Iowa and national weather and town notices summary
TheDaily Record lists Sunday high and low temps with precipitation, city by city including Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago New York Seattle and more. It also reports Iowa forecast partly cloudy Tuesday high 74 to 82 west 82 to 90 east with showers and temperatures near normal through Saturday and lists numerous local births traffic fines and upcoming funeral services in Manchester Williamsburg Center Point What Cheer Tama Vinton Olin and surrounding communities.
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Bismarck
Minapolis
Chicago OS
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
Angeles
Phoenis
Seattle
Iowa
College Showboat Majestic Sails On Summer River Tour
HIRAM Ohio UP The last floating showboat in existence the Majestic owned by Hiram College will tour rivers in Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Indiana this summer reviving riverboat era entertainment. Professors and students perform two old time melodramas The Lure of the City and Lust Lucre and Liquor plus six acts of vaudeville each night. The Majestic now in its ninth season is listed as a 230 Operating Theater in the college catalog.
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Hiram
Ohio
Majestic
Hiram College
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
United States
Government fur prices take dip in annual auction
Washington reports the Fish and Wildlife Service auctioned about 26,000 government furs in St. Louis, selling to American, Canadian, and European bidders for over 2.5 million dollars. The average price fell to 91.56 per skin from 101. - Seal skins from Alaskan Pribilof islands dominated sales, with a new shade kitovi offered for the first time since 1939.
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Washington
St. Louis
Fish and Wildlife Service
Alaskan
Pribilof Islands
Bering Sea
Kitovi
Teen Sitters on Main Line Work in Pairs at Pools
In suburban Philadelphia the Main Line teen babysitters operate in tandem, choosing homes with swimming pools so one can supervise children while the other enjoys a swim. The arrangement reflects a fussiness about work conditions and a trend toward paired babysitting in select homes.
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Philadelphia
Main Line
Republic Steel expands ingot capacity in Alabama plant
Gadsden Alabama Republic Steel announced the start of operations of a new electric steelmaking furnace and a new strip mill at its Gadsden facilities. The upgrades raise ingot capacity by over 50 percent to about 1,197,000 tons annually.
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Gadsden, Ala
Ins
Republic Steel
Gadsden
Traffic Violator Given 48 Days, To Serve Only Three
William McCauley 36 of 314 E avenue NW received 48 days in jail in municipal court on two traffic violations and intoxication after pleading guilty. He was given 30 days for intoxication and 15 days for leaving the scene of an accident plus 3 days for driving with a suspended license. The judge suspended 30 and 15 days, ordering the 3 day sentence to begin at arrest, with release expected Tuesday morning.
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Walker Manchester
Fort Dodge
Laurance Bryant
Waterloo
Joe F. Hladky
Fortieth Street
George O'Brien
First Street
Maurice Milder
Hiawatha
Robert Brown
Cavalier Street
John Huff
Nineteenth Street
Edgar Greenfield
Maywood
Ill
Mary Snell
Fairfax
Chris Tertipes
Moline
Charles Svoboda
Hamilton Street
Angeline Costas
Bever Avenue
Terrance Kelly
Twenty-first Street
Roger Haddy
von Elbert
Vinton
Charles Collins
Vincent Russo
Twentieth Avenue SW
David Benton
Maynard Hoffman
Second Street
Paul Bierman
Norway
Robert Bleakley
Cottage Grove Avenue
William McCauley
E Avenue NW
Edward Donahue
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Trol
Henry Hanover
Palo
Kenneth Revers
A Avenue NE
Keith Williams
E Avenue NE
Harold Davis
Regent Street
Marvin McBean
Benton Street
Clarence Miller
Eleventh Street
Ollen Batton
Genevieve Schwartz
McCauley
Loren Hullinger
City cancels 21 years old bond debts to clean records
City officials erased a $22.50 memorial bond coupon No. 21 issued in 1925 never presented for payment and a $22.50 sewer bond coupon No. 22 from 1930 unclaimed for 16 years. Treasurer Mil ler urged the move to simplify records and bond statements. Both carried 4 percent interest but the city owed no interest. The coupons themselves are no longer redeemable.
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Walter E. Miller
Methodists Hear Advance Report at North Iowa Conference
WATERLOO AP District Superintendent Dr. John C. Ruthman reported advances across the line in the North Iowa Methodist conference with world service giving up nearly 49 000 and special missionary gifts about 56 000, reaching an estimated total around 456 000 by June 10. A memorial service honored 11 ministers and 14 wives or widows. Bishop F Gerald Ensley opened with praise for those with “bifocal vision” and the conference continues through Friday with opening services by Rev Fred E Miller and district superintendents.
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L. D. Havighurst
Clinton
F. Gerald Ensley
God
Ensley
Fred E. Miller
James K. Delahooke
Spencer
Mr. Ruthman
Cedar Rapids
Harvey A. Nelson
Waterloo
Express Rise in Rates Approved on Eastern Railways
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized an 11 percent rate increase on less-than carload Railway Express shipments on Eastern railroads. Fresh fish and seafood, flowers, and watercress are exempt. The rise takes effect after 15 days’ notice and applies to rates in effect Dec. 26, 1956, based on findings that current rates penalize Eastern carriers and unduly reward others.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Drowns After Surviving Doria Sinking
Louis Mosbatello, 23, who survived the Andrea Doria sinking last year, died Sunday in Snyder's Lake near Troy New York.
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Troy
N.Y
Louis Mosbatello
Snyder’ S Lake
Deaths Elva C. Pat Young Cedar Rapids resident dies
Elva C. Pat Young aged about 56 dies after a long illness at his Cedar Rapids home. Born July 7 1892 in Oelwein he married Ruth Childers in 1918 in Hazleton. A World War I veteran he worked 23 years at Penick and Ford before retirement. Survived by wife a daughter Theoda Lorenzen and two sisters Ferd Stoddard and Sylvia Eichman. services Wednesday 3:30 pm Turner chapel with Mizpah lodge attendance. burial Cedar Memorial. Friends may call after 1 pm Tuesday. Master Masons meet 3 pm Wednesday at Masonic hall.
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Elva C
Pat” Young
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein
Ruth Childers
Hazleton
Penick and
Ford
Theoda Lorenzen
Ferd Stoddard
Sylvia Eichman
Maqno
Keta
Young
Presbyterian Church
Hanford
American Legion
Mizpah Lodge
A.F
A.M
Iowa
Turner Chapel
J. P. Hayter
Cedar Memorial
Masonic Hall
Lee Elbert Showers dies in Des Moines visit
Lee Elbert Showers 65 a former Cedar Rapids resident and Northwestern Bell engineer died at 8 a m Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Donald R Mahr 1935 Eighth avenue SE Des Moines He was born March 31 1901 at Coin Iowa and married Gladys Ford May 24 1924 in Altoona He survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Robert Catron of Fresno California a son William Showers of Seattle a sister Miss Golda Showers of Shenandoah and two brothers Myron of Wichita and Carl of Fairbanks Alaska He was a member of Grace Methodist Church Telephone Pioneers McFarland chapter Des Moines and Crescent Lodge No 25 AF and AM Cedar Rapids Services will be at Turner chapel 10 30 a m Wednesday by Crescent Lodge Friends may call at the chapel after 1 p m Tuesday to meet Crescent Lodge at the Masonic Hall at 10 a m to attend the service
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Lee Elbert Showers
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Donald R. Mahr
Eighth Avenue SE
Coin
Gladys Ford
Altoona
Robert Catron
Fresno
Calif
William Showers
Seattle
Golda Showers
Shenandoah
Myron
Wichita
Carl
Fairbanks
Alaska
Showers
Grace Methodist Church and Telephone Pioneers
McFarland
Crescent Lodge
Turner Chapel
Masonic Hall
Mary Elizabeth McDonnell obituary notes May 4 1871 birth in Chicago
Mary Elizabeth McDonnell widow of Frank McDonnell died Monday. Born in Chicago May 4 1871 she was a charter member of the Daughters of Isabella and the West Side Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters. Surviving sister Mrs Thomas J Brady Jr of Cedar Rapids and granddaughter Joan Parker of Sacramento. Funeral 9 am Wednesday at St Patrick's Church by Rt Rev Msgr D J Lenihan. Burial Mt Calvary. Friends may call after 1 pm Tuesday at Brady mortuary with Rosaries recited at 7:30 pm.
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Mary Elizabeth McDonnell
Frank McDonnell
Chicago
Daughters of Isabella
West Side
Brady Mortuary
Wcoof
Mrs Mae Beranek, Ely resident, dies after long illness
Mrs Mae Kohout Beranek, 64, of Ely, born Sept. 8, 1892 near Ely, died Sunday after a long illness. Survived by husband, married Sept. 8, 1919 in Marion. Funeral 9:30 a.m. Tuesday Brush chapel, 10:30 a.m. at St Peter and Paul’s near Solon. Rev. Carl F. Clems. Rosary 8 p.m. Monday in chapel. burial at St Peter and Paul’s cemetery. Friends may call.
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Ernest Beranek
Mae Kohout Beranek
Ely
Marion
Brush Chapel
St. Peter and Paul's Church
Solon
Carl F. Clems
St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery
Services for Robert L Parry Held in Williamsburg and Glendale
Funeral services for Robert L Parry, who died in Glendale California, will be conducted in the Turner chapel at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday led by Dr Theodore Lilley of First Presbyterian Church Stellapolis lodge No 391 AF AM of Williamsburg will gather at 8:30 a.m. at the Masonic hall to meet the lodge and attend the service Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Friends may call at the chapel
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Robert L. Parry
Glendale
Calif
Turner Chapel
Theodore Lilley
First Presbyterian Church
Stellapolis Lodge
A.F
A.M
Williamsburg
Cedar Memorial
Masonic Hall
Death notices Vincent J. O'Hern of San Francisco
Mrs. Thomas J. Brady Jr of 840 Fifth Avenue SE reports the death of her brother Vincent J. O’Hern aged 47 in San Francisco. He was a frequent Cedar Rapids visitor. Services and burial will be in San Francisco.
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Thomas J. Brady, Jr
Fifth Avenue SE
Vincent J. O'Hern
San Francisco
O'Hern
Cedar Rapids
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Sickles dies at University
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sickles of 829 Third Street NW died Sunday evening at University Hospitals. Surviving are her parents and two sisters Lana Jean and Diane Lynn and two brothers Mark Dawson and Kinnett Dean, all at home.
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Harold Sickles
Third Street NW
University Hospitals
Lana Jean
Diane Lynn
Mark Dawson
Kinnett Dean
Grandparents Attend Private Services in Cedar Rapids
Private services were held in Turner Chapel Monday afternoon for the death of the grandparent couple the Sickles and Boss families of Cedar Rapids. Cremation committal followed the services.
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Ray Sickles
Arthur Boss
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Midwest flood damage and record waters sweep farms and towns
Widespread flooding from a weekend storm cut roads and flooded basements across Iowa and neighboring states. Bridges strained by rising rivers like the Nishnabotna and Raccoon required crane clearance, while towns such as Adel, Marshalltown, and Boone faced high water, stranded vehicles, and damaged barns. In St. Louis flash floods killed 19 and displaced thousands as 8.72 inches of rain drenched the region.
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Midwest
St. Louis
Weather drenches towns with heavy rainfall
Report notes an estimated 13 inches of rain fell in surrounding towns around the main locality, causing high water, localized flooding, and travel disruptions. No injuries reported. Local officials urge caution, monitor warnings, and await updated rainfall totals and road clearance information.
Severe flood rains hit Dakota Midwest, claim four lives
Up to 10 percent inches of rain drenched eastern South Dakota and southeastern Minnesota Sunday into Monday. The downpour washed out bridges and highways, flooded communities and farmlands, drowning three near Flandreau as a car plunged into the Big Sioux River. A fourth body was sighted in Ward after a vehicle was washed away. Flooding hit Sioux Falls, Yankton, Marshall and Willmar, with most exits blocked and the Sioux River rising. Small tornadoes touched several areas, while residents near Hays, Kansas were urged to evacuate as Big Creek leaked its dike after the creek flooded Ellis Kansas.
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Boone
Des Moines
YWCA
Iowa
Associated Press
South Dakota
Minnesota
Flandreau
S.D
Big Sioux
Ward
Sioux Falls
Yankton
S.C
Marshall
Willmar
Minn
Sioux River
Vinton Man Pleads Guilty In DWI Case
A Linn County district court case sees Rodger A. Cummings plead guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was fined 300 dollars and his license suspended for 60 days after patrol arrest early Sunday on Highway 218 in Cedar Rapids. Judge Floyd Philbrick imposed the sentence.
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Vinton
Linn County
Rodger A. Cummings
Highway Patrol
J. A. Bertramsen
Cummings
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Philbrick
Eviction Petition Filed Against Fryes in Viola Home
Grace McDonald filed in Linn County District Court a petition seeking eviction of Charles and Mary Lou Fryes from her Viola home. The defendants entered the residence in April 1955, their lease expired April 17, but they have not vacated as yet.
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Charles
Mary Lou Fry
Linn County
Grace McDonald
Petiion
Viola
Chaos Seen if Sports Under Trust Statute
Rep Keating warned congress would create chaos in the sporting world by blanket ing baseball and other professional sports under federal antitrust laws. Byrnes urged exempting football from antitrust rules to protect its draft and reserve clause. Hearing planned with Harris Hansen and Kintner as witnesses. court rulings affect baseball but may guide others. diverse proposals aim to treat fall sports alike.
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Washington
Rep
Keating
R-N.y
Congress
Byrnes
R-Wis
House
Harris
D-Ark
Victor RK. Hansen
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
Earl Kintner
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Supreme Court
High Court
Laundry theft report linked to clothing drive mixup
EAST RUTHERFORD New Jersey Mrs. Jerome Harris told police a laundry bag was stolen from her back porch. Officers learned a Lyndhurst Elks volunteer had mistaken her home for another and collected her laundry during a clothing drive phase of a national campaign.
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East Rutherford
N.J
Jerome Harris
Lyndhurst Elks Lodge
Harris
Courtact and conviction in New York of 14 Communist officials
The case centers on Eugene Dennis and 10 other top Communist party officials convicted in New York. Californians argued they sought to work within democratic process, while a DOJ attorney described a highly organized conspiracy. The lead defendant was William Schneiderman of San Francisco. Several defendants were ordered for new trials. others were freed. The opinion noted the Smith Act usage of the word organized in reference to Communist party creation.
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Act
New York
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
Philip R. Monahan
Justice Department
William Schneiderman
San Francisco
California
FBI
Philip Connelly
Los Angeles
Oleta Yates
Northern California
Loretta Stack
Ernest Fox
Carl Lambert
State Security Review
Albert Lima
Oakland
East Bay
Frank Carlson
Los Angeles County Party Defense Committee
Ben Dobbs
Los Angeles County
Harlan
Man Struck by Car in Front of Courthouse
Clinton O Rourke 62 of Mt Vernon was hit by a car on Third Avenue in front of Linn County Courthouse. He was taken to St Luke s Hospital with possible chest injuries a possible fractured leg and multiple lacerations. Driver Carol Lou Voss 1040 Third Avenue SE was driving west and struck him while he crossed toward the courthouse.
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Clinton O'Rourke
Mt. Vernon
Third Avenue
Linn County
St. Luke’s Hospital
Carol Lou Voss
O’rourke
Farm Bought for One of McGuire Sisters
John H. Teeter of New York purchased a 160 acre farm near WINNER S D for about $15000 for his wife Christine McGuire. The land came from the Candace Houser estate and the proceeds are to be split among the local Methodist church the Crippled Children’s hospital in Hot Springs and the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for Cancer Research where Teeter serves as executive director.
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S. D
McGuire Sisters
John H. Teeter
New York
Christine McGuire
Candace Houser
Methodist Church
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Hot Springs
Health Camp seeks assistant cook and kitchen girl
Camp Good Health faces staff shortfalls after resignations. Manager A. T. Pleune seeks two workers: a kitchen girl and an assistant cook. Experience for the cook role can be home or school cafeteria work. Apply by calling EM 2-3393 after 7:30 p.m. or visit 1946 Bever Avenue SE.
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Camp Good Health
A. T. Pleune
Mr. Pleune
Bever Avenue SE
Dissent Challenges Smith Act Prosecution Timing
The text discusses 1945 party constitution framing, a three year statute of limitations, and 1951 indictments. Clark dissents that the ruling frustrates Congress intent, noting the Smith Act of 1940 aimed to curb party activity. The majority finds evidence insufficient for five freed defendants, while Clark agrees evidence showed guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
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Clark
Congress
Court of Appeals
District Court
Brittenham Leaves Square D to Join Yuba Consolidated
Howard Brittenham, plant manager at Square D in Cedar Rapids, accepts the vice president role at Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields in San Francisco. He departs Square D July 15 after nearly three years leading the Cedar Rapids plant, with a merger creating Yuba Consolidated Industries pending approval. Replacement at Square D expected this week.
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Howard Brittenham
Square D
Cedar Rapids
Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields
San Francisco
Brittenham
Yuba Company
Yuba Consolidated Industries, Inc
Power Shortage Hits Torrid New York City
NEW YORK AP reports a sweltering metropolis faced an electrical power shortage on Monday. Lights dimmed in offices, elevators stalled in skyscrapers, and some homes lost power briefly as Consolidated Edison urged cutbacks to essentials amid a 90 degree heat for the third straight day.
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New York
Consolidated Edison Company
Mercury
Boy Skoll Fractured In Tumble From Horse
Iowa City boy Johnny Van Bibber eleven, son of Mr and Mrs John VanBibber of Iowa City, suffered a skull fracture in a fall from a horse on a farm northeast of town. The horse shied as he mounted and hurled him headfirst into a tree trunk in a remote area. Three men took about an hour to reach Mercy hospital where his condition was listed as fair.
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Iowa City
Johnny VanBibber
John VanBibber
Towa City
Here
Johnny
Mercy Hospital
Ferry Sinks Off Korea Leaving 7 Drowned
Seoul AP reports a ferry carrying 82 people sank off the southwest tip of Korea on Monday. Seven passengers drowned as rescue operations were launched and authorities investigated the cause.
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Seoul
Korea
Cardinal Wyszynski Leaves for Poland After Vatican Visit
Rome dispatch reports Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, first postwar primate behind the Iron Curtain to visit the Vatican, departing for his home in Poland on Monday.
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Rome
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Vatican
Poland
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Johnson Avenue NW
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Wendl
Seventh Street SE
Hanna
Edward
Third Avenue SE
St. Luke's
Richard J. Marrick
Marrick
Henry R. Ek
Mound Avenue SE
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Robert D. Hupp
Manchester
Clara Rafoth Robinson
Earlville Lutheran Church
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Jones Funeral
Center Point
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Miller-Taylor Funeral Home
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Elton Timmerman
Gill Funeral
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12Th Ave
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Lee E. Showers
Parry Services
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John B. Turner & Son
2Nd Ave
Marathon
Denison
Nishnabotna
Adel
Highway 169
Highway Commission
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Congressional Committee
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Kan
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Whitney Shoemaker
People’s World
Henry Steinberg
Los Angeles County Party
Rose Kusnitz
Los Angeles Committee For
al Richmond
People's World
Frank Spector
3Rd Ave
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Jay W. Hesser, Jr
N. Y
Wyszynski
Harry Whitehead Jr
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