No Consumer Stampede To Obtain Beef
Chicago report notes minimal panic buying as beef shortages persist. Meat counters see high prices curb purchases while packers and farmers clash over price ceilings. Instances of brief urgency appear in Medina and Kansas City, but overall demand remains muted. officials blame policy and supply issues.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
San Francisco
Kansas City
Medina
Ohio
Cleveland
Omaha
Dallas
Des Moines
Atlanta
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Denver
Springfield
Ill
National Association of Retail Meat and Food Dealers
OPS to Probe Black Market Meat Slaughterers in Iowa
Iowa Office of Price Stabilization will send six to eight agents Monday to check for black market meat slaughterers. R K Brannon, OPS enforcement officer, said the field team will be the first to conduct meat inspections in the state since OPS was established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Trail to Missing Britons Shifts Across Europe
In one of Europe's largest man hunts, two British diplomats led detectives and agents across France and Italy as the search for Guy Burgess and his companion widened. Rome reports a cable about their long Mediterranean holiday while Rennes had yielded no trace two weeks prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A.w.o.l
France
Italy
Foreign Office
Guy Burgess
Rome
Russia
Burgess
Rennes
Language Barrier Courts Czech Traveler in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids police court judge William Matias speaks Czech to a prisoner named Jerry Kristan, a linotype operator from Chicago claiming to work for a Czech language newspaper. The vagrancy charge is dismissed and Kristan is sent over the hill toward Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Matias
Jerry Kristan
Union Station
Kristan
Blue Island
Matias
Cedar Rapids
Jet Crashes In Cloud Bank During Simulated Dogfight
Eyewitnesses described a formation of 34 Bergstrom based aircraft simulating combat maneuvers when a distress signal may have triggered a risky break from formation. Witnesses reported planes entering a cloud bank and an explosion followed by fatalities. Identified victims include Major George W. Alexander, 32, Captain Edward J. Moroney Jr., and 1st Lt. Robert E. Horne Jr., all of Austin Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Croft
Richmond
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Texas
Air Force
Indiana
George W. Alexander
Edward J. Moroney
Robert E. Horne, Jr
Deaths Richard Tilson 1873 Ireland to Cedar Rapids resident
Richard Henry Tilson 111 Tenth Street SW Cedar Rapids dies at home after brief illness aged 78. Born June 24 1873 in County Cavin Ireland he came to the United States at 32. Survived by wife Anna Ellison three daughters three sons a sister eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral at St Patrick's Church with burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call Turner chapel after 1 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Henry Tilson
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
County Cavin
Ireland
Anna E. Ellison
Arthur Brague
Marvin Smylie
John Merrifield
James R. Tilson
George S. Tilson
William H. Tilson
U. S. Air Force
Fort Worth
Texas
Leah Cummish
New York
Tilson
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Linn 4 H Girls Rally Draws 530 Members From 23 Clubs
Linn county 4 H club girls held their annual Rally day at the Farm Youth Center Hawkeye Downs with 530 girls and mothers from 23 clubs. Carol Jordan of Marion was named as one of eight state 4 H office candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Marion
Norene Schlesselman
Smulekoff
Iowa
Adeline Biderman
Ellen Klinsky
Joyce Trokosh
Henry Gensick
Pony to be kept at Pleasantville farm after donation
J B Scannell from Pleasantville farm between Cedar Rapids and Marion will keep the pony temporarily. The pony was donated by the Retail Merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, with four offers for it but not for sale. The event featured saddle bronco busting won by Gene Pruitt of Tieton Washington, with results in calf roping bareback riding Brahma bull riding saddle bronco riding and bulldogging listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Scannell
Pleasantville
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Bell
Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Gene Pruitt
Tieton
Wash
Charley Wilmer
Venita
Okla
Ross Martin
Waldo
Texas
Vernon Kerns
Herne
Lewis Fromme
Goras
Claude Damron
J. B. Bradshaw
Bandera
Gail Orr
Topeka
Bob Erickson
Longview
Leon Frakes
Tulsa
Billy Hand
Frakes
Spike Bronson
Kissimmee
Fla
Joe Shellenberger
Marietta
Infant Susan Kay Procok Private Funeral Held
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Procok of 604 Fourth Street NW died shortly after birth Saturday at a Cedar Rapids hospital. Private funeral services were held at Teahen chapel at 4 p.m. Burial followed in Mt. Calvary cemetery. Survivors include the parents and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Peter Procok and Mr. and Mrs. James D. Byrnesfall of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Procok
Fourth Street NW
Susan Kay
Cedar Rapids
Death Notice of Alta Nolting in Cedar Rapids
Alta Eleanor Nolting died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 9 10 p.m. Saturday after a long illness. Born November 9, 1898 she came from Waterloo fifteen years ago. Surviving are daughter Betty Louise Kelly, mother Katherine Rossiter, sister Luella Reed, brothers Clarence and Glenn Rossiter, and one grandchild. Funeral, Turner chapel, time to be announced. Burial at Waverly Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Eleanor Nolting
Twentieth Street
John Nolting
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Betty Louise Kelly
Katherine Rossiter
Low Moor
Iowa
Luella Reed
Clinton
Clarence Rossiter
Glenn Rossiter
Gary
Ind
Nolting
First Lutheran Church
Turner Chapel
Waverly
Rhee vows to fight communism despite cease-fire rumors
Parallel said there is no longer any line between North and South Korea and UN forces should proceed. Rumors place a halt near 38. Rhee declared the fight will continue without such a line and that resolve against communism remains unchanged.
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North
South Korea
United Nations
Rhee
Prolonged Spanish Chess Games Echo Father Deaths
A remark notes that Spanish chess matches can stretch long, with some games finishing only after interruptions caused by fathers dying, and their sons completing the match.
Death notices from Solon and surrounding areas
Solon resident Solon-Joseph Brosh 89 died after a long illness. Funeral 9:30 a.m. Monday at St Marys church Solon with burial in Sts Peter and Paul cemetery. Anamosa August J Handel 67 died Thursday with services Sunday 2 p.m. at St Pauls American Lutheran and burial Riverside cemetery. Walker Mrs Matthew Less 87 died Friday in Salem Ohio with services Tuesday 10 a.m. Sacred Heart church. Meta Harder 77 died Friday at her daughter’s home Waterloo. services Sunday 1:30 p.m. Ayers funeral home Keystone cemetery pending.
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Solon
Joseph Brosh
Iowa City
St. Mary’s Church
Sts. Peter and Paul
Brosh Funeral Home
Anamosa
J. Handel
St. Paul’s American Lutheran Church
Ayers Funeral Home
Keystone
Ceme
Denver Grads and Cedar Rapids Students Earn Degrees
University of Denver awardees include Michael Keith O Rourke and William B Collister with arts and laws degrees. Cedar Rapids alumni John Lloyd Ewart Jr and James Reger receive arts and zoology master’s degrees, with other local notices on civic groups and community events.
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Denver Grads
Cedar Rapids
University of Denver
Michael Keith O’rourke
Sixteenth Street
William B. Collister
T. C. Collister
Ninth Street NW
John Lloyd Ewart, Jr
Franklin
Hawkeye Toastmasters Club
Y.M.C.A
Gordon Nordstrom
John Peters
Peter Bezanson
Richard Brooks
James Jarras
William Fletcher
Ralph Hoover
Joe Sears
Lloyd Sidwell
William Bergman
Ted Birdsall
Dick Boehmler
Albert Curtis
Lloyd Miller
Alaska U Students Try To Raise Red Flag Prank
Two University of Alaska students lowered the American flag at Fairbanks campus during May 21 commencement. One student was expelled and the FBI seeks the second student’s identity. President Terris Moore condemned the act as not funny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
University of Alaska
Terris Moore
Earl Warren
California
Moore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
European Trip for Two Cedar Rapids Students
Two Cedar Rapids college students began a nine country European tour ending Sept 2. Robert Kurth of College of Wooster and Don Ribble of Coe College depart by bus to New York then fly to England. They will join a Scandinavian Traveling Seminar led by Arne Sorensen, an ex Danish underground leader and former parliament member, meeting students and civic leaders across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids College
Robert Kurth
Andrew E. Kurth
Fifth Avenue SE
Don Ribble
Harry A Ribble
Knollwood Drive
Eurth
College of Wooster
Ohio
Ribble
Coe College
New York
England
Scotland
Arne Sorensen
World Student Service Fund
Denmark
Loeb Denounces China Lobby Inquiry as Bluffing
William Loeb president of the American China Policy Association called a proposed investigation into the China lobby "just plain bluffing." He accused Secretary of State Acheson of smearing and claimed he would "go down in history" for giving Asia to enemies. Association directors include Rep. Walter Judd and Clare Booth Luce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
China
Russell
D-Ga
Wedemeyer
Acheson
Cain
Bridges
War Department
Russia
Manchester
N.H
William Loeb
American China Policy Association
Washington
State Acheson
Alfred Kohlbert
Loeb
Asia
Association
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Clare Booth Luce
G.O.P
Connecticut
Manchester Union Leader
New Hampshire Sunday News
Veterans Reminded of Deadline for Car Aid
The Veterans Administration warns disabled World War II veterans that June 30 is the deadline to apply for government aid to buy a car or other conveyance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Bradley Exhorts Pact Nations to Greater Defenses
London AP Gen Omar N Bradley urged all 12 NATO nations to do more to bolster defenses against communism. He declined to speak on Greece Turkey Spain and Yugoslavia joining but urged tying together strength. Bradley noted NATO Mediterranean command unsettled and favored integrated ground and air support among contributing nations.
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London
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of
Istaff
Greece
Turkey
Spain
Yugoslavia
Bradley
Pact Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mediterranean
NATO
Britain
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Red Powers
Europe
Defense
Emanuel Shinwell
Pact Forces
Berle Marathon Reaches 5 Million for Runyon Fund
New York AP Comedian Milton Berle’s fourth year telethon for the Damon Runyon cancer fund topped 5 million dollars at 4 45 p m EST after 22 hours on air. Pledges of 110 987 poured in as Berle and helpers took calls and sought donations through Sunday morning.
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New York
Milton Berle
Damon Runyon
Newspecan
Berle
Runyon Fund
Courthouse June Sees Surge in Marriage Licenses
Clerk of Court Arthur Axmear reports 13 marriages issued Saturday during a four hour window. Through the first nine days of June 1951, 35 licenses were sold, about twice the normal rate though still below last year’s June pace. The 1951 total to date reaches 349 licenses, two less than the January 1 to June 9, 1950 figure.
Border Vets Elect Donovan as Historian
The United Mexican Border Veterans at their 22nd annual convention elected Manford G. Henley of Indianapolis as commander-in-chief. Harry M. Lass of Clinton Iowa was named senior vice-commander and Harry P. Donovan of Cedar Rapids Iowa historian. G. Erskin Sims of Clinton Iowa became sergeant-at-arms and Louis H. Wunschel of Davenport Iowa trustee. 1952 convention set for Clinton Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United Mexican Border Veterans
Manford G. Henley
Harry M. Lass
Clinton
Harry P. Donovan
Cedar Rapids
G. Erskin Sims
Louis H. Wunschel
Davenport
Taft Seeks Honest Principles in Republican Revival
Taft argues for a restoration of honest principle in government and a return to liberty against creeping socialism. He criticizes the Korean War policy as incoherent and claims the administration covers up past mistakes. He calls for a defined foreign policy to protect U.S. security and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Taft
United States
Mumps Tops Cedar Rapids May Disease Report
Cedar Rapids reported 41 cases of reportable diseases in May, led by 20 mumps. Chicken pox followed with 16, then three cases of whooping cough and two of measles. Sixty-five people died in May, including 40 males and 25 females. April totals were 44 and 71 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Carl Smith
Smith
Six Shaken Up in Car Crash Near Independence
Six persons were bruised and shaken when two cars collided on highway 20 seven miles west of Independence. Ed win R. Shorey Jr of Oklahoma City and family in one eastbound car, and Dean A. Clark of Promise City with relatives in the westbound car. Estimated total damage 800 dollars with no serious injuries or hospitalizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Independence
Highway 20
Here
Edwin R. Shorey, Jr
Oklahoma City
Okla
Marjorie Catherine
Dean A. Clark
Promise City
Darlene Crawford
Shorey
Clark
Muskrat Found Dead in Guaranty Bank Doorway
A citizen called police around 11 p.m. Saturday to report a huge rat in the Guaranty bank doorway on Third avenue SE. Officers John Hlavacek and Felix Barta identified the creature as a dead muskrat and noted it had been dispatched by a passerby. The animal was taken to police headquarters for handover to a conservation officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guaranty Bank
Third Avenue SE
John Hlavacek
Felix Barta
Young Republicans Endorse Mayne for NRFF Chair
Iowa Young Republican executive committee unanimously backs Wiley S. Mayne of Sioux City for YR National Federation chair. Barbara Sherbo named secretary. John Rehmann becomes organization director as LeRoy McGinnis is recalled to active duty. Delegates and alternates listed for the Boston biennial convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Young Republican Executive Committee
Iowa
Wiley S. Mayne
Sioux City
Young Republican National Federation
Barbara Sherbo
Boston
Mayne
Walter Williams
Marshalltown
David Belin
James Bennett
Robert F. Tyson
Shenandoah
Ted Birdsall
Bill DuVall
Cedar Rapids
Tom Gillilland
Glenwood
Ralph Cockshoot, Jr
Atlantic
John D. Loughlin
Cherokee
Norm McFarlin
Montezuma
Alec Mackenzie
Iowa City
Kingsley Clarke
Adel
William Lewis
Harlan
John Rehmann
Harvey Cocklin
Griswold
Wiley King
Hancock
Harry Chandler
Charles Mather
Sac City
Don Callahan
George W. S. Smith
Oskaloosa
Albert M. Cloud, Jr
Manchester
Doomed Girl Celebrates Sixth Birthday Amid Gifts
In Cumberland Maryland hundreds of gifts and 45 neighbors attend Ruth Ann Valentine’s birthday, her sixth, while she battles cancer with little time left. Father Raymond Valentine recalls her eyes lighting up as neighbors deliver toys clothes flowers and ice cream. Ruth Ann has received over 1500 letters since her story went public. Her mother died last year of brain cancer leaving a 12 year old brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland, Md
Ruth Ann Valentine
Ruth Ann
Raymond Robert Valentine
City Street
The
Cumberland Times
Ruth
ENMU Music Chairman Stookey Resigns for Iowa Post
C M Stookey, chairman of the school of music at Eastern New Mexico University, has resigned to accept a position at the University of Iowa, President Floyd Golden said Saturday.
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3Rd Ave
Associated Press
Truman
Margaret Truman
Queen Elizabeth
Lord
Lady Astor
Cliveden
Margaret
Walter Gifford
Court of St. James
Gifford
Man
Linn
Procok Infant
Barta
Hesser
Jay W. Hesser
Fifth Ave
Eighth St. SE
Dial
Century Cab Company
Penn State
Joseph Ross Curray
Linden Drive
Pennsylvania State College
Henry
Cedar Rapids Council of Social Planning
Chamber of Commerce
Gazette
Adv
Fairfax
St. Patrick’s
Enzler’s
K. C
Tony’s
Cambridge’s
Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War
Memorial Coliseum
Rotary Club
Vernon Klime
Ceup
Rooseveltotel
Foresters — the
Foresters of America
Forester Hall
Board of Adjustment
G. W. Reger
Sixth Avenue SE
James
University of Iowa
Graduate College of Zoology
Alaska U
C.R
State Department
U.N
Korea
Lapes
Florist
Third Ave
Big Business
Arthur Axmear
Border Vets
Donovan
SUI
Ambulance Service Company
Iowa Memorial Co
Third Avenue
T. B. Hlubucek
Mer
John B.turner & Son
S.E
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