Weather and police court items from February 10 1950 Daily Record
The item reports weather data for Iowa including highs 40 to 50 and rain starting Sunday, with five day precipitation light and temperatures above normal. It also lists police court fines for various offenses including disturbing the peace Ivan Notbohm, speeding Gerald Johnson Bruce Harper, signal failure Duane Waskow, and improper parking Leo McNamara, plus a false alarm at Wee Blue Inn.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Seattle
Miami
Sioux City
Iowa
Gerald Johnson
Fifth Avenue SE
Bruce Harper
Grande Avenue SE
Duane Waskow
Third Avenue SW
Leo McNamara
Route 1
Diverse Iowa notices include divorces births and obituaries
A list of public notices from Davenport Cedar Rapids Wyoming and other Iowa towns covers divorce petitions decrees births and obituaries. Entries name involved parties including Brayton Robertson Omann Spake Shank Briggs and Dusanek Carsten sen with locations Davenport Cedar Rapids Wyoming and Calmar Newhall Oxford and Oxford Junction.
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Charles E. Brayton
Mary F. Robertson
Davenport
Loren D. Omann
Darlene M. Spake
T. Dale Shank
Joan E. Briggs
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Dusanek
Dora Carstensen
Wyoming
WCTU Leader Urges Truman to Close Taverns and Night Spots
Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, urged President Truman to close all taverns night clubs and other un essentials to conserve coal during a Thursday night address in Evanston Illinois.
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Evanston, Ill
D. Leigh Colvin
The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Truman
Walker Scout Harold Templeman to Represent Waubeek Council
Harold Templeman a First Class Scout from troop 501 Walk er will represent the Waubeek Area Council in a state wide council report to Governor Beardsley in Des Moines. He was chosen by the camping and activity committee and will be joined by his father Floyd Templeman Council Vice President Leslie Grigg and Scout Executive Keith Benner for ceremonies at 11 45 a m.
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Harold Templeman
Walker
Waubeek
Beardsley
Des Moines
Templeman
Keith Benner
Truman
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Floyd Templeman
Leslie Grigg
Benner
Russia accuses FBI in Gubitchev espionage case
Soviet U.N. delegate Jacob Malik charges the FBI used material from Byron Price files against Valentine A. Gubitchev. Russia argues U.N. wires were tapped and the FBI acted with certain U.N. officials, amid a protest to Secretary General Lie over misrepresentation in a New York court.
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Lake Success
Russia
Byron Price
United Nations
FBI
Valentine A. Gubitchev
U.N
Jacob A. Malik
Trygve Lie
U.N. Secretariat
State Department
Washington
Department of State
New York City
U. S. Department of Justice
V. A. Gubitchev
United States
Court questions Missouri navigator as witness in grounding case
A naval court of inquiry doubts Ensign E. R. Harris's competency as a witness and officer in the Missouri grounding probe. Harris, 23, was plotting the battleship's course when she ran aground on January 17. The court, led by Rear Admiral Milton E. Miles, named him an interested party and advised counsel.
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Norfolk
Naval Court of Inquiry
Missouri
E. R. Harris
Milton E. Miles
Big Mo
Harris
Arms on Formosa Called Sufficient
The state department said Chinese Nationalist forces on Formosa have enough arms to beat a Communist attack if used properly and fought hard. It also noted it would recognize a Communist representative at the United Nations if a majority votes to unseat the Nationalist member.
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Washington
State Department
Formosa
Department
United Nations
Iowa Farm Boy Drowns in Creek at Farm Home
Three year old Danny Houser drowned Thursday in a creek running through the yard at the Center ville area farm of his parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Houser seven miles east of Centerville IA Firefighters used a respirator but could not revive the only child of the Houser family.
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Centerville
Danny Houser
Raymond Houser
Here
Housers
Snowslide Kills Five in French Alps
In Grenoble France five people died when a snowslide buried the homes of workers at a power plant in the French Alps. Rescue teams searched the area and authorities investigated the cause of the avalanche.
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Grenoble
France
French Alps
Cedar Rapids to Vote on Abolishing Superior Court
The city election on March 27 will decide if Cedar Rapids should abolish its superior court. Linn County Bar Association chairman C. J. Lynch Jr said petitions to place the measure on the ballot will likely be filed next week. He noted the committee has far more than the 200 signatures required.
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Cedar Rapids
C. J. Lynch, Jr
Linn County Bar Association
Committee On
Lynch
Town man sentenced for disturbance near Center Point
William Stoltz of near Center Point was sentenced to 10 days in the county jail by Justice of the Peace Blake Shipton for disturbing the peace at the Phillip Haars farm near Center Point Thursday night.
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William Stoltz
Near
Center Point
Justice of the Peace
Blake Shipton
Phillip Haars
Judge awards Fowlie damages in auto crash case
Judge Floyd Philbrick on Friday awarded Mearl Fowlie 546.31 against Clare Bosacker for injuries from a Aug 14 collision at Twelfth Avenue and Seventeenth Street St. Laura E. Fordice’s will was admitted to probate. James W. Bowersox named executor without bond. Personal effects go to Bowersox and four nieces Lucy Anna Edna Elizabeth Bowersox. Remainder to United Brethren Church building fund in Shueyville.
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Floyd Philbrick
Mearl Fowlie
Clare Bosacker
Bosacker
Fowlie
Twelfth Avenue
Seventeenth Street St
Laura E. Fordice
James W. Bowersox
Lucy
Anna
Edna
Elizabeth Bowersox
United Brethren Church
Shueyville
Snyder pleads guilty to passing bad check in probate case
George W. Snyder pled guilty to passing a worthless 35 dollar check to Lloyd Frimml of 1618 Fiftieth Street NE on December 16. Judge J. E. Heiserman sentenced Snyder to 90 days in county jail but suspended the sentence after restitution and 30 days already served for lack of bond were noted.
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George W. Snyder
Lloyd Frimml
Fiftieth Street
J. E. Heiserman
Snyder
Woman Receives 90 Day Suspended Sentence for Larceny
Dorothy Lewis McGaughy aged 34 of 303 Eighth Avenue SE pleaded guilty to larceny from a building. She admitted stealing about $19 worth of silverware from the Roosevelt hotel on December 12 while employed there and was given a 90 day suspended sentence.
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Dorothy Lewis McGaughy
Eighth Avenue SE
Roosevelt Hotel
Court records and local notices from Linn County
The Linn county courthouse will be closed all day Monday February 13 in observance of Lincoln s birth day. Oren A Carter 53 of 508 A avenue NE Friday pled guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a 16 year old girl January 31 Judge J E Heiserman fined him 100 and sentenced him to 30 days in county jail. Ross Hall 31 North English Friday pled innocent to a charge of desertion and abandonment of minor children He was released on his own recognizance until February 13.
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Linn County
Lincoln
Oren A. Carter
A Avenue NE
J. E. Heiserman
Ross Hall
Housing Plan Faces Senate Setback for $2 Billion Loans
In Washington the Senate Banking Committee voted 7 to 6 to shelve President Truman’s middle income housing program for two weeks to study its economic impact. The plan would provide government backed loans totaling $2 billion to housing cooperatives of families earning $2,400 to $4,700 yearly, with critics fearing inflationary effects.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Banking Committee
McMahon Backs Plan on Hydrogen Bomb
Senator McMahon of Connecticut approved Atomic Energy Commission plans to develop the hydrogen super bomb. He told reporters there is no immediate money problem in carrying out President Truman’s order to continue development of the weapon.
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Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
AEC
Census office receives about 500 enumerator applications
Cedar Rapids district census office reports about five hundred applications for enumerator jobs from Linn Benton Jones Jackson and Clinton counties. Linn and Clinton will have a short application period while the others stay open longer. After initial screening applicants will take a noncompetitive selection test to assess enumeration ability. Tests likely start mid next week.
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Cedar Rapids
Rodney E. Birkicht
Linn
Benton
Jones
Jackson
Clinton
Birkicht
Deaths Sarah J Benesh Bramow 84
Sarah J Benesh Bramow 84 died at 12 45 a m Friday at her daughter’s home nine miles west of Cedar Rapids after a five weeks illness. She had 104 direct descendants and was born December 29 1865 in Pensylvania later living in Shellsburg Winton Atkins Vinton and Cedar Rapids. Survived by husband Ludwig eleven children four stepchildren a brother forty six grandchildren forty four great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Services in St Stephen’s Lutheran Atkins at 2 p m Monday conducted by Rev O Neiting of Vinton. Burial in Shellsburg cemetery. Friends may call Beatty chapel Cedar Rapids until noon Monday.
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Sarah J. Benesh Bramow
Kirk Beatty
Cedar Rapids
Bramow
Pensylvania
Iowa
Shellsburg
Winton
Ludwig
Wiliam Benesh
Ely
Sam Benesh
Center Point
Frank Benesh
Brooklyn
George Benesh
Marion
Joe Benesh
LeRoy Benesh
Casemere
Wash
Ella Kluber
Montezuma
S. E. Glassey
Gillette
Wyo
Beatty
Mable Tumilty
August Bramow
Herman Bramow
Vinton
Otto Bramow
Waterloo
Ella Hinkle
Mt. Auburn
Jared Heim
Rutland
Lutheran Church
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
Atkins
O. Neiting
Triplets Born to Victim of Polio in New Jersey
In Long Branch New Jersey AP report says Elizabeth Warnke wife of Dr Fred W Warnke delivered triplet girls all about three pounds each. The babies are reported doing fairly well and the mother remains in good condition after daily treatments for infantile paralysis effects.
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Long Branch
N. J
Elizabeth Warnke
Fred W. Warnke
State Files Charges Against Vinton Woman
The Iowa attorney general's office filed charges against Dorothy Holland of Vinton for practicing cosmetology without a license. This is the third case in a campaign by the State Board of Cosmetology to stop unlicensed home practice. An injunction was sought to stop her from continuing the practice until licensed.
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State
Vinton
Des Moines
Attorney General's Office
Dorothy Holland
State Board of Cosmetology
George Barta Elected President of Cedar Rapids Horsemen Club
George Barta was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Horsemen's Club at the last meeting. Other officers named are Don Zook as vice president, Mrs. Marguerite Minor as secretary, and Mrs. Frances Mingo as treasurer. Retiring president is Mrs. Lottie Mihulka. The article notes a comparison of United States measurement standards to British standards.
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George Barta
Cedar Rapids Horsemen’s Club
Don Zook
Marguerite Minor
Frances Mingo
Lottie Mihulka
Independence to Get 2 Million Hospital Addition
The Iowa legislature approved a 2 million dollar plan to build a 500 patient addition at the overcrowded Independence mental hospital. The project aims to relieve crowding and connect with the screening center and operating rooms. Other approved items include 23,537 for kitchen equipment, a new agronomy building at Iowa State College, and minor state park improvements.
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Independence
Iowa
State Legislative
State Board of Control
Iowa State College
Anamosa
State Department of Public Instruction
Byfield, Noted Hotel Man, Dies in Chicago
Ernest L. Byfield, 60, prominent Chicago hotel executive and Pump Room host, died of heart ailment. He headed Ambassador hotels on the Gold Coast and the Sherman in the Loop and directed the Pump Room, Battery, and College Inn venues. He closed College Inn in 1948 over a cabaret tax protest.
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Chicago
INS
Ernest L. Byfield
Ambassador Hotels
Gold Coast
Sherman Hotel
Loop
Byfield
Pump Room
Ambassador East
Battery
Ambassador West
College Inn
Hotel Sherman
Reorganization Sought By Union League Club
The Union League Club of Chicago filed for reorganization under federal bankruptcy laws in U S district court saying it is amply solvent but temporarily unable to meet principal and interest due on general mortgage bonds which came due February 1.
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Chicago
Union League Club of Chicago
U. S. District Court
No Reserved Seats For Scout Circus
Waubeek Area Council Boy Scout circus will have general admission. Harold Eggleston says no reserved seats. Shows run tonight and Saturday at Memorial coliseum with doors at 6 30 p m and a two hour program starting 7 30 featuring an 7 45 first act.
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Waubeek Area Council Boy Scout Circus
Harold Eggleston
Memorial Coliseum
Two G I S Sell Services to Reds in Vienna Kidnap Case
Two U S soldiers Sgt John Frankey and Corp Paul Abel of the 796th military police in Vienna admitted taking part in a Soviet led smuggling ring. They confessed to kidnapping Oswald Eder a former German prisoner of war and turning him over to Soviet authorities after being paid 7000 Austrian schillings about 250 dollars.
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Vienna
U. S. Army
John Frankey
Brockton
Mass
Corp
Paul Abel
Bolivar
Oswald Eder
Russia
Eder
Rugged Men Prone to Coronary Thrombosis Warned
Massachusetts General Hospital reports three years of research linking mesomorphic body types with higher risk of coronary thrombosis in middle life. The study notes hard angular builds correlate with vulnerability while lighter ectomorphic physiques show lower risk and suggests future prevention steps.
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Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Gravity of Fuchs Case Emphasized by Senator Tydings
Senator Tydings said Russia gained accurate theoretical and practical data about the hydrogen bomb from Dr. Klaus Fuchs. He warned the information could speed the Soviet program by a year or more and emphasized the case's gravity while heading the Senate arms services committee.
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Washington
Tydings
D-M.d
Russia
Klaus Fuchs
Senate Arms Services Committee
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Fuchs
Trial adjourned in Christoffel perjury case
Federal Judge F Dickinson Letts adjourned Harold Christoffel's second perjury trial to Monday. He indicated he will reject defense demands to inspect records of a secret congressional committee meeting.
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Washington
F. Dickinson Letts
Harold Christoffel
Congressional Committee
Soldiers Injured In Crash Thank Cedar Rapids Donors
Four soldiers seriously injured in a December 22 car crash near Cedar Rapids express gratitude for gifts and cards. The men Peter Forgett Charles Reff Edward Kron and Richard Worell signed the note sent to M Sgt Gordon Johnson at the Cedar Rapids army recruiting office. They were hospitalized in Cedar Rapids and later treated at Offutt air base hospital in Omaha after leaves from Fort Warren Wyoming.
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Cedar Rapids
Gordon Johnson
Peter J. Forgett
Plattsburg
N. Y
Charles E. Reff
Clayton
Edward T. Kron
Alliance
Ohio
Richard Worell
New Castle
Offutt Air Base Hospital
Omaha
Fort Warren
Wyo
Iowa
Johnson
State Patrol Chief Overhauls Command Structure
State Safety Commissioner Alfred W. Kahl announced changes in the highway patrol. S N Jespersen becomes head of the driver license examiner division in addition to patrol chief. Lt. Harry O Brown named assistant chief and chief hearing officer. Ted Mikesch promoted to administrative and supply officer. M D Calhoun promoted to sergeant. Changes split next Wednesday, with Calhoun change effective now.
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Humbolt
Calhoun
Red Oak
Notice of Appointment of Executor in Iowa Estate
Notice in Linn County Iowa that James W. Bowersox has been appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Laura A. Fordice deceased. All indebted persons must pay promptly. Claims must be filed with the Linn County District Court Clerk. Attorney L. D. Dennis represents the estate.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Laura A. Fordice
Cedar Rapids January Employment Falls By 808 Jobs
Iowa State Employment Service manager H J Eberhart reports Cedar Rapids firms cut 808 jobs from December to January with 18 756 on payrolls in January including 5 392 women. December had 19 564 employees 5 853 women. Retail cuts led, plus seasonal declines in construction and food processing. Openings rose to 406 from 297 but overall labor market showed no broad improvement. Unemployment claims rose to 640 for the week Jan 30 Feb 3.
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H. J. Eberhart
Iowa State Employment Service
Cedar Rapids
Eberhart
Death claims Des Moines patrolman in Atlantic
State Highway Patrolman Arthur Sivert, 45, died Thursday night in Atlantic of a heart attack. Sivert had served with the patrol since 1940 and was stationed in Atlantic.
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Des Moines
Arthur Seivert
Atlantic
Sivert
Community Textbook Project Seeks Civic Help in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids school officials urged community leaders to assist two teachers Miriam Chynoweth and Martha Griffith in writing a seventh grade civics text. They seek material showing how groups serve Cedar Rapids and plan interviews and edits for a fair, objective city portrait. The project may become a classroom civics course with maps and community life analysis.
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Cedar Rapids
Miriam Chynoweth
Martha Griffith
Supt. of Schools
Clyde Parker
Hale Reid
Reid
Cedar River
Cedar ‘Rapids
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Susan Lindemann
Joseph Lindemann
Dorothy M. Fleisher
William F. Fleisher
Mildred M. Beckman
Herber Beckmann
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Claire Benyon
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Arthur O. McGuire
Ivan A. Spicer
Alta L. Spicer
Mercy
Curtis Erger
Schaeffer Drive
Harold LeMaster
Wilson Avenue
Virgil Dugan
Eighth Street
James F. Shaw
Thirty-second Street
St. Luke’s
Paul Kiecksee
C Avenue
Newhall
Henry Boddicker
St. John’s Catholic Church
Calmar
Leonard Frana
Adolph Frana
Balik Funeral
Spillville
Oxford Junction
Cornelius Petersen
English Lutheran Church
Oxford
Anton W. Tomash
Oxford Township
Oathout Chapel
Iowaity
Walker Youth
Scouts In Council
Gubitchev
Fordice
Senate
Sarah Benesh Bramow
C.R. Horsemen’s Club
Independence Hospital
Max Witte
Witte
Theommittee
State Bureau of Investigation
Liquor Commission
Bureau
Scout
G.i.'s
Reds
Seeley
Business Machines Co
Danceland
James W. Bowersox L. D. Dennis
C.R
Philco
Magnavox
Zenith
B.C.A
Jim Reeder
A.e. SW
Kreds
3Rd Ave
Bird & Son
Felter Roofing & Paint CO
First Street
Loyal
Parker
Lapes
Florist
Second Ave
Toman
Third Avenue
DIAL
John B. Turner & Son
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