Winter Weather Outlook and Local Civil Docket
Iowa forecast calls for cloudiness and frigid conditions with snow possible Friday night into Saturday. Highs 5 to 10 above, lows 5 to 15 below. Civil suits filed include Kruckenberg et al v Harold G and Ora Athey and St Luke’s hospital v various defendants with damages totals listed. births noted. public notices and municipal weather data included.
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Bismarck
Orleans
New York
Kruckenberg, Berndt and
Delay Western Stores
Kaybee), Inc
Joseph A
Helen M. Hugenel
Moon
Ingle
Kenneth ID
Margaret A. Myers
Sixteenth Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Joseph S
Anna Romirez
Cedarway
J. J. Keith
Eldon H
Dorothy Bencke
Mamie Ceasar
Cedar Rapids
Spahn and Rose Lumber Company
Don and
Frances FE. Mastain
Twentieth Avenue
Al's Furniture Company, Inc
Alvy M
Anna Wolfe
Hawthorne Drive
Continental Oil Company
Creighton A.arendt
Twenty-seventh Street Drive
Rinner to Represent Wilson and Company at Fat Stock Exposition
Deane Rinner livestock service director for Wilson and Company Cedar Rapids departs Sunday for Fort Worth Texas to attend the Southwestern Fat Stock and Livestock Exposition. He serves on the meats judging committee for the intercollegiate meats contest.
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Deane Rinner
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Fort Worth
Texas
Inmate Confesses to Reformatory Stab Slaying
Melvin Wildt 21 of Boone, an inmate at Anamosa reformatory, confessed Thursday night to stabbing Clifton Clauson 32 of Waterloo in the boiler room on Jan 19. A murder charge will be filed in Jones County District Court. Lie detector tests aided the investigation, and the weapon remains unfound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Wiley
Gazette
Anamosa
Melvin Wildt
Boone
Imen
Ray Purcell
Wildt
Clifton Clauson
Waterloo
Jones County District Court
James It. Remley
Purcell
Boone County
Clauson
Clausson
Aew
Richard L. Holcomb
Bureau of Police Science
University of Iowa
Lewis M. Dreibelbis
Dreibelbis
Holcomb
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Richard Carmichael
Robert Blair
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Laws
Eldora Boys’ Training School
R. W. Nebergall
Llowa Bureau
Grand Island
Neb
Suspensions Ordered Against Three Drivers
Three motorists lost their licenses Friday after appearing in municipal court on speeding charges. William Kemp of Marion Virgil Houser of 616 Eighteenth Street SE and William Raitt of 1261 First Avenue SE each received a 20 day suspension.
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LeRoy Dirks
Center Junction
Barbara Krouse
Toddville
James Clark
Bettendorf
Harvey Hanna
Springville
Dorothy Kral
Solon
Paul Mathis
Marion
Virgil Houser
Eighteenth Street
William Raitt
First Avenue
Paul Haugland
Second Avenue
William Trachta, Jr
David Miller
Sixteenth Avenue
Joseph William Swehla
Patterson
Larry Dirril
Louis Wesbrook
John Curtis
William Kemp
Court dismisses three suits in Devere N. Smith estate case
Three suits against the estate of Devere N. Smith were dismissed after the court approved claims by former Central States Industrial Supply employees Leo Stephan G R High and Ivor W Stanley. Stephan sought 18 203 15 High 950 and Stanley 1 350. The owner died April 26 and the estate may not have funds to satisfy the claims.
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Devere N. Smith
Smith
Central States Industrial Supply
Leo Stephan
Stephan
Central States
G. R. High
Ivor W. Stanley
Stanley
High
Clayton Harger Gets Sixty Day Jail Sentence
Clayton Harger, 23, of 1231 Fifteenth Avenue SE, pled guilty to two charges and was sentenced to 60 days in Linn County Jail by Judge Charles Penningroth. He received 30 days for contributing to the delinquency of a minor and 30 days for furnishing beer to a minor, with 30 suspended. The two youths with him were dismissed from charges.
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Clayton Harger
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Linn County
Charles Penningroth
Harger
Penningroth
Larry Cirkl
Sixth Street
Louis Wesbrook
Ravenue
Cirkl and
Wesbrook
Lisbon Man Held For Drunk Driving
Ray D. Pieper a 61 year old Lisbon man pled innocent to a third offense drunk driving charge after a Mt. Vernon crash that pushed a parked car into another. Judge Penningroth set a bond of 1000 dollars as Pieper remains in custody. Pieper previously convicted in 1951 Linn County and 1953 Jones County. The rest of the item notes Mayme D. Roth's will probate naming Claude C. Roth as sole heir and executor without bond and Earl C. Jensen securing a 148.87 dollar judgment against Harry and Carmen Shinbloom.
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Ray D. Pieper
Lisbon
Charles Penningroth
Pieper
Mt. Vernon
Linn County
Jones County
Mayme D. Roth
Claude C. Roth
Spencer Chamber protests Hoegh highway appointment choice
Spencer Chamber of Commerce protested Gov Hoegh's failure to renominate Robert S Keir to the Iowa Highway Commission. Keir, a Spencer resident and former Clay County legislator, was passed over for Chris Larsen in Hoegh's Thursday nominations. The move awaits Senate confirmation. W A Reimers led about 50 telegrams to Hoegh and State Sen Harry Watson.
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Spencer
Spencer Chamber of Commerce
Hoegh
Robert S. Keir
Iowa Highway Commission
Keir
Clay County
Beardsley
Highway Commission
Chris Larsen
Sioux City
Larsen
Iowa Senate
W. A. Reimers
Chamber
Harry Watson
Rsanborn
Des Moines Weather Forecast Sees Slippery Weekend
Weather bulletin notes subfreezing temperatures across Iowa with a forecast high near 10 in eastern counties. Snow totals include about three inches in Cedar Rapids and up to eight inches in Des Moines with drifting reported statewide and overnight lows around eight below in Mason City and Sioux City.
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Des Moines Weather Bureau
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Maison City
Sioux City
French Foreign Minister challenges editor to duel over tax cuts article
Paris reports Foreign Minister Edgar Faure issued a duel challenge to Jean-Jacques Servan Schreiber of L Express after an article on tax reductions. The editor accepted, with seconds named by both sides but not disclosed. Faure seeks honor due to alleged impugning remarks.
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Paris
INS
Edgar Faure
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber
Weekly Express
Faure
Mendes-France
Mendes- France
Foreign Ministry
The
Express
Servan-Schreiber
Foreign Office
Express Office
Servan- Schreiber
France
Three Sheppards Inherit $196000 In Wills
Cleveland doctors Dr. Sam Sheppard and his two osteopath brothers received a total of $100000 each from the will of their father Dr. Richard A. Sheppard who died January 18. The estate also forgave a $45000 promissory note and Bequeathed hospital books and instruments to Bay View hospital. Their mother Ethel Sheppard left $96000 in real estate and personal property.
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Cleveland
INS
Sam Sheppard
Richard A. Sheppard
Sam
Richard N
Stephen Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Ethel Sheppard
MacArthurs See An Old Friend At L A Airport
At Los Angeles International airport General Douglas MacArthur was greeted by a familiar face a cocker spaniel named Blackie. The dog once belonged to the MacArthur family in Japan and was brought by a Beverly Hills film producer and his wife at Mrs MacArthur's request.
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Los Angeles
INS
Ito
Douglas MacArthur
Los Angeles International
Jean
Blackie
MacArthur
Japan
Col
Anthony Story
Beverly Hills
Navy Plane Lag Probe Ordered
Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee ordered a subcommittee inquiry into a reported lag in development and delivery of Navy planes. He acted after Navy Secretary Thomas said he had not been happy about the naval air program, though he later stated most problems had been resolved.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Navy
Thomas
Naval Air Program
Firefighters Battle Subzero Blaze at Hott Home
Bridgeport Ohio firemen fought a cold weather blaze at the home of Arthur Hott in sub-zero conditionsThursday as flames enveloped the residence.
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Bridgeport
Ohio
Arthur Hott
Death of Dr. Charles Norman Booth in Fort Worth
Dr. Charles Norman Booth died at his daughter Mrs J T Rohner’s home in Fort Worth Texas at 5 p m Thursday after a brief illness He was born June 29 1872 in Marion and practiced dentistry in Cedar Rapids for over 40 years He later worked six years for the Turner company Surviving relatives include his daughter two brothers a sister and twin grandsons He belonged to several dental and church groups and once taught operative dentistry at the University of Iowa Services will be held at the Turner chapel at a later time
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Charles Norman Booth
J. T. Rohner
Fort Worth
Texas
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Turner Company
J. J. Booth
George E. Booth
Winnetka
Ill
C. G. Stevens
Chicago
Booth
First Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids Dental Society
North Iowa Dental Society
Iowa State Dental Society
University of Iowa
Turner Chapel
Cedar Rapids man died after brief illness
Fingal T Hendrickson of 815 Ninth street SW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 5 25 am Friday after a brief illness. Born October 2 1892 he worked 30 years at Cherry Burrell before retiring in 1952. Survived by sisters Hilda and Alma and brother Carl all of Cedar Rapids. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery with funeral Monday at 1 30 pm at Turner chapel.
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Fingal T. Hendrickson
Ninth Street
Cedar Rapids
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Hilda
Alma Hendrickson
Carl Hendrickson
Hendrickson
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Crescent Lodge
A.F
A.M
Turner Chapel
Richard W. Engstrom
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Francis S. Shileny
Francis S. Shileny of 2318 Blakely Boulevard SE died Wednesday. Services set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Kuba funeral home and 9:30 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Church with Rev. Anthony W. Chihak. Burial at St. John's Cemetery with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 788 military rites. Rosary to be recited 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. friends may call.
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Francis S. Shileny
Blakely Boulevard
Kuba
St. Wenceslaus Church
Anthony W. Chihak
St. John’s Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No
Father Chihak
Cadets of
St. George No. 45
Sanctuary Guild
Services for Mrs Alletta Hall Shadle
Mrs Alletta Hall Shadle of 1113 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Thursday. Services will be conducted in Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Saturday by Rev Jackson Burns of St Pauls Methodist church. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Aurora
Herman John Fensterman
Edgewood
Wood Center
Toledo
D. A. Calkins
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Cedar Rapids
McGregor
Vernonn
Washburn
Mt. Vernon
Anna Marie Stromer
Baxter Mortuary
Blue ‘Hill
Neb
Old People’s Home Fund
John Ballard
Baxter
Alletta Hall Shadle
Second Avenue
Turner Chapel
Jackson Burns
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Services for Mrs Houser at Turner chapel Saturday
Services for Mrs. William Houser of 1505 Park Avenue SE will be held at 10 30 a m Saturday in Turner chapel. The Rev Jackson Burns of St Pauls Methodist church will conduct the service. Friends may attend.
Death of Mrs. L. W. Birdsall Cited in Cedar Rapids Area
Mrs. L W Birdsall of Toledo died Thursday night at a Marshalltown hospital. Sister of Mrs. R E Bucknell of 13000 Avenue NE Cedar Rapids, Birdsall was a frequent Cedar Rapids visitor. Services will be held Sunday in Decorah.
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R. E. Bucknell
Avenue
L. W. Birdsall
Toledo
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Decorah
German Release By Soviets Told
Former German Field Marshal Ferdinand Schoerner announced from captivity that all remaining German prisoners would soon be freed by the Soviets. West German official Josef Strauss called the move a political maneuver and urged Schoerner be tried for inhumanity to his own troops.
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Munish
INS
Ferdinand
Schoerner
Josef Strauss
Two Cedar Rapids Boys Questioned for School Fires
Cedar Rapids juvenile officers questioned two 14 year old boys Friday after fires were set in Wilson High School waste baskets. One youth was detained Thursday after a grocery operator reported he bought matches and returned to school. He admitted a prior fire and named his accomplice.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson High School
Andalso
Bladridge Escapes Then Returns to County Jail
Johnny Bladridge twenty, who escaped, surrendered again at the county jail hours later he complained about the cold weather during the brief return to custody.
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Paintsville
Johnny Bladridge
Hoegh backs airline route fight stirs Iowa protests
Gov. Leo A. Hoegh pressed the Civil Aeronautics Board to grant Ozark Airlines the Sioux City to Rock Island route now served by Braniff, triggering swift criticism from Mason City Waterloo and Fort Dodge officials and a plan for a statewide aviation meeting. The CAB had split the route among United Ozark and North Central. Hoegh argued for continued service and warned of potential abandonment if unprofitable. He said he acted on assurances from Rep. Fred Schwengel that Ozark would maintain continuous service.
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Des Moines
Leon A. Hoegh
Iowa
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ozark Airlines
Braniff
United
Ozark
North-Central
Hoegh
Norbert Locke
Washington
Iis
Louis Beecher
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Waterloo
Dubuque
Clinton
Helicopters Crash in Germany Kills Six
In Stuttgart a crippled U S Army helicopter and a rescue helicopter collided during night maneuvers, bursting into flames. All six aboard died, the Seventh Army announced. German police reported one craft failed over an open field and burned on emergency landing. the other crashed while assisting, also igniting.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Seventh Army
President Plans Dixie Weekend
The White House says President Eisenhower will fly to Augusta Georgia for a weekend of golf and relaxation. He departs at 9 a.m. and returns late Sunday or Monday. The First Lady stays in Washington, the first Augusta trip she misses. He visits no one, joined only by James C Hagerty and Mary Caffrey.
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Washington
INS
White House
Eisenhower
Augusta
Capital
Augusta National Golf Club
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Mary Caffrey
Verne Washburn Dies at 59 in McGregor
Verne O Washburn longtime McGregor summer resort operator died suddenly Thursday at his home after a heart attack. He lived his life in McGregor where he ran a summer hotel and cabins in McGregor Heights. Survivors include his wife a son Warren of Sioux City a brother Herman of Savanna NJ two sisters Mrs O W Taylor of McGregor and Mrs C B Cham bers of Oelwein Funeral services set for Sunday 2 p m at the Methodist church with burial in McGregor.
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McGregor
Verne O. Washburn
Washburn
McGregor Heights
Warren
Sioux City
Herman
Savanna
O. W. Taylor
C. B. Chambers
Oelwein
Methodist Church
Democrat Urges Formosa Resolution Support in Senate
Acting Senate Democratic Leader Clem ents of Kentucky urged approval of the Formosa resolution to show national unity behind President Eisenhower against Communist aggression. He framed the measure as congressional recognition of the burdens carried by the President in days of peril and said he and Congress broadly support him.
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Washington
Senate
Clements
Formosa
Eisenhower
Congress
Ellis YMCA North Cedar Rapids board election meeting
Residents of northwest Cedar Rapids will gather Sunday at the Ellis Community Center YMCA for an open meeting to elect a board of directors for the new center. The session at 2:30 p.m. will discuss current and future programs and membership policies.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Community Center
YMCA
Iowa Leaders Name Panel to Probe Tax Commission
A four member joint Senate House subcommittee was named to investigate the Iowa Tax Commission and potential gaps in income and sales tax collections. The panel aims to assess commission powers and is to begin work immediately, with cooperation expected though subpoenas could be used if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Tax Commission
Des Moines
Senate
House
Alan West
Sac City
West
Tax Commission
Joint Committee
Fire at American Legion hall draws 2000 onlookers
Fire reported reaching from Curtis Hill as observers described. The American Legion had held a March of Dimes Kick-Off dance Thursday night and the clubrooms were open. The center, built in 1927, was rebuilt after a prior blaze when the city took the deed for 35 000. Police set rope barricades as over 2 000 sightseers gathered at the scene.
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Curtis 'Hill
American Legion
Legion
Cub Pack 33 Honors at Cleveland School
Cub Pack 33 at Cleveland School Thursday honored numerous members including Bob Hall Allen Hoppe Jerry Reinert Steven Cronbaugh James Schooley Tommy Singer Dickie Staab John Stelpflug Pat Bixby Mike Ernst Tommy McHugh Gary Stoner Gerald Schultz Francis Bozanek John Park Dennis Murphy Richard Shope Pat Colgan George Draling Robert Duram Tommy Keen Michael Lewis Jan Mary Dick Pace Jack Welch Donald Young John Ledore Tommy Vavra Steven Volesky David Basler Alan Christy Lee Wise Yale Woodford Douglas Hammill Jim Pace Bob Orr Steve Peyton Jerry Newman Larry Davis Calvin Jenkins Mike McDonald Danny Stevenson Rodney Brecke Larry Heller Kenneth Langham Ronny White Michael Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Bob Hall
Allen Hoppe
Jerry Reinert
Steven Cronbaugh
James Schooley
Tommy Singer
Dickie Staab
John Stelpflug
Pat Bixby
Mike Ernst
Tommy McHugh
Gary Stoner
Gerald Schultz
Francis Bozanek
John Park
Dennis Murphy
Richard Shope
Pat Colgan
George Draling
Robert Duram
Tommy Keen
Michael Lewis
Jan Mary
Dick Pace
Jack Welch
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Daily Record
C. R. Weather
Municipal
Mississippi
LaCrosse
Dam No
Rise
Davenport
Keokuk
Legislature
Woodward
Mercy Purdy
Ralph
Richmond Road
St. Luke's
Stone
Cecil
Midway Drive
Main
Earl
Walker
Beasley
Donald
Wiley Street
Helm
Eastern Avenue
Leona I. Blessing
Rudolph F. Blessing
Ronald M. Cowger
Bonnie J. Cowger
Charlene Ritchie
Joseph Ritchie
Leona Hartman
Harley Hartman, Jr
A. W. Navratil
Corbin McNabb
Merle
Mary Elizabeth
Louis G. Carsner, Jr
Rapids Chevrolet Company
Erwin L
Ruth Clinton
A. R. Zuercher
John S
Donna G. Harford
William Hamilton Grocer
Leo Henry
Betty J. Moorman
Mercy Hospital
Alice F. Safranek
Edward Rushe
Lend Lease Transportation Company of
Minneapolis
Bessie Petty
Paul Huber
Home Town Dairies, Inc
Fifth Street
Washington Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Hillcrest Drive
John E. Lapes
3Rd Avenue
Mt. Vernon Ave
John B. Turner & Son
Roth Will
Earl C. Jensen
Harry and
Carmen Shinbloom
Spencer Chamber
Hoegh Highway Choice
Sheppards
MacArthurs
Lag
Murdoch
Center Point
C. N. Booth
C.R
Shileny Services
Shadle Services
Houser Services
William Houser
Park Avenue SE
St. Paul's Methodist Church
C.R. Boys Fire School
Ray Clough
State Aeronautics Commission
Dixie
Verne Washburn
Democrat
J. G. Lucas
Madrid
Ways and Means
Westland
W. C. Stuart
Chariton
Edward Oppedahl
Renwick
Tom Frey
Neola
Frank Thompson
Guthrie Center
Frey
Commission
Oppedah
Chevrolet
Rapids Chevrolet
Minehart
2Nd Ave
Second Avenue SE
1St Ave
2Nd St
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