Waubeek Area Scouts Set Age Changes for Registrations
Waubeek Area Council officials announce registration changes across Cub Scouting Boy Scouting and Senior Scouting to take effect by September 1. After Sept 1 Cub Scouts may be eight instead of nine, Boy Scouts eleven instead of twelve, and Explorers fourteen instead of fifteen. About 500 additional boys are expected to enroll, with current totals around 2,400 in Benton Linn and Jones counties.
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Waubeek
Randle
Waubeek Area
Boy Scouts
Keith Benner
Arthur A. Schuck
Cub Scouts
Explorers
Benner
Benton
Linn
Jones Counties
High and low temperatures and local notices for June 18 1949
Daily Record reports weather data for cities including Chicago Minneapolis Denver Philadelphia and Los Angeles with temperatures and precipitation. It lists June precipitation totals and normal figures while providing wind, sunrise and sunset times. The paper also notes divorce petitions decrees births at several hospitals and a series of traffic penalties. Obituaries for Decorah and Ossian residents are announced with service details.
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Bismarck
Io TE Oss
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
Philadelphia
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Iphoes City
City Laws Study Group Organizes in Des Moines
A 1949 Iowa legislature committee to study municipal laws organized at the statehouse. Senator John R Hattery chairs the six member panel with Gov. Beardsley presiding. The group aims to prune obsolete statutes and reduce deadwood affecting cities. A June 30 meeting will set a study program.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Statehouse
John R Hattery
Nevada
William S. Beardsley
Beardsley
G. W. Hunt
Guttenberg
Sixman
Morse E. Crosier
Coggon
John Ames
Ames
League of Iowa
Deaths Floyd M. Leonard 81 Cedar Rapids retiree painter
Floyd M. Leonard 81 of Cedar Rapids route 4 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Born Oct 31 1867 in Colo Iowa he married Lena Conrad in 1914 at Iowa City. Surviving are wife two sons two daughters three sisters three brothers five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday Turner chapel with burial in Linwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd M. Leonard
Cedar Rapids
Davis Paint Company
Colo
Iowa
Lena Conrad
Iowa City
Painters Union
Arthur H
Carl Conrad
John Kretschmar
Joe Stanek
Vivian Leonard
Bessie Duery
Lake City
Lydia Riley
Walford
Dave Leonard
Orson Leonard
Cedar Falls
Glenn Leonard
Ackley
Turner Chapel
Milton E. White
Bethany Congregational Church
Linwood Cemetery
Obituary: Luther S. Robertson 1888–196? Cedar Rapids resident
Luther S. Robertson age 61 of 1125 Thirteenth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital after an extended illness. Born Little Rock Arkansas April 4 1888 he was a painter and decorator. Survived by three sons Kenneth Jack Roger a sister Ethel England and 10 grandchildren. Services Thursday at Beatty chapel at 1 30 p m with calling hours at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther S. Robertson
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Little Rock
Ark
Kenneth
Jack
Roger
Ankeny
Ethel England
Belle Plaine
Beverly Vrba Dies of Polio in Montreal Hospital
Beverly Vrba fourteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William L Vrba of Asbestos Quebec and former Cedar Rapids residents died Tuesday at Children’s Hospital in Montreal from polio. Survivors include her parents four sisters at home and her grandmother Mrs W F Vrba of Cedar Rapids plus other relatives in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Vrba
William L. Vrba
Asbestos
Quebec
Canada
Cedar Rapids
Childrens Hospital
Montreal
W. F. Vrba
Eighth Avenue SE
Services for Mrs P L Patterson at Turner chapel
Mrs P L Patterson aged dies Tuesday at 1055 Sixteenth Street NE. Services conducted in Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Thursday by a reader of First Church of Christ Scientist. Burial in Pale cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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P. L. Patterson
Sixteenth Street NE
Turner Chapel
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Pale Cemetery
Danger Seen in Hick's Campaign
Rep. Jackson accuses Sen. Hickenlooper of failing to prove charges against the Atomic Energy Commission. He warns that unverified accusations threaten the atomic program and urges clarification to protect the project and national interest.
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Hick
Washington
Rep
Jackson
D-Wash
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Atomic Energy Commission
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Hickenlooper
Senator Hickenlooper
Commission
Committee
Sen. Hicken!ooper
G O P Plans 50 Million Relief Planning Program
Senator Brewster said Republicans would sponsor a 50 million dollar public works and relief planning program to address a rising Democratic mood. The plan funds only planning for future works, not actual money, and aims to create a framework for federal grants to states if relief burdens rise.
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Washington
Brewster
Maine
Senate Republicans
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Harry Hopkins
House Committee Drops Oppenheimers Case
The House Un-American Activities Committee abandoned the probe into atomic scientist Dr. Frank F. Oppenheimer after he confessed to Communist ties from 1937 to 1940. Chairman Wood said no further questions would be asked and that prosecution was unlikely.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Frank F. Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Wood
D-Ga
University of Minnesota
Jacquenette
Communist Party
California Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Oppenheimers
Father’s day gains as Hallmark notes rising popularity
HOLLYWOOD UP Dad’s popularity climbs toward Mom’s in greeting card sales. Hallmark’s Hal Baker says women’s guilty conscience drives Father’s Day growth, from 20 to 1 in sales historically to about 2 to 1 this year. Mothers still lead in sentiment but Father’s Day gains momentum.
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Hollywood
Hal Baker
Baker
West Coast
Hallmark Greeting Cards
Pop
Two Men Fined for Reckless Driving in Local Court
Thomas White and Charles Kilpatrick were each fined 100 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving in traffic court. Judge Harry Johnson suspended 75 dollars of White's fine. Both men were arrested after separate accidents on Tuesday evening at Tenth Avenue and Second Street SE and at First Avenue and Twenty Seventh Street East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Papenius
Thirty-fourth Street
C. F. Kirkpatrick
Marion
Earl Chamberlain
Fourth Avenue
Roy Barr
Greeley
J. E. McInerney
Charles Sciechter
First Avenue SE
Robert Gardner
F Avenue NW
Richard Klimes
First Avenue
Esta Hense
Alburnett
Milford Smith
Fifth Street
Thomas White
Eighth Avenue
Charles Kilpatrick
White
Eighth Avenue SE
Harry Johnson
Tenth Avenue
Second Street SE
Kilpatrick
Twentyseventh Street
Wilson
Fred Wilson
Third Street
Waterloo Man Dies From Gas Leak Accident
William Walker, 83, died in a hospital after being overcome by gas from a stove burner at his Waterloo home. Neighbors found him sitting motionless in a chair near a kitchen window and notified police Tuesday. He died Wednesday.
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Waterloo
William Walker
New Linn County Bar Association elects new president
M. W. O'Rieley of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Linn County Bar Association at a Wednesday noon meeting. Otto Schluter was succeeded. New officers include William O. Gray as vice president Robert W. Neff as secretary and Fred H. Kubicek as treasurer. Annual reports were submitted at the Montrose hotel during the annual reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. O’rieley
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Bar Association
Otto Schluter
William O. Gray
Robert W. Neff
Fred H. Kubicek
Montrose Hotel
Roosevelt Jr. Backs Truman program after Congress swearing in
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. was sworn in as a U.S. representative and visited the White House to pledge support for President Truman and the Fair Deal. He said he is in the majority party with Truman as captain and would back civil rights, housing, Taft Hartley repeal, and labor movement legislation.
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Washington
INS
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Congress
White House
Truman
Husky
United States
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Executive
F.D.R. Jr
Polio Epidemic Worsens in Texas City
In San Angelo Texas the 1949 polio outbreak grows with Shannon Memorial Hospital logging 65 cases the highest to date and 12 new cases this week. Eight deaths are attributed to the epidemic including five year old Tommy Yarbrough who died amid a failed windpipe operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Texas
Shannon Memorial’ Hospital
West
Tommy Yarbrough
Shannon Hospital
Howev
Stanford University
Crimson Corps Prepares for Ottumwa State VFW Meet
The Crimson Corps from Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 788 will perform in Lisbon on Wednesday as part of a public campaign for the Golden Jubilee Pageant of Drums, ahead of the state VFW convention in Ottumwa Friday. The post plans a final Riverside Park rehearsal Thursday. Both the drum corps and band defend state titles. A business meeting was moved from Thursday to tonight at 8 o’clock to avoid convention conflicts.
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Crimson
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 788
Ottumwa
Lisbon
Iowa
Municipal Stadium
Riverside Park
Post 788
Post
Cars and buses fill the station with 41 million vehicles
About 41 million cars trucks and buses are in operation at the station today. The figure highlights heavy traffic levels and widespread vehicle usage in the area.
Oscar Anderson Declared Sane in Iowa City
Oscar Anderson, 58, of Iowa City, once confined to the Anamosa reformatory insane ward, has been declared sane. Johnson County Attorney Jack White said he would be returned to Iowa City and that the case next steps are under consideration after the prior insanity adjudication related to the shooting of Clifford Kelly.
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Iowa City
Oscar Anderson
Anamosa Reformatory
Johnson County
Jack White
Anderson
Clifford Kelly
White
Hits Patrolman Pays $100 Fine
Des Moines—Ward E. McClure, 43, was fined 100 by Judge Ralph D. Moore for striking state highway patrolman Byron Hockenberry with an iron pipe last Friday. McClure pleaded guilty to assault and battery after a heated argument over a found billfold. The patrolman urged a fine over jail due to McClure’s wife and four children to support.
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DES Moines
Ward E. McClure
Ralph D. Moore
Byron Hockenberry
Moore
McClure
G.O.P Plans Midwest Conference in Iowa
Washington reports plans for a Midwest Republican conference may be held in Sioux City Iowa next fall. Senator Brewster of Maine heads the Republican senatorial campaign committee and says a New England conference will be finalized June 27 in Boston. Philip Willkie 29 son of Wendell L Willkie was offered a staff position by Brewster.
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Washington
New England
Boston
Brewster
Maine
G.O.P
Sioux City
Philip Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Slight Mistake In Identification In Pittsburgh Building
In Pittsburgh the Law and Finance building cleaning revealed a frieze of faces around the exterior. Several complaints suspected Premier Joseph Stalin, but a journalist's archival search showed the figure was actually J. Pierpont Morgan.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Law and Finance
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Law and Finance Building
J. Pierpont Morgan
U S Mail Persists After Sackful of Frogs Incident
In Memphis a mail carrier R T Smith who had been returning from a frog hunt stopped at a New Albany Mississippi train wreck helped injured riders. He emptied a sack of frogs and carried several injured to a hospital. The next day mail and Smiths bag of frogs were delivered.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.S
R. T. Smith
New Albany
Miss
Smith
Statewide USO Drive Planned for 1950 Campaign
A state executive committee plans a statewide United Service Organization fund drive in 1950 led by Harvey Firestone Jr as president and Carl Weeks of Des Moines as state chairman. Iowa’s share of the goal is 228000 with 630000 service members under 21 in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service Organization
Shirley Bechtel
Public Welfare Bureau
USO
Bechtel
Harvey Firestone, Jr
Carl Weeks
Des Moines
C. A. Phillips
Ottumwa
Iowa
Marion man reappointed to Linn County Soldiers Relief Board
Courthouse official Victor R. Cloe of Marion was reappointed by the board of supervisors to the Linn County Soldiers Relief Commission. His term runs July 1, 1949 to July 1, 1952. The board also mourned the death of deputy auditor Charles Rubins. Cigaret permits were granted to several local grocers and taverns in Marion Central City Toddville Waubeek and Edgewood areas.
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Victor R. Cloe
Marion
Linn County Soldiers Relief Commission
Board of Supervisors
Charles Rubins
Wesley G. Kluber
Johnson Avenue NW
Marion Caswell
Midway Lund
Central City
Stick
Waubeek
Yinn
May Relief Cases In Linn County Rise From 1948
May relief cases in Linn county totaled 315, up 48 from May 1948 and down 30 from April. Poor fund expenditures reached $8,575.03 with $2,108.68 for aid to dependent children and a $1,034.83 food bill.
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Linn County
Pickwick Company Wins Mortgage Foreclosure
The Pickwick Company was awarded a judgment of $3,197.49 against Joseph and Florence Janda. Judge G. K. Thompson ordered foreclosure of the mortgage to satisfy the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickwick Company
Joseph
Florence Janda
G. K. Thompson
Judge Approves Wilkerson Judgment On Estate Related Suit
Judge G K Thompson on Wednesday awarded T J Wilkinson a judgment of 1635.08 plus interest against Ruth Schlemmer administratrix of Ella Louise Dawson estate and C J Armstrong. Foreclosure of a real estate mortgage will satisfy the judgment. Mrs O J Smith named administratrix of her husband’s will, who died Dec 8 1948, leaving the home. Kraft estate probate opens with Ivah Bordner named executrix and sole heir.
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G. K. Thompson
T. J. Wilkinson
Ruth Schlemmer
Ella Louise Dawson
C. J. Armstrong
O. J. Smith
Mrsmith
Linnie A. Kraft
Ivah M. Bordner
How To Persuade Children To Eat
Spokane supervisor of the public school food service Ruth Ades offers tips to tempt 1100 six to twelve year olds. She notes raw carrot sticks work, cabbage raw wedges work, prunes plumped in cold water, gelatin desserts, soup is too hot and slow, spaghetti is popular, and sandwiches especially egg migh ty are well liked along with mashed potatoes and gravy.
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Spokane
Ruth Ades
Spokane Public School Food Service
Ades
Worcester Woman Seeks Annulment to Remarry
Mrs Ida L Steeves told a Worcester court she married Frank Hughes a lumberman in Denver nearly eight years ago at age 16. She later sought a divorce and believed she was legally separated. In 1944 she wed Elmo C Steeves of Webster in Clovis New Mexico. She now asks to annul that marriage so she can divorce Hughes and remarry Steeves.
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Worcester
Mass
Ida L. Steeves
Frank Hughes
Denver
Hughes
Elmo C. Steeves
Webster
Clovis
N.M
Steeves
Waitkus Stabbed by Woman in Hotel Room
Ruth Ann Burns shot Hall of Famer Eddie Waitkus after an apparent love mix up at a Chicago hotel. The shooter, identified as Ruth Ann Burns, then tried to kill herself but collapsed. Waitkus, a star first baseman with the Phillies and Cubs, was wounded but survived.
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Philadelphia
Waitkus
Edward Purdy
Ruth Ann Burns
Mr. Waitkus
Chicago
Nick
Cambridge
Mass
Phillie
W. K. Potter
Miss Steinhagen
Two Shooting Star Jets to Attend Cedar Rapids Air Fair
The air force's 56th fighter wing will send two Lockheed Shooting Stars to Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport for the first annual air fair. Lt. Col. David Schilling commands the Selfridge Field aircraft, which will fly in at 11 a.m. Sunday and stay until 4 p.m. local time.
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Air Force
56Th
Cedar Rapids
Municipal
Air Force Reserve
Offutt Field
Omaha
Selfridge Field
Mount Clemens
Mich
David Schilling
Eighth Air Force
Awards To Go to 19 Insurance Men
Nineteen members of the Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters Association will be honored at a Friday luncheon at the Montrose hotel with the National Quality Award. President Lee B. Winterberg will preside and Robert H. Caldwell will present the awards. Professor Carl Strand will speak on Salesmanship. The 19 winners include Daniel H. Justad, Clifford E. Ziskovsky, Leola A. Zavodsky, Vernon E. White and others.
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Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters Association
Montrose Hotel
Lee B. Winterberg
Cedar Rapids Association
Robert H. Caldwell
Chamber of Commerce
Carl Strand
University of Iowa College of Commerce
Leola A. Zavodsky
Vernon E. White
Robert M. Threlkeld
Robert J. Thiel
Ray L. Short
Roswell H. Pickford, Jr
Rollo S. Pickford
Herman O. Leichsenring
Charles S. Galiher
Stanley R. Fockler
Charles Filipi
James W. Ensign
Kenneth L. Coltman
Robert O. Bickel
I. J. Barron
John R. Walters
Ira T. Carrithers
Deere Contract Settles Four Day Walkout At East Moline Plant
East Moline workers at Union Malleable Iron Works accepted Deere and Company terms after a five cent per hour raise and other benefits. Local UAW-CIO leaders, including Sam L. Groff, said the deal ends a four day walkout over a disciplinary layoff of 70 core room employees.
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East Moline
Union
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Fred Wilson, Sr
Frances Koval
Prokop Koval
Stewart L. Salter, Jr
Willa Livingstone
Foster E. Kemp
Joselyn de Witt
Estherville
St. Luke’s
Richard Blahnik
Avenue NE
William Yates
Mercy
Merle Drexler
Thirty-fifth Street
John Lehman
Tipton
Hampton
Paul Vavra
Vavra
Frank Vavra
Seventh Avenue SE
Baltimore
Edward Hennengan
Hennengan
Dorothy Lorraine Bochek
Anton Golobiig
Ely
Decorah
Gertrude Gabrielson
Ossian
George A. Meyer
Washington, D. C
Floyd Leonard
Luther Robertson
Patterson Services
House Committee
Dad
Florist
3Rd Ave
Second Avenue
Barta Hesser
DIAL
Bar Assn
M. W. O'Rieley
F.R., Jr
Crimson Corps
Century
Adv
Sacred Heart
Keane Hall
Polio Insurance
Moore Insurance Agency
City Cab
Portsmouth
Marvin W. Horak
Horak
William J. Horak
Navy
Frank J. Hudson
Zail H. Hudson
Aviation
San Diego
Melvor
John H. Melvor
Joseph MclIvor
Sixth Avenue SE
Marine Corps
Washington D. C
McIvor
Midwest
Cloe
Purdy
Waitkus Tuesay
Shooting Star
C.R
Deere
Beatty
Sixteenth Street
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