Weather and notices from the Daily Record
Weather forecast shows little change with cloudy skies and occasional snow flurries through Thursday. Temperatures: high 28, low 14 Wednesday. high 29 Thursday. Also includes divorce decrees, marriage licenses, justice court entries, and local notices of births and police actions.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Anti-Labor Bills In Iowa Senate
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate moved anti labor bills including a closed shop measure and four other labor restriction proposals without a labor committee recommendation after a dispute led by Senator Frank Martin. The senate also rejected an Iowa Bankers Association bill to allow banks a five day week with director and state banking department approval, and approved a $25,000 joint resolution to form a state council to study and propose a uniform building code for postwar construction.
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DES Moines
Iowa Senate
Labor Committee
Frank Martin
Davenport
Senate
Iowa Bankers Association
State Banking Department
House
Iowa
Army enlists five men from Iowa cities announced
Recruiters declare five enlistments in the Army. Three Cedar Rapids men join at Fort Omaha Nebraska including John G. Zimerman LeRoy T. Wolfe and James A. Atwood. Remaining enlistees Edward H. Heim of Dubuque and George J. Birkett of Galena Illinois are named.
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Cedar Rapids
Army
Federal
Waterloo Man Dies On Passenger Train
G. W. Thode of Waterloo died on a Rock Island train on arrival at Davenport station about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Corner Frank C. Keppy announced death was due to a heart attack. Thode had been in Phoenix, Arizona, and was accompanied by a nurse. An ambulance waited at Davenport to take him home.
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Davenport
G. W. Thode
Waterloo
Rock Island
Frank C. Keppy
Thode
Phoenix
Ariz
Exploration Crew Leaves Polar Sector
Aboard the icebreaker Burton Island the Little America IV expedition ends after five weeks and four days. Admiral Byrd notes the base is evacuated to avert thickening ice as 197 men depart, leaving a hopeful message about the site being peaceful and worthy of care.
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H. D. Quigg
Burton Island
America
Little America IV
Bay of Whales
Ross Sea
Little America
Great Ice Barrier
Richard H. Cruzen
Richard E. Byrd
Youth 19 Faces Auto Theft Charge
Keith Ehlers 19 of 218 Eighth Street NE is charged with larceny of a motor vehicle. He was ordered to plead Friday at 10 am by Judge J. E. Heiserman and is held on a 3500 dollar bond with Sandee Jordan appointed as counsel. Police arrested him Tuesday after he allegedly stole John Wilder’s car from First Avenue near Eighth Street E and were quickly spotted at Twin Towers. He attempted to drive away, then fled on foot and was arrested on the highway.
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Keith Ehlers
Eighth ‘Street
J. E. Heiserman
Sandee Jordan
Ehlers
John Wilder
Eighth Street
Wilder
Quaker Oats May End Rest Breaks Amid Plant Talks
Quaker Oats discussions continue after Poe says the company must end the 15 minute rest period due to resumed normal schedules and rising costs. Union leaders warn Cedar Rapids workers may strike if the plant shuts down, while other plants hold no strike provisions and seek master contracts.
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Poe
Valdes
Joint Council
Cedar Rapids
Akron
Ohio
Memphis
Forster
United Packinghouse Workers
CIO
Plan World’s Tallest Tower in Des Moines
T. A. M. Craven of Cowles Broadcasting said plans exist to build a 1530 foot tower in Des Moines for KRNT FM to carry FM broadcasts to Iowa. He noted the tower would surpass the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building in height and an FCC permit has been filed.
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Washington
T. A. M. Craven
Cowles Broadcasting Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Craven
Federal Communications Commission
Krntfm
Eiffel
Empire Statel l
Col Stewart of Standard Oil a noted South Dakota figure
Col Stewart a Yale graduate and longtime South Dakota leader rose to chairman of Standard Oil of Indiana. He organized the state guard, served as Hughes County state attorney and two terms in the state senate, and led an employee stock plan turning 339000 shares to 17000 workers. He championed big business openness and expanded the company from 167 million to 1 billion dollars.
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Hughes County
South Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
San Juan Hill
National Guard of
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Chicago
Col
Stewart
Standard Oil
Norbert Hughson Hurt In Industrial Accident
Norbert Hughson of 508 Oakland Avenue NE suffered a compound fracture of the left leg and a scalp laceration in an accident at the National Oats Company on Tuesday morning. He was taken by ambulance to St. Luke's Hospital and said his leg was caught in a rope and he was pulled upward on a pulley.
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Norbert Hughson
Oakland Avenue NE
National Oats Company
Hughson
Ambune
St. Luke's Hospital
Deaths Harvey James Bishop 61 barber and poet dies
Harvey James Bishop of 1018 Tenth Street NE died at 9 40 p m Monday after a brief illness. Born Hazelton August 14 1885 he lived 20 years in Cedar Rapids where he ran a barber shop on Oakland Road NE. He wrote 2000 verses in 35 years with poems in American Poets and songs published. Survived by wife Florence Weeks a son and seven grandchildren. burial in Aurora cemetery after 1 p m Thursday Beatty chapel services.
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Harvey James Bishop
Tenth Street
Hazelton
Cedar Rapids
Oakland Road
Florence Jane Weeks
Lloyd R. Bishop
Kate Banks
Wilmington
Calif
Lucille Johnson
Tulsa
Okla
Ruthann Bailey
Hurley, Va
Eva Jane’ Hampton
Goldie Bishop
Louisville
Carl’ V. Bishop
Arnolds Park
Beatty Chapel
Aurora
Herman Ahrens Dies Suddenly in Alabama
Herman Chris Ahrens a service representative and longtime Iowa Manufacturing Company employee aged 64 died suddenly at 2 am Tuesday in Decatur Alabama while en route to Cedar Rapids. Born in Germany March 4 1879 he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1905 and is survived by wife Lena daughter Bernadine two sisters and several relatives with burial planned at Cedar Memorial cemetery. He was a member of Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M Iowa Consistory and El Kabir Shrine.
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Herman Chris Ahrens
Fourteenth Avenue SW
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Decatur
Ala
Cedar Rapids
Germany
Wheatland
Lena E
Bernadine Ahrens
Emma Schroeder
Montpelier
Kate Krenz
Crescent Lodge No. 25
A. F
A. M
Iowa
el Kabir Shrine
Turner Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Mrs. Myrtle A. Gibson 77 obituary in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Myrtle A Gibson 77 of 1831 Ellis Blvd NW Cedar Rapids died at home at 6 00 am Tuesday after a lingering illness Born Feb 15 1870 at Anamosa she is survived by three daughters Mrs Irene Fry Cedar Rapids Mrs Hazel Hoffman Summit Ill and Mrs Florence Mueller Sioux Falls SD a son James M Gibson two sisters Mrs William Reep Marion and Mrs Ben McClout Charles City and two brothers Wallace W Gray and Harry G Gray Anamosa Services by Rev Frank Ward at 2 30 pm Thursday Brady mortuary Burial Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the mortuary Wednesday
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Myrtle A. Gibson
Ellis Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Irene,Fry
Hazel Hoffman
Summit
Ill
Florence Mueller
Sioux Falls
S. D
James M. Gibson
William Reep
Marion
Ben McClout
Charles City
Wallace W. Gray
Harry G. Gray
Frank Ward
Brady Mortuary
Oak Hill Cemetery
Obituary notice for Anthony Kovar in Cedar Rapids
Anthony Kovar 82 a Cedar Rapids resident for 64 years died at 6 15 p m Monday after an extended illness Born in Czechoslovakia March 4 1865 he worked for Wilson and company until retirement 21 years ago Surviving wife Mary three Cedar Rapids children five grandchildren and three great grandchildren He was a member of AOUW No 278 Services to be held at Janeba funeral home 2 30 p m Thursday Rev Zdenek F Pauk Burial in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home
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Anthony Kovar
Tenth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Czechoslovakia
Mar
Wilson and Company
Mary
R. W. McLeod
Sylvia
Lumir
A.0.u.w. No
Janeba Funeral
Zdenek F. Pauk
Bohemian National Cemetery
Memorial for infant Steven Archer Johnston
Steven Archer Johnston, 11 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Johnston of 2120 Greenwood drive SE, died in a local hospital Saturday. Memorial services were held at St. Pauls church Sunday at 3 30 p.m. conducted by Rev. Marvin B. Kober.
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Steven Archer Johnston
R.S. Johnston
Greenwood Drive
St. Paul’s Church
Marvin B. Kober
Mrs Weeks Dies After Long Illness In Cedar Rapids Area
Mrs. Ernest Weeks 65 of 1029 Fourth avenue SE died at home about 8 p.m. Monday after several months illness. A lifelong Coggon resident who moved to Cedar Rapids recently she is survived by her husband, a daughter Mrs Dorothy Bascom of Cedar Rapids, and two sisters Mrs May LeClere of Chillicothe.
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Ernest Weeks
Fourth Avenue SE
Coggon
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Bascom
May LeClere
Chillicothe
Swisher Family Memorial Service at Coggon Set
Mo and Mrs Cora Swisher of Peoria announce services for Sr with a brother Lynn Sav age of Coggon and a grandson. The Coggon Methodist church service is at 2 p m Thursday with burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery near Coggon.
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Cora Swisher
Peoria, Sr
Lynn Savage
Coggon
Coggon Methodist Church
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Woman Held 40 Years as Virtual Slave
In Los Angeles a Alabama woman Dora L. Jones was allegedly kept as a virtual slave for 40 years by Alfred Ingalls and Elizabeth Ingalls. The former Massachusetts legislator and his wife faced anti slavery charges after investigators traced Jones from 1905 in Washington through long periods of servitude across states. She reportedly worked up to 16 hours daily, slept in cars or hotel baths, and was denied pay or contact outside the family.
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Los Angeles
Vns
Massachusetts
Alfred Ingalls
Elizabeth
Dora L. Jones
Coronado
Oceanside
United States
Rizzi
Ingalls
California
Two Women Convicted In Henry Ford Swindle Case
Two mid dle-aged women, Catherine Bowcott and Edna Woodcock, were found guilty on eight mail fraud counts by an all-woman federal court jury in Peoria Illinois. Prosecutors said the scheme harmed hundreds in central Illinois with losses over 300000.
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Peoria, Ill
Ilinois
Catherine Bowcott
Edna Woodcock
Henry Ford
J. Leroy Adair
Bowcott
Woodcock
British actor Marshall sets Aug 1 for fourth wedding
Herbert Marshall announces a August 1 wedding in Santa Barbara California to Boots Mallory former Follies beauty forthcoming divorce from producer William Cagney finalizes five days earlier Mallory is the bride to be in Hollywood report by United Press.
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Hollywood
Herbert Marshall
Santa Barbara
Calif
Follies
Boots Mallory
William Cagney
Perjury Seen In Testimony On Lilienthal
Senate inquiry opens into whether witness Robert Barker committed perjury over the Hart letter about David Lilienthal. The panel weighs whether the issue is relevant to Lilienthal’s TVA loyalty and possible head of the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
INS
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilenthal
Sen. McMahon
D-Conn
Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Control Commission
Robert Barker
Barker
House Committee On UN- American Activities
TVA
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Taft
Ohio
G.O.P. Senate
Senate
Morse to Speak Tonight at Cedar Rapids Conference
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon will address the labor-management relations conference at Coe College chapel in Cedar Rapids at 8 p.m. The event, the fifth in a joint Coe Gazette series, features a 45 minute audience Q and A. General admission is $1 at the door. registered course participants pay no extra.
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Cedar Rapids
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Coe College
Calv in Greene remembered as Cedar Rapids pioneer leader
Calvin Greene longtime Cedar Rapids figure and first president of Linn County Historical Association died aged 99. He helped found the Cedar Rapids Electric Light Company and City Lines railway, served on civic boards, and recalled pre Civil War Cedar Rapids. Funeral set for Turner chapel at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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The
Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
Linn County Historical Association
Calvin
Frank
Judge Greene
Birmingham, Ala
Cedar Rapids
Company C
Greene
First Avenue
First Street E
Calvin Greene
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Douglas
Col
William H. Merritt
Parsons Seminary
Wadsworth Block
Illinois Central
Edwards Place
Stockbridge
Mass
pRbeute
Coe Colege
Princeton University
John S. Ely
Princeton
Colorado
Mr. Ely
Opera House
Cedar Rapids and
Marion
City Lines
Third Street
Packing House
Oak Hill Cemetery
West Side
B. Silloway
C. L. Miller
N. C. Lawton
W. S. Moulton
Cedar Rapids Electric Light Company
Abduction Reported Near Chicago Voting Day
Republican ward precinct captain Robert Krakow, 42, said he was seized by two men while commuting to the polls for Chicago city primary and aldermanic election. They drove him about thirteen miles north of Milwaukee and dumped him from the car.
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Chicago
Chiicago
Robert Krakow
Milwaukee
Byers Defends Liquor Bill Before Iowa Senate
In Des Moines the senate delayed action on the liquor by the drink measure after Sen. J. K. Lynes moved to table it. Absences stalled a roll call, and Sen. Frank Byers of Cedar Rapids argued the bill would aid law enforcement and curb revenue loss to neighboring states. The chamber resumed debate after Lynes withdrew the table motion.
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Des Moines
LLP
J. K. Lynes
Plainfield
Senate
Chamber
Frank Byers
Cedar Rapids
No. 2
Judiciary Committee
Byers
Lynes
Iowa Senate Debates Six Monthly Vehicle Inspections
A motor vehicle safety bill in the Iowa Senate would require motorists to have their cars inspected every six months by the state department of public safety. Other House proposals include censor ship and licensing of movies, plus temperance education funding and child labor restrictions.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Department of Public Safety
Iowa Senate
State Department of Public Instruction
Showdown Delayed Whitney Warns on Railroad Disputes
A F Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen testified before the House Labor Committee that last year's two day railroad walkout was only delayed and remains unsettled. He blamed failed mediation and urged government reliance on mediation and conciliation to resolve industrial disputes and avoid further strikes.
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Washington
INS
Congress
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
House Labor Committee
National Mediation Board
Whitney
Yugoslavia Not on U S Relief List
Under secretary of State Clayton said the 350 million U S relief request will aid five European nations and China. Austria Greece Hungary Italy and Poland are named as needing outside assistance, while Yugoslavia and White Russia are omitted despite prior UNRRA relief.
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China
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Greece
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Yugoslavia
Russia
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