Weather roundup and notices from the Daily Record
The June 10 1954 issue lists high and low temperatures for cities including Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago and New York with rainfall totals and wind data. It reports Iowa Mississippi River stage readings and births and obituaries then records sprinkler and alarm calls and a series of civil cases and court actions. Burial notices for Harry Bolton and Myrtle Grieder are noted with church service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Seattle
Miami
Sioux City
Iowa
Municipal Court Fines For Traffic and Intoxication Offenses
Police division records list violations with fines and costs. LaVerne Hoover faced 10 dollars, Don Rey nine dollars, Odas Williams fifty dollars, and a large group of drivers ten dollars each for speeding. Frank Vondraeek fined thirty dollars for intoxication. Elmer Hessenius sentenced to thirty days in jail. Bound to Grand Jury Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVerne Hoover
Twelfth Avenue
Don Rey
Independence
Odas Williams
Eighth Street
Stanley Hammel
Des Moines
Homer Foster
Tenth Street
Bessie Thurston
Fifteenth Avenue
Helen Jayne
Marion
Joseph Haley
Fifteenth Street
Robert Fisher
Johnson Avenue
Clarence Netolicky
Fairfax
Ralph Magnuson
John Keith
Thomas Veenstra
Blairstown
Francis Seitz
Richard Oberreuter
Watkins
William Mocki
Marengo
Walter Sebestas
Mechanicsville
Gladys Butterfield
Waterloo
Vincent Erhart
Dubuque
Isaac Witwer
William Papke
Arthur Davis
Robert Brown
Belmont Parkway
Milo
Paul
McCarthy subcommittee witness recalls dinner with Schine
During Welch proceedings, Roy Cohn admits he and G David Schine took two women to a $32 New York hotel dinner in January while Schine was on leave from Fort Dix. Cohn also says he regards Schine as a friend, denying any special interest.
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Cohn
Pvt. G. David Schine
McCarthy
New York
Schine
Fort Dix
N. J
Army
McCarthy Subcommittee
Welch
Fisher defends joining guild despite communism concerns
Frederi G Fisher says he would not have joined the National Lawyers Guild if aware of communistic ties noting it allowed law students to join unlike the American Bar Association. He and his wife recount the flood of sympathetic messages and a supportive call from Welch amid their reaction to recent events.
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Boston
Frederi G. Fisher
National Lawyers Guild
American Bar Association
Welch
Increased Bond Sales Promised To Keep U S Money Sound
Earl O. Shreve, director of savings bond sales, told a Lions club meeting at the Roosevelt hotel that increased sales of U S savings bonds will keep the dollar sound and stable. He noted Linn County’s holdings at 37.2 million and urged 60,000 volunteers nationwide to boost purchases and support the program.
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U. S
America
Roosevelt Hotel
The
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Earl O. Shreve
General Electric Company
Shreve
Advertising Council
Iowa
Linn County
Two 1919 Cedar Rapids Fire Engines Sent to Scrap
Safety Commissioner E A Prochaska told the city council that two Cedar Rapids engines from 1919 are beyond use and unsafe to travel. Fire Chief Jesse G Hunter cited diminished pumping ability and lack of reserve use as reasons for scrapping the American LaFrance 350 gallon pumpers bought April 19 1919, with housing space as a motive. The engines will not be offered for sale to small towns to avoid liability for any mishap.
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Cedar Rapids
E. A. Prochaska
Jesse G. Hunter
Hunter
Prochaska
Martin candidates to attend conference with Eisenhower Nixon
The article notes Martin candidates are limited to marginal districts or those requesting aid from Citizens for Eisenhower and pledging support to the President. Martin says no loyalty questions exist with the Iowa state committee and seeks support from all Republicans. McCarthy could not be reached about a potential Iowa campaign, but would participate if invited.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Martin
Iowa State Central Committee
Reppublicans
Sen
McCarthy
Iowa
Wisconsin Fire-Ball
Gillette warns on trade with Japan and Soviet mainline
Gillette asks if the Free World can aid Japanese markets and warns of Japan turning to Asiatic mainlands. He cites labor, agriculture, and business groups favoring reciprocal trade and condemns Republican leadership for delaying the President's trade bill. He says no Eisenhower foreign trade policy without passage this session.
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Free World
Kremlin
Korea
Japan
Gillette
Congress
House
Deaths Nellie Blanchard Rall
Nellie Blanchard Rall 76 wife of William A Rall of Cedar Rapids died in a local nursing home after a long illness She was born February 26 1874 at Adel IA married August 15 1894 at Adel Surviving are her husband a daughter Mildred Rall Howe of Minneapolis a brother Ralph W Blanchard of Miami two grandchildren and one great grandchild She was active in St Pauls Methodist Church and PEO Services listed for Friday at Turner chapel with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery
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Nellie Blanchard Rall
William A. Rall
Javenue
Cedar Rapids
Adel
Mildred Rall Howe
Minneapolis
Longtime Ely farmer John Zvacek dies at 85
John Zvacek 85 a retired farmer of route 1 Ely died at 4 05 p m Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of the Ely area. Survived by two sons Edward J Zvacek Cedar Rapids route 2 Ernest F Zvacek Ely route 1 two daughters Mrs Glenn Havlicek Cedar Rapids and Elenore Zvacek Ely route 1 six grandchildren two great grandchildren and a brother Joseph Cedar Rapids. Services at Rogers Grove church 2 p m Saturday with Revs Francis Loren Bohemian Moravian Brethren and Francis Pokorney. Friends may call Barta Hesser chapel 4 p m Friday to 10 a m Saturday.
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John Zvacek
Route 1
Ely
Cedar Rapids
Zvacek
Edward J. Zvacek
Ernest F. Zvacek
Glenn Havlicek
Elenore Zvacek
Jalso
Joseph
Rogers Grove Church
Francis Laren
Bohemian Moravian Brethren Church
Francis Pokorney
Barta-Hesser
Death notices Alvin F Schley Cedar Rapids farmer dies
Alvin F. Schley 55 of 1225 First Ave SW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 11 35 p m Wednesday after a long illness. Born near Solon July 24 1898 he farmed near Independence for years. Survived by wife Mayme Iben and three daughters Mrs Howard Steinmetz Fairfax Mrs Louis Furchtenicht Shell Lake Wis and Mrs William Kremenak Cedar Rapids and six grandchildren. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery Saturday at 2 p.m. Friends may call at Brush chapel Friday.
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Alvin F. Schley
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Independence
Solon
Schley
Mayme Iben Schley
Howard Steinmetz
Fairfax
Louis Furchtenicht
Shell Lake
Wis
Widow Aline Charlier Dies at Cedar Rapids Home
Aline Charlier widow of Eli Charlier died at her Cedar Rapids home 718 Ninth Avenue SE on Wednesday afternoon after illness since January. Born February 24, 1870 in Switzerland she came to the United States in 1894. She lived in Cedar Rapids since 1936 after farming in Benton County. Survived by daughter Mrs. Neil Crosby Cedar Rapids son Ed Charlier Shellsburg and four grandchildren. Fry-Holland funeral home Vinton will hold services Saturday at 3 30 p m with burial in Urban Cemetery.
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Aline Charlier
Eli Charlier
Ninth Avenue SE
Switzerland
United States
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Neil Crosby
Ed Charlier
Shellsburg
Fry-Holland Funeral Home
Vinton
Urbana
Services for Bruce Oldfield Drowned in Cedar River
Bruce Oldfield aged 17 of 1423 B Avenue NE will be buried after a Cedar River drowning. Services are set for 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Chapel of Memories with Rev. Chester Ainsworth officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Call until 11:30 a.m. Friday at Rohn chapel.
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Bruce Oldfield
B Avenue NE
Cedar River
Chapel of Memories
Chester Ainsworth
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Rohn
Services for Mrs. Frink at Barta-Hesser Chapel
Services for Mrs. Nathan Frink of 1112 Twenty-seventh Street NE Cedar Rapids are set for 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Barta-Hesser chapel with Rev. Floyd Hins shaw of St James Methodist church officiating. Burial will follow in Lisbon cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Nathan Frink
Twenty-seventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Hinshaw
St. James Methodist Church
Lisbon Cemetery
Oran Farm Wife Killed In Iowa 3 Crash
Mrs. Ben Nachtman, 54, of an Oran farm, died in a hospital after her car failed to stop at a gravel road stop sign and struck another car on Iowa 3 nine miles west of here. R. H. Renken of Applington was also in the collision. Nachtman and Renken were hospitalized but not seriously hurt.
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Oran Farm
Oelwein
Ben Nachtman
Iowa 3
Here
Nachtiman
Nachtman
R. H. Renken
Applington
Renken
Two Iowa Bank Bandits Nabbed In Hillsboro Holdup
Two young men identified as Billy Joe Gilmore and Richard Gilmore from Whitt, Texas were captured after the Hillsboro Savings Bank robbery. Burlington police stopped their car at a roadblock. about $1,800 was recovered, with about $1,600 in a pillow case and $200 on the men. The pair were bound over to the grand jury on $10,000 bonds each.
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MT. Pleasant
Hillsboro Savings Bank
Mount Pleasant
Billy Joe Gilmore
Richard
Whitt
Texas
Burlington
Russell van Tuyl
Iowa
Billy Joe
Lowell
Justice of Peace
George Means
Grand Jury
R. W.nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Des Moines
Hillsboro
Nethergall
P. W. Hixson
Hixson
Russell Spearman
Spearman
Iowa Fireworks Warning Issued by State Fire Marshal
Iowa Fire Marshal Zack Cook urged law enforcement to clamp down on illegal fireworks sales and use through the Fourth of July. He cited reports of imports from Missouri and noted only group-sponsored displays with local permits are allowed. Penalties include up to $100 fine and up to 90 days in jail.
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Des Moines
Zack Cook
Iowa
Cook
Missouri
McCarthy Reveals Blackmail Threats Over Army Inquiry
McCarthy testified Adams tried to force him to drop calls for Army Loyalty Board scrutiny by threatening to publish an unfavorable report on Cohn. He recalled a January 22 three hour Washington discussion where Adams used threats and salesmanship to influence the investigation. He said he refused blackmail and urged Adams to proceed with public charges if needed.
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McCarthy
Adams
Army Loyalty Board
Washington
Cohn
Army
Bob Stevens
Coralville Adopts Daylight Saving Time 25 Communities
Coralville council voted to adopt daylight saving time effective Sunday at 2 am. The move follows many residents working in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids on daylight time, with 25 Eastern Iowa communities already on DST.
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Coralville
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Hills
Iowa
West Branch
Decorah
Independence
Stanwood
Earlville
Dubuque
Manchester
Center Paint
Vinton
Shellsburg
Palo
Atkins
Norway
Central City
Alburnett
Marion
Ely
Mt. Vernon
Clinton
Davenport
Muscatine
Sherrill
Camanche
Bettendorf
Panora Park
Cameron
Cedar Rapids youth pleads guilty in garage burglary
Richard W. Irwin, 21, pled guilty to breaking and entering in Anamosa court and received a sentence not to exceed 10 years at the Anamosa reformatory. Judge Charles Penningroth imposed the term after Irwin admitted involvement in the Rapids Chevrolet garage break in.
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Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Reformatory
Charles Penningroth
Richard W. Irwin
Fiftieth Street
Rapids
Irwin
Forrest Sweet
Fourth Avenue
First Street SE
Frank Von‘dracek
First Avenue SE
Sweet
Danceland
Vondracek
Ivan Dorman
Fairfield Man Held On Car Theft Charge
George William Martin, 23, of Fairfield, was held in Linn county jail on a car theft charge. Arrested Wednesday in Tipton, he was returned to Cedar Rapids to face the charge. He is accused of stealing a half-ton pickup truck owned by Joe W. Krahmer on June 4, per a preliminary information filed by County Attorney Willis A. Glasgow.
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George William Martin
Fairfield
Linn
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Martin
Joe W. Krahmer
Willis A. Glassgow
Wills admitted to probate of Sonka and Melsha estates
Joseph S. Sonka who died May 7 leaves 200 to St Wenceslaus church for masses and the remainder to his children in equal shares with United States Bank as executor without bond. Jennie Melsha who died Nov 29 leaves her husband Louis as sole heir and Milo O Hanzlik as executor without bond.
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Joseph S. Sonka
St. Wenceslaus Church
United States Bank
Jennie Melsha
Louis
Milo O. Hanzlik
Promissory Note Suits Filed Against Several Defendants
Three promissory note cases were filed on Wednesday and Thursday. George C Claas sen sues Mrs Irene Hook for 65 dollars. George C Claassen sues Ralph Langhoff for 574.95 dollars. Public Finance Service sues George Gates Jr and Isabelle Gates for 225.02 dollars.
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George C. Claassen
Irene Hook
Ralph Langhoff
Public Finance Service
George Gates, Jr
Isabelle Gates
Mackenzie Sues Roeniigs to Reform Cedar Rapids Lease
William D Mackenzie and Mackenzie Company with Elizabeth J Mackenzie sue George and Alma Roeniig in Cedar Rapids asking re formation of a five year lease. They contend a clause allowing cancellation on sale is invalid and seek to strike it from the agreement.
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William D. Mackenzie
Mackenzie Company
Elizabeth J. Mackenzie
George and
Alma Roeniig
Cedar Rapids
Robichaud Held on Milwaukee Embezzlement Warrant
The sheriff's office held J. G. Robichaud, 35, Thursday for Milwaukee officials. Robichaud was arrested Wednesday night in Lisbon on a Milwaukee embezzlement warrant.
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J. G. Robichaud
Milwaukee
Robichaud
Lisbon
Waterloo Youth 18 Drowns in Sand Pit
The body of Ralph Sommerfelt 18 son of Mr and Mrs Julius Sommerfelt of Waterloo was recovered Thursday by city firemen from a sand pit. Delbert Sommerfelt brother of the drowned youth said he and his brother had gone swimming in the sand pit Wednesday night.
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Waterloo
Ralph Sommerfelt
Julius Sommerfelt
Delbert Sommerfelt
Reds Seize More Posts in South Indo China
Hanoi reports Communist troops seized two more posts in the south Red river delta. They wiped out one garrison in flooded battles. Rebel forces took Hai Yer at the Red river confluence with Bamboo canal and Lat Khiem south of Hanoi. The Lat Khiem garrison was killed or captured as four divisions advanced toward Dien Bien Phu.
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Hanoi
Red River
Hai Yer
Bamboo Canal
Lat Khiem
Cedar Rapids Sets Minimum Lot Sizes for New Homes
Cedar Rapids city council introduced an ordinance to set minimum lot sizes for new residential lots. It establishes 5,000 square feet with 50 foot frontage and 100 foot depth for sewered parcels, and 15,000 square feet with 100 foot frontage and 150 foot depth for non sewered parcels. The measure targets lots not yet a recorded lot and allows appeals to the board of adjustment for hardships.
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Cedar Rapids
City Plan Commission
Tom Moore
Moore
Eisenhower backs limited trade extension and energy info sharing
The president defended a one year extension of the reciprocal trade act insisting it does not abandon the tariff cut plan. He urged broader atomic energy information exchange with allies and said Congress need not accept all recommendations immediately.
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U. S
Eisenhower
Congress
White Brotherhood forms as Klan successor in South
A group calling itself the White Brotherhood emerged as a successor to the Ku Klux Klan but pledged to avoid killing and violence. Bill Hendrix of Tallahassee announced the new organization will operate as a religious group and educate people on the legal aspects of segregation and non segregation.
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Atlanta
The
White Brotherhood
Ku Klux Klan
Klans Jin
Bill Hendrix
Tallahassee
Fla
Carrier Bennington Disaster Death Toll Rises
QUONSET POINT R I The death toll in the carrier Bennington disaster rose to 103 Thursday with the death of Lt Frank M Wells Puente Calif He was among the latest victims to be reported as the search and recovery continued at the scene.
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Quonset Point
R.I
Bennington
Frank M. Wells
Puente
Calif
Apparent Error Seen in Marion Precinct Vote
Republican voters flagged an apparent error in Marion First ward results after the primary. Leo Hoegh was listed with one vote and the voting machine showed wrong candidates for precinct committee positions. officials expect clarification when the canvass is completed.
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Marion
Leo Hoegh
Otto F. Hanzlik
Teresa Moffatt
G.O.P
Marion First Ward
Hoegh
Miss Moffatt
Hanzlik
Board of Supervisors
Richard Crane
Edna Krebs
Richard Kisinger
Crane
Linn
Marion Township
Severe Iowa Flood Outlook and Storm Damage Across Regions
Flooding threatened Story and Hamilton counties along the Skunk river and Squaw creek while northeastern Iowa faced rapid rises in the Boone and Des Moines rivers. Hail damaged Grundy Center, trees blocked roads, and KJFJ Webster City tower was struck. Rain totals peaked at Jewell with 5.18 inches as storms persisted.
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Webster City
Blairsburg
KJFJ
Jewell
Highway 69
Story
Hamilton
Skunk River
Squaw Creek
Iowa
Little Sioux
Thankful
Cherokee
Correctionville
Boone
Des Moines
Stratford
Iowa River
Marshalltown
Belle Plaine
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C. R. Weather
Siebioe
Mississippi
Prairie du Chien
McGregor
Keokuk
Breedlove
Charles
Wilson Avenue
Franklin, Jr
Samuel
Ninth Avenue
Hanzelka
Stanley
Twenty-second Avenue
St. Luke's
van Horn
Duane
Third Avenue
Kahre
Robert
Vernon
Haars
Raymond
Center Point
Visek
Twenty-sixth Street
Knapp
Kenneth
Twentieth Avenue
Alfred Busenbank
Carol Horning
James Hart
Pittsburgh
Jean Geesaman
Josephine L. Kaufman
Milo H. Kaufman
Joseph T. Yanda
Bertha E. Yanda
Netah Kell
Joseph E. Kell
Dorothy Lawrence
Edward Lawrence
Joan E. Angelini
Anthony P. Angelini
Oakland Road
Burlington Street
Sixth Street
Thirty-third Street
Charles L. Benesh
James B. Forrest
Heinze Electric Company
Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania
O. J. Smith
Harold Schneider
Memorial Drive
H. N. Grim
Anna B. Kuba
Emily McConnell
Leo C
Harriet Royder
Lumir J. Vondracek
Sixteenth ‘Avenue
Clair
Nola Keegan
Charles Polansky
Avondale Grocery
Enid Siemering
Charles Benesh
Frank R. Peterson
Richard T. Runge
Rapoport Auto Parts
Irving R. Finger
Newman’s
Edward W
Rosa Skorepa
St. Luke’s Hospital
Nancy Deason
Albert Danovsky
Mercy Hospital
Virgil J. Dugan
Natlee Dugan
S. Gumpert Company
Eugene R. McKeen
Mac
Loren C. Hackley
Hack
Standard Service
Fred and
Lorene Palmer
Roger H. Littlefield
Wampum Winter League
Charles Reed
Reed
Harry C. Bolton
Pueblo
Colo
Fry-Holland Funeral
Evergreen Cemetery
Elberon
Myrtle Grieder
Christ Method Ist
Peffers Funeral
Mundt
National Guard
McCarthy Army
Camp Kilmer
John E. Lapes
U.S
Pat McPartland
Murdoch
Walker
Beatty-Bearle
Clarence Beatty
Arthur Bearle
S. E
Asia
China
Wm. A. Rall
Mrs
Oldfield Services
Frink Services
Iowa Bank Bandits
Spear‘man
Jane
Secretary of the Army
Anamosa
Council
Board of Adjustment
Klan
Grundy Center
Rnoot Hudaas Dhs
Rapidencans
Iliams
Weather Bureau
State
Open Bible Standard Convention
Kant Theater
First Church of the Open Bible
19Th & Crocker
Ern Baxter
Evern Oe
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