Weather and police notices from the Daily Record
The December 30 1946 issue reports Chicago Miami Iowa and Denver temperatures and snow chances with cold spells and east winds. It also lists police theft report marriage licenses court fines and numerous local births and traffic violations with addresses.
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Chicago
Miami
New
Bismarck
York
Denver
Ben Pauls
Phoenix de Sioux City
Los Angeles
Iowa
Pay Suits Seen Settled for Less Pay
Washington officials say back portal pay claims from unions will amount to a fraction of the total. They doubt the St Clements pottery ruling applies to new suits and foresee lump sums being outside figures, with many companies likely to settle through compromises despite industry opposition.
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Washington
Supreme Court
St. Clements Pottery
Troop Arrivals by the Associated Press
Two transports were scheduled to bring 2,452 troops to San Francisco on Monday. The Cape Mendocino carries 1,189 army personnel from Manila and the Marine Devil ferries 1,263 troops from Korea.
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San Francisco
Cape Mendocino
Manila
Korea
Radar Use Urged to Improve Civil Aviation Safety
The piece argues for adopting radar in civil aviation after a Shannon Ireland crash that killed 12. Surviving crew said no mechanical trouble. Robert B. Sibley calls CAB to probe why military radar is not used in civil flying and urges early adoption to warn pilots in bad weather.
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Washington
Constellation
Shannon
Ireland
Robert B. Sibley
New England
Aviation Writers Association
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Sibley
Boston Traveler
James M. Laidis
CAA
Inquiry into Shannon airliner crash adjourned for pilot recovery
The Shannon crash probe paused for four weeks awaiting the pilots' hoped-for recovery. Edith Delaby Waterbury, a GI bride en route from Paris to her husband, remained in uncertain condition as her four and a half month old son Charles Bruce lay beside her with bruises and burns.
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Shannon
Eire
Edith Augustine Delaby Waterbury
G.I
Paris
Charles Bruce
Missouri Supreme Court Fines 122 Insurance Firms
The Missouri supreme court fined 122 stock fire insurers a total of 2.09 million dollars for alleged conspiracy to defraud policyholders of 7.834 million. Fines ranged from 10 thousand to 132 thousand with payment due in 60 days. The court tied the penalties to a $750 thousand settlement involving former official Roy McKittrick and ex Kansas City leader T J Pendergast. O Malley and Pendergast later served federal prison terms for tax charges.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Roy McKittrick
R. E. O’malley
T. J. Pendergast
Kansas City
O’malley
Pendergast
Federal
Leavenworth
US to Radio Russia Starts January Broadcasts
The United States will begin broadcasting in Russian around January 15. A state department information program aims to reach Soviet listeners with news music and cultural topics via a relay at Munich. The approach seeks fairness to avoid offense and may later add debated issues.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Russia
Munich
Germany
Smoke Fills Iowa Statehouse Basement. Fire Quickly Extinguished
A small fire in the basement bail room at the Iowa statehouse produced smoke that forced state employees to evacuate their offices and lunchroom. Officials said a cigarette or match likely started the blaze, which was put out with chemicals and cleared within about half an hour. the fire department was not summoned.
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DES Moines
Statehouse
Deaths Nine Month Old Girl Dies After Illness
Janice Ann Votroubek nine month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Godfrey O Votroubek 3242 Mt Vernon avenue SE died in a local hospital at 7 20 pm Sunday after a lingering illness She was born in Cedar Rapids March 31 Surviving include a sister Mary Jo at home grandparents Mrs Clara Koffron of San Francisco and Mr and Mrs Wendl Votroubek of Cedar Rapids and several aunts and uncles Services at 10 am Tuesday Monahan funeral home by Rt Rev Msgr J M Molloy Burial in St Johns cemetery Friends may call Monday evening
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Janice Ann Votroubek
Godfrey O. Votroubek
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Mary Jo
Clara Kofron
San Francisco
Wendl Votroubek
Monahan Funeral
E. J. Bruns
Sixteenth Street
Bruns
Sigourney
Harley
Margaret Schrader
William Schrader
Augusta Schrader
Evangelical Church
Turner Chapel
G. H. Bamford
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
John Comfeid
Racine
Wis
Aus
Rock Island
Barta-Hesser
Cedar Rapids losses include Bruns Comfeid and Hall obituaries
Obituaries from Cedar Rapids report the deaths of Mrs. E J Bruns after a long illness at age 58. John Comfeid, a longtime railway worker, dies in a nursing home aged 83. Funeral services for Willis Hall and his wife, killed in a plane crash near Union Mississippi, are announced for Tuesday in Waterloo First Lutheran Church.
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Willis Hall
Cedar Rapids
Union
Miss
First Lutheran
Waterloo
Hall
Panama City
Fla
Funeral arrangements for Edmund Fuegen
The body of Edmund Fuegen of 805 Twentieth Avenue SW was moved from Teahen chapel to Krab Benhoff funeral home on Monday. Services were held at St Joseph's Church Sugar Creek at 9 am Tuesday with burial in St Joseph's Cemetery. he was a member of St Ludmila's Church in Cedar Rapids.
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Edmund Fuegen
Twentieth Avenue
Teahen Chapel
Krabbenhoff
Preston
St. Joseph’s Church
Sugar Creek
Father Laffey
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
St. Ludmila’s Church
Cedar Rapids
Local obituaries list Smith and Hunter deaths
Mrs. James W. Jones of 256 Johnson avenue NW died in a local hospital at 11 15 am Monday after a long illness. Services will be in Turner chapel Thursday with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Gary Lee Hunter infant son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Hunter of 1059 Rockford road SW died at 1 45 am Monday private services were held in Beatty chapel at 1 pm with cremation burial omitted.
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James W. Jones
Johnson Avenue NW
Turner Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Gary Lee Hunter
Elmer Hunter
Rockford Road
Beatty Chapel
Two Babies Die. Services Planned for Otto Kunzmann
Janet K. Sisco two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Sisco 103 Kenridge terrace NE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 2 30 p m Saturday private services held in the Beatty chapel Sunday cremation committal Otto Kunzmann 2406 Eighteenth street SW who died Saturday will be conducted at 2 p m Tuesday in Wadena
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Janet K. Sisco
Richard Sisco
Kenridge Terrace
Cedar Rapids
Beatty Chapel
Otto Kunzmann
Eighteenth Street
Wadena
Tour Convinces AFL Man U S Worker Is Best Off
AFL International Representative Robert J. Watt argues American workers enjoy higher wages and greater personal freedom than European counterparts. He notes inflation and public unrest but credits American labor relations with potential improvement through cooperation between unions and employers. He warns against government overreach and stresses production and initiative as keys to lasting prosperity.
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AFL
U.S
Washington
Ins
United States
Britain
France
America
Europe
Lutheran Church Burial Set at Wadena
The funeral plan notes burial in Wadena after services at a Lutheran church. Friends may call at Beatty chapel until 9 30 a m Tuesday.
War Dept Reasserts Training Emphasis In Universal Military Plan
The War Department restates emphasis on the military aspect of universal training despite President Truman’s call to de-emphasize the military. A new pamphlet outlines substantial physical development, expanded religious opportunities, and educational by-products, while denying any plan for a separate educational system.
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Washington
Truman
War Department
Premoe
Panthers Arrive Safe After Wild Train Journey
In Los Angeles three panthers shipped from Dallas via El Paso reached a wild animal farm express car. They escaped in Texas and Pacific baggage car Friday before trainers Dr Noble Hamiter Rex Regan and Melvin Koontz coaxed them into a cage using a pistol broom handle and kitchen chair.
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Los Angeles
el Paso
Dallas
Texas and Pacific
Noble Hamiter
Rex Regan
Melvin Koontz
Two Americans Indicted for Nazi Propaganda Links
A federal grand jury in Boston indicted Douglas Chandler and Robert Best former American journalists for treason for allegedly serving as Nazi mouthpieces on Berlin radio during the war.
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Boston
Douglas Chandler
Robert Best
Berlin
Thirty Chicken Pox Cases Reported in November
There were 30 cases of chicken pox reported to Assistant City Health Officer Clyde H. White during November. Other diseases listed were mumps three cases scarlet fever three whooping cough three and measles two as Cedar Rapids City Council review.
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Clyde H. White
Cedar Rapids
Knutson Pushes 20 Percent Tax Cut Across the Board
Rep. Knutson of Minnesota returns to lead the Ways and Means Committee and vows a 20 percent cut in individual income taxes. He also seeks a congressional probe of tariff policies and liberalization of Social Security, noting 20 million workers lack coverage.
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Washington
Rep. Knutson
Minn
Patent House
Ways and Means
Knutson
Congress
FBI Director Reports Rise in Female Crime
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover warned of drastic increases in violent crimes by women and cautioned that more female arrests could signal rising juvenile crime. He linked female crime to juvenile delinquency and noted wartime juvenile crime easing only in early 1946.
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FBI
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Vandenberg and Taft Move to Quell GOP Revolt
Washington AP reports Senators Vandenberg and Taft planned to appeal to colleagues to suppress a threatened GOP insurrection over the Eightieth Congress. Michigan and Ohio leaders would join Reed in a last stand to shape the new Senate leadership.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Taft
G.O.P
Eightieth Congress
Michigan
Ohio
Senate
Sen
Reed
Tobey challenges Washington power over Senate leadership
Senator Tobey and other Republicans spar over committee assignments as Republicans clash on leadership in both chambers. Tobey questions White’s bid for multiple roles while White could still seek the commerce chair. House and Senate leaders tilt toward contested posts ahead of Thursday meetings.
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Sen. White
Maine
New Commerce Committee
Butler
R-Neb
White
Committee On Committees
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Reed
Commerce
Appropriations
Tobey
Senator Aiken
Taft
75 Overcome in Fire at Atlanta
In Atlanta's financial district a drug store fire released chemical fumes that overwhelmed eight hours into the blaze. Ninety firemen were affected and 52 were hospitalized as ambulances ferried victims to Grady Memorial. Damage was estimated at 40 000 to 50 000 dollars.
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Atlanta
Financial
Grady Hospital
Winecoff
St. Paul Pupils Return to Class After Strike Ends
St Paul public schools reopen with about 30 000 students returning to classrooms after the Teachers Joint Council suspended the strike. The move followed city charter action to remove spending limits and fund higher school salaries with voter approval pending. The national federation planned no disciplinary action for local participation.
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Chicago
National Executive Council
The
American Federation of Teachers
Courthouse Arrest in Adultery Case Leads to Six Month Term
Arlene Rife, 38, of 1434 Bever Avenue SE, was arrested Monday at home and ordered to serve six months at the Rockwell City State Reformatory for Women. The sentence, originally suspended in the Nov 19 plea of guilty, was revoked last Tuesday. County Attorney Crissman said she must leave Cedar Rapids. Sheriff Smith and Deputy Kirkpatrick made the arrest.
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Arlene Rife
Bever Avenue
State Reformatory For Women
Rockwell City
William W. Crissman
Miss Rife
Cedar Rapids
James H. Smith
Verna Kirkpatrick
C R Youth Suffers Head Injury in Sunday Incident
Police investigated a head injury to George Robinson nineteen of 1512 Tenth Street SE after a night with Dwayne Kelly at 2120 K Street SW. Robinson, on furlough from Lowry Field Colorado, was taken to Mercy Hospital around 2:30 a.m. Monday in poor condition. He regained consciousness but would not explain how the injury occurred.
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George Robinson
Tenth Street
Robinson
Mercy Hospital
W. J. Kudina
Army
Lowry Field
Colo
Dwayne Kelly
K_ street
Kelly
Minnesota Grain Elevator Blaze Destroys Grain and Facility
Fire in Worthington destroys the St. John and Son grain elevator and over 50 000 bushels of grain valued at 200 000. Firefighters battled the cold 10 below conditions and prevented spread to a lumber yard and oil storage plant. Faulty wiring blamed for the blaze.
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Worthington, Minn
Mns
St. John and Son
Former Banker Named Treasury Aids Wiggins Picked for Undersecretary
Washington AP report says President Truman will appoint A. L. Wiggins of Hartsville South Carolina as undersecretary of the treasury. Wiggins is former president of the American Bankers Association and will replace Max Gardner when Gardner becomes ambassador to Britain.
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Treasury Aids
Washington
Truman
A. L. Wiggins
Hartsville
S. C
Treasury
White House
Wiggins
American Baners Association
Max Gardner
Britain
Democratic Jefferson day dinners planned nationwide
The Democratic party plans Jefferson day dinners through the country in early April to recoup financially after setbacks at the polls. Several states will hold Jackson day dinners too in hopes of erasing their campaign deficits.
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Washington
Democratic Party
The Passing Year by Edgar A. Guest
Edgar A. Guest reflects on the old year nearing its end, noting human flaws and achievements. He contemplates the brief record of the year’s deeds and the lasting impression of this age’s strength and weakness.
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