Weather and court notices from Cedar Rapids daily record
Agricultural forecast calls for generally fair and mild days over the next three days with highs near 50s and nights around 30s. Local court fines listed for numerous individuals including Spracklin Clark Brown Power Moon Hartman Barnes Dettmann Schnoberen Musker Kimball Adams Hartman Begley Brockmeier etc with various $1 to $25 penalties and suspensions. Also births and marriages reported with several area residents welcomed and announced through Mercy and Berkeley notices.
Dean Ladd Urges Graduates to Embrace Ingenuity and Freedom
Dean Mason Ladd of Iowa spoke to Cedar Rapids four public high schools graduates on Friday night. He urged ongoing growth, ingenuity, and study as they join a competitive world, citing wartime quinuine substitution and American dedication to liberty. He warned against isolationism and urged active citizenship to build a peaceful, internationalized world.
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Cedar Rap
Mason Ladd
University of Iowa
College
Ladd
Java
Dean Ladd
Supt
Clyde Parker
John E. Hutchins
High Ool
W. L. Paxson
McKinley
Fred J. Kluss
Roosevelt
Pi A. Tracy
Wilson
Mal Scott Hallman
Franklin
Wilbur A. Taylor 62 Dies in Center Point
Wilbur A. Taylor, 62, of Center Point died early Saturday from a heart attack. Born June 18, 1884 near Urbana, he was son of Alfred and ... Taylor farmers. Surviving: sister Mrs Norman Kennedy Center Point two brothers Dr Edward Taylor and Herman Taylor Nashua an uncle Judge L J Kirkland Vinton and aunt Mrs Emily Marshal Cedar Rapids. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Center Point
Wilbur A. Taylor
Urbana
Alfred Taylor
McConnon Company
Winona
Minn
Norman Kennedy
Edward Taylor
Herman Taylor
Nashua
L. J. Kirkland
Vinton
Emily Marshal
Cedar Rapids
Troop Arrivals Reported by Associated Press
Two ships arriving in New York carried troops and patients from distant ports. The Bremer Haven reported 1,195 troops aboard the Westerly Victory while the Charles Stafford brought 440 patients and 489 accompanying personnel. No arrivals were scheduled at United States ports on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bremerhaven
Charles Stafford
New York
Robber Demands $1500 at Cleveland Bar
A man in Cleveland threatened a bartender after handing a note claiming a $1500 debt from a past robbery. He demanded cash and drew a pistol, taking about $450 before leaving as patrons cried out and police were alerted.
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Cleveland (Ap
Andrew Senich
Senich
Two C.R. Men Fined On Disturbance Counts
George Spracklin age 31 of 123 Third Street NE was fined 25 dollars and costs for drunkenness and disturbing the peace after visiting his estranged wife Ida Spracklin on Friday night. John Henry Clark age 28 of 1619 Fourteenth Avenue SE was fined 25 dollars and costs for disturbing the Sorin Seed area. Mrs Clark said he threatened her and Jobson suspended 15 dollars of the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Spracklin
Third Street NE
John Henry Clark
Fourteenth Avenue SE
George Spracklin
Third Street
Ida Spracklin
Clark
Dge Jobson
Openings in Arm Officer Corps To Be Filled Soon
The first of 25 000 new regular army officers will be commissioned under the second regular army integration program. Lt Walton H Walker and Major Donald G Buck explain high score applicants with complete records are chosen from the Cedar Rapids military subdistrict. Four increments of officers will be commissioned to meet the war department targets.
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See
Cedar Rapids
Walton H. Walker
Comeile
Fifth Army
Chicago
War Department
Donald G. Buck
Lan
Cedara
Disabled Veteran Preference Rules Expanded by Civil Service Commission
The Civil Service Commission widened disabled veteran status to include any veteran wounded or injured in action. Purple Heart or action injuries now prove disability for 10 point preferences in government job applications, with VA disability certificates accepted indefinitely for chronic disabilities and injuries from action. Formerly benefits were limited to VA disability versions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Veterans Administration
State Officials React to Gov Blue Proposals Inauguration
Des Moines AP mixed reaction from state officials to Gov Blue's reorganization plans. Some supported moving public safety to the attorney general while opposing other transfers. Other officials favored altering inspector duties and appointive control, warning against one man rule.
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Des Moines
Blue
Maror
Linn
Jessie Parker
Carl W. Reed
Cresco
The
Commerce Commission
Commission
Atom Smasher at Iowa U May Start Up Soon
University of Iowa physicists announced plans to activate the nation’s largest atom smasher within a month. The 50 foot electro static generator will accelerate nuclei to about 20,000 miles per second to probe nuclear research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
James J. Jacobs
Patton Testifies In Own Defense In Iowa City Killing Trial
William W. Patton testified he did not start the November 24 fight with Ernest R. Brown and claimed he acted to defend himself after Brown attacked with a knife. He described injuring Brown in the doorway with a butcher knife and bayonet after finding Brown with his wife and two others in his home. Four character witnesses testified Patton had a good reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
William W. Patton
Patton
Ernest R. Brown
Kansas City
Brown
Doraee
Lewis Stucker
Elsie Parker
Dick Sweeney
Joseph Walker
D. and
L, Grill
Raise Suggested For Supervisors
A bill to raise county supervisor pay to 3000 annually for counties over 60000 in population was endorsed by the Iowa Association of County Officers. The measure would affect LinnWoodbury Scott Dubuque and Pottawattamie counties with higher base pay and per diem adjustments. Black Hawk county would stay per diem. Polk county would join a different bracket. other counties would get 8 per diem plus mileage at five cents a mile. The committee also urged a higher pay plan for the motor vehicle registration head in each county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnan
Iowa Association of County Officers
Linn
Woodbury
Sioux City
Scott
Davenport
Dubuque
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs
Black Hawk
Waterloo
United Press Report
Polk
Des Moines
Prisoners Sing During Quiet Spell at County Jail
In Springfield Illinois AP report jail officials say 16 prisoners in the east wing appeared joyful for three days as song and laughter spread among inmates. Paul Hannon, jail committee chair, said the mood turned after a buzzing sound from a file and saw was heard during a lull. The tools were removed and the singing stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Paul Hannon
Hannon
Real Sky Pilot Flies To Say His Masses
In Vernal Utah Father Blase Schumacher, a licensed pilot, flies 30 minutes weekly from Vernal to Rangely Colorado to conduct Masses for his Utah Colorado Uintah basin flock, a mission approved by the Denver Archdiocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Real Sky
Vernal
Utah
Blase Schumacher
Father Schumacher
Uintah Basin
Colorado
Archdiocese of
Denever
Charles Williams 70 Rail Wire Chief Dies
Charles Williams age 70, longtime Chicago Great Western wire chief in Oelwein since 1902, died Friday of a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Sunday in Oelwein.
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Charles Williams
Oelwein
Chicago Great Western
Oel
Haus Dha
Wein
Deputy Sheriffs Pursue Walter Blake Extradition to St Louis
Courthouse deputies Pete Whitte and Verna Kirkpatrick left Saturday for St Louis to fetch Walter Blake charged with false uttering of a $75 check in Marion on January 11. Blake waived extradition. The check was returned by First National Bank Marion as forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Whittemore
Verna Kirkpatrick
St. Louis
Walter Blake
Marion
Blake
Alys Cole
First National Bank
Marriage Annulment Petition in 1944 Case Cites Previous Spouse
Judge Floyd Philbrick presided as Charles W. Sellers and Loretta Sellers wed in April 1944. Loretta Richards and Jare Ream named in the petition. Loretta was said to be already married. Lee and Marguerite Fellingham filed a district court suit seeking recovery of an electric refrigerator.
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Floyd Philbrick Onggoe
Charles W. Sellers
Loretta Sellers
Loretta Richards
Jare Ream
Loretta
Sellers
Lee
Marguerite Fellingham
Lincoln will admitted to probate in Friday ruling
The will of Fannie A. Lincoln who died January 1 was admitted to probate Friday. Bertha L. Canniff, her daughter and sole heir, was appointed executrix without bond and tasked with managing the estate. The document notes damages of $100 in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie A. Lincoln
Bertha L. Canniff
Hearing Set In Drainage Case Involving Railroad
Oral arguments in the Henry N. Graven drainage case will be heard Feb 4 at Fort Dodge after earlier hearings in Cedar Rapids. The suit challenges the Boyer river drainage district No. 2 assessment as out of proportion. Plaintiffs include civil engineers John L. Parson and others testifying to support the railroad claim. Defendants, the drainage district and Crawford county board of supervisors, must prove assessment fairness under Judge Graven’s ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry N. Graven
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Iescoeachy
Sani Cima
Boyer River
Crawford County Board of Supervisors
John L. Parson
W. N. Rice
W. C. Putzier
C. R. Allen
Illinois Central
Earl Capel
Sd Commission
Ray L. Keltner
B. B. Burnquist
Graven
Fines Paid in Center Point Hit Run Incident
Clifford Brown and his uncle Lauren Power paid fines totaling 20 dollars after a hit and run on Center Point road. Clair Funk, who was driving south, swerved to avoid a truck and collided with its fender before the truck fled. Police charged Brown with leaving the scene and driving without a license. Power faced charges related to an unauthorized person operating the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Brown
Cold Stream Avenue
Lauren Power
Richard Moon
Linden Drive
Robert Hartman
Anamosa
Cecil R. Stone
Ellis Terrace
George W. Newlin
Marion
Ilegal
A. A. Barnes
Cresco
M. J. Dettmann
Mechanicsville
Clayton Schnoberen
Eighth Avenue SE
W. L. Musker
C Avenue NE
Richard Kimball
Twelfth Street SE
Center Point Road
Clair Funk
Independence
Brown
Makhis
Power
Per—S
Talle Proposes School Tax Exemption Bill
Rep. Henry O. Talle of Iowa introduces a bill to exempt elementary and secondary schools from admission taxes on events schools sponsor. The measure sent to the Ways and Means Committee seeks early action to ease costs for school social and athletic programs.
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Washington
Henry O. Talle
Iowa
House
Ways and Means Committee
Des Moines Appoints Brophy Chief Promises Crackdown
Des Moines named Jack A. Brophy as police chief after the council took control of the department from Safety Commissioner Walter J. Massey. Brophy pledged to crack down on gamblers and violators and enforce a 1 a.m. closing hour for taverns, saying the council wants strict law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jack A. Brophy
Police Department
Walter J. Massey
Brophy
Teverns
Hanzlik Delivers Linn County Tax Lists to Bates
County Auditor Otto Hanzlik transferred Linn county tax list volume 23 to County Treasurer Frank Bates, completing the handover of all 30 volumes. Taxpayers may pay 1946 taxes in the treasurer’s office with a March 31 deadline for at least half to avoid penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Otto Hanzlik
Frank Bates
Cedar Rapids
John W. Henderson Named Chief of IDPA Des Moines Bureau
John W. Henderson, AP reporter for over a decade, will become chief of the Iowa Press Association Des Moines bureau on February 1. Born November 8 1910 in Council Bluffs he is a University of Iowa alumnus. He served in the Army and Asia war postings before returning to the AP to cover government liquidations and agency actions. He is married with two sons.
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DES Moines
John W. Henderson
Washington
Associated Press
Associa
Iowa Presstion
Des M
John Zug
IDPA
Perry
Henderson
Council Bluffs
Robert H. Henderson
University of Iowa
Iowan
Gazette
Senate
Army
Signal Corps
University of Virginia
University of Michigan
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
United States
OPA
Two Children Injured in Separate Auto Accidents
Two children suffered injuries in pedestrian auto accidents on Friday and Saturday. Eddie Burgess, 9, was struck near a school stop sign at First Ave E and Twenty fourth St by an approaching car that stopped and assisted him before driver left. Gary Baumgartner, 7, was hit on Saturday morning by Wayne Oliphant on 4 First Ave NE and taken to St Luke's hospital with a severely cut ankle and head abrasions. No charges were filed.
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Eddie Burgess
Clyde Burgess
Twenty-fourth Street
First Avenue E
First Avenue
Gary Lee Baumgartner
Marie Baumgartner
Wayne Olit
F Avenue
Oliphant
St. Luke’s Hospital
Twelfth Street
Radium Thief Threatens Public After Capsule Heist
Houston officials warn the radium capsule thief risks death within a year from deadly rays. Dr. Thomas A. Ketchman says anyone carrying the capsule for 15 minutes faces lethal exposure and endangers others, beyond the loss of the capsule itself.
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Houston
Texas
Thomas A. Ketchman
Ketchbaw
Chicago Papers Tie with Mailers Union in Stalemated Talks
Chicago's six major dailies announced a stalemate in negotiations with the AFL Chicago Mailers' Union after weeks of talks. Publishers said they could not meet the union's excessive demands and that negotiations had broken down.
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Chicago
AFL
Chicago Mailers’ Union
Oceans Ae 2
Tthe
Kansas City Star Carriers Strike Halts Publication
Kansas City Star faced a Friday strike by contract carriers and pressmen preventing any issue and leaving the news room dark. The Star reported contracts with the AFL pressmen's union and said the strike aimed to enforce recognition. The switchboard stayed busy as residents learned their lone daily would not arrive.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Ing
Linotype Ace
The
Star
AFL
Aew
Kansas
Dulles Outlines Plan for Western Europe Economic Unity
John Foster Dulles urged a Western European economic federation with German resources under international authority. He argued the United States should steer from Potsdam plans, back a unified Germany, and challenge Soviet leadership, aligning with Churchill ideas on a united Europe and Rhine valley assets under international control.
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New York
Western Europe
John Foster Dulles
G.O.P
Gov. Dewey
Vanden Berg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Vandenberg
China
Argentina
United States
Germany
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Moscow
Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
Russia
Europe
Geland
Rhine Valley
Class of 58 Candidates To Be Initiated by K C
Cedar Rapids council No 909 Knights of Columbus will initiate at 8 a m with breakfast for ladies at 6 30 p m in the club dining room Stan Stanley and his fellow initiates are named for the event, a local fraternal ceremony.
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K.C
Cedar Rapids Council
Knights of Columbus
Stan Stanley
Remley Service Held in Anamosa for Civic Leader A G Remley
Anamosa losses mark A G Remley longtime civic and business figure. Services are at 2 30 p m Sunday at Smykil Funeral Home conducted by Rev W D Wigger with burial in Riverside Cemetery. Dysart veteran Paul A Marquardt 53 died after a long illness following World War I service. He was born Aug 3 1893 near here. Surviving include his wife Beth Storey a daughter Mrs Howard Struve Cedar Rapids a sister Mrs Arthur Meyer Cedar Rapids and three brothers Frank Marquardt of vices.
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Anmamosa
A. G. Remley
Anamosa
Smykil
W. D. Wigger
Riverside Cemetery
Dysart
Paul A. Marquardt
Here
Beth Storey
Howard Struve
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Meyer
Frank Marquardt
Deaths of Johanna Henkes 7 in Rapids Home
Johanna Henkes 7 of 515 Sixth Ave SE Rapids died at 7 15 a m Saturday after a long illness. Born in Berlin October 6 1875 she came to the United States 58 years ago. Surviving are daughter Mrs Marion E Brown Cedar Rapids and son Wilbur E Henkes. Burial will be Cedar Memorial cemetery with visitation at the chapel after 1 p m Sunday.
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Ohanna Henkes
Rapids
Berlin
United States
Marion E. Brown
Cedar Rapids
Wilbur E. Henkes
Chicago
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Infant Joseph Courtney Dies. Private Rites Held
Infant son of Mr and Mrs William Courtney of 911 Seventh Street SE died in a local hospital at 8 10 am Saturday. Private services were held in Beatty chapel at 4 pm Saturday with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery.
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Joseph Courtney
William Courtney
Seventh Street SE
Beatty Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Acheson and Clayton Deny Shafer Charges in House
Secretaries of State Dean Acheson and William L. Clayton rejected Rep. Shafer's accusation of large private gains tied to a cotton brokerage loan to Poland. Acheson said he resigned his private law practice on February 1. Clayton argued the loan was unrelated to his family’s earnings and noted the timing of the July loan approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Acheson
William L. Clayton
Shafer
R-Mich
Acheson
Clayton
Poland
Michigan
Anderson, Clayton and Company
Great Britain
Eisenhower Warns U S Against Atom Bomb Mentality
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower army chief of staff cautioned the nation to avoid an atom bomb mentality that repeats postwar short sighted policies. He urged applying World War II lessons to current defense while stressing production capacity and skilled manpower as the nation’s strength. 80 percent of army research contracts were disclosed.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Robert P. Patterson
Eisenhower
Army Industry Meeting
Industrial Associations
America
France
Army Research
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Oakland Avenue NE
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E. A. Brockmeier
Manchester
Robert Prucha
Camburncourt
N. C
Cottage Grove Avenue
C. W. Minor
Eleventh Street
Co. J. Douglas
B Avenue
J. H. Sauer
Central City
Marion Sperman
Third Avenue
Richard Showalter
Stanwood
Kenneth Warboy
K Avenue
M. F. Huston
Johnson Avenue
Paul Hess
Summer Street
Justice Court
Lars Olsen Vinje
Fred Miller
Justice H. R. Churchill
Joe Moore
Fourth Avenue E
A. Angott
Dorothy D. Larson
Richard R. Larson
Evelyn N. Newton
Glenn
At Mercy
Frank B. Caruthers
Avenue NE
George Rizzo
Tenth Street
Frank A Walford
Mayne
Nineteenth Avenue
Arthur Peckham
Myron Kanke
van Horn
Richard Gitt
Twenty-sixth Street
Berkeley
Calif
Robert S. Waples
Waples
F. C. Waples
Forest Drive
Guy E. Curran, Jr
Betty Lucas
James Spangler, Jr
Joyce O'Keefe
Robert S. Taylor
Edith Rodriguez
Frank Shimek
Luella M. Stone
Forrest A. Abbey
Fairfield
Jevonne B. Wear
Donald Pruess
Arlington
Catherine Powell
Fayette
Lee Reece
Walker
Golden M
Curtis
U.S
Jack Ferring
Collins
Peoples’ Responsibility
C.R
Gov. Blue
Jane Me
Ieee Smet
John M
Public Safety Department
Attorney General's Office
Motor Vehicle Department
State Highway Patrol
Drivers License Division
State Bureau of Investigation
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Harry Linn
Agriculture
Iowa U
Sixth Avenue SE
Talle
Hanzlik
Bates
John Henderson
Mail Union
Reich
U. S. of Europe
Johanna Henkes
Courtney Infant
U. S
2Nd Ave
Gordon John McComas
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mr. McComas
Gordon C. McComas
Shaver Road
Sos
PD Prn
Montcounce
John Btu
Turner
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