Weather Outlook Promises Little Temperature Change Friday to Sunday
The Iowa forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with minor temperature shifts. Friday night brings light snow possible west and near the southern border, with lows around 20 to 32 and highs Saturday near 35 to 40. Sunday should be fair with little change, and precipitation totals near a quarter inch, mainly rain or snow Friday night and again Monday.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Spokane Madison
Sioux City
Iowa
Czech Bid to West Claimed
Bohumil Lausman, vice premier of Czechoslovakia before the coup, told United Press a Czech emissary sought Western terms for better Czech Free World relations last November. He said Gottwald may still face Moscow and that Slansky’s arrest preceded the outreach, with Titoist currents possibly active.
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Paris
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Moscow
Thursay
Bohumil Lausman
United Press
Austria
Rudolf Slansky
Slansky
Lausman
Gottwald
Kremlin
President Heads North To Speak in New York Youth Event
President Truman left the vacation retreat by plane for Washington to address a New York youth group on Saturday. He will overnight in Washington to visit Mrs. Truman and her ailing mother, Mrs. David W. Wallace, 89.
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Key West
Truman
New York
Independence
Washington
David. W. Wallace
Woman Struck by Train When Auto Stalls on Tracks
Mrs. Wilbur R. Ledtje, 24, of near Waterloo, was in grave condition after her car stalled on Illinois Central tracks near Waterloo. Her husband said he stopped when he heard a train whistle, but the car’s right door opened and she appeared on the track as the Land O' Corn train struck. She suffered head and internal injuries as the train stopped about 400 feet away and the car was pushed 60 feet.
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Waterloo
Wilbur R. Ledtje
Near
Ledtje
Illinois Central
Ledtie
Deaths William Edgar 90 former Cedar Rapids contractor
William Edgar 90 a Cedar Rapids resident and former excavating contractor died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home early Friday. He is survived by three children Chet Edgar Margaret Howell and Mrs. Winifred Koutnik nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Services are in Beatty chapel Saturday at 3 30 p m with burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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William Edgar
Cedar Rapids
Chet Edgar
Margaret Howell
Winifred Koutnik
Beatty Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Services for Leon Fitch
World War I veteran and purchasing agent for Cedar Rapids Pump and Supply died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services set for 1 30 p m Saturday at Turner chapel with Dr Marion H Williams. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Leon Chester Fitch
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Allan Emmons longtime Mid-West Oil owner dies in Robins
Allan Wesley Emmons 1903 decade died at his Robins home after a brief illness He owned Mid-West Oil in Hiawatha and previously worked for Phillips Petroleum He is survived by wife Bess Hoover six children and several grandchildren A Robins Church of the Brethren member and former town council and school board leader He was a member of the Independent Oil Jobbers Association of Iowa and the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Burial at Dunkard cemetery Monday service by Rev Russell Jarboe
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Allan Wesley Emmons
Phillips Petroleum Company
Mid-West Oil Company
Hiawatha
Robins
Whittier
Bess Charlotte Hoover
Cedar Rapids
Joyce Charlotte Zatechka
Avis Leonore Kimball
Diane Sue Emmons
Gordon Allan
Ellis Cornell
Dean Eldon Emmons
Church of the Brethren of
Independent Oil Jobbers Association of
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Turner Chapel
Russell Jarboe
Dunkard
Funeral services for Mrs. John Hogan
Mrs. John Hogan of 508 Third Avenue SW died Thursday. Services are at 8 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick's church with burial in West Ridge cemetery Waukon. The Rosary is recited at 7 30 p.m. Friday at Teahen chapel where friends may call.
Funeral services announced for Joseph Patrick Bearns
Services for Joseph Patrick Bearns of 1203 First Avenue SW who died Wednesday will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at St Patrick's Church with burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery. The Knights of Columbus will recite the Rosary Friday at 7 p.m., Msgr Lenihan at 8 p.m., and Daughters of Isabella at 8:30 p.m. at Teahen chapel where friends may call.
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Calmar
Gustav A. Olson
Decorah
Calmar Lutheran Church
Lutheran Cemetery
Iowa City
James Liska
William J. Schuller
McAllen
Texas
Beckman
Urbana
George Arthur Hammond
University Hospital
Strawberry Point
Emma Graesch
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gill Funeral Home
Bearns
Joseph Patrick Bearns
First Avenue
St. Patrick’s Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Knights of Columbus
Msgr
Lenihan
Daughters of Isabella
Teahen Chapel
Services for Leonard W. Scott in Broken Bow
Leonard W. Scott sailor of Broken Bow Neb died in a Cedar Rapids hospital from injuries after an auto accident on highway 30 three miles east of Lisbon. Funeral services will be held at Stockman mortuary Broken Bow and his body was sent from Turner mortuary to Broken Bow.
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Scott Services
Leonard W. Scott
Broken Bow
Neb
Cedar Rapids
Lisbon
Stockman
Turner
Merry Makers Club Dance At K P Hall This Saturday
The Merry Makers club hosts a hard times dance at K P hall from 8 30 to 11 30 with prizes for best costumes. Lunch will be served at 10.
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Merry Makers Club
K.P. Hall
Nash Price Hikes Approved for 1952 Statesman and Ambassador
The government approved increases in basic retail ceiling prices for Nash 1952 Statesman and Ambassador passenger cars. The raises range from 173.45 to 190.30 dollars, affecting new Nash models.
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NASH
Washington
Killian Easter Bunny Parade Opens Cedar Rapids Season
The Easter Bunny leads Cedar Rapids parades opening the season with a six annual event from Union Station at 10 am aboard a North Western rail car. The route runs downtown to Killian annex with police escort and community groups in the lineup. Hours for Easter Bunnyland run 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 to 5 pm through April 12. The article also covers GOP straw polls and delegate plans in various counties.
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Cedar Rapids
Killian Company
Union Railroad
North Western Railroad
Cedar Rapids Cadets
University of Iowa
Coe College
Cornell College
Raggedy Ann
Andy
Wilson High School
Moose Girls
Third Avenue
Third Street
First Avenue
Second Street
Killian Annex
Annex
Delegation Honors In Iowa Delegates At Republican Conventions
Iowa Republicans at multiple county fairs and city caucuses split over presidential support with Eisenhower receiving strong straw votes in several counties. Des Moines and Polk County factions produced narrow or uninstructed outcomes while Cerro Gordo, Wapello, and Sac counties showed explicit preferences for Eisenhower or Taft.
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Eisenhower
Taft
Warren J. Cherokee
Cherokee County
Stassen
Mt. Ayr
Ringgold
State Central Committee
Creston
Union County
Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
Warren
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Des Moines
MacArthur
Fort Madison
Lee County
Keokuk
Estherville
Emmet County
Centerville
Appanoose County
G.O.P
Lemars
Plymouth County
Dubuque
Dubuque County
Iowa City
Johnson County
Polk County
George Faul
Sioux City
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Mason City
Cerro Gordo
J County
Council Bluffs
Pottawatjtamie
Burlington
Wapello
Louisa County
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Robert K. Goodwin
Eisenhowier
Sac City
Sac County
Hamilton county GOP binds 24 delegates to Eisenhower
Webster City AP reports the Hamilton county GOP convention approved a resolution binding all 24 delegates to Eisenhower by acclamation. County Chairman Lloyd Karr leads the delegation.
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Webster City
Hamilton County
Eisenhower
G.O.P
Lloyd Karr
Senator Russell Plans Campaign Reach Beyond Dixie
Senator Russell moves to build a nationwide campaign team to win convention delegates in the Midwest and West while keeping southern support. Senator McCarran backs Russell in Nevada and nearby western states as Russell emphasizes farm legislation over civil rights in these regions. He faces competition from organization Democrats backing Kerr if Truman seeks no renomination.
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Truman
Russell
South
Florida
California
Washington
Dixie
Midwest
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Nevadas
West
New York
Democrats
Sen
Kerr
Oklahoma
Mutual
Jury to Hear $56,642 Wrongful Death Suit at Courthouse
Lloyd Capes of Cedar Rapids, as administrator for LeRoy Capes, sues Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway over a 1950 street accident in Waterloo. Trial in Judge M C Hamiel's court began last Monday with one witness remaining and final arguments set for Monday afternoon.
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M. C. Hamiel
Lloyd Capes
Cedar Rapids
LeRoy
Waterloo, Cedar Falls
Suit Filed for $8,000 After Ic y Fall in Cedar Rapids
Viva Jefferies of Strawberry Point filed an $8,000 personal injury suit against the city of Cedar Rapids and Newman's Mercantile Corp. for injuries from a December 20, 1951 fall on an icy sidewalk in front of Newman's. She alleges a fractured skull and other injuries, seeks $8,000 for medical, hospital expenses and four months of lost wages, claiming negligence by the city and the department store in allowing ice to form.
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Strawberry
Will of Kienne Boucher Admitted to Probate
The will of Kienne Boucher who died February 14 was admitted to probate Friday naming Nelle Erwin as sole heir and executrix without bond. Two suits were filed Friday: Robertson Brothers Department Store of South Bend Indiana sued Jack and Louise Thorne for 119.49 and Ray Freeman sued Theodore L. Pospisil for 227.01 over a November 30 1951 car accident at First Street and Second Avenue SW.
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Boucher
Kienne Boucher
Nelle Erwin
Robertson Brothers Department Store
South Bend
Ind
Jack and
Louise Thorne
Ray Freeman
Charles’ Land
Theodore L. Pospisil
First Street
Second Avenue
Senators Reject Truman Nominee for Recorder of Deeds
The Senate District of Columbia committee voted 9 to 0 to reject President Truman's nomination of Earl Beck of Kansas City to be the District of Columbia recorder of deeds. Beck, a Truman ally, admitted he did not know the duties of the office, and the position was noted as the highest federal post ever offered to a Black American.
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Washington
Senate District of Columbia
President Truman
Earl Beck
Kansas City
District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds
Truman
Beck
Missouri
Truman's Talk Set for KCRG Saturday Broadcast
KCRG 1600 will air President Truman address to young journalists Saturday from 1 30 to 1 45 pm. The event marks the annual meeting of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in New York.
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KCRG-1600
Truman
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
New York
Linn County Republican caucus ends with unity call at convention
The Linn County gathering backs Eisenhower and Taft delegates in a secret ballot to choose national delegates. Speakers urge unity, condemn bitterness, and praise young Republicans while outlining procedural steps and committee appointments in Cedar Rapids.
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Tom Merryman
Stewart Holmes
Taft
Cedar Rapids Tenth Precinct
Linn County
Eisenhower
Holmes
Ted Birdsall
Spangler
van Vechten Shaffer
Kenneth Moon
J. W. Ballard
Joe Carberry
James E. Bromwell
Cedar Rapids
Marie Rose
Marion
Shaffer
Moon
Rose
Ballard
Carberry
Bramwell
Birdsall
L. Curtise Wood
Ted Ruffin
David Elderkin
William Dallas
Alex Mackenzie
University of Iowa
Iowa Young Republicans Club
Harrison Spangler
Lin
Six Flyers Die In C-47 Wreck Near Bay Minette
An Air Force C-47 crashed in Alabama after an engine fire exploded the wing during descent. Six of seven crew members were killed, one parachuted to safety. Pauline Green observed the craft losing altitude and the wing detaching before flames engulfed the wreckage.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Air Force
Pauline Green
Moodysfield
Valdosta
Missing 40x50 Barn Stirs Cumberland Maryland Inquiry
In Cumberland Maryland a 40 by 50 foot metal roofed barn valued at 1500 dollars disappeared from Dr. F. L. Bakers estate on an idle 163 acre West Virginia farm. Bought by Dr. Thomas Bess, the barn vanished leaving only a stone foundation. State police investigate as buyers search for the stray structure seen at the hilltop property.
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Cumberland
West Virginia
F. L. Baker
Thomas Bess
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Hastings
la Crosse
Fall
Portage
Rise
McGregor
Davenport
Leslie Johnson
Hendricks
Minn
C. A. Austin
Anamosa
George Gerst
Joan Margrett
Leland Manley
Avenue NE
Lester Fuhrman
Westwood Drive
Thomas Flood
Ellis Terrace
Mercy
Raymond Elshoff
St. Luke’s
E. Eugene Skalsky
Ely
Robert Hagerman
Robert Mingo
Center Point
Hans Walker
Oakland Court NE
Harold Hanson
Marvin Lahmann
Vernon
Derrell Leeee Marion
Charles M. Ware
Salt Lake City
Maude Barry
Kenneth O. Beauregard
Betty Phillips
Central City
Delphine A. Perry
Wilbur W. Perry
Fitch Services
Allan W. Emmons
Chris
Townsend Club
Townsend Victory Club No
K. of P. Hall
Billy Dale Gaddis
First Avenue NW
Navy Reserve
San Francisco
Killian
Ike
KCRG
Linn
Elderkin
Frank C. Byers, Jr
Bob Hahn
Howard Anderson
Clinton Moyer
Bryce Fisher
Jim Bramwell
Ozzie Osberg
Bill DuVall
Harry Chandler
Jim Holmes
Carl Hendrickson
Zdenek Pauk
Jan Hus
C. J. Lynch, Jr
Buffalo
Putnam, Linn
Fayette
Charles Severn
Don Hines
Torney
United States
Republican Party
Paul Lynch
John MacKenzie
Resolutions Committee
Maurice Nathanson
Floyd Philbrick
Mackenzie
Lynch
Robert
Emory
Byers
Hines
Robert Redus
Grant Maples
Harold Rowe
Roosevelt
B. D. Silliman
T. J. Birdsall
Howard McLaughlin
Ted V. Ruffin
Stevan Smith
Guy Linville
Robert Armstrong
Sophus Klinge
William Ellwood
M. E. Rowley
Edna Mae ‘West
James White
Mac Stone
Harry Wilford
James Bowker
Sutherland Dows, Jr
M. J. Frankel
Jack Hart
Walt Shadle
Gerald Hiland
John Fisher
Bruce West
John Evans
Richard E. Crane
Irene Bird
David M. Elderkin
James YT. Holmes
Arthur Barlow
John
Arner & S. Son
Second Avenue S.E
Italy
Prastka
Lapes
Florist
Third Ave
John E. Lapes
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