Weather and regional forecasts across Iowa and surrounding areas
The Iowa Agricultural Forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions Tuesday with possible light rain or snow in western sections by late Tuesday afternoon, spreading statewide by night. Temperatures rise through midweek with highs around 38 to 42 and lows near 15 to 25, while the Shippers Forecast notes winds from the northwest to the southeast. The weather bureau warns of potential floods on the Upper Iowa river and Mississippi above Guttenberg in the next 30 days, with precipitation well above last year.
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Bismarck
Miami
Chicago
Angeles
Boek City
Iowa
West Portion
Weather Bureau
Upper
Mississippi
Guttenberg
Mason City
Elkader
Cedar Rapids
Fortunato Leaves Town Fortunato and Dorman clash over future
Dorman and Fortunato, longtime Iowa coaching figures, are seen as friendly despite Fortunato packing to leave town. Dorman hopes Fortunato stays while Fortunato awaits March 28 start at Kent State to pursue a master's degree after a season-ending loss for Upper Iowa. Fortunato, Kent State graduate and former Navy athletic officer, has held multiple coaching and athletic director roles since 1943.
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Iowa
Dorman
Fortunato
Kent State
Ohio
Oskaloosa
Upper Iowa
Penn
Youngstown
Kent State University
Kent State University High
Navy
Miami University
Leetonia
Flood Risk and Inundation Near Eddyville and Tracy
The river towns brace for rising waters as ice jams above Eddyville near Tracy threaten further flooding. Residents scramble to higher ground while a lowland area north of Eddyville remains inundated with no reported damage to property.
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Eddyville
Tracy
Disabled DC-6 Lands Safely in Philadelphia
A DC-6 airliner carrying 50 passengers landed safely at Philadelphia airport after developing an emergency trouble en route from Washington to New York. The flight diverted from its course and arrived without incident.
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Philadelphia
Washington
New York
Third Man Dies After Accident Near Decorah
Decorah Iowa report states John Klema 31 of Harmony Minnesota died in Decorah hospital from injuries suffered in a car truck crash eight miles north of Decorah Saturday. Two others Hjalmer E Howden Ridgeway and Gilbert Q Howden Decorah were killed earlier. Klema was truck driver. Thomas Henson Harmony remained in serious condition.
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Decorah
INS
John Klema
Harmony
Minn
Hjalmer E. Howden
Ridgeway
Gilbert Q. Howden
Klema
Thomas Henson
Sioux City Judge Fines 108 Arrested in One Raid
Sioux City Municipal Court fined 108 people totaling 391 for frequenting a disorderly house and intoxication after guilty pleas. The group were among 114 seized in a single raid at the T M A club on Feb 20, with Judge George M. Paradise noting the size may break local records.
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Sioux City
George M. Paradise
T M.A. Club
Paradise
Shanghai cost of living soars to 643 percent index
Shanghai’s cost of living index on Monday reached 643 percent above the August 19 baseline, marking an 84 percent jump in the last two weeks.
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Shanghai
Drive for Social Security expansion aims to aid all needy
AP dispatch reports President Truman requesting a 200 to 250 million dollar expansion to the social security program to provide direct relief and health care costs to all needy individuals. Altmeyer testified before the House Ways and Means Committee outlining broad coverage, higher benefits, and possible payroll tax increases.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Altmeyer
Mr. Truman
Mississippi
Colorado
Capitol Hall
Pearson Suggests New Meaning for Crack by Truman
Washington based commentator Drew Pearson urged President Truman to adopt a "Servants of Brotherhood" meaning for the word crack and urged him to join in a world unity effort. Pearson criticized Vaughan for a medal from Argentina and warned of a costly loan deal with Peron while reaffirming support for Truman's program.
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Pearson
Truman
Washington
Drew Pearson
Servants of Brotherhood
Harry M. Vaughan
Vaughan
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
United States
Mr. Truman
George Washington
State Department
Congress
Three Cedar Rapids Students Win Iowa Scholastic Art Honors
Cedar Rapids teens Karen Koffron Franklin High Bill Layton Roosevelt High and La Vila Rischer Wilson High won awards in the 1949 Iowa scholastic art contest. They join 123 peers receiving gold keys and certificates for a regional show before national judging at Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh in April with over 50 national prizes.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Des Moines
Karen Koffron
Franklin High School
Bill Layton
Roosevelt
la Vila Rischer
Wilson
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute
Obituary: Tom Asenbrener Dies at 76 in Cedar Rapids
Tom Asenbrener 76 of Cedar Rapids area died at 10 30 p m Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a six week illness He was born December 21 1872 in Miineg Czechoslovakia Surviving are his wife Lizzie a daughter Mrs Frank Vanorny a granddaughter two great grandchildren and a brother Joseph Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m in the Brosh chapel with burial in Anderson Cemetery near Swisher Friends may call at the chapel
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Tom Asenbrener
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Miineg
Czechoslovakia
Lizzie
Frank Vanorny
Ceda Rapids
Joseph
Brosh Chapel
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Anderson Cemetery
Swisher
Deaths Robert W. Brookman 72 longtime Hatch Brookman Lumber figure
Robert W. Brookman 72 a Hatch and Brookman Lumber Company figure in Cedar Rapids died at his San Mateo California home early Sunday after retiring in 1944. Born July 31 1876 in Andalusia Illinois he moved to Center Point in 1903 where he ran a mercantile business and later managed the Center Point Canning Company. Survived by wife Cora two daughters Doris and Beryl and sister Mrs Alice Davis funeral planned later.
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Robert W. Brookman
Hatch and Brookman Lumber Company
Cedar Rapids
San Mateo
Calif
Andalusia
Center Point
Can+oning Company
Brookman
Vienna No. 142
A. F
A. M
Cora
Doris
Beryl
Alice Davis
Alhambra
Obituary for Leo G Johnson of Rockford Illinois
Leo G Johnson 49 a Cedar Rapids native died 9 05 a m Saturday at Memorial hospital Rockford Illinois after years of illness He born August 24 1899 in Palo A World War I veteran he belonged to the American Legion Painters union A L Loyal Order of Moose Survived by wife Ethel Foubert Johnson two daughters Mrs George Houghton Rockford Mrs Walter Hannusch Marshalltown three sons Paul Leo Jr and Donald Rockford five grandchildren a brother Victor Johnson Cedar Rapids and two sisters Mrs Robert Burns and Mrs Harry Swan Richmond California Services set for 2 p m Tuesday at the Millersburg Methodist church Military rites at Millersburg cemetery Friends may call at Janeba funeral home Monday evening and Tuesday until 10 am
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Leo G Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Rockford
Sll
Palo
American Legion
Painters Union
A. L
Loyal Oreer
Moose
Ethel Foubert Johnson
George Houghton
Rock+ ford
Infant son of Stutt death reported in Cedar Rapids
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Stutt of 525 Sixth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Sunday at 2 30 pm in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Surviving are two half brothers Forrest and Merlin Groat Cedar Rapids, grandparents Mr. and Mrs Herman Stutt Langworthy and Mr. and Mrs. George Pettito Cedar Rapids. Private graveside services set for 10 a m Tuesday in Linwood cemetery with Rev. Glenn S. Hartong. Friends may call at Rohn chapel Monday evening.
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Allen Stutt
Sixth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Forrest
Merlin Groat
Herman Stutt
Langworthy
George Pettito
Tuesda
Linwood Cemetery
Glenn S. Hartong
Rohn
Funeral services for Frank O. Farmer
Frank O. Farmer 1031 Second avenue SE died Saturday. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial cemetery conducted by Rev. G H Bamford. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. He was president of Painters and Decorators local union No. 447. Call Monahan funeral home Monday evening and until 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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Frank O. Farmer
Second Avenue SE
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
G. H. Bamford
Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church
Farmer
Painters and Decorators Loca Union No
Monahan
Funeral for Nancy Gronberg Held in Cedar Rapids
Private funeral services for Nancy Ellen Gronberg 1860 Cedar Rapids resident will be at Turner chapel at 10 30 a m Tuesday conducted by a reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Flowers omitted Mrs Gronberg born October 9 1860 in Cedar Rapids survived by brother Amos Houser of Cedar Rapids
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Nancy Ellen Gronberg
Firstreet
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Firs Church of Christ, Scientist
Buria
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mrs. Gronberg
Amos Houser
Services for Wesley Staskal in Brush chapel Tuesday
Cedar Rapids resident Wesley Staskal died Saturday. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday in Brush chapel conducted by Dr Brion H. Williams. Burial in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Wesley Staskal
Cedar Rapids
Brush Chapel
Brion H. Williams
Bohemian National Eeneteny
Six Die in House Fire in Morden Manitoba
Six persons perished in a Sunday fire that engulfed the home of Mrs. Kathleen Neufeld in Morden Manitoba. Five sisters were among the dead in a tragedy described as total loss with investigators probing the cause.
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Morden
Manitoba
Kathleen Neufeld
Arborist warns Cedar Rapids on stump remover products
City Arborist R. K. Alman cautions residents about chemical stump removers now on the market. He cites Illinois forestry studies showing little merit, and says the only reliable method remains boring holes, filling with chemical, then waiting months before burning, which often leaves stumps mostly intact.
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Cedar Rapida
R. K. Alman
Cedar Rapids
Alman
State Buys Land For ISTC Dorm
The state executive council authorized the board of education to acquire eight lots for a proposed women dormitory at Iowa State Teachers College for 4000 dollars. The council had previously bought 47 acres for the dormitory project and also moved to relocate the conservation commission offices to the Armand building after withholding renewal of the current lease.
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Des Moines
Board of Education
Iowa State Teachers College
The
Conservation Commission
Washington
Commission
William S. Beardsley
Highway Commission
Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Armand
Driver Fined on Three Counts Following Crash
Charles Lazio of Marion was testing Cedar Rapids police efficiency after his car in the 500 block of Fourth Avenue SE was hit by a hit and run driver. Police arrested John Burwell at 709 Fourth Avenue and charged him with leaving the scene of an accident operating a car with faulty brakes and drunkenness. Burwell pled guilty and paid $40 total in traffic court.
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Charles Lazio
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Lazio
Fourth Avenue
Harold Mackey
Donald Ankney
John Burwell
First Avenue
Burwell
Thompson Damage Suit May Go to U S Court
Byron Thompson of Cedar Rapids seeks $5,000 in damages from Mutual Health and Accident Association of Omaha for injuries suffered on June 2. The case moved from Linn County to Cedar Rapids federal court after the insurer’s petition to remove. Thompson demands $1,000 actual and $4,000 exemplary damages.
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Byron Thompson
Mutual Health and Accident Association of Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Thompson
Maples to Represent Institutes at Chicago Hearing
Grant Maples manager of the Chamber of Commerce Traffic bureau will represent the Sani tary Brass Institute and the Tabular Goods Institute at freight rate increase hearings in Chicago March 23. The institutes represent manufacturers of plumbing supplies.
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Maples
Grant Maples
Chamber of Commerce
Sanitary Brass Institute
Tabular Goods Institute
Chicago
Aples
Ray Hartz Fined for Drunk Driving in District Court
Ray Hartz aged 47 of 871 Fourteenth Street es Montjay pled guilty to a drunk driving charge. Judge G. K. Thompson fined him after Cedar Roads police reported he drove recklessly on F streets between Third and Seventh avenues.
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Ray Hartz
Fourteenth Street
Es Montjay
G. K. Thompson
Hartz
Cedar Ra Ds
Third
Seventh
Freeman waives to grand jury on desertion charge
Floyd F. Freeman, charged with desertion and abandonment of minor children, waived to the grand jury Monday. He was held in the county jail in lieu of 500 dollars. Freeman was picked up by Davenport police Saturday and returned here by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder. Information was brought by Margarite M. Freeman. Snyder said Freeman was released from the county jail January 14 on a check charge.
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Floyd F. Freeman
Freeman
Davenport
Harlan Snyder
Margarite
M. Freeman
Snyder
Red Cross Speakers Meet Marion Drive Leaders
Red Crossdermisk of Linn county hosts a meeting Tuesday with Marion branch executive committee led by Chairman White and officers Z N Lundy Elsie Michell Celan Rollins E E Parsons and Herman Strader plus Home Service chairmen Mary Hanna. Marion drive captains include Gilbert Rothman in business district with W W Lary first ward S F Cary and Harry Dunn second ward Harvey Gipp third ward Harald Phillips fourth ward.
Workers Get $50 As Talks Delayed At Staley Plant
AFL UAW workers at A E Staley Manufacturing agreed to put wage negotiations off until June 1 in exchange for a $50 payment per employee. The move, proposed by a federal conciliator, aims to allow clearer assessment of the economic price situation. Total payout estimated at about $145,000 to about 1,888 of 2,900 workers.
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Eakin
UAW
Staley
Meat-Fed Babies Thrive on Meat Diet, Study Says
A Chicago study by Dr. Schultz at Swift Research Laboratories reports meat added to infant formula improves sleep and general condition. In eight weeks meat reached about 25 percent of the diet, with results showing less anemia and better health versus no meat supplement.
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Lige
Schultz
State Upheld in Banning Stoppage
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that states may bar labor unions from calling periodic work stoppages during working hours. The decision upheld a Wisconsin Employment Relations Board ruling that Milwaukee workers’ stoppages were an unfair labor practice under state law. Justice Jackson said states may regulate coercive conduct under Taft-Hartley, joined by Vinson Frankfurter Burton and Reed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Milwaukee
Jackson
Chi
Vinson
Frankfurter
Burton
Reed
Iowa earns one of 10 superior ratings in Nebr. debate
The University of Iowa received a superior rating during the ninth annual University of Nebraska intercollegiate debate and discussion conference held Saturday in Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Iowa
University of Nebraska
Iowa District Court Divorce Notice for Linn County
In Linn County Iowa a divorce petition is filed by Helen A welt against Emmet A Waite. The notice commands the defendant to appear in court and respond to the petition seeking a decree of divorce and custody of the minor child. The case is filed in the district court of Iowa. The order quotes the court date and location for appearance in Cedar Rapids Iowa at the specified court.
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District Court of
Iowa
Linn County
Helen
Emmet A. Waite
Day
Towa
A. D
James BE
Cadar ‘Rapids
Tows
Blizzard Delays North Dakota Cleanup Operations
Snow and a cold wave halted relief efforts as two inches of new snow and strong winds closed over 2000 miles of North Dakota highways. Temperatures dropped to 20 below in places while the army ended a month-long snowfall campaign across Wyoming Nebraska and South Dakota. Snow continued to fall Monday with forecasts of heavy accumulations in New York streets.
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North Dakota
Wyoming
Ebraska
South Dakota
Defense reform plan calls for unified civilian control and centralized powers
The Hoover Commission urges civilian oversight of the armed forces and centralized authority over procurement, personnel, and stockpiling. It argues defense policy should be run by a single defense secretary with full authority, subject to the President and Congress, while recommending tighter coordination with the National Security Council and Joint Chiefs. The report stresses democracy preservation and economic safeguards against militarism.
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Armed Services
Defense Secretary
Congress
Munitions Board
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Security Council
National Security Resources Board
Acheson
Hoover Commission
Joint Chiefs
Hoover
Stecklein Expects No Last Minute Tax Rush
Herman Stecklein, chief of the Cedar Rapids division bureau of internal revenue, said Monday he does not expect a last minute rush to his federal building office for income tax returns due March 15. Many taxpayers filed early this year hoping for refunds under the 1948 revenue act, and in many cases their hopes have been justified.
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Herman Stecklein
Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Federal
Stecklein
C R Girl Gets Radio Chance To Strike It Rich
Jeanne Sanford of Cedar Rapids selected as a contestant on the radio program Strike It Rich for March 8. She will travel to New York by bus to compete for a chance to win money for a church wedding and her son's medical needs. The maximum prize is 800 dollars, and she plans a conservative betting strategy.
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C.R. Girl
Ceder Rapids
Jeanne Sanford
Eighth Street
New York
Mr. Sanford
Mrs. Sanford
In School Radio Series To Open On KCRG Tuesday
The "Tell Me a Story" in school radio program debuts on KCRG KCRK Tuesday from to 3 15 p m and airs weekly through May. Cedar Rapids teachers Evelyn Rust Betty Wagoner Leila Stevenson Dorothy Kniss Phyllis Darey Virginia Rittenhouse Louise Peak Lola Simpson Ethel Herrbach Virginia Pearson Miriam Marr Pat Jensen Jane Carr Dorothy Murray will present stories and Opalee Barnard leads radio education in public schools.
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KCRG
KCRK
Cedar Rapids
Evelyn Rust
Betty Wagoner
Leila Stevenson
Dorothy Kniss
Beardsley to Speak at Anamosa Electric Co op Meeting
Gov. Beardsley will address the annual meeting of the Aquoketa Valley Rural Electric Cooperative in the Anamosa high school auditorium. The noon luncheon precedes a 1 pm speech with five new directors to be elected from two vacancies and three expiring terms. A radio program is planned in the afternoon.
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Anamosa
Williams&. Beerdeiss
Aquoketa Valley
Enlistment Mix at Cedar Rapids Recruiting Station
Major Allen J. Brophy said the Cedar Rapids station can enlist a few for air force duty while the army waiting list remains. A March quota of nine army recruits may reduce the list. Marine corps and navy recruiters note ongoing waiting lists for marines and sailors.
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Cedar Rapids
Allen
Brophy
Marine Corps
Navy
Rail line sues lumber firm over 58 cent undercharge
The Minneapolis and St Louis Railway sues the R D Hunting Lumber Co of Cedar Rapids for 58.18 still due on a shipment from Antioch Colp to London Mills. The railroad says the rate was 61 cents per hundredweight but should have been 69.5 cents, making the total due 58.18 more. The Cedar Rapids office firm had paid 532.27 but owes 5818 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company
R. D. Hunting Lumber Company
Cedar Rapids
Antioche Colp
London Mills
Imore
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Daily Record
Municipal
Leon G. Gaines
Shirley S. Gaines
Grande Avenue
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Lyle
Sixth Street
Hanna Tepley
Elizabeth Avenue
Ida Baird
Michael Merfeld
Bever Avenue SE
Len McDermott
Allview Drive
Ralph Gearhart, Jr
Ninth Avenue SE
Gaylon Cahn
Luisbon
Jimmy Rashid
Fort Madison
Jerry Marek
Central City
Robert Wray
Twenty-seventh Street
Walter Candler
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Harte Wilson
Eighth Avenue
John Fuller
F Avenue
Charles Pazour
C Street
First Avenue SE
St. Luke’s
Vernon Baker
Savanna
George Finn
Leonard Costello
John Osterkamp
Fifth Avenue
Russell Railsback
Shellsburg
Emil Selken
Dysart
William Ciha
Leland Schoon
Arthur Clancy
Clarence
James Dye
Vernon
Beal Gleason
Walker
Twyman Hill
Lisbon
Lawrence Dodge
Fourth Avenue SE
Raymond Walter
Watkins
Richard Berthot
Mt Vernon
Charles Mills
Fourteeneth Street
San Diego
Arnold Sharp
Sharp
Pauline Blessing
John Blessing
Tenth Street
Independence
Kathryne Margaret Kortemeyer
Satur
Dubuque Hospital
Peoples Funeral Home
Lulu B. Finch
West Liberty
Iowa City
North Liberty
Sherman
U.S.A
Truman Aim
C.R
California
Leo G. Johnson
Stutt Infant
Farmer Services
Gronberg Services
Staskal Services
ISTC
U.S. Court
Red Cross
John B. Turder & Son
Ave. S.E
Peultenelariaan
Dakota
Beardsley
Hunting Company
Clarence Beatty
Third Avenue
Fhone
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Lapes
Florist
3Rd Ave
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