Weather and police notes from Sioux City daily record
The Sioux City daily record reports a midweek weather forecast for Iowa with fair and mild conditions Thursday and Friday, and temperatures ranging from 18 to 38 degrees. Police notes list stolen fog light from a car, multiple drunkenness and disturbing the peace cases, and various alarm, fire, and parking incidents with fines and costs. Several birth announcements from local residents and a few out of town celebrations are also recorded.
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Iowa
Japs Launched 9000 Balloons Against U S
Allied intelligence reports reveal Japan launched about 9000 balloon bombs against the United States from mid-1942 to March 1945. Most carried incendiaries and a flash-bomb. about 279 reached North America. Balloons were launched from northwest Japan and traveled 30 to 100 hours aided by radio beacons and weather data.
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Tokyo
United States
Allied Headquarters
U. S
Japan
Oil Refinery Blaze Rages in Findlay Ohio
An explosion at Mid west Refineries, Inc. killed two workers and started a blaze that engulfed asphalt tanks and ignited three petroleum tanks. Fire crews fought to prevent gasoline tanks holding 50,000 gallons from catching fire as winds pushed the flames toward them.
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Findlay
Ohio
Midwest Refineries, Inc
Only Solution Is Price And Pay Boosts
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma urged higher prices and wages as the sole method to manage the large public debt. He said American producers must have higher average prices in a market driven by supply and demand to meet tax bills and avoid a deeper recession or bankruptcy.
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Washington
Sen
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Temperatures To Climb Thursday In Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids area weather expected to rise from 8 degrees at midnight to 32 by afternoon with a 15 to 20 below night, then a fair mild Thursday. Tuesday highs reached 26 to 28 across Iowa with Spencer dipping to 1 below zero.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Spencer
Ice and arrest notes cloud county’s justice scene
The report records McMullen’s fatal injuries after an ice covered alley incident and Slaymaker’s death in justice court. It notes grand jury actions including two secret indictments, restitution by Arthur Wall, and commendations for Linz county officials. The panel urges facility improvements and funding for the county home.
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Slaymaker
Justice Court
Arthur Wall
Wall
William H. Bleakley
Linz County
Tuesda
Kohl
Grand Jury
Heiserman
Veterans Administration Buys Des Moines Bank Building
The Iowa district of the Veterans Administration announced the purchase of the 10 story Valley bank building in Des Moines for 602000. All regional office activities for Iowa except hospital facilities will move to the new site. The VA will take over all of the bail except the first floor retained by Valley Bank and Trust Company. William B. Nugent said there are 750 VA executives and employees in the area and the number would grow to about
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Des Moines
Iowa
County Supervisors Consider Labor Relief and Pay Increases
The Linn County board discussed raising pay, scheduling 44 hours weekly with overtime, and sick leave for road and other county workers. A three member committee will present the plan at the next open meeting, while other actions included tax and road matters, personnel changes, and liquor permit adjustments.
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Seevell
Cedar Rapids
Piper
CIO
Walter Hurt
Earl Cone
State Highway Commission
Henry J. Zahradnik
City Water Works
State, County and Municipal Employees
AFL
Linn County Road Department
Deaths Elizabeth M. Crowley 90 Cedar Rapids resident
Mrs Elizabeth M Crowley 90 Cedar Rapids resident died after a brief illness at her son A V Crowleys home 2416 A avenue NE She was born September 25 1855 in Jones County Her husband Jeremiah died in 1936 She is survived by eight children eleven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren Services will be at 9 am Friday at St Matthew s Church with burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery Rosary will be recited Thursday at 3 pm and 8 pm Thursday at Monahan Funeral Home Friends may call Wednesday and Thursday The family requests no flowers
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Elizabeth M. Crowley
Cedar Rapids
A. V. Crowley
A Avenue NE
Jones County
Jeremiah
D. J. Crowley
Bernard
J. B. O’connor
Oelwein
Kathryn Davis
Davenport
Ida Strong
Marion
George Kaiser
J. M. Crowley
L. E. Crowley
Los Angeles
St. Matthew’s Church
J. D. Kearn
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
St. Mary Agnes Circle
Immaculate Conception
Cedar Rapids native Adolph Bervid dies in California
Adolph Bervid a Cedar Rapids resident for 61 years died Jan 10 at the home of his daughter Mrs Lumir Barta in Los Angeles California. He was born May 30 1872 in Vir Moravia and came to the United States at age 10. He worked as a carpenter then entered the restaurant business retiring in 1931. He was a member of the Western Bohemian Fraternal Association of Cedar Rapids. Surviving are a son Joseph Frank a grandson Jo James of Burbank a daughter Mrs Lumir Barta and grandsons Richard and Dennis and several nieces and nephews. A brother Frank died in 1942. Cremation services will be held in Los Angeles and the ashes sent to the family lot in Shueyville cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
Lumir Barta
Los Angeles
Calif
Vir
Moravia
Western
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
Joseph Frank
Jo James
Burbank
Richard
Dennis
Middle West
Frank
Shueyville Cemetery
Rocko Klonas 76 Dies After Lingering Illness
Rocko Klonas of 2220 C Street SW Cedar Rapids died at 8 p.m. Tuesday after a lingering illness. He worked for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway until ill health led to retirement. Services will be held at Polansky chapel at a time to be announced.
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Rocko Klonas
C Street
Cedar Rapids
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Polansky
Flint Schools Shut as Strike Persists
Flint Michigan schools remain largely closed as a maintenance workers strike enters a second day. State conciliator Robert Lomasney mediated after 44 schools statewide, with about 27 000 students affected and 250 pickets outside schools. Students at Whittier formed lines with placards demanding education and a ten month year.
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Flint, Mich
Flint
Robert Lomasney
Whittier
Polish protest over Polish army in London raises tensions
London, AP. Polish Foreign Minister Wincenty Ryzmowski protested to the British foreign office against maintaining the Polish army raised in London by the exiled government. An official of the Polish UNO delegation said this on Wednesday.
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London
Wincenty
Ryzmowski
Foreign Office
UNO
Bormann Accused of Plot Against Christian Church
In Nuremberg Germany the war crimes court heard testimony that Martin Bormann conspired with Nazi leaders to erase Christianity. Prosecutor Thomas F. Lambert Jr. said Bormann ordered exclusion of Christians from the party and the church, while backing Hitler’s directives for liquidation of Jews.
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Mernberg
Martin Bormann
War Crimes Court
Bormann
Naval
J.g
Thomas F. Lambert
Detroit
Lambert
Germany
Gestapo
Reich Labor Service
Adolf Hitler
Safes Cracked In Four Towns
Safes were smashed in Decorah and three other towns on highway No 18 on Tuesday night and Wednesday. robbers cracked safes at Decorah high school office gaining receipts and funds under $500 total. Similar burglaries occurred at Postville Monona and McGregor with small sums taken from each location.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Decorah High School
T. R. Roberts
Sameang
Postville
Monona
McGregor
Highway No. 18
William Myers
Falb
Ziegler
Leas Construction Company
Geggs
Veterans Picket Mines Over Job Shortage in Panther Valley
About 6,000 anthracite miners faced a veteran-led protest in Lansford Pennsylvania as 65 veterans picketed Panther Valley mines. The men refused to cross lines and many veterans marched at 7:30 am wearing uniforms and banners stating we cant live on premises and welcome home for what.
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Lansford
Panther Valley
U.S.A
Meat Strike Raises Black Market Threat Say Meat Dealers
The National Retail Meat Dealers Association warned that a week to 10 days of the packers strike could trigger one of the worst black markets in U.S. history. George Dressler said meat supplies would last only two or three days nationwide, with some small packers able to keep supplies flowing. He urged action in Washington as shortages grow and housewives stock up in advance.
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Associated Press
National Retail Meat’ Dealers Association
George Dressler
Chicago
Dressler
Washington
Cline Indicted for Forgery and Theft
SAN FRANCISCO AP A county grand jury indicted Alfred Leonard Cline on nine forgery counts and one grand theft related to estates of elderly women. Eight forgery counts involved stock certificates issued to Eva Delora Krebs Cline, a wealthy Chicago widow whose death is under police investigation. Police in four states probe deaths of other elderly women. Cline, a former choir singer, is questioned.
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San Francisco
Alfred Leonard Cline
Norman Elkington
Eva Delora Krebs Cline
Chicago
Cline
Thief Steals Goods To Set Up Housekeeping
Mrs. Alta Linkenback reports to police that a thief took items from a double garage at 527 Second Avenue SW. Missing are 12 boxes of hand painted dishes, 15 boxes of clothing, two alarm clocks, an electric clock, rugs, blankets, cooking utensils, piano stool, bedstead, springs, framed pictures, book ends, extension cords, sheets, white paint and varnish.
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Alta Linkenback
Fifteenth Street
Don’t Violate Ceilings On Meat OPA Warns
DES MOINES UP reports the Iowa OPA office warns grocers and meat markets not to raise prices if meat supplies dwindle due to a strike. Enforcement has risen sharply in three weeks, though Iowa shows strong overall compliance. OPA director Wal ter D. Kline says unscrupulous violators will face speedy action and urges consumers to watch for shortages in coming weeks.
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Des Moines
OPA
Iowa
Walter D. Kline
Jackson Opts Out Of Future War Trials
Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief prosecutor at Nuremberg, said at a press conference he is finished with future war crimes trials. He cites his duties on the Supreme Court as preventing further participation, while stressing his withdrawal is not tied to U. S. participation in other prosecutions.
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Nuernberg
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
United States Supreme Court
United States
Legislature Puts Pinch on Wrong Places Gaffney
Judge James P. Gaffney criticized Iowa 1945 47 biennial appropriations saying state funds favor education buildings over Eldora Training School for Boys. He urged humane discipline, home influence, and church based youth guidance to curb juvenile delinquency at a Cedar Rapids Peace Officers meeting.
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Iowa
James P. Gaffney
Marengo
Gaffney
Iowa Training School For
Eldora
East Central Iowa Peace Officers Association
Cedar Rapids
Changes Likely in Japan Governors, New Home Minister Says
Tokyo AP reports new home minister Chuzo Mitsuchi announced in his first interview that she plans to replace Japan’s 47 prefectural governors as soon as possible. He indicated a broad reshuffle to tighten national governance.
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Tokyo
Chuzo Mitsuchi
Japan
What Causes Spilepsy
A promotional booklet on the subject of spilepsy and expert medical opinions is offered free to readers who write to the Educational Division at 535 Fifth Ave New York NY. The note promises delivery while supplies last.
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New York
N.Y
Dept
Woman Slain With Knife in Newton Iowa
Mrs. Winston C. Pieper a 31 year old mother of three was fatally stabbed at her Newton home Tuesday night Her estranged husband 33 a vacuum sweeper salesman is held on a murder charge He says he found a former serviceman Herald Stark in the house after a confrontation and that Mrs Pieper rushed at him with a butcher knife leading to a deadly struggle Stark was wounded and later collapsed Pieper had 25 cuts and a severed jugular vein
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INS
Winston C. Pieper
M. J. Carey
Pieper
Ray Barber
Stark
Trial Reveals Anesthetic-Free Amputation By Japanese Doctor
At Homma war crimes trial a Japanese physician performed an appendectomy on American POW William Bovell without anesthesia. Witnesses, including five laughing Japanese soldiers and a native Igorot, testified Bovell died from the operation after being left on a cement floor. The May 1942 incident prompted outrage as Bovell screamed and fought to survive during the procedure.
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Manila
INS
Masaharu Homma
William Bovell
Den
N. J
Homma
Bovell
Hallagan to Retire From Active Duty
Lt. Col. Frank B. Hallagan , legal adviser for the state selective service, will be released from active duty perhaps by month end. He is a Des Moines attorney and a former legislator before the war.
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Des Moines
Frank B. Hallagan
State Selective Service
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