Iowa Weather Outlook And Local Notices From Daily Record
Mostly cloudy and cold for Saturday with snow possible late Saturday night or Sunday. Clearing and colder Sunday night and Monday. Highs around 36 Saturday and 40 Sunday. lows near 26. Reports include Iow a Agricultural Forecast and a series of traffic and legal notices, births, and speed fines with names and addresses.
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Chicace
Denver
York
Duluth
Phoenix
Les A
Sleex City
Iowa
Deaths: William A. Nesper long railroad engineer
William A. Nesper 1863 Muscatine born engineer for Illinois Central Railroad for 50 years died in a local hospital at 10 30 a m Friday after a long illness. Survived by two sons Ted F Nesper Miami Fla Walter F Nesper Cedar Rapids and two daughters Minnie E McHugh and Mrs F J Prout Cedar Rapids. Modern Woodmen of America member. Body to Turner mortuary with funeral arrangements to be announced.
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William A. Nesper
Avenue NE
Muscatine
Nesper
Ilinois Central Railroad
Modern Woodmen of America
Ted F. Nesper
Miami
Fla
Walter F. Nesper
Cedar Rapids
Minnie E. McHu
Miss Martha Houghton Retired Cedar Rapids Teacher Dies
Miss Martha Jane Houghton 1881 Sept 1 farm near Norway Cedar Rapids resident 35 years and Wilson high school teacher died at home 3:50 am Friday after long illness Surviving William A Houghton John F Houghton two nephews Turner chapel 1:30 pm Monday burial Mound cemetery near Watkins
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Martha Jane Houghton
Thirty-third Street
Cedar Rapids
Wilson High School
Norway
William A. Houghton
John F. Houghton
Aransas Pass
Texas
Turner Chapel
Mound Cemetery
Watkins
Cedar Rapids widow Margaret J Thompson dies at 75
Mrs Margaret J Thompson 75 widow of John Thompson dies at her Cedar Rapids home 806 Third Street SW at 7 15 a m Friday after a long illness She was born at Onslow October 20 1871 Surviving are seven children two Cedar Rapids daughters two more daughters and three sons eight grandchildren and one great grandchild Also a sister Center Junction She was member of Scotch Grove Presbyterian church Services set Beatty chapel Sunday 2 p m Burial Scotch Grove Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Margaret J. Thompson
John Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Third Street
Scotch Grove
Onslow
Charles Faulkner
Martha Lynch
Earl Travis
George Stickley
Helen Thompson
Robert
Archie Thompson
Andrew Serbousek
Center Junction
Presbyterian Church
Beatty Chapel
Scotch Grove Cemetery
Dauber Infant Passes Away in Local Hospital
Dauber infant Jerry Alden Dauber son of Kenneth and Mrs. Dauber Springville died in a local hospital early Friday. Born November 29 the child had services at Brady chapel at 2 p.m. Burial followed at Oak Hill cemetery. Surviving are the parents a brother James Lee Dauber and grandparents Ed Dauber Cedar Rapids and William Ruchotzke Oxford Junction.
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Jerry Alden Dauber
Kenneth Dauber
Springville
Brady Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
James Lee Dauber
Ed Dauber
Cedar Rapids
William Ruchotzke
Oxford Junction
All Trapped in Building Ruins Believed Dead
In New York police and fire crews probe a collapsed ice house and burning tenement. Twenty dead, forty plus injured, sixteen missing or believed dead as rescuers clear debris in cold rain. Two boys, 13 and 10, admit arson in a case linked to the blaze.
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New York
Timothy P. Guinne
Joseph McCabe
Joseph Elio
Children’s Court
Thomas V. Hannigan
Iowa school districts debate cost of living boosts for staff
Iowa school leaders discuss a proposed $300 raise for Cedar Rapids teachers as state districts grant varying cost of living increases. Waterloo plans $50 payments in January and April to all staff, while Charles City approves $150 over six months. Dubuque approves $200 in three installments, prompting comments on budget shifting.
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John M. Rankin
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Des Moines
Dubuque
Jack Logan
Waterloo
Clyde Parker
Logan
Parker
Waterloo School Board
Charles City
Max R. Clark
the Gazette
Peter
Pau
Iowa City teachers to receive 17.50 monthly raise
After July 1 the 1947 48 budget becomes operative. The Iowa City school board approved a 17.50 per month raise for 101 teachers and full time employees, spread over 10 months, funded by about 20 000 in budget savings. Teachers sought 25 monthly.
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Clark
Iowa City
State Board Ends Contract for Floyd G Cooper
Des Moines AP chairman P F Hopkins said the state board will not renew Floyd G Cooper of Woodward as director of prison industries at Fort Madison. His contract expires Jan 1 and pays a six percent commission on prison made goods. Cooper has drawn about 12 thousand to 14 thousand dollars annually, while the governor earns 7500 a year.
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DES Moines
P. F. Hopkins
State Board of Control
Floyd G. Cooper
Woodward
Fort Madison
Cooper
U.S. May Build State Armories in Iowa
Brig. Gen. Charles Grahl told governors and comptroller at budget hearings that the National Guard Association will push 80th Congress legislation to have federal contractors build armories on state or federal land with title to the state. The Iowa National Guard budget request totals about 631 864 dollars annually for the next biennium, up from 350 000 previously, mostly for armory rentals across 59 infantry and 38 artillery armories plus two air centers.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Charles Grahl
Grahl
Robert Blue
Fred Porter
National Guard Association
Iowa National Guard
Centals
Revamped Housing Drive Reform Set by White House
The government announced that veterans emergency housing will set the same rent ceiling whether furnished or unfurnished. The move aims to prevent evasion of new ceilings by including furniture. President Truman discussed the housing program for 30 minutes with his new housing chiefs and aides and ordered further meetings to review potential changes.
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Washington
Veterans Emergency Housing
Housing Administration
Truman
White House
John R. Steelman
Townsend club cancels supper at K of P hall
The Townsend club will not meet for supper at 6 pm Sunday at the K of P hall as planned. Dr. David I. Berger, formerly of Cedar Rapids, will speak at 10:50 am Sunday worship at First Baptist Church on Second Avenue and Twelfth Street SE. He is now on the faculty of the University of Dubuque.
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Townsend Club
K. of P. Hall
David I. Berger
Cedar Rapids
First Baptist Church
Second Avenue
Twelfth Street
Berger
University of
Rev Lyle K Anderson speaks on The Heart of the Christmas Message
The Rev Lyle K Anderson will speak on The Heart of the Christmas Message at the 9 30 a m worship service at Shueyville Evangelical United Brethren church. Church school meets at 10 30 with choir at 7 p m and Christian Endeavor at 8.
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Lyle K. Anderson
Shueyville Evangelical United Brethren Church
Church School
Choir
Christian Endeavor
Cedar Rapids N A A C P to Elect Officers at M E Church
The Cedar Rapids branch will hold its annual election of officers at M E Church with Edwin B. Zeller of the Y M C A as speaker. The meeting is open to the public and members are urged to attend.
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Cedar Rapids
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
M.E. Church
Edwin B. Zeller
Y.M.C.A. Executive Oe
Sterling Named Envoy To U S From Australia
Alfred Sterling as Australia’s high commissioner to the United States is named envoy to Washington. The appointment signals strengthened ties between Canberra and Washington amid shifting defense and trade dialogues. Secretary of State and Australian officials praised the move as a timely step in allied collaboration.
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Ottawa
Alfred Sterling
Negotiations at Quaker Oats Set to Open Next Week
Labor talks at the Quaker Oats plant will resume next Thursday with both sides predicting limited trouble. The CIO local and management discuss a new wage agreement as cost of living indexes rise and a sliding scale previously tied to COLI is under reconsideration.
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Quaker Oats Company
Farm, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers Union
CIO
Cedar Rapids
Quaker
Ohio
Yo Bureau of Labor Statistics
Quaker Oats
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Louis Jedlicka
Union
Jedlicka
Oil Workers Union
Sinclair
Arthur Poe
Brooklyn Man Bound To Grand Jury On Gun Count
Ralph J. Thorstensen a 19 year old Brooklyn man waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury under a 1500 dollar bond on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. He was arrested about 540 am Friday after agents responded to a bus company call noting a gun. He reportedly bought the revolver in East St. Louis.
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Ralph J. Thorstensen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Grand Jury
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
Dale Cunningham
John Hlavacek
St. Louis
Thorstensen
East St. Louis
Cub Pack 25 Holds Initiation Meeting at Arthur School
Cub Pack 25 met Wednesday evening at Arthur School. Cub Master Jerry Bys presented awards to Pat Wallace, Jerry Allen Bys, Ronald Siders, Jack Aldershot, Don Rockwell, Billy Lentz, Louis Johnson, Dick Aldershot, Jerry Rogers and Barr Rustan. Initiation was held for Arthur Groth, Ronald Strecker and Dave Melheim. Movie cartoons were shown and Santa Claus gave each Cub a Christmas present. The at award was won by.
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Arthur School
Jerry Bys
Pat Wallace
Jerry Allen Bys
Ronald Siders
Jack Aldershot
Don Rockwell
Billy Lentz
Louis Johnson
Dick Aldershot
Jerry Rogers
Barr Rustan
Arther Groth
Ronald Strecker
Dave Melheim
Santa Claus
Bhit County Executor Named in Probate Notice
Spiky Bhit County records show Wm. M. Pearson named as executor in the probate filing with attorney involvement indicated.
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Spiky Bhit County
Low
R. Pearson
Wm. M. Attorney
Life Underwriters to Hear Northwestern Agent in Cedar Rapids
Lowell P. Schwinger of Waterloo district agent for Northwestern Mutual Life speaks at a Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters meeting in the Montrose hotel. He, with over 6.5 million in life insurance, is an Iowa Quarter Million club life member and a qualifying Million Dollar Round Table member for 1945-46. He will conduct a standardized interview demonstrating his sales presentation used for 14 years.
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Lowell P. Schwinger
Waterloo
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters’ Association
Montrose Hotel
Schwinger
Court appoints executor for Takes estate and assigns admins
Frank W. Takes was named executor with no bond of Nicholas Takes who died November 23. Other beneficiaries include Viola Bretz and John Leo Takes. Teresa Krause was named administratrix with will annexed for Teresa Faltis, who died November 14, with Libbie Anna Hubacek and Joe Frank John Rudolph William Faltis among heirs.
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Frank W. Takes
Nicholas Takes
Viola B. Bretz
John Leo Takes
Teresa Krause
Teresa Faltis
Libbie
Anna Hubacek
Joe
Frank John
Rudolph
William Faltis
Walter Cope Wins $250 in Accident Damages
Judge G K Thompson on Thursday awarded a default judgment of 250 dollars to Walter Cope against A B Nichols for personal injuries from an accident March 2 about a mile east of Marion on highway 151. Joe Denk sues for 22 81 dollars against Clarence Plapp was dismissed.
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G. K. Thompson
Walter Cope
A. B. Nichols
Marion
Highway 151
George Thomas
Louis D. Smith
Seventh Street
Joe Denk
Clarence Plapp
Glynns Seek Cancellation of Real Estate Contract
James and Clara Glynn sue to cancel the sale of a fractional lot at A avenue and Fifteenth street NW to Richard Bergen for 900 dollars. Bergen paid but could not obtain a building permit due to only 4200 square feet. The Glynns contend the contract should be rescinded.
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James
Clara Glynn
Richard Bergen
A Avenue
Fifteenth Street NW
Bergen
Glynns
Des Moines Man Fined on Bad Check Charge
Des Moines man F. W. Steffens, 34, fined $100 and costs by Justice H. R. Churchill for false uttering of a check. Fine suspended upon restitution. Steffens, returned from Des Moines by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder, wrote three bad checks in Cedar Rapids last March for $30 and two of $20.
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F. W. Steffens
Des Moines
H. R. Churchill
Steffens
Harlan Snyder
Cedar Rapids
Four Suit Actions Filed Over Unpaid Grocery Bills
Wency Gatto former owner of Gatto's grocery store sues in district court on Wednesday seeking judgments for unpaid bills. Defendants Emmet Giblin Opal Giblin Carl Turkal Edna Turkal Louis Walsh Elsie Walsh William Price Phyllis Price are named with amounts 41.14 27.33 88.78 and 48.66 respectively.
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Wency Gatto
Gatto
Third Avenue SW
Emmet
Opal Giblin
Carl
Edna Turkal
Louis
Elsie Walsh
William
Phyllis Price
Evans Petition Seeks Separate Maintenance Decree
Grace A. Evans filed a petition in district court Wednesday seeking a decree of separate maintenance from Howard E. Evans. The filing marks the latest legal step in their marital dispute and requests court intervention for alimony and support arrangements.
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Grace A. Evans
Howard E. Evans
Judge Awards McConkie $181.13 Default Judgment
Judge G. K. Thompson issued a default judgment in favor of Dr. E. B. McConkie against Mike Slaman for 181.13 dollars for professional services. The ruling was entered Wednesday.
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E. B. McConkie
Mike Slaman
G. K. Thompson
Barker pleads guilty in desertion of minor children case
Joseph Barker aged 28 of 1101 Twentieth Avenue SW pleaded guilty in district court Friday to desertion and abandonment of minor children and received a six month suspended jail sentence from Judge G K Thompson.
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Joseph Barker
Twentieth Avenue SW
G. K. Thompson
Detective Bureau Warns Merchants About Bad Checks
Detective L. B. Marshall warns merchants during the Christmas shopping period to be cautious with personal checks. Five counterfeit checks, $15 to $35, tied to a suspect linked to August incidents, were passed under the names Sarah L. Crain and Johnnie Crain in a deception pattern.
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Detective Bureau
L. B. Marshall
Marshall
Sarah L. Crain
Johnnie Crain
Alva Newell
Margaret Newell
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