Cold December weather across major cities and forecasts
Daily Record reports no precipitation in listed cities on Sunday with high and low temperatures noted for Bismarck Milam Chicago Minneapolis Denver New York Duluth Phoenix Los Angeles and Sioux City. Iowa forecast calls for Tuesday fair with rising temperatures becoming cloudy and mild, then much colder Thursday. no significant precipitation expected. Southerly winds around 15 mph Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday high near 30 and Tuesday night around 22, Wednesday about 24. The page also lists marriage licenses births and several traffic fines and notices from local agencies.
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Bismarck
Milam
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
Senator Johnson Denounces Universal Training Plan
Senator Johnson of Colorado calls President Truman's universal training plan offensive and vicious. He argues peacetime conscription would corrupt youth and fuel crime, urges the Civilian Advisory Commission to oppose the plan, and favors building an intelligence corps and wartime-ready science and technical capacity instead.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Senate
Johnson
D-Colo
Senate Military Committee
Karl T. Compton
Congress
Henry F Bowers Fined In Hit and Run Charge
Henry F Bowers 1316 L Avenue NE was fined 25 dollars and costs in police court on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident without making his identity known. The charge stems from a Sunday early incident at Union depot where Bowers' automobile collided with a taxi driven by George Swore.
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Robert L. Schaub
Elberon
Alvin L. Schild
Belle Plaine
Henry Bowers
L Avenue NE
George F Hackett
Marion
Robert R. Bray
Mt. Vernon Avenue
William Kushner
Linn Boulevard
Frank Burr
Eleventh Street
Ray Emanuel
Lloyd Marble
H Avenue NW
John Foster
Center Point Road
Ralph High
A. L. Dare
Ninth Street
H. C. Helms
Elmhurst Drive
Peter Hansen
Eighth Street
Fred Mussman
Thirtieth Street
Ivan Studer
Central City
R. R. Proctor
Bill Semerroth
Wilson Avenue
D. Jayne
Tenth Street
A. W. Daniels
Ridgeway Drive
Ike Skersick
Los Angeles
Vernon Rompot
Twelfth Avenue
Ralph Ingels
Charles Walker
Russell Fisher
Seventh Street
W. F Edwards
Jess Lawrence
Thirty
Henry F. Bowers
Union Depot
Bowers
George Swore
Truman Reception For Two Cooks
President Truman hosted a Christmas reception for Elizabeth Blake and Elizabeth Moore, Black White House cooks. He greeted staff and secret service, then invited the overlooked cooks into his office to extend holiday wishes.
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Washington
Truman
Elizabeth Blake
Elizabeth Moore
White House
Cause of Louisville Hotel Fire Sought
Louisville fire officials sought Monday to determine the cause of a blaze that damaged a 15 story hotel Sunday on the ninth floor. Damage was estimated at 25 000 to 60 000 dollars. Firemen confined the fire to three rooms while water and smoke caused most of the damage. About 551 guests were registered but most were out when the fire was found. Those in their rooms were led out in orderly groups via stairways and elevators.
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Louisville, Ky
INS
Kentucky
Louisville
Sale of Centennial Coins Is Extended
The Associated Press reports the application deadline for Centennial 50-cent coins has been extended to allow all Iowans to buy one. Banks in some counties faced application surpluses while others had excess coin stocks. The Iowa Centennial Committee urges filing applications with banks despite supply, promising a fair distribution by county then statewide.
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Associated Press
Iowa Centennial Committee
Youth Charged With Extortion in Oskaloosa Case
Frederick Donald Ballou, 16, an Oska loosa youth, was held to a federal grand jury after arraignment on a federal extortion charge. His 20 year old wife Gloria Dean was arrested but not arraigned. Ballou bonded at 2500 dollars. The FBI traced a Dec 19 threat to Walter Reasoner’s daughter Beryl and a Dec 20 payoff at a set spot. agents then followed the couple from the scene.
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Des Moines
Frederick Donald Ballou
Oskaloosa
Federal
Federalaw
Ballou
Gloria Dean
U. S. District Attorney’s Office
FBI
Walter Reasoner
Beryl Reasoner
Reasoner
James L. Devitt
Niemoeller Reaffirms Faith Under Persecution at Cedar Rapids
In a Sunday address, Niemoeller recalls Christmas Eve with German prisoners, recounting how lay leaders and even housewives sustained the church under Nazi rule. He notes Bible work through solitary confinement, family losses, and a revived German church. Event sponsored by local councils and churches with multiple clergy speaking.
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Hitler
Niemoeller
Christ
Allies Nearly Missed Victory in Pacific War Navy Report
The navy report faults Allied coordination among United States Britain Australia and the Netherlands early in World War II. It notes near-misses at Pearl Harbor Savo Island Guadalcanal and Cape Esperance and cites radar missteps and misidentified ships. It also discusses the Aleutian Kiska episode and a Midway misreport in bombings.
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Washington
Navy
United States Army
United States
Pearl Harbor
Savo Island
Canberra
Quincy
Vincennes
Astoria
Guadalcanal
Cape Esperance
San Francisco
Oes
Kiska
Aleutians
Midway
Deaths Of Antonio Giunta And Mrs Vanous In Cedar Rapids
Antonio Giunta 83 a former Cedar Rapids businessman died at 10 p m Saturday in Chicago born in Termini Imererse Sicily he came to the United States about 1880 later Cedar Rapids where he ran a grocery business and built blocks in 1915 and 1929 surviving are three daughters a son three brothers a sister and eight grandchildren services will be in Chicago Thursday burial in Linwood cemetery. Mrs Frank Vanous 74 of 1305 First street died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a lingering illness born January 10 1872 she married to Vanous in 1916 survived by husband a son three daughters a brother eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews funeral Thursday at Janeba Trachta funeral home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Antonio Giunta
Cedar Rapids
Alexan Brothers
Chicago
Termini Imererse
Sicily
United States
Tenth Street
Seventh Avenue
Third Avenue
Rose B. Pusateri
J. A. Saccone
A. J. Saccone
Joseph Giunta
Sam
Gus Giunta
Dubuque
Mike Giunta
Italy
L. Piazza
Cleveland
Zelma V. Miller
Beulah L. Koehler
Alberta L. Hoppe
Nelson
Navy Mothers Club
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Service Club
Turner Chapel
I. E. Linkletter
Second Christian Church
Linwood Cemetery
Frank Vanous
First Street
Robert Drevikovsky
Vanous
Milo J
B. F. Emberling
Ogden
Utah
James McCune
Lynwood
Calif
A. E. Sorensen
Frank Stusak
Homesteaders
Jednota Ceskych Dam
Ceske Vlastenky
Switchmen’s Union
Janeba-Trachta Funeral Home
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Oak Hill Cemetery
U. G. Burrows
B Avenue NW
Burrows
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Cedar Chapter
O.E.S
Coggan
Nugent’s
Grove
Arthur C. Naibert
Forrest G. Burrowsf
Joliet
Oliver K. Burrows
Elmhurst
Ill
Lynn Narbert
Jack
Oliver
Tom Burrows
R. J. Milroy
Hopkinton
Elizabeth White
Cash
Mary Zila
Fourth Street
Edward Zila
Orn
Bohemia
Guy P. Linville
Charles F
Godrey
Albert Lea
Minn
Arthur and
Robert
Vacl
Lloyd N. Nelson
Eva May Waggener
Walford
Norma L. Levis
Lloyd A
Pasadena
Leonard N
Fort Lewis
Wash
Carl E. Nelson
Fred R
Cecil L
George C
Ralph E. Mefferd
Arthur E. Mefferd
Robbins
Burrows and Others Die in Cedar Rapids Obituaries
Notices summarize the deaths of Mrs. U G Burrows aged 78 in Cedar Rapids after a stroke and Mrs Mary Zila aged 80, plus Mrs Lloyd N Nelson aged 49. The items list birthplaces, addresses, survivors, affiliations, and funeral arrangements or pending services.
Rev June Bickel killed by train at Goodrich Kan
The Rev June Bickel a former Roosevelt high school student was killed at 10 am Sunday when struck by a train at Goodrich Kansas where she had been serving as minister in a church She survived by her mother Mrs Harry Bickel of Los Angeles two sisters Mrs Ruth Townsend Cedar Rapids and Mrs Marion Gadberry Los Angeles two brothers Glenn Cedar Rapids and George Los Angeles a Cedar Rapids grandmother Mrs Daisy Bickel and several aunts and uncles in Cedar Rapids She a graduate of Angelus Temple Bible college Los Angeles and a member of the Four Square Ministerial Association Her father Harry Bickel was former custodian of Taylor school
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June Bickel
Roosevelt High School
Goodrich
Kan
Harry Bickel
Los Angeles
Ruth Townsend
Cedar Rapids
Marion Gadberry
Glenn
George
Daisy Bickel
Angelus Temple Bible College
Bickel
Four- Square Ministerial Association
Taylor School
Funeral services for Edward S. McDonald announced
Services for Edward Samuel McDonald of Cedar Rapids route 3, who died Saturday, will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Barta-Hesser chapel with Rev. John DeLong officiating. Burial will follow at Mounds cemetery in Watkins. Friends may call at the family home until 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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Edward Samuel McDonald
Cedar Rapids
John DeLong
Mounds Cemetery
Watkins
Death notice for Mrs Hickenlooper in North Hollywood
Miss Gertrude Denlinger of Cedar Rapids learns of the death of her cousin Mrs Helen Waite Hickenlooper in North Hollywood California. A former Cedar Rapids resident her passing is noted with condolences and family remembrance.
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Gertrude Denlinger
First Avenue SE
Helen Waite Hickenlooper
North Hollywood
Calif
Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Services for Ralph D Mercer at Barta Hesser chapel
Ralph D Mercer of 1431 C avenue NE died Friday. Services set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Barta Hesser chapel conducted by Dr Carroll C Roberts Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call. All Master Masons urged to meet at lodge rooms at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
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Ralph D. Mercer
C Avenue NE
Carroll C. Roberts
Crescent Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board Elects Gohmann President
Gary Gohmann '47 was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board at the board of governors meeting held Monday. Also elected were George W. Griffith as first vice president Harold R. Corwin as second vice president Alice Gustafsson as secretary and E L Patten as treasurer.
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Gary Gohmann
Cedar Rapids
Moorhead to cover 1947 Iowa Legislature for Democrats
Democratic publicity chief Frank F. Moorhead will handle media for the 1947 Iowa legislative session. Jake More, state Democratic chairman, announced the assignment on Monday.
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Des Moines
Frank F. Moorhead
Iowa
Jake More
Army Navy Call Veterans to Claim Terminal Leave Money
Washington dispatch reports the Army and Navy urging veterans to file for terminal leave payments totaling 2.7 billion dollars. Navy officials say fewer than 1.75 million of 3.5 million claims have arrived at Great Lakes. an Army spokesman notes about five million of 11 million eligible have applied.
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Washington
INS
Army
Navy
War Department
William R. Ryan
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Great Lakes
Retrials Ordered For 2 Witnesses
The U S Supreme Court unanimously ordered new trials for two Jehovahs Witnesses who violated the selective service act while claiming ministerial deferment. William Doder of Wooster Ohio and Tate Gibson of Eldorado Arkansas faced convictions for failing to obey draft orders and desertion from a conscientious objector camp after reporting. Justice Wiley B Rutledge delivered the opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William Doder
Wooster
Ohio
Tate H. Gibson
Eldorado
Ark
Hill City
S. C
Wiley B. Rutledge
Soviet control of Dairen and ship seizure details
Soviet forces fully control Dairen with armed Chinese police at docks and a figurehead Chinese mayor unaware of the American ship’s arrival. A Red Army major delivered the ultimatum to LC-3 1090, a 26 enlisted 5 officer crew, with armament removed before travel. Several officers and Diplomatic Courier Harris H Ball were allowed ashore, while Benninghoff sought Korzhanoff but found him absent.
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Benninghoff
Korzhanoff
Dairen
Red Army
Harris H. Ball
Amarillo
Texas
Drivers Replace Pup Killed by Cab
Cedar Rapids drivers of Ace cab company faced animal cruelty regret by raising money for a boy named James Ross. They presented him a small black terrier to replace his dog run over by a taxi. The gesture aimed to ease his distress.
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Pup
Cedar Rapids
James Ross
K Street
Howard Pearson
Hesper Man Pleads Guilty To Drunk Driving
Sverre Dahl of Hesper pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge. District Judge T. H. Goheen fined him $300, suspended his driver's license for 60 days, and revoked his liquor permit for one year.
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Decorah
Sverre Dahl
Hesper
T. H. Goheen
Life Magazine Feature on 1907 Coe Graduate Mission Work
Rev Kepler Van Evera, Coe College 1907, and wife Pauline lead Hangchow welfare center aiding Chinese children. Life magazine’s Dec 23 spread details daily center care, reliance on cod liver oil and vitamin pills, and growth since 1912 despite wartime upheaval. Funds come from Presbyterian churches in Illinois Indiana Michigan. The family includes two Coe graduates Louise and Carl, 1941.
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Kepler van Evera
Coe College
Hangchow
Life Magazine
van Evera
Pauline
Old Northern Presbyterian
Coe
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
China
University of Michigan
Louise
Carl
St. Ludmila’s Raises Church Service Flag at Ceremony
The St. Ludmila Catholic church raised a service flag Sunday to honor parish members who entered priesthood and sisterhood. The flag shows three crosses for priests and eight stars for sisters, with 72 stars total for military service in World War II. The ceremony followed two days of services that began with the ordination of Rev. Francis A. Lana, with fifty veterans taking part.
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St. Ludmila’s Catholic
Francis A. Lana
C R Woman Injured in South Dakota Bus Train Crash
Bernadine Ahrens of Yankton South Dakota was among seven people hospitalized with minor injuries after a bus collided with a Great Northern train at a crossing. The incident left a large hole in the bus side as the train’s cowcatcher struck the rear.
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Bernadine Ahrens
Fourteenth Avenue SW
Yankton
S. D
United Press
Explosion in Clarion Garage Wounds Four Men
Four men were injured Sunday in Clarion when gas drained from a car ignited by a garage stove. Two men sustained serious injuries in the blast.
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Clarion
Pope Urges Church To Resist Anticlerical Drive
Vatican City AP Pope Pius XII addressed about 200000 in St Peter's Square urging Catholics to wage a great spiritual battle against anticlerical forces and those who vilify religion. He called for renewed energy as observers hailed his standing ovation and noted press attacks from three small weekly papers.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter's Square
Rome
Holy See
Pope Pius
Italy
Il Mercante
Il Pollo
Don Basilio
Stamp 53 Good for 5 Pounds Sugar Jan
Washington OTC announced Stamp 53 will be valid from January 1 to April 30 for five pounds of sugar in readers’ ration books. Another stamp is expected to be issued before 53 expires. Secretary Anderson said more sugar may be available in 1947, depending on the harvest.
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Washington
Office of Temporary Controls
OTC
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
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