Weather Summary and Local Notices From Daily Record
A full brief of high and low temperatures across cities with precipitation, followed by Iowa forecast details for Friday night through Sunday. Includes five day temperature outlook, January totals and normals, wind, sunrise and moon times, along with local marriage licenses, divorces, fire calls, birth notices, and several funeral and service notices across multiple towns.
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Bismarck
Polis
Chicago
New Orlens
Nver
York
Luth
Eeeank
Los Angel
Seattle
Miami
Sioux
City
Iowa
Aid from Kin Faces Pension Duty Debate
A letter to the attorney general prompts a response about mother’s support. A businessman cites inability to pay while declaring Iowa can fund a pension. An investigation shows net income over 16,000 with a son earning 13,500. County board calls it an outstanding case of filial responsibility.
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Iowa
Third Executed in Plane Bomb Plot
Mrs. Arthur Pitre, 43, was hanged for her role in a fatal air liner bombing that killed 23 aboard a Canadian Pacific flight. The execution followed convictions linking Pitre to placing the bomb in a scheme involving J Albert Guay, his wife Rita Morel Guay, and Marie Ange Robitaille.
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Montreal
Arthur Pitre
Rita Morel Guay
Quebec
Guay
Pitre
Marie-Ange Robitaille
Iss Robitaille
Ruest
Deaths in Cedar Rapids area list Morrison and Noble
Russell Lester Morrison born April 12 1902 in Deep River died at home after a long illness at 10 55 a m Friday survived by wife Lazella Burrell two daughters a son grand children and siblings. Oscar W Noble born October 12 1864 in Denmark died at home after brief illness survived by five sons three daughters and five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services for Morrison conducted Monday in Turner chapel with burial Cedar Memorial. services for Noble conducted Monday in Turner chapel with burial Linwood cemetery.
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Russell Lester Morrison
Eighteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Deep River
Lazella Burrell
Marengo
Eugene Vorbrich
Sally Morrison
Margaret Morrison
Appleton
Wis
George Graham
Maxine Morrison
Ross
Merle Morrison
Waterloo
Turner Chapel
Clinton D. Gadbow
Church of ‘the Nazarene
I Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Oscar W. Noble
Eleventh Street
Denmark
Marie Rust
Esther Brousard
Bensonville
Ill
Elgin
Alex
Henry
George
Harry Noble
Davenport
Noble
First Lutheran Church
Little Turner Chapel
H. G. Schwegler
Linwood Cemetery
Death of Wesley Hartl at 81 In Cedar Rapids
Wesley Hartl 81 of 1906 C street SW dies at Cedar Rapids hospital after brief illness. Born January 29 1871 in Czechoslovakia he farmed near Swisher 45 years and lived in Cedar Rapids 18 years. Survived by six daughters, 11 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a sister. Burial in Dupont Cemetery near Swisher. services at Brosh chapel at 2 p.m. Sunday. friends may call.
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Wesley Hartl
C Street
Swisher
Cedar Rapids
Czechoslovakia
Frank Jiroutek
William Langer
Earnest Ross
Wesley Semoha
Alois Tauber
Iowa City
Henry Sterba
Solo
Obituary of Elmer E Rundall of Marion and Troy Mills
Elmer Ernest Rundall 62 of Marion route 3 died at his home at 4 a.m. Friday. Born in Troy Mills he belonged to Walker Presbyterian church. Survived by sister Arvilla Rundall of Cedar Rapids and brother Clarence of Marion. Services at Barta-Hesser chapel at 3 30 p.m. Monday with Rev H G Schwegler of First Lutheran church. Burial in Troy Mills cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Elmer Ernest Rundall
Marion
Cedar' Rapids
Troy Mills
Presbyterian Church
Walker
Arvilla Rundall
Cedar Rapids
Clarence
H. G. Schwegler
First Lutheran Church
Troy ‘Mills
Death of former Cedar Rapids resident Tom Pritchard
Tom W. Pritchard died in Marion Tuesday night at 53. A master baker, he lived and worked in Cedar Rapids for years and belonged to the Eagles lodge. Survived by sister Gerada Harvey Kunzer of Kansas City. Funeral 9 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph's Church Marion. Burial Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at Yo com Murdoch Funeral Home Marion.
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Tom W. Pritchard
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Pritchard
The
Eagles Lodge
Gerada Harvey Kunzer
Kansas City
St. Joseph’s Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Yocom-Murdoch Funeral Home
Services for Martin Kane at St Patrick's Church
Funeral services for Martin Kane of 435 Ninth Avenue SW, who moved from Fairbank to Cedar Rapids, will be held at St Patrick's Church at 9 a.m. Saturday with Rt Rev Msgr D J Lenihan presiding. Msgr Lenihan and Sacred Heart Court No 727 of WC O F will recite the Rosary at 7 30 p m Friday and K of C at 8 p m at the Teahen chapel, where friends may call.
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Martin Kane
Ninth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Fairbank
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Lenihan
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Lenihan
Sacred Heart Court No
W.C.O
O.F
K. of C
Teahen Chapel
Services for Emil O. Smahel at Brush chapel Saturday
Funeral services for Emil O. Smahel owner of the Swisher garage will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Brush chapel. The Rev. Zdenek F. Pauk will officiate and burial will follow in Shueyville cemetery.
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Emil O. Smahel
Swisher
Brush Chapel
Zdenek F. Pauk
Shueyville
Dimmed Hopes for Cedar Rapids Bus Survey As Fares Loom
Prospects for an immediate Cedar Rapids transit survey dimmed as a fare hike looms. Mayor Sedlacek plans a citizen advisory committee while City Lines officials cautious about a full survey before the Feb. 5 fare hearing. Prochaska’s Chicago trip yielded few viable survey options, with prospects fading despite talks with City Lines executives.
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Cedar Rapids
E. A. Prochaska
Chicago
Milo Sedlacek
City Lines
Sedlacek
President outlines 1954 budget priorities across defense and social programs
President proposes 1954 outlays spanning military 46.296B with defense base plants 500M. atomic energy 2.7B plus 1B for development. foreign aid 7.861B with 7.6B extra for military assistance. veterans benefits 4.564B. social security 2.579B. housing 0.509B. education 0.288B. Also calls for Civil defense 74M plus 150M extra to prevent security gaps and stockpile value projections through 1954.
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Congress
Sobell Denied Appeal to Shorten Spy Sentence
Federal Judge Irving Kaufman refused Morton Sobell's bid to reduce the 30 year Alcatraz sentence. Sobell, convicted in the same case as Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, remains in prison while the Rosenbergs faced a death penalty.
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New York
Irving Kaufman
Morton Sobell
Alcatraz
Sobell
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
David Booth Killed In Tractor Accident
Independence report says 53 year old David P Booth died Friday when his farm tractor overturned on a county road near Winthrop. Officials state the tractor ran off the road as a car passed and pinned him beneath the machine in a ditch.
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the Gazette
Independence
David Parnell Booth
Winthrop
Booth
Plan Left to Ike To Avoid Politics Claim
Washington INS reports President Truman advised General Eisenhower he would leave a proposed new Pentagon employment plan to the President-elect. The plan would create Civil Service procedures, establish a reserve, and absorb some political appointees into the merit system.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Eisenshower
Pentagon
Ike
Defense Department
Civil Service Reserve
Eisenhower
White House
Budget earmarks funds for Keokuk lock and Coralville project
The budget proposes 4.945 million dollars to replace the Keokuk navigation lock and 2.2 million for the Coralville reservoir. These totals are part of 539.195 million requested for new construction work on rivers and harbors and flood control by the army engineers for fiscal 1954, including 47.9 million for Mississippi projects.
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Washington
Keokuk
Coralville Reservoir
Army Engineers
One Man Pleads Guilty in Second Offense DUI Case
A courthouse report shows William G. Robinson pled guilty to a second offense DUI with a $500 fine and $110 suspended due to health and family reasons. Charles T. Kennedy Robert G. Dawson and Donald L. Rooks pled guilty to first offense DUI, each fined $300 plus costs. Kennedy and Rooks faced prior charges from 1952 and Dawson was charged recently.
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William G. Robinson
Charles T. Kennedy
A Avenue NE
Robert G. Dawson
Davenport
Donald L. Rooks
Fourteenth Street
Charles Penningroth
Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Arizona
Kennedy
Dawson
Rooks
Judge Reviews Objections to Estate Court Order
Judge Penningroth approved sealing of corn from the estate’s farm, waived a landlord’s lien, and hired Thomas L. Woods as counsel in December. Mrs. James Olney and Mrs. Thomas L. Woods, co executrices and sisters, contest the order and seek its setting aside amid testimony.
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Charles Penningroth
Josephine R. On Pane
Thomas L. Woods
Car Records Must Be On File To Get Plates
The treasurer's office reminded motorists they cannot buy new license plates until their car records are on file with the treasurer. Many have been inconvenienced by untransferred records from prior counties or states. Bring registration slips when purchasing plates.
Three Men Cleared as Charges Dismissed for Insufficient Evidence
Judge Floyd Philbrick granted motions by the county attorney to dismiss criminal charges against Roy Brown for embezzlement of mortgaged property on February 14, 1952, Samuel C. Keener for forgery on April 23, 1952, and Donald Fritz for desertion and abandonment on July 1, 1952, due to lack of evidence.
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Floyd Philbrick
Roy Brown
Samuel C.keener
Donald Fritz
Young Man Pleads Innocent in Cedar Rapids Larceny Case
Donald E. Meyers 19 of 2347 Blakely Boulevard SE pled innocent before Judge Floyd Philbrick to a larceny charge. He is accused of stealing a box of tools from a Cedar Rapids man on Oct 22. Vernon T. Kluth filed for annulment from Wilma Kluth. Charles Mrech was awarded $216.10 in an account suit against Mary Streitner.
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Donald E. Meyers
Blakely Boulevard
Floyd Philbrick
Meyers
Cedar Rapids
Charles Mrech Friday
Mary Streitner
B 29s Hit Supply Center Near Sariwon
Allied B 29s bombed a 35 acre supply center five miles south of Sariwon in heavy clouds. Eight aircraft dropped 500 pound bombs destroying 50 barracks. Ground fighting declined afterward.
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Seoul
Sariwon
Plan to Demote Morse Approved
The Senate approved a plan to expand nine committees and shrink four others. An informed Republican source said Sen. Morse of Indiana and Oregon may lose his two committee seats and drop to minor posts.
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Washington
Ienate
Sen
Morse
Ind-Ore
Hospitalized Man Found Unconscious at Home
Dick Jones, 30, of 327 F Avenue NW was taken to St Luke's Hospital Friday after being found unconscious in his bathroom. His wife reported he locked himself in and did not respond. neighbor Paul Brundige forced the door and found him slumped over the tub.
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Dick Jones
F Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Verdict $6,426 in Tama crash suit
A federal court jury in Des Moines awarded Richard A. Gleason of La Grange Illinois $6,426 for truck damages from a Dec 2 1951 car truck collision near Tama in which five men died. The verdict was against car owner Ivona Lakehart of Marshalltown. Killed were Robert Clark Lester Allan Jr Norman Smallwood all of Marshalltown Lester Politz of Garwin and Richard Frasier a soldier from Fort Knox Kentucky.
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Des Moines
Richard A. Gleason
la Grange
Ill
Tama
Ivona Lakehart
Marshalltown
Robert Clark
Lester Allan, Jr
Norman Smallwood
Lester Politz
Garwin
Richard Frasier
Ft. Knox
Sarasota Storm Causes Wide Damage in Florida Coast City
A sudden windstorm swept Sarasota, sinking boats, overturning trailers and shattering windows. Officials estimate unofficial damage between 500000 and 1000000 dollars, with no deaths reported.
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Sarasota
Fla
Hoover Assigned Spot In Inauguration March
Washington AP reports Herbert Hoover the last Republican president will ride just ahead of President elect Eisenhower's incoming cabinet in the January 20 inaugural line of march.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
White House
Eisenhower
Jane Wyman Named Outstanding Trouper of the Year
Hollywood star Jane Wyman was credited with helping raise more than $30 000 for the Motion Picture Relief Fund and was named Friday as the Masquers Club outstanding trouper of the year.
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Hollywood
Jane Wyman
Motion Picture Relief Fund
Masquers Club
Teen calls police chief with cake timing prank
High Point North Carolina police Sgt. Walter L Elliott reports a strange prank call from a teenager who asked him to call back in 12 minutes claiming he needed to time a cake. The exchange shows the unusual requests officers sometimes receive at the station house desk.
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High Point
N.C
Walter L. Elliott
Station
Elliott
Collingwood Outlines U S Problems in Chamber Talk
Radio commentator Charles Collingwood spoke at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce annual meeting, urging Americans to demand clear facts on national issues. He warned of hydrogen bomb stakes, the era of rapid change, and risks from Communist policy while urging honest information and decisive leadership.
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Collingwood
U.S
Charles Collingwood
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Eniwetok
Truman
Averell Harriman
Russia
Ex Justice Aide Indicted In Tax Fees Case
New York. Queens District Attorney T. Vincent Quinn, former assistant U.S. general, was indicted by a Brooklyn federal grand jury for taking fees from tax clients while a member of Congress. He pled not guilty. Quinn, elected to Congress in 1948, resigned in 1951 to become district attorney.
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New York
Queens
T. Vincent Quinn
U.S
Congress
Brooklyn
Quinn
Senators to See Ike on Patronage
Senator Knowland and two GOP leaders will travel to New York to confer with President-elect Eisenhower on patronage. The talks aim to clarify senators rights and procedures in filling government jobs amid some confusion among party members.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Eisenhower
Knowland
Calif
Republican
New York
Sen. Millikin
Colo
G.O.P
Teacher Granted New Death Trial
Violet Berling, 33, accordion teacher, wins a new murder trial after an appeals court ruled her Long Beach case was an inquisition. She was convicted of slaying Kay Erickson, 10, found dead in her apartment strapped to a chair with burns. Berling remains serving a life term.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
District Court of Appeal
Violet Berling
Kay Erickson
Miss Berling
Cedar Rapids reports 549 measles cases in two months
Cedar Rapids health officials say a two month measles outbreak reached 549 cases, with December totaling 395 and November recording 154 outbreaks. The week shows a drop in new cases, while other diseases included 88 chicken pox, 9 mumps, and 1 each scarlet fever and meningitis.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl Smith
Smith
Seen Asking End of Controls Surges in AFL Report
The AFL said President elect Eisenhower will seek the end of wage and price controls soon after taking office. The AFL weekly reported sources saying Eisenhower would urge Congress to kill controls before the April 30 expiration, arguing the economy is strong enough to resist inflation without government brakes.
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Washington
AFL
Eisenhower
Congress
Two Investigators Open Civil Service Office in Cedar Rapids
Two investigators for the U S Civil Service Commission opened an office in room 3 basement Cedar Rapids post office building. James Lick and Charles Gott operate under Eighth regional office St Paul. They will conduct security checks for Atomic Energy Commission and other federal employees and handle Civil Service merit and loyalty investigations. The Cedar Rapids office saves travel expense for five-state Eighth region covering North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Minnesota Iowa.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Cedar Rapids
James Lick
Charles Gott
Commission
St. Paul
N. J. Ogamovic
Atomic Energy Commission
Civil Service Merit
Oganovic
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Watchmen Need Watching Also
Denver public works chief Charles B. Berry says the city will advertise for two dogs to be kept at a large city warehouse to keep the watchmen awake. He quipped that dogs are needed because there are already watchmen.
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Denver (Ap
Charles B. Berry
Denver
Public Works
Berry
Doctors Warn About Belly Aches And Diet For Digestive Trouble
Dr Thorek cautions that abdominal diseases align with personal traits and worsened by alcohol and smoking. He notes seven F's for gall bladder issues and that many acute abdomen cases now benefit from non surgical care. Modern anesthesia and new drugs aid surgeons, but require careful use.
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Thorek
Linn County
Napoleon Cognac Presented to Eisenhower by Paris Hotel Manager
New York AP reports President elect Eisenhower received a bottle of 152 year old cognac from Max Blouet manager of the M Y hotel Paris. Blouet said he chose a gift no one else could buy after Eisenhower stayed at the hotel for about 18 months in 1944 46.
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New York
Eisenhower
Napoleon
Max Blouet
My V
Paris
Blouet
France
Eisenhower backs balanced budgets says Coudert
Rep. Coudert reports President elect Eisenhower favors balanced budgets and opposes deficit spending. He says Eisenhower supports the concept and a bill to prohibit spending beyond tax receipts, though no specific commitments were made.
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New York
Llp
Rep. Coudert
R-N.y
Eisenhower
Coudert
House Appropriations Committee
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Franklin E. Rainbolt
Earl Mottinger
Twenty-first Avenue
John Stempfle
Seventh Street
Mercy
Kenneth Coon
Twelfth Street
Kenneth Scott
Ninth Avenue
Arden Bell
Clark Pease
Wilson Avenue
Floyd Noel
Sixth Street
Robert McGuire
Fourth Avenue
St. Luke’s
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Claire Robertson
Delbert Taylor
Bernard Price
Willard Tennyson
Oakland Road
Irvin Broker
Mechanicsville
Wyoming
Emma Sawyer
Anamosa
Wallace
Calmar
John Ruzicka
New Hampton Hospital
St. Aloysius Church
Roseville
Toledo
Joe Uchytil
Henderson Funeral Home
Sigourney
Kathryn, Mathesius
People’s Funeral Home
Lamont
Charles Sherwood
Manawa
Russell L. Morrison
Elmer Rundall
Kane Services
Smahel Services
Sedlack
National City Lines
K. E. Totten
George Troutwine
L. E. Worley
Don Hines
Prochaska
Indo-China
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Voice of America
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
David Booth
East Iowa
Vernon T. Kluth
Wilma Kluth
Hoover
Inauguration
Bruce Fishwild
Poland
America
Chamber
John W. Miller
Miller
Justice
C.R
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Center Point
Spi
John E. Lapes Florists
John
John E. Lapes
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Lapes
Civil Service
C.R. Office
Sohn
Turner & Son Funeral Directors
2Nd Ave
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