Weather, licenses, and fines from Cedar Rapids daily record
Wednesday to Friday forecast with warm temps and scattered showers. Marriage licenses list Marvin F Klouda Madelyn F Greenwood both of Cedar Rapids. Several name pairs for births and marriages and child announcements. Numerous traffic fines include speeding reckless driving illegal turn overtime parking and more with amounts and addresses. Warehouse fire at Killian's warehouse caused damage and involved multiple fire companies.
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Marvin F. Klouda
Madelyn F. Greenwood
Cecar Rapids
Divorced Man Allowed To Stay In Wife's Home
An Albuquerque district court ruled that housing shortages create undue hardship for the divorced husband, allowing Mrs. Earl Henry Vanderfecht to keep the sleeping porch occupied by her spouse so long as he does not annoy her.
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Albuquerque
N. M
District Court
Earl Henry Vanderfecht
Vanderfecht
Two-Year Veterans Homecoming Accelerated by Army Plan
TOKYO AP reports the US Army will call all non volunteer enlisted men with 24 months of service by Aug 30 to disposition centers by July 30. They will be sent home in order of service length, with fathers given priority.
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Tokyo
United States Army
Durant Held in Psychiatric Ward in Kronberg Case
FRANKFURT (UP) Defense counsel Capt. Glenn V. Brumbaugh said Mrs. Durant was confined to a psychiatric ward shortly before her custody in Chi on June 2. He noted investigators questioned her, then moved her to Fort Sheridan and back to the ward by daybreak June 3, as part of the Kronberg jewel case.
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Frankfurt
Glenn V. Brumbaugh
Jack Durant
Kronberg
Army Lax in Giving Firm Sums Mead
Sen Mead accuses the war department of gross laxity in approving large sums to a questionable letterhead war contract firm. He says the Senate war investigating committee will recommend stronger contract laws requiring investigations of applicants before government funds are spent.
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Washington
Sen
Mead
D-N.y
War Department
Senate War Investigating Committee
Christmas Gift Scrutiny in Washington Munitions Case
Allen B. Gellman a top executive of a Midwest munitions firm testified that Washington representatives handed out $50 silver vanity sets and other costly gifts during Christmas. He said he was not told who received them but did not consider it morally wrong if some went to government employees.
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Washington
Allen B. Gellman
Gellman
Gellman testifies about Garsson linked munitions group
Allen B. Gellman told a committee he would rather be dead than be linked again with promoters Mead criticized. He denied knowledge of Rep May aiding the Midwest industrial combine and said he left the selling end to the Garsson brothers while focusing on production. He acknowledged the Erie Basin loan and questioned lumber purchases. Kentucky officials pursue Cumberland Lumber records.
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Allen B. Gellman
Mead
War Department
Henry M. Garsson
Garsson
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Gellman
Rep
May
D-Ky
Midwest Industrial Combine
Garsson Brothers
Franklin Fields
Combine
Sen
Mitchell
D-Wash
Fields
George Meader
FBI
Henry Garsson
Internal Revenue
Murray Garsson
Dutch Schultz
Owney Madden
Euugee
Department of Labor
Hoover Administration
Gellmann
J. T. Weiss
The
Garssons
Batavia Metal Products Company
Associated
Erie Basin
Cumberland Company
Justice Department
Interstate Machinery Company
Senate
Allen
Nanes
Iowa
Passage Near for Old Age Tax Bill
Washington AP report says the House is near passage of a bill to freeze the Social Security old age insurance tax at one percent for another year. The rules committee approved the measure and barred amendments when it reaches the floor.
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Washington
Rules Committee
Army Vet Buys Bertram School for 506 in Move plan
Army veteran William G. Fieseler bought the Forest Lane school building in Bertram township for 506 dollars and plans to move it about three blocks to the Green Tree nursery to convert it for his use. The Rosedale school bid by Jerry S. Dedeck at 500 was rejected as too low and potentially motivated by land ownership. Other bids for buildings and land ranged up to 6,100 dollars, with a land value around 1,000 dollars and total value about 4,000 dollars. the board deemed remodeling uneconomical and could not sell the building. The issue was referred to the buildings and grounds committee for action.
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William George Fieseler
Forest Lane
Bertram Township
Green Tree Nursery
Fieseler
Towahds
Rosedale
Jerry S. Dedeck
Dedeck
Charles Penningroth
J C. Blodgett
Douglas Grant
Courthouse reports several eviction petitions filed this week
Four eviction suits based on nonpayment of rent and lease violations were filed in county court. Pettys seek to evict Alfred Berry at 1330 Twenty-second Avenue SW after notices served June and July, with a July 22 hearing. Pardera sues Walter and Landmeyer at 1602 Fifteenth Avenue SE for rent due June 1. Goods sue Walter Buck at 915 N Street SW for $18 monthly rent with a three day notice. Griffins sue Ethel Wittenmeyer at 306 Twelfth Avenue SE for alleged June 25 vacate date, later denied as canceled by mutual consent.
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Arthur Axmear
William R. Petty
OPA
Alfred Berry
Twenty-second Avenue
Pettys
Rachel A. Pardera
Grand Avenue SE
Walter Landmeyer
Pro
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Aon
Roy A. Good
N Street
Walter Buck
Milton Blackwell Suspended Sentence Given by Judge Thompson
Milton Blackwell 40 of Palo received a one year county jail sentence with the term suspended after pleading guilty to larceny. He admitted taking a purse from a parked car at Chain Lakes near Palo at 8 p m Sunday. Deputy Whittemore recovered the purse and $27 hidden in the woods.
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G. K. Thompson
Milton Blackwell
Palo
Blackwell
Chain Lakes
P. J. Whittemore
Annulment Granted in Iowa City Marriage Case
Judge announced on Monday that Betty Gillick of 1026 Tenth Street NW was granted an annulment of her Dec 4 marriage to Clifford Querl of Williamsburg. The pair wed in Iowa City. Querl faced bigamy charges, with his case scheduled in county court, and reportedly has a prior county jail history.
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Floyd Philbrick
Betty Gillick
Tenth Street
Clifford Querl
Williamsburg
Iowa City
Querl
Wisis
McDonald Dismisses Divorce Petition Against McDonald
Donald J. McDonald dismissed his divorce petition filed May 28 against Matilda E. McDonald on Monday, ending the pending split? no further action noted.
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Donald J. McDonald
Matilda E. McDonald
Democrats Sweep Iowa Victory Signals New Campaign
Democratic convention signals first Iowa win since 1894 GOP ouster. Miles pledges focus on good government and jobs for Iowans while Allen targets Republican record and tax relief. They urge high fall turnout and oppose Gerald L. K. Smith alignment with Iowa Republicans.
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Kraschel
Iowa
State House
Miles
Allen
Monona County
Earl G. Miller
Des Moines
Secretary of State
G.O.P
Carroll Reece
Gerald L. K. Smith
Iowa Senate
Robert D. Blue
California
Aijilen
Reece
Democratic Party
Iowa Democrats Propose Broad Progressive Resolutions
The resolutions committee led by George A. Heikens of Spencer urged lowering the voting age to 18 and favoring a WWII veterans bonus. They also opposed a special rent control session unless housing problems were discussed and urged reforms from farm all-weather roads to tax relief, school funding, and liquor law revisions.
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Resolutions Committee
George A. Heikens
Spencer
Truman
Towa
Iowa
Missouri Valley Authority
Vets' Suits To Go On Sale in August
Washington officials say 1,000,000 surplus fabric suits will go on sale to veterans next month at about 29.50 dollars. The plan, run by an interagency committee on clothing for veterans, targets test sales in retail stores before nationwide distribution.
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Washington
Inter-Agency Committee On Clothing For
OPA
Van Heflin's Wife Gave Birth To Daughter Kathleen Carol
Los Angeles AP report states Frances Neal Van Heflin gave birth to a daughter, sixth pounds three ounces, on Sunday. This is the couple's second child.
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Los Angeles
van Heflins
Three Nations May Confer on Soviet Spying
Ottawa report from Canada reveals a royal commission findings that Soviet agents may still operate in Canada and have sent uranium samples to Moscow. The document lists compromised radar data wartime fuses submarines propellants and explosives but notes Russians were largely blocked from atomic secrets. It recommends sharing findings with the United States and United Kingdom as potential next steps.
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Ottawa
Canada
Russia
Supreme Court
Moscow
United States
Britain
United Kingdom
Alan Nunn May
Montreal
Lt. Angelov
Col
Matinov
May
Brady Elected Second District Committeeman
In Des Moines Thomas Brady Jr a Cedar Rapids mortician won the second district committeeman post at the caucus by 178 to 80 over incumbent Max Jenk. Linn county provided 84 votes to push Brady past the 153 needed while Winneshiek added 18. Mrs P J Laffan of Waukon was elected district committeewoman unanimit y. Jenk conceded after Linn’s unit vote.
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Frank Nye
Des Moines
Thomas Brady, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Max H. Jenk
Dyersville
Jenk
P. J. Laffan
Waukon
Paul Huston
Huston
Laffan
Linn County
Brady
Linn
Winneshiek
Charles W. Hobbie
A. C. Smith
Oelwein
State Central Committee
Hubert Carr
Manchester
Lucian T. Wilcox
Laffman
M. L. Connor
Thomas Mullaney
Vandenberg Sees Progress in World Peace at Paris Talks
Senator Vandenberg told the senate that substantial gains toward world peace were made at the Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Paris. He endorsed Byrnes’ report, warned against U S U S S aggression, and urged UN strength, atomic ban enforcement, and mutual cooperation with Russia while preserving U S rights and human rights.
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Washington
Sen
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Paris
Byrnes
United States
Russia
United Nations
Germany
Austria
Molotov
Yalta
Roosevelt
Byrnes Urges Joint German Zone Cooperation and Austrian Peace
Byrnes discusses forming an economic unit in Germany with one or more allied zones and says terms would be open to all four powers. Molotov blocks Austrian peace talks over denazification and refugees. Byrnes advocates peace based on justice and mercy, not vengeance, and plans to push cooperation with other zones.
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Byrnes
Austria
United States
Russia backs Red Cross work in Oxford talks
Russia pledged full support to Red Cross efforts at a League of Red Cross Societies meeting in Oxford. Dr Sergei Kilesnikov, chairman of the four man Russian delegation, said Moscow is in hearty agreement with Red Cross principles.
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Oxford
England
Russia
Red Cross
Sergei Kilesnikov
League of Red Cross Societies
Pigeon cote home eviction stay granted until Aug. 10
Anton Lesser sought a stay of eviction from his Milwaukee residence to complete alterations on a pigeon cote where he plans to live. Civil Judge Herbert Schulze granted the delay until August 10.
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Milwaukee
Anton Lesser
Herbert Schulze
Killian Warehouse Damaged by Fire
Fire damaged the Killian company warehouse at 207 Fourth Avenue SE shortly after 10 p.m. Monday. A second basement blaze in four months destroyed stock including Christmas toys and wrapping paper. cause under investigation. Fire chief E P Kohout ordered a deputy state fire marshal to Cedar Rapids to help determine origin of the 50 year old building formerly the Central hotel.
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Killian Company
Fourth Avenue SE
E. P. Kohout
Salimin Bolls
Herbert L. Killian
K. C. Daniels
Overland Greyhound Lines
Union
Cedar Rapids
Old Central Hotel
Deaths John A Bowman 61 Real estate dealer
John A Bowman 61 of 1501 Bever avenue SE Cedar Rapids real estate dealer died in a local hospital at 11 p m Monday Born August 10 1884 in Cedar Rapids son of Henry G Bowman attorney and Alice Bowman He married Kathleen Leary in Chicago November 28 1906 who survives Also surviving are two brothers a sister a niece and nephews A son John died December 26 1928 Services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Beatty chapel Burial Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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John A. Bowman
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Henry G. Man
Alice Bowman
Bowman
Chicago
Katherine Leary
Martin W. Bowman
Fred A. Bowman
Frances Bowman
James S. Peet
Anamosa
John
Beatty Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
J W Lee Former Cedar Rapids Choir Director Dies
J W Lee 67 longtime electrical worker with A C Reps in Cedar Rapids from 1915 to 1926 died at his Monmouth NL home Saturday. Services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church Monmouth led by Rev J McCullough. Survived by wife Minnie May and four children including Mrs G R McKeely and Mrs L Remington of Cedar Rapids, Mrs C H Sisam of Des Moines, and John W Lee Jr of Monmouth. Born December 10, 1878 in Hancock Michigan. Member of St John’s Episcopal Church Cedar Rapids and choir director at St John’s Grace Episcopal and Trinity Episcopal Monmouth.
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J. W. Lee
C.R
John W. Lee
A. C. Reps
Cedar Rapids
Monmouth
Trinity Episcopal Church
J. McCullough
Minnie May
G. R. McKeely
L. Remington
Infant Pamela Grove Dies in Local Hospital
Pamela Sue Grove five weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Grove of 3722 First Avenue NE died in a local hospital at 9 15 am Tuesday born June 12 Surviving include her grandparents Mr and Mrs C O Lesher Fairfield Body taken from Turner chapel to Fairfield graveside services will be at Evergreen cemetery Wednesday
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Pamela Sue Grove
Ralph Grove
First Avenue NE
C. O. Lesher
Fairfield
Turner Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
Services for William G Gordon at Barta-Hesser chapel
Gordon services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Barta-Hesser chapel for William G. Gordon. Rev. F L Hinshaw will conduct with burial at Crabapple cemetery east of Marion. Friends may call at the chapel prior to the service.
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Lillian Juanita Rompot
Evalyn Peck
Elmer Peck
Justice Court
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Lamont C. Thomas
Russell O. Eddins
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James D. Myers
Third Street
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Killian
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Second
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Mercy
George Reynolds
Eighth Avenue SE
Earl Mininger
Roy O’hara
Grand Island
Neb
St. Luke’s
Arlo Fisher
Martelle
Bruce Bucknell
Sixth Avenue SE
Joseph Ha
Leonard Petrasek
Fourth Street
Paul E. Henderson
Fort Dodge
Donald T. Ballou
C Avenue NW
Wayne Calderman
Mt. Vernon Aveue
Ena R. Ford
A Avenue
J. W. Edmonds
Ellis Boulevard
H. J. Emmons
Ninth Avenue
Sam Cohn
Second Avenue
C. E. Stuff
Eighth Street
Oliver Wade
Robert O. Bickel
Grande Avenue
W. C. Wikel
Marion
John Anderson
G Avenue
E. W. LaPlante
Blake Boulevard
Hugo Schenken
Park Avenue SF
Marvin Belz
Arlington
E. E. Minor
First Street
J. L. Shaw
Sixteenth Avenue
Frank Powers
American Building
I. D. Arnett
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Frank Stoklasa
G. J. Siebke
Monahan Mortuary
F. J. Monahan
Wm. J. Stewart
Army Vet Boys School
Ee Allaire
Reds
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Gwynne
Talle
Jensen
Martin
Congress
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Davenport
Frank Less
Cascade
Horace van Metre
Waterloo
Harry F. Garrett
Corydon
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Philip A. Allen
Onawa
Heikens
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William R. Hart
Alberta M. Kelly
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Ray Douglas
Kerin
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Ethel Hart
Allamakee
Jenk Brats
Benton Steeee
Buchanan Eee Ener
Clayton Re
Delaware Eee Ee
Dubuque Ee
Fayette Ee
Jackson
Maa
Eae Jones
Wees
Winneshiek Oe
Adekehwves
Hobbie
Vandenberg Report
John Bturner & Son
Ave.s.e
Pigeon Cote
J. A. Bowman
MB. Ee
Detarhe
Tim
Clarence Beatty
Third Avenue
Lapes Florist
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