Daily Record Weather and Local Notices Summary
Temperatures and precipitation listed for major cities with forecasts and a series of local fines for curfew violations. Iowa forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with possible severe storms, cooler in the northwest, and a warm southeast. Obituaries note services for Sarah Ann Lanning, Mrs. Robert Weir, Kevin Gale Frasher, Martin A. Christensen, Charles V. Dautremont, Mary Orr, and Mary Orr.
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Iowa
Lafayette
Sarah Ann Lanning
Murdoch Chapel
Marion
Lafayette Cemetery
Shellsburg
Robert Weir
Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Miller Funeral Home
Vinton
Manchester
Kevin Gale Frasher
Orland Frasher
Masonville
Troy Mills
West Branch
Martin A. Christensen
Beth- Normal
Normal
West Branch Cemetery
Riverside
Charles V. Dautremont
St. Mary’s Church
Mt. Olivet
Hopkinton
Mary Orr
Golden Prairie
Passmore Funeral Home
Coggon
Wind and Weather and Birth Notices from Town Ledger
Wind direction and velocity at Municipal airport at noon SW at 18 mph gusts to 32. Sun rises 4 31 a.m. Tuesday sets 7 46 p.m. Moon rises 11 18 p.m. (CST). Year Ago Today high 87 low 59. City: many births listed June 19 20 with families Kolar Sullivan Zinderman Wallace Thiessen Westfall Sigmunds Gould Davidson Manson Sundberg Stevens Beatty Ryan etc. Truck fire at 1111 Third street SE. fines and sentences for various traffic offenses. intoxication cases and disorderly conduct noted.
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Municipal
Caldwell elected president of Iowa Chamber executives
Robert H Caldwell the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce executive vice president and secretary was elected president of the Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executives at Spirit Lake during the annual spring meeting. New officers include E E Grant Oskaloosa first vice president H A Parmelee Burlington second vice president and Lester Milligan Mason City secretary treasurer Caldwell is set to speak at an Independence Chamber reorganization dinner at the Independence Country Club tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Caldwell
Cedar Rapids
Caldwell
Independence Chamber of Commerce
Independence Country Club
Petranek long affiliated with Quaker Oats is Cedar Rapids plant head
The article details E. J. Petranek Sr known as Ted a 51 year Quaker Oats veteran rising from sweeper to plant manager at Cedar Rapids. It notes his family three children Thomas Laura Gordon and two sons E. J. Petranek Jr and Robert G. Petranek and lists his community roles with St. John's YMCA Chamber of Commerce Masons and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petranek
Ted
Quaker
Grand Island
Neb
St. John's Episcopal Church
Ymca Board of Directors
The
Chamber of Commerce
the Masons
South Side Commercial Club
All-Iowa Fair Board of Directors
High Twelve Club
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines River Flood Reports and Iowa Crest Projections
Floods and evacuations across eastern Des Moines and central Iowa as up to eight inches of rain fall, rivers rising to record levels. Fort Dodge, Webster City, Mason City, Sioux City and Marshalltown face significant overflow with multiple communities evacuated and roads blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Raccoon
Clarion
Kanawha
Sac City
Woodward
Ames
Algona
Newton
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Co. G
133Rd Infantry
National Guard
Red Cross
Bennett Viaduct
Lizard Creek
Humboldt
No. 169
U. S. 20
Hugo Sandahl
Sioux City
Springdale
Leeds
Floyd
Webster City
Boone
Foe of McCarthy Hurls Challenge
Sauk City Wisconsin editor Leroy Gore challenges District Attorney Harlan Kelley to prove or drop charges that the Joe Must Go club violated state law. Gore seeks recall of Sen. McCarthy, accuses Kelley of McCarthyism and says evidence should be public, or Kelley stands condemned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk City
Wis
Leroy Gore
Harlan Kelley
Joe
Gere
Sen. McCarthy
Kelley
Gore
Wisconsin
Strike Vote Endorsed by Independent Metal Workers
Washington based independent Mine Mill and Smelter Workers union authorized a strike vote in the non ferrous metals industry, the union announced Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Poultry Skin Sandals Emerging in Hungarian Industry
Budapest reports a Magyar Nemzet notice that the Hungarian shoe sector plans to use turkey and poultry leg skins for sandals. The piece notes raw material sources and potential industry implications for local production and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Turkey
Senda
Magyar Nebzet
Hubert Underhill Dies After Prolonged Illness at 55
Cedar Rapids resident Hubert C. Underhill died in a local hospital at 5 30 p m Sunday after a long illness. Born August 23 1871 at Perry he belonged to Trinity Methodist church. He married Eva L Rickhoff at Tipton August 13 1896. Survived by wife two sons C C Rickhoff of Waterloo G M Rickhoff of Kansas City a daughter Mrs W A Wolgemooth of Cedar Rapids a brother Clyde Underhill of Savannah Ga four sisters Julia Underhill Ida Simpson Winifred Myers Velmal Haulman five grandchildren seven great grandchildren Services Tuesday at 2 30 p m in the Rohn chapel pastor E D Wells officiating burial Linwood cemetery Friends may call at chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert C. Underhill
Eighteenth Avenue
Cédar Rapids
Ford
Cedar Rapids
Perry
Trinity Methodist Church
Tipton
Eva L. Rickhoff
W. A. Wolgemuth
C. C. Rickhoff
Waterloo
G. M. Rickhoff
Kansas City
Clyde Underhill
Savannah
Julia Underhill
Ida Simpson
Canton
Ill
Winifred Myers
Colchester
Velmal Haulman
Portland
Ore
Rohn Chapel
E. D. Wells
Linwood Cemetery
First Oregon Territory Governorship Offered to Lincoln
The Oregon Territory’s first governorship was offered to Abraham Lincoln, who declined. Joseph Lane accepted the post to lead the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Territory
Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Lane
Funeral services for Wendell A Bain in Cedar Rapids
Wendell A Bain a 40 year resident of Cedar Rapids died Saturday. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 30 p m in the Beatty Bearle chapel with Rev Arnold Marzell of Westminster Presbyterian church officiating. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell A. Bain
Sixth Street
Spedar Rapids
Beatty- Bearle
Arnold Marzell
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Lin- Bain Wood Cemetery
Obituary Notices Ella Barrett of Cedar Rapids Dies
Ella Olga Barrett 73 a Cedar Rapids resident for ten years and widow of Harold Casey Barrett died at home 207 Twenty seventh Street NE at 3 50 am Monday after a long illness She born near Atkins May 2 1881 moved to Marion 1899 to Cedar Rapids ten years ago Survived by two daughters Mrs Elsie Lester and Mrs Al Kane both of Cedar Rapids two grandchildren and a great grandson Her husband died June 16 1936 Memorial services set for Murdoch funeral home Marion at 10 30 am Tuesday Rev James P Gable Burial Oak Shade cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Olga Barrett
Cedar Rapids
Harold Casey Barrett
Twenty-seventh Street
Atkins
Marion
Elsie Lester
al Kane
Murdoch Funeral Home
James P. Gable
Oak Shade
Frances Christle 87 Cedar Rapids Widow Dies After Brief Illness
Frances Barton Christle aged 87 of 628 Third Street SE Cedar Rapids died at home at 5 p.m. Sunday after a brief illness. Born in Czechoslovakia April 17, 1867 she lived in Cedar Rapids 80 years. Surviving are three sons Joseph Harry and George all of Cedar Rapids, five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren, two sisters Mrs James Burgess and Mrs Emma Womacka. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Brush chapel by Dr Marion H Williams with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Barton Christle
Third Street
Joseph F. Christle
Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
Joseph
Harry
George
James Burgess
Emma Womacka
Omaha
Omaha. Services Will Be Conducted At 2 P.m. Wednesday In the Brushchapel
Marion H. Williams
Oak Hill Cemetery
Services for Frank Havlicek Held at Local Church
Frank Havlicek 82 route 1 retired railroad worker died Saturday. Services at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday Kuba funeral home and 9 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Church with Rev. Anthony W. Chihak. Burial in St. John's cemetery. Rosary at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Born in Drozdov Moravia April 9 1872 came to the U S in 1905 and Cedar Rapids in 1913. He worked for North Western railroad until retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Havlicek
Route 1
Kuba
St. Wenceslaus Church
Anthony W. Chihak
St. John's Cemetery
Father Chihak
Drozdov
Moravia
Mr. Havlicek
United States
Cedar Rapids
The
North Western Railroad
Cedar Rapids Woman Rose Nation Dies at 84
Rose B Nation 84 widow of Ora Nation died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 1 pm Sunday after 45 years in the city born October 1 1869 in Tama County She leaves son Zera Nation and sisters Cora Harper Bertha Jarboe and M Grow all of Cedar Rapids A Trinity Methodist member services set at Beatty Buerle chapel Tuesday at 1 30 pm with burial in Linwood Cemetery friends may call
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Rose B. Nation
Ora A. Nation
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Tama County
Zera K. Nation
Cora Harper
Bertha Jarboe
M. Grow
Chapel Ceremony After 7 P.M. Monday
A brief note indicates a chapel ceremony scheduled for after 7 p.m. on Monday. The fragment references the time and location but lacks additional names or specifics.
Services for Mrs Hodges at St Patrick's Church
Mrs Hodges of 1317 Hinkley Avenue NW Cedar Rapids died Saturday. Services will be held Tuesday at 9 am in St Patrick's Church with Rt Rev Msgr D J Lenihan. Burial in Fairfax Cemetery. Msgr Lenihan and the Knights of Columbus will say the Rosary at 8 pm Monday at the Tea Ma chapel, where friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ‘Hodges
Hinkley Avenue
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Lenihan
Fairfax Cemetery
Msgr
Lenihan
Knights of Columbus
Teama Chapel
Services for Mrs Letha Manning Lawrence at Brush chapel
Services for Mrs Letha Manning Lawrence of Fairfax route 1, lifelong Swisher resident, will be held at Brush chapel at 2 PM DST Tuesday by Rev J Richard Wagner. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letha Manning Lawrence
Fairfax
Swisher Vicinity
Brush Chapel
J. Richard Wagner
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Smoking and death risk rise with cigaret use study finds
A report notes 844 cancer deaths among men, 167 lung cancer, with higher rates for heavy smokers. It credits nicotine for part of the risk and cites a 465 percent rise in cigarette use since 1920, plus heart disease and cancer rates climbing while overall deaths fall. Norway data during WWII showed lower heart disease deaths when smoking declined.
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Norway
Iowa lung cancer deaths rise 25 percent in 1952
Des Moines AP report says Iowa recorded 369 cancer of the respiratory tract deaths in 1952, up 25 percent from the prior year. Males dominated fatalities: 291 men versus 78 women. The ACS study tracked 10,573 Iowans aged 50 to 70, with 99.82 percent of men followed over two years. Westmar College sociology class helped interview 518 eligible Plymouth County men.
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Des Moines
Iowa
American Cancer Society
ACS
Bonn Agrees on Search of Ships
West German government agrees to permit U S warships to search German vessels at sea if agents do not voluntarily embargo arms shipments to Guatemala. Counter-proposal outlines voluntary embargo and inspections on high seas for violators.
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Bonn
U. S
Guatemala
U. S. State Department
Yugoslav Pilot Requests Haven in Trieste
A Yugoslav pilot landed a single-engine plane near the U.S. infantry barracks in Opicina Trieste within the Anglo American zone. American soldiers boarded the aircraft for inquiry while civil police arrested the pilot who sought political asylum. He gave only that he came from Postumia in southwest Slovenia.
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Trieste
U.S
Opiciano
Postumia
Slovenia
Barker Sues for Real Estate Rights in Marion
Frank F. Barker files in Linn county district court a suit to establish his mortgage over Marion real estate and declare liens of Eastman Kodak Stores Inc Chicago, the State Tax Commission, and Western Bohemian Fraternal Association junior. He seeks $1,405.16 against J. W. and Frances A. Locke and $392.78 plus foreclosure of a chattel mortgage.
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Linn County’ District Court
Marion
Frank F. Barker
J. W
Frances A. Locke
Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc
Chilcago
State Tax Commission
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
Frances A.locke
Barker
Lockes
Judgments Entered in Two District Court Actions
Judgments favored plaintiffs issued Saturday and Monday in two district court cases. Standard Steel Cabinet Company won 887.52 against Benjamin L. Schreck while Wayne E. and John F. Schreck were dismissed as defendants. A separate ouster writ was ordered for Cedar Rapids renters Merlin and Genevieve Hoeger at 30020 avenue NW after nonpayment of rent. The Johnson County Broadcasting Corp sued Mac's Sugar Bowl for Mt. Vernon for 39.50 on a radio advertising account.
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D. Stone
Standard Steel Cabinet Company
Benjamin L. Schreck
Wayne E
John F. Schreck
Cedar Rapids
Leslie Rawson
Rawson
Merlin
Genevieve Hoeger
Avenue NW
Johnson County Broadcasting Corporation
KXIC
Iowa City
Mac
Sugar Bowl
Mt. Vernon
City Briefs and Club Meetings Reported in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids area clubs and service groups schedule meetings and visits. Planned Parenthood meets at St Luke's hospital Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Kiwanis and Canopus club luncheons discuss traffic safety and electric grid system. Visiting Air Force family member spending two weeks with parents. Mexican Border Veterans potluck supper at James N Taylor home Wednesday. Fraternal Association lodge meeting includes district committee guests with potluck in ZCBJ hall.
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Canopus
William DuVall
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Iowa
United Mexican Border Veterans and Auxiliary
James N. Taylor
First Avenue SW
Fraternal Association
Cedar’ Rapids
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
Zcbj Hall
Zcbj Park
Smilax roots yield drug sarsaparilla from Central regions
The drug sarsaparilla is produced from dried roots of several smilax species found in Central and South American countries and in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
South America
Mexico
Indo France decline seen in Africa amid Indo China loss
In North Africa, nationalist leaders like Habib Bourguiba Mohammed Kiouane and Allal el Fassi push for independence as Indo China slips away. The article notes France’s waning grip, rising local nationalism, and Western defense strains, with Molotov’s Geneva speech shaking Paris and postwar shifts guiding colonial policy.
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France
Africa
William L. Ryan
Tunis
Nguyen Nguoc
Mohammed Aly
Morocco
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Mohammed Kiouane
Algeria
Allal el Fassi
North
Ho Chi Minh
Indo-China
North Africa
Paris
Arab League
City Hall Notes and Street Vacation Proposals
City council accepted street vacation requests for Tenth avenue SW between block 1 of Young's addition, with offer to pay fair value or deed land for street purposes. Plats for Grandview second addition and Ruth Thompson’s second addition approved. Wilson and Company may exhibit an old meat wagon at grocery stores on July 6 7 13 and 15. Ruth Thompson concrete paving approved for Twenty eighth street and Fourteenth avenue SE. Ziskovsky seeks curb removal at F avenue and Third street NW. referred to engineering for study.
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Lester Wickam
C Street
Val
Harry Gaskill
Fifth Avenue
Mildred Starry
Longwood Drive
Dorrance Johnson
Moline
John Hopp, Jr
Elgin
Til
Thomas Hockaday
Twenty-seventh Street
Fred Hoyt
Robert Jones
Seventh Avenue
Merle Morrison
Herman Riewe
Seventh Street SE
Thomas Salmons
Seventh Avenue SE
Hugh Bell
Marion
Ina Stanley
Tenth Avenue
E. Cohn and Sons, Inc
Young
Grandview
Ruth Thompson
City Plan Commission
Wilson and Company
Twenty-eighth Street
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Joseph T
Blanche Ziskovsky
F Avenue
Third Street NW
Beer permit renewals issued to 22 Class B applicants
Class B tavern beer permit renewals were granted to 22 applicants. Class B permits allowing sale of beer for consumption off the premises were also issued to 36 applicants.
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Bismarck
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New Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Seattle
Miami
Fourth Street
Margaret Emrich
A Avenue NE
Florence Handel
Eighth Street SE
C. R. Weather
Mississippi
Kolar
Leonard
Fortieth Street
Sullivan
Eugene
Thirty-second Street
Zinderman
Seymour
Richmond Road
Wallace
Third Avenue
St. Luke's
Henry
Duane
Elmhurst Drive
Thiessen
LaVoy
Elberon
Westfall
Marengo
Sigmunds
Irvin
B Avenue NE
Gould
Gregory
June Davidson
James
Martelle
Auburn
Wash
Lyle E. Manson
Donna Gail
Manson
Edward Manson
Wayne R. Ford
Maxine Moore
C. M. Ford
Central City
George L. Sundberg
University Hospitals
Mr. Sundberg
John E. Sundberg
Thirtieth Street
Lillian Stevens
Lyle F. Stevens
Iowa Chamber of Commerce
Robert Caldwell
Blake Boulevard
Thomas
Laura
Gordon
Arthur Poe
Ankeny
Bondurant
Four Mile Creek
LeMars
Sibley
Big Sioux
Hawarden
Akron
Mason City
Clear Lake
Cerro Gordo County
Sheriff's Office
Rock Island
Minneapolis-Des Moines
Riley
Cedars House
New Eester City
Marshallstown
Marshalltown
Belle Plaine
Harry J. Whitehead Jr
Peter Bezanson
Insurance and Bonds
Dows
McCarthy
Hubert C, Underhill
Murdoch
Walker
Bain Services
H. C. Barrett
J. F. Christle
Havlicek Services
Hodges Services
Lawrence Services
Hammond
Horn
Janeba
SUI Hospital
Harry K. Steckman
H Avenue NE
Henry Schaefer
B Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Merchants Committee
Retail ‘Merchants Bureau of the
Cedar ‘Rapids
National Association of Cost Accountants
Kiwanis Club
David Herrick
Ihhief
Iowa Highway Pattrol
Cedar Rapids Kiwanis Club
Richard D. Sigmund
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Geoge P. Sigmund
M Street
Sats
Miracle Workers
French Union
Moscow
Dien Bien Phu
West Africa
Geneva
Molotov
Southeast Asia
Prussia
Far East
Moroccco
Hitler
City Hall
John E. Lapes
Ardh Ave
Mt. Vernon Rd
Beatty -Beurle
Beatty-Beurle
Omell
Call
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