Weather and notices from the Daily Record December 21 1945
The page shows daily temperatures for several cities with a mix of forecast notes including cloudy skies light snow and colder conditions. It lists specific temperature highs and lows for Chicago Miami Denver Minneapolis Bismarck New York Los Angeles and Sioux City and provides a Saturday and Sunday forecast with a gradual temperature drop. It also records two small fires alarms a switch box and a chicken coop incident with times and locations. several legal notices births and name changes appear with names and addresses or spouse names.
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Chicago
Miami
Denver
Minneapolis
Bismarck
New York
Los Angles
Sioux City
Bond Sale Auction Lifts Linn County Victory Loans
Paramount managers and Eagles lodge officials prepare a report to boost Linn county Victory loan totals by about 83000 dollars after an auction that featured 33 pairs of nylon hose and a range of valuables. Bids on a peacock and other items drove bonds into hands of bidders, with sales continuing from 6:30 pm to midnight despite a one hour intermission for a minstrel show.
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Paramount
Harry Moore
Eagles Lodge
Linn County
Eagles
Truman to Convene National Safety Conference
President Truman announced a spring national conference on highway safety to address rising traffic accidents. Maj Gen Philip Fleming will head the effort with Federal Works Agency duties, including state and municipal officials and safety organizations. A White House meeting will draw in related national groups.
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Washington
Sns
Truman
Maj. Ger. Philpp Fleming
Federal Works Agency
White House
Holiday Mail Rush Setting Up at Cedar Rapids Post Office
Postmaster announces stamp and parcel post windows will close Sunday at Cedar Rapids. Christmas mail rush, nearly overwhelming Thursday, is easing. Windows open until 9 p.m. Saturday. regular hours resume Monday with 6 p.m. closing.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Baldwin
Film Stunt Girl Ends Life After Job Rejection
Mary Wiggins, 35, a noted Hollywood stunt performer, killed herself after failing to land work post discharge from the army ferry command. Friends say she felt forgotten after a promising career, and her mother recalled a final prayer before the tragedy.
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Hollywood
Mary Wiggins
Harvey Perry
Dare-Devil
Wiggins
Perry
C R Real Estate Board Elects 3 Board Members
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board met at the Roosevelt hotel with about 100 attendees including a Des Moines delegation. Harold R. Corwin Charles A. Siegfried and William G. Leefers were elected to the board for three years. The next meeting will elect officers. The 1945 average sale price through the multiple listing bureau was 6237.86, up from 5443.77 last year.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Board
State Commission
Des Moines
George Towne
Iowa Real Estate Association
Clarence White
Cedar Rapids Board
Carl D. Thomas
Maurice Flack
Nab Defendant in Davenport Slaying
Detective Frank Sheehan reported the arrest of Raymond L. Hedden, 37, of Peoria, on a murder charge in Davenport. Hedden agreed to waive extradition and admitted shooting Lester Martin Klaus on November 30 on a downtown Davenport street and wounding his wife Agnes Hedden, 35. Davenport police prepared custody transfer to Chicago.
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Chicago
Frank Sheehan
Raymond L. Hedden
Peoria
Ill
Davenport
Sheehan
Hedden
Lester Martin Klaus
Agnes Hedden
Reed Phillips
Harold A. Thordsen
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on January 2, 1946 at 9 am an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Omer K. Brokaw will come on for hearing before the District Court at the Court House in Cedar Rapids Iowa for proof and admission to probate. Arthur Axmear, Clerk. E. A. Johnson, attorney.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Omer K. Brokaw
Cedar Rapids
Iows
Wees
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Executor Appointed for Carl O. Rawson Estate Iowa
Notice states Virgil E Coonrod appointed and qualified on December 19, 1945 as executor of Carl O. Rawson’s Linn County Iowa estate. Creditors urged to pay debts and file claims with Linn County District Court clerk, Carl Hendrickson attorney.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Carl O. Rawson
Iowa
Aaid
Allan B Kline Elected Vice President of American Farm Bureau Federation
Allan B Kline of Vinton Iowa was elected vice-president at the twenty seventh annual Farm Bureau convention in Chicago. He succeeds Earl Smith of Illinois and is seen as a step toward higher federation leadership as Edward A O Neal of Alabama is reelected president for an eighth term. Kline is a 70 year old Nebraskan born leader with a 440 acre Iowa farm specializing in hogs and hybrid seed corn.
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Chicago
Allan B Kline
Vinton
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Organization
Earl Smith
Illinois
Illinois Agricultural Association
State Farm Bureau Organization
Federation
Edward A. O’neal
Alabama
Farm Bureau
Kline
Towan
O’neal
Nebraska
Morningside
Iowa State Colleges
Benton County Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Britain
Ministry of Agriculture
San Francisco
Pound Ordered to Mental Hospital
Ezra Pound aged 60, the expatriate American poet, was ordered committed to St. Elizabeth's hospital as mentally unfit to stand trial. District Court Justice Bolitha J. Laws signed the order after a hospital report and Pound's counsel concurred. He faced treason charges for broadcasting treasonable matter from Rome during the war.
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Washington
INS
Ezra Pound
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
District Court
Bolitha J. Laws
Pound
Rome
Truman proposal on price disclosure sparks fresh labor dispute
President Truman urged fact finding and profit and loss disclosures in vehicle and oil refinery talks, drawing opposition from Sen. Moore who called it socialism and a step toward communism. General Motors chairman Garrison noted the plan surprised the board, while Charles Wilson said it wouldn’t change GM’s position.
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Sen. Moore
Rokla
Moore
Truman
Oklahoman
General Motors Board
Lloyd K. Garrison
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Barbey Named to Atlantic Command
Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey, commander of the Seventh Fleet, will become commander of Atlantic amphibious forces and depart Shanghai in January. Admiral C. M. Cook will take over the Seventh Fleet. Barbey said the Seventh Amphibious Force will cease to exist when its ships transit the Panama Canal into the Atlantic.
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Shanghai
Daniel E. Barbey
United States
Seventh Fleet
Atlantic Amphibious Forces
C. M. Cook
Barbey
Seventh Amphibious Force
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Atlantic Amphibious Force
Time Cheats Death by Own Action of Request of Eyes
Teaneck New Jersey doctors said William Ayre 25 a partly disabled war veteran shot himself Thursday and left a note requesting his corneas be donated to help blind veterans. The corneas were not removed within an hour after death so could not be used.
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Teaneck
N. J
William Ayre
Ayre
New York
Patton
Third Army
Sure
Germany
G.I
Patton Death Irony: Peacetime Accident Shocks Nation
New York AP report recalls Gen. George S. Patton Jr. surviving wartime perils while dying in a peacetime traffic crash. The piece quotes Patton’s bold self confidence, his respect for enemy fighters, and the Third Army’s pride under his leadership, reflecting on his fame and nickname.
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Patton
New York
Georgie Patton
Third
Europe
George S. Patton, Jr
Nancy
France
Nuernberg
SHAEF
Third Army
Moselle
Patton the Spit and Polish Legend of World War II
The article chronicles George S. Patton’s wartime career across Africa and Europe, highlighting his aggressive doctrine, frontline leadership, and colorful personality. It notes his victories from Africa through France and Germany to Austria and Czechoslovakia, his clashes with authorities over remarks, and moments of both inspiration and controversy that defined the Patton myth.
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Europe
Patton
Africa
France
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Tunisia
Seine
Loire
Moselle
Saar
Rhine
Danube
Siegfried Line
Metz
Coblenz
Trier
Frankfurt
Belgium
Luxembourg
Patton’s career woes follow war glory and fiery remarks
The general faced censorship and removal from command after clashes over postwar denazification remarks. Eisenhower ordered an inquiry, then Patton briefly led US forces in Europe before a shift to reporting duties. A poet and devout man, he favored hunting and sailing, and he longed to fight Japan.
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Patton
United States
Eisenhower
Joseph T McNarney
Sicily
Deaths Blaine Services Set For Ray J Blaine
Ray J Blaine was found dead Wednesday ten miles south of Cedar Rapids. Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Beatty chapel with Rev David Berger officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Ray J. Blaine
Cedar Rapids
Beatty Chapel
David Berger
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Emma Chisholm
Fourth Street
Chelsea
James
Polansky
LST 224 Sinks No Immediate Danger Off Golden Gate
The LST 224, earlier reported sinking 25 miles west of the Golden Gate, was said to be in no immediate danger as rescue operations continued off the Farallon Islands. The bow door jammed during a rescue, two men washed overboard were rescued and uninjured, and a navy tug and attack transport aided the vessel.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
Coast Guard
Farallon Islands
12Th Naval District
LST
Court To Hear Yamashita Plea
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Yamashita's bid to intervene in the Manila trial that sentenced General Tomoyuki Yamashita to death. The court set open court for Monday January 7 and paused further action on the request pending argument.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Yamashita
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