Daily Record Weather and Notices from March 5 1946
The March 5 1946 Daily Record reports high and low temperatures for Monday with precipitation figures for many cities, notes an Iowa Agricultural Survey predicting rain east portion Wednesday forenoon then clearing, and a midweek temperature outlook. It includes divorce petitions, police theft reports, births at local hospitals, and a roundup of drunkenness, reckless driving, speeding, and parking fines with associated names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Miami
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
New York
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa Agricultural Survey
Doenitz Seeks Nimitz as Defense Witness
Former German naval head Karl Doenitz asks the war crimes tribunal to call Admiral Chester Nimitz as a defense witness. The brief says U S submarines attacked ships without warning and did not aid shipwrecked crews in certain waters, arguing the tactics and orders mirrored German high command.
Window Washer Survives 10‑Minute Free Fall in Chicago
Thomas Minnik, a 20‑year window washer, dangled from a fourth story department store window after only one end of his safety belt was fastened. Thousands watched as his boss Edward Tasso of Illinois Window Cleaning jumped into action from across the street to rescue him.
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Chicago
Thomas Minnik
Minnik
Edward Tasso
Illinois Window Cleaning Company
Butter Rise Highlighted At Cost of Living Event
The Ames conference on living costs featured Rex Conn, farm editor for The Gazette, arguing that consumer benefits from government butter subsidies outweigh farmer gains. Conn warned that retail butter prices will rise as subsidies end, while eight panelists debated price and rent controls amid veterans housing and OPA regulation questions.
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Ames
Rex Conn
Gazette
Iowa League of Women Voters
Conn
W. Earl Hall
Mason City
Robert Blakely
Des Moines League of Women Voters
Congress
Patrolman Solves Two Hit and Run Accidents in One Case
Patrolman Scotty Duncan linked two near identical hit and run reports on First avenue near Fortieth street. Cliff Malone of Marion and E Harlan Hamdorf of Stanwood each claimed damage at about 8 30 and 9 15 p m Sunday. Malone paid $10 fine and costs for leaving the scene without identifying himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Argotsinger
Lisbon
George W. Vincent
Anamosa
Crown H. Latham
Marion
Ernest. McFadden
Tenth Street
Bob Beachler
Vinton
George A. Hutchinson
Eva Butts
B Avenue
Vernon E. Dice
Fairfax
F. T. Crandall
Sixteenth Avenue
George S. Barner
Mt. Vernon
Cliff Malone
Scotty Duncan
First Avenue
Fortieth Street
Harlan Hamdorf
Stanwood
Duncan
Malone
VFW to Induct 1 000 Veterans in Mass Ceremony
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will initiate 1 000 World War II veterans in a mass ceremony at the Memorial Coliseum Wednesday night. Post Commander Stanley Bowers said families and friends of VFW members are invited. Dancing will follow with Ray Long's orchestra. no membership drive is under way, the mass initiation aimed to enroll veterans who signed up in the last two months.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Memorial Coliseum
Stanley Bowers
Vf.w
Bowers
Ray Long
Woman Falls on Street Injures Scalp at Intersection
Mrs. Anna Malloy aged 28 at 828 E Avenue NW suffered a scalp gash when she fell around 6 p.m. Monday at the A Avenue NW and Fifth Street NW intersection. Passersby carried her to 428 A Avenue NW, police were notified, and she was taken to Mercy Hospital by Patrolmen Murphy Davis and Frank ONeill. Tuesday her condition was listed as good.
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Anna Malloy
E Avenue NW
A Avenue
Fifth Street NW
Harry Vedder
A Avenue NW
Murphy Davis
Frank O'Neill
Mercy Hospital
Notice of Appointment Executors No 18281 Iowa Linn County 1946
Notice is hereby given that on February 25, 1946, Godfrey Lopata and Frank Kluber were appointed and qualified as executors of the estate of Arnest Lopata, deceased of Linn County Iowa. All indebted persons should pay promptly, and all claims must be filed with the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Milo O. Hanzlik is the attorney for the executors.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Arnest Lopata
Iowa
Godfrey Lopata
Frank Kluber
Milo O. Hanzlik
Tom Archer Gets Permit To Build Marion Ballroom
Des Moines businessman Tom H Archer was granted building and dance permits by the Marion city council. He plans a $150000 ballroom on First avenue E east of Cedar Park and will begin once materials and labor are available. The site spans 11 acres, with a 213 by 140 foot concrete and steel building to seat 1564, plus an 8000 square foot dance floor and ample parking for about 3000 cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom H. Archer
Des Moines
Marion City Council
First Avenue E
Cedar Park
Archer
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Thirty-eighth Street
Marion
Alta
Elba Emerson
C. W. Emerson
Paroled Man Pleads Guilty to Tire Theft
Lee C. Mason aged 24 was paroled by Judge J. E. Heiserman to O. W. Lawrence and given a five year suspended sentence to Fort Madison penitent iary. The court suspended sentence due to Mason's health as per state hospital findings after he admitted stealing six automobile tires from a Cedar Rapids store in January. The decision followed two days of consultation among the judge, county attorney William W. Crissman, and Mason's attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee C. Mason
J. E. Heiserman
O. W. Lawrence
Fort Madison Men’s Penitentiary
State Hospital
Hone City
Heiserman
Sai Mason
Cedar Rapids
William W. Crissman
Lawrence
Mason
Eviction appeal filed in district court over farm and unit
An ouster petition and an appeal from a justice court eviction finding were filed in district court. Bowmans seek order for C B and Delight Peal to vacate the 40 acre Linn township farm rented since March 1, 1945, claiming failure to heed a Feb 26 three day notice. Florence Marak appeals a Tonkinson eviction. Tonkinsons seek eviction for nonpayment of $20 monthly rent at 1203 Ninth Street NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
District Court
Charles E. Bowman
C. B. Peal
Delight Peal
Linn Township
Bowmans
Florence Marak
H. R. Churchill
Ray C. Tonkinson
Ellis Boulevard
The
Tonkinsons
Miss Marak
Ninth Street
Sentencing Delayed for Two Teens in Car Larceny Case
Judge Floyd Philbrick postponed sentencing of Carroll Ray Darringer and Raymond Brady, both 17, after they pled guilty to larceny of a car. The judge refused their request to plead to driving a car without the owner's consent, following the county attorney Crissman's recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Philbrick
Carroll Ray Darringer
Raymond Brady
Philbrick
William W. Crissman
Interstate Finance Sues Raftis Over Promissory Note
Interstate Finance filed suit Tuesday against M. J. Raftis of 2518 First Avenue East to collect 477.81 allegedly due on a promissory note dated August 28, 1945. The note covered a Dodge club coupe sold for 637.08 including finance charges, with 12 monthly installments promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Finance Corporation
M. J. Raftis
First Avenue East
Raftis
Jenson Awarded $182.31 Against Reiffs in 1944 Suit
L C Jenson wins judgment for 182.31 against Marion O Reiff and Clara Reiff in a July 1944 suit. He also receives five percent interest from August 1, 1941.
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Floyd Philbrick
L. C Jenson
Marion O Reiff
Clara Reiff
Jenson
Heads of American higher education leaders vary by title
In the United States top administrators across colleges and universities carry titles such as presidents rectors chancellors provosts and principals reflecting differing institutional traditions and governance structures in higher education.
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America
U.S. Auto Union in Talks to End GM Strike
United Press reports top labor officials will meet with American Telephone and Telegraph and long lines union representatives to avert a nationwide telephone tie up. The CIO United Auto Workers provisional plan calls for a secret ballot among 175,000 GM strikers on whether to accept the 18.5 cent hourly increase and arbitration terms, ending the strike once results are known.
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United Press
General Motors
Edgar L. Warren
Conciliation Service
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Independent
Long Lines Union
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Warren
Long Lines
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Retail Food Index Down .9 Percent in Cedar Rapids
Retail food prices in Cedar Rapids fell .9 percent between Dec 11 1945 and Jan 15 1946 per John B Parrish regional director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Chicago office. Egg prices plunged 149 percent while dried fruits and vegetables fell .5 percent and lamb dropped .2 percent. Fresh and canned fish rose 26 percent and dairy up 1.2 percent. Chicken up .5 percent and pork up .2 percent. Fresh produce fats and oils gained .3 percent. beef veal beverages and canned goods up .1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
John B. Parrish
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chicago
City Briefs Highlights From Cedar Rapids Area Community Notices
Dr Nicholas Abodeeley returns home after visiting his uncle Eli Abodeeley 529 Fifth avenue SE. The Ruptured Ducks WWII veterans group to meet at the YMCAs Little theater Thursday at 730 pm. St Johns Episcopal church observes Ash Wednesday with communion at 730 and 10 am and an 830 pm service. The Ladies auxiliary to local No 3 UW of America CIO meets Wednesday March 13 at 730 pm at the union office. Mrs Charles B Claypool 1222 Second Ave SE travels to San Luis Obispo Calif to join Lt Col Claypool. Agnes May accompanies. Cedar Rapids Ahepa chapter 194 holds regular meeting Wednesday at 8 pm in the Hellenic Orthodox Church of St John the Baptist with refreshments. Otto Kohl, head of Bapane Gas and Chickbed, speaks on Gold Its National Implications at the Civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce at 615 pm Thursday, bringing pieces from his coin collection. George Novak Cedar Rapids Democratic nominee for county attorney to speak at Mt Vernon Lisbon Democratic Women’s Club Friday at 730 pm in Red Cross rooms Mt Vernon. Linn County Young Democrats president confirms candidate introductions at the meeting.
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Cedar Rapids
Order of Ahepa
P.m
Otto Kohl
Bapane Gas Company
Chickbed Company
Civic Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Midwest
U. S
Kohl
George Novak
Mt. Vernon-Lisbon
Democratic Women’s Club
Red Cross Rooms
Mt. Vernon
John Green-lee
Linn County
Young Democrats Club
Clay Hints U.S. Committed To 10 Year Stay in Germany
Lt Gen Lucius Clay, deputy head of the U S Military Government in Germany, announces a broad denazification law placing more German responsibility for purge efforts and signaling a U S commitment to remain in Germany for at least ten years. The measure threatens millions under varying penalties for aiding Hitler.
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Clay
U.S
Germany
Berlin
Lucius Clay
United States
Hitler
Deaths Mrs Victor C Sundberg 55 Cedar Rapids
Mrs Victor C Sundberg aged 55 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 2 30 a m Tuesday from injuries suffered in a February 26 auto crash near Keystone She was born November 9 1890 in Manistee Michigan and married in 1914 in Chicago The Sundbergs moved to Cedar Rapids in 1916 Surviving are her husband two daughters Mrs Joe Byrnes Cedar Rapids Mrs James W Eskridge Denver Colo a son John Cedar Rapids three brothers Edward Edstrom Chicago Hilmer Springfield Ill and Gustav Long Beach Calif two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews She was a member of St Mark s Lutheran church and an honorary life member of the Augustana Missionary society Services will be held at St Mark s Lutheran Church at 3 30 p m Friday Friends may call at Turner chapel
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Victor C. Sundberg
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Keystone
Manistee
Mich
Chicago
Sundbergs
Joe Byrnes
James W. Eskridge
Denver
Death notice of William Daywitt 60 of Cedar Rapids
William M Daywitt 60 of 1330 First Avenue NE found dead in his room by landlady Emma Kriz Tuesday morning. Died Monday night of a heart ailment per county coroner Dr T Frank Hersch. Employed by Iowa Manufacturing Co until four days ago. Survived by two sons Orville Cedar Rapids and William Milwaukee. two grandchildren. brother Mark Daywitt Cedar Rapids. Born February 26 1884 in Manchester. Body at Janeba Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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William M. Daywitt
First Avenue NE
Emma Kriz
T. Frank Hersch
Iowa Manufacturing Company
The
Eagles
Orville
Cedar Rapids
William
Milwaukee
Wis
Mark Daywitt
Manchester
Janeba Funeral Home
Funeral services for Forrest D White announced
Funeral services for Forrest D White of 390 Seventeenth street SE will be conducted by Rev H L Ruthrauff at the Brady mortuary at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary.
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Forrest D. White
Seventeenth Street SE
H. L. Ruthrauff
Brady Mortuary
Linwood Cemetery
Service members honored in homefront notices
Rodney A. Newland son of Arthur Miller of 1428 Second Street SW is en route to the States from the Fifth replacement depot near Manila and will be honorably released after service since January 1943 with overseas since December 1944. He serves with the 784th military police battalion and holds Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon with one campaign star American theater ribbon good conduct ribbon and the Victory medal. His wife Shirley also resides at the same address. Harry W. Hergert son of R. C. and Mrs. Hergert of West Amana has been honorably discharged from the naval reserve at Minneapolis separation center after 21 months in the navy and 18 months on a landing ship tank overseas. His wife and daughter live at 3020 C Avenue NE.
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Rodney A. Newland
Arthur Miller
Second Street
Fifth
Manila
784Th Military Police
Shirley
Harry W. Hergert
C Avenue NE
Naval Reserve
Minneapolis, Minn
Navy
R. C. Hergert
West Amana
Rain Leads to Slippery Roads Across Eastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa faced another day of rain with light showers since Monday night. By 9 am Tuesday Cedar Rapids had .05 inch, Davenport recorded .93 inch and freezing rain caused slick highways in the northeast. Temperatures hovered in the 30s as mild weather was forecast to return by Wednesday noon.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chambers
Mercury
Davenport
House Committee to Hear Rapido River Testimony
Washington based House Military Affairs Committee agreed to hear testimony from the War Department and officers of the 36th Division Association about the 1944 Rapido River crossing in Italy. The panel's chairman said witnesses would testify at their convenience with no date set.
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House
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
36Th Division Association
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
Memorial for Theodore Marburg Served as United States Minister
Funeral services were pending Monday for Theodore Marburg born in Baltimore 84 years ago. He served as United States minister to Belgium from 1912 to 1914 and was active in the League of Nations.
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Vancouver
B. C
INS
Theodore Marburg
United States
Belgium
League of Nations
Baltimore
Cedar Rapids Community Players elect officers
Eleven members were elected to the board of directors of the Cedar Rapids Community Players Monday night. Names include Mrs. Gordon Fennell, Mrs. Herbert Stamats, Mrs. Don Sullivan, Mrs. John Vavra, Rev. Waldemar Argow, Richard Miller, Gordon McKay, Joe Enzler, and others. An advisory board was named. Miss Hazel Brown is president. The group plans a spring production and a public lecture by Harold J. Kennedy at 815 p.m. in the YMCA Little Theater.
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Cedar Rapids Community Players
Gordon Fennell
Herbert S. Stamats
Donaold D. Sullivan
John S. Vavra
Fred Glanville
W. R. Armstrong
Gladyce Getz
Waldemar Argow
Richard Miller
Gordon McKay
Joe Enzler
Hazel Brown
Nicholas Craemer
Reginald B. Figge
James D. Bever
Miss Brown
Frances Prescott
Mary Lackersteen
Donald Barnes
William B. Quarton
Marvin D. Cone
Mr Cone
Miss Lackersteen
Stamats
Fennell
Two Men Fined on Drunkenness Charges in Police Court
Two men were fined $25 and costs in police court Monday for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Claude Jenkins claimed 525 Seventh Avenue SE as his address, but his estranged wife disputed it. Jenkins tried to enter the house, was reported by his wife, and cited in the case. M E Augustine of 911 Seventeenth Avenue SE was arrested after relatives said he and his 13-year-old son swore at them. The boy was taken to an uncle's home and then to the juvenile bureau for questioning Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Jenkins
Seventh Avenue SE
Jenkins
M. E. Augustine
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Murphy Davis
Frank O'Neill
Augustine
Juvenile Bureau
Judge Grants Wades Second Continuance
A second continuance was granted in the city case charging Edwin T and Laura Wade with violations of sanitation and fire protection ordinances. The March 14 hearing before Judge Harry S Johnson will decide the charges after inspectors reported persistent rubbish at the Wade home and a March 13 reinspection was ordered.
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Edwin T
Laura Wade
Bever Avenue
Harry S. Johnson
J .H. Lilly
C. H. White
Felix O’donnell
Wade
Johnson
Supreme Court Upholds Philbrick In Paternity Case
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a Linn County ruling dismissing Ida Bowers’s suit to change birth records to show her son Ira Hook was not the father of a child born to his wife Darlene Bailey. It upheld the presumption of legitimacy for children born in lawful wedlock and the burden on the challenger to prove nonpaternity.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Supreme Court
Linn County District Court
Floyd Philbrick
Ida Bowers
Cedar Rapids
Ira Hook
Darlene Bailey
New Guinea
Philbrick
Eisenhower Says Army Efficiency Very Low In U S
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, chief of staff, declared that the efficiency of U S army ground and air forces here is very low due to a shortage of trained manpower. He added another year will be needed to build an organization with the efficiency of 1940 after touring army installations nationwide.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wife of Truman's Chef Kills Baby
Police said Oliva Ordona 27 wife of the Filipino chef on President Truman's yacht killed her year old baby with a meat cleaver. She told officers the infant cried for three days and was held for a coroner's inquiry. Accompanied by her brother Juan Ramos she went to a precinct police station at 8 45 a m to report the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
E. S. Voight
Oliva Ordona
Truman
Ordona
Dominican Republic
Juan Ramos
Judge Who Gave Dewey Political Start Dies
George Z. Medalie, 62, associate judge of the New York state court of appeals, who helped propel Governor Thomas E. Dewey toward political prominence, died Tuesday in Albany.
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Dewey
Albany
N. Y
George Z. Medalie
New York State Court of Appeals
Thomas E. Dewey
Politi
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