Weather and life notes mix in Cedar Rapids daily record
The Daily Record weather page notes low Sunday temperatures and rainfall amounts across multiple cities including Miami Minneapolis New York and Los Angeles. Iowa’s forecast calls for cloudy skies through Wednesday with scattered thundershowers in the north and west and warmer conditions in the east Tuesday. Marriage licenses listed for Roger D. Donegan Irene M. Horstman and Dorothy O'Donnell with local residents noted. Local notices include drunkenness and disturbing the peace fines for Nora Peterson Harold Knapp and others, plus birth announcements at St Luke's Mason City and Waterloo. Traffic fines are recorded for reckless driving leaving scene of accident no license and speeding and parking violations with various names and addresses.
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Iowa
Official Denies Chinese Misuse Relief Supplies
Washington United Press report states Col. Raymond L. Harrison, assistant administrator of the agriculture department, said he found no evidence that UNRRA relief supplies in China were used for optical purposes after a four month Far East mission studying Japanese food needs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
UNRRA
China
Raymond L. Harrison
Det
Far East
Cab issue returns to Cedar Rapids council hearing
Vet’s Cab chief Tony Michalek again challenges a traffic department ruling over curb operation near the Narva hotel and the use of a First Avenue Third Street corner cab stand. Public officials push for adherence to a past agreement while Michalek warns of lost business and safety concerns.
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Vet's Cab Company
Tony Michalek
Cedar Rapids
Tom Condon
Michalek
Public Safety
Gordon Hughes
Magnus
Taft
Hughes
First Avenue
Third Street
Norva
Aero Cab Company
Stan Davis
Davis
Frank K. Hahn
Fire at Wahkonsa Hotel Fort Dodge Injures One
About 25 patrons on the upper floors of the Wahkonsa hotel evacuated when a fifth floor room burned out. L. L. Drennan of Burlington Ind was treated for burned hair and released. No other injuries reported. Fire contained quickly. guests left quietly. Night Clerk Walter Burrell helped a frightened woman. One man threw bedsheet rope from a window but did not descend.
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Fort Dodge
Wahkonsa
L. L. Drennan
Burlington
Walter Burrell
Canfield
Dubuque
Tows Husband Five Miles In Drowning Tragedy
Mrs. John Corlett of Hoylake spent seven hours fighting heavy seas after a yachting accident when she towed her husband for more than five miles before he drowned 100 yards from shore. Lawrence McAllister of Bidston, third crewman aboard the yacht Geisha Girl, also died as the craft capsized during a regatta. Nearby yachts passed within a quarter mile, unaware of the danger. After reaching a fishing boat 100 yards from land they clung on and believed safety, then he suddenly slipped away.
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Liverpool
John Corlett
Hoylake
Lawrence McAllister
Bidston
Corletts
Three Injured When Car Flips on Highway 30 West of Cedar Rapids
An eight forty five am crash 11 miles west of Cedar Rapids left three injured. John A. Beine 56 and wife Ella 55 from Kenosha Wisconsin were hospitalized at Mercy Cedar Rapids with head chest and back injuries. Greg Beine 16 also injured. granddaughter Nancy Lumbe 12 uninjured. Driver loss of control followed by 135 feet along the shoulder before overturning.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenosha
Wis
Mercy Hospital
John A. Beine
Ella
Greg Beine
Ine
Nancy Lumbe
Beines
Highway Patrol
Beine
Bes Stee
Courthouse Taxicab Robbers Given Suspended One Year Terms
Judge G K Thompson Monday sentenced two youths after they pled guilty to larceny of less than 20 dollars from an automobile in Brim’s taxicab. Joseph Beranek 22 of 311 Fourth Street NW will serve six months of a year and be released with the balance suspended. Sterling Harmon 23 of 400 Avenue NW will serve 60 days of a year and then be released. Each will pay a one dollar fine. Assistant County Attorney David Elderkin recommended reducing the robbery charge to larceny.
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G. K. Thompson
Harry Brim
Joseph Beranek
Fourth Street NW
Sterling Harmon
Avenue NW
David M. Elderkin
Thompson
Elderkin
Beranek
Brim
Thirty-third Avenue
Harmon
Palo Man Arrested as Picnic Purse Snatcher
Milton Blackwell, 40, of Palo, was arrested on larceny charges after a sheriff’s investigation. A purse belonging to Doris Williams, 1622 Third Avenue SE, containing $27, was stolen Sunday evening from a car while Williams and friends picnicked at Chain lakes near Palo. Blackwell walked past the car, lunged inside, and grabbed the purse. Lorraine Lane and Harland Davis chased but failed to stop him.
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Milton Blackwell
Palo
James H. Smith
P. J. Whittemore
Whittemore
Doris Williams
Third Avenue SE
Chain Lakes
Miss Williams
James Sufficool
Oakland Avenue NE
Blackwell
Lorraine Lane
E Avenue NE
Harland Davis
Eighth Street NW
Linn County Relief Depart June Expenses Report
The Linn county relief department reported total June expenses of 9 468 15 with 32 new relief cases accepted. Administrative costs included 29 05 plus 750 for salaries and 72 67 for staff cars. Of 174 medical care cases, 120 received no other county aid. The food bill led at 2 016 56, hospital at 1 674 70. Total June cases 440, May had 515.
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Linn County Relief Department
Wife Seeks Decree of Separate Maintenance
Rozella McLaughlin files for a decree of separate maintenance against Richard J. McLaughlin. They married May 31 1940 at Palmyra Missouri and have two children. She seeks sole ownership of the home at 1022 Tenth Street NW plus alimony and child support due to insufficient husband support.
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Rozella McLaughlin
Richard J. McLaughlin
Sporting Gear Stolen From Cedar Cabin
Harold Sheets reports items missing from his Cedar river cabin three miles west of Center Point. Between last Monday and Saturday afternoon, Deputy P J Whitte says a theft occurred. Stolen items include two rifles an 8144 horsepower outboard motor six fishing reels two pairs of rubber boots a minnow net and two tackle boxes.
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Harold Sheets
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Center Point
Cedar River
P. J. Whittemore
Chickens Stolen From Cedar Rapids Farm
O W Lawrence attorney of Cedar Rapids owns a fox farm on Vinton road NW. Dean Hunter a farm employee reported seventy five mixed chickens were stolen last Friday night. The theft occurred Monday.
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O. W. Lawrence
Cedar Rapids
Vinton Road
Dean Hunter
One Killed as Car Crashes Into Bridge North of Carroll
A car carrying four youths crashed into a bridge nine miles north of Carroll early Monday. Lyle Cook, 20, of Ralston, Indiana, died at a Carroll hospital. Injured were Robert Simpson 19 and Maxine Robson 19 of Glidden, Ir. and Lillian Kruse 19 of Carroll.
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Bridge Carroll
Here
Lyle Cook
Ralston
Carroll
Robert Simpson
Maxine Robson
Glidden
Lillian Kruse
Austrian Amnesty Passes Austrian Occupation Troops
Vienna report states General Emile announces an amnesty for 250 Austrian occupation troops on Monday, signaling a political move to ease postwar tensions. The dispatch notes the measure aims to reconcile service members with authorities and reduce dissent.
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Vienna
INS
Emile' Essee
Austria
May Faces Probe Over War Contracts Aid Claim
Joseph Freeman, a Washington agent for a munitions maker, testified he asked Rep. May for help "six or eight times" as wartime contracts worth over 78 million dollars flowed to the Erie Basin Batavia Metal Products group. Freeman said May's visits were not guaranteed and sometimes he waited a week for assistance. The committee considers bringing May before the panel by legal process. May agreed to testify on his own terms, with equal rights as other witnesses.
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Washington
Joseph Freeman
Rep
May
Dky
Freeman
Senate War Investigating Committee
Illinois
Mead
D-Ky
Erie Basin
Batavia Metal Products Companies
Combine
Congressman May
Jap Plan to Invade U S by Balloons Revealed
Jap veteran Isamu Takagi claimed Japan planned to invade the United States from Manchuria using man carrying balloon brigades. He said about 5,000 explosive balloons were released in the war’s final months from Kirin, with a hidden underground plant and operations at 20 000 to 40 000 feet.
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TOYKO
Manchuria
Japan
United States
Pacific
Lance Cpl
Isamu Takagi
Takagi
Kirin
Millions May Die In India Wallace Warns
Secretary of Commerce Wallace warned at a National Youth Conference on Food that without aid to starving India before the next harvest as many as 15 million may die. He said one quarter of the world’s population is hungry and Europe’s 150 to 200 million are undernourished, noting China’s crisis nearly matches India’s. He also warned price controls on meat and dairy could drive more grain to livestock at the expense of human consumption.
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Washington
INS
Wallace
India
National Youth Conference On Food
Europe
China
Navy recruits from Eastern Iowa sworn in for service
Six Eastern Iowans have been accepted for navy service, Cedar Rapids recruiting officials said Monday. The list includes Edward F. Sterenchuk of Cedar Rapids, John C. White route 3 Cedar Rapids, Fuller Nundlin A. Fuller, Donald E. Arga Dora, Sherman L. Fellmeorg Non Stone, and James L. Bizek.
Auto thief steals car from Lexington display window
In Lexington a thief entered a display window and drove away a 1946 car after filling it with 20 gallons of gasoline from the dealer's tank. The thief also took a set of license plates.
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Lexington
Deaths Clarence E Winger 53 grocery owner dies in Cedar Rapids
Clarence Ernest Winger 53 owner of the Winger Grocery at Walford died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Born January 23, 1893 in Clarinda, he married Lillian Weland in 1918. Survived by wife, daughter Floraine, son Donald, his mother, siblings, grandson Jon, and several in-laws. Funeral Tuesday at Turner chapel with Fidelitas lodge attendance and burial in Norway Cemetery.
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Clarence Ernest Winger
Winger
Walford
Cedar Rapids ‘Hospital
Clarinda
Lillian Weland
Marion
Floraine
Ihome
Donald
Fairfax
M. Winger
Bakersfield
Calif
Clara Switzer
Grace Causey
Eleanor Logan
Kansas
Kan
Mollie Hooten
Pleasant Hill
Tra
Arvada
Colo
Clyde
Jon Winger
Fidelitas Lodge
Masonic Hall
W. G. Gordon 69 Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage at Union Depot
William G. Gordon 69, former automobile salesman, died in a local hospital at 11:40 p.m. Sunday after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage at Union station. Born December 24, 1877 in Freeport Illinois, he was a member of the Goodfellows. Surviving are a son William G. Gordon Jr. of Wheaton Illinois and two grandchildren. Body at Barta Hesser chapel with visitation after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral arrangements pending.
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William G. Gordon
Union Station
Fifth Avenue St
Freeport
Ill
the Goodfellows
William G. Gordon, Jr
Wheaton
Barta-Hesser
Death of Anton Lizner of Swisher Longtime Iowa utility worker
Anton Lizner of Swisher died at home Sunday at 3:50 a.m. after a long illness. Born May 15, 1878 in Johnson County, he lived there all his life. Surviving are his wife Anna, a brother Frank of Solon, and two sisters Mrs. Anna Paul of Tiffin and Mrs. Mary Kimes of Cedar Rapids. Services will be at Polansky chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Ludvik Burian of Ely officiating. Burial will be in Blain cemetery, Johnson County. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Anton Lizner
Swisher
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Johnsonounty
Anna
Frank
Solon
Anna Paul
Tiffin
Mary Kimes
Cedar Rapids
Polansky Chapel
Ludvik Burian
Ely
Blain Cemetery
Johnson County
William H Matthews 70 dies after long illness
William Hayes Matthews, 70, died at home on Twelfth avenue SW after a long illness. Born near Earlville on June 28, 1876, he worked as an engineer for the Illinois Central railroad and later Williams and Hunting Co. until retiring in 1940. He lived in Cedar Rapids since 1927. Survived by wife Mary, son Lee D. Matthews, and daughter Mrs Harold L. Mathey, all of Cedar Rapids. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Clifton funeral home in Earlville.
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William Hayes Matthews
Twelfth Avenue
Earlville
Illinois Central Railroad
Williams and Hunting Company
Cedar Rapids
Mary
Lee D. Matthews
Harold L. Mathey
Clifton
Services for Dr Hess to be held by Crescent lodge
Services for Dr H R Hess who died in St Petersburg Florida last Wednesday will be conducted by Crescent lodge in the Turner chapel at 4 p m Thursday Burial will be in Cedar Rapids Memorial park All Master Masons are requested to meet at 3 30 p m Thursday at the Masonic hall to attend the services in a body.
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H. R. Hess
St. Petersburg
Fla
Crescent Lodge
Turner Chapel
Cedar Rapids Memorial Park
Masonic Hall
Services for Mrs. Frank Biskup in Brush chapel Tuesday
Mrs. Frank Biskup formerly of Cedar Rapids died in St. Paul Friday. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday in Brush chapel conducted by Theodore B. Hlubucek. Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery.
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Frank Biskup
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Brush Chapel
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Troops Called Out In Iranian Strike
Martial law was declared in Ahwaz Khuzistan after a Sunday labor strike of more than 106000 workers. Persian forces occupied Anglo Iranian Oil Company property including labor clubs and pumping stations. Labor spokesmen claimed Arabs and Khuzistan state were armed by British agents and warned of bloody clashes if armed groups confronted strikers.
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Tehran
Ahwaz
Khuzistan
Mesbah Fatemi
pPnc
Iran
War Ministry
Iowa Admission Fifty Cent Coin Bill Advances
The House passed unanimously a bill authorizing the minting of a 50 cent piece to commemorate Iowa's 100th anniversary of statehood and sent the measure to the Senate on Monday.
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Washington
Iowa
House
Senate
Canada Aims New Charges At Red Spies
Ottawa AP report details a four month royal commission on Moscow directed espionage in Canada. It adds nine new names to 14, notes NKVD networks in Canada, and cites Col. Nicolai Zabotin and an embassy tied espionage, with under cover systems and a naval intelligence drive.
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Canada
Ottawa
United States
Royal Commission
Moscow
Nicolai Zabotin
Supreme Court
Robert Taschereau
R. L. Kellock
Zabotin
NKVD
I Army
Goussarov
Parking congestion prompts traffic ordinance plan
Hines studied the situation and prepared papers while Capt. Clift urged an ordinance to back traffic signs at two intersections along new bus routes. Stop signs were set at Second Ave and Third St SW and at Fifth Ave and Seventh St SE to guide the Bever bus. Residents on Eighth St SW petitioned to ban heavy traffic there between Second and Fifth Aves SW, citing safety concerns. The request was referred to the police traffic department.
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Eighth Street
Second
Fifth Avenues
Recreation Leadership Expert Visits Cedar Rapids
Mrs Anne Livingston a recreation leadership specialist of the National Recreation Association arrived in Cedar Rapids to confer with the playground and recreation commission and Club One-9-Teen staff. She will hold group discussions and be available for individual conferences Tuesday. those interested may call 8121 at City Hall.
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Anne Livingston
New York City
National Recreation Association
Cedar Rapids
Playground and Recreation Commission
Britain hangs velvet curtain over Pacific and Middle East
Pravda says Britain shuns iron curtain talk and instead raises a velvet curtain. The Communist paper notes British circles discuss a strategic cut in influence across the Pacific and Middle East while China's border tensions and Soviet responses shape global diplomacy.
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Moscow
Pravda
Europe
Britain
Pacific
Middle East
City Briefs and Local Ads Note Help Wanted
City briefs seek a forties woman to care for children at home and list a phone contact. Walter L. Clymer, 903 Fifth Street SE, is patient at the Veterans hospital in Des Moines. Announcement for St Ludmila Festival July 17 to 21. E R Kuba for coroner on November 5. McFire Insurance Agency advertises home, household goods, and auto coverage with Kinney at 2-1812.
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Walter L. Clymer
Fifth Street
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Not Dead Yet JANIS Faces Critical Future in U S World Policy
Dr Myron L Koenig former Coe College faculty and George Washington University dean told Rotary Club that JANIS Joint Army Navy Intelligence Studies remains alive only on navy funds after G 2 withdrew personnel and no budget provision exists. He warned the U S risks losing a unified intelligence system and urged professional handling of world affairs. Admiral Nimitz currently funds JANIS to keep it operating amid tense global conditions.
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Janis
United States
Myron L. Koenig
Coe College
George Washington University
Rotary Club
Janus
Army Navy
Roosevelt
Casablanca
ISIS
Inter Service
America
Koenig
Dr. Koenig
Nimitz
Seaman Thomas N. Kurtz Receives Navy Discharge
Thomas N. Kurtz seaman first class has been honorably discharged from the navy at Great Lakes after 184% months of service with time spent at Okinawa within China and Japan. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Funk of 124 Crescent Street SE.
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Thomas N. Kurtz
Navy
Great Lakes
Okinawa
China
Japan
J. G. Funk
Crescent Street
Plan Funeral Rites For Mrs William Hollowell
Fort Madison Iowa funeral services were planned for Mrs William Stewart Hollowell 66 widow of a former warden of the state penitentiary who died Saturday night in a Burlington hospital She was the first national Republican committeewoman from Iowa and a past president of the Iowa division of the American Legion auxiliary Two sons survive.
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Fort Madison
William Stewart Hollowell
State
Burlington
National Republican
Itowa
Iowa
American Legion Auxiliary
122.7 Percent Rise in Prices
United Press reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows prices of 28 basic goods up 22.7 percent since price controls ended. The index for the 28 rose 44.9 points to 244.6 in two weeks, while prices appear to settle at new higher levels. AFL President William Green warns across the board wage protests and a tidal inflation wave if inflation continues, threatening strikes for higher wages.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
AFL
William Green
Two Pennsylvanian Train Wrecks Hurt 26 People
Two separate wrecks on Pennsylvania lines injured 26 people, none fatally. The Broadway Limited derailed at Lewistown near Lewistown, with 23 hurt. A second crash near Tipton involved the Red Arrow slamming into the Clevelander, injuring three. Railroad crews rerouted traffic via Bald Eagle branch while debris cleared.
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Lewiston
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broadway Limited
Lewistown
Here
Tipton
Red Arrow
Bald Eagle
Harrisburg
Lock Haven
Tyrone
New York
Nine Kielce pogrom participants shot by firing squad
Warsaw government spokesman Viktor Grosz said nine convicts executed Sunday inside Kielce prison for participation in the Kielce pogrom. The executions were carried out instead of a public ceremony as planned.
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Warsaw
Viktor Grosz
Kielce
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Roger D. Donegan
Irene M. Horstman
Dorothy O'Donnell
Calamus
Nora Peterson
Fourth Street
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Eighth Avenue
Harold Knapp
Norway
St. Luke’s
Leo Berg
A Avenue
Paul Brady
Sixth Street
Clifford Wells
Donald Miller
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Hubert Stephens
Clifford Barman
High Drive
Roger Gerber
Clarence
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Don H. Anderson
Anderson
Lillian Walsh
Nellie Walsh
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Waterloo
Thomas E. Pratt
Lawrence E. Alloway
Fifteenth Street
Mertie May Frink
Herschel L. Sanders
J Avenue NW
Wayne A. Welch
B Avenue NE
Clarence W. Lillie
Grinnell
Marvin W. Walton
Quasqueton
W. A. Frontress
Route 1
Toddville
C. Paulson
Dows
John DeMuth
Thirtieth Street Drive
John Shover
Monticello
FE. W. Rossille
Fifth Avenue SE
Business Men’s Assurance Co
Wyatt E. Maupin
F. Burton Carothers
William BR
Bill) Reed
Thomas J. Brady
Fifth Avenue
John W. Henderson
U.S
John Bturner & Son
Second Ave.s.e
C. E. Winger
W. G. Gordon
Union Depot
Hess
Biskup Services
Dial
E. R. Kuba
Mc Fire Insurance Agency
Kinney Call
Lapes Florist
Third Avenue
Ijanis
Carla Kane
U. S S
Office of Naval Intelligence
Army Intelligence
Air Corps Intelligence
State Department
G-2
Hollowell
United Press
Pennsylvania Line
Burleson
Merchants Bank
Toman
Satie Pate
Cedar Rapids Fuel CO
Soboda Dial
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