Weekend Weather Forecast With Clear Skies and Winds
The Daily Record notes a mix of fair conditions on Friday with rising winds, then partly cloudy skies Saturday into Sunday. Highs expected around 25 with Saturday night near zero, and a 15 degree high on Saturday earlier in the piece. Local notes include traffic fines for several individuals on meter violations and a chimney fire incident at 2618 Second Avenue SE. In birth announcements, multiple families welcomed newborns at St. Luke's Mercy and nearby hospitals with several Jan 2 and Jan 3 dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s
Harry Ewing
Route 2
George Novak
Thirty-eighth Street
Clarence Kissling
Marion
Richard Wager
Central City
Merle Hanson
Vyron Anderson
Second Avenue
Mercy
George Machacek
Washington Avenue
Louis Barr
Twelfth Street
Forrest Ainsworth
Nineteenth Street NW
Minneapolis
Lawrence Hauskins
Hauskins
H. C. DeWitt
B Avenue NE
New Year Editorials Forecast Bright 1947 for Soviet Union
Moscow papers project a better year for the Soviet Union in 1947 and warn of crisis for capitalist economies. Red Star calls Russia a creator and builder while predicting hardship abroad and potential pauperization at home. Izvestia credits Russia with leading international cooperation and UN progress in 1946.
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Moscow
Moscow Press
Soviet Union
Russia
Red Star
Galin
United Nations
Argentina Plans Antarctic Weather Outpost Sailing
The Argentine ministry announced that the naval transport Patagonia will sail to Antarctica on Saturday to establish a weather outpost in the South Polar ice cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Ministry of Marine
Patagonia
Antarctica
South Polar Ice Cap
Snow Removal Easy Job for Streets Dept
Snow removal in Cedar Rapids is progressing with a crew of about 50, 12 plows and numerous trucks expected to clear 75 percent of streets by nightfall. The effort began late Thursday night and continued Friday morning with plows operating through the business district piling and hauling snow to dumps near the city market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness District
Harold Eggleston
Banks Condition Calls Issued by Federal Regulators
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks as of December 31. The Federal Reserve Board asked for state banks in the federal reserve system to report their condition as of the same date. The FDIC requested similar reports from state banks insured by the FDIC not in the reserve system.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Iowa Banks Asked for Year End Condition Statements
Des Moines reports 552 state chartered banks were asked to file condition statements as of December 31. N. P. Black, superintendent of the state banking department, announced returns are due within ten days.
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DES Moines
Iowa
N. P. Black
State Banking Department
Work Continues On Linn County Tax List
Linn county deferred tax work extended Friday as the county treasurer’s office did not meet the Dec 31 target. County Auditor Otto Hanzlik said no extra help would be hired and blamed a lack of skilled workers plus soldiers' exemptions and other workload as delays while all processing machines remain in operation.
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Linn County
Otto Hanzlik
Hanzlik
British Rail Wreck Kills Five. Dozens Hurt In Fog Crash
A mail train plowed into the rear of a stationary passenger train at a London station in dense fog. Five people were killed and 47 hospitalized Friday as rescuers worked through the wreckage.
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London
Death notices for William C Ronnen
Services for William C Ronnen will be held at the Brosh chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. L. E. Schmiege officiating. Burial follows at Shiloh Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Services for Mrs Kate Staskal Set Saturday
Services for Mrs Kate Staskal will be held at 1 30 p m Saturday by T B Hlubulek. Burial is planned in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Kate Staskal
Polansky
T. B. Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Services for Pearl E. Conard Held in Turner Chapel
Pearl E. Conard of Otisroad SE died Thursday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 am in Turner chapel with Rev. Andrew E. Kurth officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Pearl E. Conard
Otisroad SE
Turner Chapel
Andrew E. Kurth
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Clayton Memler at Turner chapel Saturday
Funeral services for Clayton Emery Memler of 1861 B avenue NE will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Saturday conducted by Rev A J Stokes. Burial will follow in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may attend as arrangements are announced.
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Clayton Emery Memler
B Avenue NE
Turner Chapel
A. J. Stokes
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Mrs. Fannie Atwell Lincoln
Mrs. Fannie Atwell Lincoln widow of George A. Lincoln of Cedar Rapids died Wednesday at her home after 96 years in the city. Funeral services will be held in Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Saturday by Rev D A Loferski. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call prior to service.
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Fannie Atwell Lincoln
Eighth Street SE
George A. Lincoln
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
Oak Hill Cemetery
Death of North Liberty resident Henry Ellenberger
Henry Ellenberger life resident of North Liberty died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a three week illness at 11 50 p m Thursday. Survived by brother Nathan North Liberty sister Mrs Maude Pirks Iowa City route two and several nieces and nephews. Body at Brosh chapel funeral announced later.
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Ae Henry Ellenberger
T of the North Liberty Ty
Cedar Rapids
Nathan
North Liberty
Maude Pirks
Iowa City
Brosh Chapel
Payn Dies in Cedar Rapids After Illness
George D. Payn 76 a Cedar Rapids resident for 60 years died in a local hospital at 3 30 a m Friday after an extended illness He moved recently to Palo route 1 He was a retired plasterer charter member of the plasterers union former business agent for the Building Trades council Surviving are his wife Gertrude three children Mrs Coy Rickoff Victor H and Louis H Payn four grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services will be held at Beatty chapel 2 p m Sunday by Rev Eldon D Wells Burial will be in Linwood cemetery
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George D. Payn
Cedar Rapids
The
Plasterers Union
Building Trades Council of
Gertrude
Coy Rickoff
Waterloo
Victor H
Louis H. Payn
William Fromm 93 Dies After Long Illness in Cedar Rapids
William Fromm aged 93 of 1258 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 11 a.m. Friday after a long illness. Born in Hamburg Germany on Sept 4 1853 he came to the United States 64 years ago and was formerly a florist at Burlington. Surviving are five children Mrs William Schultz Otto Fromm Cedar Rapids Mrs Charles Harmon Kansas City and several grandchildren. The body will be moved from Beatty chapel Friday to Prugh mortuary for funeral arrangements.
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William Fromm
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Hamburg
Germany
United States
Burlington
William Schultz
Otto Fromm
Charles Harmon
Kansas City
Beatty Chapel
Prugh
Walter Louis Post 64 Cedar Rapids Resident Dies After Illness
Walter Louis Post 64 of 45 Eighteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 10:30 p.m. Thursday after a brief illness born March 17 1882 in Cedar Rapids. He is survived by a son Walter L Post Jr and sister Miss Jeanie E Post both of Cedar Rapids. Services at Turner chapel at 5 p.m. Saturday with Rev Lyle K Anderson entombment in Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial cemetery friends may call at the chapel.
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Walter Louis Post
Eighteenth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Worth
Kan
Albert Smith
Iowa City
Walter L. Post
Jeenie E. Post
Turner Chapel
Lyle K. Anderson
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Fire damages upper floor at Boys Town school building
A Friday blaze at the Boys Town five story school building caused destruction to the entire upper floor. Fire companies from nearby towns battled the blaze as authorities reported the structure to be safe except for the damaged area and debris.
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Boys Town
Neba
Patrick J. Norton
Boys Town Ofacme
Parking Meters Collect $3 632.04 in Two Weeks
Cedar Rapids parking meters yielded 3 632 04 in two weeks. Police official T J Condon announced the total on Thursday. The receipts were split nearly evenly between the two collection periods with 1 813 22 and 1 818 82.
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Cedar Rapids
T. J. Condon
Thursay
Portal Pay Suits Face Iowa Statute Test
Attorneys question if Iowa two year limit on wage claims applies to portal-to-portal suits in Cedar Rapids and other cities. The 1945 statute sets a two year filing cap for wages or penalties, while six months past July 4 1945 applied to existing causes. Local unions and manufacturers weigh potential impact on suits dating 1938–1945.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
CIO
la- Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Link-Belt
iSpeeder Corporation
Bill Dytrt Honored by YMB in Retirement Ceremony
The YMB awarded six retiring members including Bill Dytrt whose service as a meat carver fed thousands annually. Certificates were presented by the retiring president to Mil lard Port Ralph Groom Obie Peal Kyle Mills and Pfaff.
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YMB
Millard Port
Ralph Groom
Obie Peal
Kyle Mills
Pfaff
Iver Brecht
Muscatine
Erwin Stepanek
Raresh
Howard I. Barr
Niles Sues Over Libel Linked to Mr Attorney Show
Clifford Niles publisher and wife sued the National Broadcasting Company and Bristol-Myers Company in circuit court for 2 million dollars alleging the Mr District Attorney radio program of October 30 falsely labeled them as dishonest and vicious. The suit claims the broadcast damaged their reputations and cost newspaper advertising and subscriptions. Niles has been active in Iowa politics.
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Clifford L. Ni’ Anamosa
National Broadcasting Company
Bristol-Myers Company
Leonard L. Cowan
Clifford Niles
Niles
Iowa
Republicans Bank Accounts Grow in 1946 Campaigns
AP reports both parties filed 1946 campaign finance figures. Democrats ended with 141,488 in the bank after taking in 1,147,871 and spending 1,737,677. Republicans showed a larger year end balance of 279,676 after contributing 1,097,404 and spending 817,728. the exact total was not disclosed.
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Ee (Ap
House
George Killion
P . 31
Ray R. Dobson
Republican Committee
G.O.P
Break from Jail in Brooklyn Escape Artist Leads Nine
A former Alcatraz convict, described as an escape artist, led nine men including a confessed murderer in a mass break from Brooklyn's Raymond Street jail. The group, all held on robbery or assault charges, was led by Alfred Minuto, a year-old ex-bank robber who recently finished a seven-year term at Alcatraz.
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New York
INS
Alcatraz
Brooklyn
Raymond Street
le McDonnell
Esca
Alfred Minuto
San Francisco Bay
French Official Fired On In Indo China
French Colonial Minister Marius Moutet was fired upon on arrival in Hanoi while investigating local conditions. The minister and aides escaped uninjured as shots were fired from a house near a hospital. The incident occurred amid three week old fighting between French and Viet Namese republican forces centered in northern Tonkin. A Namdinh garrison repulsed Viet Namese artillery attacks. patrol activity was reported elsewhere.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Marius Moutet
Sun
An Stege
Tonkin
Saigon
Namdinh
Police hold AWOL soldier from Alabama
Soldier E Kane from Ft McClellan Alabama was arrested Thursday night and held at the jail pending arrival of Ottary authorities. Kane had been AWOL since December 14, according to Cedar Rapids police.
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Sweeh E. Kane
Ft. McClellan Ala
Ottary
Cedar Rapids
Kane
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Third Ave
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Dave Williams
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Staskal Services
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Bill Dytrt
Bill
Bill Dutrt
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