Weather and notices from Daily Record with marriages and deaths
Mostly cloudy three days with snow and rain through Thursday then partial clearing Friday. Easterly winds 15 mph Wednesday. Temps near 38 high Wednesday with 35 low. 338 high Thursday. Shippers forecast 25-30 west, 30-35 east. MARRIAGE LICENSES Richard E Campbell Emmetsburg and Julian Freund Cedar Rapids. Ramona M Arce vs Joseph L Arce. Disturbing the peace Ralph Post and Thomas Flood fined. DIVORCE DECREES George Miller Frances Miller etc. Several birth notices and obituaries from Iowa locations including West Liberty West Union Winthrop Decorah and Decorah area deaths and services.
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Iowa
Carletons Lose Their Fight for Moyer Baby
Davenport Iowa AP Baby Craig Stephen Moyer will be taken to the Iowa Children's home in Des Moines Thursday. The mother Mrs Gertrude Moyer agrees to provisions by District Judge W W Scott to restore the child to her if she can provide a proper home. The Carletons' lengthy battle since last June ends with a possible last chapter as the case draws to a close.
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Davenport
Craig Stephen Moyer
Iowa
Des Moines
Gertrude Moyer
W. W. Scott
Scott
Tama Man Injured In Freak Accident In Tama
Clarence Flint, 62, of Tama, was admitted to St. Luke's hospital tonight for treatment after injuries suffered in a freak accident. Hospital officials did not release further details.
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Tama
Clarence Flint
St. Luke's Hospital
Swimming Pool Question Arises At School Board
Water from a broken main dampened McKinley high rooms Sunday but the pool beneath the cafeteria remained dry says Chief Engineer Joe Suma. Cedar Rapids schools lack swimming facilities and officials urge YMCA cooperation and new schools include pools with swimming ability as a graduation requirement.
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McKinley High
Joe Suma
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Fred Winter
Y.M.C.A
Clyde Parker
Dakota pair must plead on forged instrument charge
Robert Kroger and Myrna Hink, both 20, were ordered by Judge Floyd Philbrick to plead by Friday at 10 a.m. to a charge of uttering a forged instrument. William Slade and Richard Nazette were appointed to defend Hink and Kroger. Bond set at 1000 dollars each. both jailed. Accused of passing a 23.30 worthless check at O’Meara’s, receiving 17 in cash. Hink admitted passing another bad check for the same amount at Killian’s. Arrested in Boone after attempting a check in a store. They were questioned in Cedar Rapids and traced a trail of bad checks from Chicago through Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Pipestone, and Freeport.
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Robert Kroger
Colman
S. D
Myrna Hink
Raymond
Floyd Philbrick
William Slade
Miss Hink
Richard Nazette
Kroger
O’meara
Killian’s
Boone
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Pipestone
Minn
Freeport
Iil
Red Cross to Review Budget and Staffing Plan
Linn county Red Cross will present its proposed 1948 budget to the chapter board for final approval at a Thursday noon meeting at the Y M C A. Items before the board include a constitutional revision and a recommendation to create a paid director of water safety first aid and accident prevention. The push to add the director role was approved at the November session.
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Linn County Red Cross
Chapter Board
Y.M.C.A
Red Cross
Dawson Grim
William Cormack
Fred Niesz
Ellis Pool
Mt. Vernon
Cornell College
Cornell
School Board discusses bond issue and election split risks
Parker and Mrs. Dwight Krum Holz sided with the superintendent who warned that combining a bond issue with the March election could create a dangerous schism in the school board. Von Lackum supported adding the bond to spur interest, saying surveys show needs and that voters can decide. The district also progressed on Kenwood and Arthur school projects, hiring plans, and a title dispute over land near Edgewood No 1. Excavation for Arthur school addition is underway with completion slated for September.
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Parker
Dwight Krumholtz
von Lackum
Kenwood School
John ‘A. Fisher
Coe College
George N. Kelley
Fred C. Fisher, Jr
R. M. Espeset
Frank J. Loufek
Arthur School
Arthur P.T.A
Charles H. Kimball
Edgewood No. 1
Joe Suma
Youth Sentenced For Theft of Car in Iowa
Melvin C Rasmussen 18 Independence was sentenced to ten years in a reform school at Anamosa after pleading guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle. He was the third Independence youth to admit the charge. Philip M Clark and Lloyd F Dilts also pled guilty with sentences and parole outcomes. The trio, arrested in Texas after stealing a car from Cedar Rapids Elks Club lot on Nov 4, faced indeterminate terms with a four year eight month minimum.
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Melvin C. Rasmussen
Independence
Anamosa
Philip M. Clark
Lloyd F. Dilts
Dilts
Waterloo
Rasmussen
Texas
Elks Club
Cedar Rapids
Robinson Harness Suit Heads to Jury Over Damages
The Bruce Robinson versus Charles Harness accident damage case began in district court and went to the jury Tuesday noon. Robinson seeks 260.94 in damages while Harness counters for 440.17. original petition filed June 9 sought 450. The collision occurred April 30 two miles north of Mt. Vernon on the Springville Mt. Vernon road. Jurors listed include Jack Turner and Lynn Crozer among others.
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Bruce Robinson
Charles Harness
Robinson
Mt. Vernon
Springville
Jack Turner
Lynn C. Crozer
Second Avenue
John F. Arends
Frances Sankot Will Filed for Probate
Frances Sankot died November 22 and her will was admitted to probate on Monday. The Guaranty Bank and Trust Company named executor with bond set at 5 000 dollars. The 1939 will with Frances and husband John Sankot valued property at 36 000 dollars. The will provides for a trust fund to be distributed to brothers and sisters and several nieces and nephews. Also admitted to probate Monday was the will of Harry A Bassett Vernon who died November 15. Mt Vernon Bank and Trust Company named executors without bond. Two daughters Bertha Fooshee and Dorothy Leavitt share the estate.
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Frances Sankot
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
John Sankot
Sanket
Harry A. Bassett
Helen Summerset Pleads Not Guilty in Check Fraud Case
Helen Summersett, 32, of Decatur Illinois, arraigned before Judge Floyd Philbrick on a charge of false uttering of a check. Held in Linn County jail in $1000 bond. Arrested last Wednesday on a justice court warrant for passing a worthless $25 check at a Cedar Rapids hotel.
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Helen Summersett
Decatur
Ill
Floyd Philbrick
Linn County
Justice Court
Cedar Rapids
C R Stamp Club Elects New Officers
Cedar Rapids Stamp club re elected Robert B Stahl as president at a Montrose hotel meeting Monday. Officers include Louis Cullman vice president Millard Barnett secretary treasurer J W Lamborn sergeant at arms. board members James F Cowden H Cent er G W Borschel Harry Winn Norman Hatton. The 15 year old club has 204 members with 89 active. meets first and third Mondays. all stamp collectors invited.
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Robert B. Stahl
Cedar Rapids
Judgment Sought Against Cedar Rapid Firm Over Merchandise Bill
John Meek Industries filed suit Tuesday against Benjamin Wayne and John Schreck of the Commodity Distributor Company at Cedar Rapid seeking 5092.07 in judgment. Meek alleges it sold 5103.85 worth of merchandise, mainly radio sets, between July 22 and August 21, and the account remains unpaid.
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John Meek Industries
Benjamin, Wayne
John Schreck
Cedar Rapid
Damage Suit Seeks 364 78 In Auto Collision
Concrete Materials and Construction Company sues James Coleman for 364.78 for damages from a March 1 1944 traffic collision at First Avenue and Tenth Street E. The plaintiff alleges Dale Coleman ran a red light while driving a 1939 four door, colliding with a 1942 sedan driven by K C Granehurst.
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Concrete Materials and Construction Company
Tuesday
James Coleman
K. C. Granehurst
First Avenue
Tenth Street
Coleman
Dale
Desertion case yields suspended sentence for father
Virgil Dugan, 28, of 912 Fifth street SE, pleaded guilty to desertion and abandonment of minor children. Judge Floyd Philbrick imposed a six month term in the county jail but suspended it, provided Dugan supports his two daughters and a son.
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Virgil Dugan
Fifth Street SE
Floyd Philbrick
Dugan
Plane Found On Fuji Crater After Missing Flight
A United States army patrol located the wreckage of an air transport command plane in a Mt. Fuji crater. The aircraft had been missing since early Sunday. The pilot and co-pilot, the only two aboard, were dead. their names were not released.
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Tokyo
Mt. Fuji
Air Transport Command
Churches Nearing Goal of 250000 Pledges For 1948 Budgets
Cedar Rapids and Marion churches push to meet a 250000 goal for 23 member churches. About 868 workers have reached 5700 families in two weeks to secure pledges for current and missionary work. Three quarters of the goal is already pledged. some churches reached or surpassed theirs. Pledges are weekly or monthly amounts from five cents to fifty dollars, toward home and abroad efforts. Call offices to participate before week’s end.
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Council of Churches of
Cedar Rapids and
Marion
Clyde R. Sanborn
Sanborn
Reedy Fields
Sanford
Tobey Attacks Meyers as “Piece of Human Vermin”
Senator Tobey declares Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers a piece of human vermin during Senate Banking Committee hearings on Truman bond regulation. Fleming, Riggs Bank president, testifies Meyers’s wartime bond speculation provoked strong anger. Tobey references Meyers to probe defenses against bond speculation in war.
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Washington
Tobey
R-N.h
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Meyers
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Robert V. Fleming
Riggs National Bank
Fleming
Defendant Ordered by Judge To Join Church
Federal Judge James A. Donohoe sentenced Marvin Young to two years' probation after convicting him of stealing a shotgun from an interstate shipment last April. Young, 28, office manager of a transport company, was ordered to join a church of his choosing immediately.
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Omaha
James A. Donohoe
Marvin Young
Young
Sheriff Takes Extra Post as Disk Jockey
Minneapolis sheriff Ed Ryan revealed he has a part time job as a disk jockey at radio station KSTP and hopes to move into newscasting. He cites the Boy Scout motto and says he wants to be prepared, noting his past roles as floor walker and police chief.
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Minneapolis
INS
Ed Ryan
Ryan
KSTP
Camp Fire Girls To Hold Annual Meeting
The Camp Fire Girls of Cedar Rapids will hold an annual meeting at 6 30 p m Monday in the Roosevelt hotel The speaker will be Lowell Wright minister at St Pauls Methodist church on Privileges of Leadership The meeting and all annual Community Chest agency meetings are open to the public Reports on the activities of 12 Red Feather agencies will be presented at similar meetings this month and next
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Camp Fire Girls
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Lowell Wright
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Community Chest
Red Feather
Body To Arrive In C R Thursday For War Death
The body of George Zalesky Jr who was killed in action November 4 1944 in Holland will arrive in Cedar Rapids at 2 10 p m Thursday from the Henri Chapelle cemetery in Belgium. A former employee of the Kelly Motor Company in Iowa City he was inducted February 25 1944 Born in Cedar Rapids November 11 1907 he married Lucille Listebarger of Fairfax July 13 1932 He attended Immaculate Conception school and graduated from the University of Iowa Surviving are his wife his mother Mrs Anne Zalesky of Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs Valecia Murphy and Alexis Zalesky of Chicago a brother Joseph of Green Bay Wis and a niece Valecia Anne Zalesky of Green Bay The body will be taken to the Monahan funeral home where friends may call Thursday and Friday Funeral announcement will be made later.
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George Zalesky, Jr
Holland
Cedar Rapids
Henri Chapelle
Belgium
Kelly Motor Company
Iowa City
Lucille Listebarger
Fairfax
Immaculate Conception
Deaths Robert L Allender longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Robert L Allender 62 treasurer and office manager of the P M Latner Company died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 5 10 p m Monday after a brief illness Born March 31 1885 at Mt Pleasant he lived in Cedar Rapids 40 years Surviving wife Lois a daughter Betty Berger of Marion step mother sisters and a granddaughter Service 11 am Thursday at Turner chapel with Dr David I Berger and Rev John Moore Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call after 7 pm Tuesday at the chapel
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Robert L. Allender
Seventh Avenue SE
P. M. Lattner Company
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Pleasant
Lois
Betty Berger
Marion
Ida Allender
Helen Becker
Bruce Yeager
Batavia
Roy Freeman
St. Paul
Allender
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Turner Chapel
David I. Berger
Dubuque
John Moore
St. Paul’s Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Death Notice for Henry A Schneelock Rug Works Owner
Henry A. Schneelock aged 65 owner of Economy Rug Works died at his Cedar Rapids home at 5 30 p m Monday of a heart ailment He had lived in Cedar Rapids 34 years Survived by wife Mary M a son Lawrence Mt Pleasant Tenn four daughters Mrs Don Murray Flint Mich Mrs Dan Smith Detroit Mrs Sam Knebel Pocahontas Ill and Mrs Donovan Jones Cedar Rapids three grandchildren The Beatty chapel held a service at 3 30 p m Thursday with Rev Chester Ainsworth Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Henry A. Schneelock
Economy Rug Works
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Mary M
Lawrence
Mt. Pleasant
Tenn
Don Murray
Flint, Mich
Dan Smith
Detroit
Sam Knebel
Pocahontas
Ill
Donovan Jones
Beatty Chapel
Chester Ainsworth
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Rev Eugene Clark Dies After Long Illness
The Rev Eugene A Clark, 273 Highland Drive NW, longtime Iowa and West Coast minister and YMCA employee for four years, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness.
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Eugene Clark
Eugene A. Clark
Highland Drive
Iowa
West Coast
Y.M.C.A
Cedar Rapids
Labor Board Ramps Up Taft Act Actions in NY Case
The National Labor Relations Board, under the Taft Hartley act, seeks injunctions against Local 294 AFL Teamsters in upstate New York for four alleged unfair labor practices. Actions include stopping wages for services not performed, prohibiting secondary boycotts, preventing coercion in choosing a bargaining agent, and barring a forced closed shop.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
AFL Teamsters
New York
Federal District Court For
Northern District of New York
Utica
NLRB
Charles T. Douds
New York City
Douds
New Britain
Conway’s Express
Montgomery Ward
Middle Atlantic Transportation Company
Rabouin
Edward Noster
Teamsters Union
Funeral Set For Rev. Clark Of Linn County
At 4 a.m. Tuesday after a long illness, the Rev. Clark died. Born February 12, 1871 in Clinton county, he married Jessie May Martin June 11, 1902 in Linn county. Survived by wife, daughter Mrs. Leonard Kriz, two brothers Rev. W. P. Clark and Frank Clark, a sister Mrs. Edith Kimball, a grandson and a granddaughter. Turner chapel service at 1:30 p.m. Thursday with Rev. G. H. Bamford. viewing after noon Wednesday.
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Clinton County
Jessie May Martin
Linn County
Clark
Cornell College Theological School
Leonard Kriz
W. P. Clark
Fort Dodge
Frank Clark
Glidden
Edith Kimball
Claremore
Okla
Turner Chapel
G. H. Bamford
Leafie Henderson Rites Set After Cedar Rapids Death
Leafie Mae Henderson widow of Clarence A Henderson and Cedar Rapids resident for 41 years died at 1037 Center Point Road NE at 8 25 p m Monday after a long illness Born June 10 1882 in Volga City she leaves daughter Mildred I Smith two sons Foster E White and David D White four grandchildren and one great grandchild She was a member of First Evangelical church and Home Rebekah lodge Burial is planned at Cedar Memorial cemetery with services at Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev G H Bamford Friends may call at the chapel.
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Leafie Mae Henderson
Clarence A. Henderson
Cedar Rapids
Mildred I. Smith
Center Point Road
Volga City
Foster E. White
David D. White
Chicago
Mrs. Clark B Zimmerman Dies After Illness in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Clark B Zimmerman 63 of 886 Daniels Street NE Cedar Rapids died at home at 3 03 p m Monday after an extended illness born near North English August 4 1884 Survived by husband two sons Freeman B and Cecil C both of Cedar Rapids a sister Mrs Alice Graham Monona two brothers Star S Mahannah Chicago and Arthur A Cedar Rapids four grandchildren Member of First Christian Church Cedar Rapids Beatty chapel service 1 30 p m Thursday by Rev I E Link Burial planned in Cedar Rapids area.
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Clark B. Zimmerman
Daniels Street
Cedar Rapids
North English
Freeman B
Cecil C
Alice Graham
Monona
Star S. Mahannah
Chicago
Arthur A
First Christian Church of
Beatty Chapel
I. E. Linkletter
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Mary Zaruba widow dies in Cedar Rapids home
Mary Zaruba widow of John Zaruba and longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at her home at 1106 First Street SW after a lingering illness. Born in Czechoslovakia July 27, 1872, she is survived by six children Joseph John Mrs Amos Trachta Mrs George Synacek Mrs Mary Moore and Mrs Ann Wallace all of Cedar Rapids, 11 grandchildren and four step grandchildren. Rosary will be recited at the Polish chapel Wednesday at 7 p m and St Wenceslaus church service Thursday morning time to be announced. Friends may call after 4 p m Wednesday at the chapel.
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Mary Zaruba
John Zaruba
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Czechoslovakia
Joseph
John
Amos Trachta
George Synacek
Mary Moore
Ann Wallace
St. Wenceslaus
A. W. Chihak
Polansky Chapel
Death notices for Alice Terrill in Hutchinson and Cedar Rapids
Alice Terrill of 1600 avenue NW died Monday in Hutchinson Kansas while visiting her sister Mrs Lena Van Vandal in Cedar Rapids. Terrill had been ill for years and lived with her mother Mrs Nellie Terrill in Cedar Rapids. Mrs Terrill and another daughter Elizabeth remain in Hutchinson. Surviving brother Ted resides in Virginia. Funeral arrangements are not known in Cedar Rapids.
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Alice Terrill
Avenue NW
Hutchinson
Kan
Cedar Rapids
Miss Terrill
Lena van Vandal
Nellie Terrill
Terrill
Elizabeth
Ted
Virginia
Widow Verda Davis Dies in Phoenix After Long Illness
Verda Davis widow of Brit Davis and former Cedar Rapids resident died Wednesday in Phoenix after a long illness. Services and burial were held Monday in Charleston Iowa. Surviving are two daughters Sally Jean and Susan Jean of Cedar Rapids, her parents Everette and Bessie Malloy, and several brothers and sisters, all of Keokuk.
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Verda Davis
Brit Davis
Cedar Rapids
Phoenix
Ariz
Charleston
Sally Jean
Susan Jean
Everette
Bessie Malloy
Keokuk
Services for Neva Cherry Death Notice at Turner Chapel
Services for Neva Cherry wife of Howard H Cherry of 305 Nassau Street SE will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev Theodore Lyle pastor of First Presbyterian church Burial will be in Oak Hill chapel following several months illness at home Monday in Oak Hill city obituary notice
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Neva Cherry
Howard H. Cherry
Nassau Street
Turner Chapel
Theodore Lilley
First Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Services for Mrs Josephine Brokl Scheduled at Polansky Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Josephine Brokl of 1507 L street SW will be held at 2 p m Wednesday in the Polansky chapel conducted by T B Hlubucek. Burial will follow in Bohemian National Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Josephine Brokl
L Street
Polansky Chapel
T. B. Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Theft at Morehead Construction Firm Stuns Local Store
Police investigate theft at Okinow's Store rear site on Second Avenue SE. Missing are 21 steel stair treads worth 45 dollars, two doors valued at 12 and 6 dollars, and railing piece about 15 dollars. Incident occurred between November 26 and December 1.
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Morehead Construction Company
Okinow
Second Avenue SE
Police Catch Suspect After Car Theft Near VFW Club
At 1 20 p m Tuesday Clyde F Richardson reported his car stolen from in front of a VFW club. By 1 23 p m police broadcast the theft and at 1 26 p m Patrolmen Overman and Rubey picked up the car and arrested 19 year old Arthur Neal Malmgren of Mora Minnesota on larceny of a motor vehicle charges.
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Clyde F. Richardson
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Henry Overman
George Rubey
Arthur Neal Malmgren
Mora
Minh
Malmgren
Tricycle Accident Injures Local Man in Council Bluffs
Charles M. Smith, 22, remained in critical condition after a nephew riding a tricycle within the Smith home Monday caused a .22 caliber pistol to fall from a radio stand. The weapon discharged, striking Smith in the head above the right ear.
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Council Bluffs
Charles M. Smith
Smith
Cedar Rapids school board approves extended sick leave plan
The Cedar Rapids school board adopted a supplementary rule extending 60 day cumulative sick leave to all permanent employees on the monthly payroll after one semester of service. It expands ill ness to include certain incapacitating accidents, excludes pregnancy, and provides unpaid leaves for pregnant teachers. If they return within two years, previous sick leave is preserved. The measure goes to a vote Dec 15. The board also approved bulb purchases from McKeson and Robbins with a 30 percent discount on over $600, paid $248 for replacing window glass at 14 schools, and faced a tuition question for outside district handi capped students. Douglas Mathews was hired as English instructor at Franklin for $2,000 a year.
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Cedar Rapids
Hopper
J. K. von Lackum
McKesson and Robbins
Joe Suma
Franklin
Parker
E. W. Lundquist
Douglas Mathews
Bessie Kennedy Heads for Denver After Aid in Cedar Rapids
A white-haired visitor, 68 year old Bessie Kennedy, left Cedar Rapids at 3 10 Tuesday afternoon for Denver. Citizens donated 138 64 in pennies and cash to assist her as she traveled seeking old age pension aid after being shuttled from Denver to Detroit and back. The Denver Post will pursue her pension, and Cedar Rapids offered homes while Salvation Army shelter records tie her to prior stays in Gary Indiana in 1944 and November 20 of last year.
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Cedar Rapids
Denver
Bessie Kennedy
Detroit
Des Moines
Denver Post
Salvation Army
Gary
Ind
Youth Held for Theft Of Gum From A&P Store
A 16 year old boy was arrested Monday night at the east side A&P for attempting to steal seven packages of gum. Police found a slit in his coat containing a Waltham watch, and he is in juvenile custody.
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East Side
A&p
Waltham
Son Finds Father’s Body Through Tele scope at Sea
In SAN PEDRO California a son using a dime in the slot telescope spotted the body of his missing father Fritz Kraencke 57 a scenic artist and film set designer in the water Monday. Herbert Kraencke 27 helped search with their mother at Point Firmin crest and identified the body when it was brought ashore by the coast guard.
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San Pedro
Calif
Fritz Kraencke
Herbert
Point Firmin
Coast Guard
Hospital Reports Fire Victim's Condition Good
Edward Matthews, 30, of Van Horne, suffered second and third degree burns November 21 while pouring gasoline into a truck carburetor at James W. Bell Company. He was reported in good condition by St. Luke's hospital authorities Tuesday. burns covered face, neck and arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Matthews
van Horne
St. Luke’s Hospital
Matthews
James W. Bell Company
Iowa Harvest Nears Finish Amid Severe Feed Shortage
Iowa farmers nearly completed the 1947 harvest as snow and cold limited feed supplies. About 700,000 acres of corn were gathered in the week, leaving 15 percent still in fields, with only 3 percent of beans left to harvest likely to be combined this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Shop Early for License Tags to Avoid Busy Day
Linn county treasurer auto department reports weak first day sales for 1948 license tags. Monday sold 240 car tags, 30 truck tags, and about a dozen other varieties, bringing in just over $4,000. Last year on opening day sales were far higher, prompting clerks to urge motorists to shop early before the January 31 deadline. More than 25,000 tags remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Department
Linn County
New FM Transmitter Tested on Police Call
A 250 watt FM transmitter at the Iowa City police station was tested early Tuesday in a cross‑state relay from Rock Island. Rock Island police reported a resident was held up and shot by three or four men in a maroon sedan with Illinois plates. The car was last seen between Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley. the alert was canceled when the car was found abandoned in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Rock Island
Illinois
Bettendorf
Pleasant Valley
Davenport
Mihai to Announce Engagement With Danish-French Princess
Copenhagen AP reports King Mihai I of Romania and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma, aged 26 and 24, are together in Switzerland after attending a London wedding. A Danish royal source says an engagement announcement may come within a month amid revived romance rumors linked to Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Mihai I
Romania
Anne
Bourbon-Parma
New York
Mihai
Switzerland
London
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Pair Fined for Disturbing Peace in Street Fight
Ralph Post of 1515 Sixteenth Avenue SE and Thomas Flood of 412 Tenth Street SE were fined $25 and costs in police court Tuesday morning on charges of disturbing the peace by fighting. Patrolman Jack King arrested them Monday night in front of a First Avenue East tavern where they were rolling on the sidewalk fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Post
Sixteenth Avenue
Thomas Flood
Tenth Street
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Tenth Street SE
Jack King
First Avenue E
King
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Joseph L. Arce
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George Miller
Frances Miller
Marguerite Campbell
Ray Campbell
Ethyl Daniels
Kenneth C. Daniels
Marie L. Schwab
Floyd R. Schwab
Arthur Detwiler
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Ellis Terrace
Willard F. Hardy
Eleventh Street
Glyde B. Miller
Nineteenth Avenue
Milo J. Springer. Weldon
Ahmed Kalell
Melvin Christenson
Twentyfirst Street
David Rose
L. I. Kent
Twentieth Avenue
Roland Nievas
Gerry Peden
Atalissa
P. Strachen
Alburnett
Charles R. Johnson
B. B. Wood
Robert C. Mineck
Kenmore Street
St. Luke’s
Dan L. Schwitters
Park Avenue
Leo Powers
Dick Root
Burlington Street
Milo Allen
Thomas McDonald
Third Avenue
John Lockwood
Memorial Drive
West Liberty
Herman E. Kelch
Snider Funeral Home
West Union
Milton A. Schreyer
First Methodist Church
Winthrop
Thomas R. Clancy
Pomeroy
Decorah
M. S. Thompson
Carletons
Moyer Baby
Helen Summerset
C.R. Stamp Club
Monahan Mortuary
F. J. Monahan
Wm. J. Stewart
Fuji
Sheriff
C.R
Labor Board
C. B. Zimmerman
Cherry Services
Brokl Services
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Son
Rire
Nabisco
National Biscuit Company
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