Iowa Weather and Local Notices Compiled
Iowa Agricultural Forecast notes cloudiness with showers early Tuesday then fair weather, warming into midweek. Strong local records list highs around 74 to 80 with variable winds. Divorces filed and police court actions include intoxication assault and battery fines, grass and rubbish fires, and multiple birth announcements from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Additional notices cover traffic violations, vehicle licenses, and public safety incidents in Des Moines and environs.
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Iowa
Lawn Mower Woes Beset Mr. Othman
Washington dispatch quotes Mr. Othman laments a heavy pre war mower and notes his search for a light weight magnesium mower. He quotes several sales pitches from manufacturers offering electric, aluminum steel and magnesium models with varied prices and promises.
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Othman
Dog Poisoning Reported by Local Resident
Robert L. Clifton reported to police on Sunday that his cocker spaniel was poisoned while chained in the back yard at 1634 Eighth Street NW. Clifton found the dog lifeless after returning from the yard and rushed it to the Humane Shelter, where it died. A Bogaard Small Animal Clinic spokesman said poisoning was likely and suspected strychnine.
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Robert L. Clifton
Eighth Street
Clifton
Humane Shelter
Bogaard Small Animal Clinic
Clothes and Jewelry Stolen from Newlyweds
Mr and Mrs Harris Taylor of Clinton married Saturday and parked at Kochs tavern in SW. While guests toasted the couple the car carrying their honeymoon clothes and jewelry worth 450 dollars was ransacked. The wedding license was in a stolen bag and the couple still left for their honeymoon.
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Trousseau
Harris Taylor
Clinton
Koch
First Street
L. C. Higgins
Eighth Avenue
Taylors
Norris Seek Possession Of Two Furnished Rooms
Mr and Mrs Dell Norris file in district court against Mr and Mrs Victor La Rose for possession of two furnished rooms at 2044 Fifth Avenue Marion leased March 4 1946 The lease ended April 1 notice given Jan 8 Notice served three days before suit alleging nonpayment of rent and electric bills during April
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Dell Norris
Victor la Rose
Fifth Avenue
Marion
New Air Record Set by American DC-6
A 52 passenger American Airlines DC-6 set a new commercial flight record with a Chicago to New York time of one hour 51 minutes 43 seconds. The feat showcases speed and efficiency in mid century air travel.
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New York
American Airlines
Chicago
Woman wins five room prefab house and $1000 lot prize
Burlington residents Gene and Mrs Downing receive a five room prefab home and $1000 toward a lot after Mrs Downing won a Quaker Oats national contest with a 25 word entry. The award was announced after 191600 entries nationwide. Representatives from Quaker Oats and Harnsicher Company delivered the prize.
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Burlington, Ia
Gene Downing
Burlington
Downing
Quaker Oats Company
Harnsichfeger Company
Port Washington
Wis
Jane
Stephanie
Letter injection ties May to payoffs in war fraud trial
The U S government introduced a 1943 letter as evidence in the war fraud conspiracy case against former Rep Andrew J May and Garsson officials. The document on May's stationery suggests Cumberland Lumber profits and bribe links, while the defense argues May acted as fiscal agent. Leroy Fields testified to a timber partnership near Whitesburg that soured months later.
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Garsson
May
Garsson Combine
House
Leroy Wilson Fields
Whitesburg
Fields
Deaths Joseph Konecny 67 of Solon served in Bohemian community
Joseph Konecny 67 of Solon route 2 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 6 25 p m Sunday Born in Bohemia in April 1880 he came to the United States 41 years ago Surviving are his wife Anna Dobias Konecny a son Joseph of near Lisbon a daughter Mrs Joseph Hajek of near Shueyville seven grandchildren and one great grandchild He was a member of Z C B J Services will be conducted in the Brosh chapel at 2 p m Wednesday by Rev Ludvik Burian Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may eat at the chapel
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Joseph Konecny
Solon
Cedar Rapids
Bohemia
United States
Anna Dobias Konecny
Joseph
Lisbon
Joseph Hajek
Shueyville
Z.C.B.J
Brosh Chapel
Ludvik Burian
Bohemian National Cemetery
Services for Nicholas Kanellis at St. John's Hellenic Orthodox
Services for Nicholas Kanellis partner in the Second Avenue Virginia case will be held at St. John's Hellenic Orthodox church at 2 p.m. Wednesday with each service led by Father George Hadjis and Father D. A. Loferski, after brief services at 10 a.m. in the Beatty chapel. Burial is in Linwood cemetery. Visitation is allowed at the Beatty chapel until 10 a.m. Wednesday and after 11 a.m. at St. John's church.
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Nicholas Kanellis
Second Avenue Virginia
St. John’s Hellenic Orthodox Church
George Hadjis
D. A. Loferski
Beatty Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
St. John’s Church
Death of Mrs. George Tyrell noted in Evanston
Mrs. A W Allen of 1932 First Avenue NE received word of the death of her aunt Mrs. George Tyrell formerly Mrs William Larrabee Jr of Clermont in Evanston Sunday night after a long illness. Services will be in Evanston with burial at Clermont.
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A. W. Allen
First Avenue NE
George Tyrell
William Larrabee, Jr
Clermont
Evanston
Allen
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Services for Mrs Gladys V Wiltsey Held at Turner Chapel
Services for Mrs Gladys V Wiltsey will be conducted in Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Tuesday by Rev Frank H Ward and Cedar chapter O E S Burial follows at Spring Grove cemetery near Covington Friends may call at the chapel Survivors include a son F Max Wiltsey of Ute in addition to those listed in Sundays Gazette
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Gladys V. Wiltsey
Fifth Street
Turner Chapel
Frank H. Ward
Cedar Chapter
Spring Grove
Covington
F. Max Wiltsey
Ute
Maine Lodge To Hold Annual Spring Reunion
Glenn Devine of the University of Iowa athletic department will show a film of the Iowa Notre Dame football game at the Maine lodge No. 643 1.0.C.F. spring reunion Tuesday night in the lodge hall 838 First avenue NE. A dinner and musical selections by Lynn J. Irwin will precede the film.
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Glenn Devine
University of Iowa Athletic Department
Iowa-Notre Dame
Maine Lodge
C.F
Ao Lodge
First Avenue
Lynn J. Irwin
Bomb hits home of alleged policy gambler in Chicago
A bomb shattered windows at the home of Caesar Benvenuti in Chicago early Monday. His brother’s home was bombed last week. No injuries were reported.
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Chicago
Caesar Benvenuti
Bill to revamp campaign finance seeks broader disclosure
A bipartisan group led by Sen. Ellender proposes the federal corrupt practices and pernicious political activities act of 1947 to replace earlier laws. The bill loosens limits on overall donations but tightens reporting, covers primaries and conventions, and raises spending caps for Senate and House campaigns with rates tied to previous election votes.
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Washington
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Johnson
D-Colo
Maybank
Ds.c
Bridges
R-N.h
Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
House
Senate
Czech Shoe King Tried in Absentia
Prague radio reports Jan Bata, noted Czech shoe magnate, stood trial in absentia before a military court in London on wartime treason charges. He allegedly aided the Nazis by manufacturing boots for the Wehrmacht and other treacherous acts.
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London
INS
Prague
Jan Bata
Bata
United States
Bata decries Czech court as injustice from exile in Brazil
Jan Bata, speaking from his Sao Paulo estate, accuses Czechoslovakia of a revolutionary government intent on destroying free enterprise. He says he has not been notified of Nazi collaborator charges, offered to return to Prague, but will not leave Brazil and denies plans to move to Argentina or the United States. Bata, who arrived in 1941, is a Brazilian citizen and runs a shoe factory employing 400.
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Rio DE Janeiro
INS
Jan Bata
Czechoslovakia
Sao Paulo
Prague
Bata
Brazil
Argentina
United States
Farmhand 14 Held for Killing Employer After Scolding
MILWAUKEE SNS A 14 year old farmhand allegedly shot and killed his employer after being scolded for not milking a cow properly. Police say Frank Sell, who confessed, used a .22 rifle to fatally wound 45 year old Alvin N. Wittenberger, an insurance broker, on the Wittenberger farm. He was seized after a minor crash while driving the victim’s car used to flee.
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Milwaukee
SNS
Frank Sell
Alvin N. Wittenberger
Wittenberger
Sell
Dean Barnes Wins First In Tag-Selling Contest
Dean Barnes of 329 Fourth Avenue SW won first prize in a Saturday tag selling contest for Iowa Children's Home Society totaling 3962 dollars. Second went to Maxine Becicka and third to Barbara Vrana, with additional prizes awarded to Beverly Briles Betty White Frank Krall Angeline Kadera and Leslie Gard.
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Dean Barnes
Fourth Avenue
Iowa Children’s Home Society
Otto F. Hanzlik
Maxine Becicka
Thirteenth Avenue
Barbara Vrana
Sixteenth Avenue
Beverly Briles
Third Street
Betty White
Fifth A
Frank Krall
Fifteenth Street
Angeline Kadera
Fourth Street
Leslie Gard
Eleventh Street
Russia Set for Talks On Lend-Lease Windup
Washington AP reports Soviet envoy Novikov notified Tokyo that his delegation will participate in settlement talks on ending the lend-lease program.
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Russia
Washington
Dor Novikov
Traffic Toll in Cedar Rapids Rises with 31 Injuries
A Cedar Rapids incident since April 1 has resulted in 31 injuries. Details on the cause and responding agencies are limited in the readable text.
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Cedar Rapids
Three Men and One Woman Pay Fine In Police Court
Three men and a woman paid fines of 25 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty in police court to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Robert Benesh, 29, of Route 2, was arrested at Victory tavern for loud profane language and threats with a chair. Grover Foggy, 47, of 321 Sixteenth street NE, faced drunkenness and disturbance charges brought by his wife in a pending divorce. Milo Dodge, 51, and Ruby Dodge, 24, of 2243 Cold Stream avenue NE, were cited after a July Sunday car fight in which they exchanged blows while the vehicle halted on First avenue E.
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Charles Wiseheart
Tenth Street
Jack Wiseheart
Robert Benesh
Grover Foggy
Sixteenth Street
Milo Dodge
Cold Stream Avenue
Ruby Dodge
Henry George Harris
Eleventh Street
Route 2
Victory Tavern
Third Street
Benesh
Grover Vergie Foggy
Foggy
First Avenue E
John E Myers Faces Reckless Driving Charge
John E Myers 25 of 533 F avenue NW will appear in traffic court Thursday on a reckless driving charge. He was the driver of the car that fatally struck Nicholas Kanellis who was crossing First avenue E between Twentieth and Twenty first streets shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday.
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John E. Myers
F Avenue NW
Nicholas Kanellis
Kanellis
First Avenue E
Twentieth
Twentyfirst
Cedar Rapids Street Patching Effort Faces Wet Ground
Public Improvements Commissioner David L. Williams said city crews have installed 196 tons of asphalt patching material on Cedar Rapids streets since March 7. Three crews work on dirt and paved roads. patches struggle to hold due to ground moisture and stone chips. frost boils have caused large holes in some streets.
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Cedar Rapids
David L. Williams
Henry Harris Fined For Disturbing Peace
Henry Harris age 50 of 919 Eleventh Street NE paid a $25 fine plus costs in police court after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace by fighting. He said a bruise on his face came from being struck with angle iron during a confrontation outside the Windsor hotel Friday with Dave Hollenbeck of 109 Eighth Street SE. Hollenbeck already paid a $100 fine and costs after the hotel incident and said Harris accosted him and brandished a knife as the fight began.
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Henry Harris
Eleventh Street
Harris
Windsor Hotel
Dave Hollenbeck
Eighth Street
Hollenbeck
Detectives Probe Theft of 1946 DeSoto En Route
Chicago driver William Walker reports two men hired the 1946 DeSoto in Chicago. The car, bound for Brasher Motor Company of Salt Lake City, vanished after a stop in Cedar Rapids while en route to a dealer in Sake City. Police investigate.
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Chicago
Sake City
William Walker
Brasher Motor Company
Salt Lake City
Cedar Rapids
LaPlant Choate Credit Man Named State Leader
M. C. Nelson of the LaPlant-Choate Union was elected second vice president of the Iowa Credit Union league at its seventeenth annual convention in Waterloo. Harry Lash of Council Bluffs was chosen president and reelected as national director and Iowa league director.
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M. C. Nelson
LaPlant-Choate Union
Iowa Credit Union League
Waterloo
Harry Lash
Council Bluffs
Iowa League
Stassen Lands in U S After European Trip
Harold E. Stassen former Minnesota governor arrived at LaGuardia on an American Airlines plane from London. He traveled during a European tour and was greeted by reporters and supporters.
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Stassen
U.S
New York
INS
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
LaGuardia Field
American
Orpa Airlines
Lon
Nineteen Schools Entered In Vinton Relays
Special to The Gazette reports nineteen schools will compete in the Vinton relays on the school field starting at 2 p m. Seven class A and twelve class B schools are entered. A total of 335 contestants will take part in the meet scheduled for Tuesday afternoon and evening.
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The
Gazette
Vinton
Vinton Relays
Vinton School
Inaugural Cedar Rapids Flight Parade Ends Quietly
The first planeload of perishables arrives as the Chicago bound flight 115 starts to roll toward San Francisco. Passengers from Cedar Rapids join the westbound Mainliner Los Angeles crew, while a delayed departure due to a wheel incident is resolved by ground crews. Public safety and airport staff report no injuries and minimal disruption as traffic normalizes after a daylong event.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Zimel Airways
Cedar Rapids
Robert T. Lubbock
U. S
L. E. Duescher
Mairliner Los Angeles
Hajek Sentenced for Giving Beer to Minors
Everett Lee Hajek a 19 year old of 1340 Sixth Avenue Marion pled guilty to making beer available to minors. He was sentenced to six months in county jail with five months suspended by Judge G K Figenono in district court. Two 15 year old companions were with him when police found them behaving suspiciously early Saturday.
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Everett Lee Hajek
Sixth Avenue
Marion
G. K. Figenono
Mony
Hajek
Avenue
Man Stabbed in the Heart Walks Mile to Hospital
Bert Mulling, 54, was stabbed in the chest and walked a mile to a Philadelphia hospital. Doctors performed an hour long emergency operation suturing three stitches into his heart. He would not reveal how he was wounded and requested only to be patched up and sent home.
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Philadelphia
Mns
Bert Mulling
Waterloo Youth Given 30 Day Jail Sentence
Junior Anderson, 19, of Waterloo was sentenced to 30 days in county jail by Justice H. R. Churchill after pleading guilty to intoxication. He was arrested Sunday night by Detectives Simon and Stusak for attempting to kick down the door of Tony's Barbecue on Third Street SE at Eighth Avenue.
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Junior Anderson
Waterloo
H. R. Churchill
Anderson
Simon and
Stusak
Tony
Third Street
Eighth Avenue
David Rittgers 12 Is Still Missing
Detectives said no new information has emerged about the Friday morning disappearance of 12 year old David Rittgers, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Rittgers of 816 Fourteenth Street SE. He did not report to school and is believed to have $500 in his possession.
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David Rittgers
Thomas Rittgers
Fourteenth Street SE
Inaugural Air Service Opens as Cedar Rapids Welcomes United
United Air Lines officials and airport commissioners hosted a breakfast at the Roosevelt hotel with 75 guests. The first westbound flight out of Cedar Rapids carried Mike Kennedy and E C Eppley, Lloyd Prinz, while rail and ground crews organized an orderly opening with CAP and National Guard volunteers aiding the aviation event.
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United Air Lines
Airport Commission
Roosevelt Hotel
Mike Kennedy
E. C. Eppley
Lloyd Prinz
Eppley
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy
Des Moines
Omaha
Wiseheart brothers plead guilty after tavern brawl
Charles and Jack Wiseheart, 21 and 24, from 926 Tenth Street SW and 329 Twelfth Avenue SE, caused a near riot at Snyders tavern. They faced drunkenness, disturbing the peace, and assault and battery charges, paid fines of 100 dollars and 25 dollars plus costs in police and justice courts after pleading guilty.
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Charles Wiseheart
Jack Wiseheart
Tenth Street
W. A. Ball
Snyders Tavern
Twelfth Avenue
Justice Court
Wiseheart Brothers
Charles
Jack
Wisehearts
Wiseheart Boys
Mohn More Surprised Than Injured by Train
John F. Mohn 82 of 717 Fourth avenue SE was driving north when his car collided with a North Western westbound train. He was unharmed but treated for hand and chest injuries at St Luke's hospital. Deputy Sheriff Bob Spooner witnessed the accident.
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John F. Mohn
Fourth Avenue SE
Rockford Road
North Western
Mohn
Bob Spooner
Spooner
St. Luke’s Hospital
Paratrooper’s Wartime Service Cuts Reckless Driving Fine
Leonard J. Houser, 21, of Newhall, pled guilty to reckless driving for speeding on First Avenue W. Judge Harry S. Johnson credited him with $30 per year of service with airborne troops, reducing a normally $100 fine to $40.
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Leonard J. Houser
Newhall
Paul Lekin
Ellis Terrace
Delmar C. Hepker
Thirty-third Street
Earl L. Strachen
Thirtieth Street
Harry M. Miller
Springville
George W. Jirouck
E Avenue
Henry Schultz
Twelfth Street
Ann Meek
Washington Avenue
M. B. Geesey
Grive
Bob Wyatt
Second Street
the Appliance Mart
Third Street
Bob Wiecke
Ninth Street
G. R
Harry S. Johnson
First Avenue W
Thirteenth
Nineteenth Streets
Johnson
Houser
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Clare Marshall
Chester Myers
Honolulu
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Towne
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W. D. Ralston
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