Weather, traffic and obituary notices from Daily Record
Forecast shows clear tonight with 30 to 35 degree highs in the southeast and 25 to 30 in the northwest region. A cool Thursday with a high near 50, low around 30, then rising temperatures Friday and Saturday. Municipal airport reports WNW wind at 20 to 25 mph. sunrise 5:19, sunset 6:53. Through April 19 total precipitation and normal figures listed. year-to-date comparisons provided. Reckless driving fined $25, speeding $10, car control violations fined $5, multiple individuals fined for various infractions. vagrancy sentence suspended. Divorce decree between Alice Riley Meyer and Charles E. Meyer. Obituaries: Herbert L. Phenis, Joseph E. Kennard, Sam Patterson, Elizabeth Stony Foster, Hatlie Ruffridge, Robert Lehman, John A. Peckosh, and other local deaths noted with service details.
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Iowa
Municipal
Toledo
Herbert L. Phenis
Henderson Funeral Home
Woodlawn
Iowa City
Joseph E. Kennard
First Christian Churchody
McGovern
Elizabeth Stony Foster
Hoover Funeral Home
Decorah
Hattie Ruffridge
Elgin
Robert Lehman
Oxford Junction
John A. Peckosh
Sacred Heart Church
Mayflower Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Census Progress Update
District Director Rodrey Birkicht reported one seventh of Cedar Rapids district’s 348 enumeration areas completed. Fifty one areas were in by Wednesday, about two thirds urban, most in Cedar Rapids, with most Cedar Rapids counting expected to finish by week’s end.
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Cedar Rapids
Rodrey Birkicht
Birkicht
Athletes Ordered To Write Essays On Evil of Drink
Three teens pleaded guilty in police court to drinking beer on a public street. Raymond Norton 17 Frank Sopousek 18 and Richard Miller 18 were ordered to write 300 word essays on Why an Athlete Should Not Drink with Sopousek and Norton to bring them to court next week Miller 18 must report weekly for five weeks to Father A W Chihak. The arrest occurred Wednesday in a car on Outlook drive SW as officers saw them drink and discard cans.
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Raymond Norton
Cobban Court SE
Frank Sopousek
Fifth Street SE
Richard Miller
Seventh Street SE
William Matias
Matias
Sopousek
Norton
Miller
A. W. Chihak
Outlook Drive
Four Bankruptcy Orders Discharged in Cedar Rapids Cases
Discharge orders were filed in four bankruptcy cases in federal court in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. The orders concern Joseph Ervin Moser Springville Carl J Schladetzky Cedar Rapids and Frank Frederick and Marie Mathilda Cowell of Iowa Falls. Final action rests with Federal District Judge Henry N Graven. Refusal of discharge orders were filed in the cases of Joseph Melvin Berry Cedar Rapids and George Covert Means Iowa Falls. Referee John H Mitchell said Means failed to appear and objections were filed to disposition. Means cannot be found.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Ervin Moser
Springville
Carl J. Schladetzky
Frank Frederick
Marie Mathilda Cowell
Iowa Falls
Henry N. Graven
Joseph Melvin Berry
George Covert Means
John H. Mitchell
Mitchell
Means
Toy Pistol Toter Arrested by FBI
Edward Fletcher Bishop, 41, arrested by the FBI at Charles City, held for arraignment in Mason City. He allegedly used a toy pistol to threaten truck drivers near St. Louis and in Ohio and forced drivers to accompany him after taking over their trucks. He faces auto theft and embezzlement charges dating to 1948, including stealing a car, embezzling $700, taking a tractor trailer, abandoning it at Clinton, and fleeing with $196 in checks.
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Mason City
Edward Fletcher Bishop
FBI
Charles City
J. L. Dalton
Bishop
St. Louis
Ohio
Dalton
Dalton Saide
Claude Wyrick
Cascade
Clinton
Post Office to Rework Routes After New Orders
McLaughlin says daily deliveries will drop to two per route. Routes will be rearranged and mail times for customers may change. Window service hours should be kept as much as possible while meeting orders. Planning continues after the bulletin arrives to implement the changes. He adds that staffing impact is uncertain.
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McLaughlin
Fred White and Commissioners To Make C R Visit
Members of the Iowa Highway Commission and chief engineer Fred White will visit Cedar Rapids next Wednesday arriving about 3 p.m. A tour of local heavy highway equipment plants follows with a social hour and dinner at the Florentine room of the Roosevelt hotel. The Linn county board of supervisors Cedar Rapids city officials and contractors attend the event.
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Iowa Highways Commission
Fred White
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
William Behrends
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
James Bell
Deaths Mrs Addie Sanford 68 Cedar Rapids Resident
Mrs Addie Sanford 68 Cedar Rapids resident died early Wednesday Born Morrison Illinois November 24 1881 She belonged to Immaculate Conception church and B of R T women's auxiliary Survived by son Dr Boyd Sanford four brothers and two sisters Funeral Saturday 9 a m at Immaculate Conception with Monsignor Molloy burial Mt Calvary cemetery Monsignor Molloy to recite the rosary Friday Teahen chapel visitation after 7 p m Thursday
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Addie Sanford
Cedar Rapids
Morrison, Ill
Immaculate Conception Church
R. T. Women’s Auxiliary
Boyd Sanford
Marengo, Ill
Harry Rienhart
Rock Falls
Ill
Ben
California
Fred
Sterling, Ill
Joe
Quincy
Frances Gorzny
A Burmiester
Mountain
John M. Molloy
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Molloy
Teahen Chapel
Services for Alfred M Suits
Alfred M Suits died Monday evening at 1032 Eighth Street NW. Services will be conducted in Beatty chapel at 3 30 p m Thursday by Rev Galen L Rose of First Christian church. Burial will be in Baker Cemetery south of Cedar Rapids. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Alfred M. Suits
Eighth Street
Beatty Chapel
Galen L. Rose
First Christian Church
Baker Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Industrial Fire School Sixth Session Thursday
The sixth session of the industrial fire school sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday at 1 p m in the Chamber building. About 70 Cedar Rapids industry representatives have attended, with instruction by Robert Burns of Iowa State College assisted by Capt E J Herron and Lt C E Usher. Thursday will cover operation and maintenance of automatic fire protection systems with Al Grotlech from the Iowa inspection service present to answer questions.
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Industrial Fire School
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Cedar Rapids Industries
Robert Burns
Iowa State College
E. J. Herron
C. E. Usher
Cedar Rapids Fire Department
al Grotlech
Iowa Inspection Service
Funeral services for Mrs Emil Dolezal in Mt Vernon
Mrs Emil Dolezal of Mt Vernon died early Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at First Presbyterian church in Mt Vernon at 2 p.m. Thursday with burial in Mt Vernon cemetery. Friends may call at Brush chapel Cedar Rapids until Thursday morning and at First Presbyterian church Mt Vernon after 9 a.m. Thursday.
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Emil Dolezal
Mt. Vernon
First Presbyterian Church
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Brush Chapel
Cedar Rapids
First Presbyterian
Jury awards judgment in auto accident suit
A district court jury awarded Delbert Show the defendant no monetary damages in a personal injury suit filed by Henry Johnston. Judge G K Thompson assessed costs of 33.59 to both sides. each party pays 16.80 and 16.79 respectively.
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District Court
Delbert Show
Center Street NE
Henry Johnston
Ninth Street SE
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
C Avenue
Fifteenth Streeet
Show
Johnston
Burns suit yields judgment and lien on property
Orlo W. LeVan won a judgment of 563.54 in a promissory note suit against Loretta and Thomas W. Burns Judge G K Thompson also ordered a first lien on a mortgage against Burns property R T Pratt and Son filed an account suit against Gerald Wood for 124.96 plus 5 percent interest from Nov 10 1949 A suit for specific performance by G E Wadington O W Schmidt and the Community Feed Service against Clifford O Brine was dismissed with prejudice by the plaintiff.
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Orlo W. LeVan
Loretta
Thomas W. Burns
G. K. Thompson
R. T. Pratt and Son Tuesday
Gerald Wood
G. E. Wadington
O. W. Schmidt
Community Feed Service
Clifford O’brine
Sanford suit filed for separate maintenance
Irma J. Sanford filed a separate maintenance suit against Keith Sanford on Wednesday, alleging the breakdown of their marriage and seeking relief through the court.
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Irma J. Sanford
Keith Sanford
City Briefs Highlights Local Events and Notices
Story Hour at Daniels Park Library led by Mrs Richard Miller at 4 p m Thursday. Also listed: hospital admission for Mrs Gale Postel, 282 Eighteenth Street NW. Sacred Heart drill team meets Thursday at 7 30 p m in Keane Hall. Women of the Moose general chairmen meeting Thursday 7 30 p m at Mrs P E Lowe’s home. Krebs Dutch Girl dining room open Mondays to 11 30 p m. Baha i Community annual election Thursday replacing weekly meeting open to public. Maurice Toomer fined 50 dollars in traffic court. George Ellison, 73, injured at a tavern fall, in Mercy hospital in good condition. Philip Pugsley to speak at Cedar Rapids Young Men’s Bureau meeting 6 15 p m Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce building. reservations via chamber.
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Women of the Moose
P. E. Lowe
Twenty-ninth Street
Ellison
George Ellison
Fourth Street
Eighth Avenue
Second Street
Mercy Hospital
Young Men's Bureau
Philip Pugsley
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ousted Red Professor To Speak at Cornell
Mount Vernon news reports Herb J. Phillips former University of Washington professor who admitted Communist Party membership will speak at Cornell College on Wednesday evening. Phillips was dismissed February 1 1949 by UW trustees on the president's recommendation. He has spoken on academic freedom in prior appearances.
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Mount Vernon
Herbert J. Phillips
University of Washington
Communist Party
Cornell College
Phillips
United States
Services for Samantha Crabb Held Thursday at Hayesville
Samantha A Crabb widow of Henry A Crabb died Tuesday after a brief illness Services will be at the Methodist church Hayesville at 2 p.m. Burial is in Pennington cemetery south of Sigourney Friends may call at Turner chapel until 9 30 a.m. Thursday
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Samantha A. Crabb
Henry A. Crabb
Hayesville
Pennington Cemetery
Sigourney
Turner Chapel
Services for John J. Fleming Funeral Thursday at Monahan
John J. Fleming died Monday. Services set for Thursday at 10 a.m. at Monahan Funeral Home conducted by Rev. J. D. Kearn. Burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday evening at the chapel.
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John J. Fleming
Monahan Funeral
J. D. Kearn
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Corpulent Lawyer Put in His Place
In Omaha a 76 year old plaintiff sued for damages from an auto crash. The fat attorney mocked her disability while she tied a shoelace, then she retorted that he could tie his own shoelace if not for his belly. The exchange ended with her quip about his stomach.
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Omaha, Neb
Ellen Hartnett Seeks Democratic Nomination for State Superintendent
Ellen Hartnett of Newton and Drake University education instructor announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination as superintendent of public instruction. A former president of the central district county superintendents association and of the Iowa county superintendents group, Hartnett is a Drake graduate who taught in Jasper County and Colfax. She later led Jasper County schools from 1939 to 1946 before becoming administrative director of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation's women’s division.
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Des Moines
INS
Ellen Hartnett
Newton
Drake University
Central District County Superintendents Association
Iowa County Superintendents Group
Miss Hartnett
Drake
Jasper County
Colfax
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Beardsley Proclaims Loyalty to U S Day
DES MOINES IOWA May 1 193? Gov William S Beardsley proclaimed May 1 as Loyalty to the United States day in Iowa urging statewide celebration to foster loyalty and appreciation of American citizenship amid global tensions.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Iowa
Beardsley
Dance Hall Supervisor Arrested for O M N I Des Moines
Des Moines AP reports Raymond Ronald Marvin 28 Des Moines chief dance hall supervisor was arrested early Wednesday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Marvin pled innocent and was released on 600 bond awaiting May 3 hearing. He has held the 3300 a year supervisor post since February 20.
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Des Moines
Raymond Ronald Marvin
Marvin
Charles City Bartender Held on Robbery Charge
Charles City cases center on Carl Schafer a former Castle club bartender held on a robbery charge after Mabel Madsen identified him as the assailant who knocked her down and stole club receipts Schafer waived preliminary hearing and awaits grand jury under a 2500 dollar bond police also noted a second report of money found at a driveway with a Mrs Schafer claiming it was planted to frame her husband
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Charles City
Carl Schafer
Mabel Madsen
Castle Club
Schafer
Walkout Averted At Cherry Burrell Union Talks Extend Contract
At Cherry Burrell Corporation a meeting between company and UAW Local 1024 officials averted a walkout planned for Thursday morning. The two sides extended the current contract to May 6 as negotiations resume next Tuesday. Arthur McGuire said the union seeks a 15 cent per hour raise and a company funded pension.
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Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Arthur McGuire
UAW
New Home Construction Far Ahead of Last Year
Iowa cities issued 598 new dwelling permits last month, up from 240 in March 1949, with construction value totaling 6 465 914 dollars versus 1 872 923. Remodeling permits rose to 352 permits valued at 298 962 compared with 344 permits worth 265 037 in March 1949.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Health Department
Department
Division of Public Health Engineering
Spring Enrollment at Iowa State Hits 7 815
Iowa State College reports spring enrollment of 7 815 with 6 516 undergraduates. The agriculture and engineering divisions account for 1 713 and 2 024 respectively, plus 1 226 in home economics and 1 162 in science and 260 in veterinary medicine.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Veterinary Medicine
Division of Agriculture
Engineering
Iowa State
Veterans Administration
Episcopal bishop to consecrate new diocesan bishop
The Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, was to arrive in Des Moines on Wednesday for the consecration Thursday of Bishop-elect Gordon V. Smith.
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Des Moines
Henry Knox Sherrill
New York
Episcopal Church
Gordon V. Smith
Citywide Petunia Project Urged By Iowa City Mayor
Mayor Preston Koser urged Iowa Citians on Tuesday to grow petunias this summer to beautify the city. The Iowa City Woman's Club sponsors the civic project.
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Iowa City
Preston Koser
Iowa Citians
Petunias
Iowa City Woman’s Club
Postmaster Selection Clash Ties Linn County By Senate Action
Senator Gillette faces a stalemate over postmaster appointments as Linn County Democrats push for a civil service based choice from the top three. With veterans preference complicating the process and no on site survey possible, plans call for a June primary to let Democratic voters decide the next central committee and a permanent postmaster. Acting Postmaster J W McLaughlin continues to run the office since February 1949.
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Linn County
Payneer
Sedlacek
Petro
Gillette
J. W. McLaughlin
Frank Baldwin
City Cab Company Buys Yellow Cab
William M. Gorman president of City Cab Company announced the purchase of Yellow Cab Company. The sale, effective Tuesday, keeps five cabs as Yellow and the same telephone number. New radios will dispatch cabs from City Cab office. Yellow Cab owners were Mr and Mrs George Oxley. City Cab owners include John Crane T J Condon Fred Lee and Otis Wilson.
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Yellow Cab Company
William M. Gorman
City Cab Company
Gorman
City Cab
George Oxley
John Crane
T. J. Condon
Fred Lee
Otis Wilson
Boy Deployed for Polio Treatment
Jimmy Schroeder nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Ray Schroeder has been taken to an Omaha hospital for polio treatment. His father is chief engineer of radio stations KMA Shenandoah and KMTV in Omaha.
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Shenandoah
Jimmy Schroeder
Ray Schroeder
Omaha
KMA
KMTV
Rudy the Raccoon Threatens Lights Of Warren County
Des Moines AP report describes Rudy the raccoon climbing a power fuse pole near a broadcasting transmitter. Striking engineers threw rocks, mistaken for threats to the high line feeding Warren county. Authorities could not act with lethal force. Rudy died later from a head wound, lights remaining on in Warren county.
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Des Moines
Rudy
Warren County
Power Company
Couple Slightly Hurt As Car Dives Into Ditch
William Thompson 23 of Troy Mills and Grace Evans 26 of 827 Seventh Avenue SE suffered minor facial cuts when their car plunged into a ditch on Beverly road a mile and a half south of Highway 149 at about 9 30 p m Tuesday. They were treated and released at Mercy hospital. Patrolmen noted Evans was driving and missed a turn.
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William Thompson
Troy Mills
Grace Evans
Seventh Avenue SE
Beverly Road
Highway 149
Mercy Hospital
Thompson
Evans
Loveland to Speak on Farm Plan at Iowa City
Albert J. Loveland, Democratic senate candidate, will headline the First district meeting in the Jefferson hotel Iowa City at 6 30 p m. The event expected to draw about 250 delegates from southeast Iowa. Loveland will discuss The Brannan Plan per County Democratic Chairman Edward Lucas.
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Loveland
Iowa City
Iowa
Jefferson Hotel
Albert J. Loveland
United States Senate
Speaker County
Edward Lucas
UMW Backs Plan for Interunion Merger Committee
United Mine Workers executive board voted unanimously to form an interunion committee aimed at merging all organized labor. The move follows a proposal by CIO President Philip Murray and targets AFL, railroad brotherhoods, miners and machinists.
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United Mine Workers
Washington
UMW
Organized Labor
Philip Murray
CIO
AFL
Railroad Brotherhoods
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