Weather and notices from the Daily Record January 1049
The issue reports cold weather with mixed precipitation forecasts for Blumarcs Miami Detroit and Los Angeles area cities. It lists wind speeds from 25 to 30 mph midweek and temperatures ranging from the mid teens to the upper twenties. A January precipitation total of 73 is noted with normal January 108. A divorce petition between Veronica D Quinlan and John F Quinlan is listed along with local fire and oil-leak incidents and a correction for a printed name.
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Kish
Blumarcs
Miami
Detroit
Four teens tied to nine breakins and stolen car
Four teen suspects including Eugene Blazek Vaughn Witherell and Gerald Bradd faced charges after a December spree that hit nine locations from Northwood Dairy to Do-Nut Shop and Campus Shoe Clinic. Arrests were made by Juvenile Captain Stanley Davis and Patrolman Henry Overman. Bail set at four thousand dollars each.
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Stanley Davis
Eugene Blazek
Eugene Woods
Vaughn Witherell
Gerald Bradd
Center Street
Davis
Henry Overman
Keith Concannon
Jesse Clift
Clift
Northwood Dairy
Center Point Road
Feder and Sons
Stewarts Maintenance Service
Franks Grocery Store
J Street
David's Food Market
Seventeenth Street
Campus Shoe Clinic
First Avenue
Second Avenue
Abodeelv's Grocery Store
Sixth Street
Rayburn predicts fast action on Truman pay raise
Speaker Rayburn said Congress will act before January 20 to boost or exempt emoluments of the presidency. He supported a presidential pension and noted Truman has trimmed White House expenses to about $2,000 a month while keeping clothing costs low.
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Washington
Rayburn
Congress
Truman
White House
Rep Multer
Multer
Rep O'Toole
D-Ny
Herbert Hoover
Tucker Car Firm Seeks Rescue From Hidden Benefactor
An unnamed manufacturer offers to assume Tucker Corporation debts and save the company. Judge Logoe grants a 60 day bankruptcy stay while attorney Lewis Jacobson privately reveals the client’s identity. Tucker faces more than 1 million dollars in liabilities as stockholders and creditors sue.
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Chicago
Tucker Corporation
Preston Tucker
Michael Logoe
Lewis Jacobson
Tucker
Jacobson
Igor
Edgar Britton Exhibit At Des Moines Art Center
Former Cedar Rapids artist Edgar Britton displays a one man exhibit at the Des Moines Art Center. The 25 painting show includes a landscape painted last fall near Marion and depicts pine trees on a country road by a cabin owned by Mr and Mrs Leo Varns.
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Des Moines
Marion
Edgar Britton
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Art Center
Britton
The
Art Center
B E. Britton
Avenue
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Washington High School
Grant Wood
Marvin Cone
Wood
Montrose Hotel
Leo Varns
First Avenue
America
R. J Hunt
Lindbergh Arrives in Germany as Technical Advisor
Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Wiesbaden to serve as a special adviser on technical affairs to the U.S. air force chief of staff. Only top air force officers knew of his visit. He conferred with high officers and planned an unscheduled tour of European air bases to observe procedures.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States Air Force
Air Force
Europe
Ministers Hold Annual Meeting at Coe College
About 50 eastern Iowa ministers and wives attended the annual Ministers conference at Coe College amid hazardous travel conditions. Keynote speaker Dr Harold Blake Walker of Evanston Ill spoke on The Word with Power and Our Own Altar Fires. Also featured was Dr T Z Kow, visiting lecturer at Coe, with talks on Christianity in Modern Life and The Future of Christianity in China.
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Iowa
Coe College
Harold Blake Walker
First Presbyterian Church
Evanston
Walker
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
The
Presbyterian Tribune
Denver
University of Denver
Boston University
McCormick
Emporia College
Oklahoma
New York City
Yap Island Freed After Spell Lifted By Navy Court
Navy officials sought help from tribal sorcerers on Yap Island after $2100 vanished from a navy run copra warehouse. A pa'pique symbol appeared, $1100 was returned, $1000 remained missing, and a local man confessing to theft was jailed three years by a navy court before the spell was lifted.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Yap Island
Yap
Russian teacher Kasenkina joins Eastern Rite Church
Mrs Ok sana Kasenkina, a Russian teacher who escaped the Soviet consulate, was received Tuesday into the Roman Catholic church of the Eastern rite. She attended confession and received communion at St. George's Ukrainian Catholic church. Kasenkina, 52, is living quietly while writing her memoirs after recovering from a fall.
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New York
Oksana Kasenkina
Marianus M. Horishny
St. George’s
Kasenkina
Truck Races Through Los Angeles Causing Havoc
Malcom S. Hare lost control of a large truck and trailer in Los Angeles. The vehicle struck a parked car, damaged a hydrant, toppled telephone poles and wires, knocked down trees and a steel fence, and ended in a vacant lot. Hare was hospitalized with head injuries and shock.
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Los Angeles
Malcolm S. Hare
Hare
Beaten G.O.P. insurgents win continuation of fight
In Washington the Republican caucus backed Len Taft as policy chair 28 14 but insurgents signaled ongoing opposition. Sen Lodge and other rebels vow to push a forward looking agenda within the party while Taft pledges a constructive policy and to oppose measures he views as harmful to liberty or justice. Wherry elected floor leader, Millikin caucus chair, Young secretary, Saltonstall whip, with Knowland defeated.
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Washington
Len Taft
Ohio
Senate
Taft
G.O.P
Caucu
Lodge
Mass
Morse
Ore
Sen Ives
N.Y
Ives
Polity Committee
Sen Wherry
Neb
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Wherry
Millikin
Cole
Sen. Young
N. D
Sen. Saltonstall
Court delays for conspirator in Wilson strike case
Thomas Lockhart facing a three year sentence for conspiracy linked to the Wilson and Company strike. An appeal to the supreme court was filed by attorney L M Hullinger after Lockhart pledged guilty December 10. Bond set at 3500 and release expected as schedules shift with repeated committment extensions.
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Thomas Lockhart
Fort Madison
L. M. Hullinger
Supreme Court
Lockhart
Wilson and Company
Hullinger
Arthur Axmear
Thompson
Benton County
Charles
Milton Porter
Vinton
Bedell and Clark Wills Admit Probate in Linn County
The will of Albert J Bedell who died December 1 is admitted to probate in Linn County District Court Edith K Bedell and Nellie C Atherton are named executrices without bond sharing the estate with Jennie M Long Clara E Starbuck and George F Bedell Also admitted is the will of Clarence L Clark who died December 23 F Buresh is executor without bond and son Willard G Clark is named heir
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Albert J Bedell
Linn
Edith K Bedell
Nellie C Atherton
Jennie M Long
Clara E Starbuck
George F Bedell
Clarence L. Clark
F Buresh
Willard G. Clark
Mrs Bowman sues Thomes for care money in dispute
Mrs Thomas Bowman sues Mr and Mrs Herbert Thome for 223 50 claimed as due for care and support of two children. She says on July 1 1947 after care ended an account for 287 50 was stated and only 64 has been paid. The Farmers Elevator Co sues Lloyd Lala for 434 06 on a promissory note. Donald E Giltrap suit against James Wayne Quaid was dismissed Monday by Judge Floyd Philbrick on motion of plaintiff.
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Thomas Bowman
Herbert Thome
Bowman
Thomes
Farmers Elevator Company
Lloyd Lala
Donald E Giltrap
James Wayne Quaid
Floyd Philbrick
Occupation Fund Request Unveiled
Secretary Royall announced a proposed 1950 fiscal year occupation budget of 1.1 billion dollars for Germany Japan and Korea down 200 million from the current year. He noted 50 million of this year's food program would not be spent and Germany recovery is at 72 percent of 1930 output. The plan allocates about 50 million for Germany and 600 million for Japan with some recovery funds in Japan.
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Washington
Royall
Congress
Germany
Japan
Korea
Hoyall
Weather scattered across Iowa with rain and slick roads
Last week formed storm brings showers across towns. Toledo reports thunderstorms and hard rains with fog while Tama county areas see slippery streets and schools open. Marengo heavy rains and ice on streets. Belle Plaine, Tipton, West Union sleet and mist with icy streets. Towns report fog and drizzle, buses on schedule and ongoing school openings.
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Toledo
Tama County
Marengo
Belle Plaine
Tipton
West Union
Hawkeye
Postville
Manchester
Elkader
Postal Rates Change Hit Cedar Rapids Mailers
Cedar Rapids residents ignore new postage rates effective January 1. Robert Lubbock, mails superintendent, notes air mail letters often carry only five cents instead of six. Circulars with one and parcel post insufficiently stamped are common. underpaid mail is returned or collect charges apply. The system lasts until February.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Lubbock
Post Office Department
Diplomat Student Turns Metalsmith at Alfred University
Peter C Aitchison a 26 year old student at Alfred university's school for American craftsmen is a diplomat turned craftsman. After five years aiming for the diplomatic field he left to gain more freedom for individual expression through handwork. He enrolled this fall and aims to pursue creative metalsmithing in a two year program.
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Alfred A N. Y
Peter C Aitchison
Alfred University
School For American Craftsmen
Aitchison
Alfred
Northwestern Rose Bowl Train Trapped by Snow
A special train carrying 275 Northwestern University football fans and the university band was halted in Cheyenne Tuesday as snowdrifts blocked the line on its homeward trip from the Rose Bowl.
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Cheyenne
Rose Bowl
Northwestern University
Gluttonous Cormorants Ground Mission Beach Traffic
In San Diego Mission Beach guards report several large cormorants overeat then crash land on busy highways disrupting traffic. Lt. Fred Crowther says guards will chase birds back to the water using castor oil to aid digestion after they gorge on fish.
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San Diego
Fred Crowther
Mission Beach
Crowther
Pilot refuses to fly Yale plane in fatal DC-3 crash
Seattle licensed pilot Emmett G. Flood Jr says he refused to fly the chartered DC-3 that crashed at Boeing Field killing 11 Yale students and 3 crew. The plane, cleared for takeoff on an icy runway, carried 27 Yale students home for holidays. 13 injured, 3 unscathed.
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Seattle
Boeing Field
Yale
Emmett G. Flood, Jr
Trans-Alaskan Airlines
Seattle Air Charter Company
Flood
Civil Aeronautics Board
William Chavers
Civil Aeronautics Administration
RD. Bedinger
Chavers
Jack R Cluck
Alman Family in Missouri Wreck
Alman family from Cedar Rapids sustained minor injuries when their 1940 Ford coach collided with a second car near the Iowa line. R K Alman and wife plus children Keith Alicia and Linda were ejected or dazed. the other vehicle’s driver faced drunken driving charges and a Kirksville hospital reported condition.
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R. K. Alman
Lancaster
Alman
Iowa State Line
Kirksville
Almans
Keith
Alicia
Linda
Cedar Rapids
St Petersburg
Fla
Missouri
Deaths Louis Benson 69 Former Roosevelt Hotel Employee
Louis Benson aged 69 died at Ce pidis hospital at 10 p m Monday after a brief illness He was born in Detroit September 15 1879 and had been living in Cedar Rapids with his nephew Kenneth Benson The body is at the Beat with calling hours to be announced later
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Louis Benson
Asevelt Hotel
Cepids
Detorah
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Benson
Forrestal urges stronger laws to protect secret codes
Secretary of Defense Forrestal asked Congress to tighten security laws covering secret codes and intelligence activities. He proposed penalties up to 10 years in prison and fines to 10 090, banning publication and handling of machines used in code transmission. The bill would protect United States cryptography and signal intelligence details from disclosure.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Jcongress
Jal
Iag
City Briefs: Drunks, Fines, and Local Court Actions
A series of city briefs covers arrests and fines. Mirl Morrison, 49, pled guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace and was fined by Judge Harry S. Johnson. Williams Hughes, 36, was fined in traffic court for reckless driving after a collision with a parked machine on Avenue NE. Francis Peter Chapel Service speaker Dr Z Koch announced for Coe College Religious Emphasis week. Roy Rolson, 21, fined for window peeping after police caught him near Sixteenth Street SE. Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets from Roosevelt High was elected to the advisory council of the American Educational Theater Association and attended national conventions in Washington.
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Mirl Morrison
Harry S. Johnson
William Hughes
Sini NE
Avenue NE
Francis Peter
Dr . Z. Koch
Coe College
Mary Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
Roy Rolson
Eighth Avenue SE
Sixteenth Street SE
Miss Sheets
Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets
Roosevelt High
A Eticum Educational Theater Association
Speech Association of America
Washington
Rayburn Sees Quick Taft Hartley Replacement Bill
Speaker Rayburn predicted Congress will repeal the Taft Hartley law and immediately replace it with a substitute measure. He said lawmakers will act as soon as the Taft Hartley act is scrapped, despite labor leaders urging a return to the Wagner act as a step toward new legislation.
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Washington
INL
Rayblurn
Texas
Congress
Philip Murray
Rajpurn
Explosion and Fire Hit Bishop's Cafeteria Basemente
Davenport AP report notes an explosion and flash fire in a basement cafeteria room injuring two people. Charles Henderson, 30, suffered third degree facial and hand burns and Doris Wolfe, 20, received minor burns and was treated and released. Manager Clay Gardner said Henderson lit a match while inspecting a crack. Fire Chief Lester Schick suspected gas seepage. Damage estimated at about $5,000.
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Davenport
Bishop's
Charles Henderson
Doris Wolfe
Blizzard Doubles Town Population in Colorado Refuge
Nunn Colorado swelled from about 150 to more than 300 as 200 motorists seek shelter from a winter blizzard. Refugees fill the one room hall as residents scramble for food and care. A nurse and a doctor from Greeley aid the stranded community’s needs.
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Nunn
Colo (Ap
Colorado
Charles C Flower
Greeley
Former Newton City Clerk Gets 10 Years
H J Lammers, 50, Newton former city clerk, sentenced to 10 years in Fort Madison penitentiary after pleading guilty to embezzling 731 dollars. Indictment cited over 5 000 dollars, but plea covered 731. Fidelity and Deposit Company settled with Newton, delivering 26 792 91 dollars to cover alleged shortages dating back to 1943.
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Newton
H J Lammers
Fort Madison
Lammers
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
Greenwalt Named Manager for Bonus Board Office
Kelley Greenwalt of Des Moines former Iowa secretary of state was appointed office manager by the state World War II bonus board with immediate effect. He served as secretary of state 1931 to 1933 and as Polk county treasurer 1937 to 1941. Betty F. Baher of Cedar Rapids was named office secretary after service in the Marine Corps and work in Des Moines. her appointment is effective January 10.
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Des Moines
GCC
Kelley’ Greenwalt
Iowa
Greenwalt
Army
Polk County
Moss Betty F. Baher
Cedar Rapids
Womens Division
Marine Corps
Car Strikes Manhole Cover on Eleventh Street
Heavy damage reported to a car after it struck a manhole cover on Eleventh Street SW Monday night. The driver, William Buger, 47, of 403 Eighth Avenue S, said he turned from Eighth onto Eleventh and the cover snagged the undercarriage as rain washed out the area.
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Eleventh Street
William Buger
Eighth Avenue S
Eighth Avenue
Chamber of Commerce To Unveil Niagara Blue Decorations
Civic bureau members will preview the Chamber of Commerce Niagara blue and buttercup yellow decor Thursday night. The surplus restaurant equipment sale funded redecorating on the fourth floor, with new drapes completing the color scheme. Will Lowry of Ottumwa, a Chatauqua lecturer, will speak at the unveiling dinner.
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Civic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Niagara
Will Lowry
Ottumwa
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John F. Quinlan
First Avenue E
E Avenue NE
Irvin Lee Tucker
LaVerne Swanson
William T Reynolds
Virginia O Donnell
Robert Fernandez
Hernandez
Larry Dinges
Fllls Terrace NW
Francis Peterson
B Avenue NE
William Cosgrove
Eighteenth Street
Roy Colbert
Memorial Drive
Frank Mallett
Flewer
SC Sternler
Fourth Avenue
Richard Langenberg
Damiels Street
Robert Schneider
R Eppers
Eighteenth Avenue
Mercy
Albert Nass
Third Avenue
Robert Manville
Thirty-sixth Street
Carmen Rummells
M Street
St Lukes
Frank Fulkerson
Harlan Johnston
Hopkinton
Robert Churchi
Park Court
Henry Pillard Anamos
Adolph Kopecky
Shueyville
Wyoming
Thomas Story
Harrington
Mattie Pugsley Ruerce
Portland
Frank Pugsley
Bath
Elmer Handley
Riverside
Monona
George Aubrich
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Lows City
Etta E Pillars
First Methodist Church
Towa City
Ellen Swaihe
St Mary's Church
Monticello
Magdalene Etten
Evangelical and Reformed
Goettsch Funeral Home
C.R. Man
D.M. Art Center
Lindy
Barney Crockett
Anamosa
William J. Grossheim
F E. Somerville
Howard H Palmer
Mt Vernon
F. W Eastwood
New London
Rex
G H Hulsebus
Maxwell
Rex Bonte Grassing
Vintom
J D. Ransom
Nevada
E Freeman
Montezuma
Keith Taber
Lisbon
Frank
Harold Walker
Republican Party
Porter
Leo Pisney
Frank Pernicka
B. O. Tankersley
Linn County
Wilson
Atkins
Bedell Will
Associated Press
C.R
Charles S. Amadon
John B. Turder & Son
Ave. S.E
Ity
Blizzard
Bonus Board
Monahan Mortuary
Lapes
Florist
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