Weather Outlook and Local Notices in Daily Record
The Daily Record reports frigid Monday with lows near 20s and scattered precipitation totals. Iowa Agricultural Forecast calls for fair Wednesday with warming, then partly cloudy Thursday and possible snow flurries followed by colder conditions. Local notices include divorce petition Ruby E Mittlestedt vs Carl Mittlestedt and multiple marriage licenses and legal fines for drunkenness, intoxication, traffic violations, and fire incidents.
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Iowa
Monkey Island Ticket Chairmen Convene For Fund Drive
Ticket chairmen for the Monkey Island project meet in the Veterans of Foreign Wars club to distribute advance tickets for a band concert and dance on April 11 at Memorial Coliseum. Proceeds fund a Monkey Island at Bever Park, with labor fraternal and civic groups aiding the city effort.
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Monkey Island
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Louis Dvorak
Memorial Coliseum
Bever Park
VFW
Dick Jones
Two Fined After Disturbance at Downtown Hotel
Glenn F. Wilson and Charles E. Ross were fined $25 and costs each in police court Tuesday for drunkenness. They were arrested about 9:30 pm in a downtown hotel lobby by Detective Frank Bukacek. Ross squared off wanting to fight, while Wilson had been asked to leave by the management.
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Glenn F. Wilson
Fourth Avenue
Charles E. Ross
Second Avenue
Frank Bukacek
Ross
Wilson
Bukacek
Cafe Owners Back Inspection Bill in Iowa
L. J. Radtke of Des Moines urged Cedar Rapids restaurateurs to support a bill allowing the state department of agriculture to hire more inspectors and a supervisor to boost restaurant and hotel inspections. The measure, prepared with the Iowa Restaurant Association, seeks funding and also funds a waitress training program with federal matching support.
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L. J. Radtke
Des Moines
Iowa Restaurant Association
Cedar Rapids
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
the Gazette
Ernest Kosek
C. J. Knickerbocker
Fairfax
Agriculture Department
Dairy and Food Division
State Sennement of Agriculture
Radtke
State Department of Education
City School Board Deliberates on Redistricting and Staffing
The board hears concerns over crowded Kenwood and Tyler s facilities and notes 39 pupils in a 1-B class 42 in 1-A and 48 in 4-A. A pre school census club survey is planned to guide redistricting and future classroom needs. Discusses boosting teacher salaries with new hires from colleges. Also accepts Marguerite Hockaday’s resignation and declines Agnes Hibbs’ resignation to take another post.
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Kenwood
Lincoln School
Polk
Tylers
Parker
Marguerite Hocka‘day
Edgewood
Agnes Hibbs
Franklin Librarian
Northa Michigan College of Educaon
Two More Fined for Sales of Automobiles
Two men who pled guilty to selling used cars at retail without a dealer license were fined $100 plus costs by Justice of the Peace H. R. Churchill. Last week two Linn county men were fined on the same count, including Max Smithson and M. E. Powers. Deputy Sheriff P. J. Whittemore said more warrants remain for the same charge.
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Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
Linn County
Max Smithson
Seventh Avenue SE
M. E. Powers
Ninth Street SE
P. J. Whittemore
Wagner tenor Melchior sprains toe during Die Walküre
New York United Press reports tenor Luritz Melchior of the Metropolitan Opera sprained his left big toe Monday night during Die Walküre. The toe injury delayed the second act by about 15 minutes as he limped on with splints after the sword stunt failed.
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New York
Luritz Melchior
Metropolitan Opera
Melchior
Retired Cedar Rapids Gas Official Tom Suchomel Dies
Tom Suchomel 74 longtime Cedar Rapids gas company official died at home after a life in service to the firm and community. He started as lamp lighter at age 12 in 1884 and later served as superintendent. Survived by Frances Hladky Suchomel. a son Dr Thomas F Suchomel. sisters, brothers, grandchildren. active in Czech and fraternal organizations. Services pending at Kuba funeral home.
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Tom Suchomel
Sixth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County
Frances Hladky
Texas
Thomas F. Suchomel
Jay Ford
Charles Castak
Frank
Center Point
Albert
Bohemian, Savings and Loan Association
Czech Cemetery Association
South Side Sash and Door Company
Beowles Fuel Company
Bohemian Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids Sokol Association
Prokop Velky No
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Crescent Lodge
A. F
A. M
Iowa
el Kahir Shrine
Sixth Ward
Kuba
Deaths Mrs Adolph W H Lendors
Services for Mrs Adolph W H Lenders widow of a former vice president and Cedar Rapids plant manager will be held at 3 30 p m Wednesday at the family home 2101 Grande avenue SE cremation committal to follow Reverend D A Loferski will conduct the rites at the house pandemic of local formatting preserved.
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Adolph W. H. Lenders
Penick and Ford
Cedar Rapids
Grande Avenue SE
D. A. Loferski
Death of David H Corbett at 59 in Cedar Rapids
David Harrison Corbett 59 of 2343 B avenue NE Cedar Rapids died at 10 06 am Tuesday after a brief illness. Born December 14 1887 in Scotch Grove he lived in Cedar Rapids 21 years and worked five years as a sheet metal worker at Collins Radio. Survived by wife Zada Reade a son Harland three sisters and two brothers. Services at Turner chapel at a time to be announced with callers welcome.
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David Harrison Corbett
Avenue NE
Scotch Grove
Cedar Rapids
Collins Radio Company
Kenwood Presbyterian Church
Zada Reade
Harland Corbett
Jens Michelsen
Clinton
Elva Jarrett
Edna Doyle
Monticello
Royal Corbett
Shenandoah
Howard Corbett
Services for Mrs. Grant in Turner chapel Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Grant of 2125 Wilson avenue SW will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Turner chapel. Rev. Frederick Haag of First Evangelical Reformed church will officiate and burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. A son, Leonard Newport of Cedar Rapids, was omitted as a survivor in yesterday's Gazette.
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Grant Newport
Wilson Avenue
Turner Chapel
Frederick Haag
First Evangelical Reformed Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Leonard Newport
Cedar Rapids
C R Man Testifies at Hearing on Pipelines
In Kansas City AP report three witnesses for Northern Natural Gas Company of Omaha were cross examined in the Federal Power Commission hearing on pipeline expansions. Herbert Henderson of Cedar Rapids Ed Jones of St Paul and W L Shumaker amplified testimony and explained sources and methods behind figures for the utility. Northern Natural seeks to enlarge main line facilities in Kansas enter the St Paul market and extend service to Marshalltown Iowa.
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Kansas
St. Paul
Marshalltown
Man shot by grandson in Illinois firearms lesson
In Elizabethtown Illinois Ernest Board 65 gave a revolver to his five year old grandson Jerry Board to demonstrate firing. Board checked the weapon then handed it to the boy who pulled the trigger and a bullet struck Ernest Board in the chest. He was hospitalized Monday.
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Elizabethtown
Ill
Ernest Board
Jerry Board
Jerry
Board
Td Board
Monay
Beer Tax Increase Aids Iowa School Fund
Iowa House considers raising beer tax from 1.24 to 4.34 per gallon to boost school aid. Bill by Rep. Harvey Long and Rep. Harold Nelson would funnel most extra revenue to the school fund. Other measures would allow stadium construction by school districts and expand workers’ compensation for certain occupational diseases. Senate backs Veterans Administration use of Schick General Hospital to care for veterans.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Harvey Long
Clinton
Harold Nelson
Sioux City
Ernest Kosek
Cedar Rapids
C. J. Knickerbocker
Fairfax
Senate
Otto Heningson
Veterans Administration
Schick General Hospital
Schick Hospital
Unrelenting Cold Clamps Iowa Roads And Transit
Cold wave closes most highways north of Highway 30 with many routes blocked. North and east of Waterloo drifting and closures persist. buses and interurbans try to stay on schedule amid wind and ice while Cedar Rapids area reports re routing to maintain service. One death is linked to the severe cold at an Ottumwa poultry plant loading dock.
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W.cf
N. Interurban
Waterloo
Crandie
Robert S. Farrell
Farrell
E. A. Prochaska
Cedar Rapids City Lines
Prochaska
Dan E. Holleran
Ottumwa
State Highway Commission
U. S. 20
No. 20
Rockwell City
Cedar Falls
North Central
Highway Commission
Iowa
State Highway Patrol
Central Area
Rainbow Drive
Linn County
Marshalltown
Marshall County
Tama County
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Sioux City
le Mars
Cherokee
Omaha
Storm Lake
Kermit Eby Modernizing Education and Labor Roles
Kermit Eby, once a social studies teacher at Ann Seter High, led Chicago’s AFL wage reform push before moving to CIO education work. He chaired UN education and social culture committee and advised on postwar schooling while preparing CIO member education material. He will discuss the Robert R Nathan report at Coe chapel, linking wage growth to profits.
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Cializing
Annseter
Eby
American Federation of Teachers
AFL
Chicago
AFL T
CIO
Raymonds. McKeough
Senate
United Nations Education and Social Culture Organization
Japan
U. S. Education Commission
Coe Chapel
Robert R.nathan
Cedar Rapids School Board Schedules Supplemental Budget Hearing
Cedar Rapids school officials will hold a February 17 supplemental budget hearing to review an added $200,000 to the existing supplemental budget. The move funds a cost of living bonus for teachers and full-time staff after a $60,000 omission was found in the January 20 hearing materials.
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Cedar Rapids
Arctic Blast Slams Cities From Yukon to Atlantic Coasts
A severe cold wave from the Yukon region drives record lows and disrupts daily life. Chicago reports thousands of burglar alarms and a water tower roof blown off while Pittsburgh faces plant idling and layoffs. Butter prices rise in major markets as weather hampers production. Wisconsin snowfall blocks rail traffic with embargoes on carload freight into Milwaukee.
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Yukon Territory
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Association of American Railroads
Opal Dixon’s bank robbery case advances in Des Moines
In Des Moines Opal Dixon 35 faced a reduced charge robbery by aggravation after confessing to a bank robbery but she refused a guilty plea. The life sentence on the prior charge remained and a new attorney was ordered as a later arraignment was set. The bank robbery involved 2950 dollars.
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DES Moines
Opal Dixon
Carroll Switzer
Switzer
Milton Strickler
Russell Jordan
Dixon
Strickler
Jordan
Des Moines Bank and Trust Company
Bar Dean James Starr Dies in Fairfield
Jefferson County bar leader James P. Starr dies Monday in Fairfield. Starr, dean of the Jefferson County Bar Association, was a University of Iowa Law School graduate and prominent local figure.
Slower Going to Job Than Leaving, Judge Concludes
A federal judge in Michigan ruled that workers walk slower going to the plant than leaving, in the Mt. Clemens Pottery case seeking nearly $5 billion in portal pay. Testimony described cluttered paths and delays up to 20 minutes daily, while a company executive claimed an eight minute walk. The judge joked about continuing the hearing and recessed it to Tuesday.
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Detroit
Portal
Mt. Clemens Pottery Company
Frank A. Picard
Supreme Court
Edward Lamb
Edna Meltz
Bert V. Nunneley
Judge Picard
Russian toast marks shifting view of U S foes
Igor Gouzenko, former Soviet cipher clerk, cites Col Zabotin at a Soviet embassy celebration in Canada as proposing a V J day toast that allies now neighbors tomorrow enemies. Gouzenko says Soviet officials aimed to steal the atomic bomb and notes no talk of international control at the embassy event.
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U.S
New York
United States
Igor Gouzenko
Canada
Gouzenko
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Col. Zabotin
Russia
Bilbo Returns To Poplarville Dream House To Recuperate
Poplarville Mississippi Senator Theodore Bilbo returned to his Poplarville farm Monday to recuperate from a jaw operation. He plans to return to Washington to fight for his senate seat but will likely stay a month while surgeons rebuild his jaw after the operation.
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Poplarville
Miss. i. U. S
Theodore Bilbo
Bilbo
Washington
Hoover Plane Lands in American Zone of Reich
Former President Herbert Hoover arrived in the American zone at a Frankfurt airport to study food and economic conditions in Germany and Austria.
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Hoover
Reich
Frankfurt
INL
Herbert Hoover
Germany
Austria
Morrison Named to AAU Publicity Committee
Paul F. Morrison Drake sports publicity director and athletic business manager was named to the national publicity committee of the Amateur Athletic Union of the U S Morrison will represent Drake University on the AAU panel announced Tuesday in Des Moines Iowa.
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Des Moines
Paul F. F. Morrison
Drake Sports
Amateur Athletic Union of the
U. S
One-9-Teen To Close Pending Reconversion
The Cedar Rapids youth center Club One-9-Teen votes to suspend operations for reorganization after wartime need wanes. The board cites rising costs, a $6 000 annual city subsidy, and 243 members with 100 average nightly attendance. An extensive survey and open meeting will seek new, broader use for city youths.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue SE
City Recreation Commission
City Playground and Recreation Office
City Hall
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Playground
Midyear Promotions Debate At Local Schools
A panel discussion on midyear promotions and admission in local schools will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the M C A little theater. Pierre Tracy chairs the event sponsored by the local AFT chapter program committee. Speakers include Fred Kluss Abbie Lass Mrs Otto Hanzlik and Dr C Ward Macy.
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Pierre Tracy
American Federation of Teachers
Fred Kluss
Abbie Lass
Otto Hanzlik
C. Ward Macy
Postville Girl Elected President of Religious Activities Council
Miss Ann Douglass of Postville, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Douglass, was chosen president of the Student Council of Religious Activities at Texas State Women's College in Denton Texas.
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Postville
Ann Douglass
Harvey Douglass
Texas State Women’s College
Denton
Texas
Two More Army Reserve Units Activated in Cedar Rapids
Lt. Gen. Walton Walker announced activation of the 103rd infantry division artillery headquarters and its reserve officers in Cedar Rapids. Louis D. Burkhalter was named executive officer with colonel rank, and Clifford Briggs will command the headquarters battery as captain, forming the second organized reserve unit in Cedar Rapids alongside the reactivated 410th infantry regiment under Col. Robert Clark.
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103Rd Infantry Division
Organized Reserve
Cedar Rapids
Walton Walker
Chicago
Fifth Army
Donald G. Buck
Jase Rapids
Buck
Louis D. Burkhalter
410Th Infantry
Robert Clark
410Th
Civic Bureau to View Combat Film at Cedar Rapids Meeting
Major Donald C Buck of the Linn county Reserve Officers Association will present the film Combat Film at a Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce civic bureau meeting in the chamber building. Twenty five speakers bureau members will be introduced at the gathering with a board session scheduled for 6 15 p.m.
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Donald C. Buck
Linn County Reserve Officers Association
Civic Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Speakers Bureau
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