Weather and local notices from Daily Record
Partly cloudy in Iowa with scattered thunder showers and a cooler trend. Tuesday highs ranged from 64 to 90 with lows from 55 to 64. Duluth and Rapid City show mid 70s to 60s. Pedestrian and traffic fines listed. multiple death notices and funeral arrangements across Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns.
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Bismarck
N. Orleans
Cage
1Rom
Duluth
Rapid City
L. Angeles
Miami
Lone City
Iowa
Nutrition Service To Be Dropped By Cedar Rapids Chest
The Public Welfare bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce voted Tuesday to drop the Community Nutrition Service from the 1952 Cedar Rapids Community Chest. The decision cites efficient fund use and changing community needs while noting plans to continue some nutrition work. The service will still receive funds through the end of 1951.
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Community Chest
Public Welfare Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
B. D. Silliman
Bureau
Roosevelt Hotel
Silliman
Cedar Rapids
Community Nutrition Service
Chest
The
Nutrition Service Board
Charles Johnson
Raymond T. Ashlock
Ashlock
Nutrition Service
Council of Social Planning
Welfare Bureau
Iowa
United Defense Fund
United Service Organizations
USO
Ex-Con Contract Awards Assailed
Congressional investigators said two ex-convicts with no funds plants or experience secured four defense contracts totaling nearly 3.3 million dollars through armed forces procurement officers. A large 2.9 million dollar contract awarded March 14 remained unstarted by May 25.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Hurley Defends World War II Foreign Policy Principles
Hurley criticizes the State Department for surrendering America’s early World War II aims and advocates a return to liberty, self government, regulated free enterprise, and justice. He recalls China ambassadorship episodes and disputes over department reports and personnel.
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Russia
Acheson
Hurley
State Department
China
Byrnes
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Courthouse Remodeling Award Won by Manilaw at Linn County
The Linn county treasurer's office awarded the remodeling contract to E. D. Manilaw for 4490.58 with completion by October 31. Zodac Construction submitted a higher bid of 6400. The project moves the auto license department to a new lobby space with a glass partition and connecting door. The tax department will take the old space after relocation. Also approved tobacco permit renewals, upgraded brewery permit, and appointed Paul Morgan as special deputy sheriff per Sheriff James H. Smith.
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Linn County
E. D. Manilaw
Board of Supervisors
Zodac Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Auto Department
Tax Department
Redman’s Ranch
Mt. Vernon
Midway Cafe
Troy Mills
Butlers’ Grocery
Viola
Ben Neighbor
LaFayette
B and J
Waubeek
Lighthouse Inn
Bertram’ Township
Nemecek
Route 3
James W.’ Stick
Toddville
Robert Snodgrass
Hawkeye Downs
Midwest Landh
Central City
Alex Fidler
Paul Morgan
Fifth Avenue
James H. Smith
Williams Held as Marine Deserter
David L. Williams, 17, of 1011 Tenth Street SW, was jailed by federal authorities as a Marine Corps deserter. FBI agents arrested him at the Central City sale barn during a livestock sale after he reportedly enlisted last September and has been AWOL for about 70 days.
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David L. Williams
Tenth Street
Linn County
Marine Corps
Williams
FBI
Central City
Seek Attorney General Opinion on Zoning Law
Assistant County Attorney Don ald E. Smith asked the state attorney general for an opinion on a point in Iowa county zoning law. He seeks clarification on resident approval before county zoning becomes effective. The request came from the board of supervisors as Linn county studies steps for establishing zoning despite no ordinance yet in effect.
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Donald E. Smith
Iowa
Smith
Board of Supervisors
Linn County
Lawsuit Filed Over Clothing Valued at 395 Dollars
Sally Miller by next friend Elsie Miller sues George and Mayme Luzum for recovery of 395 dollars worth of clothing and 150 dollars damages for wrongful possession. The action centers on items allegedly wrongfully held by the Luzums.
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Sally Miller
Elsie Miller
George
Mayme Luzum
Luzums
Safety Education Officials Greeted In Cedar Rapids
A group from the Iowa department of public safety rode the North Western City of Portland line to Cedar Rapids. They filmed traffic hazards from the train cab during a Ames to Clinton trip. Cedar Rapids officers Chief W. J. Kudina Traffic Capt. L. W. Remington Public Safety Commissioner E. A. Prochaska Highway Patrol Lt. Clarence ay met them. The footage will support state safety talks to urge Iowans to be more careful at grade crossings.
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Iowa Department of Public Safety
Cedar Rapids
North Western Railroad
Portland
Ames
Clinton
W. J. Kudina
L. W. Remington
E. A. Prochaska
Highway Patrol
Clarence Ay
Second Band Concert At Ellis Park Tonight
The Cedar Rapids Municipal band stages a second concert at Ellis Park on the archery range at 8 o'clock under director R. L. Moehlmann. The program features band numbers and will not repeat the Sunday program. If rain occurs, the concert is canceled.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
R. L. Moehlmann
Ruthman New Cedar Rapids Methodist District Superintendent
Dr. John C. Ruthman of Sioux City was named the Cedar Rapids district superintendent by Bishop Charles W. Brashares at the North Iowa conference in Waterloo. He takes over 65 Cedar Rapids churches after leading Grace Methodist in Sioux City and previously Algona district work. The Ruthmans will relocate to Cedar Rapids around July 1 and have a daughter Mrs. William J. Holdren of Floyd.
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John C. Ruthman
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Methodist Church
Frank Travis
North Iowa
Charles W. Brashares
Waterloo
Ruthman
Grace Methodist Church
Algona
Methodist Hospital
Morningside College
Rotary Club
Clarion Rotary Club
Buthman
Elmhurst Drive
William J. Holdren
Floyd
Farm Accident Injures Jane Phelps Near Monticello
Jane Phelps nine daughter of Mrs. Robert Leinen of 216 Second Street NW was seriously hurt Tuesday evening when she slipped and fell under a loaded hayrack on the George Hoffman farm five miles north of Monticello. She was hospitalized at St Luke's in Fair income in fair condition with rib and chest injuries. The Leinen family had been fishing in Minnesota. Mrs Leinen and her sister Mrs Hoffman were at the scene and the boy Bill nine thirteen accompanied the family home after the accident.
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Jane Phelps
Robert Levien
Second Street
George Hoffman
Monticello
St. Luke’s Hospital
Leinen
Minnesota
Miracle brain surgery saves doomed Canadian boy
Four year old Donny Marton of Archerwill Saskatchewan weighed only twenty pounds when doctors in Pasadena operated free of charge led by Dr William T Grant and Dr Edward Oberc. His father Arthur Marton carried him on a 3000 mile trip seeking divine help and the doctors reported the boy would recover weighing three pounds more than before and he would go home well.
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Pasadena
Donny Marton
William T. Grant
Edward Oberc
Arthur Marton
Archerwill
Saskatchewan
Prisoner Vanishes From Marengo County Jail
A man serving a 30 day sentence at Marengo County Jail disappeared Wednesday morning. Sheriff Milford Engelbert led the search, noting the inmate gave the name A. W. Dickinson when arrested last week for uttering forged instruments. Dickinson vanished about 11 15 a m while assisting the courthouse janitor.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Milford Engelbert
A. W. Dickinson
Dickinson
Marion Man Loses Billfold Containing 335 Dollars
Michael Kelly of route 1 Marion reported he lost or had his billfold with 335 dollars during a night out at the Midway tavern on Tuesday. He said he left First avenue tavern with another man and two women and later found the billfold missing at about 10 35 p m after likely paying for a round of drinks.
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Midway Tavern
Michael Kelly
Route 1
Marion
First Avenue Tavern
Midway
Fifteen Dollars Keeps Child in Camp a Week
Camp Good Health supporters fund camp stays with a weekly cost of 15 dollars per child. Contributions include 50 dollars in soaps and supplies from Ross Soap and Chemical Company of Mt. Vernon, plus labor from Loomis Brothers carpenters who spent a morning repairing camp facilities.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Ross Soap and Chemical Company
Mt. Vernon
Loomis Brothers
John Armon
Elmer Kotaska
Ed Langer
Art Larsen
Joe Navratil
County Health panel weighs solving new health hazards
The Linn county supervisors discuss forming a county health board with three officials and consider sending Dr. Ray and Dr. Zenor to study health nuisances. They may visit Des Moines for state guidance as rural areas see dumping of raw sewage and overloaded septic tanks threaten residents and livestock.
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Iowa
Hood
Linn County
Ray
Zenor
Construction Workers Suffer Injuries in Falls
Two Cedar Rapids workers were treated at St Luke s hospital for injuries from falls. Franklin R Rulifson 25 Iowa City fell down an elevator shaft in the hospital s new wing but escaped serious injury with only minor cuts. Clyde D Crabel 18 Fairfield suffered a severe lip laceration after falling from a scaffold at A avenue and Second street NE while employed by Paulson Construction Company.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Franklin R. Rulifson
Iowa City
Clyde D. Crabel
Fairfield
Second Street
The
Paulson Construction Company
Man Loses $100 Bill At City Intersection
Bruce Fredrickson of 1336 Third Street NW dropped a $100 bill at the Second Avenue and First Street SE intersection near noon while walking from the post office to Klinger's Paint Store. He asks for its return if found.
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Second Avenue
First Street
Bruce Fredrickson
Third Street
Frederickson
Klinger
Oelwein Gets Steel For Hospital Annex
Steel has been released for a new 758000 addition to Mercy hospital in Oelwein announced by hospital superintendent Sister Mary Elaine. Contractors plan to start work immediately.
Bus Crashes Kill 23 in Munich Train Collisions
Twenty three bus passengers died and 31 were injured in two bus train collisions in southern Germany on Tuesday night. The accidents occurred when buses collided with trains at separate level crossings near Munich, prompting emergency response and investigations.
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Munich
South
Germany
Swiss Guards Founded in Vatican to Protect the Pope
The renowned Swiss Guards were established in 1505 to serve as the personal protective force for the Pope at the Vatican.
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The
Vatican
Van Meter Rites Friday at 3 30 P M
Services for Robert L. Van Meter Cedar Rapids resident and Van Meter Company official who died at his home will be held in Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Friday. Graveside rites follow Saturday at 1 30 p m in Centerville. He was born September 2 1890 in Trenton Missouri and married Sybil McKee in Ottumwa in 1912. He came to Cedar Rapids in 1922 and served as a church trustee 1948–1950. He belonged to Elks Pickwick Crescent Lodge A F and A M Iowa Consistory and Cedar Rapids Country Club. He is survived by his wife a daughter two grandchildren three sisters and a brother.
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Robert L. van Meter
Nineteenth Street
van Meter Company
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Theodore Lilley
First Presbyterian Church
Centerville
Trenton
Sybil Esther McKee
Ottumwa
Cedar ‘Rapids
Columbus Junction
van Meter
Elks, Pickwick — Crescent Lodge
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Martha Jane Neathery
Anna Allen
Mayme Bryant
Ruth McAllwee
Greensbrae
Calif
B. H. van Meter
Washington, I
Deaths John Albert Sturm
Services for John Albert Sturm will be held at the Janeba funeral home at 9 a.m. Thursday and at 9:30 a.m. in St. Ludmila's Church conducted by Rev. Frank R. Hruby. Burial is planned in Linwood Cemetery. A Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home where friends may call.
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John Albert Sturm
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Janeba Funeral Home
St. Ludmila’s Church
Frank R. Hruby
Linwood Cemetery
Father Hruby
Services for Mrs Andrew Mac Kinnon
Services for Mrs Andrew Mac Kinnon of Cedar Rapids will be held in Turner chapel at 1:30 p.m. Thursday conducted by Dr Andrew E Kurth of Westminster Presbyterian church. Burial is in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. She was past supreme ashayi of the Supreme Royal Zuanna and a member of Cedar chapter No 184 O E S and Star of Maine Rebekah lodge No 221.
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Andrew MacKinnon
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Turner Chapel
Andrew E. Kurth
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Linwood Cemetery
Supreme Royal Zuanna
United States
Canada
Cedar Chapter
O.E.S
Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge
Services Set For Paula Krebs Aged 5
Funeral services for Paula Ruth Krebs five daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin Krebs will be held Thursday at 3 30 p m in Turner chapel with Rev H G Schwegler pastor of First Lutheran Church officiating Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Paula Ruth Krebs
Alvin Krebs
Rockford Road
Turner Chapel
H. G. Schwegler
First Lutheran Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Services for Fred Thompson at Turner Chapel Friday
Fred Thompson 118 Twenty-sixth Street Drive SE, owner of the Palace Barber Shop for 32 years, died Monday after a brief illness. Services will be at 1 30 p m Friday in Turner chapel with Dr Galen L Rose of the First Christian church. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery where Han ford post of the American Legion will present the flag to Mrs Thompson. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Fred Thompson
Twenty-sixth Street Drive
Palace
Turner Chapel
Galen L. Rose
First Christian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Hanford Post
American Legion
Thompson
Truman creates cold war strategy board led by Gordon Gray
President Truman established a cold war strategy board and named Gordon Gray its director at 16000 dollars a year. The board includes James E Webb Robert A Lovett and Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith with Smith acting as chairman. Gray leaves the University of North Carolina to take the post and will organize a staff for board work.
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Washington
Truman
Gordon Gray
James E. Webb
Robert A. Lovett
Defense
Walter Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence
Gray
University of North Carolina
Smith
He Hasn't Forgotten Roughtown Winter
In Des Moines a thief broke into Eugene Carlock's locked car and stole a heater on a Tuesday, as the city lingered near summer heat at 85 degrees. The incident references an unusual small burglary tied to coming winter.
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Roughtown
Des Moines
INS
Mercury
Eugene Carlock
Severe Iowa windstorm damages homes and landmarks
A late storm toppled trees and shattered glass across Tama Cedar Rapids and central Iowa. Windows broke in churches and businesses while homes and farm buildings across McCallsburg Martelle Lisbon and Mt Vernon suffered damage. Two fatalities not reported. utilities and phones were disrupted, with lines restored gradually.
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Tama
Carnal
North Western Railroad
Atkins
Irvin Keiper
Charles Lynch
Martelle
Lisbon
Vinton
Clutter
Mt. Vernon
Blairstown
Iowa
McCallsburg
St. Anthony
Clemens
Neil Mathern
Garwin
Four Injured in Storm in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids four people were injured during a city wide storm none critically. Barbara Muir 16 suffered a right arm fracture when a tree fell near Hayes field while watching a baseball game. Dorothy Colony drove a truck into a tree on Rockford road with her two year old daughter injured. L W Dunlap sustained minor burns while attempting to extinguish burning clothes after a candle knocked over during a power outage. Otto Volz had a close call while fishing in a row boat as the storm hit.
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Cedar Rapids
Barbara Muir
Thirty-second Street
Hayes Field
Mercy Hospital
Dorothy Colony
Wilson Avenue
Rockford Road
Cynthia
L. W. Dunlap
Elmhurst Drive
Otto Volz
Second Street
Cedar River
Tornadoes Cause Damage Across Midwest. One Killed
Tornadoes and heavy rain hit wide areas Tuesday night across the Midwest. One woman was killed and five injured in eastern Minnesota as a tornado damaged about fifty homes and toppled hundreds of trees near Hutchinson. The twister moved toward Minneapolis with damage around 500000 dollars. A separate Kansas tornado and heavy rains in South Bend, Indiana accompanied the storm activity.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Minnesota
Hutchinson
Minneapolis
Weather Bureau
Kansas
South Bend
Ind
Senators Give Notice To Florida Governor
The Senate crime committee renewed its request for Florida Governor Fuller Warren to appear before it in Miami. Chairman O Conor sent Warren a telegram warning that unless he accepts or responds satisfactorily by noon Thursday June 21 the committee will consider further action.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
Fuller Warren
Florida
Miami
O’conor
Hertenstein Waives Preliminary Hearing on Draft Card Charge
Robert Hertenstein 22, alias Robert Flannery of 1507 Second Avenue SE, waived preliminary hearing after arraignment before U S Commissioner Charles Benesh on a possession of false selective service cards charge. Cedar Rapids police arrested him Monday night after finding him asleep in his car in a downtown alley. three draft cards were found and turned over to the FBI.
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Robert Hertenstein
Robert Flannery
Second Avenue SE
U. S
Charles Benesh
Hertenstein
Cedar Rapids
FBI
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