Iowa jurists debate New Deal influence on courts
Elderkin criticizes a campaign of ridicule against nine old men and argues judges were chosen as political rewards. He contrasts this with praise for Iowa Supreme Court members, noting Democratic jurists and the low Supreme Court salaries of 7,500 dollars annually.
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Jackson
Black
High Tribunal
Iowa Supreme Court
Elderkin
Iowa
New Deal
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Linn County
Republican
Weather and notices from Cedar Rapids area August 3 1946
Daily records list high and low temps for Friday with precipitation totals for cities including Bramarck Chicago Minneapolis Denver New York Duluth Phoenix Los Angeles Sioux City and others. Town forecast calls Sunday fair and cool, Monday warmer, with northerly winds. temperatures range Sunday high 82 low 56, Monday high 85. Police notes include numerous fines for speeding reckless driving no license improper braking and other infractions with names and addresses. Divorces recorded Kathryn L Mulherin from Newman F Mulherin.
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Bramarck
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Sioux City
German Commander in Norway Doomed To Die
Gen. Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, German occupation head in Norway, was sentenced to death before a firing squad by a British and Norwegian court for responsibility in the execution of Allied captives in Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Brunswick
Germany
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Constellations To Undergo Changes
Washington AP reports the Civil Aeronautics Administration approves modifications for the Lockheed Constellation to allow a return to regular airline service. Lockheed must complete changes on several planes within three weeks at airline shops. CAA Administrator T P Wright cites consensus among Lockheed Wright Aeronautical, airlines, and CAA to maintain the industry safety record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
T. P. Wright
Lockheed
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Airlines
U. S
Supreme Court Attack Sparks Iowa G.O.P. Rally
Cedar Rapids attorney and World War II veteran David Elderkin charged at the Republican state judicial convention that the Democratic party has “virtually destroyed” the U S supreme court. The event featured renomination of Justices Garfield Oliver Wennestrom and other candidates, while Democrats nominated Mitchell Richards and Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
United States Supreme Court
David M. Elderkin
Linn County
Supreme Court of the United States
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Paul W. Richards
Red Oak
John W. Anderson
Sioux City
Troop Arrivals Scheduled for San Francisco Ships
More than 1,700 servicemen were set to arrive Saturday on two troopships. The Pitt, from Samar, carried 1,445 sailors 205 marines and 17 soldiers, while the President Buchanan from Pearl Harbor carried 86 soldiers.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Pitt
Samar
President Buchanan
Pearl Harbor
John Pavkis Memorial Air Show at Cedar Rapids Sunday
Free public air show at Cedar Rapids municipal airport features gas and rubber model planes from commissions in Iowa and beyond competing for 500 dollars in prizes. Events begin 10 a.m. with flying at 1 p.m. U control demos shown. police assist with crowd and field control.
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John Pavkis
Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport
Iowa
John Parlis
Thomas
Richard
Harrington
Leo Miner
Young Men's Bureau
Miner
Kyle Mills
Cedar Rapids
iCompany L
Iowa State Guard
Navy report on atomic tests warns of wide ship spacing needed
A civilian commission and joint chiefs of staff board describe deadly radiation, blast, and post shock hazards from two atomic tests near ships. They call for changes in ship design, dispersed yards, and distant port facilities to reduce casualties and ensure salvageable vessels after blasts.
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Nevada
Navy
Bureau of Ships
Joint Chiefs of Staff Board
Death of Mrs. Thomas Troy at 71 in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Thomas Troy 71 of 915 Seventeenth Street NE Cedar Rapids died at 9 45 p m Friday after a brief illness. She owned the Shamrock Sandwich shop 16 years. Born May 5 1875 she lived in Cedar Rapids 35 years. Survived by two daughters Sister Mary Ursula and Mrs Stanley Cocker a son Thomas E Troy and a nephew. Services at St Matthew's Tuesday 9 a m Rev James D Kearn burial Mt Calvary. Friends may call Brady mortuary after 2 p m Sunday with Rosary at 8 p m Monday.
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Thomas Troy
Seventeenth Street
Shamrock
Cedar Rapids
Mary Ursula
Sacred Heart Convent
Stanley Cocker
Thomas E. Troy
Troy
St. Matthew’s Church
James D. Kearn
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Brady Mortuary
Father Kearn
Train Wreck Kills Conductor and Engineer Near Port Washington
A Long Island Railroad collision near Port Washington injured 10 passengers seriously and killed the conductor and the engineer. The head on crash occurred when a locomotive charged into an electric powered passenger train half a mile from the Port Washington station.
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Port Washington, N
Long Island
Port Washington
Austin Resigns to Lead U S Role on World Security Council
Senator Austin of Vermont resigns from the Senate to take over duties as the American representative on the world security council. The move shifts him from Congress to executive diplomatic service amid international security concerns.
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Washington
Austin
R-Vt
Friday
Senate
World Security Council
Farmer reports shot fired by thief near Cedar Rapids chicken house
Edwin Serovy, a farmer five and a half miles north of Cedar Rapids on Center Point road, said he saw a man near his chicken house at 9:30 p.m. Friday and the intruder shot at him before fleeing. No injuries reported and police searched the area.
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Edwin Serovy
Cedar Rapids
Center Point Road
Serovy
Judge sentences Stroud to jail for coal embezzlement
Judge Floyd Philbrick Saturday sentenced Clifford Lee Stroud to 90 days in the county jail with 60 days suspended. Stroud, 37, Swisher, pled guilty to embezzling $30 collected last January after delivering two tons of coal for Chadima Coal Company.
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Floyd Philbrick
Clifford Lee Stroud
Swisher
Stroud
Chadima Coal Company
Des Moines pair jailed for stealing suit, selling in Cedar Rapids
Nealy Booker of Des Moines and 32 year old Orville Trimble of Cedar Rapids pled guilty to stealing a suit from Killian's Thursday. Judge Floyd Philbrick sentenced both to one year in the county jail. The theft involved selling the item in a Cedar Rapids second hand shop.
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Nealy Booker
Des Moines
Orville Trimble
Fourth Avenue SE
Floyd Philbrick
Killian
Cedar Rapids
Navy Court Convicts Ensign of Manslaughter
In San Francisco a Navy court martial found Ensign Matthew Wrublewski of Clinton Iowa guilty of manslaughter in the death of Lt. Roland F. Travis in Hawaii on August 7 1944. Wrublewski testified he had been drinking and did not remember the shooting. Eight captains and one commander unanimously convicts.
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San Francisco
Matthew * Wrublewski
Clinton
Navy
Roland F. Travis
Hawaii
Wrublewski
Three Cedar Rapids Men Enlist in Navy
Three Cedar Rapids men enlist in the Navy through the Cedar Rapids recruiting office, per Des Moines headquarters. Richard D. Stratton re-enlists as radar man third class, David A. Fluegel enters electronic technician mate program and heads to Great Lakes, while Wayne J. Marchal joins the regular Navy and goes to San Diego.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Headquarers
Richard D. Stratton
C Avenue
David A. Fluegel
Blake Boulevard
Wayne J. Marchal
Tenth Street
Navy
Fluegel
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Marchal
San Diego
Juveniles Involved In Warehouse Ammunition Theft
Police captured three youths, two aged 16 and one 14, after a Nash Finch warehouse theft of two cases of ammunition. Investigators Kruidemier Stusak and Simon recovered a case of 500 shotgun shells and 10,000 .22 caliber bullets at a suspect’s home.
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Nash Finch
Dan Kruidemier
Jake Stusak
Harley Simon
Bible study and services set at Church of Christ
The Church of Christ at 716 Eighth Avenue SW will hold a Bible study at 10 a.m. Sunday with a short talk at 10 50 and a communion service at 11 10 A second evening service is planned for 7 30 p m and Wednesday Bible study is scheduled for 7 30 p m The Ellis Park Open golf pairing details will be published in tomorrow's Gazette sports section.
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Church of Christ
Eighth Avenue SW
Tomorrow's Gazette
Incident at Iowa Manufacturing hospitalizes Burlingham
Donald E Burlingham of 2525 Johnson Avenue NW was taken by Ambulance Service to St Luke's hospital Friday evening after a moving metal beam struck his lower left leg at the Iowa Manufacturing plant. He suffered a contusion but was listed in stable condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E
Burlingham
Johnson Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Pullman Hearing Set by President for Monday
President Truman named a three member emergency board to investigate the dispute between Pullman and ORC represented employees. The panel includes I L Sharfman Ann Arbor Yale law and Robert G Simmons Lincoln Neb with hearings set for next Monday in Chicago. Fraser and other ORC officials will attend along with union leaders.
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Pullman Company
Order of
Railway Conductors of America
Harry S. Truman
ORC
Harry W. Fraser
Fraser
Cedar Rapids
I. L. Sharfman
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Robert G. Simmons
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Supreme Court
W. H. Hamilton
New Haven
Robert F. Cole
National Mediation Board
Okay Unlikely for Iowa Landlords Who Upped Rents
Des Moines AP report notes hundreds of Iowa landlords seek OPA permission to keep raised rents after the agency’s lapse. OPA official John Beller cites few approved boosts, with 116 unit increases and 207 eviction actions during the last full OPA period. Average approved rise was about 4 dollars per unit from a base of 31 dollars.
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Des Moines
OPA
We District
John Beller
Iowa
Beller
Two Named to Faculty of SUI Religion School
President Virgil M. Hancher announced two appointments to the University of Iowa school of religion faculty. Rabbi Judah Goldin becomes associate professor succeeding Rabbi Morris N. Kertzer who left for Park Avenue synagogue New York. Dr. O. D. Foster named guest professor to teach Religion in the Americas and serves on the board of trustees.
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Iowa
University of Iowa School of Religion
Virgil M. Hancher
Judah Goldin
Hillel Foundation
Morris N. Kertzer
Kertzer
Park Avenue
New York City
O. D. Foster
School of Religion
Americas
Cancer Deaths and Recoveries Reported in Six Months
Dr. F. W. Mulson of the Linn county medical society reports cancer caused 74 of 437 city hall deaths in the first half of 1946, with 35 men and 39 women. At St Luke's hospital 90 cancer patients were discharged, including 37 men and 53 women, reflecting rising early diagnosis from a recent cancer education program.
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City Hall
F. W. Mulson
Linn County Medical Society
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mulson
Local notes from Marion community life
Marion residents report health updates and travel news. Frank Clark remains in Mercy hospital with no visitor access. C. L. Granger shows improvement after months of illness. Pvt. Donald Parsons returns from Germany and heads to Fort Sheridan for discharge, then plans to return home. Mrs. Fred Putnam visits Spokane after three weeks with relatives. Rev. T. J. McElliott expects to officiate at St. Joseph's Mass. Selgie Fleisher family travels to Milwaukee to visit relatives. Maurice Maire dies, prompting Monticello trip by Merle Knight. Kathleen Goodyear medalist at Maquoketa golf meet with eight women from Indian Creek Country club.
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Kathleen Goodyear
Maquoketa Country Club
Indian Creek Country Clubs
Area Church Services Calendar With Varied Pulpits
Local churches list Sunday schedules Bible schools worship times and pulpit supply. Marion Baptist Mennonite and Catholic parishes feature sermons communion and mass with ministers Moore Dykhuizen McElliott Carter and Wuerffel among others. Union and Presbyterian services share congregations. Westminster Choir and Epworth League activities noted along with Sabbath school times.
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Baptist
Charles Moore
Bible School
Bill Dykhuizen
Waubeek Methodist Church
St. Joseph’s Catholic
T. J. McElliott
Vernon H. Carter
Congregational
FE. J. Wykle
Cedar Rapids
Carl J .M
Cunningham
James P. Gable
Arthur Rumbaugh
Ackley First Presbyterian Church
C. V. R. de Jong
Ackley
Westminster Fellowship
St. “Paul’s
Carl, T. Wuerffel
Prairie Chapel
A. B. Curran
Epworth League
Church of God
Sixth
Ninth Avenue
Frank H. Ward
Thurman to Preach at St Pauls Methodist in C R Sunday
Dr. Howard Thurman visiting preacher and former Howard University dean will speak at St Pauls Methodist Church in Council Bluffs on Sunday on The Quest for Fulfillment. Thurman is co pastor of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco.
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Howard Thurman
School of Religion
State University of Iowa
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Howard University
Washington, D. C
Fellowship of All Peoples
San Francisco
Black
Tokyo
CIO Meat Union Seeks Annual Wage Guarantee
The CIO United Packinghouse Workers announced new contract demands for the five large packing firms including a guaranteed annual wage and a social security fund. Expiring Aug. 11, contracts for AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen and the National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers also end then. Ralph Hellstein stated workers would remain on the job past expiration unless negotiations break off, with a 52 week 40 hour department guaranteed work offer and protections against layoffs.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers
Confederated Unions of America
Ralph Hellstein
CIO
Notce
Notice of Probate of Will for Julian L Northrup
The District Court of Linn County Iowa will hear proof for the will of Julian L Northrup deceased at Cedar Rapids Court House on a Sunday in August 1946. The clerk and attorney Wm F Tretchler are noted in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Linn County
Julian L. Northrup
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Notice of Appointment of Executors in Iowa Case
Notics of Appointment lists executors in Linn County Iowa on July 19 1446 for the estate of Max Ohsman deceased. Creditors must present claims and debts to the executors at the Linn County office.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Max Ohsman
Lows
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