Iowa City Daily Record Mixes Weather and Local Notices
Iowa Agricultural Forecast calls for generally fair conditions Friday with possible cloudiness Saturday and Sunday. Temperature highs around 34 Friday and 36 Saturday. low Friday night near 20. Marriage licenses issued Clem W. Keyes and Alma L. Andersen Cedar Rapids. Divorces and decrees listed. several fines for Disturbing the peace Reckless driving and speeding violations. multiple births at Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals.
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Icare
Sleur City
Iowa
Clem W. Keyes
Alma L. Andersen
Cedar Rapids
Courthouse Police Hold Warrants For Suspects In Check Fraud
A man in Moline Illinois is held after a false uttering charge and a second man believed in custody in Wichita Falls Texas is sought in Cedar Rapids for check artistry last month. James E Williamson opened a bank account with a bogus 1145 check on Feb 20 and withdrew 50 and 200 the same day.
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Moline
Ill
Wichita Falls
Texas
Cedar Rapids
James E. Williamson
William Crissman
Williamson
Merchants National Bank
Belleville National Bank
Belleville
Guaranty Bank
Tenth Street
Crissman
LeRoy Johnson
Man Held on Bad Check Charges In Paint Store incidents
Crissman stated the suspect faces two counts of passing bad checks in February and a prior claim in Oska loosa. The man allegedly passed a $50 bad check for paint at Sutton Paint Store and a $1 can of paint remover at Klinger Paint Store.
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Oskaloosa
Crissman
Johnson
Sutton
Klinger
Damage Suits Filed As Result of Accident
Two lawsuits totaling 15 450 seek damages for injuries from a December 27 collision at First Avenue and Thirty eighth Streets against T C Jackson. Mary Stevens seeks 10 350 including 350 medical, Betty F Watterson 5 100 including 100 medical. Both rode with defendant. Also M A Carroll sues John D Keith for 205 11 on a promissory note.
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First Avenue
Eighth Streets
T. C. Jackson
Mary Stevens
Betty F. Watterson
M. A. Carroll
John D. Keith
Damage suit against builders firm dismissed in Cecilia Raymer case
Cecilia Raymer had filed a $2,500 damage suit for injuries from a 15 1946 accident at Eighth avenue and Third street SE involving a City cab and a truck owned by Builders Material Inc The suit against Concrete Materials and Construction Company was dismissed and a parallel suit against Builders Material Inc followed.
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Concrete Materials and Construction Company
Builders Material, Inc
Cecilia Raymer
Eighth Avenue
Third Street SE
George Thomas Awarded Judgment Against Louis D. Smith
George Thomas was awarded a confessed judgment of 250 dollars by Judge G. K. Thompson. He had sought 500 dollars for damages from an accident involving Louis D. Smith at First Avenue and Seventh Street East last December.
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George Thomas
Louis D. Smith
G. K. Thompson
Thomas
First Avenue
Seventh Street E
Rupert Willey Held on False Check Charge
Rupert L Willey 24 of Chelsea was brought back from Toledo by Deputy Sheriff P J Whittemore and jailed to await arraignment on a charge of uttering a false check for 45 dollars at Padzensky s auto market.
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Rupert L. Willey
Chelsea
Toledo
P. J. Whittemore
Padzensky
Nye divorce suit filed in district court
Jack Nye filed for divorce from Eileen Nye in district court after his wife dropped in suit for divorce on February 24, four days after she had filed it.
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Jack Nye
Eileen Nye
Local suits dismissed after settlement or ruling
Kammerer Concrete versus Christensen Construction Company was dismissed by Judge G. K. Thompson after a settlement notice was filed. Bochmann versus Denver-Chicago Trucking Company and Scofield was dismissed with a verdict for the defendant after a damage claim from an April accident. Ferguson divorce and Mischek separate maintenance suits were also disposed of or filed in Thompson’s court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kammerer Concrete Products Company
Dan K. Christensen
Christensen Construction Company
G. K. Thompson
B. E. Bochmann
Denver - Chicago
LeMarr E. Scofield
Bochmann
Fourth Avenue
First Street SE
Wesley Ferguson
Julia Ferguson
Veeck Combines Music Fireworks With Ball Games
Cleveland fans will see music and fireworks at the ballpark this season as stunt men and clowns are dropped from the Cleveland club's program. President Bill Veeck will still present entertainment alongside the games.
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Cleveland
NEA
Bill Veeck
Volunteers Strengthen Red Cross, Heiberg Says at Meeting
Red Cross field director Heiberg told the county chapter board at the YMCA that volunteers make the organization possible and paid staff would be unaffordable. He cited 1946 figures, noting $900 million would be needed for salaries if using only paid workers. He outlined home service case types and listed 20 committees and chairmen confirmed by President Whipple for the year, with junior and nutrition chairs to be named later.
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Y.M.C.A
Heiberg
Red Cross
Veterans Administration
Americ Red Cross
Home Service Division
William P. Whipple
Fred Niesz
Sherman Yates
James W. Crawford
Reginald Figge
William Cormack
F. K. Powers
Unimproved Area Streets Problem Confronts Council
Cedar Rapids council hears E. P. Boynton outline for roads in unplatted outlying areas. He urges tentative blind streets and platters’ liability to grade, transfer with sales, to assure future property buyers. Council refers plan to city attorney and engineer for action.
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Cedar Rapids
E. P. Boynton
City Plan Ron
Boynton
George Greene
Addison Daniels
Julius Sanford
Nicholas Brown
Hosea Gray
Potent New Germ Killer Is Disclosed
CHICAGO AP reports a powerful new germ killer, bacitracin, has shown rapid, broad activity against at least 30 penicillin resistant organisms. In 100 patients treated at Presbyterian hospital and Columbia University, 62 avoided surgery, with faster healing in others. 54 men and 46 women were included.
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Chicago
Margaret Tracy
New York
Presbyterian Hospital
Frank L. Meloney
Balbina Johnson
Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons
Journal of the American Medical Association
Sabath Urges House Probe on Rising Cost of Living
Rep Adolph Sabath demands congressional inquiry into a more than 50 percent rise in living costs over eight months. The Illinois Democrat, 80, plans a resolution for the Agriculture Committee to investigate meat dairy fruit and vegetable prices amid claims prices exceed pre price control levels. Rep Clifford Hope declines to comment, while a ranking member hopeful food prices will fall and opposes the probe.
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Washington
Llp
Adolph J. Sabath
D-Ill
Congress
Sabath
House
House Agriculture Committee
Clifford R. Hope
Agriculture Committee
New Glass Bottle Design Aims To Prevent Tipping
New bottle designs feature a tall glass bottle with a stabilizing base and wider footprint to resist tipping. The changes address consumer concerns about spills and breakage, offering a safer beverage container for home and commercial use.
Labor Injunction Case Sees Supreme Court Ruling Narrowly
The majority upholds a government case against Lewis and unions over a restraining order tied to the Krug Lewis agreement dating from May 1946. Dissenters warn of chilling effects on labor relations while Rutledge urges congressional review for policy changes.
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Murphy
United States
Lewis
Justices Question Government’s Injunction in Lewis Case
A high court majority notes that the Norris-La Guardia Act and the War Labor Disputes Act did not bar the injunction in the Lewis case but finds the $700,000 criminal fine excessive. They propose conditions on payment, tied to full and unconditional compliance with the temporary injunction and withdrawal of a questionable contract term notice by a set date.
Driver guilty of reckless driving blocks traffic
A driver pled guilty in traffic court to reckless driving after his car blocked Thirteenth street NE near First avenue. Robert L. Irvine, 42, of 423 Tenth Street SE, faced a $25 fine and costs after police said he stood in the street examining the ignition while leaning through an open door.
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Robert Lee Ervine
Tenth Street
Ralph D. Ebeling
Twelfth Street
John Choate
Lakeside
Martin Fredrickson
First Street
Robert C. Wilson
Marion
Wilmer Dake
Second Street
Rudolph Wyhnanek
L Street
W. H. Bauer
Millersburg
Fruehaus Trailer Company
Melvin F. Modracek
Route 2
Thirteenth Street
First Avenue
Robert L. Irvine
John Kuba
Harold Young
Irvine
Ebeling
Jerry Navratil
Don Spicher
Crescent
Sixteenth Streets
Albert Burgert
LaVerne Moran
Fredrickson
First Avenue W
Fifth
Senate approves Douglas and Austin to key posts
Washington AP Lewis W. Douglas won quick Senate confirmation as United States ambassador to Great Britain succeeding O Max Garner who died en route to London The Senate also confirmed Warren R Austin a former Vermont senator for his third United Nations post this time on the Armaments Commission He is also US member of the Security Council and Atomic Control Commission
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Washington
Lewis W. Douglas
Senate
United States
Great Britain
O. Max Gardner
London
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
United Nations
U.N. Armaments Commission
Austin
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Atomic Control Commission
Deaths George M Armstrong 92 Cedar Rapids
George M Armstrong 92, Cedar Rapids resident, died in a local hospital at 6 30 a m after a long illness. native of Ohio, he lived in Cedar Rapids over 65 years. plastering contractor, retired, former deputy city assessor, member of rege lodge No 25 A F and A M. Survived by two daughters Lucille Jensen and Frances A Shepard both of Cedar Rapids, two sons R E Armstrong Fosston Minnesota and Lester C Armstrong Perryville Missouri, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services 3 30 p m Saturday Beatty chapel, burial Linwood cemetery. friends may call at the chapel.
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George M. Armstrong
Cedar Rapids
Ohio
Rege Lodge No. 25
A. F
Lucille Jensen
Frances A. Shepard
R. E. Armstrong
Fosston, Minn
Lester C. Armstrong
Perryville
Beatty Chapel
Christian Science
Linwood Cemetery
Mrs Anton Rypka of Cedar Rapids Dies at 77
Mrs Anton Rypka nee Carrie Konasek died in a local hospital at 7 15 a m Thursday after a long illness. She lived in Cedar Rapids 49 years and was married to Anton Rypka on December 28 1897. She was a Praha Rebekah lodge member and is survived by her husband a brother Otto Konasek of Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs John Mitralsky of San Mateo California and Mrs Anton Kaliban of Walford IA and several nieces and nephews. Services at Barta Hesser funeral home with time to be announced. Friends may call Friday afternoon.
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Anton Rypka
Bever Avenue
Swisher
Rypka
Cedar Rapids
Carrie Konasek
Praha Rebekah Lodge
Otto Konasek
John Mitralsky
San Mateo
Callif
Anton Kaliban
Walford
Barta-Hesser
Mrs Perkins Dies After Long Illness At Home
Mrs Charles A Perkins aged 57 of 1228 Eighth street NW died at her home at 3 08 p m Wednesday after an extended illness She was born in Keokuk Iowa on November 6 1889.
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Charles A. Perkins
Eighth Street
Keokuk, Ia
Cedar Rapids Woman Remains Survived by Family and Church Ties
A Cedar Rapids resident of 50 years, widow of a husband, is survived by a daughter Mrs Hilda Ericson of Tacoma Washington, her father Alpha Worley of Cedar Rapids, and sister Mrs Walter Payne of Cedar Rapids. She was active in St James Methodist Church and Praha Rebecca lodge number five. Funeral services will be at Beatty chapel at 2 p.m Sunday conducted by Rev F L Hinshaw and Praha Rebecca lodge. Burial is in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Cedar Rapids
Hilda Ericson
Tacoma
Wash
Alpha Worley
Walter Payne
St. James Methodist Church
Praha Rebecca Lodge
Beatty Chapel
F. L. Hinshaw
Linwood Cemetery
FBI reports 36 murders daily in 1946 crime surge
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover released figures from over 2,200 cities showing 1,685,203 major crimes in 1946, a 7.6 percent rise. On average, a murder or manslaughter occurred every 5.7 minutes, with 36 killings daily and notable jumps in robberies and burglaries.
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Washington
INS
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Retired Fayette County Farmer Found Dead
Fayette resident H. J. Pattison aged 71 was found dead Tuesday night in a cabin he lived in alone. Coroner J. R. Woods ruled death from gas stove fumes. Pattison leaves a wife, three sons Lloyd Lamont Floyd Guttenberg Merle Pattison Fayette, two daughters Clyde Wilson Randalia and Vern Paul Fayette, and two brothers Frank and Mack Pattison Fayette.
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the Gazette
Fayette
H. J. Pattison
J. R. Woods
Fayette County
Pattison
Lloyd
Lamont
Floyd
Guttenberg
Merle Pattison
Clyde Wilson
Randalia
Vern Paul
Frank
Mack Pattison
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