Two Day Forecast And Weather Notes From Daily Record
The December 26 1945 issue lists high and low temps for many cities with precipitation amounts for Bismarck Miami and others. It forecasts partly cloudy conditions Wednesday night and Thursday, colder Wednesday night, with Friday mostly cloudy and slightly warmer with occasional snow. Several divorce decrees and petitions are noted along with recent fire damages, traffic fines, drunkenness, and newborn announcements at local hospitals.
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Bismarck
Miami
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
New York
U S Accepts Bid To Talks on Spain
The United States accepted a French proposal for a three power conference with Britain and France to study future relations with Franco Spain. Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson announced that General Marshall’s initial reports from China are encouraging after talks with nationalist and Communist leaders.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Dean Acheson
Acheson
George C. Marshall
State Department
China
Carl D Thomas Heads Cedar Rapids Realtors Board
Carl D. Thomas was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate board at a joint meeting of the old and new boards. Thomas, a salesman for the Hedges company, succeeds Clarence E. White. Gary Gohmann of Yuill and Gohmann was named first vice president. Roy F. Hauser of Hatfield company was elected second vice president. William G. Leefers of the O. F. Myers company named treasurer. Marie McClaughry renamed executive secretary. Office: 309 Guaranty building.
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Carl D. Thomas
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Thomas
Hedges Company
Clarence E. White
Gary Gohmann
Yuill and Gohmann
Roy F. Hauser
Hatfield Company
William G. Leefers
O. F. Myers Company
Marie McClaughry
Real Estate Board
Guaranty Building
Rock Slide Derailed Denver Train. 15 Stranded
A rock slide derailed a Denver and Salt Lake train 29 miles west of Denver Tuesday. Fifteen people were stranded but uninjured as the train left the tracks. passengers were rescued by another engine and returned to Denver. Detours through a southern route caused five to six hours of delays for east and westbound trains.
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Denver
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Denver and
Salt Lake
Here
Japs Subtly Seek To Cause Allied Quarrel
Japanese officials in Tokyo reportedly try to curry favor with British representatives while sowing distrust of Russia to soften occupation policies. At a lunch with Shigeru Yoshida aides, concerns over food shortages and potential imperial abdication were discussed amid efforts to strain Allied unity.
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Howard Handleman
Tokyo
INS
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Shigeru Yoshida
Jack Smyth
Reuters
Cornelius Ryan
London Daily Telegraph
Joro Shirasu
Yoshida
Shirasu
Fumimaro Konoye
Beals Rise From Stock Boy to President of Welch-Cook
F A Beals joined Welch Cook in 1903 as a stock boy earning five dollars weekly. He advanced to salesman buyer and executive roles, becoming assistant general manager in 1907, treasurer and manager in 1914, and president in 1921. He married Mary Shank in 1900. Survivors include wife, son Ray H Beals, brother Herbert J Beals, granddaughter Ellen Rae Beals, sister Maude Grindle. funeral 1:30 p.m. Friday at Turner chapel Cedar Memorial park Cedar Rapids.
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Beals
Mr. Beals
Mary Shank
Cedar Rapids
Maude Grindle
Stafford
Kan
David I. Berger
Turner Chapel
Cedar Memorial Park
Hotel death probes surround James Gleason’s son
Police investigate the death of Sgt. Russell Gleason 36 at a smart Upper East Side hotel. His body was found on a second-floor extension late Tuesday night by Sgt. Ira Steiner. Investigators weigh whether he jumped or fell from his fourth floor room. Russell Gleason, son of James Gleason and Lucille Webster, was known for All Quiet on the Western Front.
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New York
INS
Russell Gleason
James Gleason
Smart Upper East Side
Gleason
Ira Steiner
Army Signal
Long Island City
Jimmy Gleason
Lucille Webster
Russell
Optometrist Found Dead In Clarinda Office
Carl Humphreyville, 36, an optometrist, was found dead in his Clarinda office on Tuesday in what police describe as self inflicted gunshot. He left a wife and two children.
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Clarinda
Carl Humphreyville
Iowa City Sailor Dies After Hotel Fire
Seaman William D. Morton of Iowa City died at 3 45 Christmas morning at Norfolk naval hospital after being injured in a hotel fire that swept the Victoria hotel. Morton, stationed at Little Creek amphibious base, leaped from a fifth story window to escape flames.
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Norfolk
William D. Morton
Iowa City
Victoria Hotel
U.S. Naval Hospital
Morton
Little Creek Amphibious Base
Death notices for McEnany, Janos, Scannell filed
Death notices announce services for Anna L McEnany aged 77 widow of Peter J McEnany near Ryan Cedar Rapids with Rosary prayers. Thomas Janos Jr 60 Wilson Ave SW dies after discharge with Cedar Memorial burial. Jennie V Scannell of Denver dies in local hospital with St Patrick s church service in Denver and Mt Olivet burial. multiple family members listed with locations and funeral details.
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Jennie V Scannell
Denver
Colo
D. J. Lenihan
St. Patrick’s Church
Janeba
D. G. Peters
Mt. Olivet
Funeral Services for Marcus Boatsman Eilers Jr
Funeral services for the day old son of Yeoman 2/c Marcus B. Eilers and his wife take place in Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Thursday with the Rev J P Gable of Marion officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh cemetery. Surviving are the parents and grandparents Henry F Eilers of Sterling Nebraska and Mrs George Alsop of Marion.
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Marcus Boatsman Eilers, Jr
Day Old Sons of Yeoman
Marcus B. Eilers
Marion
Turner Chapel
J. P. Gable
Shiloh
Henry F. Eilers
Sterling, Neb
George Alsop
Funeral services for Anna Denkman and Powell widow
Funeral services for Anna Mary Denkman age 60 will be in Turner chapel at 1 pm Thursday with Rev. Marvin B Kober officiating and burial in Masonic cemetery Tipton. Visitation at the chapel. Services for Emma E Powell were held at 3 pm Wednesday in Barta Hesser chapel. Surviving: daughter Mrs B G Allen of Cedar Rapids and nephew Craig Niswonger of Modesto Calif.
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Anna L. McEnany
Peter J. McEnany
St. Patrick's Church
Ryan
Patrick Malloy
Manchester
McEnany
William Pentony
Delaware County
Cedar Rapids
Merle W. Schroeder
Center Point Road
Monahan
Schroeder
Msgr
J. M. Malloy
Peter E
Earl
Waterloo
J. E. McElligott
Mottet
Albert
Joseph
Frank Takes
Walker
Eldon
Moline
Anna Mary Denkman
Fourth Avenue SE
Home Oil Company
Turner Chapel
Marvin B. Kober
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Masonic Cemetery
Tipton
Fred H. Bunker Funeral Services Planned
Funeral services for Fred H. Bunker of 1454 Bever avenue SE will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Turner chapel conducted by Rev. David I. Berger. Burial will follow at Mechanicsville. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Thomas Janos, Jr
Wilson Avenue
Janeba Chapel
F. O Hillman
Veterans
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Hanford Post
American Legion
Lumir Zitek
Jack Zaruba
Dick Lahman
Lad Womacka
Milo Macek
Robert Trachta
Fred Bunker
Fred H. Bunker
Bever Avenue
Turner Chapel
David I. Berger
Mechanicsville
Funeral services for Mrs William S Ward
Mrs William S Ward of near Alburnett died Tuesday morning. Services will be held at 1 30 p m Saturday at Beatty chapel conducted by Rev F H Ward. Burial will be in Lisbon.
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W. S. Ward
William S. Ward
Alburnett
Beatty Chapel
F. H Ward
Lisbon
Augusta Troops Return From Damaged Cruiser
London AP reports the US cruiser Augusta, used as a troop transport, suffered heavy seas damage three days earlier and docked at Portsmouth for repairs. The army said the ship’s sailing date is indefinite and all troops aboard were sent back to their staging area with no further details.
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Augusta
London
United States
Portsmouth
MacArthur orders Tokyo to aid needy with military relief
Gen MacArthur directed the Japanese government to distribute army and navy food and clothing to the poor and unemployed this winter. He authorized 50 million pounds of rations and over three million navy garments, with Sixth and Eighth Army generals overseeing the relief and inventories. The finance ministry saw 10 million yen of emperor bonds transferred to the War Calamity Relief Association.
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Tokyo
INS
MacArthur
Supreme Commander
United States Sixth
Eighth Armies
Japanese Finance Ministry
Association For Relief of War
Posthumous Medal for Luzon Hero Manuel Perez Jr.
The Congressional Medal of Honor is awarded posthumously to Pfe. Manuel Perez Jr., Oklahoma City native and 1943 Chicago Army recruit, who died March 14 1945 in Luzon. He singlehandedly killed 18 enemies to free his company from a pillbox and inspired his unit's advance toward Fort McKinley. The medal will be presented to his father Manuel Perez in Nuevo Laredo Mexico.
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Washington
Pfe
Manuel Perez, Jr
Oklahoma City
Luzon
Manuel Perez
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
F Army
Chicago
Perez
Fort McKinley
Red Friendship Group Refuses House Probers Request
The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship announced that its executive board unanimously refused a House un American Activities Committee demand for a contributors list and an accounting of expenditures. Corliss Lamont, the council chair, sent a protest letter to Chairman John S Wood.
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Washington
National Council of American- Soviet Friendship
House un-American Activities Committee
Corliss Lamont
John S. Wood
D-Ga
British Attack in Java Kills Dozens on Christmas Day
In Batavia a surprise British assault on an Indonesian position at the Bandoeing mission school left more than 20 Indonesians and four British Indian soldiers dead. The British operation occurred on Christmas Day and was announced on Wednesday.
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Batavia
Bandoeing Mission School
Keep Cars Out Of Loop Tonight Snow Towing Warning
Police Captain Gordon Hughes warned drivers to keep cars off the loop from 2 30 a m to 6 30 a m during snow and ice removal. Vehicles parked in the loop will be towed to the police lot and owners must pay towing charges. He cited numerous weather related accidents, mostly minor, with icy streets and snow making conditions hazardous downtown.
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Gordon Hughes
Capt. Hughes
Hughes
Employment and Labor Services To Be Overhauled
Washington report outlines plans to overhaul the nations employment service wage stabilization and labor conciliation agencies under Secretary Schwellenbach. Assistant secretary Tracy directs reform as Moran departs amid postwar labor disputes. Truman signs the reorganization act paving further consolidations in 1947.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Daniel W. Tracy
Carl Moran
Maine
Schwellenbach
United States Employment Service
War Labor Board
National Wage Stabilization Board
Graves B. Urskine
Strike Called at Four J I Case Plants in Midwest
An 7 am Wednesday strike call affects 7000 workers at J I Case plants in Rockford Rock Island Racine and Burlington as CIO United Auto Workers orders walkout after a delayed 1.25 million dollar bonus payment by company officials.
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Rockford, Il
J. I. Case Company
Rockford
Rock Island
Racine
Wis
Burlington
CIO United Automobile Workers
Pai
Opium Burn Planned in Peiping After Surrender
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek orders public burning of 860000 ounces of seized opium in the Forbidden City on New Year’s Day. Officials decide 60000 ounces will be kept for medical use as hundreds of dens are shut and harsh penalties for violators are announced.
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Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Forbidden City
Killers of Two G I s Are Hunted in Berlin
Berlin dispatch says United States and Russian military police hunt two uniformed men who shot and killed two American soldiers near Tempelhof airport. The victims, members of the 78th division, were killed after a bar visit when one man asked if they were American. The other was shot as he tried to intervene.
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London
INS
Berlin
United States
Tempelhof
78Th Division
Mass Trial Sentences Seventeen Collaborators to Death
In Belgrade two Catholic priests and fifteen others were among seventeen defendants condemned to death in a mass trial of collaborationists. The verdicts were delivered Tuesday, marking a severe outcome in postwar prosecutions.
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Belgrade
Plot on Life Of M'Arthur Discounted As Plot Unfolds
TOKYO AP A supposed plan to assassinate General MacArthur was traced to an office of his military aide Col Herbert B Wheeler as Toichiro Araki presented a petition with 86000 signatures urging mercy for General Yamashita. Officials call it a misunderstanding with no credible movement.
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Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Col
Herbert B. Wheeler
Toichiro Araki
Gen
Yamashita
Araki
Counter-Intelligence Corps
Elliott Thorpe
Westerly
R. I
The
United Press
Wheeler
Anc
Men and Women In Service Honor Roll
Capt Bruce A. West on terminal leave after three years in service. Sgt Miles Neff discharged from Fort Leavenworth after 23 months in the Southwest Pacific. Pvt Robert K. Gepfert completed 34 weeks training in radio and takes a 17 day furlough. Cpl Earl R. Holmes on 60 day furlough after radar training. Lt Aldrich A. Drakos on leave from Dallas air transport command. Lt Col Edward S. Murray on fellowship at Johns Hopkins after six months in Yugoslavia. Kenneth Montague home for Christmas from naval hospital Memphis. Edward C. Shulgin discharged from the Army, home in street NW after three years overseas.
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Bruce A. West
D Avenue NE
Northwest
California
Capital Guard
Washington, D. C
West
France
Hanford Post
Miles Neff
Thirty-fourth Street
Army
Fort Leavenworth
Southwest Pacific
Robert K. Gepfert
K. G. Gepfert
Twelfth Street
Fort Sill
Okla
Camp Pickett
Earl R. Holmes
Boca Raton
Fla
Greensboro
Aldrich A. Drakos
Dallas
Air Transport Command
Nineteenth Avenue
Mary Drahos
Wildwood Drive
Drahos
United States
Edward S. Murray
F. G Murray
Middle East
Murray
Yugoslavia
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Rockefeller Institute
New York City
Kenneth Montague
Floyd Montague
Second Street
Naval Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Edward C. Shulgin
Peter Shulgin
Avenue NW
Australia
New Guinea
Philippines
Shulgin
Rock Island Railroad
LaGuardia Named to Brazilian Inauguration Mission
President Truman appoints Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York to represent the United States at the inauguration of Brazil's new president General Enrico Gaspar Dutra, set for late January or early February, the White House announced.
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Washington
F. H. LaGuardia
New York
Truman
Enrico Gaspar Dutra
White House
Christmas Tree Tragedy A Stabbing Murder
In San Pablo California Mrs Lila Gertrude Anderson 35 was stabbed to death by her estranged husband Harold Everett Anderson ? held in hospital for treatment of self inflicted wounds after he attacked her as she and her 14 year old daughter admired their Christmas tree. Sheriff James N Long filed a murder charge against Anderson Tuesday.
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San Pablo
Calif
Lila Gertrude Anderson
Barden Carlson
Contra Costa County
Anderson
Carlson
Man 70 Dead After Being Struck While Walking Near M'Gregor
Special to The Gazette Henry Brookover 70 and his brother 77 were walking from Marquette to McGregor when a car driven by Mrs. Ed Hamann of McGregor struck Brookover as she attempted to stop after seeing them. The coroner's jury cleared her of blame. Brookover’s body was taken to Lancaster.
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the Gazette
McGregor
Henry Brookover
Lancaster
Wis
Marquette
Ed Hamann
Turkey River
Brookover
Keyes Navy Hero of Britain Dies at 73
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes, 73, a leading World War I and World War II figure, died in his sleep after three weeks of illness. The Dover patrol commander helped seal the Bruges canal in 1918 and later backed commandos. His son Lt. Col. Geoffrey Keyes was killed in 1941 during a raid on Rommel’s headquarters.
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London
Lord Keyes
Britain
Zeebrugge
Keyes
Dover Patrol
St. George’s Day
Bruges Canal
Combined Operations
Commandos
Geoffrey C. T. Keyes
Rommel
North Africa
Five Ladder Children Die in Christmas Fire
In Fayetteville West Virginia state trooper reports five of ten Ladder children aged six to fifteen perished in a Christmas day fire that destroyed their two story home. The victims Maurice 15 Martha Lee 12 Louis 9 Jennie 8 Betty 6 were trapped on the top floor as parents and other siblings escaped in night clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
W. Va
George Ladder
F. E. Springer
Springer
Maurice
Martha Lee
Louis
Jennie
Betty
Rescued Seaman From LST Storm Off Golden Gate
Glen DeWald a 25 year old Cedar Rapids fire controlman was swept overboard from LST 224 during foul weather while transporting 55 tons of rocke projectiles. He and another man were rescued after injuries aboard the ship about 25 miles off the Golden Gate. DeWald wearing a lift jacket two days during tow to port after the ramp door failed. He previously worked for Cedar Rapids Electric Supply Company.
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Glen DeWald
Cedar Rapids
Golden Gate
DeWald
Cedar Rapids Electric Supply Company
Iowa Roads Shrouded in Ice and Snow Across State
Weatherlines notes operating on schedule as Iowa highways turn slick and hazardous. State patrol reports ice and packed snow across all sections, prompting caution for drivers statewide.
Cold snap hits Cedar Rapids with forecast snow
The Cedar Rapids area logged 11 degrees at 8 30 a m on Wednesday with forecasts showing about 8 degrees the next morning. Tuesday saw a high of 31 degrees and a midnight reading of 23. Two inches of sleet and snow fell in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. The Chicago bureau predicted warmer weather Friday with more snow likely. The temperature was 24 degrees at 2 30 p m Wednesday.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
MacArthur Prays For Peace On Christmas Day
In Tokyo General Douglas MacArthur led the Allied occupation forces in a Christmas service. He thanked God for deliverance from war and prayed that mercy and goodwill prevail across the world in His name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
INS
Douglas MacArthur
Christ
Air Force Association Forms to Seek Equal Status
Washington AP report notes World War I and II flyers invited to join a new national group, the Air Force Association, advocating equal status for the air forces within or independent of a defense department. Headquarters open at 1603 K Street NW, Col. Willis S. Fitch supervising, with eligibility for over 3 million veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Air Forces
Army
Navy
Air Force Association
A.A.F
Defense Department
K_ street NW
Washington, D. C
Willis S. Fitch
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Robert Donald Gourley
Marjorie Marie Gourley
Mary I. Amos
Roy L. Amos
Charles A. Lockhart
Betty L. Lockhart
Sylvia A. Yeoman
Harold R. Yeoman
Olin Gibson
Ninth Avenue SE
Glen W. Johnstone
Irving W. Smith
Seventeenth Street
Lloyd Hoff
Sixteenth Street
H. J. Trapp
Grand Hotel
William O. Shore
Jack C Reynolds
Sixth Street
Joe E. Aguire
Charles L. Wilcox
West Branch
Viola Albaugh
Grant Newport Wetzel
Ruth Kiel
Edwin Ward Barth
Chelsea
Mich
Gladys Cathrine Bernstorf
Ernest Floyd Crowell
Fairfax
Margaret Helen Hanson
Peter Foster Annable
New Canaan
St. Luke’s
John Donnelly
Grande Avenue SE
Wilfred von Ahsen
Williamsburg
Quartermaster
Paul Peyton
Mercy
Oakley Rowe
Norway
Gordon H. Donnan
U.S
ISL
IAG
Trish
F. A. Beals
Welch-Cook Company
Thomas Janos
Mrs. Scannell
Eilers Infant
SS Sons
Ree
First Avenue
Hirohito
Diet
Toshio Shimada
Red
Java
Case Company
G.I
M'Arthur
M.P
Thorpe
Japan
Associated Press
Cynthia Churchill
London Passenger Transport Board
Yuletree
M'Gregor
C.R. Man
C. R
Organization of Air Vets
Mnpes Ne
Third Avenue
H.G. Fussell
Optometrist
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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