Weather and city reports from the Daily Record
The edition records no precipitation across listed cities, with Tuesday high low ranges for Bismarck Chicago Denver Los Angeles 13 Miami 30 Minneapolis 24 New York 37/ Sioux City 28. It also notes Iowa forecast for Thursday through Friday with cloud trends and temperature shifts. Marriage licenses listed include Richard H Cornwell and Doris E Staub Cedar Rapids. Elbert S Barker and Anne M Pechacek Mr Vernon. Robert A Bressler and Wale M Price Coggan. Obvious court notes include assorted charges and fines from Uttering a false check to reckless driving and disturbances of the peace. Birth notices list multiple families, including several Jan 8 and Jan 9 births.
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Bismarck
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New York
Sioux City
Richard H Cornwell
Doris E. Staub
Cedar Rapids
Elbert Sylvester Barker
Anne Marie Pechacek
Mr. Vernon
Robert A. Bressler
Wale Maxine Price
Coggan
Janitor Named in Grim Kidnapping Case Evidence Found
Police traced the suspect after the head of the victim surfaced, with a bloodstained axe recovered. Inquiries at multiple buildings uncovered blood in a wash tub, flesh on tub sides, bloody viscera, and a locker stolen from Frank Hager. A shopping bag marked Frank M contained the victim's leg and rags matching torso coverings.
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Winthrop
Frank Hager
Hager
Frank M
Hanrahan
Chicago Investigators Seek Clues In Suzanne Degnan Case
A 9 year old girl, Suzanne Degnan, was abducted from her Winthrop Home as police found a weap on, garrote wire and ransom note fragments. Investigators identified a janitor long involved with the building and his family as persons of interest while $11,000 reward funds and a $20,000 ransom note are under scrutiny.
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Edward J. Kelly
Suzanne
James Degnan
FBI
Police
Floods claim multiple lives across several states
Four persons drowned at Monticello and two at Harlan, with six in two families near Carthage Tennessee, while another in Macon county and one in Nashville were reported. In Little Rock Arkansas six taxi passengers died when a car plunged into Rock creek. Iowa temperatures rose with Cedar Rapids at 33 degrees and Davenport 34, Spencer 15, with a forecast drop to 5 to 15 degrees tonight.
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Monticello
Harlan
Carthage
Tenn
Jennings Creek
Macon County
Nashville
Iowa
Chambers-Inskeep
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Spencer
Towa
Soldiers Press Demobilization Demands In Manila Area
Col. Charles A. Mahoney warned protesting soldiers around Manila that mass meetings accomplish nothing as demobilization decisions come from the War Department. A 4,000 strong G.L. rally at Batangas raised funds for full page ads urging Patterson’s removal and faster demobilization. In Honolulu, 1,500 troops protested in front of post headquarters urging action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Mahoney
United States Army Service Command
War Patterson
Hall
Tower
Mahoney
Yokohama
Adjutant General
Gen. MacArthur
Batangas
Manila
United States
Patterson
Congress
Truman
Senate
House Military Affairs
Honolulu
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
George Givot Reveals Secret Las Vegas Marriage
Hollywood comedian George Givot confirms secret marriage to Dorothy Durkee a former University of Oregon drama coach in Las Vegas Nevada on December 1. Durkee is identified as his spouse in the AP report filed from Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
George Givot
Las Vegas
Wev
Dorothy Durkee
University of Oregon
1942 Ship Loss Reveals 142 Dead From U S S Carolyn
The navy disclosed that all 142 officers and men aboard the 3200 ton ship disappeared March 1942 about 300 miles east of Norfolk while on a shake down cruise as a camouflaged Q ship later renamed U S S Atik. It is believed sunk by a U boat.
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Washington
Navy
Carolyn
Norfolk
U.S.S. Atik
Linn County Farm Bureau reports 1945 receipts total 25479.73
The Linn County Farm Bureau board of supervisors accepted the 1945 financial report showing receipts of 25479.73 with 5000 from the county and 9880 from dues and pledges. Disbursements were 18321.55 leaving a 7158.18 year end balance. An allotment of 5000 for 1946 was approved along with several appointments and licenses.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Board of Supervisors
Bureau
E. F. Schuknecht
W. A. Ball
Joseph W. Carberry
H. W
Agatha) McCright
Walker
Ruth Bottorff
Nina M. Hersh
Irene Ecklund
Verna Kirkpatrick
Smith
James F. Scolaro
Fred C. Dow
Arthur H. Mott
Merritt R. Heath
Arthur Bates
Seventh Avenue
J. A. Bundy
Eighteenth Street
Clare Elgas
Fourth Street
John Flick
Johnson Avenue
Harold B. Lutes
B Avenue
William Marek
Third Street
Esther Snouffer
Norman W. Stookey
Sixth Avenue
Anton C. Zahradnik
Bever Avenue
Arthur Axmear
District Court
W. E. Bell
Springville
Otto F. Hanzlik
James H. Smith
Ivan Randall
Whittier
William H. Behrens
Sleepy Stuart arraigned on resisting execution charge
Ralph Sleepy Stuart aged 34 of 500 F Avenue NW appeared before Judge G K Thompson Tuesday and was given until Saturday to enter a plea on the charge of resisting execution of process. County attorney information alleges he fought policemen serving a justice court warrant Sunday. Patrolman Carl Badger sustained a cut to the ear. Stuart’s bond was set at 1500 dollars but he remains in county jail serving seven and one half days of a 25 dollar assault and battery sentence.
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Ralph “Sleepy” Stuart
F Avenue NW
G. K. Thompson
Stuart
Justice Court
Carl Badger
Vets Returning From Overseas Reported by AP
Eastern Iowans return from overseas to ports on both coasts. S/Sgt. Russell F. Smith from Cedar Rapids heads to San Francisco aboard the Carlos Curillo, Jan. 6. T/5 Leonard F. Roth from Brooklyn on the Rollins Victory, Jan. 7. S/Sgt. John W. Knight of West Union and S/Sgt. Richard C. Goldsmith from Clarence also listed with January dates.
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Associated Press
New York
Rollins Victory
Russell F. Smith
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Carlos Curillo
Leonard F. Roth
Brooklyn
C. R. To Return Lad On Car Theft Charge
Stanley Davis will leave Thursday for Pueblo Colorado to return a 15 year old boy held there for Cedar Rapids juvenile authorities The boy was picked up by Colorado highway patrolmen after a stolen car he was driving ran into the ditch The Cedar Rapids juvenile court had ordered the youth for the theft of 10 cars during November and December
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Stanley Davis
Pueblo
Colo
Cedar Rapids
Davis
Colorado
Deaths Mrs Hermie Kate Bonebreak Cameron 90
Mrs Hermie Kate Bonebreak Cameron aged 90 longtime Cedar Rapids resident dies after brief illness at her son Glen Cameron's home. Born February 14 1855 in Hagerstown Maryland she married Thomas E Cameron in 1882. Survived by three sons a daughter two sisters a brother and numerous grandchildren. Funeral set for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Turner chapel with burial in Mechanicsville.
Death of Gus F Hellwig of Cedar Rapids at 69
Gus F Hellwig 69 a Cedar Rapids resident for 29 years died at home 2417 Fourth Avenue SE Tuesday evening after a long illness Born in Germany February 16 1876 he came to the United States 64 years ago He was a salesman Surviving are two children Mrs Charles Vavra of Cedar Rapids and Arthur P Hellwig of Chicago three grandchildren three brothers Carl Sidney Neb Otto Hawthorne Calif and William Seattle two sisters Mrs Martha Wehler Rapids City S D and Mrs Ed Coleman Seneca S D His wife Anna died November 1943 Services will be in Beatty chapel Friday at 2 p.m conducted by Rev Paul Luther Miller Burial Cedar Memorial Park cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Gus F. Hellwig
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Avenue SE
Germany
United States
Charles Vavra
Arthur P. Hellwig
Chicago
Carl
Sidney
Neb
Otto
Hawthorne
Calif
William
Seattle
Martha Wehler
Rapids City
S. D
Ed Coleman
Seneca
Anna
Beatty Chapel
Paul Luther Miller
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Widow Nellie Estes Dies After Long Illness at Daughter's Home
Nellie N Estes aged 66 died at her daughter Mrs Clarence Whistler's home 1747 D avenue NE after a long illness. Born January 7 1878 in Iowa she was a Baptist Church member in Union. Survived by two sons Raymond Estes and George Estes two daughters Bessie Clark s and Mrs Whistler seven grandchildren one great grandchild a sister Nettie Neff and brothers Luther Estes and Wilson Estes. Body to be moved from Barta Hesser chapel to Union for burial Wednesday afternoon.
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Nellie N. Estes
Clarence Whistler
D Avenue
Iowuary
Baptist Church
Union
Albert Estes
Raymond A_ Estes
Woodwards
George Dewey Estes
Bessie Clarks
West Lake
Ore
Whistler
Nettie Neff
Chicago
Luther Estes
Oskaloosa
Wilson Estes
Missouri
Barta-Hesser Chapel
Miss Jetta Gallagher dies in Cedar Rapids at 7 45
Miss Jetta Gallagher aged 1035 El ls Boulevard NW Cedar Rapids resident for over 30 years died at a local hospital at 7 45 a m Wednesday after a brief illness Born in Fittson Pa Survived by eight brothers and sisters Tony Agnes at home William Joseph II Thomas and Mrs C H Maloney of Chicago Mrs James Mellett of Wilkes Barre Pa and Sister Mary Baptista of Scranton Pa Services at St Patrick s Church Friday at 9 am Burial Mt Calvary Rosary by Rev D J Lenihan at Brady mortuary Thursday Friends may call at the mortuary Thursday
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Jetta Gallagher
Elllis Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Fittson
Tony
Agnes
Services for George W Shakespeare Held at Trinity Church
George W Shakespeare 1001h Avenue NW died Tuesday. Funeral at Trinity Methodist Church Thursday at 2 p.m. Rev. John E Delong and Rev. Elton D Wells officiate. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Survived by wife two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Friends may call Rohn chapel Wednesday evening.
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George W. Shakespeare
Avenue NW
Trinity Methodist Church
John E. DeLong
Elton D. Wells
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Shakespeare
Rohn Chapel
Cedar Rapids Man George W Merrill Dies After Illness
George W Merrill 84 longtime Cedar Rapids resident died Wednesday at 10 AM in a local nursing home after a long illness. He is survived by two daughters Mabel Anderson of Council Bluffs and Bessie Victorine of Kenosha Wisconsin and two brothers L W Merrill of Quincy Illinois and Samuel Merrill of Cedar Rapids. The body is at Beatty chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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George W. Merrill
Cedar Rapids
Mabel Anderson
Council Bluffs
Bessie Victorine
Kenosha
Wis
L. W. Merrill
Quincy, TL
Samuel Merrill
Beatty Chapel
Truman to deliver State of the Union Jan 17
President Truman will present the annual state of the union message to Congress on January 17. The budget message will be submitted January 21. The White House said on Wednesday that a final decision on delivering the address in person has not yet been made.
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Washington
Ins
Truman
Congress
White House
Joint Installation at Masonic Temple Names Two Leaders
Lacy Coon was installed high priest of Marion chapter No. 10 R A M and John L. Gritzner commander of Patmos Commandery No. 27 K T in a joint ceremony at the Masonic temple Tuesday night. Other officers included Emile Burmeister Henry E Kunz Z N Lundy Elmer Neff Irvin L Ford R E Lehdigh Vernel E Stimson Lumir A Lorence Norman Hammond Stanley McCammon M E Crosier Dan Cory F E Wilber Elmer O Stamy Lester R Boettcher Lester O Dickey George H Brewer P C Lassen Marvin Oxley M E Crosier S O Stamy Clare A Garrison William C Dubbs. A dinner for members and families preceded the installation.
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Masonic Temple
Lacy Coon
Marion
R.A.M
John L. Gritzner
Patmos
K. T
Lewis Klumph
Lester O. Dickey
Emile Burmeister
Henry E. Kunz
Apollo
Cedar Rapids
Z. N. Lundy
King
Elmer Neff
Irvin L. Ford
R. E. Lehdigh
Vernel E. Stimson
Lumir A. Lorence
Norman Hammond
Royal Arch
Stanley McCammon
M. E. Crosier
Dan Cory
William C Dubbs
Sentinel
Local transfers and notices from area residents
Oscar Byam sells his home at 405 Ninth avenue and buys a storefront with filling station at Midway on Center Point road. Fred Beach and wife purchase the Byam home and plan to move in. sons Robert and Ralph Beach will run the farm southeast of Marion. Edward Luke, 81, services set for Thursday at St Joseph's Catholic Church. Burial at Mayflower Cemetery Oxford Junction. Rosary Society to meet 7:30 tonight at Yocom chapel. Call for reserved films before Jan 20 at Edison Pharmacy. Dorothy Hutton, Western Union employee, transfers from Chicago to Los Angeles, leaving Jan 18. Staff Sgt John Smeltzer, son of Elizabeth Smeltzer, home from Japan. wife and son Russell Eugene had resided at Wyoming.
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Oscar Byam
Ninth Avenue
Midway
Center Point Road
Fred Beach
Marion
Byam
Robert
Ralph Beach
Edward Luke
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
T J. McElliott
Mayflower Cemetery
Oxford Junction
Rosary Society
Yocom Chapel
Dorothy Hutton
Western Union
Chicago
Los Angeles
Hugh T. Hutton
John Smeltzer
Elizabeth Smeltzer
Japan
Fort Logan
Colo
Russell Eugene
Enen
Wyoming
Marion zoning commission to hold first public hearing
Marion's new zoning commission with Winfield A. White J. H. Stanaway and F. L. Nickeson will meet at city hall on January 21 at 7 30 p m to hear a tentative zoning ordinance and plat. The panel appointed by the city council outlines five zones including Commercial light industrial heavy industrial and class A and class B residential in a public meeting.
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Marion
Winfield A.white
J. H. Stanaway
F. L. Nickeson
Marion Council to Take Over Garbage Collection Duties
The Marion city council voted Monday night to supervise garbage collection directly. It ordered a Colecto Pak garbage unit from the Heil company of Milwaukee to mount on a truck, which the city must also purchase. Residents will be charged for the service, though the amount is not yet determined.
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Marion
Heil Company
Milwaukee
Marion and Vinton clash at local gym Friday night
Marion and Vinton high school teams will meet in a boys game at the school gym with junior varsity at 7 and varsity at 8 15. Also listed are short notes on local civic and military family updates and service members returning from the Philippines.
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Marion and Vinton
Sioux City Home Return After Wednesday Departure
A fragment reports a person or group leaving on Wednesday and returning home to Sioux City. Details about identity, mode of travel, or purpose are not provided in the readable text.
Obituary of W. B. Nelson in California
W. B. Nelson, 77, a former Marion resident, died Tuesday in Alhambra California. He is survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs. Kenneth Nebling of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. R H Weis of Alhambra. Alice DeSpain visited this week with cousin Mrs. W D Shank while traveling from Washington to Williamsburg.
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W. B. Nelson
Marion
Alhambra
Calif
Kenneth Nebling
Cedar Rapids
R. H. Weis
Alice DeSpain
W. D. Shank
Washington, D. C
Williamsburg
Bailie-Stewart Wins Treason Trial Ruling
Norman Bailie-Stewart, 37, ex British army officer, faced high treason charges in London. The court ruled he was a German citizen and cannot be condemned to death, citing German citizenship papers taken before the war. He pleaded not guilty to treason, but guilty to aiding the enemy by broadcasting Nazi propaganda and serving the German foreign office.
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London
TTP
Norman Baillie-Stewart
Germany
Britain
German Foreign Office
Rainbow Corner in London Closes After Wartime Run
The Red Cross Rainbow Corner, a famed G I home away from home in London, closed its doors for the first time since opening November 11, 1942. The cheerful center hosted more than 18,000,000 servicemen during its three years of operation and officially went out of business Tuesday night.
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London
Red Cross Rainbow
G.I
Men Declare Necktie Truce for Thursday
Chicago insiders report Hallicrafters workers will wear their gaudy Christmas ties on Thursday to ease office tension. The plan includes a mutual vow not to mock others neckwear and to avoid embarrassment over personal attire.
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Chicago
INS
Hallicrafters Company of
Dubuque Navy Man Pleads Innocent Of Bigamy Charge
Chief Specialist Wilfred L. Weidenbacher of Dubuque Iowa pled innocent at a general court martial to seven specifications. He faces charges including scandalous conduct for a claimed bigamous marriage to Florence Mahlke and related offenses such as breaking arm rests A W O L and wearing the uniform of a commissioned officer. The Navy alleges the marriage on June 9 at Illinois Illencoe while he had a wife Esther Weidenbacher and three children in Dubuque.
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Great Lakes
Ill
Wilfred Ll. Weidenbacher
Dubuque
Weidenbacher
Wac
Florence E. Mahlke
A.W.O.L
Navy
Illencoe
Esther Weidenbacher
United States and Allies Agree on Atomic Safeguards
Secretary of State Byrnes said the United States Soviet Union Britain and Canada reached agreement on safeguards for atomic energy secrets under a UN controlled plan. Senator Vandenberg said he was reassured as harmony returned to the American delegation on the eve of the UN Assembly amid debates over a proposed international commission.
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London
Byrnes
United States
Russia
Britain
Canada
United Nations Organization
Sen.Vandenberg
R-Mich
United Nations ‘Assembly
Big Three
United Nations
Vandenberg
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Daily Record
Iowa Agricultural
Fair West
Margaret N. Day
Raymond E. Day
Molar
Frances E. Bunce
Ernest E. Bunce
Irma Whitcomb
Floyd Oliver Whitcomb
Bertha E. Lustick
Leo J. Lustick
Myrtle N. Williams
Lawrence C. Williaams
Mayme Davies
Gos Lloyd Davies
James Dee
Mt. Vernon
Clare J LeCrone
H. R. Churchill
Harold Holubar
Police Theft Report
Frank Bingham
Robert Douglas
Fourth Avenue
Lyle W. Miner
Fifth Street
E. A. Stone
Tenth Street
William L. McCauley
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Charles E. Whetstine
Kinross
Dwight A. Cook
McKinley Street
Martha Watson
Edward B. Elekar
Delaware Avenue
Gerald Wolfe
Junior Clark
Lake Avenue
John Buchanan
Seventh Street
Orletta Nelson
C. V. Freeman
A. W. Schmidt
Thirtysixth Street
H. Jacobs
Mercy
Charles Novak
Cottage Grove Avenue
Jan
Dale Douglas
LeRoy Montague
Second Street
Jack Lloyd
Twenty-second Avenue
Norman Hein
Twenty-ninth Street Drive
St. Luke’s
Roland Rogers
Twenty-second Street
Glenn East
Amana
Boulder
Burl James
Boulder Sanitarium
James
Jess Kitterman
First Avenue
Thorndale Avenue
Degnan
St. Charles
Kane County
Police Crime Detection Laboratory
Little Rock
Ark
Rock Creek
St. Joseph
Board
C. R
Lad
T. E. Cameron
Hermie
Kate Bonebreak Cameron
Thomas E. Cameron
Glen H. Cameron
Hagerstown
Toddville
Glen
Don V. Cameron
Center Point
George G. Cameron
Anna Belle Bittle
Lisbon
Belle Brennaman
Des Moines
Ivy M Bonebreak
Virginia
Abraham S. Bonebreak
Church of the Brethren
Turner Chapel
H. L. Ruthrauff
Mechanicsville
Shakespeare Services
Edward Luke Services
Edison Pharmacy
Boston
Vernon H. Carter
Christian Churches
Osceola Lodge
Carpenter
Gene Jacobs
The
Seabees
Violette Jacobs
Philippines
Marlene Novotny
Adolph Novotnys
St.Luke's Hospital
Darwin Jack
E. D. Jacks
Army
Jerry Gerrans
J. B. Gerrans
Seaman
Norman C. Miller
San Diego Naval Base
Della Miller
Harold Miller
NEW Rail
Illinois Central
W. A. Johnston
Baillie
Stewart
G.I. Rainbow Corner
Dubuque Navy
U.S
Lapes
Third Avenue
Florist
Illinois
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