Iowa and Minnesota Weather and Probate News Brief
Partly cloudy Iowa forecast with no temperature change and low highs in the 30s through Tuesday. Minnesota notes include precipitation none and January totals. Police reports list fines for speeding reckless driving and other offenses. Obituaries note deaths in Traer Sun and surrounding towns with service details and burial plans across multiple counties. Local city notices cover state highway patrol purchases and legislative cost-cutting moves.
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Iowa
Beardsley Gains Support for His Gas Tax Proposal
Des Moines reports Gov Beardsley after inaugurals in Washington says 15 governors favor eliminating federal gasoline tax and allowing states to take over taxation. He sent telegrams urging congress action while planning a budget message and court vacancy appointment this week. Interim appointments listed include tax, science, labor, industrial, and conservation posts.
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Des Moines
INS
Beardsley
Washington
Congress
State Supreme Court
H. J. Mantz
Senate
General Assembly
Martin Lauterbach
Alden
Elmer Hertel
Waverly
Board of Basic Science
William Russell
Toledo
Frank Means
Floyd S. Pearson
Decorah
William Fredeger
Burlington
Emmett Hannan
Council Bluffs
Adams returns to White House desk after flu
Washington AP Sherman Adams, top assistant to President Eisenhower, was back at his White House desk Monday after being laid up by a touch of flu over the weekend.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
White House
Deaths Miss Anna E Steege Cedar Rapids Resident
Miss Anna E Steege 1365 First Ave SW Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Saturday night after a long illness She was born December 12 1888 in Iowa Minnesota and worked 15 years as housekeeper and receptionist for Pastor E H Widmann and his children Richard and Dorothy She is survived by a sister Mrs Charles Knollenberg of Iona and a brother Emil Steege of Ypsilanti ND She belonged to Trinity Lutheran Church and Dorcas Ladies Aid of Zion Lutheran in Iona Services 2 pm Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran in Atkins with burial in Iona Friends may call Turner chapel until noon Tuesday
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Anna E. Steege
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Miss Steege
Iowa
Minn
E. H. Widmann
Richard
Dorothy
Charles Knollenberg
Iona
Emil Steege
Edward Urbanek of Anamosa Dies After Illness
Edward L Urbanek 56 of Anamosa died Monday at 2 10 am in an Iowa City hospital after a long illness He was born May 13 1896 near Solon and had lived in Anamosa 15 years A World War I veteran he worked for Collins Radio Surviving are his wife Katherine a daughter Mrs Gene Anderson two sons John C and Newman I both of Anamosa his mother Mrs Elizabeth Urbanek two sisters Mrs Emil Bednashek and Mrs Godfrey Raim and one brother Frank all of Solon three grandchildren Services will be held at St Patrick s church in Anamosa Wednesday at 9 30 am Rev J A McMahon will officiate Rosary will be recited Tuesday at 8 pm at the Brosh funeral home in Solon friends may call
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States Funeral Home
Buckingham Cemetery
Solon
Mary Meka
Iowa City
Brosh Funeral Home
Oakland Ceme
John G. Miller
iPleasant Grove
Quasqueton
Martin Kress
Union Church
Harris-Garrison
Central City
Warren Hanson
Phoenix
Murdoch Funeral Home
Marion
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Williamsburg
William Thomas
Jones Funeral Home
Oakhill
Tracy
Anna Wignall
Buckingham
Elberon
Frank Uchytil
Hrabak
Chelsea
National Cemetery
Vining
Center Point
Charles W. Yager
Sarehett-Murdoch Funeral Home
Charles Bills
Sarchett- Murdoch Funeral Home
Lafayette Cemetery
Anamosa
Fred Hults
Goettsch Funeral Home
St. Paul’s American Lutheran Church
Riverside Cemetery
Traer
Elias S. Kober
Eagle Rock
Calif
Henry Jones
Tama
Columbus Junction
Irvin E. Boshart
Stacy Funeral
Little Creek
Little Creek Church
Church Cemetery
Edward L. Urbanek
Collins Radio
Field Artillery
Kathrine
Gene Anderson
John C
Newman I
Elizabeth Urbanek
Emil Bednashek
Godfrey Raim
Frank
J. A. McMahon
St. Patrick’s Church
Carl F. Clems
Daniel C. Novak 44 Davenport druggist dies after brief illness
Daniel C. Novak of Davenport dies in an Iowa City hospital Saturday at 3 p.m. after a brief illness. Born February 13, 1908 in Rutland, he was a druggist and a Moose lodge member. Survived by wife Gretchen, three Davenport stepsons Richard Brian Michael, a son Daniel, a grandson Daniel, and his Cedar Rapids and Solon relatives. Funeral at St Stephen's Lutheran Brush chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial Roger's Grove near Ely. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Daniel Charles Novak
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Rutland
Novak
Moose Lodge
Gretchen
Richard
Brian
Michael
Daniel
Frank Novak
David
Sylvia Neitherhis Or
Tiffin
Mary lFencl
Solon
Frances Neit‘derhisar
N. L. Wogen
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
Brush_ chapel
Roger’s Grove
Ely
Widow Jennie Page Kopp of Cedar Rapids dies at 95
Jennie Page Kopp widow of Frank W. Kopp of Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 5 25 p m Sunday after a long illness She was born September 27 1867 in Mechanicsville Survived by son Edward A Kopp of Cedar Rapids Her husband died January 11 1952 She was a member of St Johns Episcopal church Cedar chapter 184 O E S and Harford post auxiliary Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery The Turner chapel at 330 p m Tuesday with Rector D A Lofer ski Friends may call out the chapel
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Jennie Page Kopp
Frank W. Kopp
Second Ave
Cedar Rapids
Mechanicsville
Edward A. Kopp
Kopp
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cedar Chapter
O.E.S
Services for John C Kulper in Turner chapel Tuesday
John C Kulper a lifelong Linn county resident died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Saturday. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Turner chapel with Rev. L T Olson pastor of the Buffalo Evangelical United Brethren church. Burial will be in Shiloh cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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John C. Kulper
Marion
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
L. T. Olson
Buffalo
Leonard Taylor Swartzell Dies After Long Illness in Cedar Rapids
Leonard Taylor Swartzell, a Cedar Rapids resident for 33 years, died at his home at 5 p.m. Sunday after a long illness. Born June 2, 1869, in Quasqueton he moved to Cedar Rapids from Hazleton. A daughter, Mrs.
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Leonard Taylor Swartzell
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Quasqueton
Hazleton
Swartzell Family Details Read at Turner Chapel
Marion G. Coats of Westfield N J has a son Clifford E Swartzell of Seattle, a brother J Guy Swartzell of Olin and five grandchildren. Mr Swartzell belonged to Waterfall lodge 511 Hazleton A F and A M. Burial cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Marion G. Coats
Westfield
N. J
Clifford E. Swartzell
Seattle
J. Guy Swartzell
Olin
Swartzell
Waterfall Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Hazleton
Turner Chapel
Marvin B. Kober
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Ingrid Lundine Widowed Cedar Rapids Resident Dies
Ingrid Lundine 93 widow of A Gust Lundine of 3881 First Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 50 am Monday after a long illness Born February 3 1868 in Sweden she came to Cedar Rapids from Delaware county Surviving include three daughters Edith Thom Ruth McLaughlin and Esther Lundine two sons Herbert and Luther Lundine three sisters and six grandchildren The funeral was Wednesday by Pastor H G Schwegler of the First Lutheran
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Ingrid Lundine
A. Gust Lundine
First Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Sweden
Delaware County
Edith Thom
Columbia
Ruth McLaughlin
Richland
Wash
Esther Lundine
Herbert
Luther Lundine
O. P. Larson
Hannah Olson
Chicago
P. Nelson
Manchester
Turner Chapel
H. G. Schwegler
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Man Harry Winsor Dies After Illness
Harry J Winsor age 63 of Cedar Rapids died at Veterans hospital Des Moines after months illness. Born near Troy Mills Nov 17 1880 he served in Spanish American War and World War I. Affiliated with Interdenominational church he was a member of American Legion. Survived by wife Catherine. Services Wednesday at 1 30 p m Beatty chapel Rev A J Stokes. American Legion to conduct services Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Harry J. Winsor
Twentieth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Troy Mills
Interdenominational Church
American Legion
Catherine
Beatty Chapel
Widow Clara Bennett Died In Cedar Rapids Hospital
Clara M Bennett widow of Arthur C Bennett died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 1 50 p m after a long illness Born October 18 1868 in Oakville Ontario Canada she leaves two sons J E Bennett Cedar Rapids and Robert M Bennett Chicago a sister Mrs Emily Thomas Land o Lakes Wisconsin and one grandchild The body was moved to Thomas Corcoran Chapel Chicago for funeral services and burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery Chicago
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Clara M. Bennett
Arthur C. Bennett
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Bennett
Oakville
Ontario
Canada
J. E. Bennett
Robert M. Bennett
Emily Thomas
Land-o-Lakes
Wisconsin
Turner Chapel
Thomas ‘Corcoran
East
67Th Street
Oakwood
George Huff 78 of Cedar Rapids dies after long illness
George Huff 78 of 1244 Twenty first avenue SW Cedar Rapids died at 4 45 am Saturday after an extended illness. Survived by wife Alice two stepchildren Ruth Leedstrom Alhambra California Esther Gibson Olive View California four brothers Mark Hershey John Wesley Huff Cedar Rapids and G A Huff Armada. Funeral at Beatty chapel 10 30 am Tuesday Reverend H L Sunderman. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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George Huff
Twenty-first Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Alice
Ruth Leedstrom
Alhambra
Calif
Esther Gibson
Olive View
Mark Hershey
John and
Wesley Huff
Cedar Aoe
G. A. Huff
Arming
Beatty Chapel
Emmett R. Cook 83 Cedar Rapids Resident Dies in Atlanta
Emmett R. Cook 83 Cedar Rapids resident for many years died Sunday night in Atlanta where he had lived the last 30 years. He was manager of the Grand Union Team Company in Cedar Rapids and belonged to El Kahir Shrine and Crescent lodge. Surviving are his wife Celia and a son Howard of Atlanta. Services will be at Atlanta.
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Emmett R. Cook
Cedar Rapids
Atlanta
Grand Union Team Company
Cook
el Kahir Shrine
Crescent Lodge
Celia
Howard
Death Notice for Miss Tillie Vane in Cedar Rapids
Miss Tillie Vane of 719 G Avenue NW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Monday at 6 40 a m after a long illness She was born February 6 1885 in Cedar Rapids daughter of Mr and Mrs V E Vane Surviving are two brothers
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Tillie Vane
G Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Gao
V. E. Vane
Vane Family Cremains Planned in Cedar Rapids
Dr. L. F. Vane and W. R. Vane of Cedar Rapids will have private services Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in Turner chapel conducted by Rev. Waldemar W. Argow of Peoples Church. Burial follows at Czech National cemetery. flowers are omitted per family request.
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L. F. Vane
W. R. Vane
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Waldemar W. Argow
The
Peoples Church
Czech National Cemetery
Infant Romana Holt Died In Cedar Rapids Hospital
Romana Fay Holt infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas Holt of 1332 First street NW Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Besides her parents she is survived by three brothers Glenn Peter Bruce Philip and David Christopher a sister Mary Ann and grandparents Mrs E L Holt Decorah and Mr and Mrs Albert Fay Fredericksburg. Funeral conducted in Teahen chapel at 11 am Tuesday by Rt Rev Msgr D J Lenihan with burial in Mt Calvary cemetery.
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Romana Fay Holt
Douglas Holt
First Street
Cedar Rapids
Glenn Peter
Bruce Philip
David Christopher
Mary Ann
E. L. Holt
Decorah
Al‘bert Fay
Fredericksburg
Teahen Chapel
D. J. Lenihan
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Legislature debates bills to cut costs and expand public welfare
Lawmakers discuss plans from social security for all public employees to state wage garnishment for debts. Proposals target beer sales, vehicle inspections, bowling tax, pay raises for officials, and license requirements for milk distributors. Senate backs reduced bill index volumes to trim printing costs.
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Executive Council
House
Senate
Iowa
MacFarlane
Elmer Bass
Red Oak
Bass
Vern Lesler
Clarinda
Beating charges involve Local 107 members in Davenport incident
William Stewart Bamberry and Keith Stewart, both 44 and Davenport residents, were charged Sunday in a beating case tied to the printers' strike. Henry Wood, not a union member, had worked for the Times since soon after the strike began. The union conflict affected several local papers including the Times, Daily Dispatch, Argus and Davenport Democrat.
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William Stewart Bamberry
Davenport
Henry Wood
Keith
Stewart
International Typogra Union
The
Times
Moline Dispatch
Rock Island Argus
Davenport Democrat
Wood
United Air Lines Christens Convair Airliner for City
More than 80 Cedar Rapids residents previewed United Air Lines new Convair, to be used on one east and one west bound daily flights. The ceremony included Cedar Rapids officials, Chamber of Commerce, and Thousand Miler club members. The 44 passenger airliner completed a 35 minute morning flight, with Christina Andrews christening it. United plans 55 Convairs with 20 delivered, boosting capacity over 100 percent. Eastbound departure 6 25 p.m., westbound 10 25 a.m. Convairs replace DC-3s, cabin pressurization adds comfort.
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Cedar Rapids
Convair
United Air Lines
Iowa City
Airport Commission
Jan Jones
Charlies P. Jones Jr
Park Avenue SE
J Andrews
Forrest Andrews
Tenth Street
Marion
United
Thousand Miler Club
United Club
Thomas F. Powers
Ambro Advertising
S. L. Myers
Allis Chalmers
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Roosevelt Hotel
H. A. I Merchant
Denver
Clarence McIntyre
Miss Andrews
Comecce
Milo Sedlacek
J. L. Cooper
Chamber of Commerce
Donald Hines
Cedar Rapiids
MelIn
Non Striking Printer Beaten Two Charged
Two AFL printers accused of attacking a non striking employee of the Davenport Times were arraigned in justice court Monday and released on $1,000 bond each on charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm. William Raymond Keith, 29, and a co defendant faced the charge after the incident at the Davenport plant.
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Davenport
Davenport Times
Justice Court
William Raymond Keith
Dual Killing Tied To Clash on Loot
Kansas City police connect a quarrel over $50 000 stolen bank loot to a double murder. James Fahnestock 22 and Billie Fahnestock 21 were found shot in a stolen car. a .33 pistol, a loaded clip, and $2,179.91 were recovered. They were wanted in FBI warrants tied to the Rosedale State Bank robbery.
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Kansas City
James Fahnestock
Billie
Fahnestock
Harry Nesbit
Virginia Iser
Births Surpass Deaths By 1,116 In Cedar Rapids In 1952
Cedar Rapids saw a net population gain of 1,116 in 1952 as births totaled 3,002 while 897 deaths occurred. Resident births reached 1,774, with the rest from out of town, and December was the month with the most births at 293. The city’s population estimate rises to 74,563 when applying these figures.
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Cedar Rapids
Maude Krebs
Great Western Strike Shuts Freight in About 100 Iowa Towns
About 800 railroad workers across five unions walked out slowing freight and mail service in roughly 100 Iowa towns including Oelwein and Des Moines. The strike hit the Great Western line from Chicago to Omaha and Kansas City to the Twin Cities, with meat freight tied to St Paul stockyards and negotiations failing after months.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Great Western Railroad
Oelwein
L. G. Mondray
Brotherhood of Locomotive
C.G.W
Midwest
Edward T. Reidy
Chicago
Great Western
St. Paul
Anton L. Olson
South St Paul
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
The
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Omaha
Kansas City
Twin Cities
Washington
Prices on Items from Behind Curtain Eyed
Senator McCarthy said the senate investigating committee is checking prices for strategic materials the U S procured from Iron Curtain countries for the defense stockpile. He noted the hearing should be private since materials are classified and that the committee wants to determine if the market was forced up by Soviet-controlled countries.
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Washington
ULP
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
U. S
Charles Yager 84 Center Point Drugist Dies
Charles Yager of Center Point age 84 died Sunday. He ran a local drug store from 1917 to 1947 and was married to Etta Kent in 1889. A member of Vienna lodge 142 AF and AM and the OES, his services will be at the Masonic hall with burial at Oakhill Cemetery Cedar Rapids. Friends may call at Satchett Murdoch funeral home after 1 p.m.
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Center Point
Charles W. Yager
Center Point l
Canoe
Ila
Yager
Etta Kent
Cedar Rapids
Vienna Lodge 142
A.F
A.M
OES
Inaugural trip sparks Iowa political clash
Iowa Democratic chairman Jake More blasted Gov. William Beardsley for attending President Eisenhower's inauguration at taxpayer expense. He charged the Republican legislature did nothing in two weeks of the 1953 session. Beardsley defended the trip as official business and noted guarded flight hours and normal use of a national guard plane.
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Jake
Beardsley
Des Moines
Jake More
Iowa
News
National Guard
Washington, D. C
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Helen Sipe
Richard G. DeVore
Belle Plaine
Jean Marie Petersen
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Robert Berends
Arthur Rasmussen
Leo Kamberling
Mercy
LeRoy Jewell
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St. Luke’s
Jerry Hadrava
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John Schmeldt
Fourth Avenue
Walter Sauer
C Avenue NE
Muscatine
John C. Bready
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Charles J. Bready
Grande Avenue
Maquoketa
Nolan Zugschwerdt
Zugschwerdt
George A. Youtzy
Seventh Street
Daryl A. Ratzlaff
Winton Road
Ratzlaffs
Clifford Martin
Tamastreet SE
Walter Wyman
Robert Blood
First Avenue NW
Ernest Kaufman
F Avenue NW
David Walter
Third Avenue SE
Robert Derby
Eleventh Street NE
Charles Williams
Fifth Street
Frank Turner
John Cunningham
A Avenue NW
Elmer Taylor
Sohn Bturner &Son
2Nd Ave. SE
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Gazette
del Blumenshine
Community House
Industrial Union Council
CIO
Larry Hawks
Link Belt
Tyler School
Daniel C. Novak
Kulper Services
Leonard Swartzell
A. G. Lundine
A. C. Bennett
Paul Walter
Union
Wendell Pendleton
Storm Lake
Jack Schroeder
Clayton Sherod
Birmingham
Jothers
Clifford M. Strawman
Strawman
Walter
Rep
L. O. Weston
Stanley
J. G. Lucas
Madrid
March of Dimes
Montrose Hotel
Janeba Funeral Home
16Th Ave
J St. SW
C.R
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Jon Cem
Outnam
Clarence W. Beatty
Third Avenue
Charles Yager
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