Temperatures and Rainfall Report from Midwest Cities
Daily records show high and low temperatures for Monday across major cities including Bismarck and Chicago with precipitation noted in Minneapolis and Denver. Iowa forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers statewide midweek, cooler conditions Thursday, light variable winds. Disturbing the peace and reckless driving cases fined, marriage licenses issued, and multiple notice items listed from local authorities and hospitals.
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Bismarck
Miami
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
Ge Oes
New York
Duluth
Eroenix
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
Sicilian Farmers Clash With Police Near Palermo
Italian state agency reports at least 20 killed and 100 injured in a confrontation between police and farmers in Caccamo near Palermo. The clash began Monday as inspectors tried to collect grain, with troops surrounding the town and the conflict continuing.
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Rome
Cacanno
Palermo
Sicily
Notice of Appointment of Administrator for Kinzey estate
The undersigned on the 5th day of August 1946 was appointed and authorized as Administrator of the estate of Laura A. Kinzey, late of Linn County, deceased. All persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and those with claims will file them with Geo. F. Buresh, Attorney.
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Eigte
Gust
Laura A. Kinzey
Linn
Glee
Beerk
Linn County
Hyg Ue Kinzey
Geo. F. Buresh
Pell City Police Suspended After Angry Crowd Demand
In Pell City Alabama a crowd estimated at 150 to 200 gathered at city hall and demanded the removal of three police officers. The city council voted to suspend Police Chief Luke Jinwright and his two assistants after an hour of discussion. a prior compromise to suspend two officers and keep the chief was rejected. The incident followed accusations that a white man beaten at his home was struck by officers after resisting arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pell City
Ala
W. T. Starnes
Starnes
Luke Jinwright
Birmingham
Wright
Ingram Richie
Pat Rich
Jinwright
Pell City Hospital
School Board Adopts Plans and Awards Contracts
The board approved architect Hatton retainers for Kenwood school plans and $2,000 payment for latest drawings, accepted site plans with modifications, chose Herrick refrigerators at $978 each, and awarded 2,000 copies of a department survey for $560. An audit of books was authorized. land offers on Rose Dale school were reviewed. new hires and resignations were approved, and salaries adjusted for several teachers and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Cohen
Hanford Post
American Legion
Veterans Housing Committee
Howard McLaughlin
Veterans Committee
Don Alt
Norman Hatton
Kenwood School
Hatton
Herrick
Checker Electric Company
Paul Packer
Col Shaw Dies In Germany War Hero and Iowa Leader
Lt. Col. Robert J. Shaw 55 of Sigourney and Des Moines died in Munich army hospital from a heart attack suffered June 30. A World War I veteran, he led Iowa American Legion in 1940 and advised on occupational deferments for the Iowa draft board 1940 42. He later returned to Germany in February to prosecute Nazi war criminals. He left behind wife Mrs Shaw and son Robert Jr. Born in Chicago, Shaw was educated at Sigourney High School and the University of Iowa, earned a Northwestern law degree, served as Keokuk county attorney, and ran a Des Moines practice before joining the draft service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robert J. Shaw
Sigourney
Munich
Germany
War Department
Shaw
Iowa
American Legion
Iowa Selective Service Board
Robert
Des
Tunisia
Algeria
Italy
France
Cassino
Chicago
Sigourney High School
State University of Iowa
Northwestern University
Keokuk County
Selective Service Board
Small Hits Claim Bust Is Inevitable
Washington AP Civilian Production Administrator John D Small challenged Secretary Wallace s assertion that the country is headed inevitably for boom and bust If industry can maintain rising production in the months ahead unhampered by strikes and other setbacks Small told reporters We can reach a period of prosperity such as we have never known Fifty seven million people are employed he observed We are again scraping the bottom of the manpower barrel But I think full employment is a good thing for the country I don t believe it s inflationary If we can get production in the next few months prices surely will get down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John D. Small
Secretary of Commerce
Wallace
Small
Man Sentenced For Forged Check To Begin Ten Year Term
John H. Levsen of Maquoketa pleaded guilty to cashing a forged check. Judge Floyd Philbrick sentenced him to an indeterminate term not to exceed ten years at the state reformatory in Anamosa. Levsen, brought from Dubuque, was placed in Cedar Rapids after Dubuque police arrest with regional cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Levsen
Maquoketa
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Levsen
Floyd Philbrick
Leysen
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Harlary’. Snyder
Court appoints new executor to Hook will
Frank Filip of Cedar Rapids was named to administer the Hook will with a $60,000 bond. Mrs. Hook, co executor since June, remains linked to the estate. The 1937 will named the wife and Vera B. Hook of Anita as co executrices without bond. Vera Hook declined after objections. Miss Hook would have received 2500 dollars a watch and a cane with the remainder to Mrs. Hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Filip
Cedar Rapids
Charles W. Hook
Filip
Hook
Fourth Avenue SE
Vera B. Hook
Anita
Miss Hook
Wrinkles to Scars in Chicago Doctor Face Lift
Jessie D. Wilkening an Evanston school teacher says a doctor removed forehead wrinkles but left her with scars bumps bruises and wire mesh beneath the skin She sues Dr Louis W Schultz in superior court for 25000 damages claiming humiliating results.
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Chicago
Jessie D. Wilkening
Evanston
Miss Wilkening
Superior
Louis W. Schultz
China Reds Break Dyke Flood City
Nanking reports say Communist forces flooded Liaocheng by breaking the Grand canal dykes endangering tens of thousands. Heavy fighting around Tatung as 300,000 Reds push to seize a rail terminal while Kuomintang forces check advance. United States Ambassador Stuart clears path for peace talks by removing the Anping incident from discussions.
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Nanking
Liaocheng
Shantung
Grand Canal
Chinese Central
Tuesay
Tatung
Hsuchow
Kuling
China
United States
J. Leighton Stuart
Anping
Stuart
George C. Marshall
Chiang Kai-shek
Jehol
Manchuria
Yenan Radio
Peiping
Byrnes Defends Drafting Limits In Soviet Clash
Byrnes told reporters the aim is to block a Soviet attempt to confine peace treaty drafting to few powers and faulted Molotov for inconsistencies. He contrasted Molotov’s criticism of U S practices with his own amendments, while Molotov accused Western press of bias. Australian women report swollen legs from long queues for meat and potatoes amid shortages.
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Byrnes
Soviet Union
France
Britain
Molotov
Australian Labor Women’s Central Council
Mel Hall to Headline All-Iowa Fair at Hawkeye Downs
Mel Hall, the tuxedoed unicyclist known for one wheel stunts, brings his act to Hawkeye Downs as part of the six day All-Iowa Fair beginning next Sunday. The program features vaudeville stars on evening stages and Ernie Young with the Sixteen Dancing Adorables, Charm Singers, and Frank Furlette's band, with vaudeville shows set for all afternoons.
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Mel Hall
Mel
Hawkeye Downs
Ernie Young
Charm Singers
Frank Furlette
Butler Sees No Need for Relief
Senator Hugh Butler after a 35,000 mile around the world trip urged an end to large scale government relief shipments and loans to foreign nations. He cited harvests in Europe and advised future aid be channeled through personal channels such as racial groups clubs churches and missionary activities.
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Washington
Hugh Butler
R-Neb
Nebraskan
Europe
Butler
Federal Suit Charges New York Rent Conspiracy
The federal government filed a civil antitrust suit naming 37 insurance companies savings banks and commercial banks and a firm owned by the savings banks as defendants. It accuses the Mortgage Conference of New York and Savings Banks Trust Co of New York of keeping rents high and blocking certain construction in the New York City area. The suit seeks an injunction and dissolution of the Mortgage Conference.
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New York
New York City
Mortgage Conference of
Savings Banks Trust Company of
Designing Woman Flossy Shelves Solve Wall Space
The article describes decorative shelves as practical space savers that also enhance room decor. It suggests attaching shelves to the wall with invisibly mounted S-irons or thumbtacked curtain fabrics to create swag effects. Waterproof curtains in bathrooms can inspire matching swags for shelves.
100 Year Pageant At Daniels Park Wednesday Night
A centennial pageant The Pioneers will be presented at Daniels Park Wednesday at 7 30 p m by the Cedar Rapids playground and recreation commission All twelve supervised playgrounds cooperate in the city wide observance of Towais centennial anniversary The pageant was written by Dr Bruce E Mahan of the extension department at the State University for the Iowa Historical Society and produced by Pierre A Tracy supervisor of storytelling and dramatics on the playgrounds The pageant portrays the life of an early pioneer family and shows the privations and hardships faced by early settlers who first broke the sod of Iowa prairies The event includes games such as Jolly Is The Miller and Farmer in the Dell and dances like Paw Paw Patch and Ocean Wave by the old folks Before the start the Cedar Rapids Moose lodge drum and bugle corps will perform A traveling trophy will be awarded to winning playgrounds in the city wide track meet and swimming meet Cast includes Narrator Barbara Jo Victor pioneer family members several named actors and a long list of community participants The pageant features a Spirit of the prairie and many stage helpers and neighbors from the community
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Daniels Park
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Moose Lodge
Playground and Recreation Commission
Barbara Jo Victor
Pioneer Family
Vladislav Zumr
Pat Whitney
Jack Stone
iCharlene Herman
Norman Moore
Susan Snyder
Leigh Tracy
Spirit of the Prairie
Vlasta Klima
Sun
Joyce Mulherin
Sunbeams
Rosemary Philfner
Ann Steele
Julien Johnson
Janice Haddy
Donna Lee Houlim
Carla Dravis
Audrey Nesset
Kathleen Nesset
Sandra Lewis
Prairie Grasses
Ellen Ware
Dorothy Meaney
Margaret Meany
Marlys Blom
Patty Janda
Marietta Woodward
Gail Gould
Gloria Gould
Carolyn Strait
Kathleen ‘Strait
Prairie Flowers
Patricia Kay Walters
Terry Allen Walters
Nancy Lee Aten
Connie Beatty
Janice Donahue
Bobbie Hamos
Gene Hamos
Jean Nolene Lear
Ralph Trimble
Donald Usher
Donna Usher
David Jacobs
Neighbors
Janet Dumond
Carlebe _Rezab
Patty Bridges
Alyce Jeanne Usher
Mary Lou Shanahan
Donna Jungjohann
Bobby McGrew
Lois Noble
Margaret Volz
Mary Louise Kennedy
Patty Noble
Kathleen Ann Kennedy
Harold Kennedy
Rosemary Panosh
Bette Ann Miller
Bill Quimby
Don Elliott
Frank Kovach
Tom Bulle
Don Buckeister
Eddie Rink
Yugoslavs Treat U S Family Kindly After Detention
Major George Wood of Minot South Dakota said Yugoslav soldiers who held him his wife their small son and a driver for 24 hours were courteous and looked after their welfare. A Yugoslav soldier walked an hour to fetch fresh water and Sunday night they provided fried eggs bread wine and orange soda for Kell.
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Gorizia
Italy
George Wood
United States Army
Yugoslavia
Wood
Minot
S. D
Morgan Line
Pfc
Harare Wilson
Lake City
Tenn
Aidussina
Kell
$2.25 Shirts Seen By Retailer Head
Washington AP report quotes Louis Rothschild of the National Association of Retail Clothiers forecasting higher textile prices will spur production and return $2.25 shirts and 79 cent shorts to stores. An 160 percent cotton textile ceiling boost by OPA is expected to encourage output, with items resuming availability in about 30 days.
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Washington
Louis Rothschild
National Association of Retail Clothiers
OPA
Rothschild
Services for Mrs Walter Reed at Monahan Funeral Home
Mrs Walter Reed of 322 Sixth Avenue SW SE was killed Sunday in an automobile crash on Mt Vernon Avenue. Services will be at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Monahan Funeral Home led by Rev Rodney C Gould. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Walter Reed
Sixth Avenue
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Monahan Funeral Home
Rodney C. Gould
Cedar Memorial Park
Otto Hagelberg Dies. Former Toddville Resident
Otto Hagelberg 68 former Toddville resident died at a Cedar Rapids nursing home Monday. Survived by sister Mrs Anna Thorpe Toddville and several other children. Services to be held in Beatty chapel at a time to be announced.
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Otto Hagelberg
Toddville
Cedar Rapids
Anna Thorpe
Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Cedar Rapids resident Ella Cooley
Funeral services for Ella Cooley a long time Cedar Rapids resident who died at her home 1410 A venue NE will be conducted in the Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Wednesday by the Rev D A Loferski Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Ella Cooley
Cedar Rapids
Avenue NE
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
Oak Hill Cemetery
Services for Joseph Novak at Brush chapel at 3 p.m.
Services for Joseph Novak of 1522 J street SW will be conducted in the Brush chapel at 3 p.m. Wednesday by Rev. Merton B. Green. Hahn-Howard American Legion post No. 480 Mt. Vernon will officiate graveside services in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. In addition to relatives listed, a sister Mrs. Joseph Rushek lives near Solon.
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Joseph Novak
J Street
Brush Chapel
Merton B. Green
Hahn-Howard American Legion
Mt. Vernon
Bohemian National Cemetery
Joseph Rushek
Solon
Services for Mrs James Kasparek at Solon funeral home
Services for Mrs James Kasparek who died at her Solon home will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Brosh funeral home in Solon conducted by T. B. Hlubucek. Burial is in Oak Hill cemetery, Solon. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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James Kasparek
Solon
Brosh
T. B. Hlubucek
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services set for Mrs. Harold T. Cahill
Services for Mrs. Harold T. Cahill of 1017 Mt. Vernon Avenue SE are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Kuba funeral home with T. B. Hlubucek officiating. Burial will follow in Bohemian National Cemetery. friends may call at the funeral home.
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Harold T. Cahill
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Kuba
T. B. Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Lowden Farmer Files Bankruptcy Proceedings
Herbert F. Kiel, a farmer near Lowden, has filed the first bankruptcy petition in months in Cedar Rapids. He requests the court adjudge him bankrupt, citing total debts of 2197.06 with assets listed at 975 including exempt items.
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Federal District Clerk’s
Cedar Rapids
Herman C. Richman
Herbert F. “Kiel
Lowden
Kiel
Oelwein Man Hurt as Truck Goes into Ditch
Oelwein man Leonard Poppenhagen, 23, was critically injured when his truck veered into a ditch near Epworth Monday night. The vehicle, loaded with empty chicken coops, was not badly damaged, according to Sheriff Leo J. Martin.
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Oelwein
Dubuque
Leonard Poppenhagen
Epworth
Leo J. Martin
Eighteen Airlines Claim Perfect Nonfatality Record 1945
In 1945 eighteen U.S. airlines reported perfect nonfatality records. United Air Lines again led groups flying over 125 million miles annually, reaching 1,655,872,324 passengers since a fatal accident in 1942. Transcontinental and Western Air Baniff Airways and Northwest also posted perfect records. Delta won among smaller operators in the 30 to 125 million mile band.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United Air Lines
United
Transcontinental
Western Air
Baniff Airways
Northwest Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Oil Tanker Inferno After Lightning Strike in Jacksonville
The Standard Oil tanker Homestead erupted in flames after a lightning strike near Jacksonville Florida. At least three crewmen are missing as 45 aboard faced a blast that set 5 000 000 gallon fuel alight. Firefighters held control but warned the blaze could burn 24 hours and possibly three days before a search for the missing begins. One injured crewman remains hospitalized. others were treated for minor burns.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Homestead
W. O.’ Williams Son
Jack Bowman
Georgia
Duckworth
M. Tunstall
Williamson
Jmen
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Knollwood Drive
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Woodland Drive
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Eighth Street
Dewey Williams
K Avenue NW
Ed Kotaska
K Street
F. H. Schroeder
Iowa City
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Cletus Scheitz
Oxford
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Justice Court
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Harry K
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Alice M. Cejka
Harold L. Osborn
Center Point
Doris M. Bevins
Albert Lee Kula
Margaret Elizabeth Grant
Central City
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Marion
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State College
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W. Va
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McKinley Drafting
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Cleveland
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Franklin
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Coe College
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Designing Woman
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Yank
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Lowden Farmer
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Lapes
Crew Hero
Cmdr
Stanley J. Halka
Long ‘Beach
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Paramount Building
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First Avenue
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Pomenef Finance Company
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