Weather risks and public notices in daily Record
The Daily Record reports Iowa weather outlook with partly cloudy skies and chances of showers through Sunday, followed by cooler conditions and highs in the 80s. It lists city temperatures, wind directions, sunrise and sunset times, and multiple local police court actions, accidents, and birth announcements for St Luke's and Mercy hospitals, plus corrections and funeral notices for Anamosa and Decorah.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Seattle
Miami
Sioux City
Iowa
Baruch urges standby basis for controls in economic bill
The Senate Banking Committee postponed action on Truman’s economic control bill as Baruch proposes standby power for price and wage ceilings and rationing. Sparkman will shape Baruch ideas into amendments. debate follows Baruch’s earlier call for an immediate mobilization freeze. House and Senate Republicans oppose the Baruch plan citing overreach.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Bernard M. Baruch
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Baruch
Burnet R. Maybank
D-S. C
New York
Maybank
Elder Statesman
Sparkman
House Banking Committee
John C. Kunkel
House
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
G.O.P
Tractors Recall WWII Service For Ogden Worker
G F Hamaker, crane ground man at the Air Force depot, began work on a U S army tractor at the Utah general depot. The machine felt familiar to him as the one he drove in the Pacific during World War II. Inside the tool pocket he found his pocket knife.
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Ogden, Utah
G. F. Hamaker
Utah General Depot
Hamaker
Pacific
Air Force Depot
Starfish Identified as Sea Animal Not Fish
A science note clarifies that starfish are sea animals and belong to echinoderms, not fish, correcting common classification errors and highlighting their marine habitat and distinct biology.
Trojan Horse Ship Bill Reaches White House for Signing
Congress sent to the White House a bill to allow government searches of foreign ships entering American ports to stop secret delivery of an A bomb. Senator Magnuson said President Truman was ready to sign. the act targets Alaskan Hawaiian shores and the mainland. Customs on both coasts will inspect Soviet and satellite ships to prevent Trojan vessels docking.
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Washington
INS
Congress
White House
U. S
Sen. Magnuson
D-Wash
Truman
Two Cedar Rapids Men Fined For Reckless Driving
Edwin D. Dvorak and Clarence A. Godfrey, both Cedar Rapids residents, were fined the maximum $100 plus costs on reckless driving charges. Police said both were intoxicated. Dvorak allegedly struck five parked cars after following a route from Third Street to Ellis Boulevard, while Godfrey drove on the wrong side of First Avenue East and refused to enter the squad car.
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Cedar Rapids
Edwin D. Dvorak
Westwood Drive
Clarence A. Godfrey
Thirty-first Street
Dvorak
F Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
Third Street
Godfrey
First Avenue East
Woman Fined $150 on Three Police Charges
Iva Mae Nelson of Mt. Vernon road SE was fined $150 on three police charges in police court. Judge William Matias imposed $25 for drunkenness and $25 for obscene language, plus $100 or 30 days for resisting an officer. Appeal bond set at $350 and concurrent sentences offered.
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Iva Mae Nelson
Mt. Vernon Road SE
Mt. Vernon Road
William Matias
Appointment of Executor for Jo Papousek Estate in Iowa
Notice identifies Chas L. Benesh as attorney for the executor and states that on July 28 1950 the under signed was appointed and qualified as executor of Jo Papousek also known as Joe Papousek late of Linn County Iowa deceased. Debts should be paid to the undersigned and claims filed with the Linn County Clerk for settlement.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Jo Papousek
Joe Papousek
Sah Suton Hee
Chas. L. Benesh
Truman Orders Govt Synthetic Rubber Plants Reopened
President Truman ordered several government synthetic rubber plants to reopen by December 1 to raise annual production to 675000 tons. The move follows a National Security Resources Board recommendation amid Korea era mobilization. Current output is about 480000 tons with total capacity around 940000 tons.
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Washington
Truman
National Security Resources Board
John R. Steelman
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Akron Youth Given Time To Plead In Car Theft Case
Akron teen Dean G. Keagle 18 is ordered to plead by 10 am Tuesday before Judge G. K. Thompson on a car theft charge. An attorney was appointed at state expense. Keagle claimed AWOL status from Camp Campbell Kentucky after allegedly stealing a car in Cedar Rapids from Clarence Zieser of Belle Plaine. He was arrested near Allison after the vehicle ran into a ditch.
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Dean G. Keagle
Akron
Ohio
G. K. Thompson
Keagle
A.w.o.l
Camp Campbell
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Zieser
Belle Plaine
Allison
Clymer Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced to Sixty Days
Harry E. Clymer, 59, of Lisbon pled guilty to a drunk driving charge and was sentenced to 60 days in Linn county jail by Judge Floyd Philbrick. He was arrested by the highway patrol after his car left the road and went into a ditch near Mt. Vernon.
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Harry E. Clymer
Lisbon
Linn County
Floyd Philbrick
Highway Patrol
Mt. Vernon
Will of Joseph Popousek Admitted to Probate
The will of Joseph Popousek who died July 24 was admitted to probate Friday. Named to share the estate equally are sisters Anna Johnson of Whiting Indiana, and Mary Black of Hammond Indiana, and nephew Felix Maresh of Hammond. Charles L. Benesh appointed executor with a $4,000 bond.
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Popousek
Joseph Popousek
Anna Johnson
Whiting
Ind
Mary Black
Hammond
Felix Maresh
Charles L. Benesh
Doctors Keegan and Finlays File $589.50 Suit Against Boyd
On Saturday Drs Keegan and Finlays filed a $589.50 account suit against George A Boyd. The case seeks recovery of unpaid medical charges and relates to services rendered by the physicians.
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Drs. Keegan
Finlays
George A. Boyd
British Plane Downed Off Korea In Misidentification
Tokyo reports that American B-29s shot down a British Seafire Friday after a mixup in identification. The aircraft operating from a British carrier was shot down off Korea's west coast. the pilot was rescued at sea. Navy says identification procedures will be tightened.
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Tokyo
Ins
Air Force
Charges Filed After Non-Reportable Cedar Rapids Accident
Traffic charges were filed against two Cedar Rapids men after a non reportable accident at Second avenue and Tenth street SE. Cecil McFatridge 18 of 1242 Fifth avenue SE was fined 15 dollars and costs for driving without a license. Grant Garvy on an unauthorized driver charge asked for a continuance to obtain counsel and case was continued to next Friday at 8 30 am.
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James Ivan Kolsto
Newhall
Cecil Peterson
Marion
Cecil McFatridge
Fifth Avenue SE
Glen E. Hamilton
Twentieth Avenue
John A. Rosenberg
E Avenue NE
Raymond J. Vecerka
Sixteenth Avenue
Edward Burke, Jr
Daniels Street
Ivan L. Lundgren
A. H. Steffler
A Avenue
Edward Janovic
Linn Junction
J. C. Stoner
Norway
George C. Wolf
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Grant Garvey
110Th Avenue NW
McFatridge
Robert D. Doty
Dalewood Avenue
Forest and
Meadowbrook Drives
Pay Your Newspaper Boy Promptly
A concise notice urging prompt payment to a newsboy operating as his own small business. He buys papers wholesale and resells retail, with profits tied to customers’ timely payments and cooperation.
Quarterly Payments and Carrier Credit Arrangements
The Cedar Rapids Gazette indicates payments can be made at the office on a quarterly, semi annual, or annual basis. It also states the carrier's account will be credited weekly and that the same profit will be earned.
Battle of Decision Rages in Korea Front Near Hwanggan
Allied forces reclaim ground around the Hwanggan sector as First Cavalry and 25th Division counter the Red offensive. MacArthur reports heavy enemy losses with more than 2,500 North Korean troops killed and 800 dead near the 27th RCT. Air power wide-ranging, Navy Task Force 77 and B 29s target supply lines and bridges from Pyongyang to Kochang.
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Panggye
Pusan
First Cavalry
25Th
Hwanggan
MacArthur
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
U. S
Kumchon
Korea
Walker
Task Force 77
North Korea
Pyongyang
Hwachang
Kochang
Killer of Sheriff Conway Sought in Kentucky
Police from city county and state swept the Big Sandy river valley hunting for the gunman who killed Sheriff Roy Conway, who had led a crusade against gambling and bootlegging. Conway died from a back wound Friday night. a Japanese army rifle was found nearby but bullet fragments hinder identification. Bloodhounds traced the killer toward the river bank where muddy footsteps show the escape route.
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Pikeville
Big Sandy River
Roy Conway
Pike County
Conway
Seamen Invited by East Germany to Join New Navy Police
Berlin reports that seamen who served in Hitler's fleet were invited by the East German Communist regime on Saturday to volunteer for the new navy police.
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Berlin
Hitler
U.S. Moves to Mass-Produce Light and Medium Tanks
The United States plans a large scale build up of light and medium tanks pending a $10.517 billion military funding request from President Truman. The army will focus on agile models like the T-41 as it expands procurement, while heavy tanks see no immediate production.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Army Ordnance
United States
Korea
Korean
Army
Detroit
German Charges Served on Ilse Koch
Ilse Koch faces charges of instigating brutality and murder against concentration camp prisoners. A 140 page charge sheet outlines repeated cruelties under her husband’s Buchenwald command. Her trial is set for September in Germany. previously she was freed and re-arrested after a U S war crimes conviction.
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Augsburg
Germany
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Knights of Columbus Family Picnic at St Ludmila's Frolic Field
City briefs note the Knights of Columbus annual family picnic at St Ludmila's Frolic field Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. Polio Insurance offered by Aldridge Agency. Other items include traffic court updates, fines, and local incidents such as car and cab collisions, bicycle thefts, and a pedestrian injury in Cedar Rapids.
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Knights of Columbus
St. Ludmila’s Frolic Field
Deaths Harriet E Campbell long Cedar Rapids resident
Harriet E Campbell 1429 Fifth avenue SE Cedar Rapids resident and Coe college bursar died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness born September 24 1890 she served Coe for 33 years Survived by B H Campbell Chicago six sisters including Mrs PotterMiss Lorena Campbell and Mrs Barnes Cedar Rapids and Mrs Wilson Mrs Snyder and Mrs Collette Cedar Rapids Services at Turner chapel burial Cedar Memorial cemetery contact for visitation after 1 p m
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Harriet E. Campbell
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Miss Campbell
Coe
B. H. Campbell
Chicago
Thomas Potter
Lorena Campbell
Charles Barnes
Woodrow Wilson
Kenneth
Funeral for Marie Trefny Held in Walker
Marie Trefny 79, widow of Bohdan Trefny, died at her Walker home Friday night. Born Sept 25 1870 in Ceska Trebova Czechoslovakia she is survived by three sons Louis Theodore and Fred Cedar Rapids two daughters Mrs Bernard Hofford Cedar Rapids and Mrs Frank Melgeorge Orr Minn seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren One son Milo died in Long Beach California July 19 The Janeba funeral home will host service Monday at 2 pm led by Rev Zdenek Pauk Burial in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call after 3 pm
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Marie Trefny
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Bohdan Trefny
Walker
Ceska Trebova
Czechoslovakia
Louis
Theodore
Fred
Cedar Rapids
Bernard C. Hofford
Frank Melgeorge
Orr, Minn
Services for Joseph Sejba at Polansky chapel Sunday
Funeral services are set for Joseph Sejba at the Polansky chapel at 2 p.m. Sunday with Rev. Zdenek F. Pauk officiating. Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Joseph Sejba
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Polansky Chapel
Zdenek F. Pauk
Bohemian National Cemetery
Mrs. Lewis Ware Dies in Tulsa. Rites Monday
Mrs. Lewis E. Ware mother of Jack C. Ware of station KCRG died in Tulsa at 4 a.m. Saturday. Funeral services will be held at the McCune funeral home in Tulsa on Monday.
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Lewis E. Ware
Jack C. Ware
KCRG
Tulsa
McCune Funeral Home
Bakers and Union Reach Agreement in Cedar Rapids
Three Cedar Rapids bakeries and the AFL Bakers union signed a one year contract ending May 1, 1951 after two months of talks. Top classification workers will now earn 1.60 per hour, a 10 cent raise retroactive to May 1, with a four hour work day guaranteed. The pact covers about 250 employees at Petersen, Colonial, and Cedar Rapids bakeries.
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Cedar Rapids Bakeries
AFL Bakers Union
Bert Slack
Bakers and Confectioners
Petersen, Colonial
Cedar Rapids
Slack
G. L. Davies
A. W. Story
Petersen
W. M. Brown
Colonial
H. G. Sliss
William Dalziel Killed Near Traer
Special to The Gazette William Dalziel 48 was killed Friday afternoon when brushed from a hay load under a service wire five miles west of Traer. His neck broken. Survived by wife three children two brothers Andrew Merle and two sisters Mrs Burton Romick and Mrs James Stevenson all of Traer. Funeral arrangements not completed.
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TRAER
William Dalziel
Dalziel
Hay Bale Collision Injures Farm Worker Near Wyoming
Donald Von Sprecken 24 was knocked down a hay chute by a bale on his father Peter Von Sprecken’s farm two miles north of Wyoming. He suffered a neck injury and was hospitalized at St. Luke's Cedar Rapids with Saturday condition described as fairly good.
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Wyoming
Donald von Sprecken
von Sprecken
Peter von Sprecken
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Procter and Gamble Raises Prices Across Household Goods
Cincinnati AP report says Procter and Gamble hikes wholesale prices by 7 percent on household soaps and Crisco vegetable shortening. The firm cites sharp increases in raw material costs as the reason for the rise.
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Cincinnati
Procter and Gamble Company
P. and
Landing Of G I s Seer Reinforcements In Korea
Washington military spokesman said the nation can expect landing of reinforcements and equipment in Korea soon. The exact units were unclear but potential arrivals included a First provisional brigade and a Second Marine air wing as part of the American effort on the peninsula. The spokesman emphasized material but did not confirm specific troop movements.
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Washington
Itary
Sai
Kor Aa
Marine Air Wing
Korea
Friss
U. S
Truman Seeks Half-Billion for Stockpiling Critical Materials
President Truman asked Congress for 600 million dollars to stockpile strategic materials in support of rearmament and 18 million for repairing merchant fleet vessels. The White House noted essential industrial and military needs, with total stockpiling requests rising toward 2.6 billion since wartime end and including 6 million to activate aluminum facilities.
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Washington
Dent Truman
Cone Day
Nce
Truman
Senate
White House
Fire damages Plant Paint Shop at Highway Equipment Co
A fire at the Highway Equipment Company plant at 616 D Avenue NW damaged the paint shop and a small ventilator. Cedar Rapids firefighters arrived quickly, preventing spread to other areas. The shop, unused at the time, is expected to reopen after repairs. painting may be done elsewhere. Chief figures on exact loss were not available.
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Highway Equipmet Company
D Avenue NW
A. Wendler
Empany
Lecce
Cedar Rapids
Otter
Wendler
Gemer
Seabees Seek Recruits for Navy Construction Units
The Navy announces a major drive to recruit skilled construction men for Seabee reserve units. Targeting older men with reconstruction experience, the program offers rating alignment to experience. Ex Seabees and volunteers should contact local naval recruiting stations or Seabee battalions for details.
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Washington
Navy
Seabee Battalion
Sd Ha
Naval Recruiting Station
Passenger Rail Usage Surges to Record High
The report notes a rise in passenger miles on the railroad system, climbing to a peak of 98 billion miles after fluctuations. The increase follows a prior dip and reflects stronger travel demand across the network.
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B. J. Wubbens
Ray Moore Agency
Larry Swann
Fruitland Boulevard
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C Avenue NW
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