Truman Speech Draws Sharp Congress Reactions
Congressional views split along party lines with Sen. Morse calling the speech a confession of Democratic failure and Sen. Lucas praising it as addressing immediate needs. Rep. Brown warns against ill advised legislation, while Sen. Hickenlooper sees administrative leadership lacking and Sen. Thomas notes political significance ahead of 1946 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Sen. Morse
R-Ore
Congress
Morse
Sen. Lucas
Ill
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Sen. Hickenlooper
White House
Sen. Thomas
Utah
United States
Daily Record Weather Summary and Police Reports
High and low temperatures across cities and forecast cloudy mild conditions with rain and fog. Reckless driving charge for William G. Jenkins and a parking violation for Ray Lawlor. Local births at Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals and a list of marriages and family notices.
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Saaratey
Bismarck
Miami
Chicaree
Denver SR
York Los Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
William G. Jenkins
Seventh Avenue SE
Ray Lawlor
Second Avenue SE
Couser and Kopecky Couples In Separate Legal Notices
Several civil actions listed include William . Couser vs Evelyn Couser and Mary Pauline Kopecky versus P A Kopecky, Irene Lois Knapp against George Thomas Knapp, Vera Kohl versus Forrest L Kohl, with incident notes of a box of rub bish at 2340 A avenue NE at 12 19 PM and a backfire in an oil burner at 1521 Eighth avenue SE at 12 35 PM both triggering general alarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William *. Couser
Evelyn Couser
Jean Harrison
James Harrison
Mary Pauline Kopecky
P. A. Kopecky
Irene Lois Knapp
George Thomas Knapp
Vera Kohl
Forrest L. Kohl
A Avenue NE
Eighth Avenue
Atlantic war orders and unity of command debated at hearings
The testimony described U S warships in the Atlantic under occasional British direction while avoiding war with Japan. Stark said Roosevelt ordered destruction of German and Italian forces and cited a 7 1941 letter to Admiral Kimmel stating we are at war in the Atlantic. The panel planned to hear Kimmel and Lt General Short and noted disputes over command in Hawaii and outlying islands. A Sept 26 plan aimed to protect Western Atlantic convoys with British and Canadian vessels under U S leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stark
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Washington
Japan
Admiral Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Navy
Short
Kimmel
H. K. Hewitt
United States
Iceland
Germany
Fisher Chosen Coe Registrar
John A. Fisher of Ann Arbor Mich has been named director of admissions and registrar at Coe College by President Byron S Hollinshead He will assume duties Feb 1 Fisher is pursuing a PhD at Michigan and holds a 1937 master from Michigan He previously taught at Peru State Teachers College Boone and Boone Public Schools He also served as principal and adviser at Boone and worked as junior occupational analyst for the Federal Security Agency 1940 41 Harriet Campbell was named bursar Osborne resigned to teach at the University of Maryland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Fisher
Ann Arbor
Mich
Coe College
Byron S. Hollinshead
Fisher
University of Michigan
Coe
State Teachers College
Peru
Neb
Iowa State College
Ames
University High School
University
Harriet Campbell
University of Maryland, Baltimore
J. Dale Welsch
Police Ready To Register Bikes
The 1946 bicycle licenses have arrived and registration begins Saturday morning. Fees are 25 cents, with registration at the police station 8 am to 6 pm Saturdays and 10 am to 6 pm weekdays. No Sunday registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Hughes
Capt. Hughes
William Haritakis
Hughes
State to Resist Appeal in Cedar River Dam Case
Iowa will resist the First Iowa Hydro Electric Cooperative plea for Supreme Court review of a federal license denial for a Cedar River dam and hydroelectric project near Moscow. The case centers on Iowa law requiring state executive council approval, which the cooperative contests as inapplicable or unconstitutional.
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Cooperative
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Iowa
Theorg Dam
First Air Scout Squadron Formed in Waubeek Area Council
Application for charter for the first Air Scout squadron in the Waubeek Area council has been made by the Homemakers class of Westminster Presbyterian church announced by John Heidel. Andrew G. Smith a WWII veteran commissioned as squadron leader flew 65 missions in Europe and holds six battle stars and a presidential citation. Charter members include Richard Bennett John Drabelle John Ferguson James Miller Gerald Pollock Duncan Ross Glenn Sorenson Curtis Chapman and Herbert Summers. Air scouting opens to boys 15 years or older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waubeek
Westminster Presbyterian Church
John Heidel
Andrew G. Smith
First Tactical Air Force
Smith
Don Squire
Forrest Cousins
James G. Bennett
Squadron
Richard Bennett
John Drabelle
John Ferguson
James Miller
Gerald Pollock
Duncan Ross
Glenn Sorenson
Curtis Chapman
Herbert Summers
Air Scouting
Conciliators and Union Men Meet in Cedar Rapids
A three member U S conciliation service panel met Friday morning with union representatives from five Cedar Rapids plants at the Roosevelt hotel. The panel members Edward H Ries I I Pickett and Walter W White said the unions from LaPlant Choate Link Belt Cherry Burrell Quaker Oats and Wilson and Company laid the main issues before them. A plan was made to arrange a meeting Friday afternoon with management groups from the five firms with a second union panel session at 8 30 p m Roth report said.
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U. S. Conciliation Service
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Edward H. Ries
I. I. Pickett
Kansas City
Walter W. White
Des Moines
Reis
LaPlant-Choate Company
Link-Belt Speeder Corporation
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Quaker Oats Company
Wilson and Company
Revenue Offices Open On Next 2 Saturdays
The Cedar Rapids bureau of internal revenue office will be open all day on Saturday January 5 and Saturday January 12 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to help income taxpayers. Deputy collectors remind farmers that January 15 is the deadline for income tax payments for those who did not file a 1944 estimate for 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Mrs Mary McCutcheon Weds Retired Educator
Mt Vernon Indiana wedding note Mrs Mary W McCutcheon part owner of the Hawkeye Record Mt Vernon becomes bride of Dr John Lewis Gillin of Madison Wisconsin ceremony performed by Dr Russell W Cole president of Cornell College in the home of Mr and Mrs James W McCutcheon The couple will live in Madison after Feb 1 and Mrs Gillin has lived in Mt Vernon since 1901 Dr Gillin retired from teaching at the University of Wisconsin in 1942 and is professor emeritus of sociology criminology and social pathology
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MT. Vernon
Iin
Mary W. McCutcheon
Hawkeye Record
John Lewis Gillin
Madison
Wis
Russell W. Cole
Cornell College
James.w. McCutcheon
Frank Straley
Marion
Russell Cole
James McCutcheon
Ann
Gillin
James W. McCutcheon
University of Wisconsin
Memorial Service for Ralph Smoyer Scheduled
Memorial services for Ralph Edward Smoyer 39 gunner's mate USNR will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Olivet Presbyterian Church with Rev. Keith Irwin Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion organizing. Smoyer missing in action since October 25 1944 when USS Johnston was sunk near Samar Island during World War II. He enlisted November 17 1942 employed by Colonial Baking Co moved to Davenport in 1941 born October 1 1905 Chippewa Falls Wisconsin attended Maroa Cedar Rapids schools. Surviving Betty Waterloo his mother Mrs C E Beck 2536 First Ave NE a brother Gerald St Louis niece Geraldine Luyster Tampa Fla. An infant daughter a son and his father preceded him in death.
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Ralph Edward Smoyer
USNR
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Keith Irwin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Smoyer
Johnston
Samar Island
Philippines
Leyte Island
Colonial Baking Company
Davenport
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Mar
Death of Rev Russell S Phillips former St James pastor
The Rev Russell S Phillips longtime St James Methodist pastor died at his Barnesville Ohio home Thursday morning. Services set for Sunday afternoon at Smith Funeral Home Grinnell Iowa. He left St James in 1939 later serving in Northwood and Ohio. survived by wife and son Richard.
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Russell S. Phillips
St. James Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Barnesville
Ohio
George Vavra
K Avenue
Smith
Grinnell
Mr. Phillips
Richard
St. James Church
Northwood
Courthouse Year End Reports Outline 1945 County Activity
County offices logged 184 criminal cases filed by the county attorney in 1945 and 391 inmates admitted to jail through sheriff, Cedar Rapids police and courts. Twenty four thousand four hundred ten vehicles registered. 3434 trucks. Tax collections totaled 3 742 121 06, about 99.5 percent of the 1944 levy. Jones reports 3075 World War II veterans discharged.
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Cedar Rapids
Arthur Axmear
Frank F. Bates
J. W. Stoddard
Jones’ Office
Emery Mowrey dies after long illness at 68
Emery Mowrey of 1526 Sixth Street NW died Friday morning after a long illness. Born June 9, 1858 in Anamosa he farmed until 1918 then moved to Cedar Rapids. Surviving are nephews Harold Mowrey Chancey Mowrey and niece Theols Arnett. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Barta Hesser chapel officiated by Dr. Marion H Williams burial in Riverside Cemetery Anamosa. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Mowrey
Sixth Street
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Harold Mowrey
Chancey Mowrey
Theols Arnett
Barta-Hesser
Marion H. Williams
Riverside Cemetery
Funeral for Charles E. Miller in Moon chapel
Funeral services for Charles E. Miller aged 58 of 358 Twentieth Street SE retired Hamilton Seed and Coal salesman will be held at the Moon chapel at 3 30 p m Saturday The Rev D Loferski and Mt Hermon lodge will officiate and burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park Friends may call at the chapel Masters Masons are asked to meet at the Masonic hall at 3 p m to attend as a group
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Miller
Twentieth Street
Hamilton Seed & Coal Company
Moon Chapel
D. Loferski
Mt. Hermon Lodge
Cedar Memorial Park
Masonic Hall
Services for Harry White in Cedar Rapids Chapel
Harry White 79 a Spanish American war veteran and Cedar Rapids resident died in a local hospital Thursday. Services will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Saturday with Rev Lyle K Anderson officiating. Burial is planned for Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. White was a structural steel worker for many years and active in labor organizations. His wife Jeanette died in 1927.
Kansas City Teens Charged With Interstate Car Theft
Floyd Alexander and Adolph Holmes both of Kansas City Missouri were jailed Thursday afternoon by a U S deputy marshal awaiting hearing on a charge of driving a stolen car across state lines the two youths are 17 and were taken to the county jail after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Alexander
Adolph Holmes
Kansas City
U. S
Service for Marshall E. Clark at Turner chapel Saturday
Marshall E. Clark, retired Cedar Rapids druggist of 391 Twentieth street SE, died Wednesday. Service at 3 30 p m Saturday in Turner chapel led by Dr George W Bryant and Star of the West Pythian lodge. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Pythians to meet at the lodge hall at 3 p m Saturday to attend.
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Clark
Marshall E. Clark
Twentieth Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
George W. Bryant
Star of the West Pythian Lodge
Oak Hill Cemetery
Pythians
Lodge
Tax lien against Iowa Iron and Coal discharged
A federal tax lien for 600.45 dollars filed against the Iowa Iron and Coal Company at 110 B Avenue NE for unemployment taxes of 1942 and 1943 was discharged on Friday.
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Iowa Iron and Coal Company
Bokorney Rites for Miss Matilda Bokorney
Funeral services for Miss Matilda Bokorney will be held at 1 30 p m Saturday in the Moon chapel conducted by Rev Paul L Miller. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery. She made her home with her niece Mrs J M Wetzel at 2520 Fifth avenue SW. Friends may call at the chapel.
City Briefs Tune in KXEL Friday
City briefs announce a radio update on KXEL 1540 at 6 p.m. Friday January 4. The item notes a forum discussion and suggests topical community interest.
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Kxel
Local residents tell of hospital updates
J. J. Carney of 1610 C Avenue NW has returned home after a major operation at Mercy hospital. Richard McArtor, son of Mr and Mrs Gerald J McArtor of 3219 Oakland Avenue NE, is a patient at St Luke's hospital and may receive visitors.
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Mercy
Roland Drafahl
Hawthorne Drive
Robert Dochterman
Sixteenth Avenue
Clarence Colfax
Thirtieth Street
St. Luke’s
Leonard Wiedenman
Third Street
Seaman
Carl O’dean
Marion
J. J. Carney
C Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Richard McArtor
Gerald J. McArtor
Oakland Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Services for Joseph Svec at Polansky chapel Sunday
Joseph Svec of 131112 Second Street SE died at 2 p.m. Sunday at Polansky chapel. The Rev Zdenek Pauk conducted the service and burial is planned at Bohemian National Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Saturday at the Polansky chapel.
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Svec
Joseph Svec
Second Street
Polansky Chapel
Zdenek Pauk
Bohemian National Cemetery
Dentist Dr Naibert Opens New Office in Town
Dr Richard L Naibert announces the opening of his dental office at 117 3rd Avenue SE with phone number 6617 after 442 years in service. Adv.
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Richard L. Naibert
3Rd Avenue SE
Nosbisch Services Held for Mrs Nick Nosbisch
Services for Mrs. Nick Nosbisch of 807 O Avenue NW were held after her death at St Patrick Church at 9 30 a m Saturday with Reverend Henry Nosbisch of New Hampton officiating. Burial is in Mt Calvary Cemetery. The Rosary was recited at 7 30 p m Friday by Reverend D J Lenihan at Teahen chapel where friends may call.
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Nosbisch
Nick Nosbisch
O Avenue NW
St. Patrick’s Church
Henry Nosbisch
New Hampton
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
D. J. Lenihan
Teahen Chapel
Northern Pacific Names Younglove Commercial Agent
B L Younglove of 1269 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids has been appointed commercial agent for the Northern Pacific railroad while remaining based in Cedar Rapids.
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B. L. Younglove
Second Avenue SE
Northern Pacific Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Navy Scouts Isles For Missing Yanks
Pearl Harbor AP reports the Navy nears the end of a major search across Pacific islands for missing armed forces personnel. Navy units comb islands and atolls by destroyers and small craft, finding graves of Allied flyers on five islands but no survivors. Local natives and Japanese personnel have been questioned.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Remembering and Forgetting Sermon at Seventh Day Adventist
The Rev. A V McClure will deliver a 11 a m sermon on Remembering and Forgetting at the Seventh Day Adventist church. Sabbath school opens at 9:30 a m and the young people meet at 3 p m.
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A. V. McClure
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Resolution of Respect for D Fay Merrill by Cedar Rapids trades council
The Cedar Rapids Building and Construction Trades council adopted a resolution of respect for D Fay Merrill a business representative for seven years who died December 22. The resolution was placed on the permanent record of the council and copies ordered published.
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Cedar Rapids Building and Construction Trades Council
D. Fay Merrill
Major Silliman Undergoes Appendectomy at St Luke’s
Maj B D Silliman of 245 Twenty-fifth Street Drive SE Cedar Rapids an attorney underwent an appendectomy at St Luke’s hospital early Friday. His condition was described as entirely satisfactory. On terminal leave from the army judge advocate general’s office he returned Dec 22 from Eu.
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B. D. Silliman
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Army Judge Advocate General’s Office
Silliman
Nine dwelling permits granted in December report
Building permits valued at 206270 were issued by the city building department in December. The department issued nine permits for dwellings, 23 to remodel dwellings, seven commercial permits, eight to commercial buildings, one garage permit, five to remodel garages, two for barns or sheds, one for a...
UNRRA Fires Gen. Morgan Over Press Conference Claim
London United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration dismisses Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick E. Morgan, chief of operations in Germany, after he said at a press conference that organized Jewry plotted mass migration from Europe to Palestine. The agency says Morgan was deprived of authority and pay and is no longer employed. Morgan disputes resignation, stating his aim was to urge a constructive solution to the displaced persons problem.
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London
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Frederick E. Morgan
Germany
Europe
Palestine
UNRRA
Morgan
The
United Press
Gen. Morgan
Man Tries Suicide in Ft Madison Prison
Ace H. Smith of Cedar Rapids, serving a 10 year sentence for sodomy, attempted to kill himself at Ft Madison last night by cutting his throat with a razor. He is in the prison hospital recovering. Smith was sentenced in Cedar Rapids on December 16, 1945.
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Fort Madison
Ace H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Ft. Madison
Smith
St Paul Hog Embargo Placed By Stockyards
The St Paul Stockyards company declared an embargo on hog shipments from 11:55 p.m. Friday to 11:55 p.m. Tuesday January 8 due to glut conditions. No hogs arriving by truck will be accepted without a permit and no railroad hogs after 8 p.m. Saturday will be accepted until the embargo lifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Calls Lend-Lease to Reds Best Investment
Cedar Rapids realtor Bruce A. West told High Twelve club members at the Roosevelt hotel luncheon that Lend-Lease to Russia was one of the best investments. He, a Pacific coast shipping center military police captain, said Russia might have quit without the trickle of supplies and recounted large shipments of materials to the Soviet Union, including leather bought from Argentina and sent to Russia.
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Russia
Bruce A. West
Cedar Rapids
High Twelve Club
Roosevelt Hotel
West
Pacific Coast Shipping Center
United States
University of Iowa Historian to Speak at First Christian Church
Dr. H J Thornton professor of history at the University of Iowa will be guest speaker at the First Christian church during January Sundays at 10 45 a m His talk this Sunday titled A New Year s Meditation outlines his focus on social and intellectual history of Americans Thornton a South Dakota native graduated from Grinnell College earned an MA at Harvard and a PhD from the University of Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Thornton
University of Iowa
First Christian Church
Thornton
South Dakota
Grinnell College
Harvard
University of Chicago
Truman Warns Congress of Barriers to Major Policy
President Truman used a national address to urge public backing for his 21 point reconversion program and warned that labor management stalemates and obstruction by a few committee members threaten passage. He urged action on unemployment insurance and a Fair Employment Practices plan while noting slow progress in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Truman
Roosevelt
Capitol
Labor
Union
House
Senate
United Nations Organization
Ways and Means
Patience Rewarded as Lapanto Depot Gains Electric Lights
M C Wall arrived in Lapanto in 1923 to replace lanterns with electric lighting in the depot. After 22 years, the request was granted and electrical lamps were installed, ending years of darkness for the railroad agent and town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lepanto, Ark
M. C. Wall
Lapanto
Wall
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Cedar River Dam
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First Air Scout
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Windsor
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