Iowa and National Weather Summary and Death Notices
December 11 1950 daily record reports Iowa forecast general trends for Monday night through Wednesday with temperature ranges and possible snow flurries, plus statewide wind and precipitation readings. It lists intoxication and disorderly conduct cases in county jail, birth announcements from multiple hospitals, and obituaries for local residents including Justice Oscar Hale and others across Ottumwa What Cheer Elkader Winthrop Monticello and Waukon.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Seattle
Miami
Sioux City
Iowa
Shippers
Post Office Rush Really on as Mail Volume Is Doubled
The Cedar Rapids post office reports Christmas mail volume about double normal. Supt. Robert Lubbock says 15 extra workers and four extra vehicles are handling parcel post. Windows open early at 7:30 am through Christmas and two parcel post windows run at full capacity.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Lubbock
Lubbock
Deaths Barbara Wright 71 Widow of Edward Wright
Barbara Stastny Wright 71 widow of Edward O Wright of 612 Wilson Ave SE Cedar Rapids died at home Sunday at 9 45 am She was active with Mitchell South Carolina Presbyterian church and belonged to Eastern Star and Royal Neighbors She leaves a Cedar Rapids daughter two grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services 1 30 pm Wednesday at Barta Hesser chapel Rev Zdenek F Pauk Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church Burial Bohemian National Cemetery Friends may call after 4 pm Tuesday
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Barbara Stastny Wright
Edward O. Wright
Wilson Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Church
Mitchell
S. C
Eastern Star
Royal Neighbors
Edward Jakubec
Barta-Hesser
Zdenek F. Pauk
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Bohemian National Cemetery
Will Krofta 65 Dies After Long Illness Near Cedar Rapids
Will M Krofta died at his home between Cedar Rapids and Homestead Sunday morning after a long illness. Born near Solan September 21 1885 he lived in Homestead area 59 years. Surviving wife Libbie Nekvinda Krofta a daughter Mrs Milo Stancel and a son William of near Oxford a brother Wesley of Cedar Rapids and a grandson. Brush chapel Cedar Rapids at 2 30 pm Wednesday Rev Zdenek F Pauk officiating burial Linwood cemetery friends may call at the chapel.
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Will M. Krofta
Cedar Rapids
Homestead
Solan
Libbie Nekvinda Krofta
Milo Stancel
William
Oxford
Wesley
Brush Chapel
Zdenek F. Pauk
Linwood Cemetery
Services for Lorraine Colip to be held in Turner chapel
Lorraine Colip widow of E. E. Colip died while visiting her daughter Mrs Vergie Allan in Washington D C. Services set for 1 30 p m Tuesday with Rev J Paul Stevens at Sharon Evangelical United Brethren church burial in Cedar Memorial.
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Lorraine Colip
E. E. Colip
Fifteenth Street NW
Vergie Allan
Washington, D.C
Turner Chapel
J. Paul Stevens
Sharon Evangelical
Car Plunges in Ditch Injures Passenger Near Highway 218
Clifford Nelson aged 29 of 905 Seventeenth Avenue SE suffered a possible skull fracture and possible broken back when the car he rode in plunged into a ditch off Highway 218 near Twenty ninth Avenue SW at 1 07 am Sunday. He was taken to Mercy Hospital and listed in fair condition Monday. Driver James Nelson age 27 of 19 Eighth Street SE. The Nelsons were taken to the hospital by passing motorist Wayne Schechule of Iowa City.
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Clifford Nelson
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Highway 218
Twentyninth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
James Nelson
Eighth Street SE
Nelsons
Wayne Schechule
Iowa City
Attorney for Cohen Found Fatally Shot
Sam Rummel, 52, a longtime attorney for gangster Mickey Cohen, was found shot on his Hollywood home steps. Police call it murder under mysterious circumstances. coroner cites possible homicide. Rummel had aided Cohen in prior cases and survived an arson attempt in 1949. The death marks Cohen associates’ third killed since 1948 amid ongoing gang-related turmoil.
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Hollywood (Ap
Sam Rummel
Mickey Cohen
Rummel
Cohen
Long
Rummel Long
Laurel Canyon
Hollywood
Hollywood Hills
San Fernando Valley
A. J. Pearson
Harry “Hooky
Rothman
Edward Herbert
Frank Nicolli
Dave Ogul
Los Angeles
Milk Marketing Hearing Opens in Cedar Rapids
The USDA led hearing on a proposed marketing agreement and order regulating Cedar Rapids area milk handling began at 10 a.m. Monday at the Chamber of Commerce building. Officials from Washington and local dairy groups spoke as they urged a regulatory order. The hearing is slated to run through most of the week with two weeks for written briefs before USDA drafts its decision.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Earl Smith
United States Department of Agriculture
J. B. McCarthy
J. B. Rosenburg
Production Marketing Association
A. B. Parker
Usda Solicitor’s
Washington
Willis Mohn
Enlistee Lloyd Gefaller Joins Air Force From Atkins
Army draft news from Cedar Rapids reports Lloyd L. Gefaller, 22, son of Mr and Mrs Charlie Gefaller of Atkins, enlisting in the Air Force. Linn County draft board schedules a 4 p.m. Tuesday meeting in the Memorial Building basement office. last week's session was canceled due to a member's absence.
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Atkins
Air Force
Draft Board
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd L. Gefaller
Charlie Gefaller
Linn County
Second Avenue
Memorial Building
United Replaces DC-4 on Flight 509 with DC-3
United Air Lines will swap a 44 passenger DC-4 for a 21 passenger DC-3 on Flight 509 Cedar Rapids Chicago and Omaha to free the larger plane for Pacific airlift under a government contract. The move announced by station manager C C McIntyre follows an Air Force recall of 29 commercial airliners to meet Korea era needs. Officials say the planes are for moving personnel and supplies, not troop evacuations.
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United Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
C. C. McIntyre
United
Chicago
Omaha
Air Force
Korea
Pacific
American Fort Pitt Spring Prices Raised Ten Percent
Pittsburgh AP report says the American Fort Pitt spring division of the H. K. Porter Company increased steel spring prices by an average of 10 percent.
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Pittsburgh
Fort Pitt
H. K. Porter Company, Inc
Snow plow crews tow 46 cars hinder in Linn county
Forty six cars including 22 Linn county vehicles were hauled to the police station for snow removal work on Monday. Drivers reclaimed them later after paying four dollar towing charges. The rate rose from three dollars last week and last year.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids Messiah Concert Elevates Christmas Spirit
The Cedar Rapids civic performance of Handel's The Messiah drew over 1,500 at Memorial Coliseum under Prof. Joseph Kitchin. Soloists Harold Reeves Suzanne Hamilton Hardin Van Deursen Maurine Parzybok and choirs delivered a festive, well balanced program ending with Hallelujah and Christmas carol encores.
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George Frederick Handel
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Joseph Kitchin
Coe College Music School
Harold Reeves
Reeves
Coe College
Handel
Zion
Suzanne Hamilton
Chicago
Kansas City
Hardin van Deursen
Maurine Parzybok
Prof
Eleanor Taylor
Lucy Bushnell Ambroz
Judge rules against suspension. orders pay for Burke case
Judge Hamiel finds the Civil Service Commission acted illegally in suspending Burke and orders reinstatement of pay for one month. He notes charges by Clift and Hughes did not justify suspension and that the commission failed to justify the 30 day action. Burke’s appeal was supported by Crissman Bleakley and Eichorn. city attorney Garberson represented the commission.
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Hamiel
Clift
Hughes
Burke
Iowa
Chief and Safety Commissioner
Commission
Civil Service Commission
Crissman and Bleakley
John C. Eichorn
C. W. Garberson
Linn to Send Eight to Electrification School
Linn county will send eight representatives this week to a boys 4-H leader training school in farm electrification at Iowa State College. The event, Thursday and Friday, will draw 14 mid-Iowa counties and cover electricity wiring motors and safe handling of electricity. Representatives include Wilbur Peters Central City Justus Simon Cedar Rapids Ernest Diltz Walker Robert Hagerman Marion I E Perry Fairfax Jack Hicks Sutherland Dows Jr Justus Simon and Herriott Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County
C. E. Herriott
Iowa State College
mid-Iowa
Wilbur Peters
Central City
Justus Simon
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Diltz
Walker
Robert Hagerman
Marion
I. E. Perry
Fairfax
Jack Hicks
Sutherland Dows, Jr
Justus Simon and
Herriott
Cedar Rapids considers midseason city employee pay increase
City officials weigh a five cent hourly raise for about 500 workers amid budget limits and rising costs. Mayor Sedive seeks a Thursday vote after consulting Finance Commissioner Burgus, while department heads urge action to stop potential wage loss to private sector.
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Clarence L. Sedive
CIO
Horace L. Gates
AFL
Jim White
Gates
Sedive
L. D. Burgus
Arizona
Richard C. Jones
Jones
Safety
Edward A. Prochaska
Prochaska
David L. Williams
Burgus
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Bus Survey Recommends Limited Route Changes
City Lines analyzes routes from the loop west ward on First avenue to Cleveland school with a proposed special school bus, but rejects Maplewood extensions beyond a four block D avenue NE spur. Experimental Linwood Thirteenth street service eyed for Collins radio plant area if paving holds.
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Thirteenth Street
Old Marion Road
Thirty-fourth Street
Eastern Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Thirty-second
First Avenue
Cleveland School
Maplewood
Cedar Rapids
D Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Linwood
Collins Radio Plant
Cleveland
Eighteenth Street
Third Avenue
City Lines
Kenwood - Marion
Methodists Hold District Rallies Across Cedar Rapids Area
In Cedar Rapids district rallies at Westminster and Mt. Vernon parish halls 55 new members joined St. Pauls Sunday with 20 more expected. Dr G E Thomas of Nashville led the Cedar Rapids meeting using Marys remark The Master is come and calleth for thee. Dr David I Berger of Dubuque Seminary urged earnest faith and world outreach to a crowd of about 625. Mt Vernon rally drew 300. Rev Glenn Hartong noted 706 new Davenport district members. Dr John B Oman of Trenton NJ spoke on The Bible's 64 Question urging three kinds of salvation and critiquing denomination emphasis.
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Cedar Rapids
Westminster Presbyterian Church
St. Paul’s
G. E. Thomas
Nashville
Board of Evangelism
The
Methodist Church
Mary
Martha
David I. Berger
University of Dubuque
Strawberry Point High School
Berger
Christ
Mt. Vernon
Glenn Hartong
Davenport
John B. Oman
First Methodist Church
Trenton
N.J
Oman
Marines Break from Koto After Heavy Casualties
The First Marine Division suffers heavy losses as units retreat from Koto on a brutal march toward Hamhung. Marines describe brutal conditions, freezing temperatures, and a perilous bridge crossing while dispatching a swift, deadly column through icy terrain and guarded by two miles of road and cliffside.
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Koto
Anthony Carra Dies In Gas Fatality In Cedar Rapids
Anthony Carra 52 of 1006 Seventeenth Street SE died Sunday afternoon in a closed garage after driving a car with the garage sealed by sacks. The coroner cited a note citing marital difficulties. Kenneth Pepin found the body at 2 05 p m. Services are set for 2 pm Wednesday at Beatty funeral home. Carra, a World War II veteran, is survived by his wife Lucille a son Salvatore of Cedar Rapids two daughters Ann Minnie of Pennsylvania four brothers James Joseph Frank Patsy and a sister Mrs Kate Dominic, all of Pennsylvania.
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Anthony Carra
Seventeenth Street SE
Kenneth Pepin
Seventh Street SE
Carra
Beatty Funeral Home
Lucille
Salvatore
Cedar Rapids
Ann
Minnie
Pennsylvania
James
Baltimore
Joseph
Frank
Patsy
Kate Dominic
Carla
Two Original Stagecoaches Shown at State Museum Santa Fe
Exhibits at the State Museum in Santa Fe New Mexico feature two old stagecoaches in good repair. Both are described as originals, not reproductions, on display for visitors to view and study.
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State Museum
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Courthouse Jury Selected For Gillam Trial
Charles L. Gillam 111 Seventh Avenue SW faces a second offense drunk driving charge in district court with Judge Floyd Philbrick presiding. He pled innocent October 5 after a Sept 30 arrest for striking a parked car while maneuvering his own vehicle near 722 First Street SW. Jury members named include Trophie Wetzel Clinton two and others from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Charles L. Gillam
Seventh Avenue
Floyd Philbrick
Gillam
First Street
James F. Patterson
William W. Crissman
David Elderkin
Trophie Wetzel
Clinton
A. W. Dix
Jackson
Lee Dix
Spring Grove
George Michel
Marion
Mary Walrab
Mr. Vernon
Mary L. Glee
Marjorie L. Augustine
Alma Bachman
Elizabeth Ellen Breuer
Robert Werning
Martha Alexander
Cedar Rapids
Blazek Booked For Drunk Driving
Edward Blazek, 54, of 1814 C street SW, held in city jail after being booked for drunk driving Sunday night. Police arrested him about 11 20 p m on the complaints of Free man G Finch and John P Rizos of 718 L street SW who said Blazek ran a stop sign on Eighteenth avenue and C street SW. Reports on Rupert G Gook, 28, of route one, also sent to county attorney for possible charges. Cook was arrested and booked for drunk driving by police Saturday night.
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Edward Blazek
C Street
Freeman G. Finch
John P. Rizos
L Street
Blazek
Eighteenth Avenue
Rupert G. Gook
Route One
Cook
Plan Meeting on Defense Tuesday in Cedar Rapids
Linn County Civil Defense Chairman Kyle Mills accepted a council invitation to discuss a Cedar Rapids defense plan. With City Attorney Garberson away, the meeting was shifted to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Mayor Sedive's office to clarify the pending ordinance establishing a city defense council led by Mills and the Linn County organization.
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Linn County Civil Defense
Kyle Mills
Cedar Rapids
C. W. Garberson
Mills
Clarence L. Sedive
Linn County
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Walter Lantz
Louis Kalinsky
Harvey Lorence
Third Street
John Pifer
Twentieth Avenue
Jack McManus
Fifth Street
Cigaret
Ellis Terrace NW
Company No
417
Sixth Street SE
Cargill, Inc
General Alarm Companies
Mercy
Charles Beatty
Andrew Miller
Frank Klepach
Shaver Road
James Saub
C Avenue NE
Robert Dietz
A Avenue
Roy Neary
Thirty-third Street
Norman Riedesel
Outlook Drive
Maynard Glick
St. Luke’s
Norman Rowray
Vinton
Myron Darling
Sherman Street
Keith Stark
Franklin Avenue
John Eggert
H Avenue
Burdette Binning
Thirtyfourth Street
George Nielsen
Walter Johnston
Mechanicsville
James DeSotel
Avenue NW
John Nidey
Williamsburg
D. Weir Nelson, Jr
Second Street
Stanley Butters
Fifty-ninth Street
Leonard Shramek
Swisher
Milford Delzell
Thirty-seventh Street
Blair Quinn
Joseph O’brien
Twenty-ninth Street
George McCord
Fourteenth Avenue
Imegal
Harry Gahn
Floyd Drakos
Richard Finley
James Manley
Avenue NE
Roy Seeman
Twentieth Street NW
Harley Goodwin
Macomb
Ill
Lawrence Mussig
Stanwood
C. B. Meffert
Country Club Parkway
R. Loughrey
Jack Kuhn
Ellis Boulevard
Cliff Cady
Toddville
Merle Irgang
M. E. Martin
Iowa Avenue
Robert Mills
Blake Boulevard
John Lea
G Avenue
Dorothy Staskal
Atalissa
Virgil E. Nauman
Lutheran Church
Oak Ridge Cemetery
West Liberty
Wapello
Justice Oscar Hale
Iowa Supreme Court
Ottumwa
Edward Dornsife
Lagomarcino-Grape Company
Ottumwa Presbyterian Church
North English
Amos J. Pfeaster
Wiley
Elkader
William Donlon
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Church Cemetery
Winthrop
Mae Braden
Congregational Church
Fairview
Monticello
William Aldrich
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Goettsch Funeral Home
Gerd Poppe
Waukon
Hans E. Wold
Colip Services
Donald Key
Linn
Council
Collins Radio
German Lutheran
West Highlands
Milwaukee Tracks
E Avenue
MacBeth
Army
Seventh Infantry Division
Hamhung
Hagaru-Koto
Floyd Ward
Evansville
Ind
Seoul
Third Division
Chinhung
John B. Turner & Son
Lapes Florist
3Rd Ave
Janeba Funeral Home
Sixteenth Avenue
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