Weather Summary and Notices for Bismarck Area
Daily records show high 233 and low 1 1 inches of precipitation and temperatures across cities. Iowa forecast predicts increasing clouds, light snow Thursday, and below normal temperatures into the weekend with five day outlook eight to twelve degrees below normal. normal highs 45 to 53 and low 25 to 31. Marriage license Alfred R Minar Irene Travagiakis. divorces Frances H Petry Ralph Petry and Patricia Smith Eugene Smith.
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Bismarck
Orleans
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Seattle
Miami
Sioux City
Iowa
Eight-Week Fire Prevention Series Opens in Cedar Rapids
An eight week fire prevention series for Cedar Rapids industry will run Thursdays 1 to 3 p.m. in the Chamber building with the fire department Chamber of Commerce and Iowa State College extension guiding. About 50 to 75 industrial reps are expected. ISU expert Robert C Burns says the program is part of a statewide effort. He cites 1948 Cedar Rapids fires causing 172103 in losses from 10 fires and 27281 from 724 others, noting most losses occur in industrial or mercantile settings and many facilities do not reopen after serious fires. The series aims to cut fire causes and improve prevention with local leaders Kohout and Shahan family court notices referenced.
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Cedar Rapids
Fire Department
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa State College Engineering Extension Service
Chamber
Robert C. Burns
Iowa State College
Byrns
Iowa
E. P. Kohout
Postmaster Fight Shapes Local Party Leadership
The article outlines a contested selection for the acting postmaster and local party leadership amid a veteran vs non veteran clash. It details votes, examination grades for Payneer Sedlacek and Petro, and notes Petro as a compromise candidate while recounting past appointments and civil service outcomes.
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Eran
Poyneer
Petro
Sedlacek
Payneer
Frank Baldwin
William McLaughlin
John Greenlee
McLaughlin
Aet
Deadline Near for New License Plates
State officers will arrest motorists who haven’t bought or attached 1950 licenses as of the upcoming deadline. Drivers living in Iowa over 30 days with exterior plates face arrest. State law requires two license plates, one at the front and one at the rear.
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Highway Patrol
Thurly
James Clapp
Iowa
Nine Social Workers To Attend Meeting
Nine Linn County social welfare department workers will attend a March 24 meeting at Upper Iowa University of the Northeast Chapter of the Iowa Welfare Association. Others may attend by contacting Mrs. Ena R. Ford at the courthouse. Workshops cover family education health protective care handicapped children care and rehabilitation community facilities employment of youth and recreation.
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Linn County Department of Social Welfare
Upper Iowa University of the Northeast
Iowa Welfare Association
Ena R. Ford
Deaths Frank Ambroz 90 Cedar Rapids Resident
Frank Vaclav Ambroz, 90, of 718 Sixth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids, died at 3 a.m. Tuesday after a brief illness. Born December 21, 1859 in Czechoslovakia he married Barbara Kozel in 1884 and they immigrated soon after. He retired in 1932 and held memberships in the Reading Society Sokols Jan Hus Odd Fellows and ZCB. Surviving are his wife daughter Mrs Emilie V Rhodes a son A Otto Ambroz and a brother Ludwig Ambroz. Services Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Turner chapel with cremation to follow.
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Frank Vaclav Ambroz
Sixth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
James A. Snyder
Czechoslovakia
Barbara Kozel
Ambroz
Reading Society
Sokols
Jan Hus Odd Fellows Lodge
ZCB
Emilie V. Rhodes
Sioux City
A. Otto Ambroz
Ludwig Ambroz
Turner Chapel
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Cedar Rapids Man Dies at Plant of Heart Attack
Tom M. Koury aged 59 of 806 A venue NE Cedar Rapids died at the Penick and Ford plant where he worked at 1 20 p m Monday Coroner Robert Brosh ruled death from a heart attack He was born in Ain Arab Syria and belonged to St George's Syrian Orthodox church Surviving are his wife Masidy six daughters and a son in Syria two brothers Joseph of Cedar Rapids and George of Sioux City two sisters Mrs Selma Haddy of Cedar Rapids and Mrs A Andrews of Cambridge Ohio Funeral at 1 30 p m Thursday at St George's church with the Rev George Habib burial in St George's cemetery Friends may call at the Bartaco chapel after 4 p m Wednesday
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Tom M. Koury
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford
Robert Brosh
Koury
Ain Arab
Syria
St. . George’s
Masidy
Joseph
George
Sioux City
Selma Haddy
A. Andrews
Cambridge
Ohio
St. George’s
George Habib
St. George’s Cemetery
Bartaco Chapel
Obituary: Robert D. Sweeney of Cedar Rapids Dies in DeKalb Ill
Robert D. Sweeney aged 42, a Cedar Rapids resident, died Thursday at his DeKalb Illinois home after a four month illness. Born Muscatine November 24, 1907 he was a Coe College graduate and worked in time study at Curtis Wright Buffalo and later at International Harvester J I Case East Moline Cherry Burrell and Turner Brass DeKalb. Surviving are his wife Alma a brother John Joliet Ill and two sisters Lillian Pettis Mason City and Mrs Jack Pollock Cedar Rapids. Services were held at DeKalb.
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Robert D. Sweeney
Cedar Rapids
DeKalb
Ill
Muscatine
Coe
Sweeney
Frontier Engineering Society
Buffalo
N.Y
Curtis Wright Company
International Harvester
J. I. Case
East Moline
Death of Cedar Rapids Native Mrs Tremborn
Mrs Hattie Hartman Tremborn died in San Jose California at age 89. She was born January 16 1893 in Cedar Rapids and lived most of her life there. Surviving are her husband and two brothers James Hartman Chicago and Arthur Hartman Ottumwa. Services and burial will be in San Jose.
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William Mahnke
Fourth Street NW
Peter Tremborn
Cedar Rapids
San Jose
Calif
Hattie Hartman
Mahnke
James Hartman
Chicago
Arthur Hartman
Ottumwa
Services Held for Infant Donna May Anderson
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Brady mortuary for Donna May Anderson infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William E Anderson of 609 First Street SW. Burial followed at Mt Calvary cemetery. she is survived by her parents and grandparents Ralph Anderson Herbert Hanson Cedar Rapids.
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Donna May Anderson
William E. Anderson
First Street
Brady Mortuary
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Ralph Anderson
Herbert Hanson
Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha Dirr performance in Cedar Rapids
Services for Mrs Bertha Dirr Cedar Rapids resident who died Sunday will be held at the Rohn chapel at 130 p.m. Wednesday conducted by the Rev Ben Buckingham Church of the Brethren Robins Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery Belle Plaine where the Rebekah lodge will conduct services Friends may call at the chapel
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Bertha Dirr
Cedar Rapids
Rohn
Ben Buckingham
Church of the Brethren
Robins
Oak Hill Cemetery
Belle Plaine
Rebekah Lodge
Services for Mary Nolan Helming in Chicago
Mary Nolan Helming of Cedar Rapids died Saturday in Chicago. Services will be at St. Patrick's church at 9 am Wednesday, conducted by Rt. Rev. Msgr. D. J. Lenihan. Rosary will be recited at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at Teahen chapel.
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Mary Nolan Helming
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Lenihan
Teahen Chapel
Lenihan
Services for William H York in Teahen chapel
William Henry York former Cedar Rapids resident died Saturday in St. Louis. Teahen chapel services set for 10 a.m. Thursday conducted by Rev R F Galloway of Kenwood Presbyterian Church. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Frends may call at the chapel Wednesday evening.
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William Henry York
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Teahen
R. F. Galloway
Kenwood Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mt Mercy Students Reach Forensic Finals
Three Mt Mercy academy students advanced from the Iowa Forensic league meet in Dubuque to the state finals in Iowa City. Carol Zadnichek Rita Curran and Sharon Refshauge are named with their addresses. Joan Lynch also qualified for the Tama district meet March 24 and 25 after contending in Waterloo.
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Mt. Mercy Academy
Iowa Forensic League
Dubuque
Iowa City
Carol Zadnichek
Eleventh Street
Rita Curran
B Avenue
Sharon Refshauge
Cedar Falls
Joan Lynch
Second Avenue SE
Iowa Speech Association
Waterloo
Tama
Substate Game Between McKinley and Wilson Tuesday Night
McKinley meets Wilson in a Substate basketball game Tuesday night starting at 8 45 on KCRG 1600. Local audience urged to listen and follow live updates.
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McKinley
Wilson
KCRG-1600
Cedar Rapids School Elections Record Growth and New Board
Voters in Cedar Rapids approved two propositions and elected a seven member board in 1950. The district saw 4 381 ballots cast with 2 171 for selling the Big Springs school building and 1 796 for a 66 000 garage funded from existing funds. The slate included 11 candidates for two director posts, a modern record, and Mrs. Van Cleve was seated as a new board member March 20.
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Cedar Rapids
Big Springs
Center Point Road
Forty Second Street
van Cleve
S. W. Stookey
Coe College
Isabel
A Avenue NE
Dr. Kesler
Penick and Ford Research
Linden Drive
Lisbon Mt Vernon School District Change Defeated
Voters in the Lisbon Mt Vernon area defeated a proposed school district reorganization as incomplete returns at noon Tuesday showed only 13 of 16 districts approving the proposal. County Supt. Walter Schupp reported the noon totals.
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Lisbon-Mt. Vernon
Walter Schupp
Bertram
Mt. Vernon Serene
Lisbon Tee
Sumner
Iowa Farm Land Tax Credit Checks Mailed Out
Des Moines says Iowa's 99 counties received 2 million dollars in agricultural land tax credits for 1948. State Comptroller Ray Johnson notes total claims paid 5.46 million at 36.6 percent. checks mailed Monday afternoon. Woodbury led with 54,003, followed by Polk 53,179 and Benton 52,874. Dubuque received 3,275.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ray Johnson
Woodbury
Polk County
Benton County
Dubuque
Court approves $1200 judgment in Prine personal injury suit
On Monday Robert G. Mitchell and Kenneth Condit agreed to a $1200 judgment for Charles Prine in a personal injury case filed October 24 by Homer Prine on his son's behalf. Related suits by Homer and Jeanette Prine were dismissed with prejudice on the plaintiff's motions.
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Robert G. Mitchell
Kenneth Condit
Charles Prine
Charles
Homer Prine
Mitchell
Condit
Homer
Jeanette Prine
Will of Mary M. Young probate in court
Mary M. Young died December fifteenth and the will was admitted to probate on Monday. Executors named are her sons Wilmer Job Young and Arthur Richard Young. The estate is bequeathed to four children: Wilmer Job, Arthur Richard, Florence Young Carpenter, and Lorena Young Blackburn.
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Mary M. Young
Wilmer Job
Arthur Richard Young
Florence Young Carpenter
Lorena Young Blackburn
Legion Oratorical Finalists To Speak At Coe College
Nine district finalists in the American Legion high school oratorical contest will compete Wednesday at Coe College for a chance to represent Iowa in regional eliminations at Davenport later this month. The 1:15 p.m. session features prepared talks in the college library with an 8 p.m. evening session in the Little Theater and a dinner at the Roosevelt hotel where Mayor Frank Hahn will welcome contestants. Attending are Marshall Camp, state Legion commander. Al Faber, editor of the Iowa Legionnaire. Olen Higbee, Legion state education chairman. and committee members Jim Brady, Ed Kopp, Bill Davenport, and Maurice Nathanson from Hanford post.
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American Legion
Iowa
Davenport
Coe College Library
Coe Little Theater
Roosevelt Hotel
Frank Hahn
Marshall Camp
State Legion
al Faber
Des Moines
Iowa Legionnaire
Olen Higbee
Clinton
Legion State Education
Hanford Post
Jim Brady
Ed Kopp
Bill Davenport
Maurice Nathanson
Plans Under Way for Utility Stock Exchange
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Co of Cedar Rapids registered plans to exchange new stock for outstanding preferred. Under the SEC proposal the utility will issue 108,834 shares of $50 par cumulative preferred and 925,000 shares of $5 par common plus cash to redeem 108,834 shares of three series of existing $100 par preferred.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa Electric Light & Power Co
Cedar Rapids
Securities and Exchange Commission
Iowa Briefs Roundup of Local Events
Oelwein marriage marks a weekend union as Jeanne Thein wed Kenneth Ferris at the Presbyterian church. Earlville reports a visitor fracturing a wrist during a Cedar Rapids visit. Tipton records 717 Cedar county pupils tested for hearing and speech by four state specialists. Monticello notes a German measles outbreak in Castle Grove township schools with many absentees. Waukon inmate Louis R. Ryant, of Freeport, jailed for a 10 year term after a forged check case in Lansing, escorted to Ft Madison prison by local sheriff and marshal.
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Oelwein
Jeanne Thein
G. M. Thein
Kenneth Ferris
St. Paul
Presbyterian Church
Earlville
Walter Ortberg
Cedar Rapre
Tipton
Cedar County
State Department of Public Instruction
Monticello
Castle Grove
Century-Old Clerk Dies. Funeral Hushed to Shield Curious Public
CHICAGO (UP) Fear of curious visitors led railway mail clerk Hugh B. Holcomb to withhold news of his second cousin William Williams death at 110. Born Oct 10 1839 in a Chicago log cabin Williams died March 8 of a heart ailment. Williams credited herb juices for his long life and sold over a million bottles. Army records support his age. Holcomb notes Civil War service in the Indiana National Guard. The undertaker said Williams appeared 30 years younger.
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Chicago
William Williams
Lincoln Park
Hugh B. Holcomb
Williams
Holcomb
William
Indiana National Guard
Furniture Van Crashes Into Service Station Fire Destroys Building
A Colum bus Georgia truck driver was seriously injured when an empty semi trailer furniture van failed to make a turn and plowed into a Merrill service station. The impact demolished the building and its tractor, triggering a blaze that also damaged an adjacent structure.
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Merrill, Ia
Columbus, Ga
Police Probe Breakin At Masonic Library
Police investigate a breakin at the Masonic library 807 First Avenue East. Reported Tuesday by F P Hagan the prowling occurred over the weekend with entry gained by removing a rear storage building window. No items were reported missing.
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Masonic Library
First Avenue E
F. P. Hagan
Plea of Ex Rep Slaughter Vetoed by Federal Judge
Federal Judge H A Schweinhaut refused to dismiss the 1948 indictment against former Rep Slaughter D Mo charging violation of the lobbying registration act. The court overruled his claim that the act is unconstitutional and denied access to grand jury minutes. Slaughter called the charges politically inspired due to a feud with President Truman.
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Washington
H. A. Schweinhaut
Rep. Slaughter
D-Mo
Slaughter
Truman
Dog Barks for Help After Lockout at Georgia Store
In Midville Georgia a dog named Duke was trapped in Hugh Rountree's store. Operator W Elli ott Curry heard only scratching and barking when he answered a buzz. Rountree then rushed to the store from his residence to free the distressed animal.
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Midville
W. Elliott Curry
Hugh Rountree
Rountree
Duke
Memory honored for W R Boyd at Coe Service
Coe College chapel paid tribute to Dr William R Boyd who died Monday. President Byron S Hollinshead praised his life as a devoted public servant and generous supporter of liberal arts education. He noted Boyd’s gift for biography and long service on college boards and as a doctor of laws recipient.
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W. R. Boyd
Coe College
Coe
Byron S. Hollinshead
William R. Boyd
Hollinshead
Boyd
Iowa University tribute to W R Boyd public servant of highest type
President Virgil M Hancher lauds W R Boyd as a public servant of the highest type in a tribute noting his 40 years as chairman of the Iowa state board of education finance committee His role as trustee of two liberal arts colleges and influence in establishing the University of Iowa Medical Center are highlighted along with an honorary L L D degree in 1942 and a lifelong commitment to higher education.
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Iowa City
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
W. R. Boyd
Boyd
State Board of Education
Cedar Rapids City Briefs Highlights Local Events and Notices
Local notices report hospital observation for Mrs. Clarence E. White and public safety election bids. The Mount Vernon WSR story hour, a St Patrick day party at 2224 Fifth Ave SE, and a Cedar Rapids alumni visit are listed. Voting lines, booster breakfast, and fines for drunkenness and reckless driving are noted along with a funeral notice for Tillie M. Shantz.
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Clarence E. White
Ridgeway Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kensington
E. W. Rossitter
Fifth Avenue SE
Pacifist Deducts War Tax Share in 1950 Income Return
Cambridge woman Valerie Riggs for the seventh year deducted 39.3 percent of her 1950 income tax as a voluntary protest against war. Her husband Francis B. Riggs joined, citing refusal to be party to war. The Tax Committee of Peacemakers supports the stand. Internal Revenue attached deficiency plus 6 percent interest.
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Cambridge
Mass
INS
Valerie Riggs
Collector of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Francis B. Riggs
Tax Committee of Peacemakers
Office of Internal Revenue
Riggs
New York
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Daily Record
Perel
Ocean
Alfred R. Minar and
Irene Travagiakis
Frances E. H. Petry
Ralph Aurelius Petry
Patricia Ann Smith
Eugene Robert Smith
C.R
Jean Shahan
Keith Shahan
Doris Mae Boyle
Clarence D. Boyle
June Irene Williams
Howard B. Williams
Kathleen M. Sheronick
Donald Dean Sheronick
Frank Shock
Leve Street
Charles Sellers
Sixth Street SE
Mercy
Harry Hergert
West Amana
St. Luke’s
William Farley
Fourth Avenue SE
Richard Bean
Route 2
Chester Shelton
Eighth Street SE
Melvin Westbrook
Fifteenth Avenue
Clarence Hickey
Mt. Vernon
Leland Christenson
Atkins
Herbert Gerstman
Marion
Joseph Mercurio
Henry Wyskocil
Ely Avenue
L. W. Swiser
Seventh Avenue
Dick North
Forest Drive
Robert Bramow
Vinton
Leo Truhlar
Ely
E. W. Sommer
Twentieth Street NE
V. J. Margarett
First Avenue
Junior Perrin
Burlington Street
Elkader
Hannah Knutson
St. Olaf
Norway Lutheran Church
Mechanicsville
Daniel E. Conner
John Schoor
States Funeral Home
Traer
Edward Williams
Wilson Funeral Home
Effie Manross
Brant Funeral Home
Ocelwein
Harold “Sarge” Kleiner
Veterans Hospital
Edgewood
Celia Funk
Rhines Funeral Home
J. M. McCormick
Manchester
James Delbert Barker, Sr
Shelly Funeral Home
Volga
S. G. Ainsworth
Volga Presbyterian Church
Frank F. Benedict
William Bartman
Marengo
Edmund E. Norman
Stillwater
Minn
Hoover Funeral
Omer Smith
McGregor
Malcolm Robbins
Texas
Schultz
Monona
McCarthy
Frank V. Ambroz
Anderson Infant
Dirr Services
Helming Services
York Services
Mt. Mercy
Associated Press
Cphce
Bednaseks
Emil Bednasek
Robert Bednasek
Margaret Ann Jackson
Burlington
New Buffalo
Legion
Utility Stock Exchange
Iowa Briefs
Masonic
Liberal
Cornell
Hancher
City Cab
Dial
Adv
Richard Miller
Mount Vernon Station
Jack” Weiland
Bill Cohen
William Cohens
Avenue
Princeton Seminary
Princeton University
Kenneth S. Agerter
Shattuck School
Faribault, Minn
Niles
Booster Club
Cedar Rapids Booster Club
V.F.W. Club
Ralph Willey
KWCR
Glen Williamson
Toddville Free Methodist Church
Walter Vander _Linden
William Matias
Tillie Shantz
Tillie M. Shantz
Esther Rosenberg
Morton Meisel
Edward Meisel
Cleveland
Herman Shallman
Lapes
Florist
3Rd Ave
Monahan Mortuary
F. J. Monahan
Wm. J. Stewart
Toman
Third Ave
RIAL
John B. Turner & Son
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