U S Plans to Reform Antiquated Building Codes
Washington AP reports the commerce department will convene top construction experts to attack antiquated building codes and barriers affecting veterans housing. Alfred Schindler vows a concerted effort to create a uniform code, reduce waste, cut costs, and lower prices by removing state tariffs and discriminatory regulations across the country.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Homes For Veterans
Alfred Schindler
Congress
Schindler
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Iowa Weather and Legal Notices Highlight Local Changes
The Iowa forecast calls for Tuesday snow flurries and colder air with a high near 38 and a low of 13, followed by a partly cloudy cold Wednesday. A city court report lists multiple divorce decrees, penalties for violations, and fines in Cedar Rapids and nearby areas, along with numerous birth announcements from St Luke's and Mercy hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Funeral services set for Dr M H Thielen in Grundy Center
Grundy Center Iowa funeral services are planned for Dr M H Thielen 79 a longtime practicing physician in the town for 47 years. He died of pneumonia Sunday in a Waterloo hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
M. H. Thielen
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids School Board Candidates Named
Dr. von Lackum, Linn County physician and former medical society president, backs coordinated use of facilities for educational recreational and health welfare while continuing support for the school system. His family resides at 326 Twenty third Street Drive SE. Messinger, a Howard R Green engineer and ex-board appointee, seeks the two year term, living at 221 Thirteenth Street NW with his wife and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
University of Iowa
Linn County Medical Society
von Lockum
von Lackum
Cedar Rapids
Herbert
Twenty-third Street Drive
Messinger
Myron Koenig
Howard R. Green Engineering Company
Iowa State College
Thirteenth Street
Notice of Appointment of Executors in Linn County
Notice is given that on the 16th day of [month], the undersigned appoint and name executors of the estate of Whitenack, late of Linn County deceased. All persons indebted to said estate must pay promptly. Claims against the estate must be filed duly authenticated with the Linn County District Court Clerk. Pred W. Hann is attorney for the executors.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Whitenack
Wate
Lim County
District Court
Deaths George Medhurst Dies in Cedar Rapids
George I. Medhurst 68 of 241 Twenty third Street SE Cedar Rapids died Sunday night after a long illness. A Rock Island railway clerk 33 years until 1943 he lived in Cedar Rapids all his life. Survived by wife Mollie Griffin married 1910 and two aunts, an uncle in Omaha. Funeral at St Matthew's Church Wednesday at 9 am with burial at Mt Calvary. Daughters of Isabella and Holy Name Society to recite Rosary Tuesday night.
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George I. Medhurst
Twenty-third Street
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railway
Mollie C. Griffin
Carrie ‘Schramek
Anna Snyder
Charles Sc
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Daughters of Isabella and the Holy Name Society
Jacob Bachman Dies at 93 in Cedar Rapids
Jacob Bachman 93 of 3800 Old Marion road died at 1:20 a.m. Sunday in a local hospital. Born April 6, 1852 in Wheeling Illinois he witnessed the Chicago fire of 1872 with his father. Survived by Augusta Leese widow sister Elizabeth Heins and brothers Henry and Louis burial in Shiloh cemetery with church service at Turner chapel conducted by Rev Bornhoeft.
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Jacob Bachman
Marion Road
Cedar Rapids
Wheeling
Ill
Bachman
Chicago
Augusta Leese
Elizabeth Heins
Henry
Louis
la Porte City
Trinity Lutheran Church
Turner Chapel
P. L. Bornhoeft
Shiloh
Minna Wikoff's Father Dead in Pullman Washington
Dr. Benjamin D. Wikoff, 87, father of Prof Minna Wikoff head of Coe College home economics, died Sunday night in Pullman Washington where he lived with daughter Mrs F G Rounds. He practiced dentistry in Chicago for 60 years until 1940 and went west last May. A Cincinnati Dental College graduate and Delta Sigma fraternity member, he was a life member of the Illinois Dental Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin D. Wikoff
Minna Wikoff
Coe College
Pullman
Wash
F. G. Rounds
Wikoff
Chicago
Cincinnati Dental College
Delta Sigma Dental Fraternity
Illinois Dental Association
William Swartzbaugh, 86, dies in Cedar Rapids
William Henry Swartzbaugh died at 1 a.m. Monday at his son Earl Swartzbaugh’s home in Cedar Rapids. Born November 17, 1859 in Fulton County Illinois, he married Emma Lane in 1895. Surviving are his wife, two sons Earl and Merlin of Chicago, three sisters Ada Buttsfield Leota Withron Abbie Dahling, a brother Dick of Vinton, and granddaughter Bette Jean Swartzbaugh. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Turner chapel. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Swartzbaugh
Earl
E Avenue
Fulton County
Illinois
Emma Lane
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Merlin
Chicago
Ada Buttsfield
Leota Withron
Abbie Dahling
San Diego
Calif
Bette Jean Swartzbaugh
Turner Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral rites set for Henry D. McNabb 81 Ottumwa veteran
Funeral services for Henry D. McNabb 81 of 810 B avenue NE will be held at Beatty chapel 7 p m Monday with Dr M B Kober of St Pauls Methodist church officiating The body will go to Ottumwa for 1 30 p m Tuesday services Burial in Ottumwa He married Anna May Robinson in 1884 in Ottumwa Survived by six children 28 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren Fourteen grandsons and a granddaughter served in World War II Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. McNabb
B Avenue NE
Milwaukee Railroad
Beatty Chapel
M. B. Kober
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Ottumwa
Tranl
McNabb
Funeral services for Mrs Marion Edwards held in Ayer Mass
Funeral services for Mrs. Marion Edwards, former Cedar Rapids resident, were held in Ayer Massachusetts on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Edwards
Cedar Rapids
Ayer
Mass
County Wins 2000 Judgment From Fugitive and Bondsman
Judge J E Heiserman ordered judgment for Linn county for 2000 against Fred Lee and Allison hotel and Sidney Water. Water had posted a 2000 bond set April 7 when Water and five others faced assault with intent to commit great bodily injury. Water was to appear in district court February 4 but failed to appear. attorney had not heard from him for about two weeks.
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J. E. Heiserman
Linn County
Fred Lee
Allison
Sidney Water
Maple Drive
Lee
H. R. Churchill
Water
Justice Court
Crowe Recovering From Indiana Car Crash Injuries
Clem Crowe, former Iowa football coach and Notre Dame basketball coach, was recovering Monday from injuries after an automobile accident in La Porte Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Porte, Ind
Clem Crowe
University of Iowa
Notre Dame
Bombay calm returns as riots ease in the city
British communique says sailors returned to duty and conditions in Bombay are nearly normal. Strikes ended in docks and mills with police noting few incidents as Royal Navy and British forces redeploy. Death toll cited as 228 with 1,047 wounded, though other reports say higher.
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Bombay
Royal Indian Air Force
Juvenile Delinquency Blamed on Parents and Media
Police officials and a probation officer bluntly blame parents for youth crime urging more home guidance. They warn that juveniles can slip from petty theft to serious offenses and note media content may influence behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Carstens
Juvenile Bureau
Lena Vogt
City Briefs Community meetings and lodge notes
Rebekah lodge plans a Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting at K P hall. Isaac Anderson of 529 Seventh avenue SE is recovering well after a major operation at St Mary's hospital Rochester Minnesota. South Side Civic club meets today at 8 p.m. at C S P S hall with business and then films and refreshments. Mount Hermon lodge No 253 A F and A M holds annual Festival lodge on Thursday at 8 p.m. in Masonic hall with entertainment dancing and refreshments for members and wives.
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Isaac Anderson
Seventh Avenue SE
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
South Side Civic Club
C. S. P. S. Hall
Mount Hermon Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Story Hour at Sixteenth Avenue SW Library
The public library branch at Sixteenth Avenue Southwest will host a story hour at 4 15 p m on Tuesday led by Mrs. Lewis Robbins.
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Sixteenth Avenue SW
The
Public Library
Lewis Robbins
Lehti Outlines Growth of Link-Belt Speeder
David Lehti vice-president of Link-Belt Speeder described the merger of two Iowa firms formed in 1919 at Leon and the 1870s at Belle Plaine. He traced power shovel history from Otis first steam shovel to modern high powered rigs, noting exports to Russia England and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lehti
Link-Belt Speeder Corporation
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Iowa
Speeder
Leon
Link-Belt
Belle Plaine
Lehti
United States
William Otis
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Russia
England
Supreme Court voids martial law military court authority over civilians
The Supreme Court, in a 6-2 ruling, held that military courts set up under martial law in Hawaii after Pearl Harbor lacked jurisdiction to try civilians. It freed two civilians sentenced by those courts, one a Pearl Harbor ship fitter and the other a Honolulu stock broker, while a separate 7-1 ruling affirmed that a Reno embezzlement case does not require additional tax on the $13,000.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Honolulu
Territory
Justice Black
Justice Burton
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Stone
Justice Jackson
Reno
Nevada
Laird Wilcox
Nevada Transfer and Warehouse Company
Ninth Federal Circuit Court
Burton
Strike Called Off at Houston
Houston strike ends as city utilities remain online but Pittsburgh area workers press ahead with a power strike set for 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. About 886000 workers nationwide were out due to labor disputes as Duquesne Light and an independent union recessed talks after rejecting an anti strike proposal.
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Houston
Texas
Pittsburgh
AFL
Houston Building Trades Council
Duquesne Light Company
Pittsburgh Power
New York Readies Emergency Transit Force Over Possible Strike
The city mobilized an emergency force to operate transit lines if a 32 000 member strike occurs after midnight Tuesday. City Councilman Michael J Quill leader of the CIO Transport Workers union demands exclusive bargaining rights and a $2 daily wage increase. Mayor O Dwyer rejected exclusive bargaining rights and appeals CIO head Philip Murray to halt the walkout.
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New York
Michael J. Quill
CIO Transport Workers Union
Board of Transportation
William O’dwyer
Quill
TWU
O’dwyer
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Two Motorists Fined For Reckless Driving
Two motorists were fined 25 dollars and costs in police court on reckless driving charges. Claude H. Cypra of 606 Third Street NW was clocked at 60 mph on First Avenue between Twenty-ninth and Thirty-fifth streets SE. James H. Krebs of 1509 E Avenue NE was clocked at 55 mph on First Avenue between Twenty-fifth and Nineteenth streets.
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James H. Krebs
E Avenue
Claude H. Cypra
Third Street
Jack Skalksy
E Street
Rawson J. Behel
Fifth Street
Dale E. Gerst
Anamosa
Joseph M. Wright
Oxford Junction
F. J. Jennings
Grande Avenue SE
Lawrence Jensen
Onslow
Maurice Toomer
B Avenue NE
Dillard Brown
Toddville
Fred Lee
Allison Hotel
Verlin Secres
James T. Maloney
Bever Avenue
W. A. Pangborn
Nineteenth Street
Carl E. Hartman
First Avenue
J. W. Bell
Linden Drive
James L. Carter
Park Avenue
Eugene Rieger
Fifth Avenue
A. E. Lindsay
Sixth Street
Elizabeth Mohn
A. H. McCann
Oakland Road
A. T. Beaker
B Avenue
Twenty-ninth
Thirty-fifth Street
Henry Overman
George Rubey
Twenty-fifth
Nineteenth Streets
Boy Scout held for killing baby to stop crying
A 14 year old Boy Scout, Jack Turk, an honor student at Forest Hills High, was held on a homicide charge in New York after strangling 3 year old Sybil Gurfein to stop crying. He was picked up in Whippany New Jersey as a runaway suspect before the body was found. The infant's mouth was stuffed with gauze and tape and a window shade cord bound the neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack Turk
Forest Hills High School
Whippany
N. J
Sybil Gurfein
Gurfein
Fall From Crib Fatal In Washington Child
Services were held for Christ Allen Nayadley 15 month old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Nayadley in Washington Iowa after he died from injuries from a crib fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Christ Allen Nayadley
Joseph Nayadley
Doetzel Divorce Petition Seeks Custody and Support
Ruth Hazel Doetzel files for divorce from Fred Doetzel Jr citing inhuman treatment and seeks custody of their six month old and $100 monthly alimony. The couple married Feb 11 1945 two weeks after Doetzel and Edna S Doetzel divorced. Doetzel owner of Rapid Blue Print Service is 42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doetzel
Justice Court
Settlement on Real Estate Asked by Kovar
Joseph M. Kovar filed a district court petition Monday seeking settlement of real estate from his divorce from Emma Krovar. Antoinette Kriz, sister of the ex-wife, is named in the suit. The divorce was granted last August by Judge G K Thompson after findings of cruel and inhuman treatment due to Kovar being committed to an insane asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Kovar
Antoinette Kriz
Second Street
Kovar
Emma Kriz Kovar
G. K. Thompsson
Revocation of Rush Will Filed in Cedar Rapids Estate
A revocation dated Nov 14 1938 was filed in the estate of Frank M Rush who died Oct 16 in Cedar Rapids. The revocation would void a will admitted to probate Jan 28 leaving 5000 dollars to Edward J Dahms and the remainder to Rose F Kangiey with Dahms confirmed as executor. The revocation, made in Cedar Rapids, withdraws all prior wills. Rush lived at 842 A Avenue NE Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Rush
Rush
Cedar Rapids
Edward J. Dahms
Rose F. Kangiey
Dahms
A Avenue NE
Libal Seeks Judgment in Marion Improvements Case
Jerry Libal files suit alleging 2046.47 dollars in unpaid repairs on a two story Marion house. He seeks foreclosure of a mechanics lien against property owned by John and Sadie Kramer and the Perpetual Savings and Loan association, naming the owners as defendants and asserting his claim is superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Libal
Iowa Street
Marion
John Kramer
Ridgeway Drive
Sadie M. Dodge
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Libal
Pleads Not Guilty To Breaking and Entering
Orville D. Anderson 40 pled innocent to breaking and entering with intent to commit a public offense. He is jailed in Linn county on $2,500 bond after a Tuesday arrest for allegedly breaking into his estranged wife Mary Jean Anderson’s apartment and striking his sister in law Kathleen Read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville D. Anderson
Anderson
Linn County
Mary Jean Anderson
Fifth Street
Kathleen Read
Mt Vernon man named executor in Benesh will case
D A Van Metre of Mt Vernon was confirmed Monday as executor under a $1000 bond to the will of Margaret J Benesh who died in Mt Vernon February 12. The will dated January 4 1945 provides eight children share equally after four specific bequests. Heirs include Arthur Glenn Benesh Irvin Douden Clara Spear Bessie Fay Fred Benesh Harry Benesh Walden T Benesh and Frank Benesh. A divorce petition by Mary Mabelle Kingston against Theodore Lloyd Kingston was dismissed at her request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. van Metre
Mt. Vernon
Margaret J. Benesh
Bessie Fay
Fred Benesh
Harry Benesh
Walden T. Benesh
Frank Benesh
Floyd Philbrick
Mary Mabelle Kingston
Tenth Street SE
Theodore Lloyd Kingston
Rain and Colder Weather Expected Tuesday in Cedar Rapids
The weatherman warned that Tuesday would bring rain and snow flurries and a drop in temperatures after a week of mild springlike weather in the Cedar Rapids vicinity. Temperatures stood at 54 degrees midafternoon, with a forecast to fall to freezing or below tonight.
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Cedar Rapids
Case Bill Flayed By Schwellenbach
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach told the Senate Labor Committee the house passed labor disputes bill is hodgepodge and ill advised. He warned it could upset the system for handling labor relations and might spur industrial warfare with government power used against unions. He said it could nullify remedial labor standards and relations laws and that Congress should not frustrate national policy.
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Washington
Labor
Schwellenbach
House
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Philippine court summons Major Wermuth in 1941 marriage claim
Olivia Oswald accuses Major Arthur Wermuth of being married in December 1941 and seeks an annulment. The court ordered Wermuth to reply within 90 days. Wermuth denies the marriage. Olivia receives many marriage proposals as Pacific mail arrivals bring suitors.
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Manila
Philippine Court
Arthur Wermuth
Olivia Josephine Oswald
Miss Oswald
Wermuth
Olivia
Pacific Mail
Associated Press Office
Dundee Sewer Contract Awarded by City Council
The city council awarded Gjellefald Construction of Forest City Indiana a sanitary sewer project near Shaver road NE for 27691.25 dollars, beating Haegg Construction of Cedar Rapids whose bid was 32416.08. Work includes sewers along Shaver road NE to Eleventh street NE and multiple cross streets to near the Illinois Central right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gjellefald Construction Company
Forest City
Shaver Road
Haegg Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Gjellefald Company
Illinois Central
Auditor’s
Eleventh Street
Hubbard Avenue
Tenth Street
H Avenue
G Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Weare Avenue
Brown Avenue
I Avenue
Service members return or complete duty in Pacific and Europe
Ray G. Stumpff, seaman second class, returns to the States after nearly two years in the Pacific. Lt. Charles J. Pisarik comes home via Los Angeles after 21 months overseas duty and is separated from the Army. Sgt. Frank C. Shimon is discharged from Fort McPherson after 37 months as chief postal clerk. Lt. Dan Kelsey is home on terminal leave after almost four years in service with 18 months in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray G. Stumpff
William Stumpff
Pacific
Anna Rae
Leslie Rae
Charles J. Pisarik
J. S. Pisarik
C Street
Los Angeles
Calif
Adjutant General Department
Army
Frank C. Shimon
C. J. Shimon
Solon
Fort McPherson
Dan Kelsey
Stocks Suffer Sharp Market Setback
New York AP reports the stock market on Monday endured one of its sharpest setbacks in six years with leading steels motors rails liquors utilities and blue chips dropping about one to eight points. Volume approached 2.3 million shares traded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hearing on Eldora Motion Is Continued
Fort Dodge Iowa hearing on a motion to dismiss the remaining Eldora cases was continued by Judge Sherwood Clock. The judge said the hearing will occur after assignment of the cases and the presiding judge will decide.
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Eldora
Fort Dodge
Sherwood Clock
Clock
Harold Nelson
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Luzerne
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Fred Beck
Springville
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Mercy
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A Avenue NW
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Fourteenth Avenue SE
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Kenridge Terrace
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Second Avenue SW
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Elkader
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Fourth Street
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John Frasher
Vernal Street
Gerald C. Pettit
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C Avenue
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Fruitland Boulevard
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Earl Spore
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W. Hann
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