Weather and Crime Roundup From January 14 1946 Daily Record
The Daily Record notes no precipitation in several cities and lists daily high and low temps for Bismarck Miami Chicago Minneapolis Denver New York Los Angeles Sioux City. It forecasts colder temperatures north and south Tuesday with snow flurries later, plus light snow Tuesday night and Wednesday. Local police report larcenies and traffic offenses including stolen watches and suitcases, a car fire, reckless driving fines, and accident-related charges. Also recorded are numerous birth announcements from St Luke's Mercy and other locations along with a San Francisco birth for Captain and Mrs Salveson confirming Thomas Salveson Jr.
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Bismarck i
Miami
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
New York
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
Scurlock Attends National Strategy Meeting in Chicago
George Scurlock, chairman of Local 3 strategy committee of the United Packing House Workers of America, attends an extraordinary national strategy committee meeting in Chicago. He represents the Wilson chain on the national committee.
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George Scurlock
United Packing House Workers of America
Chicago
Scurlock
Wilson Chain
Veterans Can Get Priority But No Lumber
The Iowa FHA office will begin Tuesday issuing building material priorities for veterans but Des Moines suppliers call it mostly symbolic with no lumber available. Iowa director H R McBride said forms will be at the Insurance Exchange building and all priorities for the state will be processed in Des Moines. If a builder uses the priorities, each housing unit price must be limited to 10000 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Housing Administration
Harold Weitz
Century Lumber Company
H. R. McBride
FHA
Insurance Exchange
Cedar Rapids reports scarce building materials for veterans
Forms for HH ratings to purchase scarce building materials had not been received in Cedar Rapids Monday, say distributors and financing institutions. Dealers doubt relief for veterans wishing to build soon as stocks remain very low. Lumber brick and other supplies are extremely short. clay sewer tile is slightly improved.
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Cedar Rapids
Housing program eyed for veterans delay and costs
The plan would set aside materials and require construction within 30 days, with rent at 80 dollars per month per unit and priority housing for veterans during and 30 days after build. Builders and veterans must be ready to start within 30 days, with speculation about a 50 percent materials set aside reportedly denied by officials and opposed by Weitz.
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McBride
Weitz
Iowa
FHA chief urges builders to cut home costs under ten thousand
Federal Housing Commissioner Raymond Foley directed FHA directors to press builders to produce dwellings priced as far below 10 000 as feasible and report any district clustering near the limit. Priority forms will aid veterans and builders, with veteran preference for purchase or rental, and reconversion housing eligibility for materials like brick sewer pipe gypsum board lumber and more.
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Washington
Raymond Foley
FHA
Civilian Production Administration
City Hall Notes on permits and hires from council meeting
City council, on Holub recommendation, endorses sending a fair employment practice resolution to Congress. Grants three class C beer permits to Gatto's Grocery, Mason, and Rossey, and a cigarette permit to Ernest A. McGowan. Approves purchase of a tractor with mowers and sprayer from Globe Machinery for about 2125.50. Rescinds prior approval of Collins Radio loading dock behind Wagner building. Dock permit to expire six months after hostilities end. City Attorney notes the dock is now used for storage.
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Jaroslava Holub
Congressional Council For A Fair Employment Practice Committee
Congress
Joe Gatto
Gatto’s Grocery and Drug
Fourth Avenue SE
M. H. Mason
E Avenue NW
William Rossey
Bowling Street
Parks Department
Globe Machinery and Supply Company
Collins Radio Company
Wagner
Third Avenue
Seventh Street SE
Don Hines
Indianapolis Firm Promotes One Man Portable Elevator
An Indianapolis company advertises a one man portable elevator claiming it can elevate down as well as up. The device is pitched for easier vertical movement in tight spaces and construction tasks.
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Indianapolis
Neighbor Sought For Questioning In Degnan Crime
Chicago police pressed the Degnan kidnapping slaying case seeking Martin Sithanek after a storey of a local man with a sex offense record. Slain Suzanne Degnan's parents left for Worcester as investigators use a centralized data system to speed leads.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Walter G. Storms
Martin Sithanek
Bensonville
Storms
Silhanek
Degnan
Wilbur Phillips
Phillips
Evanston
Worcester
Mass
Relatves
Clinton Candy Company Consolidation Planned
Clinton Ia based Clinton Candy Company plans to consolidate with its parent National Candy company of St. Louis to form Clinton Industries Inc. National Candy owns about 89.8 percent of Clinton stock. Shareholders will vote February 4 in Wilmington Delaware at a special meeting.
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St, Louis
Judge Rider to Assist in Eldora Prosecutions
Former district judge Dwight G. Rider of Fort Dodge was named special assistant attorney general for the remaining Eldora cases. The appointment awaits approval by the state executive council. Rankin said Rider will aid Special Prosecutor Jens Grothe while Harden County Attorney D W Dickinson continues in his current role.
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Des Moines
Dwight G. Rider
Fort Dodge
Eldora
State Executive Council
Atty
John Rankin
Rider
Jens Grothe
Hardin County
D. W. Dickinson
Former Cedar Rapids Man Held in Arizona
Albert S. Kennedy, formerly of Cedar Rapids, who passed 130 dollars in bogus checks here last month, has been arrested in Safford Arizona and is held there for local authorities. He is also wanted for rubber checks in Denver and Los Angeles, Cedar Rapids police holding first. Kennedy may contest extradition as arrangements for return are made.
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Albert S. Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Safford
Ariz
W. J. Kudman
Kennedy
Denver
Los Angeles
Kudrna
Skeet ‘Bowman
Argentina Lockout Shuts Down Business Life
Argentine business and industrial leaders halted commerce in a nationwide lockout to oppose a government decree. Factories, stores, groceries, bakeries and movie houses closed while security chiefs warned they would use gunfire to quell disturbances. Transport kept running. police promised aid to the needy.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
British Use Shermans As Java Strife Rises
The London Evening News reports British forces in Java using Sherman tanks artillery and naval gunfire to stem a rising nationalist offensive near Batavia. It notes militants ambushed and killed three more British soldiers and calls the Java trouble more widespread than in weeks.
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London
INS
London Evening News
Java
Batavia
Heart Mountain center closed after last evacuee train
Heart Mountain relocation center in Wyoming, the third largest city in the state, has closed after its final train load of Japanese Americans left for the West Coast. Built in 1942 at a multi million dollar cost, its operation cost the federal government about five million dollars annually.
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Heart Mountain
Wyo
Wyoming
Heart Mountain Relocation Center
West Coast
Peacock chair set pattern 1761 crochet directions
Instructions for a peacock themed chair set with pine apple design details. It notes embroidery of a peacock, transfer of peacock bodies, and crochet stitches. Send 15 cents for pattern 1761 to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. Chicago Illinois. Print name and address.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph Street
Chicago
Ill
Deaths Mrs Josephine L Hamilton widow of W W Hamilton
Mrs Josephine L Hamilton age 82 longtime Cedar Rapids resident since 1891 dies at her home after brief illness She was born December 9 1857 in Alton Illinois and married W W Hamilton December 15 1881 in Bloomington Illinois She leaves three daughters Louise Hamilton Bolton Steele Hamilton Wilcox Josephine Hamilton Hubbell seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Services set for 3 30 p m Tuesday in Turner chapel conducted by a Christian Science church reader
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Josephine L. Hamilton
William Wallace Hamilton
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Alton
W. W. Hamilton
Bloomington
Ill
Mapleton
Louise Hamilton Bolton
Steele Hamilton Wilcox
Niantic
Death of Avery V Wallace Cedar Rapids resident
Avery V Wallace 1333 Fifth Street NW Cedar Rapids manager of the Acousticon office died at 12 30 a m Sunday after a brief illness Born February 14 1886 at Soldiers Grove Wisconsin he came to Cedar Rapids from Mankato Minnesota He was a confectionery salesman and jobber in Wisconsin and Minnesota Surviving are his widow Pearl daughter Mildred Wallace three sisters Mrs Sarah Carpenter Mrs Otto Stubbe and Mrs Jule Stubbe all of Janesville Wisconsin a brother and two sisters preceded him in death The body will go to Neillsville Wisconsin for services at Schiller and Terhune chapel with burial there There will be no local services Friends may call at the aural chapel until 9 p m Monday
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Avery V. Wallace
Fifth Street
Acousticon
Cedar Rapids
Soldiers Grove
Wis
Mankato
Minn
Wisconin
Minnesota
Pearl
Mildred Wallace
Sarah Carpenter
Otto Stubbe
Jule Stubbe
Janesville
Wallace
First Presbyterian Church of
Masonic Blue Lodge No. 163
Neillsville
Fidelity Life Association
Schiller and Terhune
Death notices for Gertrude Lauber and John King
Gertrude Margarite Lauber born November 15 1905 in Buchanan county died in a Woodward hospital at 4 40 am Sunday age 39 funeral Tuesday at Moon chapel with Rev Floyd Hinshaw burial Cedar Memorial Park. John King 81 Cedar Rapids resident died in a local hospital at 8 30 am Monday wife Elizabeth died 1936 several nieces and nephews survive, body at Beatty chapel funeral arrangements pending.
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Gertrude Margarite Lauber
Henry Lauber
Oakland Drive
Woodward
Buchanan County
Buchanan
Fayette and Linn
Henry Bencke
Cedar Rapids
John King
First Street
Cedar. Rapids
Elizabeth
Beatty Chapel
Courthouse Veteran Sentenced for Desertion
Lloyd Smith, navy veteran, received a one year suspended sentence in county jail on desertion and abandonment of minor children. He was brought from Chicago by Deputy Harlan Snyder after leaving his Cedar Rapids family last spring. Clyde Howery waived preliminary hearing on three child desertion charges and was bound over to the grand jury after surrendering at the county jail. Carl Bradshaw faces a suit for 103.17 dollars from Deep Rock Oil for unpaid gas and oil bought in Osceola.
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Lloyd Smith
J. E. Heiserman
Smith
Chicago
Harlan Snyder
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Howery
H. R. Churchill
Howery
Carl Bradshaw
Springville
Deep Rock Oil Company
Bradshaw
Osceola
Webb gets annulment decree for Milo F. Webb
Milo F. Webb received a decree of annulment Saturday from Dor ris Webb with whom he married October 16, 1944 in San Antonio Texas. The petition filed last spring by Judge Floyd Phil lick names Mrs Mary Bachkes as executrix to the will of her husband Peter Bachkes who died June 2 1944 in Cedar Rapids. The will was dated July 20 1937.
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Milo F. Webb
Dorris Webb
San Antonio
Texas
Floyd Phillick
Mary Bachkes
Tenth Avenue
Seh
Peter Bachkes
Cedar Rapids
City Council mulls school board role in recreation panel
Ambroz reports on Arthur Todd's proposal to add a school representative to the playground and recreation commission. The council should study the idea before acting, while the commission backs appointing the superintendent or a school member ex officio. Ambroz and Evelyn Fillmore are reappointed to the commission.
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Arthur Todd
National Recreation Association
Todd
Playground and Recreation Commission
Recreation Commission
Cedar Rapids
Playground Commission
Ambroz
Frank K. Hahn
Council
Evelyn Fillmore
Germany Not Licked Says Dr Van Walt at Rotary Club
Dr. Harry P. Van Walt of Peoria urged mental as well as physical disarmament of Germany. He warned that dismembering Germany could even unite its people and said democracy could be spread to Japan in time. He cited Hitler’s anti Nazi blacklist and the need for an international bank to repay war damages.
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Germany
Harry P. van Walt
Peoria
Ill
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Dr. van Walt
Hitler
Netherlands
Greek Orthodox Church Names New Banquet Officers
At the St John the Baptist Hellenic Orthodox church annual banquet William Maritakis is installed as president succeeding Louis Chipakas. John M Costas becomes vice president with Costas Giannidakos secretary Paul Costas treasurer and Mike Bellas George Faches Christ Maggas Mike Pagomenos and Tom A Thomas named trustees.
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Hellenic Orthodox Church of St.John the Baptist
William Maritakis
Louis Chipakas
John M. Costas
Costas Giannidakos
Paul Costas
Mike G. Bellas
George Faches
Christ Maggas
Mike Pagomenos
Tom A. Thomas
D. Mittakos
Mike Thomas
Tom Panagos
Peter Chiafos
Jim Bellas
Mike Katsakos
St. John
John—Lapes
George, Thomas, Pappas
Tzortzuodikis
Papazofiropoulos
Union Pickets Threaten Shipments to Case Plant
Three officers and the local 807 of the United Automobile Workers were enjoined from interfering with Burlington railroad shipments to the J. I. Case plant. The injunction, sought in district court before Judge E. O. Newell, targets Bernard Kraft George Flanten Charles Fane and the union local as a whole amid a plant strike and alleged picket blockades.
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Burlington
United Automobile Workers
CSO
Burlington Railroad
J. I. Case
E. O. Newell
Bernard Kraft
George Flanten
Charles Fane
Radar showcases Great Lakes ships bold radar tests
Kingston Ontario report details five months aboard the Canadian ship Grenville testing radar on the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence River. Captain Murray Barry and engineer A A Wicks hail radar as safer navigation enabling detection of shores and vessels up to 34 miles while noting limitations for objects within 250 yards.
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Kingston
Ontario
Great Lakes
A. A. Wicks
Wicks
St. Lawrence River
Grenville
Murray Barry
Barry
Public Welfare Bureau to Meet at Montrose Hotel Tuesday
The public welfare bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday at noon in the Montrose hotel. Elmer Young of 341 Fifth avenue SW and Hughie Lekin of 311 Fourth street NW returned Saturday from a vacation in Miami Florida.
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Public Welfare Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Montrose Hotel
Elmer Young
Fifth Avenue SW
Hughie Lekin
Fourth Street
Miami, Fla
Reverend Trowbridge to Speak at Sunshine Mission
The Rev. L B Trowbridge field representative of the American Tract Society spoke Sunday at Central Park Presbyterian Church and Church of the Open Bible and will give a sermon Thursday evening at the Sunshine Mission.
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L. B. Trowbridge
The
American Tract Society
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Church of the Open Bible
Sunshine Mission
Kremer Missed Both V E and V J Days at Sea
Eugene D. Kremer, serving aboard the USS Pickaway, marked the International Date Line twice during World War II events V E Day and V J Day. The ship celebrated two Easter Sundays but did not observe Independence Day on the Fourth of July.
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Stapleton
Neb
Eugene D. Kremer
Murder Case Before Jury in Linn County
The Linn County grand jury began its investigation into Lawrence E. Slaymaker charged with murder in the Nov death of Charles E. McMullen. The seven man panel heard ten witnesses including three Cedar Rapids police officers as it weighs evidence for trial. Slaymaker was arrested Nov 25 after a 1:55 a.m. fight in Cedar Rapids. the jury was sworn by Judge J E Heiserman with Otto A Kohl as foreman.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Slayemaker
J. E. Heiserman
Evelyn Hamiel
Tipton
Otto A. Kohl
Seventh Street
Arthur Wall
Dolph van Sickle
Springville
Gary Railsback
Faysette
W. G. Stick
Grant
Jackson
Frank Skalsky, Jr. Putnam
Elmer Burr
Spring Grove
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Police Theft Report
Woodie Abodeely
Sixth Street
Betty Miene
Third Avenue Bridge
Cigaret
Don Macek
Fourth and
Fifth Streets
Justice Court
John D. Gatto
Mike Ayash
Fourteenth Avenue SE
W. A. Ball
Harold L. Osborn
Center Point
Clinton Peacock
E Avenue NE
Frank Straub
Omaha
Lee Strait
B Avenue NE
St. Luke’s
Leonard Albers
Belle Plaine
Pfe
Eldon Burr
Kenneth Schmitt
Fifth Avenue
Vernon Sadelik
Bever Avenue
Fred Peterson
Sixteenth Street
Melvin Colbert
Lisbon
Mercy
Raymond J. Hey
Tenth Street
Elmer Krug
Atkins
John McDonald
Twenty Fourth Street
San Francisco
E. T. Salveson
Thomas
Salveson
Lillian Majewski
Sam Sterenchuk
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Howard C. Burleson
Merchants Bank
City Hall
Ernest A. McGowan
Parkway Inn
Ellis Boulevard
John B.turner & Son
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Bill
Jim
Clinton Candy Company
Arizona
Felipe Urdapilleta
Filomeno Velazco
Cordoba
Peron
Preen
Fy Léing Wheeler
Florist
3Rd Ave
Gertrude Lauber
van Walt
Focal Drug Store
First Avenue
East
Sana Ae Syn Valera Ome
Ernanani Nerf
Toman
Tomans
Third Ave
Bestries Janeba
Cornelius Tuecke Lis Embalmer
Janeba
Iwo
Amonzs
People’s Furniture CO
First Avenue East
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