Weather and notices from Midwestern cities and towns
The daily record lists high and low temperatures for cities including Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago and New Orleans with precipitation figures. It also notes Iowa forecast for cloudiness and warmer trends into Friday with modest highs and lows, plus a December total and normal rainfall, wind at the municipal airport, sunrise and sunset times, and year to date comparisons. Obituaries, births and divorce petitions are itemized alongside local notices and police court actions with names and outcomes.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Estes
Iowa
Clesets
Confession Details Highlight Parker Case Developments
Mrs. Morrison discusses Parker’s confession and reaction after leaving the home while Lincoln officials and locals react. Parker, praised by colleagues, faced surprise from Kenneth Witt and James Ager as details of a complex case unfold.
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Kenneth C. Witt
Lincoln Junior Chamber of Commerce
Parker
Witt
Junior Chamber
YMCA Eastern Seal Center Expansion Financed by Junior League
The Cedar Rapids Junior League announced expansion of the YMCA Eastern Seal Rehabilitation Center funded from its community trust fund profits. An unused basement space of 19 by 21 feet at the YMCA will be converted into an exercise room for individual adapted and group recreation therapy.
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Cedar Rapids
YMCA
Brown and Healy
Junior League
Talks Terminated By Westinghouse Over Profane Abuse
Westinghouse Electric Corp and the AFL-CIO International Union of Electrical Workers ended talks after a volatile session. Vice president R D Blasier cited deliberate abusive conduct as the reason for walking out. Federal Mediator John R Murray confirmed the meeting ended after about 90 minutes and no further sessions were planned to settle the nine week strike that shuttered 30 plants.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse
R. D. Blasier
John R. Murray
Murray
Death of Mrs. Fred Kubias Recalls Local Hardware Legacy
Lillian R. Kubias, 70, wife of Fred Kubias Cedar Rapids hardware store owner, died of a heart attack. Born December 10 1885 in Cedar Rapids she wed March 17 1910. Survived by husband a son Fredric F. Rubins and four grandchildren. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Tuesday at Beatty Bearle with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call after 730 p.m. Thursday.
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Lillian R. Kubias
Fred Kubias
Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue SE
Higbee
Bever Avenue SE
Clarence Schulte
Fredric F. Rubins
San Gabriel
Calif
Emma Hach
Charlotte Kula
Beatty-Bearle Funeral Home
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Edna Hayden to be held at Turner chapel
Edna Sunshine Hayden longtime Coffee Bar cashier at the Roosevelt Hotel who retired in 1954 died Tuesday. Services will be conducted at 3 30 p m Saturday by Dr Theodore Lilley of the Mrs Hayden First Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Edna Sunshine Hayden
Third Avenue SE
Roosevelt Hotel
Turner Chapel
Theodore
Lilley
Obituaries for Edith Usher and Ruth Rugg in Cedar Rapids
Edith Olive Usher widow of Bert M Usher dies after long illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. She was born October 14 1880 and survived by four sons four daughters grandchildren and great grandchildren. Ruth Margueritte Greenlee Rugg resident since 1946 dies at home at 1968 First Avenue NE survived by two daughters a sister and six grandchildren. Services held at Turner chapel with cremation to follow.
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Edith Olive Usher
Bert M. Usher
Twentieth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Covington
Fairfax
Usher
Earlard
Harold
Richard
Marland
Norman Usher
Elsie Bradlley
L. A. Eckert
Gail Postel
Hazel White
Redondo
Beach
Calif
Claude Miller
Bucklin
Harry Miller
Herbert Miller
Palos Verdes
Cecil Miller
Davenport
Sharon
Walter F. Rugg
First Avenue NE
Ruth Margueritte Greenlee
North English
Joseph Healey
el Paso
Texas
Betty Patton
William Moore
Fort Collins
Colo
Rugg
First Christian Church
Turner Chapel
Jack A. Oliver
The
Services for James J. Nolan in Cedar Rapids
James J. Nolan a Cedar Rapids resident who died in Fernando Florida Wednesday will have services at 9 am Saturday at St. Matthew's Church. The Rt Rev Msgr James D Kearn will celebrate with burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rosary with Msgr Kearn and the Knights of Columbus at 8 pm Friday at Brady mortuary. Friends may call after 6 pm Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Nolan
Cedar Rapids
Fernando, Fla
St. Matthew’s Church
James D. Kearn
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Kearn
Knights of Columbus
Brady Mortuary
Five Gunmen Rob UPS Office in Christmas Crime
Five gunmen robbed a United Parcel Service office in Chicago Wednesday, stealing 15 fur coats and $2,000 in cash. They served coffee and candy to five employees at gunpoint.
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Chicago
United Parcel Service
Air force and army clash over aviation roles and pay dispute
Former Iowa state institute employee Paul D. Maloney alleges air force doctrine clashes with army needs and seeks $10 retroactive pay. He resigned December 18 after being reclassified from laundry superintendent to stationary engineer with pay increases, while asserting a retroactive cut and pending legal action. He plans to pursue the case and may seek work in Alabama or Illinois.
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Rea
Air Defense Command
Almond
Air Force
Maloney
State
Donald L. Kyer
Institute
State Board For Control
Kyer
Federal Jury Trials Listed For Three Men
Judge Henry N. Graven ordered jury trials for Ramon Remine Ben M Lewis and Edward Lee Campbell in Cedar Rapids on Jan 26 Jan 23 and Jan 9 with arraignments Jan 4 9 and 10. Also sentencing for James Carl Sampson and guilty pleas from Dewey and Morrow amid other orders including bean condemnation in interstate commerce case.
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Uazello Pnolos
Rom Messy Ison
Ramon Remine
Federal District Court
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Auburn
James Carl Sampson
C. H. Meek
Walter Broughton
Henry N. Graven
Ben M. Lewis
Edward Lee Campbell
Campbell
Graven
William J. Pegum
Remine
Linn County
Air Force Army Clash Over Air Activities Throttle Claim
Retired Lt. Gen. Edward M. Almond accused the Air Force of trying to throttle army efforts to develop air activities. The comment appeared in the Army Times and involved Gen. Earle E. Partridge, Fifth Air Force commander, in Washington.
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Washington
INS
Korea
Air Force
Edward M. Almond
Army Times
Earle E. Partridge
Fifth Air Force
Crop of Pigs Seen Cut In Spring Forecast
Washington AP reports the agriculture department forecast a spring pig crop of 56 million, down 2 percent from this year. The predicted drop suggests smaller pork supplies next fall and winter. the decline follows a nearly 40 percent fall in hog prices this year as farmers expanded production last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Hoegh Defends Iowa Mental Health Program
Gov. Leo Hoegh defended Iowa's mental health program and rejected claims of lagging care. He noted hospital patient counts fell from 6,645 in 1945 to 5,557 this year and annual discharge rates rose from 334 to 714, with attendant staff up from 406 to 967 and workers from 441 to 1,061 at the Clarinda system context.
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Des Moines
INS
Leo Hoegh
Iowa
Atlantic
Clarinda State Mental Health Institute
Hoegh
Gov Hoegh
Snow
Despondent Woman Dies By Self Inflicted Suffocation
Oakland police report 61 year old Elsie Anderson died by suicide by placing her head inside a plastic food bag. The despondent woman acted alone at her home amid illness pressures.
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Oakland, Calif
INS
Elsie Anderson
Christmas Home Lighting Contest Route Revealed
The annual Christmas home-lighting contest co sponsored by the Playground and Recreation Commission and the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company closed with 31 entries. A guided motor tour follows two city routes listing street addresses where displays will be lit 7 to 10 nightly Dec 24 to Jan 1. Judges will award 12 prizes.
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Playground and Recreation Commission
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
H Avenue
Fourth Street
Edgewood Road
Twenty Sixth Street
C Avenue
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Sixth Street
Southland Street
Schaefer
Mallory
Seventh Street
First Avenue
Tenth Street
Fourteenth Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Thirtieth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Twelfth Avenue
Mansfield Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Oakland Road
Franklin Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Richmond Road
Thirty-fifth Street
Thirty-sixth Street
Carroll Drive
Twenty-fourth Street
Ford stock offering attracts about 100000 buyers
About 100000 people are expected to own Ford stock from a 10,200,000 share premium issue around Jan 18. Most buyers are seen as purchasing 100 shares or less. Ford reports 10 year earnings totaling over 1.73 billion with 460 million paid as dividends, boosting investor interest.
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New York
Ford
Strike Leaders In Chile Nabbed
In Santiago Chile 39 leaders of a 14000 worker strike at Anaconda and Kennecott copper mines were arrested on incitement charges. The federation head William Thayer said the arrests worsen prospects for settlement and quoted the federation attorney.
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Santiago
Chile
Anaconda Co
Kennecott Soppee Co
Jmines
The
Copper Workers Confederation
William Thayer
Radio Controlled Photo Plane For Front Line Surveys
A tiny radio controlled photo plane has been developed by a Northrop subsidiary to take aerial survey pictures of enemy positions for front line commanders in VAN NUYS California.
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van Nuys
Calif
Northrop Aircraft, Inc
Christmas Holiday Shutdowns Across Major Firms
Major firms plan three day closures with limited weekend hours. Quaker Oats Collins Radio and Iowa Manufacturing will be closed all three days. Banks and libraries scale back hours and the navy reserve unit cancels drills through Monday. The Gazette schedules its Saturday and Monday output for Sunday delivery.
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Monay
Quaker Oats
Collins Radio
Iowa Manufacturing
Wilson and Company
J and Penick and
Ford
Public Library
Navy Reserve Unit
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Mice Horde from Abandoned Ranch Battled by Town
In Encino California a wave of mice from an abandoned ranch overwhelmed homes stores and schools. The health department organized a gas attack using cyanide fumes and planned further actions to curb the infestation before Christmas.
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Encino
Calif
City Health Department
Health Department
Supreme Soviet Opening Delayed to Monday in Moscow
Russian newspapers report the supreme soviet opening postponed from Friday to Monday. Western observers cite a new development behind the delay.
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Supreme Soviet
Moscow
INS
Parliament
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Fourth Avenue SE
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Manchester
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Johnson Avenue NW
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Bowling Street
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Seventh Avenue
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Ricker and
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H. C. Knowles
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Solon
Joseph L. Hotka
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Brosh
Calmar
Anna i Hovey
Lutheran Cemetery
Frank S. Meyer
Shelly Funeral Home
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Waukon
Martin Devitt
Lycurgus
John Gibney
Maurice Baker
Thirty-second Street
John —— Rose
Rae Man
Iowa State College
City Forester
Lincoln
Good Cereal Mills
Parkers
Leonard Ricker
Herbert C. Bergloff
John B. Turner & Son
Ind Ave
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue
Vernon Ave
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Nolan Services
Murdoch
Marion
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Paul D. Maloney
Waterloo
Eyer
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Board of Control
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Henry Burma
Alliance
Neb
Alabama
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Clinton
Ne B. Dewey
Fort Madison
George Blomgren Dewey
Donald Morrow
Lea
Oety
Tama
Dewey
Keith Stinson
Franklin County
Grace Potter Miller
Ackley
Stinson
Morrow
Milwaukee Railroad
Lewis
U. S
F. E. van Alstine
van Alstine
Sampson
U.S
Witwer Grocery Company
Tapager
General Electric
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Eastman
R. W. Tapager Co
4Th Avenue
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