Weather and city temperatures amid mild weekend forecast
No precipitation reported Friday across Bismarck Miami Chicago Minneapolis New York Denver Los Angeles Sioux City Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. Partly cloudy with scattered showers expected Sunday and cooler then milder Monday with southerly winds. highs near 78 to 80 and lows mid 40s to near 50. Also notes traffic fines and multiple petty offenses followed by local births in Cedar Rapids.
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Bismarck
Miami
Chicago
Minneapolis
New York
Denver
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Young Experimenters Set Fire to City Hall
Special to The Gazette Iowa City authorities investigated a prank by several boys who ignited a sodium based spitfire stick at the city hall fountain. The stick burned holes in the floor before firefighters quenched the flames. Mayor Teeters urged halting sale of such products to children due to severe burns.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Wilber J. Teeters
Saeh
J. J. Clark
City Hall
Clark
Teeters
California Quake Shakes Riverside Area Early Friday
A minor earthquake was recorded at 7:55 a.m. Friday in the Riverside area, California, according to initial seismic readings. Local officials reported no damage and urged calm as the quake’s magnitude remains modest.
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Riverside
Calif
Ins
Notice of Administrator Appointment in Linn County Iowa
Notice is hereby given that on this Sunday day of April 1946 the undersigned has been appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Rose S Hansen late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted are requested to make payment to the undersigned. Those having claims will file them authenticated in the office of the Clerk of Linn County Town District Court. W Stoddard Donnelly Lynch Lynch Dallas Attorneys.
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Towa
Linn County
Rose
Hansen Late
Stoddard Donnelly
Lynch, Lynch & Dallas
State of
Iowa
George Ingalls Medhurst
George I. Medhurst
Molly C. Medhurst
Yessler & Fahey
GOP Chief Attacks PAC Label as Red Reactionism
Republican national chairman B. Car Reece blasted the CIO Political Action Committee as the spearhead of Red reactionism during a nationwide broadcast. He warned of a $6,000,000 PAC slush fund aimed at defeating congressmen who oppose its agenda while noting Democrats backing the PAC will also be spending. He called the GOP the liberal party and urged Republicans to resist “sound Democrats” who cave on party organization issues.
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Washington
B. Carroll Reece
CIO Political Action Committee
Political Action Committee
United States
Congress
National Committee
Democratic Party
PAC
Reece
America
Byrnes cites moves, loan talk, Iran censorship at press briefing
Secretary of State Byrnes outlined four points at a Friday news conference. He said American land and air forces in Germany restore strength after demobilization, sent a new note to Russia seeking a 1 billion dollar loan but kept details fluid,called unofficial Iran censorship reports unconfirmed, and said the U.S. should not act alone on Italy peace until many nations meet, with the Italian treaty first on the Paris foreign ministers agenda.
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Washington
State Byrnes
Germany
Russia
Iran
Byrnes
State Department
Tehran
United States
Italy
Paris
Iran official denies censorship on dispatches claim isolated incident
Tehran AP reports Iran's propaganda chief rejected any censorship of news from Iran and described the suppression of one correspondent's reports as an isolated incident. He said two disciplined dispatches included "fantastic stories and rumors" whose circulation was illegal.
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Tehran
Iran
Mozaffar Firouz
Two Plead Innocent To Intent To Steal Count
Clinton Kuebler and Jack Robertson pleaded innocent to an intent to steal charge before Judge Floyd Philbrick in district court. Bonds were set at 1500 dollars each after Cedar Rapids police arrested them on a bench warrant. The men allegedly assaulted Meredith Fairfax, took Strang’s car keys and personal effects, following a tavern meeting.
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Floyd Philbrick
Clinton Kuebler
Manchester
Jack Robertson
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
William Crissman
Meredith Strang
Fairfax
Kuebler
Robertson
Strang
Ouster sought for author of lurid military questionnaire
Sen Bridges urged discharge of the person who allegedly had 50 employees on overtime pay to answer a questionnaire about bathroom habits and sex life. He called the incident stupid and wasteful, noting workers were assigned on a Saturday to a test described as, among other things, lurid and intimate.
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Washington
INS
Sen. Bridges
R-N. H
War Department
People of France Vote May 5 on New Constitution
Paris AP report says the French constituent assembly approved a new Fourth Republic constitution 309 to 249 with 28 abstentions. The Communist Socialist bloc backed it while rightists opposed the strong one chamber power. The charter goes to a national referendum May 5 after months of work and opposition om RMP and Radical Socialist leaders.
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Paris
Constituent Assembly
Francois de Menthon
Strong
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Edouard Herriot
Radical-Socialists
Wills admitted to probate for Fall and Brokaw estates
Two wills were admitted to probate on Saturday. The Fall will leaves her Cedar Rapids estate to her son William H. York. The Brokaw will from Dakar, French West Africa, designates Omer L. Brokaw as executor with his son’s wife Charlotte Smith Brokaw inheriting the estate. Paul J. Ware pled innocent to a desertion charge in Cedar Rapids and posted bond. The case proceeds before a grand jury.
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Etta Fall
Cedar Rapids
Omer K. Brokaw
Dakar
French West Africa
Paul J. Ware
Ninth Avenue SE
H. R. Churchill
Ware
P J. Whittemore
U S Policy Shift on Shuttling Envoys Reported
Secretary Byrnes told a closed Senate Foreign Relations session that the United States will abandon its policy of approving or disapproving regimes by shuttling diplomats. The new approach will recognize de facto governments and engage practically without signaling approval or disapproval. He cited defense of Yugoslavia's Tito government as an example.
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Washington
Byrnes
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tito
Yugoslavia
Deaths: Rev Harry E Campbell and Charles W Drake
Obituary notes the death of Rev Harry E Campbell 53 in Indianapolis Indiana former Cedar Rapids First Presbyterian Church missionary in India Coe College graduate survived by wife Ella Marie twin sons David and George daughter Carolyn three Campbell sisters and brother Sam Chicago Funeral plans pending for Charles W Drake 60 Chicago who died after a brief illness with body at Brosh chapel
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Milo Sedlacek
Avenue NE
Harry E. Campbell
Indianapolis
Ind
First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
India
Coe
Ella Marie
David
George
Carolyn
Carrie
Ella
Mary Campbell
Sam
Chicago
Charles W. Drake
Sunshine Mission
Brosh Chapel
Infant son funeral held for Smith family at Brosh chapel
Private services were held Saturday morning for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Smith of 1233 Tenth Street NW at the Brosh chapel.
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Robert L. Smith
Tenth Street NW
Quonset Hut Display Set Up on Green Square
A wood framed quonset hut with spun glass insulation and rubber cover was erected on Greene square by James Manufacturing of Janesville Wisconsin at the mayor's housing committee invitation. The display will be open for a week for veterans to inspect and may be offered for sale at 798 dollars.
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Aleutians
Greene Square
James Manufacturing Company
Janesville
Wisc
Henry Haegg
Ernest Beane
Iowa
Pella Tulip Festival Called Off This Year
Pella Iowa AP tulip festival of the Pella Historical society is called off this year due to probable inability to secure all elements for a complete celebration. W D Van Sittert notes a full centennial festival is planned for 1947. A May 9 community auction of donated items will aid Holland relief.
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Pella
Chinese Say Picture Dark In Manchuria
AP reports officials fled Harbin for Mukden fearing capture by Communist forces as Moscow troops withdraw. Chungking admits Communists may take Harbin without a fight and notes central Manchurian situation is grave. Seven Americans in Changchun sought exit through Communist channels. Marshall's HQ says a request was made.
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Harbin
Changchun
Mukden
Chungking
Manchurian
Manchuria
Szepingkai
A.P
Spencer Davis
Peiping
Davis
Gen. Marshall
Marshall
Atomic Energy Prospects and Risks For Peace and Power
The committee stresses atomic energy offers great peacetime benefits in medicine and biology and potential power uses, but warns that rapid adoption could cause economic disruption and safety hazards. It urges further research and a careful licensing approach by Congress to regulate industrial use.
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Congress
Woman Hater and Pal Join in Purse Snatching
Virginia Nurss reports two men grabbed her purse on Sixth Street SE around 10:20 p.m. as they walked with a friend. The older man proclaimed hatred of women and the younger man snatched the purse before both fled toward Greene square.
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Virginia Nurss
Sixth Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Miss Nurss
Greene Square
Jap Chief of Formosa Takes Life by Poison
Gen Riki chi Ando, the highest ranking Japanese to be brought to China for war crimes trial, died in his jail cell at midnight Friday from self-administered poison. He had been allied with wartime Formosa administration and commanded Japanese troops there, found groaning on the floor after a guard returned. Maj Gen Masataka Kaburagi and four subordinates were slated for gallows Monday for torture and execution of four American flyers at Hankow in December 1944.
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Shanghai
Rikichi Ando
China
Formosa
Japan
Ando
Masataka Kaburagi
Hankow
Schick Hospital Setup Impresses Maj. Gen. Hawley
Maj. Gen. Paul R. Hawley of the Veterans Administration toured Schick General hospital in Clinton and said he will ask for a survey by Dr. Einar Andraessen to assess staffing with permanent and part time doctors. He endorses the property's suitability for VA use if medical staff can be provided and notes a need for another local hospital besides Iowa City.
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Clinton
Army
Schick General Hospital
Veterans Administration
Paul R. Hawley
Chamber of Commerce
Veterans’ Organizations
Einar Andraessen
Minneapolis
Schick
Iowa City Hospital
No Increase Seen In Milk Price to C.R. Consumers
Cedar Rapids milk prices remain unchanged until the Chicago OPA regional office clarifies an announced half cent rise. Harold Bastion of the Cedar Rapids Cooperative Dairy says the pricing specialist indicates no increase to farmers, while retail clarity is uncertain.
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Cedar Rapids
OPA
Chicago
Harold Bastion
Iowa Accepts Larger U.S. Guard Quota Says Grahl
DES MOINES IA Brig Gen Charles A Grahl said Iowa tentatively accepts a new national guard quota of 12090 men with reservations Gov Blue had urged universal training and extra federal aid If universal training is not adopted quotas may be cut by the national bureau The prewar guard was 4500 and 6700 were enlisted for the war effort with the guard later taken into the army
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DES Moines
INS
Charles A. Grahl
Iowa
National Guard
Washngton
Grahl
Robert D. Blue
Butler D. Miltenberger
National Guard Bureau
State Guard
Appello Commandery Members Plan Easter Service Visit
Members of Appello Commandery No. 26 E T Cedar Rapids will meet Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Marion Masonic temple to attend Easter services at the Methodist church in Marion.
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Appello Commandery No
E. T
Cedar Rapids
Marion Masonic Temple
Methodist Church
Marion
Central Group AA meets in Iowa City with clubroom and phone
The Iowa City AA meeting mentions a second local group named the Central Group. It operates a clubroom at 106% Second Avenue SE and uses the phone number 6868. A representative is often on site, with on call coverage by phone at other hours.
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Cedar Rapids
Alcoholics Anonymous
Iowa City
Central Group
Second Avenue SE
Father Discovers Life In His Dead Baby Case
Des Moines AP report credits George Higgins with realizing his premature daughter's life after a physician declared her dead at birth. The infant, in an incubator four months early, was given oxygen and showed movement, prompting police and hospital transfer.
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Des Moines
George Higgins
Higgins
All
Hoover predicts vast food aid drive and shared sacrifice
President Truman calls for swift action to fight world hunger as former leader Hoover outlines a six point plan. He urges Britain to release breadstuffs, Russia to boost wheat deliveries, and Latin America to trim imports while the United States targets one million tons of wheat monthly for famine areas.
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Hoover
Britain
Russia
United States
Canada
Argentina
Holland
Denmark
Yugoslavia
Famine Emergency Committee
Mr. Truman
Australia
Siam
Navy opens areas to families of stationed personnel
The Navy announced that effective May 1 families of officers and enlisted men now stationed in Japan, Okinawa, and the Philippines may join them there. Additional eligible areas include North Africa, Argentia, Greenland, the United Kingdom, Europe, the Caribbean, South America, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Alaska, the Aleutians, the Caroline, Marshall, Palau and Marianas islands, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, and Midway.
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Washington
Navy
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
North Africa
Argentia
Newfoundland
Greenland
United Kingdom
Europe
Caribbean
South America
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Alaska
Aleutians
Caroline, Marshall, Palau
Marianas Islands
Haiwaii
Guam
Samoa
Midway
Fine Brothers $100 Each for Scuffle in Grill
Patrolman Harold Kelly and bystanders subdued William and Kenneth Coon two 20 year old twins after a scuffle at Taft Grill. Dishes broken, furniture overturned, and the restaurant closed for the night. William struck a patron. both brothers were charged and fined. A bystander, Edwin Price, was charged with interfering with an officer. Price pleaded not guilty as Kenneth was jailed. judge set trial. Ralph Swallom, 24, was arrested for drunkenness after causing a boiling oil incident at First Avenue tavern and fined.
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Everett S. Thompson
Newhall
Ralph Swallom
First Street NW
Kenneth K. Coon
Eighth Avenue SE
William B. Coon
Third Avenue SE
Taft Grill
Harold Kelly
William
Kenneth Coon
Kelly
Coons
Vaude Fellwock
Felix Barta
Kenneth
Edwin Price
Division Street
Price
Harry Johnson
Johnson
First Avenue Tavern
First Avenue NE
English Wife of Lyle Ford Reaches States
The English wife of Lyle M. Ford arrived in New York City aboard the Washington with 1,014 other wives and children of American service men. Ford, discharged as a technical sergeant after 32 months overseas, met his bride in Preston England in 1944 and they wed there July 17 1945. They will live at 1061 Twelfth Street NE. Also aboard were Joan Daniels and her 19 month old Susan wife and daughter of K E Daniels of Palo along with Elsie Canott wife of John Canott Wellman.
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Lyle M. Ford
Marvin Ford
Center Point Road
New York City
Washington
Palo
Wellman
Ford
Hatch and Brookman Company
Preston
England
Gwendoline Jones
Lancashire
Twelfth Street
Joan Daniels
Susan
K. E. Daniels
Elsie Canott
John Canott
Appointment of Exectrix of Medhurst Estate in Iowa
On April 5 1046 Molly C Medhurst has been appointed and qualified as executrix of the estate of George Ingalls Medhurst late of Linn County Iowa deceased All persons indebted to the estate must pay promptly and those with claims should file them with the Clerk of Linn County District Court Iowa Yessler Fahey Attorneys
Community House Opens Doors for Friday Open House
Jane Boyd Community House at 1251 Tenth Street SE invites the public to an open house Friday at 7 30 p.m. A gym program follows a demonstration by weaving and crafts. Classes in sewing cooking and arts run under longtime volunteers and staff with Red Cross support. About 800 people of various ages attend weekly activities in 1945. total attendance across activities reached 20 512 that year.
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Jane Boyd
Tenth Street SE
Fred Niemeier
Will
William Jackson
Zora Pauk
Helen Navratil
J. G. Pauba
Community House
Elizabeth Bender
Marvel Foster
Coe College
Community Chest
Williamsburg Woman Fined on Traffic Count
Lois Meyer of Williamsburg was charged with failing to keep her car under control after reporting an accident to police. Her vehicle collided with an Aero taxicab driven by Ted Wright of 402 Sixth Street SE at the Sixth Street and Second Avenue intersection. She paid a $5 fine plus costs.
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Peter Louis Rudish
Twentieth Avenue
Joe McNamara
Cedar Rapids
F. J. Shimon
Lois Meyer
Williamsburg
R. S. Franks
Springville
William F. Bell
Third Avenue
Gilbert Boxa
Fruitland Boulevard
DeWitt C. England
Sixth Street
Clarence E. Krumm
Lisbon
Joseph Musel
Center Point Road
Robert Schomberg
Thirty - Second Street
William S. Coquillette
Fifteenth Street
Garland Blair
Fourteenth Avenue
Lloyd Bell
Ely
T. J. Shaheen
Nineteenth Street
Ted Wright
Wright
Second Avenue
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Daily Record
Justice Court
Dale
Norva
First Avenue SE
Ed Gunsalis
Eleventh Street
Cigaret
James Kent
Thirty-third Avenue
Rapaport
Sixteenth Avenue
Narva Hotel
First Avenue E
Police Theft Report
J. B. Taylor
B Avenue
J. H. Pfautz
Tipton
Fourth Avenue
Second Street
Alice Stick
Alburnette
St. Luke’s
Harry Evans
Meadowbrook Drive
Frank Gorup
Carl Larson
Robert Malatek
William Clarke
John Achey
Robert J. Kime
Noreen Hiland
Junior Hutchcraft
Bonnie Oliphant
Paul Louis Erickson
Shirley Ann McConnell
John F. Herbert
Betty J. Allen
Ralph Hansen
Madeline Tremayne
Gilbert Morley
Esther Genkinger
Kenneth L. Angus
Alma Williams
Lawrence D. Perrin
Dorothy Bojakowski
Allan E. Portzline
Lavonne M. Bachman
Leo Walter Kansky
Jean Carol Probst
Duane Arnold
Henrietta Dows
California
G.O.P
Ican
France
U.S
H. E. Campbell
C.R
R. L. Smith Infant
Green Square
Associated Press
Pal
Hawley
U.S. Guard
Albert’s
Stitute
Asia
Cairo
Truman
Russian
English Channel
U. S
Fine Brothers
Lyle Ford
Calvary Baptist Church
Jerusalem News
Rodney C. Gould
Christ the
Lord
Asunvice
Bethany Lutheran Church
Church OF the Lutheran Hour
First Avenue
E. W. Wuggazer
First Congregational Church
Washington Avenue
Youth For Christ
Bever Park Pavilion
Vernon Schrock
Christian Business Men’s Committee of Waterloo
Victor Myers
Ellis Park
Grande Avenue
Bever Park
Cleveland School
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