Weather forecast and police blotter highlights
Partly cloudy and warm through Monday with scattered light showers in northwest areas. Daytime southerly winds 10 to 13 mph. Highs around 88 to 90, lows near 65. Police notices include multiple fines for drunkenness, fireworks, reckless driving, and leaving cars in prohibited zones, with amounts listed and dates of incidents.
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Lion
Charles Yarbrough
Ely
Charles A. Brown
Toddville
Frank Turner
H Street
Conn Holmes
Alfred Toby
Washington Avenue SE
Downtown Cedar Rapids bus routes praised by officials
City Lines manager E A Prochaska and police said the new downtown routes began Thursday with minor glitches. They noted smoother traffic with buses on First and Third avenues, changes to stops, transfer rules, and a police crackdown on double parking to ease congestion.
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City Lines
E. A. Prochaska
Prochaska
First Avenue E
First Avenue
Fifth Street E
Second Avenue
Second Street SE
Third Street SE
First
Third Avenues
Condon
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Clift
Cedar Rapids Council Bans Tile Drain to Sewers
Cedar Rapids city council passed a resolution halting connections from land drain tiles to sanitary sewers. Public Improvements Commissioner David L Williams introduced it, directing City Engineer Frank Young to enforce restrictions after meetings. Williams cited sewer backups during rains as the motive, noting no prior limits existed.
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Cedar Rapids
David L. Williams
Frank Young
Young
Illiams
Memorial Commission Candidates Appointed
Cedar Rapids city council appointed four men to the Memorial commission as recommended by a convention of five veterans organizations. Appointed were R. L. Whelan, Walter Miller, John N. Nichols and John Fryrear with Mayor Frank K. Hahn as a member by virtue of his office. The commission will maintain the Memorial building on the Island and oversee construction of the Memorial stadium on a west tract.
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Cedar Rapids
Memorial Commission
R. L. Whelan
Walter Miller
John N. Nichols
John Fryrear
Frank K. Hahn
Veteran Pickets Protest Eviction by O'Daniel’s Son in Dallas
Ex soldier Wesley Brient, ordered to vacate an apartment owned by Mike O’Daniel, son of U.S. Senator W. Lee O’Daniel, plans a two hour protest parade with American Veterans committee members. Brient, returning from 10 months overseas, challenges a 30 day eviction and a rent rise to $100 a month.
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Dallas
Texas
Pfe
Wesley Brient
OPA
U.S
W. Lee
Pappy” O’daniel
Brient
Pacific
Mike O’daniel
Dani R Brient
American Veterans Committee
Southern Methodist University
O’daniel
Pfc
Sen. W. Lee O’daniel
Schools and veterans groups nominate commission members
The school board and the commission purchased the side while nominations came from Dows camp No. 4 United Spanish War Veterans Hanford post No. 5 Pont a Mousson post No 451 American Legion post 788 Veterans of Foreign Wars and chapter 10 Disabled American Veterans.
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Commission
Dows Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
Hanford
Pont-a-Mousson
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chapter 10
The
Disabled American Veterans
Deaths Funeral Service for Edward H. Tuttle
Edward H. Tuttle of St. Louis died at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at Oak Hill cemetery Saturday at 11 a.m. with Rev. Paul L. Clark officiating. Friends may call at Turner chapel until 10 a.m. Saturday. Born January 5, 1873 in Rawlins Wyoming, he moved to Cedar Rapids in 1879, worked as a mechanic with the old BCR&N railroad, retired in St. Louis for 24 years. He was a Grace Episcopal church acolyte. Surviving: brothers Julius O. and Roy C. Tuttle, and Harry E. Hunter of Cedar Rapids.
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Edward H. Tuttle
St. Louis
Oak Hill Cemetery
Paul L. Clark
Turner Chapel
Mr. Tuttle
Rawlins
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
B.C.R. and
Grace Episcopal Church
Julius O
Roy C. Tuttle
Harry E. Hunter
Longtime Cedar Rapids Resident Mary Vorishek Dead
Mary K. Vorishek of Cedar Rapids died at 9 am Thursday at her daughter Rose Heral’s home after a brief illness. Born January 9, 1861 in Zalsi Kraj Tabor, Bohemia, she came to the United States at 13 and settled in Solon. Survived by daughter Rose Heral son Rudolph Vorishek two grandchildren Milo Heral Vernon Vorishek and two great grandchildren Jolie Elaine Heral. Services Saturday at 2 pm in Polansky chapel. Burial Bohemian National cemetery.
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Mary K. Vorishek
Cedar Rapids
Rose Heral
Second Street
Zalsi Kraj Tabor
Czechoslovakia
States
Solon
George
Milo
Charles
Rudolph Vorishek
Milo Heral
Vernon Vorishek
Jolie
Elaine Heral
Polansky Chapel
Zdenek Pauk
Bohemian National Cemetery
George McClellan Dies at 82 in Cedar Rapids
George B. McClellan 82 died at his home 712 Fifth Street SE Friday after a long illness. He lived in Cedar Rapids over 40 years and was a retired North Western railroad brake man. Surviving are his wife Margaret Flood and children including Iva Cox and Cora Johnson. Funeral at Beatty chapel Monday at 1 30 p.m. with Elder A V McClure and Star of the West Lodge officiating. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery.
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George B. McClellan
Fifth Street
Mifflin County
Cedar Rapids
North Western Railroad
Margaret Flood
May Young
Iva Cox
Los Angeles
Cora Johnson
San Diego
Clarence Young
Backus
Minn
Roy
Arthur Young
Davenport
Richard Young
Des Moines
Harry Young
Tony Michalek
Glen Fisher
Star of the West Lodge
K. of P
Maine Lodge
Moose Lodge
The
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Infant Staub Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
James Roy Staub infant son of Mr and Mrs Herbert K Staub of 144 Thirty third Street Drive SE Cedar Rapids died Friday morning in a Cedar Rapids hospital. He was born July 1 Surviving besides his parents are four brothers Herbert F George Norman of Cedar Rapids and Sgt William E Belvoir VA a sister Mrs Richard Cornwell Cedar Rapids
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James Roy Staub
Herbert K. Staub
Thirty-third Street
Cedar Rapids
Herbert F
George
Norman
William E
Belvoir
Richard Cornwell
Cedar
Senate Debates Price Control Bill Amidst OPA Fallout
Barkley says new bill preserves gaps from the Taft Wherry plan and would block court actions on OPA lapse transactions while not forcing government payments. Porter criticizes provisions on clothing costs cotton and wool textiles auto dealer margins and food price authority. Taft vows to fight on the Senate floor as the measure heads for presidential review.
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Midwest
Barkley
Gurney
OPA
Senate Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Porter
Senate
Truman
Banking and Currency Committee
Taft and Wherry
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Woman Kills Husband After Family Row at Home
Walker’s wife says she shot her husband after he struck his wife and begged her to shoot him. William Walker visited Wednesday and urged return to Marion hospital. She retrieved a shotgun, fired as he lay on bed, muttering goodbye to his mother. She slept until her son called the sheriff.
Celebration of Music and Fireworks at Hawkeye Festival
The Hawkeye Music Festival featured soloists from Anamosa Center Point Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Donnellson with pieces by Clarke Wagner Gounod Pryor and Grieg. Winners include Paul Wright Cedar Rapids Dick Brickley Anamosa and Margery Christensen Des Moines among others. The evening ended with a fireworks display and a flying prop bomb stunt over ships.
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Howard Stube
Dick Brickley
Anamosa
Cornetist
Hudson
Herbert Clarke
Margaret Stroud
Lila Lee Wheeler
Center Point
Thomas
Lulu Belle McGinnis
Donald L. Gunn
Thirtyfourth Street SE
Faust
Gounod
Bob Colston
Vinton
Mary Ann Nunemaker
Donnellson
Prof
Max Daehler
Coe College
Grieg
Helen Nancy
Dubuque
Elizabeth
Wagner
Patricia
Wendell Pribyl
Cedar Rapids
Jolly
Pratti
de Falle
Paul Wright
Arthur Pryor
Lucile R. Wesson
Des Moines
Jean Wallace
Edith Mae DeForest
West Liberty
Margery Christensen
Shirley Ann Lewis
Gerald Pitsenbarger
Moran Waiting On Ostrich Hatch In Hollywood
Hollywood: Jim Moran, famed for odd stunts, nests on an ostrich egg three weeks after taking over from a jealous mother. He expects H-day Friday with the chick possibly breaking shell by Friday, though an expert warns it may take longer. Moran says he candied the egg and detected signs of life.
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Hollywood
Jim Moran
Moran
Moran Sai
Street Booths Sell Cedar Rapids Open Tickets
The Cedar Rapids open golf tourney at the Country club on July 21 will have ticket booths downtown the day before. City council granted the Young Men's bureau of the Chamber of Commerce permission to set up sidewalk stands on Third Avenue between Killian's and Morris Sanford's and on Second Avenue between Woolworth's and Ames'. M. L. Nathanson presented the proposal for the bureau.
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Country Club
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Third Avenue
Killian’s
Morris Sanford’s
Second Avenue
Woolworth’s
Ames
M. L. Nathanson
Council For the
Open Verdict in Gas Line Deaths
Gas company and county officials opened an investigation into a 24 inch gas pipeline explosion that killed six men and injured nine while disrupting service to two cities. A coroner's jury returned an open verdict for all deaths after a hurried inquest led by Coroner A J Roberts. The victims include Ben A Marsha 34 A D Cleary Geneseo Francis Ingram Geneseo James Pretzel Harper and Robert Walstrom Belvidere Dale Swan 39 Truro. Injured include Cliff Halterman 50 Truro.
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Geneseo
Francis Ingram
James Pretzel
Harper
Robert Walstrom
Belvidere
Dale Swan
Truro
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cliff Halterman
Three Accused Of Aggression In Manchuria
A witness in a war crimes trial testifies that at least three defendants plotted to attack Manchuria in 1931 to place it under Japanese rule. Maj. Gen. Ryukichi Tanaka names Okawa Hashimoto Itagaki and others as responsible, detailing interlocking plots and the creation of the Manchukuo state to satisfy international and military aims.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
Ryukichi Tanaka
Hideki Tojo
Imperial General Staff
Shumei Okawa
Kingoro Hashimoto
Seishiro Itagaki
Tanaka
Eastern
Asia
Okawa
Hashimoto
Itagaki
Isamu Cho
Golden Dragon Geisha House
Gen
Kanji Ishiwara Kanji
East Asia League
Yoshitsugu Tatekawa
Ishiwara
Tatekawa
Cho
Japan
Manchukuo
Fourth of July toll falls short of safety council forecast
The Associated Press reports 1162 violent deaths nationwide over a four day holiday period ending Friday with 73 traffic fatalities and 46 drownings. Ohio led states with 17 deaths including nine in traffic incidents amid a peacetime Independence Day celebration.
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Ohio
National Safety Council
Philadelphia
Waukesha
Wis
Jeane Piccone
Fairmount Park
George Bucher
Paterson
N. J
Harry McNally
Rev J Hamilton Dawson to lead services at St Johns Ely
The Rev J Hamilton Dawson of Des Moines will oversee services at 11 am Sunday at St Johns Lutheran church in Ely. His sermon is titled The Supreme Loyalty. Sunday school begins at 10 am. Mrs M W Enders of 1018 Center Point road NE returned Thursday from Burlington after attending her nephew John Huppenbergers funeral.
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J. Hamilton Dawson
Des Moines
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ely
M. W. Enders
Center Point Road
Burlington
John Huppenberger
Burglary Report At 1507 E Street SW
J F Black of 1507 E street SW told police a burglar entered his home through a basement window between 10 15 am and 10 pm on Wednesday. Nothing was stolen and the incident is under investigation.
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J. F. Black
E Street
Cedar Rapids Sees Beef Shortage Brightened by Higher Prices
Government remarks note higher cattle prices easing tax burden and aiding retailers in Cedar Rapids who faced beef shortages and black market gouging. Pork supplies remain tight as Cedar Rapids slaughter figures stay low, with hog receipts at interior markets week by week. Beef remains essential and preferred by shoppers despite limited pork.
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Cedar Rapids
Livestock Receipts Jam Chicago Stockyards
Farmers sent the largest Friday cattle and hog receipts to Chicago stockyards in a decade. The Agriculture Department noted Friday cattle volume was the highest for a Friday since 1936 and hogs the highest since 1934, aided by Thursday’s market holiday and Friday’s normal slack. More than 23,000 hogs and 6,500 cattle were reported.
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Go Western Packing
Maha
Neb
Minneapolis
East St. Louis
Inl
Indianapolis
Omaha
St. Louis
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
British Officers Freed After Kidnap by Irgun In Tel Aviv
Three British officers were dumped unharmed from a truck in crates in Tel Aviv by Irgun Zvai Leumi. The men were chained for 16 days. their release followed the commutation of death sentences for two Jewish Irgun members to life imprisonment.
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Tel Aviv
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank Organizational Filing
A historical bank record lists Swisher Trust and Savings Bank in Swisher Iowa with officers J. Netolicky M.D. president Joseph de Coufal vice president Ge J cashier Elmer J. K assistant cashier and certified sworn statements. Deposits total over 1.17 million with resources and reserves noted and a notary affirmation dated June 33 193?. official seal and county filing details included.
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J. Netolicky
M.D
Joseph de Coufal
Ge. J. Cashier
Elmer J. K
J. Licky
Wees Coufal
Pwe
Atte Cc
Chas
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Phillip Pospisil
Allison Hotel
Ernest Wood
Bennie Graw
William Cox
Seventeenth Street
Midland Industries
Granby
LaVerne R. Kreutzer
Mary Pe Burke
Jack D. Piper
Ella Ruth Allen
Douglas C. Shaheen
Mamie C. Oberthein
Walter Nichols
Beatrice L. Riley
Joseph D. Bendon
Mabel Gilbert
Charles H. Carlile
Sadie McIntire
Muscatine
Richard M. Price
Marion
Dorothy J. Franta
Mt. Vernon
Phillip N. Bates
Coolidge, Ariz
LaFonda Parker
Lena Wiltsey
Harvey Joe Wiltsey
Helen Halverson
Harry Halverson
Hanna Teply
Frank Teply
Evelyn Marie Ankney
Leo Daniel Ankney
Katharine B. McBurney
Philip J. McBurney
Edward L. Anderson
Kathryn Miles Anderson
Dora Lint
Charles Lint
Jerry Michael Zack, Jr
Novella Conner Zack
Justice Court
Hugh Ryan
Milwaukee, Wis
H. R. Churchill
St. Luke’s
Floyd Floyd
Arthur Thiersch
Twentysixth Street
Patrick Ryan
John Larson
Pleasant
Mercy
Harold Hartley
Avenue NW
Lumir Pfeifer
Eleventh Street
LeRoy Victorine
T. J. Condon
Kenwood
West Highlands
Fifteenth Street
Ellis Park
Third Street
Bever Park
Collins Radio
Wilson Packing Plant
Merchants National Bank
Marion-Kennes
Christ
Phil Clarkson
Navy Intelligence Officer
Youth For Christ
Helen van Ryswyk
Os Phe Akau
O'Daniel
United Press
Mike
C.R
George McClellan
Beatty Chapel
A. V. McClure
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Staub Infant
Kentucky
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
House
Maryland
Elmer Ferriter
American Legion Committee
Paul W. Wright
Chester V. Ehrenberger
Cornet
Norman Bakehouse
Sigourney
Jack D. Mordorst
Aletha Abel
Suzanne Elliott
Ruth E. Vornholt
Helen Grant
Fairfield
Nancy Norris
Tipton
Kenneth Fisher
Ruth L. Johnson
West Branch
Associated Press
1St Ave
11Th St
Lapes
Carfrae
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank
Ignest
Swisher
Gohnsent
United States
Fed
DOE
Kal Prestbadetieve
Ces
Ps Wopedio SS
Kek
Seeeesias Agiscounes
Gis
Serecesenveese Ital
Aren
Gine Wien
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