Temperatures and precipitation listed for February 3 1947
The Daily Record shows high and low temperatures for Tuesday and inches of precipitation across cities including Bismarck Minneapolis Denver New York Milwaukee Phoenix Los Angeles Sioux City and Iowa. The Iowa forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures then snow flurries and much colder conditions Thursday night with clearing and colder Friday. Also notes local court actions and public notices such as divorce petitions and traffic fines, plus birth announcements and emergency calls in the city.
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Bismarck
Mane BO
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
New York
Millwuth
Phoeniz
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
Chinese Reds Halt Rail Attacks
Communist headquarters at Yenan orders troops to stop attacking the Peiping Tientsin railroad as the American center evacuates its headquarters, per AP report from Peiping.
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Peiping
Associated Press
Yenan
Peiping-Tientsin
Iowa Senate Drops Portal Pay Measure
Iowa lawmakers suspend a proposal to ban portal to portal wage suits in state courts. Senator Frank Byers and Senator George Faul clashed on the rewrite while Byers sent the bill back to judiciary committee, signaling its temporary withdrawal.
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Des Moines
INS
Senate
Iowa
Frank Byers
Cedar Rapids
Judiciary Committee
Byers
George Faul
Manufacturers Group Re-Elects David Lehti
David W. Lehti, president of Link Belt Speeder, was re-elected chairman of the executive committee of the Manufacturers bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday. L. P. Boudreaux of Penick and Ford was reappointed vice-chairman. The bureau passed a resolution favoring establishment of a Cedar Rapids engineers association. William Behrens, county engineer, and Ted Hunter of Collins Radio will act as organizers. Plants in the city will be contacted for appointment of contact men in each industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Lehti
Manufacturers Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
L. P. Boudreaux
Penick and
Ford
Bureau
Cedar Rapids Engineers Association
William Behrens
Ted Hunter
Collins Radio
County road workers seek 15 cent wage hike for 1947
Linn county road department employees asked the board of supervisors for a 15 cent an hour raise for 1947. The board did not commit, planning to discuss the request at next meetings. Previous moves in 1946 granted a 5 cent raise and a 44 hour week with pay for 48 hours. The board also ordered destruction of old tax receipts from 1941 and earlier.
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Linn County
The
Board of Supervisors
Road Department
Clarence Beeson
Walter Hurt
AFL
Frank Bates
Towa
Coast Guard and Navy search east coast for missing plane
Coast Guard and Navy rescue forces scoured a five state area for a missing navy twin engine transport. The aircraft, a DC-3 designated R4D, vanished after last contact near Chincoteague island Virginia Tuesday evening while en route to Norfolk. Crew names include Chester A. Urban Billy Williamson Schofield James M. Dandy and William R. Weeks.
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Norfolk, Va
Coast Guard
Navy
Seaboard
Portsmouth
N. H
Norfolk
Naval
Chester A. Urban
Billy William
Son Schofield
Crumpler
W. Va
James M. Dandy
la Cres
Centa
Calif
Aviation Radio
William R. Weeks
Rocky Mount
N. C
Chincoteague Island
Virginia
Portsmouth Naval Prison
mid-Atlantic
Naval Air Station
Anacostia
D C
Peak Employment Near in Cedar Rapids Area
The Cedar Rapids ISOS labor market report shows peak employment near in the area with a 40 percent drop in orders from the prior month. Of 344 orders, 121 are sales and clerical, 109 service. 12 040 employed Jan 15 vs 11 611 Dec 15. Feb 15 projected at 12 213. The report notes a two month outlook and rising applications while stenographic clerical search remains tight.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Employment Service
Herbert J. Eberhart
ISES
Curley Denied Rehearing By U S Appeals Court
The U S court of appeals on Tuesday denied Boston Mayor James M Curley’s appeal for a rehearing of his mail fraud conviction.
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Curley
U. S. Appeals Court
Washington
LLP
U. S. Court of Appeals
James M. Curley
Boston
Four Men Dead in Nitro Explosion at Oil Well
Four workers were killed when forty quarts of nitroglycerine used to prime an oil well exploded prematurely in Wichita Falls Texas. The incident occurred Monday and authorities say no further details are available.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
INS
Backhanded Salute to Gay White Way by Soviet Reporter
Moscow dispatch describes Yuri Zhukov Pravda correspondent returning from the United States praising New York advertising on Times Square. He notes coin operated games and atomic bomb simulations as money-driven draws, and laments the urban landscape with lit electric signs and bare geometry of streets without named avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Yuri Zhukov
Pravda
United States
New York
Zhukov
Square
Eby Urges Fact Based Union Debate And Unity
Kermit Eby argues for facts and mature judgment in labor matters. He criticizes table thumping and stresses understanding leaders like John L. Lewis while supporting wage discussions and public operation of essential services. Eby endorses a CIO AFL merger but warns unions resist losing bishops. Next speaker is Whipple Jacobs of Belden in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Eby
Lewis
Jabor
Portal
CIO
AFL
Rodney Birkicht
LaPlant-Choate Local
Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union
Whipple Jacobs
Belden Manufacturing Company
Chicago
National Association of Manufacturers
Opening of Sea Cock May Have Sunk Eugen
A navy salvage expert in Honolulu suggested the Prinz Eugen may have been scuttled by mistake after its atomic bombing at Bikini. He cited Tokyo Bay incidents where civilian technicians opened sea cocks out of curiosity, causing unexplained sinking of captured Japanese ships.
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Honolulu
Toyko Bay
Meredith Willson Sued in Divorce Suit in Los Angeles
AP reports composer and radio performer Mere dith Willson charged with cruelty in a divorce case filed Tuesday by his wife of 26 years.
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Los Angeles
Meredith Willson
Wisecarver Reappears in West LA After Flight
California Youth Authority says Ellsworth Sonny Wisecarver, 17, a repeat offender linked to sex delinquencies, surfaced in West Los Angeles after an escape from a Redding forestry camp. An anonymous call led officials to a drunken party where police found him intoxicated but not arrested, later discovering a warrant for his arrest.
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Sacramento
Calif
INS
Ellsworth
Sonny” Wisecarver
California
Lothario
Los Angeles
Karl Holton
California Youth Authority
Wisecarver
Youth Authority
Redding
Nevada
Holton
West Los Angeles
City Briefs Highlight Local Events And Appointments
Cedar Rapids notes show Major Darrel G. Costello assigned to occupation forces in Korea, son of Mr and Mrs W R Costello of Imogene. Mary Mason earns B S from Western Michigan University cum laude. Veishea parade committee picks Rollo Pickford, Iowa State College freshman and Phi Kappa Psi member.
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Darrel G. Costello
Coe College
Army of ‘Occupation
Korea
W. R. Costello
Imogene
Delafield
Wis
Mary Mason
A. S. Mason
B Avenue NE
Western Michigan College
Kalamazoo
Rollo Pickford
Upland Drive
Iowa State College
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Veishea
Beasts Now Seen Near Davenport in Louisa County
Reported by Davenport residents on the edge of the city two strange animals have appeared with tracks about 5 inches wide. Huntsmen gathered to plan a search after Frank Keppy and Raymond Thompson each reported sightings. A black animal about five feet and a yellowish one were described. similar creatures were previously seen near Wapello but hunts failed to locate them.
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Davenport
Louisa County
Frank Keppy
Raymond Thompson
Wapello
Architect Benjamin Gallup Dies After Illness In Cedar Rapids
Benjamin Gallup of 714 First Avenue NE an architect died in a local hospital at 8 30 a m Wednesday after a long illness Born in Rochester Minnesota he came to Cedar Rapids from Hammond Louisiana in 1937 He was a member of the Episcopal church Survived by his wife Marie Schneider a niece and a nephew Services will be at Turner chapel later Burial at Oak Hill cemetery
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Benjamin ‘Steven Gallup
First Avenue NE
Rochester
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Hammond
Episcopal Church
Marie Schneider
Turner Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Services Thursday for Tom Suchomel at 2:30 p.m.
Tom Suchomel retired Gas Company superintendent dies at 501 Sixth Avenue SE. Services to be held Thursday at Sokol hall at 2 30 p.m. with Reverend Zdenek F Pauk and Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M. Burial in Bohemian National Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kubasineens home until 10 a.m. Thursday. He belonged to the Bohemian Reading Society and Crescent lodge members to meet at Masonic lodge rooms and Sokol hall at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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Tom Suchomel
Sixth Avenue SE
Gas Company
Sokol
Crescent Lodge
Masonic Lodge
Sokol Association
Sokol Hall
Local obituaries for Cedar Rapids area residents
Joseph Lesinger 76 of Linn county died at 10 05 a m Wednesday after a lingering illness. He was born in Cedar Rapids November 26 1870 and lived in Linn county all his life. His wife Anna survives along with a niece Mrs Edwin Trachta. Services at Polansky chapel time to be announced. Edward A Fesler 63 of Kalamazoo Michigan brother of Miss Mabel Fesler Cedar Rapids died after surgery. Burial in Kalamazoo. David Harrison Corbett 2343 B avenue NE died Tuesday services at Turner chapel 1 30 p m Thursday burial Evergreen cemetery Monte cello. There is a note to call at the chapel for arrangements.
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Joseph Lesinger
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Anna
Edwin Trachta
Lesingers
Polansky Chapel
Mabel Fesler
First
Avenue NW
Edward A. Fesler
Kalamazoo
Mich
Agnes
Miss Fesler
Maude Stangl
Floyd A
John E. Fesler
David Harrison Corbett
B Avenue NE
Turner Chapel
Franklin Galloway
Kenwood Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Monticello
Uruguayan Group Arrives for Visit to United States
President-elect Thomas Barreta of Uruguay and ten officials arrived in Miami by Pan American Airways Clipper for a 15 day visit at the invitation of President Truman. The party will stay three days in Miami then travel to New York Philadelphia and Washington.
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Miami
INS
Thomas Barreta
Uruguay
Pan American Airways
United States
Truman
Barreta
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Another Cruise Set For Naval Reservists
Lt. C. A. Paulson of the Cedar Rapids naval reserve unit announced a new series of cruises for reservists starting in March. All inactive or organized unit reservists are eligible. Ten Cedar Rapids men will take a two week cruise this month and two others a six week cruise. The next cruise runs March 23 to April 5 aboard the U S S Macon. More cruises will be held through the summer. contact the naval recruiting office or naval reserve office for details.
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C. A. Paulson
Cedar Rapids
Naval Recruiting Office
Federal Building
Naval Reserve Office
Memorial Building
Sledding fatality claims boy in Council Bluffs crash
Gene Moore nine died in a Council Bluffs hospital from injuries after a sled with his brother Clyde eleven crashed into a car in Glenwood. Clyde was reported in critical condition.
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Glenwood
Gene Moore
Council Bluffs Hospital
Clyde
Scout Court On Thursday In Cedar Rapids District
More than 1,000 Boy Scouts and Cubs are expected for the Cedar Rapids district February court of honor in Stuart hall at the Quaker Oats Co. The ceremony begins with a 7:30 p.m. convening after a 7 p.m. radio broadcast. One hundred seventy six merit badges and various awards will be presented. Host is troop 15 sponsored by Hanford post American Legion. Pancakes follow and a film The Scout Trail to Citizenship will be shown for parents. Ray Short speaks. Clyde Lindsley heads the event as advancement chairman. Local Hanford post officials including Sam Cohen Howard McLaughlin Jack Ferring and Jim Scolaro will present awards. Arthur Poe and Benner will also present. Invocation by Harold Ward Legion chaplain. Scout benediction by Marvin Zeman. Scouts receiving awards include Second class recipients Jack Scanlon Francis Mels Bill Bonsherty DuWayne Johanos Dick Apland Carol Hauseman Richard Hubbard John Kurt Donald Rehder Billy Shaver First class recipients Richard Avis Douglas Owen Wendell Caldwell Douglas Woodson Waldo Mead Richard Kriz Richard Flynn Donald DeMuth tar George Miller Joseph Suchomel welter Rothschild Roger Delp Gerald Bolgren Lyle Shook Douglas Battin Harold Tyler James Hopkins Lee Donald Vejda Dick Senninger Bron te Falm Richard Snerring Gold Palm John Hickman Bill Stanford. One hundred thirty five merit badges will also be awarded.
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Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
Stuart Hall
Keith Benner
Benner
Troop No. 15
Hanford Post
American Legion
Ray Short
Waubeek
Court of Honor
Clyde Lindsley
New Cedar Rapids District Advancement
Sam Cohen
Howard McLaughlin
Jack Ferring
Jim Scolaro
Arthur Poe
Harold Ward
The
Legion
Marvin Zeman
Jack Scanlon
Francis Mels
Bill Bonsherty
DuWayne Johanos
Dick Apland
Carol Hauseman
Richard Hubbard
John Kurt
Donald Rehder
Billy Shaver
Richard Avis
Douglas Owen
Wendell Caldwell
Douglas Woodson
Waldo Mead
Richard Kriz
Richard Flynn
Donald DeMuthtar
George Miller
Joseph Suchomel
Welter Rothschild
Roger Delp
Gerald Bolgren
Lyle Shook
Douglas Battin
Harold Tyler
James Hopkins
Lee
Donald Vejda
Dick Senninger
Bronte Falm
Richard Snerring
Gold Palm
John Hickman
Bill Stanford
Weather Aboard Trains Buckles Under Cold Wave
The Des Moines division routes through Cedar Rapids and West Liberty are back on schedule after trains ran late. North Western and Milwaukee area services faced delays while Greyhound and interurbans reported mostly on time. Cold waves grip the nation with International Falls at 28 below zero and Pembina 36 below as southern cities see sharp temperature drops.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
West Liberty
Milwaukee
Marion
O. A. Beerman
Hiawathas
North Western
Los Angeles
International Falls
Minn
Upper Midwest
Pembina
N. C
Duluth
Bemidji
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Washington
Philadelphia
Atlanta
New York
Mercury
Gulf States
Jacksonville
Fla
Innocent John Bickel pleads in car sales case
John Bickel, 27, of 1847 Eighth Street NW, pleaded guilty to selling used cars at retail without a dealer license. Bond set at $200 for a Feb 14 hearing before Justice H R Churchill. Deputy Whittemore reports four others pled guilty and fined $100. warrants remain. Case tied to Iowa Public Safety dealer license division probe in Linn County against amateur car sales.
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John Bickel
Eighth Street NW
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
Bickel
Justice Churchill
P. J. Whittemore
Whittemore
O. L. Mead
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Linn County
Democratic Attack on Knutson Tax Cut Plan Stirs Debate
Rep Gore of Tennessee denounces the Knutson 20 percent across the board tax cut as medieval. He cites unequal benefits, arguing the bill favors high earners while boosting small incomes less, signaling a possible shift toward targeting larger cuts for low income groups.
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Washington
Gore
D-Tenn
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Tennesseean
Andrew Melon
Mellon
Treasury
Coolidge
Hoover
Rep. McCormack
Mass
Case Co Takes Over Bettendorf War Plant
Officials of the J. I. Case Company Racine Wis Tuesday took formal possession of the former wartime tank arsenal at Bettendorf Ia purchased from the War Assets Administration. Theodore Johnson vice president of Case gave a $1 123 000 check in Chicago to a government representative and received the deed.
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Chicago
J. I. Case Company
Racine
Wis
Bettendorf
War Assets Administration
WAA
Theodore Johnson
Des Moines Man Dies From Accidental Rifle Wound
Harold Brown aged 56 of Guthrie Center died in a Des Moines hospital Tuesday night from a rifle wound suffered when the weapon accidentally discharged as he stepped from a car after a hunting trip.
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Des Moines
INS
Harold Brown
Guthrie Center
Coe College to Host Eleventh High School Speech Tourney
More than 70 students and coaches from Midwest high schools will attend the Coe college hosted event. The tournament opens Thursday at 8 pm with events in debate oratory poetry reading extempore speaking and dramatic declamation concluding Saturday with a luncheon in Voorhees dining hall where superior and excellent ratings are announced. Participating schools include Roosevelt Cedar Rapids Dubuque Council Bluffs Aton City Iowa City Maquoketa Ottumwa Manchester Burlington Waukon Muscatine and two Omaha high schools. The Coe Pi Kappa Delta chapter organizes with Patricia Joy Don Gunn J D Lambert Elinor Kanaske guiding, Jeannette Ringland assisting.
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Midwest
Coe College
Voorhees
Roosevelt of
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Council Bluffs Aton City
Iowa City
Maquoketa
Ottumwa
Manchester
Burlington
Waukon
Muscatine
Omaha
Neb
Coe Chapter
Pi Kappa Delta
National Honorary Speech Fraternity
Patricia Joy
Don Gunn
J. D. Lambert
Elinor Kanaske
Jeannette Ringland
Flat brushes hang to dry bristles down
The guide recommends drying flat brushes by hanging them up with the bristles facing downward to prevent water from seeping into the ferrule and preserving brush shape.
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Daily Record
Mayme R. Fuller
Charles Fuller
Francis F. Foran
Phyllis A. Foran
L. H. Sackett
L. W. Sackett
Grace A. Evans
Howard E. Evans
Fern Williams
Frank A. Williams
Thomas J. Hartley
Mechanics~ Ville
Inez Witousek
Cedar, Rapids
Lucian Savage
Velmar Harris
John Stepanek
Fruehauf Trailer Company
Emerson Wolfe
Frank Battin
Ninth Street
L. T. Doenges
Country Club Parkway
Guy O'Brien
Bowling Street
Bupane Gas Company
William Burnell
Fourteenth Avenue
R. B. Cresswell
Second Avenue
C. H. Otto
First Avenue
Herschel Bean
E. Bach
St. Luke’s
R. E. Duncan
K Street
Edwin Hynek
Swisher
Merle Coon
K Avenue NW
Richard May
Memorial Drive
Ed Rinderknecht
Atkins
San
Eleventh Avenue
Mary Weech
Third Avenue
Seventh and
Eighth Streets
G. L. Andrews
First Street
Company No. 1
Twenty-eighth Street Drive
Herbert Staub
Thirty-third Street
Company No
Fourth Avenue
Kenridge Terrace
Edward Clouhy
David Lehti
County
East Coast
C.R
John Btl
Kermit Eby
World Socialize Utilities
Indiana
Church of the Brethren
John Hus Methodist Church
Unity Guild
Ed Sheftie
Jean Carney
Nelle Sheftie
Melvin Thompson
R. E. Fussell
Twenty-fifth Street
San Antonio
Photogrammetric Engineers “Company
B'nai B'rith
Montrose
Townsend No
Ee Mortuary
B. S. Gallup
Corbett Service
Lapes
Emfai
Florist
Third Avenue SE
Scout Court
K. C. Daniels
Greyhound Bus Lines
Waterloo
Crandie
Tom McCauley
Personal Finance Co
Joan
Ave. SE
2Nd Ava
Oway
Christensen
TAX Service
Third ST
Innocent
Assails Knutson
Case Co
Bettendorf War Plant
Coe
Vernon Guttenfelder
Ellis Park
Church OF God
Heaven
Jesus
Dooty
Bell Telephone
Western Electric
Hotel Roosevelt
Bell ‘Telephones
R. J. Badlat
American Medical
Union Bank Building
Audiphone Company OF Iowa, Inc
Davenport, Iowa
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