Pershing Rite Preparations For World War II General
Thousands of servicemen from the army navy marine corps and air force prepare for a three day funeral events for General of the Armies John J Pershing. The body lies in state in Walter Reed chapel then in the Capitol rotunda for 24 hours before a riderless horse part of the Arlington procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Pershing
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Pershing
Walter Reed Hospital
Capitol Rotunda
Pennsylvania Avenue
Arlington National Cemetery
Weather and court notices mix in Daily Record
Iowa forecast calls for mostly fair conditions Saturday through Sunday with a cooler Monday. Highs reach 85 86 while lows stay around upper 50s to mid 60s. Divorces and petty fines dominate the legal notices along with birth and death notices from Cedar Rapids to Center Point and Williamsburg.
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Bismarck
Miami
Denver
Minneapolis
Duluth
Los Angeles
Iowa
Gromyko Sails and Hopes He Won't Return
Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko sailed home aboard the Gripsholm after a UN mission. He avoided questions, saying he would not give an interview and that he was glad to be leaving. When asked about returning, he snapped that he hopes not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Gripsholm
Child Burned In Hot Water Bucket In Chicken Dressing
Two year old Bernard Lyman Jr. is in critical condition in Cherokee hospital after sitting in a bucket of hot water used to dress chickens. He suffered third degree burns over the lower part of his body. He is the son of Bernard and Mary Lyman of Washta Iowa, farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Lyman, Jr
Bernard Lyman
Washta
Polio Victim Is Regional Teen in Iowa
Barbara Shields, 17, of Dunlap became the 55th polio victim in southwest Iowa Friday. Fifteen polio cases remain in Mercy hospital ward.
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Council Bluffs
INS
Barbara Shields
Dunlap
Iowa
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids Rent Board Defers Rental Increase Action
The Cedar Rapids rent advisory board deferred a general rent increase recommendation after a July hearing. It voted to renew seven percent boosts for a class of units not adjusted since March 1 1942, to be available for those newly rented since then. The board will reconvene in about two weeks with a transcript pending.
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Cedar Rapids
Wagner
T. J. Wilkinson
Phantom Forger Still Operating
DES MOINES AP chief of the state bureau of investigation says the phantom forger Elmer Abner Jones 49 remains at large. Jones known for 54 aliases and 74 Iowa forged checks totaling over 1500 dollars has spent time in Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa and was recently jailed in Orange City for 30 days on a guilty forgery plea.
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DES Moines
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Investigation
Iowa
Nebergall
Sheldon
Elmer Abner Jones
Orange City
Jones
Phantom Forger
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Sioux City Barmaids To Lose Their Jobs
Sioux City council preliminarily approves an ordinance ending barmaid work in local taverns after Florence Holscher of the waitresses union cites pay disparities and says bartending is a man's job, estimating at least 75 girls currently work as barmaids.
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Sioux City
Florence Holscher
Two Men Fined for Disturbing the Peace in Magnus Tap Room
Darrell Peak, 26, a Hawkeye Downs construction worker, and William Stone, 37, of the Magnus hotel, were fined $25 and costs each by Judge Harry S. Johnson after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace. They were arrested at 1 15 a.m. Friday in the Magnus tap room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Peak
Hawkeye Downs
William Stone
Magnus Hotel
Harry S. Johnson
Magnus Tap Room
Sixth Conspiracy Charge Filed in Wilson Violence
Leo Pisney 31 of 313 Tenth Avenue SE was arraigned on a conspiracy charge tied to violence during the Wilson packing strike in Cedar Rapids last May. He posted a $1000 bond after waiving to the grand jury. Conspiracy counts stem from a station wagon incident near Atkins at 6 30 p.m. May 14 involving four Wilson workers. Other defendants Charles and Thomas Lockhart Milton Porter Robert Barta and Michael Gallo also waived to the grand jury.
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Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Leo Pisney
Tenth Avenue SE
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
Wilson’s
Atkins
Charles and
Thomas Lockhart
Milton Porter
Robert Barta
Michael Gallo
Guard Officers Trained for Iowa Draft Setup
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl said 12 Iowa national guard officers will be called to Des Moines from July 19 to August 2 to set up selective service machinery. He noted no word yet from national headquarters but training will prepare Iowa to act when Washington orders it. Only a few officers are needed to operate the system.
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DES Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa National Guard
Guard
Grahl
the Guard
Iowa
Washington
Courthouse Pleads Guilty To Taking Bike On Friend Date
James Thomas Blake 22 of 913 Eighth avenue SE pled guilty in district court to operating a motorbike without the owner's consent. Judge Floyd Philbrick set sentencing for late Friday. Blake admitted taking Gary Hootman 917 Fifth street SE’s motorbike on a dare, riding about two blocks before Hootman caught him. He returned to the Hootman home Friday morning to apologize and gave back the keys at the police station after being taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas Blake
Eighth Avenue SE
Floyd Philbrick
Blake
Gary Hootman
Fifth Street SE
E. C. Hootman
Brothers Plead Guilty To Stealing Car Motor
David Hollenbeck 21 and Gordon Hollenbeck 17, brothers from Center Point and Dundee, pleaded guilty to larceny of a used car motor. Detectives Navratil and Stusak stopped them near Kadlee Motor Co. with the motor in a suspicious car, joined by David’s wife Jennie 16. Judge Floyd Philbrick set sentencing for next Monday at 10 zero a m. each brother held in county jail on $2000 bond.
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David Hollenbeck
Center Point
Gordon Hollenbeck
Dundee
Brothers
Jerry Navratil
Leonard Stusak
Sixteenth Avenue
Kadlee Motor Company
Floyd Philbrick
Blozvichs Change Plea To Guilty And Sentence
Frank and Lila Blozvich of 812 Fifth Street SE pleaded guilty in Linn County District Court to embezzlement by agent. Judge Floyd Philbrick sentenced them to four months in jail, suspended on good behavior and restitution of 108.63 to W. G. Block Coal Co.
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Frank
Lila Blozvich
Fifth Street
Friday
Linn County
Floyd Philbrick
Blozvichs
W. G. Block Coal Company
Local suits filed over farm goods and accident damages
Cecil C Bowen sues George Gunnison in Linn county district court for 150.61 claiming payment for corn hay and straw sold between November and December 1947. Arthur D Swarzentruber sues George Thompson and W G Block Company in Linn county district court for 100.97 after a May 14 accident on Fifth street between First and A avenues NE.
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Cecil C. Bowen
George Gunnison
Linn County
Arthur D. Swarzentruber
George Thompson
W. G. Block Company
Fifth Street
First
Avenues
United Air Lines Seeks 10 Percent Fare Increase
United Air Lines petitions the Civil Aeronautics Commission seeking a 10 percent fare hike effective September 1. President W A Patterson says higher fares are needed to offset soaring operating costs and notes that current basic one way fares are 6 percent below 1941 levels.
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Chicago
INL
United Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Commission
W. A. Patterson
UAL
Deaths Sundberg longtime Chamber of Commerce official
Services for Harry Frederick Sundberg of 545 Vernon Drive SE longtime manager of the Chamber of Commerce Traffic Bureau who died Wednesday will be held at 1 30 p m Saturday at Turner chapel with reverends W A Montgomery and Robert Little. Burial is in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Frederick Sundberg
Vernon Drive
Chamber of Commerce Traffic Bureau
Turner Chapel
W. A. Montgomery
Robert Little
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Harry F. Sundberg
Mrs. Edwin Novotny Dies in Tampa After Illness
Mrs Edwin Novotny of Tampa Florida a former Cedar Rapids resident died Thursday after a lingering illness Her husband survives Services are set at Wilson Hansen funeral home in Tampa on Saturday
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Edwin Novotny
Tampa, Fla
Cedar Rapids
Tampa
Wilson-Hansen Funeral Home
Services for Pvt Paul Boots in Cedar Rapids
Services for Pvt Paul R. Boots son of Mr and Mrs Herbert L Boots will be held in Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Saturday with Rev Lyle Kelb of the Church of the Open Bible officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Paul R. Boots
Herbert L. Boots
Cedar Rapids
U. S. Army Hospital
England
Turner Chapel
Lyle Kelb
Church of the Open Bible
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services for Chance William Kelly
Chance William Kelly of 1713 Eighth Street NW died Wednesday. Services will be in Turner chapel at 11 a.m. Saturday conducted by Rev. Marvin B. Kober pastor of St. Paul’s Methodist Church. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Chance William Kelly
Eighth Street NW
Turner Chapel
Marvin B. Kober
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Five Die in Plane Crash in Georgia
Five persons died when a converted army training plane crashed in Georgia woodlands and burned. Witnesses say the victims included three adults a small boy and a baby. A suitcase recovered from the wreck contained women's and children's clothing and a letter for Mrs Dewey Paradise of Greenfield Tennessee.
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Junction City
Woodlands
Marvin J. Hester
Hester
Dewey Paradise
Greenfield
Tenn
Louise Taylor
Rural Mail Carriers Nominate 48 Officers in Iowa
The Iowa Rural Letter Carriers Association nominated officers for its upcoming election. H L Van Voorhis of West Des Moines seeks another term as president, J Doyle Strang of Douds remains vice president, and Sheldon Boyle of Elgin continues as secretary. Treasurer nominees are Glenn Marsh of Cedar Falls and Isaac Van Tuyl of Mt. Pleasant as Otto Reif retires. The three day convention ends with a Saturday business session.
Demo Race Ban in Carolina Voided
Federal Judge J Waites Waring granted an injunction forcing the South Carolina Democratic party to enroll Negroes and allow full participation in party affairs. He warned state and county leaders that imprisonment awaits officials who fail to comply with the decision.
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Charleston
S. C
J. Waites Waring
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Iowa Farmer Sues Ford Over Damages
Lloyd B. Hefflin, a farmer near Osage, sues Ford Motor Co. and Osage dealer Carl Jorde for 68000 in U S district court. He alleges a missing bushing in a tractor’s front right spindle caused loss of control on first use, injuring his left arm permanently.
Child killed by electric shock in Fairfield home
Four year old Stephen M. Ranard died after touching an extension cord and receiving an electric shock in his Fairfield residence. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Walter Ranard.
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Fairfield
Stephen M. Ranard
Walter Ranard
Lost purse found after Gazette Want ad in Marion
Mr W S Brannaman of 715 6th Ave Marion credited the Gazette Want ad with locating his lost purse. He said it was returned one hour after the advertisement reached readers in Marion, illustrating the effectiveness of a low-cost Gazette Want ad to reach eastern Iowa.
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Marion
W. S. Brannaman
6Th Ave
Gazette
Iowa
Flags at Half Staff Honor Gen Pershing in Cedar Rapids
Flags over the Federal building city hall and Linn County Court House were lowered to half staff Friday to honor Gen John J Pershing commander of American troops in World War I who died Thursday at Walter Reed hospital in Washington D C He was 87.
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Cedar Rapids
John J. Pershing
Federal Building
City Hall
Linn County
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Reds Accuse U S of Rockets at Soviet Airfield
Berlin reports say Soviet authorities charged that American planes fired rockets over the Adlershof airfield Thursday night. U S air force officials denied the claim while noting ongoing investigations. The Soviet move is seen as part of a campaign to hinder Western air lanes to Berlin.
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Berlin
Adlershot
United States Air Force
Four Power
Berlin Blockade Unity Rally Communiqué From U S Army
The U.S. military government urged Berliners that the civilized world supports them against the Soviet blockade. Radio broadcasts denounced the blockade as intolerable and likened it to Nazi oppression, while asserting Germans’ right to demand its lifting and pledging solidarity.
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Berlin
U.S
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Rails Broaden Wheat Embargo Amid Storage Strain
The Association of American Railroads issued a general embargo on shipments of wheat for storage in a large midwestern and southwestern area. Effective at midnight local time, member railroads were told not to handle storage wheat for Council Bluffs East St. Louis or any destination in Kansas Nebraska Colorado Missouri Oklahoma or Texas unless the bill of lading shows storage space at the receiving end. Wheat in transit before midnight would move to the assigned destination and already sold wheat is not affected. The embargo lasts until further notice and supersedes prior embargoes on Kansas City St. Joseph Hutchinson. Officials tied the broader ban to exhausted storage facilities after heavy grain movement to terminals.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Council Bluffs
East St. Louis
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Hutchinson
Kan
AAR
Five Cent Air Mail Stamp Honors New York City Golden Anniversary
The Post Office announces a new five cent air mail stamp celebrating New York Citys Golden Anniversary. It goes on sale in New York July 31 and Cedar Rapids August 1. The 25 million stamps depict the five boroughs with a ring inscription 1898 The City of New York 1946 Golden Anniversary. The design shows seven airplanes circling the ring. The bottom reads 5c U S Air Mail. First day cancellations can be requested by sending up to 10 addressed envelopes to Postmaster New York with a postal note or money order and envelope endorsed First Day Covers.
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Post Office Department
City of
New York
Cedar Rapids
New York City
City of New York
Right Color Wrong Date He’s in a Jam
In Columbus Ohio Joe Uhl bought 1948 Ohio license tags believing they were current. Police halted him for 1947 markings though colors matched. Bureau officials explained the penitentiary workers forgot to change the date on the first die. Uhl will receive new plates.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joe Uhl
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Uhl
Ohio Penitentiary
June rise in Cedar Rapids employment and activity
Cedar Rapids shows June gains across payrolls utilities and transportation. Payrolls reach 12 483 from 12 006 in May with 19 firms surveyed. Electric usage and post office receipts climb while real estate transfers rise to 473 from 371 in May.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce Consolidated Business
Representatives
Supreme Court Gets Strike Case Record
The Mason City local of the United Packinghouse Workers union filed with the Iowa supreme court the record of a Cerro Gordo county district court case. The union and 47 members were fined 6200 for contempt after violating an injunction during a Mason City packinghouse strike at Decker plant. The high court had granted review of the case weeks earlier.
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Des Moines
Mason City
United Packinghouse Workers Union
Iowa Supreme Court
Cerro Gordo County
Supreme Court
Decker Packing Plant
New barber shop opens with noted service and parking
City briefs announce Jess Newman's barber shop at 325 E avenue NW opening with exceptional service and easy parking. Townsend Victory club 8 to meet Sunday in K of P hall for a 6 pm picnic and 7:30 pm meeting. Clergy called to Milwaukee for illness. Mrs Upham returns to New York after funeral. Cedar Rapids Chamber closes Saturday for Harry Sundberg funeral.
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Jess Newman
E Avenue NW
New York
F. B. Upham, Jr
J. K. Hayward
Two Deaths Cedar Rapids Traffic Toll Since March 15
Traffic bureau of the police department reports eight month safety contest results. fatalities rose to two since March 15 with 347 injuries and 82 more incidents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Traffic Bureau
Police Department
Young Men’s Bureau
Geology Professor L R Wilson to Present at London Congress
Dr Leonard R Wilson former Coe College geology professor and University of Massachusetts Amherst department head will present a paper at the International Geological Congress in London. The study titled Plant Microfossil Studies of Early Tertiary Deposits in the Western Interior United States will be read in section 1 on faunal and floral facies and zonal correlation. He sails July 30 from New York on the Queen Mary and plans a Switzerland trip before returning September 9 to Boston.
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Leonard R. Wilson
Coe College
International Geological Congress
London
United States
Wilson
University of Massachusets
Amherst
University of Wisconsin
Coe
New York
Cherbourg
France
Geneva
Zermatt
Switzerland
England
Scotland
Boston
Revered pastor honored for service at First Baptist
The Rev. Mr. Anderson, longtime pastor of First Baptist, guided 423 new church members and led property improvements. He earned the Young Men's civic service award in 1944, led Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association, Kiwanis, and Coe College aircrew chaplain duties. He and his wife raise two sons, Robert and David. a residence will be provided by the Olean.
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First Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association
Kiwanis Club
Army
Coe College
Anderson
Robert
David
Olean Church
Rutgers Students Paid for Getting Plastered
Rutgers University students in New Brunswick are paid five dollars each to get plastered as part of an experiment by a local adhesive tape manufacturer. The study tests how long the product retains strength as researchers record the degree of tightness over several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick, N.J
Rutgers University
Teamsters Seek Certification at Wilson’s Garage Division
The Teamsters Local 233 filed with the NLRB for an election to certify as bargaining agent for Wilson and Company garage employees. James D. White announced the filing on Friday noting the action occurred Wednesday. The garage staff, including mechanics greasers and washers, are currently represented by the CIO Packinghouse Workers, while Teamsters already represent the company’s truck drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters’ Union Local 233
Wilson and Company
NLRB
James D. White
Teamsters
White
CIO
Teamsters’ Union
Wilson’s
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Shellsburg
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Peter MacFarlane
St. Paul
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