Marion council regulates garbage disposal and sets collector bids
The Marion city council approved an ordinance on gar bage wrapping and deposit rules and the hiring of a city collector for a new garbage truck. Bids open Feb 3, and fees may be charged to residents after bid results. The council also shifted funds to the fire fund to pay for a new engine. The Mary Lowe Dickinson circle commemorated its eleventh anniversary with a dinner hosted by Mrs. Carl J Kassler, with thirteen members at a Valentine themed table.
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Marion
W. A. White
White
Mary Lowe Dickinson
King’s Daughters
Carl J. A Kassler
Harlan F. Knight
Cochairman
Cattle Prices Continue Rise Across Midwest Markets
Cattle prices climbed with good fed stock up to 50 cents, butchers and sows higher. hogs steady to 28 cents up, cattle and calf receipts listed for Chicago Sioux City Omaha Des Moines markets with varied gains and local price ranges for different weight classes. Numerous yard reports show mixed activity and strong demand for fed steers and select cows amid regional turnover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa Hog Prices Reported by Des Moines Butchers
AP USDA market update lists hog price ranges and bids from Waterloo Ottumwa Austin Mason City. Prices vary by weight and market tier with several figures across categories from 160 pounds to 550 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
USDA
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Austin Mason C
Cedar Rapids Hog Market Prices Rise 50 Cents
Cedar Rapids hog market shows gains with top primer butchers at $24.00 and packers $21.25. Prices cover a wide range across hog, steer, yearling, cow, bull, and lamb categories with various weights and quality grades. Market reports also list hides poultry fruit and vegetable prices and grain quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Active Stock Leaders Rally in New York Trading
Leading stocks attracted buying with gains reported across the list, advances ranging from fractional moves to about two points. The broad market mood was optimistic as traders pushed several issues higher in midweek sessions on Wall Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gazette Publishes Abridged Stock List Early
Because weather conditions necessitated an early press time on Wednesday, The Gazette publishes an abridged stock list with key figures and results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Bond prices steady after forenoon dip in New York trade
In late trading on Wednesday New York bonds regained ground after an uncertain forenoon. Fractions to more than a point gains dominated near the close as a renewed rise in long term government bonds sparked talk of a new long term treasury loan for non bank consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Bond Review
New York
Treasury
Kansas City Livestock Prices Report
Slaughter steers heifers and cows active and higher with several sales 60c higher. Calves strong to 50c higher while bulls and stockers stay firm or scarce. Beef steer prices range from 18.00 to 22.65 with top loads near 23.00 and weight 1,244 to 1,105 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDAI
Colorado Fed
Kansas City
Kangsas City
USDA
Chicago Produce Market: Mixed Receipts and Steady Poultry
Chicago markets show mixed receipts across staples. Butter firm with diverse grade prices and unsettled oats. fowl and eggs vary as live poultry remains steady or weak depending on category. Idaho russets and other spuds move with steady to dull demand amid price listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Us S
Idahos
Idaho
Nebraska Bliss Triumphs
Colorado
Red McClures U. S
New York Produce Receipts And Egg Prices Steady
New York eggs show receipts at 37 027 with steady demand and varied grades including extra fancy heavyweights and standards with different minimums and percentages. Butter receipts reach 474 903 with firmer wholesale bulk prices and creamery scores. Cheese receipts total 307 442 with prices steady and unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ebm Gorse
House Committee Seeks Labor Bill by March 15
Chairman Hartman Hartley of the House labor committee said the panel will push a strike control bill to the House floor by March 15 to head off a potential soft coal strike led by John L. Lewis on April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Washington
LLP
Hartley
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
John L. Lewis
The Poet Edgar A Guest on Marriage and Family Ties
Edgar A Guest discusses the broad reach of marriage beyond two people noting how spouses gain a web of relatives and obligations. He contrasts it with practical love, patience, and the need to adjust to in laws, nephews, and nieces who share life. The second item notes that none of the 20 worst fires in the U.S. since 1900 burned on a Friday the 13th.
Grain Markets Move Higher on Wheat Lead in Chicago
Wheat led a broad grains advance with March contracts climbing over two cents to hit a seasonal peak. Wheat finished about two cents higher, corn up roughly four to five cents, oats near unchanged to up to five and a half cents, with lard firm at around 70 to 75 cents. Cash provisions show various No 2 yellow and oats and barley prices in Chicago.
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Chicago
National Scouting Leaders Arrive For Cedar Rapids Meeting
William Lawrence and John Shanks, national Scouting officials from New York, arrive in Cedar Rapids for meetings with local groups. They will speak Thursday evening at Coe College and discuss the volunteer instructors training course set for Camp Waubeek. Enrollment for six classes via Waubeek Area Council office, with 75 candidates expected from multiple cities.
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William Lawrence
Scouting Service
John Shanks
New York
Boy Scouts
Cedar Rapids
University of Scouting
Coe College
Waubeek
Camp
Reuben Smith
Ft. Dodge
Mason City
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Burlington
Clinton
Davenport
Industry Witness Attacks Union Boycott Tactics
Washington a UP report notes R Stafford Edwards president of the Electrical Manufacturers Association testified before the Senate labor committee. He said IBEW delegates at a Milwaukee conference in 1945 were ordered to boycott lighting fixtures not bearing the IBEW label. The boycott spread to many cities and states with the union claiming wage protection but Edwards said it often served as a jurisdictional weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Congress
R. Stafford Edwards
Electrical Manufacturers Association
Senate Labor Committee
IBEW
Milwaukee
San Diego
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Fort Worth
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Edwards
Oil Attorney Nassif Opens New Office in O.R.C. Building
Michael G. Nassif, attorney at law, announces the opening of his oil at 315-20 O.R.C. Building. Adv
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael G. Nassif
O.R.C
Second session of Den Mothers course at Light Co bungalow
Den Mothers training resumes at 1 30 p m Thursday in the Light Company bungalow taught by Mrs Harold Miner and Scout Executive Keith Benner. Gospel service led by Rev Mr and Mrs Phil Ward evangelists from Massillon Ohio at Sunshine Mission 7 30 p m today en route to West Coast campaign. YMB Entertainment six Mt Mercy junior college girls will entertain at Chamber of Commerce dinner with speakers Dwight Havens and Don Hines. Mt Mercy students Nor ma Ingels Joanne McDonnell Lorraine Mierson Olga Sindelar Louise Welsh Kathleen Barron will sing readings and piano solos.
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Light Company
Harold Miner
Keith Benner
Phil Ward
Massillon
Ohio
Sunshine Mission
YMB Entertainment
Mt. Mercy Junior College
Young Men's Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Dwight Havens
Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce
Don Hines
Cedar Rapids Airport
Mt. Mercy
Norma Ingels
Joanne McDonnell
Lorraine Mierson
Olga Sindelar
Louise Welsh
Kathleen Barron
Funeral services planned for Sioux City editor Wilmer Towns
Sioux City newspaper man Wilmer R. Towns, 51, died Tuesday after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Friday in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Wilmer R. Towns
Hei
Huttons celebrate silver wedding with 200 guests
Mr and Mrs Hugh T Hutton hosted about 200 guests from Marion Center Point Springville Cedar Rapids and Iowa City in 1 0 C F hall Tuesday night for their silver wedding anniversary Attendants included Mrs George Oliphant of Center Point and Robert Hutton of Marion.
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Hugh T. Hutton
Marion
Center Point
Springville
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
C.F. Hall
George Oliphant
Robert Hutton
Sarah Hutton
Hugh Hutton
Clyde Scott
Hutton
Winifred White Hambrecht
Wayne Henderson Appointed Milwaukee Road Master Mechanic
Wayne Henderson of Aberdeen South Dakota began work Wednesday as master mechanic for the Milwaukee road in Marion. He succeeds Fay King who has been transferred to the Twin Cities as shop superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Henderson
Aberdeen
S. D
Milwaukee Railroad
Marion
Fay King
Twin Cities
Ross Returns Home From Veterans Hospital
Fred D. Ross who had been a patient in the Veterans hospital Des Moines for four weeks returned home Tuesday. Mrs. Ross and Jimmie who went to Des Moines Sunday accompanied him home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Ross
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Marion notices and updates from street to church activities
Street Commissioner Elmer Bet zer asks Marion residents to keep cars off streets tonight in the business district. The city snow plow will clean streets overnight. Vernon Brockman becomes city assessor and will be at city hall Saturdays 9 am to 5 pm. The Presbyterian choir postpones rehearsal. Fire group votes to meet first and third Wednesdays. Various residents visit hospitals, relatives, or travel between Marion Ames and Crystal Lake Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Betzer
Marion
Vernon Brockman
Aowakiya
Wilson Pushes Pay-as-You-Go Debt Bill
Senator Wilson of Iowa introduced a pay-as-you-go bill requiring that one tenth of federal tax revenue be dedicated to retiring the national debt. The measure aims to curb federal deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Wilson
Iowa
El Kahir Shrine Elects Cockburn President for 47
El Kahir Shrine announced the 1947 uniformed body officers after the Potentate’s dinner. George H. Cockburn was named president with Ben Mokress as vice president and Stewart Shank as secretary. Peter F. Bailey became treasurer. Representatives and officers were named for Patrol Drum and Bugle Band and other units.
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el Kahir Shrine
George H. Cockburn
Ben Mokress
Stewart Shank
Peter F. Bailey
Montrose Crystal Room
Henry E. Haegg
L. L. Dolson
William M. Wiley
Walker
Jewel
O. Lee Eckert
Ernest H. Gundling
P. F. Bailey
Clyde Landis
B. L. Knight
Lee Eckert
Chester A. Carlton
Jand C. C. Sutton
Earl Bapty
Ralph Hartwig
Edwin Miller
John L. Baldridge
Stanley Bowers
L. J. Maresh
F. A. Ahring
Alex Fidler
George Schamberger
C. R. Melsa
Jake Klimo
M B. Katzoff
Peter F Bailey
L. Anthony
Zelc Sime
Fred Vosmek
J. R. Gardner
Roy Schwab
George H Cockburn
George Cockburn
George C. Thomas
al Ridge
Joe Carberry
Ben Holets
George Thomas
Howard Staves
Western Grocer workers strike in Cedar Rapids and seven Iowa cities
Warehousemen at Western Grocer Company walked out Wednesday over wage disputes after the union contract expired. Cedar Rapids workers cited a refusal to meet 107 1/2 cents an hour in three cities, with at least a dozen men involved in Cedar Rapids.
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Western Grocer Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Teamsters’ Union
Western Grocer
Des Moines
Mason City
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Carroll
Ottumwa
James D. White
Teamsters
Western
White
House of Western Grocer
First Street
Income Tax Break for Parents of Veteran Students
Treasury ruling grants a tax exemption for parents who provide more than half of a veteran student’s support when the son receives over 500 from the GI bill to attend school. GI educational payments do not count as income. support expenses must exceed the GI funds used by the student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G.I
Treasury
Grace Scott Fined For Reckless Driving
Mrs Grace Scott aged 55 of 1552 Washington avenue SE was fined 100 dollars and costs in police court for reckless driving. She was arrested Tuesday after her car collided with Glen E Barto at 420 Thirty-fourth street NE in the 1000 block of Third avenue. Police said she swerved left into Barto’s path while headed west on Third. Scott suffered a cut above her right eye and knee abrasions and received first aid at St Luke’s hospital.
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Grace Scott
Washington Avenue
Scott
Glen E. Barto
Thirty-fourth Street
Third Avenue
Barto
Central City Driver Fined After Accident
Gerald Walz of Central City was fined 5 dollars on two traffic counts in police court after an accident Tuesday evening that injured Eleanor Jackson of 915 Ninth Street SE. Jackson suffered severe knee abrasions and possible rib injuries after being struck while crossing First Avenue E at Crescent Street around 7 pm. she was treated at St Luke’s Hospital and listed in good condition Wednesday.
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Gerald Walz
Central City
Eleanor Jackson
Ninth Street SE
Miss Jackson
Walz
First Avenue E
Crescent Street
St. Luke’ S Hospital
Two Cedar Rapids Auto Firms Open Quarters
Cedar Rapids sees two automobile firms launch showrooms on Wednesday. Schamberger Motor Company displays Nash cars at 1020-1024 First avenue NE with public dancing by Earl Fulton’s band from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. The Vlach Motor Company Lincoln Mercury outlet shows cars at 706 Second avenue SE after remodeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Schamberger Motor Company
First Avenue
Vlach Motor Company
Lincoln-Mercury
Second Avenue SE
Viach
R. Viach
S. M. Vilach
H. Y. Simmons
R. M. Thompson
Lincoln- Mercury
William E. Schamberger
Nash
Earl Fulton
First Avenue NE
Schamberger
Wagner Act Debate Calls for Labor Reform
New York attorney Theo dore Iserman testified before the Senate labor committee claiming the Wagner act spurs strikes and proposes a broad remedial labor program. He urged outlawing illegal strikes secondary boycotts and the closed shop while advocating unions be liable for breach of contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
ALP
Theodore Iserman
New York
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Iserman
National Labor Relations Board
Trainmen to Seek New Rules in May Negotiations
A F Whitney said the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will seek changes in working rules and raises in May talks with carriers. Key proposals include a seven and a half hour daily limit, time and a half for Sundays and holidays, and an expense account for meals and lodging. Negotiations follow last spring's strike and Truman\'s ban on rule changes.
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Chicago
A. F Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Truman
Whitney
Mr. Truman
Hospital Attendant Acquitted of Charge
Edward Orth a hospital attendant about 50 was freed on an assault and battery charge after a hearing before Justice Henry Gillis at Mt Pleasant. Miss Fairo Davis testified Orth slapped and kicked a 24 year old patient at the state hospital for the insane while Thomas Greenwood said Orth led the patient by the arm and used a knee to bend his knees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Pleasant
Edward Orth
Justice of the Peace
Henry Gillis
State Hospital For the Insane
Fairo Davis
The
Hopital
Orth
Thomas Greenwood
Greenwood
TWA Sets Los Angeles To Chicago Speed Mark
Transcontinental and Western Air announced that the Constellation Star of Africa flew from Los Angeles to Chicago in four hours 44 minutes aided by tailwinds over 100 mph. Earlier it set a record from Los Angeles to Kansas City, then reached Chicago in two hours 17 minutes, beating the usual 1,769 mile schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Constellation
Star of Africa
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Lost and Found items clutter Cedar Rapids area ads
A mix of lost items and ads include watches, a bracelet, a brown billfold, a keycase, a ladder, a hound, a puppy, a terrier, and various personal belongings. Contacts list names, phone numbers, and locations such as YMCA downtown Cedar Rapids, McKinley school, Melody Lane, First Avenue, Crystal area, and local merchants. Multiple reward notices and calls for returns are included.
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YMCA
Robert Hackett
Alburnett
Zoet Sterling Allver
McKinley School
Bovey
Rewar
Shellsburg
Cedar Rapids
Cen
Vera Kilma
Will
Melody Lane
First Avenue
15Th St
Louise Clark
Harold Clark
Crystal
St. Matthew's Church
Reward
Dial
Christian Science Hymnal
City Dial
C Ave
J. Smith
Mefellanie National Bank
Joesph Chytry
O O'Meara
Drive Your Self Inc
Singer
Sincer Sewing Machine Co
1St
Vogel Agency
Corn Belt Building
Alcoholics Anonymous
Dorothea’s Massage Parlor
SANDS
3Rd Ave
1St Street
Independent Plane Safety Unit Urged
David J. Behneke president of the Air Lines Pilots Association urged Congress for an independent air safety board separate from other federal agencies. He argued the 1930s model was abolished in 1940 with functions folded into the Civil Aeronautics Administration and warned it creates a cart before horse system in regulation and investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
David JL. Behneke
The
Air Lines Pilots Association
Air Safety Board
House Commerce Committee
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Behncke
British Russian Pact Seen as General Alliance Hope
London AP reports an official source said Britain expects Prime Minister Stalin to propose a general military alliance to replace the mutual assistance treaty. The current pact covers Germany threats until 1962, with reservations noted as weakening the agreement.
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London
Stalin
Russia
Britain
Germany
Barber First Stop For Hermit's Kids
In San Diego three children of poet hermit Marshall South and his wife Tanya South are set to receive their first haircuts. Tanya, 46, won a divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty. Marshall, 61, obligated to pay $25 monthly support. The children Rider Del Sol 13 Rudyard Del Sol 8 and Victoria Del Sol 6 have lived 15 years atop Ghost mountain with no modern utilities or transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Ghost Mountain
Tanya South
Marshall South
South
Rider del Sol
Rudyard del Sol
Victoria del Sol
Stone Age Men Could Wear Modern Clothes
Berkeley California UP anthropologist Dr Theodore D McGown reports Natufians a 8000 year old stone age tribe could pass as modern men if dressed in contemporary clothes He notes they were medium height slender wiry white and may mark a transitional culture between ice age hunters and early agriculture Flint sickle blades in bone handles suggest they reaped wild grain on plains
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
Palestine
University of California
Theodore D. McGown
Three Germans To Be Hanged in Yank Deaths
An American military court in Dachau sentenced three Germans to death by hanging for the murder of five American airmen. Gustav Stork Gustav Deppe and Friz Durschke admitted shooting the prisoners as they were marched, on orders from a rural district police chief, in August 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dachau
Germany
Gustav Stork
Gustav Deppe
Friz Durschke
Judge challenges Laraine's divorce in Hollywood case
Superior Judge George A Dockweiler charged that film star Laraine Day and J Ray Hendricks obtained a divorce illegally and that her later marriage to Leo Durocher violated Texas and Mexican law. He ordered both to show cause why the decree should not be void and noted collusion in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
George A. Dockweiler
Laraine Day
J Ray Hendricks
Leo Duerocher
Brooklyn
Miss Day
Hendricks
Dackweiler
Juarez
Mex
Chihuahua
Durocher
el Paso
Texas
Leo Durocher
Navy photographs Antarctic coast mission reports open water bays
Navy mariner patrol planes surveyed 400 miles of icy Antarctic coastline near Adelie land. Rear Admiral Cruzen said charts do not match the reality, noting a featureless land with a large open bay near Budd coast. One plane damaged during recovery to Currituck as snow and wind keep ships at Little America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little America
United States Navy Mariner
Adelie Land
Bantari
Totten
Sabrina
Wilkesl
Richard Cruzen
Navy
U.S.S. Currituck
Bay of Whales
Ross Sea
Glacier
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Council
Lamson Brothers
H. R. Mowrey
Merchants National Bank
Wheat
Mareenee
Mar. Ara Iae
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
Interior
Minnesota
C. R. Markets
Shees
California
Pascal Celery
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Etraw
Clore Bay
Othy Hay
Dow-Jones
Associated Press
Can
Montgom Ward
Rad
Nash-Kelvinator
Telag
Dairy
Central
Penney
Penn
Bendix Aviat Phillips
Boeing Airplane
Sears Roe
Gen Motors
United Aircraft
Goodrich BF
Ae Sum
Goodyear T& A
Illinois Central
Int Harvester
West UN
Wilson Kennecott Con
Woolworth
Bai Kresge
Mississippi River
Hastings Suveseers Cocecs
la Crosse
McGregor
Gedar River
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Mother Counsel
C.R
den Mothers School
Fred Ross
Samuel Simmerson
Thirteenth Street
Beagle Hound
Arthur E. Crew
Santa Fe
Col
Herbert Gee
Ralph Berryhill
Adv
Dewey Lint
S.E
William H. Lingard
San Antonio
Ruth Lingard
Earl Blair
Presbyterian Choir
Leland Auld
Clifford Thompson
Sixteenth Street
Jerry Kopecky
Tenth Avenue
George L. Erwin
Mrs
Don Kirkham
Ames
Webber
John Webber
Prairieburg
Soil Conservation District Commissioners
Iowa State College
Larry Gordon
Crystal Lake
Harry Hense
Edith Gordon
Cockburn
Bronx
C.R. Auto Firms
TWA
Rapids Chevrolet Co
Pajamas Army Release
Jack's
Buresh Motors, Inc
Center Point Road
Jack’s
Post Office
Parker
Vincent's Jewelry
Cedar Rapids Music
Frobasco
Valentine Heart
Pangburn
Gale's
Johnston S . Claxton College Pharmacy
Barber
Hermit's Kids
Laraine
Photographs
Antarctic
Alton L. Blakeslee
United States
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