Iowa City area weather and law notes in daily brief
Forecast shows clearing in western Iowa Friday with showers in the east and cooling in the east. Highs 60 to 65, lows 38 to 44, with southerly to westerly winds. Also reports bills passed by the House and Senate, fines for traffic and parking violations, and obituaries for local residents.
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Ba Beuth
Los Angeles
Shee City
Iowa
House
Iowa City
Conservation Commission
Clear Lake
Fire and birth notices from Omaha area docket
Wednesday and Thursday fire calls report alarms for addresses at 4820 Louisa street NE 204 First street NW 511 Sixth street SE and National Oats Company with multiple fire units. Intoxication case in August Faust of Omaha sentenced to 30 days jail with suspension. Mercy notices record births at 921 Thirty third street SE Center Point April 20 Mrs Kouba 1015 Third avenue SW Mrs Neto licky 3117 Bowling street SW and Mrs Kosina 3117 Bowling street SW April 19.
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R. H. Huber
Iowa Theater
Norman Russell
Third Street
Eloise Doyle
Fourth Street
James Gillam
First Avenue
Joe Peska
Belle Plaine
James McDonnell
Second Avenue
Basil Manley
Twenty-second Avenue
John Wagner
B Avenue
Darrell Evans
Harold Bain
Third Avenue
Delbert Show
Center Street
Kenneth Jacobsen
Marion
Pioneer Litho Company
William Grimm
Iowa City
C. E. Fleury
Theodore Stinger
Mt. Vernon
Leon Ellis
Carrol Phillips
F Avenue
Anthony Melichar
M Street
Mervin Dochterman
C Street
Melichar
Lawrence Nekola
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Ralph Whiting
Route 4
Arthur Shelley
Mt. Vernon Road
Mildred Wallace
Fifth Street
Charles Haddad
E Avenue
Lyle Martin
Fifth Avenue
Louis Kelsey
Sixteenth Avenue
Rudolph Drahovzal
Dochterman
St. Luke’s
Lyle Baker
Fourteenth Avenue SW
Neal Robertson
Duane Donohue
Tipton
Richard Hagerman
1016
Avenue NW
Noel Jamison
Vernon
Madison
Wis
Richard A. Fuller
Mr. Fuller
A. L. Fuller
Eighteenth Street
Louisa Street
First Street
Sixth Street
National Oats Company
Faust
Omaha
H. R. Churchill
At Mercy
Ray Neary
Thirty-third Street
Sea Son
Arthur Kouba
Center Point
Max Netolicky
Edward Kosina
Bowling Street
Linn county awards fuel and oil contracts to low bidders
The Linn county board of supervisors awarded contracts to 17 firms for gasoline diesel fuel and lubricants. Home Oil and Gas Co Cedar Rapids won 60 000 gallons of gasoline at .00525 under Chicago Journal of Commerce quoting. Shell Oil Co Minneapolis took 50 000 gallons of diesel No 3 oil with Chicago Journal of Commerce quote. Deep Rock Oil Corp Omaha secured lubricating and transmission oil bids with per gallon and per pound rates for No 10 No 20 No 30 and winter summer transmission oil totals.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Home Oil and Gas Company
Cedar Rapids
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Shell Oil Company
Minneapolis
Deep Rock Oil Corporation of
Omaha
Deep Rock
Biggart Sentenced On Morals Count
Harold J. Biggart, 30, of Anamosa, was sentenced to three years in Fort Madison state penitentiary for lascivious acts with a child. Judge Hamiel suspended the term after testimony from a psychiatrist and a parole officer. Biggart pled guilty to immoral acts with a minor boy on August 15.
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Harold J. Biggart
Anamosa
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
M. C. Hamiel
Biggart
Swisher Man Surrenders Tavern Beer Permit
William Luerkens of Swisher surrendered his class B beer permit for Melody Lane tavern near Hawkeye Downs to Linn County Auditor Otto Hanz. The permit was issued January 24 and Luerkens will receive a $50 refund.
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William Luerkens
Swisher
Melody Lane Tavern
Hawkeye Downs
Linn County
Otto Hanzlik
Luerkens
Townsend Groups Meet for Dinner and Civic Events
City briefs note No. 8 meeting this Sunday in K of P hall at 6 p.m. for supper and business. An antique show runs Thursday to Sunday at the coliseum. Oliphant Cemetery Cleanup is planned Saturday for interested parties. Shuffleboard Brown Derby at Blue Moon tonight at 8 p.m. Dial numbers for Century Cabs and City Cab advertised.
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Blue Moon
Kite Contest At Ellis Park Sponsored By Eagles
The annual homemade kite contest will be held at 9 a m Saturday west of the Ellis park swimming pool. Postponed last week due to stormy weather. events include largest smallest most unique most artistic best box kites plus several contests and a 100 yard dash. Prizes offered by the Eagles include softballs bats veg? and table tennis pad.
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The
Eagles
Playground Commission
Ellis Park
Supt
Nevin Nichols
Iowa Senate rejects two Beardsley conservation appointees
The Iowa Senate in executive session blocked two governor Beardsley appointees to the state conservation commission, Des Moines Republican Charles F. Martin and Emmetsburg Democrat Leo D. Frederickson. Reasons were not announced, though objections to Martin cited his lobbyist registration for the school aid program.
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DES Moines
Iowa Senate
William’ S. Beardsley
State Conservation Commission
Senate
Charles ‘F. Martin
Iowa State Education Association
Leo D. Frederickson
Emmetsburg
Conservation Commission
Eight Discussion Units at Cedar Rapids Job Conference
Eight discussion groups are set for the opening session of a vocational information conference for Cedar Rapids high school students at McKinley High School. Topics include teaching nursing engineering office work building trades and more led by professionals from Coe College St. Luke’s Hospital Rapids Chevrolet and others. Robert Caldwell of the Chamber of Commerce will speak at 7 30 p m before discussions begin at 8 p m. The event is sponsored by the AAUW the Young Men's Bureau and local public schools under Donald G Emery’s guidance.
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Cedar Rapids
McKinley High School
Fenton J. Wolfe
Coe College
Etta C. Rasmussen
St. Luke’s Hospital
Warren H. Olson
Edward J. Byers
Dorothy Drew
Hogan Brothers
Truman Hanson
Rapids Chevrolet Company
Charles Loomis, Jr
Loomis Brothers
R. D. Spooner
Robert Caldwell
Chamber of Commerce
American Association of University Women
The
Young Men’s Bureau
Public Schools
Donald G. Emery
Cancer Group Organizes Speaker Bureau in Linn County
The Linn County chapter of the American Cancer Society forms a speaker bureau with lay and medical speakers to discuss treatment and research. Booking is open for spring and next fall and winter via Dr. F W Mulson at the Higley Building. Expenses are paid by the state division, and an 11 minute film The Traitor Within may be obtained through Pratt Sound Film Service to complement the talks. Fundraising supports the educational program.
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Linn County
American Cancer Society
F. W. Mulson
Higley
State Division
The
Pratt Sound Film Service
Society
Frank McCarthy Heads Linn Demos
Linn county Democratic central committee elected Frank McCarthy chairman and named Mrs. Ethel Hart of Marion vice chair, J. Frank Cravens treasurer, and Mrs. Olive Nippe secretary. McCarthy succeeds Edward J. Kuba as chairman. Hart and Cravens were re elected. Nippe takes over a secretary role vacant about 18 months.
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Linn County
Democratic Central Committee
Frank McCarthy
Ethel Hart
Marion
J. Frank Cravens
Olive Nippe
McCarthy
Edward J. Kuba
Hart
Cravens
Nippe
New President Named for Cedar Rapids Teachers Association
Miriam Shupp, a Harrison school teacher, is elected president of the Cedar Rapids Education Association for two years. Other officers include Irma Dovey as first vice president and Louisa Peak as second vice president. Delegates to the National Education Association Assembly in Boston will be Iola Tillapaugh and Harry Burmeister. The April CREA meeting following a First Christian church dinner will feature Patricia Smith directing two one act plays by McKinley pupils, with "Ladies of the Mop" and "Balcony Scene" receiving superior play festival ratings. The CREA also contributed 225 to the Overseas Teachers Relief fund to aid co workers abroad.
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Miriam Shupp
Harrison School
Cedar Rapids Education Association
Paul Anthony
McKinley
Irma Dovey
Louisa Peak
Margaret Dingman
Walter Hawbaker
National Education Association Assembly
Boston
Iola Tillapaugh
Harry Burmeister
CREA
First Christian Church
Patricia Smith
Iowa City
Overseas Teachers Relief Fund
Legislature Ups Pay of Johnson and 12 Other Judges
Iowa lawmakers approved raises for Johnson Cedar Rapids municipal and superior court judges. Johnson's salary rises to 5000 annually, up 250, with 12 other superior court judges also boosted. Municipal court judges in eight cities see 25 percent boosts, including Des Moines and Sioux City. Burlington Clinton Marshalltown gain to 4375, while Burlingon and Clinton faces limit on judges. Governor Beardsley to sign.
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Harry S. ‘Johnson
Cedar Rapids
House of Representatives
Johnson
Iowa
Beardsley
Des Moines
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Ames
Burlington
Clinton
Marshalltown
House
Deaths Frances Jane Gammon services and burial
Frances Jane Gammon died Tuesday at her home 3802 Mt Vernon Rd SE. Services set for Friday at 1 30 p m in Beatty chapel with Rev A Timothy Starr of Dairy Dale Church officiating. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. She was the widow of Walter R Gammon.
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Frances Jane Gammon
Mt. Vernon Road
Beatty Chapel
A. Timothy Starr
Dairy Dale Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Gammon
Walter R. Gammon
Rex Greenwood Rites Planned at Beatty Chapel
Services for Rex Greenwood of 213 Sixth Street SW who died Tuesday at Oakdale will be conducted in the Beatty chapel at 3 30 p m Friday by the Rev F H Ward. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Rex Greenwood
Sixth Street SW
Oakdale
Beatty Chapel
F. H. Ward
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Death of Wesley Todd 79 of Toddville
Wesley Todd 79 lifelong Toddville resident died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 1:55 a.m. Thursday after a sudden illness. Born April 7 1870 at Toddville he married Ida Jane Reed December 12 1893 at Toddville. Surviving are his wife a son Leland Todd of Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs Walter Van Note Robins and Mrs Clara Oliphant Toddville three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 1:30 2 Saturday at Turner chapel Toddville with Rev W C Wilson. Burial Shiloh cemetery. Friends may call.
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Wesley Todd
Toddville
Cedar Rapids
Ida Jane Reed
Surin
Leland Todd
Walter van Note
Robins
Clara Oliphant
Private services for infant Diana Kay Gracey
Private services are held for 18 day old Diana Kay Gracey daughter of Mr and Mrs Merrill Gracey of Springville formerly Cedar Rapids. The infant is survived by family members and will be laid to rest in a local cemetery.
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Diana Kay Gracey
Merrill Gracey
Springville
Cedar Rapids
Air Force Prepares Bombing Target Encyclopedia
Air force intelligence experts are compiling a bombing target encyclopedia to map future war targets. The project, expanding since last summer, seeks funding for more analysts and includes target importance, installation roles, construction details, and maps with weapon estimates for both conventional and special weapons.
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Washington
Air Force
Congress
Russia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Death notices record Cedar Memorial burial and Cedar Rapids death
A burial service was held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Cedar Memorial cemetery for the deceased born April 2 in Cedar Rapids who died at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Surviving relatives include her parents a brother Kenneth at home and grandparents Mrs Blanche Bradshaw of Springville and Mr and Mrs Frank Gracey of Truro.
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Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth
Blanche Bradshaw
Springville
Frank Gracey
Truro
Funeral services for Miss Anna Elizabeth DuMont
Services for Miss Anna Elizabeth DuMont of 1413 Second Avenue SE are set for 11 a.m. Friday in Turner chapel with Dr. Andrew E. Kurth of Westminster Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. The family invites friends to visit the chapel.
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Anna Elizabeth DuMont
Second Avenue SE
Turner Chapel
Andrew E. Kurth
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mrs Hemsky 55 Died After Lingering Illness in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. William Hemsky formerly June Cluett aged 55 of 430 Fifth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 4 45 p m Wednesday after a lingering illness. Born April 29 1894 at Blairstown she lived in Cedar Rapids 35 years. Survived by husband George Ciuett sisters Mrs Thomas Gilka Mrs Romey Jones Mrs Archie Kimm and Mrs Georgene Tongue. Services Saturday with time to be announced. body at Monahan funeral home with viewing Friday.
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William Hemsky
Fifth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
June Cluett
Blairstown
Hemsky
George Ciuett
Thomas Gilka
Romey Jones
Archie Kimm
Norway
Georgene Tongue
Los Angeles
Monahan Funeral Home
Mrs Walter Brebner Rites Held In Marion
Mrs Mary H Matie Brebner 75 widow of Walter I Brebner died at 3 30 p m Wednesday at her son Marshall Brebner home 709 Third avenue Marion after a long illness Born January 6 1874 at Osage she moved to Cedar Rapids about 35 years ago from Northwood In August 1948 she moved to Marion with her son She was a member of Northwood Baptist church and Eastern Star Surviving are three sons John Los Angeles Forrest Sturgis Mich and Marshall six grandchildren two great grand children and a brother John W Hurd Manly Her husband died in 1910 Services will be conducted at 10 30 a m Friday at the Yocom chapel Marion by Rev Charles Moore The body will be taken to Northwood for further services and burial Saturday Friends may call at the chapel.
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Walter Brebner
Mary H
Matie” Brebner
Marshall Brebner
Third Avenue
Marion
Osage
Campaign Heads Outline All Year Clean Up Program
Fire Chief E P Kohout and Chamber of Commerce chairman George Cockburn led the Cedar Rapids effort outlining a year round citywide clean up. The plan aims to improve health and safety, reduce fire losses, beautify homes and streets, rehabilitate blighted areas, and attract new business with civic pride and better citizenship. City officials, industry, scouts, churches and civic groups will participate during Clean Up week April 24 to 30.
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Personnel Managers Association of
Cedar Rapids
E. P. Kohout
George Cockburn
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Boy Scouts
Civic Bureau
Cockburn
Kohout
Thomas Woods
L. P. Davis
John Winchell
Ross Groves
Chet Carlton
Joseph Carberry
D. I. Roland
Milo Blahnik
E. A. Hasley
Robert Doolittle
James Bunten
L. Shepard
W. C. Bernstorf
Morgan Craft
David Pugh
Council Asked To Bring Back Buses To Memorial Drive
Residents petitioned the city council to restore bus service on Memorial drive SE arguing road conditions permit. The council placed the request on file with no discussion after noting prior changes moved Bever line buses to Twenty-sixth street and prompted protests from Meadowbrook and Soutter avenue residents.
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Memorial Drive
Bever Line
Meadowbrook
Twenty-ninth Street
Soutter Avenue
City Lines
Meadowbrook Drive
Twenty-sixth Street
Quaker Plant Show Welcomes Cedar Rapids Students
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa schools plan field trips to the Quaker Oats plant show open next Monday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The event features 350 feet of exhibits and a plant tour. Faculty from Iowa and colleges will attend, and Rin Tin Tin III will appear with trainer Lee Duncan for the Monday show.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ralph Hartmann
Quaker Oats Company
Hartmann
Quaker
Linn County
Walter A. Shupp
University of Iowa
Coe College
Cornell College
Iowa State College
Rin Tin Tin III
Hollywood
Lee Duncan
Daniel G. McNulty Dies in Solon at 81
Daniel George McNulty, 81, of Solon, died at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after an illness. He was born near Fairfax May 16, 1867. Survived by wife Patricia two sisters Nellie and Mary Donahue and brother James. Mass set for Saturday at St. Marys Solon. Rosary Friday evening at Brosh funeral home. no flowers.
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Solon
Daniel George McNulty
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Fairfax
Patricia
Mary Donahue
Sisseton
S. D
Nellie McNulty
James
St. Mary’s Church
Carl F. Clems
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Father Clems
Brosh Funeral
Fisk Receives Federal Prison Term for Bond Altering
Robert A. Fisk, 36, Iowa Falls, pled guilty to altering eight U S savings bonds and was sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary after arraignment in Fort Dodge. He remains in Fort Madison serving a 10 year term for grand larceny and breaking and entering, with prior escapes and arrests across the Midwest. He has a history of firearms violations and multiple evasions from custody.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa State Penitentiary
U.S
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Linn County
Fisk
Cedar Rapids
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Harley Simon
Leonard Stusak
Mt. Vernon
Midwest
U. S
William Crissman
Fort Madison
Crissman
Kansas Institution
Kudina
Eldora
Anamosa Reformatory
Sioux City
Indiana
Red Plan for Deal to End Berlin Blockade
A German official reports Russia may propose a German settlement including lifting the Berlin blockade if Germany is barred from NATO. Western Allies favor no more Four-Power talks until the blockade ends, while airlift continues at reduced scale if needed.
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Red
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Lucius D. Ulay
United States
Rhine
Oder
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Bonn
New Obstacles in Way of Economy Housing Program
Cedar Rapids Home Builders Association reported new hurdles for the economy housing plan at a Roosevelt hotel dinner. Bricklayers increased from 2.50 to 3.00 an hour, other crafts are seeking higher pay, and costs to extend water mains rose from 90 cents to 1.25 then to 1.50 per foot. Builders fear tying funds for additions that require sewers gas lines and electricity while three test houses proceed and plans for sub $10 000 homes emerge. Ralph R Hungerford reports a long list of prospective buyers awaiting inclusion on a preferred list.
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Cedar Rapids Home Builders Association
Rooseveltotel
Ralph R. Hungerford
The
Cedar Rapids Home Builders
Clock invention attributed to Pope Sylvester II
The origin of mechanical clocks is uncertain but a legend credits Pope Sylvester II with inventing one around 990 A.D. The tale places early horology in a papal context, illustrating medieval interest in precise timekeeping.
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Sylvester II
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Record
C. R
Municipal
Saturn
Creeee
Albert Cline
Anna Louise Karban
Lester R. Fetzer
Williamsburg
Doris Jean Frederick
Wayne Wolf
Elizabeth Mohn
Lisbon
Marjorie M
Jonah W
Annabelle Katlinek
John Katlinek
Quasqueton
Fred Waitman
Spencer’s Grove
Harris-Garrison
Edgewood
Delbert Wilson
Rhines Funeral
Vinton
George Wilson
Fry-Holland
Columbus Junction
Jacob B. Gookin
Oelwein
Dollie Conklin
First Church of Christ
Monticello
Barney Eilers
Goettsch
Libbie Thoeni
Oakwood
Helen A. White
Emmet A. White
Doris Hawkins
Harold Hawkins
Dorothea H. Haskins
Edward F. Haskins
Clarence F. Ballard
Catherine Ballard
Justice Court
Dial
Adv
Oliphant Cemetery
City Cab
Martin
Frank W. Mattes
Odebolt
Dwight Rider
Fort Dodge Republican
State Board of Education
W. Earl Hall
Mason City
Richard H. Plock
Burlington Republican
Board of Education
Robert Jones
Chariton Democrat
P. F. Hopkins
State Board of Control
J. Frank Hamilton
Maquoketa
Social Welfare Board
Luke L. Caffrey
Cresco Democrat
H. C. Beard
Mt. Ayr
George D. Reynolds
Clinton Democrat
State Highway Commission
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Cancer Group
Linn Demos
C.R. Teachers
Legislature
Gammon Services
Greenwood Services
Gracey Infant
DuMont Services
Barta Hesser
Funeral Directors Dial
Lapes
Florist
3Rd Ave
Daniel G. McNulty of
Robert A. Fisk
Pen
William J. Kudriz
James Smit
Reichsbahn
Frankfurt
West Germany
McConkie
Variety Store
Heider
Okens
Ren’s Dial Telephone
Jesse James
Screen Guild Productions
California
Town Theatre
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