Reds Concede French Right To Pact Talk
Paris reports that the Big Four foreign ministers conference opened amicably as Russia conceded France and the United States the right to participate in talks on peace treaties with all five Axis satellites. France may participate in all five discussions but vote only on Italy. the United States may not vote on Finland.
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Paris
Russia
France
United States
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Romania
London
Italy
Daily Record Weather and City Notices of April 26 1946
In the April 26 1946 Daily Record readers saw a weather snapshot with warm highs in many cities and a forecast from Iowa Agriculture indicating mostly clear cool dry weather for Saturday followed by rising temperatures and possible very light showers later Sunday night or Monday. Local traffic penalties include fines for speeding parking intoxication and improper registration with several names and addresses listed along with court actions and additions to birth notices from Mercy St. Luke’s and regional hospitals detailing multiple births and parent names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Miami
Miamneap
New York
Anse
Sioux City
Iowa
Sportsmen Frolic at Manchester Fish Fry
More than 1 000 sportsmen consumed 630 pounds of pike fillet and trimmings at the Delaware County Fish and Game association annual fish fry in Manchester Thursday night. About $1 500 was raised for conservation work. Frank L. Davis designed the frying equipment and Vernon Burns fried the fish. Merchandise valued at $1 200 donated by friends of the association was awarded. An outboard motor went to Paul Lauser and a complete fishing outfit to Russell Preston, both of Manchester. The Rev. Walter Schiel was master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County Fish and Game Association
Frank L. Davis
Vernon Burns
Friends of the Association
Paul Lauser
Russell Preston
Walter Schiel
Marshalltown man faces federal embezzlement charge
C Ervin Davenport of Marshalltown was free on a $3000 bond in Des Moines for an arraignment on a federal indictment accusing him of embezzling funds from Securities Savings Bank of Marshalltown and making false entries in the bank records. He will plead next Monday in federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
C. Ervin Davenport
Marshalltown
Federal District Court
Securities Savings Bank of
Davenport
Iowa Called Greatest Since Garden of Eden
Rodney Selby of the Iowa Development Commission told the High Twelve club in the Roosevelt hotel that Iowa is the greatest thing since the Garden of Eden. He said the commission’s task is industrial promotion and that agriculture and industry can complement each other in Iowa. He noted Iowa as the No 1 agricultural state with industrial income already near agricultural income and warned against promoting recreational facilities for outsiders. He urged attracting residents to live and work in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Selby
Deaths Charles S. Gibson 90 Cedar Rapids farmer
Charles S. Gibson 90 of 846 Fifth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 9 45 p m Thursday. Born October 9 1855 at Mendon Illinois he married Maria Burke in 1883 who died in 1935. Survived by seven daughters and one son funeral arrangements incomplete. Friends may call Brady mortuary after 5 p m Saturday.
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Charles S. Gibson
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Mendon
Maria Burke
Forrest C. Zody
John Minninger
Leo Carney
Charles G. Kos
Fall Furrias
Texas
R. J. Duffy
Oelwein
R. J. Viiet
Mellette
S. D
J. J. Moder
Juneau
Alaska
Thomas A. Gibson
Los Angeles
Calif
Gibson
Immaculate Conception Church
Brady Mortuary
Obituary of John P. Miller Former Cedar Rapids Resident
John P. Miller age 59 formerly of Cedar Rapids died at his Waterloo home after a year and a half of heart illness. Born February 25 1887 in Gilbertville he married Anna L Ludtke in 1912. Survived by wife son Alfred R. Miller Cedar Rapids two sisters and two grandchildren. He worked for J W Darragh plumbing in Cedar Rapids and belonged to St Mary's Church Waterloo. Funeral at Waterloo Monday with burial Mt Calvary Cedar Rapids.
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John P. Miller
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Gilbertville
Anna L. Ludtke
Alfred R. Miller
William Girsch
Margaret Payton
Edwardsville
Ill
Funeral services set for Mrs Alois Slavik in two venues
Rt Rev Msgr Wenceslaus Hradecky to conduct services at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Kuba funeral home and 10 a.m. at St Wenceslaus church, not the previously announced time. Mrs Slavik died Thursday at her daughter Anna Popelka’s home 185 Twenty first avenue SW. Rosary 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial in St Johns cemetery.
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Alois Slavik
Msgr
Wenceslaus Hradecky
Kuba
St. Wenceslaus’ Church
Slavik
Anna Popelka
Twenty-first Avenue
Msgr. Hradecky
St. John’s Cemetery
Death notice for Dewey Coffman in St. Paul hospital
Mrs. Mason Kaupke of 2544 Country Club Parkway SE mourns the death of her brother Dewey E. Coffman at 2 p.m. Thursday after a long illness. Born in Keota he had lived in LaCrosse Wisconsin. A Cedar Rapids niece and nephew survive. Burial will be in Keota Sunday.
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Mason Kaupke
Country Club Parkway SE
Dewey E. Coffman
St. Paul Hospital
Keota
LaCrosse
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Mrs Louise Wienecke
Funeral services for Mrs Louise Wienecke who died Thursday at her home in Iowa City will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Oatholt funeral chapel. She was the mother of Mrs George Hern and grandmother of Margaret E Hern of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Wienecke
Iowa City
Oatholt
George Hern
Margaret E. Hern
Cedar Rapids
Benton Plowing Contest to Draw 10000 Farmers
A 10,000 strong crowd is expected Saturday near Vinton as Gov. Robert Blue fires the starting gun for the national clean plowing contest marking the start of Corn Borer Control week in Iowa. Fifty plowmen from four states compete from 11 to 11 30 a.m. east of Shellsburg four miles north of highway 218. An Iowa Flying Farmers landing field is set up three miles north of Newhall for attendees flying in.
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Vinton
Robert Blue
Iowa
Shellsburg
Highway 218
Iowa Flying Farmers Group
Newhall
Osmena Concedes Defeat Amid Election Theft Claims
Manila AP reports Sergio Osmena virtually concedes the Philippines presidency as Roxas supporters are accused of voter intimidation and vote falsification. Early AP tallies show Roxas leading with 478,543 to Osmena's 391,121 from 4,748 of 14,238 precincts, with margins widening in late reporting.
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Manila
Sergio Osmena
Philippines
Osmena
Senate
Manuel Roxas
Roxas
Commonwealth
Cedar Rapids man sues Western Auto Transports for 25000
E J Distelhorst 35 of Cedar Rapids files a 25000 personal suit Friday against Western Auto Transports Inc and two Denver employed drivers. He is hospitalized after an April 15 accident five miles east of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30 over Squaw Creek with brain concussion and multiple injuries. Distelhorst, a former FBI special agent now in the Guaranty Bank trust department, requests a jury trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Distelhorst
Cedar Rapids
Western Auto Transports, Inc
Denver
Distelhorst
St. Luke’s Hospital
Squaw Creek
FBI
Trust Department
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Robertson Given Suspended Three Months for Assault
Judge Floyd Philbrick sentenced Jack Robertson 25, of 505 Fifth avenue SE, to a suspended three month jail term after a guilty plea to assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. Clinton Kuebler 22 of Manchester was dismissed. The men were arrested April 19 after a fracas with Meredith Strang Fairfax while riding together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Philbrick
Jack Robertson
Fifth Avenue SE
Clinton Kuebler
Manchester
Robertson
Meredith Strang
Fairfax
Confers with Truman on Yacht off Potomac
President Truman and Gen. Eisenhower met on the White House yacht Williamsburg anchored off Quantico Virginia to discuss postwar Pacific army plans. Eisenhower planned a month long inspection tour of Pacific installations and joined a rest cruise with the president before returning to Washington.
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Truman
Potomac
Pacific
Gen. Eisenhower
White House
Williamsburg
Quantico
Eisenhower
Quantico Marine Base
Washington
Mr. Truman
Chesapeake Bay
Harlan F. Stone
OWMA
John W. Snyder
Auto Tax Stamp Sale To Be Halted June 30
Cedar Rapids post office officials note the Stamp Act levying motor vehicle and boat taxes has been repealed by the Revenue Act of 1945. Stamp sales will be discontinued after June 30. The Motor Vehicle Stamp Act, approved Sept 20, 1941, is no longer necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Farley and Loetscher Agree to Wage Increase
In Dubuque, the Farley and Loetscher sash and door factory reached a wage increase agreement with its employees on Thursday. The deal, announced at the company’s plant, aims to raise pay across multiple job classifications and reflects efforts to boost productivity and retention amid rising living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Farley and Loetscher Company
Nazi Witness Turns Out To Be U.S. Agent
Hans Bernd Gisevius, a defense witness in the war crimes trial, disclosed he had been in contact with American intelligence services since 1943. The revelation came as prosecutors and judges processed the bomb plot and Goering, Kaltenbrunner, and Keitel faced his testimony detailing German secrets and Gestapo abuses.
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U.S
Gisevius
Hitler
Fuehrer
Alfred Seidl
Rudolf Hess
Hans Frank
Poland
Seidl
Office of Strategic Services
American Intelligence Service
Walter Wilhelm Canaris
Zurich
Switzerland
Berlin
Germany
Wilhem Frick
Bohemia and
Moravia
Frick
Ministry of Interior
Hermann Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Schacht
Keitel
Gestapo
Freight and Exposition train wreck devastates rails
Emergency crews responded after eleven coaches were derailed or left tracks on the Advance and Exposition lines. Fireman Crayton was killed while Blaine kept the throttle as the Exposition plowed into the rear car, killing and injuring many. Red Cross opened disaster relief. North Central college students aided as doctors and nurses rushed to Aurora area hospitals.
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Daniels
Blaine
E. H. Crayton
Galesburg
Crayton
The
Red Cross
North Central College
Aurora
Sixth graders send aid and letters to Paul in the Netherlands
A Rotterdam family endures war losses as sixth graders gather three care boxes for Paul his sisters and mother including a dress marbles and food plus an airmail letter campaign. The class plans more mail and further gifts for Paul.
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Netherlands
Paul
Top Music Contest Winners Compiled by AP
First place winners across multiple voice and instrumental categories listed with performers and hometowns. The long odds of detailed names include Margaret Raschke Decorah Virginia Williamson Iowa City Irma Schoon Monticello Catherine Wahlin Toledo and many others across Iowa cities and schools. The piece ends with an editorial aside about international understanding and children.
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Margaret Raschke
Decorah
Virginia Williamson
Iowa City
Irma Schoon
Monticello
Catherine Wahlin
Toledo
Mary Jane Shinko
Williamsburg
Marshalltown
Paul Benjamin
Norma Kloubec
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Tipton
Mattie Albuht
Betty Hendrickson
Phyllis Erickson
Burton Folder
Marvin Leneth
Shirley Lewis
West Liberty
Donna Smith
Phyllis Lukenbach
Columbus Junction
Marengo
Margaret Marsh
Arthur Hain
David Hermann
Gladbrook
Jack Coper
Walter Penland
OPA and OES oppose 25 percent freight rate rise
Washington agencies contend the railroads request would be disastrous and strike at postwar economic adjustment. The OPA and Office of Economic Stabilization urged the Interstate Commerce Commission for a full hearing against the proposal. Five state agencies from Iowa Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas and South Dakota joined in urging denial.
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Washington
OPA
Office of Economic Stabilization
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Agriculture Anderson
Iowa
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
South Dakota
Reforms At Iowa Training School Target Runaways And Behavior
Superintendent Cooper urges more funds and a shift in philosophy at the Anamosa training school to rehabilitate boys rather than punish them. He cites eight boys sent to a state basketball tournament and plans for Drake relays weekends, noting 697 runaways since last August with 681 returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Cooper
Iowa City
Iowa
Mitchellville
St James Park Bomb Exploded Near Buckingham Palace
In London the St James Park bomb detonated Friday night, a 1000 pound missile placed under the park lake shaft. Lt D H Mellor activated the device from an underground lavatory as Royal Engineer squads uncovered it. Earth and debris flew after the blast. no windows damaged at Marlborough House or Buckingham Palace. crowds watched from behind police cordons.
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London
St. James Park
Buckingham Palace
St. James Park Lake
Royal Engineer
D. H. Mellor
Marlborough House
Mary
Elizabeth
Death of Waterloo Woman Burns Cause
Waterloo, June 5 Mrs Elizabeth Williams 92 died from severe burns suffered Tuesday when a fire at her home caused 1500 dollars in damage. Firemen rescued her and roomer Clarabelle Brothers who had a minor leg cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Elizabeth Williams
Clarabelle Brothers
Miss Brothers
Allied Council on Japs Can Finally Get Along
George Atcheson Jr now heads the Allied four power control council for Japan and brought calm to deliberations. Informal Thursday session closed with no controversy and lasted about 30 minutes as the Japanese political scene after the election was reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Council On Japs
Tokyo
INS
George Atcheson
Control Council For
Japan
Packinghouse worker testifies before Senate on wartime pay
Lloyd Achenbach of Cedar Rapids told the Senate Banking Committee in Washington that he is digging into his mustering out pay to supplement his $40 weekly wage as living costs rise. Achenbach, a World War II veteran and former financial secretary of Local No. 3 UPWA Cedar Rapids, works in Wilson and Company’s beef kill department and serves on the local Veterans' committee. He was named a delegate to the UPWA international convention in Montreal June 3 to 6 as the panel considers extending OPA controls to March 31, 1947 plus House amendments demanding price control changes.
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Lloyd Achenbach
Cedar Rapids
Senate Banking Committee
Washington
United Press
Achenbach
Eighteenth Avenue SW
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Wilson and Company
Veterans’ Committee
Montreal
Canada
Senate
House
You Cant Court Indian Girls and Wine Them Too
Kenneth P Ager and Ulysses Bucklin face federal charges of furnishing liquor to Indians on the Tama reservation after a party April 9. Ager was bound over to the grand jury and released on 1500 bond. Bucklin to appear April 30 in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth P. Ager
Fredricksburg
Ulysses Bucklin
Waterloo
Tama
John S. Reid
Indian Service
Ager
U. S
Charles Benesh
Bucklin
Cedar Rapids
Truckers to Open Talks With Nash Finch Next Week
Local No. 238 of the truckers union plans to seek negotiations with Nash Finch of Cedar Rapids for a new contract, per James D. White secretary treasurer. A five week strike ended with a NLRB announced agreement. The firm must recognize the union, bargain, reinstate two discharged workers with back pay, and refrain from interference. The union will withdraw NLRB charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nash- Finch Company
Cedar Rapids
James D. White
Nash-Finch Company
National Labor Relations Board
Minneapolis
NLRB
Judge Orders Seized Slot Machines Sold
Council Bluffs AP Municipal Judge Allan Ardell ordered Sheriff L H Tyler to sell five seized slot machines to the highest bidder where legal. Each has a $500 minimum. The sheriff will remove money from the machines before sale. Normally seized machines are destroyed by court order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Allan Ardell
L. H. Tyler
Ardell
Demonstration Demands OPA Extension at Busy Sioux City Intersection
In Sioux City 500 CIO packing house workers staged a loud demonstration at a main downtown intersection calling for extension of OPA price ceilings. The event disrupted traffic as chants and signs urged continued controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
CIO
Olmsted Names Frances Hakes Campaign Chief
Des Moines AP reports Republican governor hopeful George Olmsted named Frances Hakes of Laurens as chair of the state Olmsted women's committee. Hakes, former Iowa American Legion auxiliary president, Laurens school and library boards member, will open headquarters at the Savory hotel.
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Des Moines
George Olmsted
Frances Hakes
Laurens
State Olmsted Women’s Committee
Hakes
Iowa Department of the
Americana Legion Auxiliary
Laurens Library Board
Savory Hotel
Olmsted
Tiny Fern Schrader Beats Odds At Iowa Hospital
In Des Moines AP report Fern Schrader daughter of Ivan and wife Lacona Iowa rose from two pounds two ounces at birth February 21 to four pounds fourteen ounces. She left a glass incubator as doctors said her recovery began with a rapid weight gain and strong response by caregivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fern Schrader
Fern
Ivan Schrader
Lacona
Osage Family Escapes From Burning House
Osage Iowa AP report of Maurice Smalley his wife and two children escaping uninjured as fire of undetermined origin gutted their home. Damage estimated at 9000 with insurance expected to cover it. Firefighters fought the blaze for four hours after a passerby alerted them. Furniture moved from the first floor. Mrs Smalley quip about a rug being undelivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osage
Maurice Smalley
Smalley
Dr Joseph Fort Newton to Speak in Cedar Rapids June 3
Dr Joseph Fort Newton renowned minister and author will address the Executives club in Cedar Rapids on June 3 announced by Rev Waldemar Argow pastor of the People's church He previously led Liberal Christian church in Cedar Rapids and recently published River of Years He will also give the University of Iowa baccalaureate address on June 2 with Cedar Rapids dinner site to be chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fort Newton
Cedar Rapids
Executives Club
Waldemar Argow
People’s Church
Newton
Liberal Christian Church
University of Iowa
Argow
Assault and Battery Cases In Justice Court
Two assault and battery cases were heard in Justice H R Churchill's court. Harold Knapp of 1218 Fifteenth Street SE was sent to the county jail on revocation of a 30 day sentence after posting 100 dollars bond. hearing set for May 1. John F Kerr Jr of Iowa City was fined 100 dollars and costs with 75 dollars suspended after arrest in West Branch by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Knapp
Fifteenth Street
Knapp
John F. Kerr, Jr
Iowa City
P. R. Holmen
H. R. Churchill
P. J. Whittemore
West Branch
Harlan Snyder
Ministerial Association Elects 1946 Officers
The Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association elected new officers for 1946. Rev H L Ruthrauff of the Church of the Brethren was named president, Rev D A Loferski of St Pauls Episcopal elected vice president, and Rev Floyd Hinshaw of St James Methodist began his third term as secretary and treasurer. An at large executive committee includes Rev Allan E Schoff, Rev Rodney Gould, and Rev Paul Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Ruthrauff
Church of the Brethren
Cedar Rapids
D. A. Loferski
St. Paul’s
Notice of Appointment of Executor No 18566
State of Iowa Linn County notice states Nard J Hollenbeck is appointed executor of the estate of a deceased resident of Linn County Iowa. Creditors are urged to file claims promptly with the Clerk of Linn County District Court and to make immediate payments to the undersigned. Vessier and Fahey, Attorneys, represent the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Linn Pounty
Aly
Lenbeck
Linn
Iowa
Linn Goanis
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Floyd Sharp
Second Avenue
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Marion
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First Avenue E
Clarence E. Bridgeman
Ninth Street
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First Street
Howard F. Tisher
Second Street
Blake Boulevard
Iowa Tractor and Machinery Company
Justice Court
Donald Hadsell
Second Avenue SE
James Gelski
Company No. 3
Mercy
George Popelka
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Edmond Houlihan
Coggan
Julius Koehn
Third Avenue SW
William Wozenslek
Fourteenth Avenue SE
St. Luke’s
Robert Yock
Clarence
Louise Miguet
Hugh Millet
Sarah Johnson
Axelohnson
John P. Mitchell
Helen Marie Sliss
Lawrence C. Sturges
Barbara Elizabeth Sommers
Robert J. Martin
Florence Schrader
Frank Louis Hirsch
Ida Ann Plummer
Clement Allan Backer
Doris Gail Andrews
Greeley
Colo
John A. Legarra
Stockton
Dorothy Virginia Morehead
Lowan
Mrs. Slavik
Frank Frieds
Wiemoweds
Piewe
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Benton
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Rotterdam
America
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Grinnell
Dudley Kuntz
Millicent Tuttle
Norway
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Moore
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John Bturner & Son Funeral Directors
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Linn County Medical Society
Paul W. Berney, M.D
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