Weather and notices from Bismarck daily record
The weather section lists high and low temperatures for Friday with national readings and forecast details for Sunday through Tuesday. Iowa area rainfall and winds noted. Police lists show fines for drunkenness and disturbing the peace, reckless driving, and parking violations. Births, marriages licenses, and divorce actions appear with names and dates from local records.
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Bismarck
Milammi
Chicago
Ainneapolis
Denver
Los Angeles
tSlowx City
Iowa
Halsey Visits Cedar Rapids Amid Sparse Reception
Admiral William Halsey arrived at the Cedar Rapids airport to a small crowd and a missing reception committee. He urged savings bonds to sustain postwar gains while Gov. Blue and local officials greeted him before driving to the Roosevelt hotel with police escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Halsey
Navy
Marine
William Norris
Admiral
Norris
Gov. Blue
Mayor Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Central City
Howard Sands
George Sands
Washington
C. E Fischer
C. M. Fischer
Third Avenue SE
R. S. Hauch
Minneapolis
Col. H. Rogers
Storm Lake
R. S. van Benschoten
B. D. Love
H. R. Grimes
Admiral Halsey urges war bond purchases in Iowa radio event
Admiral Halsey urged support for war savings bonds in a CBS broadcast from WMT as part of a state program honoring long owned farms. The segment aired after a local band and Cedar Rapids choruses, with farmers from Tipton and Palo recognized for century old family farms. A wartime economy note warned inflation and black markets unless bonds are bought.
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United States
Vinton
KXEL
Iowa
Gordon Barger
Retail Merchants Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Alford Safely
Tipton
United States Savings
John
Thomas Lewis
Palo
Lewis
Cedar Rapids High School
CBS
WMT
Admiral Halsey
United States of America
G.A.R. Chief Sees Veterans Dwindle at Encampment
The Darnold family recounts cross country travel to Cedar Rapids for a G A R encampment as four Civil War veterans remain from Iowa. David Sisk, longtime aide to the G A R, died recently in Marshalltown leaving four veterans, oldest Ebenezer McMurray at 102.
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Jack Darnold
G.A.R
Cedar Rapids
Shenandoah
Robert A. Millen
Melcher
James P. Partin
Sutherland
Deaths H C Moats Former Gazette Employee
H C Moats about 80 a former Cedar Rapids resident and Gazette employee died Saturday in Forest Hills New York City. A retired printer he was a Gazette typesetter. Surviving are two sisters Mrs Daisy Sennert and Mrs John Longuerausse and three brothers Fred Frank and Ben all of Cedar Rapids Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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H C. Moats
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Forest Hills
New York City
Daisy Sennert
John Longuerausse
New Orleans
Fred
Frank
Ben
Peete Must Die in Gas Chamber for Logan Slaying
California Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Louise Peete, twice convicted of murdering her benefactress Mrs Margaret Logan, in a case marking a capital punishment ruling.
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Sawn Francisco
Louise Peete
California
Margaret Logan
State Supreme Court
GIs Refuse to Testify at Bad Nauheim Trials
Seventeen American soldiers refused to testify at the court martial of Lt. Leonard Ennis and earlier at Lt. Granville Cubage's trial, accusing the army of injustices. Witnesses criticized a $60 fine, while prosecutions wound up cases as they declined to speak despite punishments.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
Aubrey L. Richey
Birmingham
Ala
United States
Leonard W. Ennis
Peekskill
N. Y
10Th
Lichfield
Eng
Granville Cubage
Oklahoma City
Ennis
Cubage
David M. Proctor, Jr
Kansas City, Mo
Pfc
William B. Norris
Mulga
Okla
Otto C. Holt
Gilman, Til
England
Taniee
Bad Naueim
Admiral Halsey Discusses Navy Policy at Roosevelt Hotel
In a press setup at the Roosevelt hotel, Admiral Halsey avoided comment on the army navy merger and Russia but praised Operations Crossroads and the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb preparations. He noted naval interest in ship structure effects and amphibious craft, and cited Coral Sea Midway Guadalcanal Bougainville as turning points. He joked about bragging and posed with attendees including Miss Dolores Harford in a state essay award moment.
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Truman
Navy
Admiral Halsey
Russia
Bikini Atoll
Army
Science
Coral Sea
Midway
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Dolores Harford
Marion
Miss Harford
Norma Jean
Coe College Musicians Shine at Town Band Festival
Oliphant and Patricia Owens of Coe College perform at the Eastern Town Band Festival. A courtly admiral remarks on the beauty of the three young women saying they grow them good looking in this country.
White Friday traffic hits weekly high with five crashes
Cedar Rapids observes Safety Week with five traffic accidents on Friday night the highest daily total this week. A truck driven by Hugh Bergen collided with Gustav Schaerer at Second Avenue and Sixteenth Street. injuries included a head bump to passenger W. E. England. Other crashes involved Vincent Presler with Ruth Kubik and Willard Sawyer with W L Crissman. 2379 cars were tested at the police station lane with 520 passing first time and 500 after repairs.
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Cedar Rapids
Hugh Bergen
Second Street
Second Avenue
Sixteenth Street SE
Gustav C. Schaerer
Ellis Boulevard
W. E. England
G Avenue NW
Schaerer
Bergen
Eighth Avenue
H Street
Vincent H. Presler
Ruth Kubik
Eighth Avenue SE
Alice Presler
Cooper tied to shooting scare at Iowa county barn
Cooper Jack told officers he found Cooper at the barn door with a shotgun and that the gun fired during a struggle. The weapon had been borrowed from Jake Turner who kept the farm where Cooper was living, amid a police stakeout by Sheriff James H. Smith and deputies. Cooper reportedly stayed in Marion Wednesday night.
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Jack
Dvorak
Cooper
Iowa
Jake Turner
James H. Smith
Harlan Snyder
Whittemore
Condon
Yeoman Edward Biasi Killed Near Dubuque
Edward Biasi 24 chief yeoman in the personnel department at the Great Lakes naval training station died from injuries after a car accident near Dubuque. He apparently fell asleep or lost control, struck a cement railing, skidded, and was thrown from the vehicle before being found by passing truckers and taken to Mercy hospital.
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Dubuque
Edward Biasi
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Leo Martin
Biasi
Blasi
Mercy
Iowa University Junior Guilty Of Forgery
Marilou Maddox, 19, a University of Iowa junior from Evansville Indiana, pled guilty to forging checks totaling 65 dollars across six local businesses. She was fined 100 dollars plus costs in district court Friday after her March arrest.
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Iowa City
Marilou Maddox
University of Iowa
Evansville
Ind
Strike Ban Placed on Agriculture Funds Bill
A joint senate house conference committee added a prohibition on federal employees striking or joining unions asserting the right to strike against the government to the Agriculture Department 1947 appropriation bill.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate-House
United States Must Fear Communism Says House Committee
The House Committee on Un American Activities warned that the United States must fear communism and urged individuals, groups, and government to guard against its influence. It urged labor unions to purge communist elements and criticized a War Department orientation pamphlet as a blot on Army history.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
United States
War Department
Keokuk Rejects Daylight Time Ordinance
Keokuk Iowa mayor plans to bring daylight time to a vote in November after the city council rejected a proposed advance in clocks. Labor leaders and many residents opposed moving from Standard time despite petitions from nearly 3,000 signers.
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Keokuk, Ia
Keokuk
James D. Allison
Perkins Quits Iowa Law Faculty for Vanderbilt Chair
Rollin M. Perkins, longtime University of Iowa College of Law professor, will leave Iowa City to join Vanderbilt University as Frank C. Rand professor of law, starting August 1. He taught criminal law and procedure and was known for the peace officers short course and The Elements of Police Science.
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Iowa City
Rollin M., Perkins
University of Iowa College of Law
Vanderbilt University
Iowa
Perkins
Frank C. Rand
Vanderbilt
University of Iowa
American Law Institute
Grain Bin House Open for Public Sunday Inspection
The Cedar Rapids all veterans housing committee will display a grain bin house at 821 Fourteenth Street Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. The 14 by 24 foot unit, converted from a surplus bin, features a living room, kitchen, bathroom, mezzanine, bedroom, closet and overhead storage. Committee chairman Howard McLaughlin says the project tests converting grain bins into acceptable living spaces and the group may buy several bins to install on authorized veteran-owned lots.
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Cedar Rapids
All-Veterans Housing Committee
Fourteenth Street
Howard McLaughlin
Oard
OPA Seeks Injunction Against Union Butcher
The OPA filed a district court petition seeking an injunction against C. W. Heusing doing business as the Union market at Union Hardin county. The action targets limiting slaughter of livestock to the entitlement of a class two slaughterer under the second war powers act and asks that costs be assessed against the defendant.
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C. W. Heusing
Union Market
Union
Hardin County
OPA
Heusing
Carpenter Elected President of Iowa Small Loan Firms
W C Carpenter 1954 Second Avenue SE was elected president of the Iowa Association of Small Loan Companies at a Des Moines meeting. The Townsend Victory club eight will hold a Sunday picnic supper at 6 p.m with a social hour and brief business session. Fernando Laramana of the Philippine Islands will speak at 11 a.m. Sunday worship at Bethany Congregational Church.
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W. C. Carpenter
Second Avenue SE
Iowa Association of Small Loan Companies
Des Moines
Townsend Victory Club
Fernando Laramana
Philippine Islands
First Congregational Church
Towa City
Bethany Congregational Church
Courthouse records show tax liens and releases filed
Courthouse records list two federal tax liens and three releases of liens. The liens target Ralph C. Alix and Erwin P. Kenney for 1943 and 1944 income taxes. Releases cancel liens on Orville Hepner Roy King and Albert Benda for 1944 taxes.
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County Recorder's Ofice
Ralph C. Alix
B Avenue NE
Erwin P. Kenney
D Avenue NW
Orville M. Hepner
Mt. Vernon Road
Ely Co op Telephone Group Names Officers in Articles
Five farmers were named officers of the Ely Cooperative Telephone association in the incorporation articles filed Saturday. J Alfred Witousek is president, George Motycka secretary and treasurer, Frank J Nemecek a director, all of Cedar Rapids rural route two, Joe W Holets Ely vice president, and Edward Matyk of near Solon a director. Voting members will be rural party line residents in College and Putnam townships Linn county and Big Grove and Jefferson townships Johnson county.
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Ely Cooperative Telephone Association
J. Alfred Witousek
George Motycka
Frank J. Nemecek
Cedar Rapids
Joe W. Holets
Ely
Edward Matyk
Near Solon
College
Putnam
Linn
Big Grove
Jefferson
Johnson County
Amputee Walter Henderson Sues for 25000 Damages
Walter R. Henderson files a 25000 damage suit claiming an Aug 29 accident caused his leg amputation. He accuses Benjamin Johnson and two Chicago trustees of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad of negligence. Henderson says he was transferring sea coal sacks from a box car to a truck when a train struck both, with Johnson as the engineer and Universal Foundry Co. as his employer.
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Walter R. Henderson
Benjamin Johnson
Avenue
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Henderson
Johnson
Universal Foundry Company
Belle Plaine Youth Is Charged with Larceny
Paul Bernard Hart 21 of Belle Plaine was charged with larceny for allegedly stealing two wrist watches and two men’s rings from a Norva hotel room. He claimed army service overseas and was held on 3000 bond. Jewelry valued at 189 belonged to Melvin and Leo Bina. A separate report noted $265 cash missing from Wesley Frank after leaving his billfold at a Cedar Rapids store.
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Floyd Philbrick
Paul Bernard Hart
Belle Plaine
Norva Hotel
Hart
Cedar Rapids
Europe
Melvin
Leo Bina
Wesley Frank
Sixth Street SE
Prison Term for Swallom Suspended by Judge
Ralph Swallom 24 is serving nine months in county jail on a bad check charge. A separate term up to 10 years in the state penitentiary was suspended during good behavior after he pled guilty to a second check for 36 dollars drawn on Palo Savings Bank signed Fred Morris.
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Ralph Swallom
G. K. Thompson
Swallom
Palo Savings 'Bank
Fred Morris
Red Diamond Veterans In Centennial Parades
DES MOINES AP Units of the Fifth infan try division known as the Red Diamond are set for Iowa Centennial parades on June 29 and July 3. They will be headquartered at Camp Dodge with about 1,000 men an infantry battalion a field artillery battery a provisional reconnaissance platoon with armored cars and the division band in the group.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bert Stolpe
Camp Dodge
Australia Settles Lend-Lease Debt with U S
Australia agreed to pay 27 million dollars to the United States to settle the lend-lease account, the payment completed Friday night in Washington.
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Washington
Australia
United States
Fire Gained Head Start in La Salle Hotel Fire
Chicago AP dispatch reports Marshal James Gibbons testified delay in calling the fire department allowed the La Salle hotel blaze to gain head start. The 60th victim, Ann Paulakis of Waukegan, died days later. Witnesses described flames, smoke, and conflicting timing as investigators pressed the coroner's jury for details.
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Chicago
James Gibbons
la Salle
Ann Paulakis
Waukegan
Walter Meyer
Edward McNamara
Kowalske
Fire Department
McNamara
Julia Berry
Berry
Marshal Gibbons
Gibbons
Avery Brundage
Madison-La Salle Hotel Corporation
Brundage
Henry Eckhardt
Negro Navy Veteran Flogged by Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta AP report says a 21 year old Negro Navy veteran and hotel employee was lured by four men in a car to a remote spot by the municipal airport where nine men whipped him with a leather lash at gunpoint on February 13. He walked to a police station afterward.
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Atlanta
Dan Duke
Duke
Arnall
Georgia
Battleship Iowa To Get Its Silver Service Set
The Iowa will receive its silver service set, once displayed by the state historical department, after a three month overhaul in Puget Sound starting June 15. Capt Entwistle informed Gov Blue that cabinets would be installed for the set.
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Iowa
DES Moines
INS
State Historical Department
F. I. Entwistle
Robert D. Blue
Puget Sound
UI Graduates Receive Degrees at 86th Commencement
At the University of Iowa 86th commencement five hundred seventy two degrees and certificates were awarded by President Virgil M. Hancher. The speaker Robert T. Swaine urged balancing freedom with responsibility and warned against majority errors while stressing government’s role in public welfare.
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Iowa City
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Iowa Fieldhouse
Iowa
Territory of
Hawaii
Robert T. Swaine
New York City
U. S
Swaine
Four Draw Fines After Friday Night Disturbances
Four individuals were fined in police court Saturday morning for disturbances Friday night. Gerald W. Carley of Des Moines and Ephram Berry, route 3, were arrested at 10:07 p.m. for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. each paid 25 dollars and costs. George Hillmer paid 25 dollars for drunkenness and disturbing the peace after 2:45 a.m. complaints from his landlord. Loretta Wolf, Iowa City, was arrested at 6:34 p.m. at the Taft Grill. Tom Siamis, proprietor, charged disturbance in his establishment and she paid 25 dollars.
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George M. Hillmer
Sixth Street SE
Gerald W. Carley
Des Moines
Ephram E. Berry
Loretta Wolf
Iowa City
Ephram
Vaude Fellwock
Felix Barta
Frank Mullen
Taft Grill
Tom Siamis
Truman Names 3 Labor Dept Assistant Heads
President Truman nominated John W. Gibson of Michigan David A Morse of New Jersey and Philip Hannah of Ohio as assistant secretaries of labor in a move announced Friday in Washington AP report indicating leadership appointments within the Labor Department.
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Washington
Truman
John W. Gibson
Michigan
David A. Morse
New Jersey
Philip Hannah
Ohio
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
The district court in Linn County Iowa will hear on June 10 1948 at 9 o clock a m the proof and admission to probate of an Instrument purporting to be the last will of Ernest R Newcomer late of the county deceased. Arthur Axmear Clerk. John D Randall attorney. Cedar Rapids Iowa June 7.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Ernest R. Newcomer
Said County
A District Court
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Notice of Appointment Administratrix of Elmer Heins Estate
Daisy Heins appointed and qualified as administratrix of Elmer Heins estate in Linn County Iowa on March 24 1946. Creditors and claimants must file authenticated claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk. Kenneth L Moon is the attorney for the estate.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Elmer Helnstate
Daisy Heins
Kenneth L. Moon
Appointment of Executor in McElder Estate Iowa 1946
Rollin H. White named executor of John W. McElder estate in Linn County Iowa on May 24 1946. Creditors asked to pay debts and file claims authenticated with Linn County District Court clerk. Orisaman and Blenkley attorneys represent the estate.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
John W. McElder
Iowa
Rollin H. White
Orisaman and
Blenkley
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Second Avenue NE
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Eli Nemer
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Clarence Schmidt
Marengo
George Martin
Fairfax
George Shearer
Avenue NE
Cyrus Joslin
Mechanicsville
St. Luke’s
Wallace Beck
Seventeenth Street SE
Eugene Engelking
Olin
Margery Wallace
Harry Thomson
Frances Roman
Camanche
John H. McCallum
Providence
R. I
Glatha M. Borah
John L. Leaven
Independence
Virginia Davis
Leo Henry Wood
Mary Alice Sherbon
Walker
Harold William de Woody
Irma Helen Zahradnik
Anna Williams
George Williams
Ortha Marie Untiedt
Clarence W. Untiedt
Nelle C. Davies
Bruce A. Davies
Beatrice L. Riley
Evan L. Riley
Halsey
Marvin W. Horak
Sgt
Mihalak
Julian T Brown
Blue
Tam
Towa
H. C. Moats
G.i.'s
House Committee
Rollin M. Perkins
S.U.S
Ely Co-op Telephone Group
Alice I. Wolfe
Gerald E. Wolfe
Katherine Fiala
Joseph H. Fiala
Mary C. Snouffer
Elmer G. Listerberger
First Street NE
Listerberger
Marshal
Edward Kowalske
Is.u.s
Labor Dept
Calvary Baptist Church
Fifth Avenue
Bow Sixth Street
Rodney C. Gould
Youth For Christ
Gilbert Howe
Young Peoples
Youth For Christ International
Florence Johns
Patty Jones
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