Iowa Weather and Local Notices Dated July 5 1947
Iowa Agricultural Forecast calls for clearing Sunday morning with fair conditions. Monday generally fair but widely scattered showers possible in northern state. Tuesday partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers. Northerly winds around 15 mph. Temperatures: Sunday high 80, low 62. Monday high 84. City reports list Williston Miami Chicago Duluth Denver New York Phoenix Los Angeles Sioux City and others with various readings. Local notices include fires at Voracek residence. drunkenness fines for Warren Franks and Arthur Addy and Earl Thomas. disturbances at Hawkeye Downs. Birth announcements from Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals. corrections to previous births. reckonings and traffic fines across several towns. Obituaries include Henry Severson, Frank Arneson. deaths in Decorah and Vining. council Bluffs birth notices and various address references.
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Williston
Miami
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
DeWitt Man 48 Killed in Lowden Transformer Substation
Special to The Gazette. Louis Cook 48 of De Witt, an employee of the Iowa Electric Company, was electrocuted at 6.45 pm Friday while fusing a transformer at the company's sub-station in Lowden. He is survived by his wife and daughter.
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Lowden
Louis Cook
de Witt
Iowa Electric Company
Truman Turns to Bird Life Study
President Truman relaxed from international concerns by observing Virginia mountain songbirds at Stanley Woodward’s estate near Monticello. He identified catbirds mockingbirds and titmice before walking the Woodward grounds. Secretary Ross said no immediate NLRB appointments and no travel before Congress adjourns. next week he may address displaced persons in Europe.
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Charlottesville
INS
Truman
Virginia
Soviet Russia
Stanley Woodward
Woodward Estate
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Charles G Ross
National Labor Relations Board
Ross
Washington
Congress
Europe
Man Severely Cuts Arm Trying to Enter Trailer
Theodore Kasner, 23, of Ellis Trailer Camp, was treated at Mercy Hospital Friday for a severed artery in his right forearm after putting his arm through a trailer door. Police saw he was locked out and injury occurred during the attempted entry. His condition Saturday noon was described as fairly good.
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Theodore Kasner
Ellis Trailer Camp
Mercy Hospital
Kasner
Sinking Ship Mystery Off West Coast
A burning sinking vessel was reported about 10 miles off the northern California coast near Point Reyes to Point Arena. Coast Guard and Army search aircraft and boats scoured rough seas for 24 hours with no debris or survivors found. The tanker Elbrus nearby denied any disaster, while officials continued inquiries into the mystery.
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San Francisco
California
Coast Guard
Point Reyes
Point Arena
Earl Holle
Oak Ridge Lookout Station
Ft. Ross
Sonoma County
Holle
Army Search and Rescue Squadron
Hamilton Field
Ranger Holle
Elbrus
Vladivostok
Van Der Linden Leaves Iowa Legion Post for Marshall Messenger
John E. Van Der Linden 29 of Ames resigns as director of membership and post activities for Iowa American Legion. He will become editor of the Marshall Messenger in Minnesota starting July 7. He served in World War I and has worked for Mason City Globe-Gazette Ames Daily Tribune and Scott County Tribune and launched the Iowa Legion news service and wrote the Iowa Legion handbook.
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DES Moines
INS
John E
van der Linden
Ames
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Marshall Messenger
Marshall
Walcott
Legion State Headquarters
Iowa Legion News Service
Iowa Legion Handbook
Legion
Policeman Stricken in Muscatine Death of Assistant Chief Grady
Menzo Grady, 58, assistant chief of Muscatine police since 1929, collapsed on duty Friday and died while being taken to a hospital.
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Muscatine
Menzo Grady
Friendship Fan quilt pattern 568 offered by Laura Wheeler
Learn how to make the easy Friendship Fan quilt with three pattern pieces. Laura Wheeler promotes a new improved pattern with charts photos and concise directions. Send 20 cents for Pattern 568 to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept 549 West Randolph Street Chicago Illinois.
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Laura Wheeler
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph Street
Chicago
Traffic Toll In Cedar Rapids Since April 1
Cedar Rapids records show 285 traffic accidents since April 1 with 93 injuries and 1 death. Authorities urge caution as roadway conditions vary and drivers are reminded to follow speed limits and observe safety rules.
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Cedar Rapids
50-50 Chance of Extra Session of Congress Is Seen
Washington AP reports Congress members from both parties privately foresee a 50 chance of a special session by October to shape a financing plan for Europe’s recovery. They favor a survey of needs and resources, while wary of overstepping to protect the economy, with potential fall action, not a split on Europe policy.
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Washington
Europe
Congress
United States
Hoover
Bernard Baruch
Western Hemisphere
Garbo Decides on Accepting $20,000 Estate
Greta Garbo accepted a $20,000 estate left by Edgar Donne, an Allegen hermit who sheltered his dream of the star for 20 years. The will, written in 1936 in England, leaves Greta Garbo or Greta Garbo Donne as beneficiary. The estate includes English securities, jewelry, U.S. cash, and a 140 acre farm. The liquidations will be handled by Justice Irving Tucker's court and proceeds may go to the Sister Kenny foundation.
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Allegan
Mich
Greta Garbo
Edgar Donne
John Donne
Margaret Lee Luna
Miss Garbo
Sister
Donne
Hollywood
Buer
Irving Tucker
London
United States
Holiday Fatality Toll Tops 250 Over Fourth of July
Associated Press reports more than 250 people died in violent incidents during the Fourth of July holiday across the United States. From 6 p.m. Thursday to Saturday there were 253 violent deaths, including 4 from fireworks, 103 drownings, and 98 highway crashes. A skyrocket explosion at a Maryland family reunion killed three, with another fireworks death in Maine and several plane crashes noted.
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Elk Neck
Maine
Bandit Stages Third Holdup at Gas Station
DES MOINES AP reports a young bandit robbed Russell Simpson's filling station for the third time in nine days Friday night. He took 10 or 12 dollars from Simpson and a $70 wristwatch from a friend of Simpson. Simpson fired but likely missed. In earlier holdups, the bandit obtained 32 dollars on June 26 and 30 dollars on June 29.
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DES Moines
Russell Simpson
Simpson
Archbishop seeks joint NEA NCEA panel to ease Catholic public school tension
Cincinnati archbishop John T. McNicholas urged a joint committee of the National Education Association and the National Catholic Educational Association to ease the strained Catholic public school tensions. He asked the NEA to consider a conciliatory approach to use of public funds for non public school children and opposed denying services to parish school children. Pearl Wanamaker, NEA president, said she had not read the letter and declined to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John T. McNicholas
National Education Association
National Catholic Educational Association
NCAE
NEA
Pearl
A. Wanamaker
Olympia
Wash
Nea-Ncea
Auto Hits Parked Car Injuring Oakland Mother and Son
In Oakland California a car collided with a machine parked in front of 1405 Mt Vernon Road SE injuring Mil ton Hintzman 31 and her ten year old son Leroy who were taken to Mercy hospital. Both were treated and described as in good condition. The accident also involved Mil tons husband and another boy Larry five who were uninjured. The Hintzman car damaged the Plotz owned vehicle at about $115 and the California car over $200 in damage.
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Oakland
Calif
Mercy Hospital
Mt. Vernon Road
Milton Hintzman
Leroy
Hintzman
Larry
Ed Plotz
Vernon Road
Plotz
California
Sokol Days Brighten Cedar Rapids Fourth of July
Cedar Rapids marks Sokol Day with a July 3 4 celebration proclaimed by the mayor and city officials. A wreath laying at Bohemian National cemetery honors Czechoslovak soldiers, with 41 local Czechoslovak crosses nearby as 300000 participants prepare for the Slet festival set for July 1948. The visiting Sokols depart early for Omaha to satisfy a 7 p.m. performance, ensuring rest before travel.
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Sokols
Frank Hahn
Don Hines
Sokol
Cedar Rapids
Bohemian National’ Cemetery
Vince Kubovec
Czech National Cemetery Board
Hrebik
Zlata Tichackova
Jiri Slansky
ZCBJ
Omaha
T. B. Hlubucek, Jr
Omaha Express
No One's Asked Me To Be President Ike Says
General Eisenhower repeated that he has no political aims but joked that no one has asked him to be president. He told reporters he would not claim the post, while noting he would continue to preach Americanism once he becomes president of Columbia University.
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Ike
Wheeler Wins July 4 Country Club Tourney
G. C. Wheeler won Friday's Independence Day flag tournament at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Frank C. Waples finished second and T. F Blaul third. A tie for fourth included Harry G. O'Donnell and G. H. Cornwell, while J. B. Terry at 75 claimed low gross.
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G. C. Wheeler
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Frank C. Waples
T. F Blaul
Harry G. O'Donnell
G. H. Cornwell
J. B. Terry
Southern Mine Owners Balk At Agreement
Washington AP Northern operators offer John L Lewis a one year contract with a 44 1 2 cent hourly raise and a 10 cent a ton welfare levy. Southern coal producers hesitate over ratification as AFL UMW members prepare to vote Sunday. Western operators likely accept terms, leaving southern mines to decide after a 10 day vacation. Captive steel company mines join northern side in the push for a yearly agreement.
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Washington
Southern
John L. Lewis
Northern
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Miners’ Welfare Fund
AFL United Mine Workers
UMW
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Rent Control Provisions On Landlord Rent Increases
A landlord may raise rent by up to 15 percent only if the tenant signs a written lease by December 31, 1947 that expires on or after December 31, 1948 and meets filing rules. An oral agreement does not change the maximum rent. Leases must be filed with the area rent office within 15 days after signing, along with three copies of the Registration of Lease Form D-92 detailing unit, landlord and tenant, dates, and the new maximum rent.
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Area Rent Office
Cave Searched For Missing Man Nickajack Cave Rescue In Tennessee
In Chattanooga Tennessee a trained rescue party crawled Nickajack cave searching for John T. Hurn who vanished Tuesday while exploring the property with his brother. After 48 hours they found clues at a clay bank edge near a subterranean pool, suggesting a possible body.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Nickajack Cave
John T. Hurn
Nashville
Hurn
Nickajack
City Water Back Ottumwa After River Flood
Ottumwa residents returned to city water today marking the first normal supply since June 6. Water for drinking had been sourced from tanks placed around the city after the Des Moines river flood struck the area.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Kelly Jr Wins Henley Diamond Sculls for Philadelphia Father
John B. Kelly Jr. of Philadelphia defeated Carl Fronsdal of Norway in eight minutes 49 seconds to win the Diamond Sculls final at Henley. The elder Kelly watched as his son fulfilled a vow to win the event for him, with Mrs Kelly and two daughters among the jubilant spectators along the Thames.
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Henley-On-Thames
England
John B. Kelly, Jr
Philadelphia
Royal Henley
Kelly
Great Britain
Burt Bushnell
Elizabeth
Grace
University of Pennsylvania
Thames
Viola homecoming picnic and district meeting notices
The Viola annual homecoming picnic is set for noon Sunday on school grounds. A Second district Townsend club meeting will be in K P hall at 420 First Avenue NE starting Sunday with a noon dinner, a 1 30 pm council meeting, and a 2 30 pm report on the Washington convention by Mrs Addis state organizer. Four additional men earned private pilot licenses at Hunterfield this week: Orval Schmitt Francis Shrope Robert F Johnston and Martin A Seeger. Services at St John Lutheran Ely Sunday at 11 am with Rev J Hamilton Dawson of Des Moines delivering a sermon titled A Golden Cup.
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Viola
Townsend Club
K. P. Hall
First Avenue NE
Washington
Hunterfield
Orval Schmitt
Francis Shrope
Robert F. Johnston
Martin A. Seeger
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ely
J. Hamilton Dawson
Des Moines
Prokop Velky lodge to meet Sunday at 9 am
Prokop Velky lodge No 137 of the C S A will hold a Sunday meeting at 9 o clock in the C S P S lodge rooms. Missionary H Green from Chicago will address the 3 pm services at the Church of God in Christ on Sunday.
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Prokop Velky Lodge No
C.S.A
C.S.P.S
H. Green
Chicago
Church of God In Christ
Drunk Drivers Fined in Independence District Court
Two men charged with drunk driving were fined 300 dollars and costs in district court this week. Mike Evers of Winthrop and John Rippon of Independence faced the penalty.
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Independence
Mike Evers
Winthrop
John Rippon
Cinch to Make Pattern 4639 Sun Frock Bolero
Learn to sew a sun top and spinning skirt with Pattern 4639 in Jr Miss sizes 11 to 17. Includes illustrated instructions and fabric yardages for size 13, plus bolero. Send 25 cents with name address zone size and style number to Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept. 130 N Clinton St Chicago Ill.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
N. Clinton Street
Chicago
Ill
Services for Milton Price Held at Spring Grove Church
Milton J. Price 64 life long Linn County resident died in an Iowa City hospital at 7 30 am Friday Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday at Spring Grove church near Coggan Friends may call at Beatty chapel Cedar Rapids Born Brandon December 13 1882 Survived by wife Eva Sullivan four daughters Mrs Donald Calhoun Cedar Falls Mrs Walter Bohler Des Moines Mrs Emmett Reeves and Mrs Leo Carlson Cedar Rapids four sons Orville Bud Robert Iowa City Wilford Cedar Rapids father John M Price Coggan four brothers Clarence Troy Mills Charles Palo Jess Coggan Louis Central City and 14 grandchildren
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Milton J. Price
Linn County
Iowa City
Spring Grove Church
Coggan
Beatty Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Brandon
Eva Sullivan
Donald Calhoun
Cedar Falls
Walter Bohler
Des Moines
Emmett Reeves
Leo
Elderly Cedar Rapids Woman Dies After Long Illness
Margaret Warwick Neely aged 93 of Cedar Rapids dies at a nursing home after a long illness. Born in Belfast Ireland on August 17 1854 she lived in Cedar Rapids 65 years. Survived by son James W. Neely and daughter Elizabeth Evans. Services in Turner chapel Tuesday at 1 30 pm conducted by Rev H K Galloway. Burial Linwood cemetery.
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Margaret Warwick Neely
Route One
James Neely
Cedar Rapids
Belfast
Ireland
James W. Neely
Elizabeth N. Evans
Hayti
S.D
Neely
United Presbyterian Church
Turner Chapel
H. K. Galloway
Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church
Linwood Cemetery
Death notices Edward H Martelle 91 dies at son's home
Edward H. Martelle 91 died at 10 30 pm Friday at his son George W Martelle's home 870 Center Point Road NE after a short illness He was born January 16 1856 in Colton New York Surviving Frank R Martelle Dorsey A Martelle Buffalo New York and George W Martelle Cedar Rapids a grandson and three great grandsons Friends may call Brady mortuary Saturday evening Body to be shipped Sunday morning to Central City Nebraska for services and burial
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Edward H. Martelle
George W. Martelle
Center Point Road
Colton
N. Y
Frank
R. Martelle
Newport
Neb
Dorsey A. Martelle
Buffalo
Nom
Cedar Rapids
Brady
Central City
Boy Hero Gets Toy Fire Engine After Arm Amputation
Quincy ins reports nine year old George Andres, who lost his right arm rescuing a robin from a live transformer, received a toy fire engine from Fire Chief George Simon while in hospital. More than 190 dollars flowed to support his medical expenses as the community and fire department funded his care.
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Quincy
INS
George Andrews
George Simon
George
Illinois Town Is Isolated by Flood
GRAND TOWER Illinois isolated by the Mississippi flood as water rose to near second story levels. Coast guard supervised boat deliveries of food and milk while amphibian craft carried essentials to the stranded town of about 1000. The river gauge reached 40.6 feet Friday night, with a rise likely before recession.
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Grand Tower
Ill
Illinois
Coast Guard
Scattered California Fires Cause Heavy Losses Across Counties
AP report details widespread blazes across California with thousands of acres burned in Los Angeles San Diego and San Luis Obispo counties. The Cleveland National Forest blaze near San Diego surpassed 16000 acres in four days threatening Laguna camping areas. In Los Padres National Forest San Luis Obispo county 1000 acres burned prompting parachuted hoses. Chatsworth saw about 1500 acres burned and 50 structures including 18 homes destroyed with damages pegged around 500000. A Camp Fire Girls group evacuated safely amid the fires.
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Los Angeles
California
San Diego
San Luis Obispo
Cleveland National Forest
Laguna
Portrero Canyon
Lopez Canyon
Los Padres National Forest
San Luis Obispo County
Federal Forestry Service
Santa Maria
Talaki
Chatsworth
FBI Delivers Communist Party Case Evidence to DOJ
Washington FBI has completed an inquiry into charges the Communist party violated the federal corrupt practices act and has forwarded evidence to the Justice Department’s criminal division. The case stems from the 1946 elections when six candidates ran under the Communist banner and allegedly failed to file campaign reports.
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Washington
INS
FBI
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
House Elections Committee
Rep
Priest
D-Tenn
Communist Party
House Committee
Congress
Clark
Daily Worker
Dewey Starts Off On Tour Of West
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey begins a nine state, 4000 mile unofficial tour to line up GOP delegates for the 1948 convention. Accompanied by Mrs. Dewey and their two sons, he will visit Oklahoma Missouri Colorado Utah Montana Wyoming Idaho Illinois and Michigan returning Aug. 1. He plans talks with state leaders and attends governors conference in Salt Lake City July 13 to 16. The party includes James Hagerty and Paul Lockwood and travels with a press corps of 11.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
G.O.P
Dewey
Oklahoma
Missouri
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Wyomin
Idaho
Illinois
Michigan
Truman
Salt Lake City
Paul E. Lockwood
James C. Hagerty
St. Louis
Sapulpa
Okla
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Daily Record
F. A. Voracek
Eighth Street
Warren Franks
Sterling
Hawkeye Downs
Arthur Addy
Sixth Street
Earl Thomas
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Mercy
Stanley Parour
J Street
John Dwyer
Tenth Street
Louis de Klotz
Shellsburg
William Pudzuvelis
Fourth Avenue
St. Luke’s
Ralph Little
Palo
Harry Parsons
K Street
John Williams
Sixth Street Avenue
Council Bluffs
James H. Black
Black
Betty Jean Potter
Earl Potter
Pullman Hotel
O. C. Black
Paul R. Vifian
Shaver Road
Ralph Randak
Third Street
Donald R. Vesely
Elmhurst Drive
C. O. Block
Evanston
J. L. Hatchcraft
Circle Drive
Wendl Popek
Fourteenth Street
Walter Ehlers
Fifteenth Street
Harold C. Quaas
Marion
Robert Ambdenstock
Toddville
Willard Burke
John Remington
Vinton
Clayton Bohstedt
YMCA
Theodore Plagman
Williamsburg
C. A. Pope
Fourth Avenue SE
J. J. Viktor
Mt. Vernon
Rawlins J. Brookner
1629
Avenue NE
Decorah
Henry R. Severson
Frank W. Arneson
Vining
Clifford Hrabak
Veterans Hospital
West Coast
Iowa Legion
Garbo
Hermit
Associated Press
Bandit
Unit
Holy
Czechoslovakia
Wheeler
Southern Mine Owners
Balk
City Water
Sweet Revenge
Kellys
Townsend Meeting
Ely Church Services
Prokop Velky
Vom
Price Services
Margaret Neely
Laura Bunker
Laura Seelye Bunker
Franklin D. Bunker
Grant Township
Tama County
Maude Z. Seelye
Traer
Carrie G. Ebert
Coniston
Canada
Buckingham Cemetery
Firemen
Justice Dept
House Inquiry
Freedom of the Press, Inc
Voorhis Act
State Department
New Jersey
National Party
House
Turner
S.E. Winken
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