Weather and notices mix from Daily Record August 9 1952
The August 9 1952 Daily Record reports temperatures for cities including Chicago Miami Denver New York and Los Angeles with a Iowa state forecast of fair and cooler conditions. Police Court actions list multiple fines for traffic violations and license issues. Funeral notices span Marengo Traer Waukon Elkader and Wadena with several obituaries and service details.
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Alb
Chicago
Miami
Denver
New York
Duluth
Mippettte
Sioux City
Galvest
L. Angeles
Yuma
Bad Checks Spell Love Jail Again
Detroit story of Charles Ford and Myrtle Ford amid bad check charges. The couple met in Mt. Clemens jail, wed after Myrtle’s St Patrick’s Day return with a preacher, then moved to Detroit where Charles worked as a mechanic before police say he resumed check writing to buy a ring, home, a dachshund puppy and a used car.
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Detroit
INS
Charles J. Fords
Charles
Myrtle
Mt. Clemens
Mich
St. Patrick’s Day
Exports Control On Vital Goods to Far East Urged
A five nation committee from the United States Britain Canada France and Japan recommended methods to control shipments of strategic goods through the Iron Curtain. The plan is to be reviewed by an international group in Paris handling export policies to Soviet Russia. Details withheld pending further discussions with additional governments including Germany and Japan.
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Washington
INS
Pacific Area
United States
Britain
Canada
France
Japan
International Organization of Free Nations
Paris
Soviet Russia
Far East
Yeen
Germany
Deaths Mrs Herman Schloss 59 Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Herman Schloss died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. She was born in Amana on Sept 8 1893 and belonged to St Johns Episcopal church and its Womens Guild and the Mexican Border Auxiliary. Surviving are six daughters and five sons, several siblings, and a large Cedar Rapids family. Services Monday at Teahen chapel with burial in St Johns Cemetery.
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Herman Schloss
Fifth Street
Cedar Rapids
Amana
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Women’s Guild of the Church
Edward Gevirtz
New York City
Louis Dickey
Des Moines
Patricia Schloss
Burlington
Morris Potter
Donald Duncan
Lyle Creger
Herman
Richard
Camp Drum
N. Y
John,Paul and
Roger
Louis Bishop
Albert Lewis
Duayne
Ganas
Leslie Edmonds
George Sommers
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
William
Teahen
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Cemetery
Prunskunas Widow Dies After Long Illness
Marcella Prunskunas 58 of 398 Memorial Drive SE widow of Peter Prunskunas died at home Friday after a long illness. Born in Lithuania May 15, 1894 she was affiliated with Immaculate Conception church. Surviving are three daughters Bernice and Stella Pudzuvelis Cedar Rapids and Lt. Carol Prunskunas at Great Lakes plus two grandsons Peter and John Pudzuvelis and two sisters Margaret Cepowski Cedar Rapids and Mrs John Janczas Kewanee Illinois. Services in Immaculate Conception Church Monday at 9 a.m. with burial in St. John’s Cemetery. Body to Teahen chapel then residence for Rosary at 8:15 p.m. Sunday. friends may call Saturday and Sunday.
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Marcella Prunskunas
Memorial Drive
Peter Prunskunas
Lithuania
Immaculate Conception Church
Bernice Prunskunas
Stella Pudzuvelis
Cedar Rapids
Carol Prunskunas
Great Lakes
Ill
Peter
John Pudzuvelis
Margaret Cepo
Services for Peter Specht Held at Beatty Chapel
Peter Specht 71 of 214 Eighth street SE died Thursday noon. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Monday at Beatty chapel conducted by a Jehovahs Witness. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Peter Specht
Eighth Street SE
Beatty Chapel
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Oak Hill Cemetery
Services for Alonzo Thorpe to be held Monday
Funeral services for Alonzo Thorpe of 327 Ninth avenue SE will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at Fidelity Lodge hall 321 Ninth avenue SE led by Rev. C. H. Copeland. Fidelity Lodge No. 1058 administers. Military rites are scheduled at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at Rice chapel after 1 p.m. Sunday.
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Alonzo Thorpe
Ninth Avenue SE
Fidelity Lodge
C. H. Copeland
Sgrave
Oak Hill Cemetery
Rice Chapel
Contest on Tracks Proves Fatal at Huntington Carnival
In Huntington West Virginia a carnival worker died when a contest to stay longest on the railroad tracks as a train approached went wrong. Coroner Brattett said the man was thrown about 100 feet by a Balti and Ohio passenger train. A second worker is unconfirmed but involved. The deceased was Virgil E Burkhart 25 who joined the show last month in Washington Pennsylvania.
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Huntington
W. Va
Robert Brattett
Baltimore and Ohio
Virgil E. Burkhart
Washington
Unions Postpone Railroad Strike
Three major unions halted their Monday walkout against New York Central lines east of Buffalo at the government's urging. They informed Washington the strike was off for a reasonable period without specifying its duration.
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New York
New York Central
Buffalo
Washington
All-Iowa fair to feature buses taxis and traffic flow plans
City Lines will run daily bus service from the downtown terminal to Hawkeye Downs with a 10 cent fare. A taxi stand is set near Exhibition hall and traffic officials ask Cedar Rapids drivers to use the north auto gate to speed departures. Reserved seats go on sale Sunday morning with general admission two hours before shows. Rodeo stock and animals arrived ahead of Midwest Championship Rodeo starting next week.
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City Lines
Hawkeye Downs
L. A. Wor‘ley
Second Avenue
Downs
Exhibition Hall
Fairground
Cedar Rapids
Dear Rapids
Valkyries
Beaty Jailed After Davis Dairy Crash
Richard Ray Beaty, 25, of 1709 Twentieth Street NW, jailed Saturday after his car struck a Davis Dairy truck near 2700 C Street SW. Beaty admitted drinking and driving on the wrong side. treated at Mercy Hospital for a severe laceration. Truck driver Don R. Hamilton, 28, Route One, uninjured after steering into a ditch to avoid collision. John Kuba said formal charges would likely be filed Monday.
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Richard Ray Beaty
Twentieth Street
Davis
C Street
Beaty
Mercy Hospital
Don R. Hamilton
Route One
John Kuba
Monay
Chicken Pox Tops Cedar Rapids July Illnesses
Assistant Health Officer Carl Smith reported Cedar Rapids recorded 50 disease cases in July, led by 30 chicken pox. Measles counted 10, mumps seven, polio three, with a season total of four. July deaths were 78, down from 82 the prior month, including 43 males and 35 females.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl Smith
Smith
C R Horses Excel at Washington Horse Show
Two Cedar Rapids entries won first prizes at the Washington society horse show Friday night. April's Little Shower owned by Mrs. R. C. Hines Indian Creek stable was first in junior fine harness. Blossom Time driven by Russ Davis of Rockwood farm won open fine harness. Other Indian Creek and Rockwood horses also placed including Miss Blackberry second in equitation Lena Lena
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Cedar Rapids
Washington Society
R. C. Hines
Indian Creek Stable
Russ Davis
Rockwood Farm
Indian Creek
Rockwood
Blackberry
Karen Weiners
Cash Lovell
Ruth Dripp
Mechanicsville
Rita Joy
Ivell
Bo Royal
Edwin Evans
C. R. Yoder
Waltonian Ice Cream Social To Be Tonight
Annual Waltonian ice cream and cake social will be held tonight at 6 30 on the Bert y Smith lawn at 2233 Mt Vernon Road SE. Proceeds support Waltonian park and Camp Conservation near Troy Mills with Kiwanis club Catholic Order of Foresters and the Salvation Army assistance. Entertainment is planned.
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Waltonians
Berty Smith
Mt. Vernon Road
Waltonian Park
Troy Mills
Kiwanis Club
Catholic Order of Foresters
Salvation Army
Senate GOP Farm Unit to Meet Eisenhower in Denver
Republican members of the senate agriculture committee will meet Monday in Denver with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to outline a positive farm program for the party. Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa announced the plan and will fly to Colorado. other members include Aiken Vermont Young South Dakota Thye Minnesota Ken Missouri Mundt South Dakota. The Iowa senator also commented on Truman reconvening Congress.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Colorado
Agriculture Committee
Aiken
Vermont
Young
South Dakota
Thye
Minnesota
Kenn
Missouri
Mundt
Iowa Woman Dies Of Crash Injuries
Mrs. C. P. Luick a 69 year old Belmond resident died from injuries after a two car crash south of Klemme. Her husband hurt in the accident was reported in satisfactory condition. Sanford L. Overlie 42 of Thompson also died in the collision. Luick recently arranged a trust of a 400 acre farm for a new Belmond hospital where she died.
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Belmond
C. P. Luick
Klemme
Sanford L. Overlie
Thompson
Luick
Belmond Hospital
Surviving Relative Named Mrs Evan Parry in Cedar Rapids
Among other survivors is a daughter Mrs. Evan Parry of 2515 Franklin avenue NE Cedar Rapids.
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Evan Parry
Franklin Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Czech Security Chief Warns of Rising Sabotage
Prague broadcast quotes National Security Minister Karol Babílek urging Czech Communists to cooperate with police against enemies of the people as sabotage in Czechoslovakia increases. He spoke at a news conference in Prague and his remarks were aired on Prague radio.
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Vienna
Karol Babilek
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Prague Radio
U S Military Airlift Moves 68 000 Personnel to Far East
In 1951 U S military ops moved 68 000 personnel and 23 000 tons of materiel to the Far East as part of war efforts.
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U. S
Far East
Pallbearers Seized At Funeral Of Policy King Theodore Roe
Police halted the funeral for Theodore Roe arresting five pallbearers minutes after the casket was lowered into the grave. Four were caught at Lincoln cemetery and one on a South Side street. Roe, 54, a leading policy figure, was shot outside his home Monday night. Five men are questioned as possible policy runners and leads to the murder are sought.
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Chicago
Theodore Roe
Roe
Lincoln Cemetery
South Side
Milton Clark
William Red Saunders
Leon Davis
John Coffey
Howard Lewis
John Golden
Golden
Clark
Teddy Roe
Belgian Strike Paralyzes Antwerp in Military Service Protest
About a million Belgian workers joined a 24 hour strike across shops factories and the port of Antwerp to protest government plans extending military service from one to two years Police noted Communist agitators among demonstrators and a sabotage case at Chievre military air field where a power cable feeding the control tower was found severed.
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Brussels
INS
Antwerp
Chievre
Veterans of Foreign Wars elects Cothran new commander
James W. Cothran of Bishopville South Carolina was chosen commander in chief at the VFW 53rd encampment. He urged fighting Communists at home and abroad and condemned Embassy hotel for hosting a fund-raiser for convicted California Communists. New officers include Wayne E. Richards senior vice commander and Merton B. Tice junior vice commander. Robert D. Handy Jr. named quartermaster general.
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Los Angeles
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James W. Cothran
Bishopville
S. C
Embassy Hotel
California
Cothran
Uns
Frank C. Hilton
Wayne E. Richards
Arkansas City
Ark
Merton B. Tice
Mitchell
S.D
Robert D. Handy, Jr
Cabbie Indicted After Bank Robbery Hero Turnabout
San Francisco cab driver Anthony Gelini once hailed as a hero in a $20,000 bank heist was indicted on charges of aiding a robber, receiving stolen funds, and transporting them across state lines. The case ties to Charles Will, the confessed robber, and Sidney Dubony, both indicted on related counts.
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San Francisco
Anthony Gelini
Gelini
Charles Will
Will
Pittsburgh
Sidney Dubony
Walter Blomberg
Reno
Dubony
U. S
Joseph Karesh
Karesh
Courthouse Berry Sentenced To 10 Year Term
Richard Berry 24, of Cedar Rapids, was sentenced to ten years in Fort Madison prison after pleading guilty to uttering a forged instrument. He stole three checks from Cedar Rapids Galvanizing Co, cashed one for 81 dollars at Peoples Bank, and fled to St Louis where he was captured. He returned for Linn county district court arraignment and received swift justice.
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Richard Berry
St.Louis
Cedar Rapids
Fort Madison
Linn County District Court
Berry
Ninth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Galvanizing Company
Mislocated Lot Suit Ruled for Defendants
In Linn county district court a damage suit over mis located lot lines was decided for the defendants. Earl L. Kindig and Clara Kindig failed to prove they were entitled to $500 in damages from Home Builders Inc. They claimed four steel pegs outlined their lot and that work on a garage fence grading and sodding was based on those lines, but the deed was found to contain no warranty of the lot lines.
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Linn County
Earl L
Clara Kindig
Home Builders, Inc
Kindigs
Forey Mortgage Foreclosure Filed in Linn County
A suit filed Saturday in Linn County district court seeks foreclosure of a mortgage on property held by C. E. and Nadine D. Forey. Plaintiff Anna Dvorak holds the note and mortgage originally given to Fred C. Fisher Jr. Only $800 of the $3,100 note has been paid, leaving $2,300 due plus interest. The petition asks for a personal judgment, appointment of a receiver, and foreclosure.
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C. E
Nadine D. Forey
Linn County
Anna Dvorak
Fred C. Fisher, Jr
Suit for specific performance of real estate contract
G Cleveland and Mattie Stephens sue Norman Landrus seeking specific performance. Plaintiffs say they are ready to complete payment but Landrus cannot be located. They request the court appoint a commissioner to act on his behalf if he remains missing at judgment.
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G. Cleveland
Mattie Stephens
Norman Landrus
Ruling Upholds Jury Award in Moore Case
A district court on Saturday upheld the jury’s $479.11 award to Jean Moore from February 27 and denied Merle Hubbard’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial.
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District Court
Jean Moore
Merle Hubbard
Four Accident Victims Homestead Residents
Four occupants of a late model car crashed with a stock truck on Highway 149 near Cedar Rapids on Friday were Homestead residents. Mrs. Minnie Roemig 50 Mrs. Louise Lipman 73 and Roemig twin sons Charles and William 20 were listed in fair to fairly good condition at St Luke's hospital. Another Friday accident victim William H White Jr Route Two was in fair condition after his truck was struck by a train at a Cedar Rapids crossing.
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Cedar Rapids
Highway 149
Homestead
Minnie Roemig
Louise Lipman
Roeniig
Charles
William
St. Luke’s Hospital
William H. White, Jr
Route Two
St. Luke’s
Naval officer Cecil Commander promoted to commander
Fort Worth report notes Lt. Cmdr. Cecil A. Commander rises to the rank of commander. Commander Commander, a reserve officer on inactive duty, now leads a naval air reserve squadron.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Cecil A
Naval Air Reserve
Thief Steals Ornamental Cannon From Lawn
Police investigated a bizarre theft in Jacksonville where an ornamental cannon was taken from the lawn of an angry resident. No suspects were named in the brief report.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Conservative Bloc Forms to Seek Third Party Vote
A national committee formed by members from 10 states aims to build a conservative third party to draw votes from both major parties. The group plans a policy declaration and may name a party next week, with potential ticket ideas including Gen. MacArthur for president and Sen. Byrd for vice president.
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Chicago
Philip Lee Eubank
San Antonio
Eubank
Henry Zweifel
Gen. MacArthur
Sen
Byrd
Virginia
Vanished Pistol Sends Police on Quick Search
Frederick Randall of 516 Sixth Street SE reported to police that children borrowed a loaded Luger pistol and hid it, triggering detectives to seek a missing “hideout.” His granddaughter Gil Haddad, five, and relatives later located the gun in a toy box at the Randall home after a family search.
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Frederick Randall
Sixth Street SE
Randall
Gil Haddad
Seventh Street SE
Gil
Louis G. Haddad
City Briefs Recovering and Community Notices
City Briefs report L K Mead recovering at home after major surgery at the Veterans hospital Iowa City. Blue Cross office to close week of Aug 11 15. Cadets drum corps entered Riverview tournament of music Aug 30 Riverview park Chicago with 10 bands from several states. Mrs Herbert Ring says son Dr Dean M Ring passed national medical board exam rank of captain in air force stationed at Veterans hospital Nashville Tenn. Hassan Murray 2424 D avenue NE left for two month trip to Madeira Lebanon to visit family after 45 years. Dr B J Radford new foot specialist offices at 123 5th St SE offers monthly special.
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Chicago
Cedar Rapids Cadets
Riverview Park
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Herbert C. Ring
Bever Avenue
Dean M. Ring
National Medical Board
Air Force
University of Minnesota
Veterans Hospital
Nashville
Tenn
Ring
Lebanon
Hassan Murray
D Avenue
Madeira
New York
London
Constantinople
Beirut
Madoka
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J Avenue NW
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Thomas Shaffer
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Ray A. Wilcox
Ellis Trailer Court NW
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