel J. Carlson, 21, a traveling photographer from Water town, S. C., pled guilty to reckless driving Saturday in police court. Judge William Matias fined him $100 with $25 remitted, plus costs. Carlson was arrested around 2:20 am by Patrolmen Arthur Zimmerman and Ralph Mikesell after driving on the wrong side of the street off the First Avenue bridge and being stopped at A Avenue and Second Street NE.
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Daniel J. Carlson
Watertown
S. C
William Matias
Carlson
Arthur Zimmerman
Ralph Mikesell
First Avenue
A Avenue
Second Street
Confirmation services set for Sunday morning
Shellsburg Rev. A. R. Aschbrenner pastor of Zion Lutheran church announced confirmation services will be held at 9 30 a m Sunday confirming candidates from the parish and surrounding community at Zion Lutheran Church in Shellsburg with attendance expected from families and friends.
Deaths Mrs Stoltz of Cedar Rapids Rites Planned
Mrs Charles A Stoltz 67 of 219 Thirty first Street Drive SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 3 45 am Saturday after a brief illness She was born in Dubuque on March 9 1883 Surviving husband a daughter Mrs Don D Ralston a brother John Ellwanger and two grandchildren Services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Monahan funeral home Rev James D Kearn will officiate Burial at Mt Calvary cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Sunday afternoon and evening and Monday
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Charles A. Stoltz
Thirty-first Street
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Don D. Ralston
John Ellwanger
Melbourne
N. J
Monahan Funeral Home
James D. Kearn
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Infant Lorraine Janzam Dies in Cedar Rapids at 2:15 A.M.
Lorraine E Janzam infant daughter of Mr and Mrs John Janzam Jr of 807 Second Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 2 15 a m Saturday Surviving grandparents are John Janzam and Mr and Mrs A D Wood Cedar Rapids Private services were held at Beatty chapel at 4 p m Saturday Burial was Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Lorraine E. Janzam
John Janzam
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
A. D. Wood
Beatty Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Donald C Smith Cedar Rapids leader obituary
Services for Donald C Smith of Cedar Rapids route 2 who died Thursday will be conducted at 9 a.m. Monday in the Brush chapel and at 9 30 a.m. in St Wenceslaus church by the Rev A W Chihak Burial will be in St John's cemetery Father Chihak will recite the Rosary at 8 p.m. Sunday at the chapel where friends may call
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Donald C. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Brush Chapel
St. Wenceslaus Church
A. W. Chihak
St. John’s Cemetery
Father Chihak
Thorson Pioneer Pharmacist Dies in Cedar Rapids
Theodore C. Thorson a Minneapolis resident and retired pharmacist died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 11 p.m. Friday after a sudden illness. Born May 27, 1878 in Boone he was visiting his brother Otto E Thorson at 1110 Ninth Street NW. He is survived by a granddaughter. Services will be held at Turner chapel with time to be announced.
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Theodore C. Thorson
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Boone
Thorson
Otto E. Thorson
Ninth Street
Turner Chapel
St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Failing to Aid Injury Victim
William M. White, 23, pled guilty to failing to stop and aid after a March 23 collision that injured Mrs. A. H. Stenstrom. Judge G. K. Thompson sentenced him to 45 days in jail, to run concurrently with traffic court sentences. Police say White did not identify himself or offer help after rear ending the car at Second Avenue and Tenth Street SE.
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William M. White
St. Louis
G. K. Thompson
A. H. Stenstrom
White
Second Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Hrabak Charged With Forging a Fifty Dollar Check
Donald W. Hrabak, 42, of 417 Sixth Street SW, was charged with writing and passing a forged fifty dollar check. He allegedly signed Ernest Macha’s name to the check and cashed it with Hans and Gertrude Hansen on February 10. He was arrested February 24 at Vining, Iowa, on a Cedar Rapids warrant.
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Donald W. Hrabak
Sixth Street
William Crissman
Ernest Macha
Second Avenue SE
Hans and
Gertrude Hansen
Eighth Street
Hrabak
Vining
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Russ Kern
Toledo
Fugitive Held on Burglary Charge in Ward County Texas
Beryl C. Barnes jailed Friday as a fugitive sought for burglary in Ward county Texas. Police arrested him here. Judge G K Thompson Saturday ordered he stay in Linn county jail until April 21. Bond set at 1500 dollars.
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Beryl C. Barnes
Ward County
Texas
G. K. Thompson
Linn County
Judge Awards Multiple Judgments in Local Actions
Judge Floyd Philbrick issued a 1203 final judgment for T F Naughton in an account suit against Edwin Matson and Gerald Lisk. A 908.90 default judgment was entered for M L Nathanson in a promissory note suit against L M Lane. Judge G K Thompson awarded 129.29 default against John E Wharton to Vinck Motor Co.
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T. F. Naughton
Floyd Philbrick
Edwin Matson
Gerald Lisk
M. L. Nathanson
L. M. Lane
The
Vinck Motor Company
G. K. Thompson
John E. Wharton
Linn Red Cross Drive Exceeds County Goal
Linn county Red Cross drive surpassed its $50,000 goal, raising $55,870 with a final tally pending a few remaining returns. Executive Secretary Marie Clancy announced the oversubscription as the national fund drive concluded Friday.
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Linn County
The
Red Cross
Marie Clancy
Rutledge Bond Postponed As Clerk Sees Security Doubts
Saturday no appeal bond filing occurred for Dr. Robert C. Rutledge who seeks release from Fort Madison penitentiary. A $40,000 bond was planned with Omaha bondsman Robert Cornett, but Court Clerk Arthur Axmear postponed filing until Monday to verify securities against prior claims. Mrs. Laura Rogers pledged property valued over $92,000 with $71,800 in mortgages to secure the bond.
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Robert C. Rutledge
Fort Madison
Arthur Axmear
Robert Cornett
Omaha
Axmear
Rutledge
Byron C. Hartman
Sioux City
Laura Rogers
Cornett
Hawkeye Downs Improvement Fund At Halfway Mark
Hawkeye Downs reports $51,461 raised toward a $100,000 capital improvement fund. Campaign chair A L Killian notes verbal pledges forthcoming and hopes to reach the goal, urging workers to complete solicitations quickly. Funds aim to liquify debt and fund improvements to keep Cedar Rapids venue competitive for state and national events. Hawkeye Downs hosts vast annual attendance and top livestock shows in Iowa.
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A. L. Killian
Killian
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Aid Bill Sparks Debate Over Foreign Aid Scope
The House debates a foreign aid authorization with Rep Herter cautioning that the plan is only starting and may take decades. Critics call it global planning with taxpayer costs. supporters deem it vital to foreign policy. An FBI loyalty check for those on point four is approved. bans on hiring homosexuals are defeated. The bill precedes future funding and further fights over appropriations.
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Herter
Lawrence H. Smith
Smith
Earl Browder
Communist Party
U. S
Judd
R-Minn
China
Short
Mansfield
D-Mont
House
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
FBI
Miller
R-Neb
Wartburg dean elected executive secretary of Iowa Family Relations Council
Dr. Carl F. Reuss dean of Wartburg College in Waverly was officially elected Friday to serve as executive secretary of the Iowa Council on Family Relations, where he has been serving by appointment.
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Grinnell
Carl F. Reuss
Wartburg College At
Waverly
Iowa Council On Family Relations
Friday
Bullitt Flaunts Critique of Western Policy on China and Stalin
Former diplomat Bullitt charges European democracies fail to act against Soviet expansion. He says Washington has not shown resolve against China realignment, condemns foreign ministers who aided Stalin. He criticizes the Marshall Plan and North Atlantic Pact for propping up unstable allies and fears continued aid will keep nations dependent on Moscow after 1952.
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China
Stalin
Acheson
Bullitt
Mars Visitors Probe Earth in Quirky Encounter
A humanoid voice from Mars explains Earths battles over weapons and language while two tiny aliens debate slang and duty. They declare they will visit again though Earth years pass slowly, and the ship departs leaving the narrator on the road pondering the encounter.
Defense pact outlines integrated NATO area defense plan
Defense officials describe a comprehensive plan for integrated North Atlantic defense. The United States would lead strategic bombing, with US and British navies protecting seas aided by France, Italy, and the Netherlands. Britain and continental nations would conduct tactical bombing and air defense, with costs and details to be approved by governments. Bradley remains chairman for six more months.
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Johnson
United States
France
Italy
Netherlands
April Fool’s Day Vision in a Saucer Tale
A narrator, racing back to the office, contemplates a remarkable news story about saucers and little men. He notes the calendar shows April 1, April Fool’s Day, hinting his wild thoughts may be a trick of the imagination.
Iowa Traffic League Plans April 18 Meeting in Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Industries Traffic League will convene in the Montrose hotel in Cedar Rapids on April 18, announced by President Thomas Vincent of Waterloo through Grant Maples secretary treasurer of the league and Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Traffic bureau manager. Attendees will review Washington legislation and the April 25 Interstate Commerce Commission minimum rate hearing. A membership drive is expected to begin. the league includes about 36 members from roughly 20 Iowa cities.
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Iowa Industries Traffic League
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Vincent
Waterloo
Grant Maples
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Ray Nichols
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Franklin School
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Navy
William F. Webster
Mt. Vernon Road
Everett Sterns
Eleventh Avenue
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U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Spain
Winston Churchill
Bradley
Iowa Traffic League
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