Cedar Rapids 1946-47 Budget Up $168 405
City council heard Finance Commissioner Burgos present an $1 877 360 budget to break even for the fiscal year starting April 1 an increase of $168 405 25 over 1945 46 Most gains fund street and public improvements including sewers and lighting with the engineer salaries rising to 30 000 The budget lists salaries for mayor and four commissioners and outlines spending on supplies equipment and contingencies The parks department receives 11 000 for road maintenance and building work and the Youth fund continues with planned page 2 column 8 an upcoming hearing April 1 at 10 am in City Hall to consider final adoption
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ferring
Cedar Rapids
Louis D. Burgos
Dave L. Williams
Department of
Williams
Burgus
Frank K. Hahn
Board of Health Fund
Fire Department
Police Department
Parks
Ed Stefan
Parks Department
Child suffocates at mother's side in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Clarence N. Moore awoke Monday to find her two month old daughter Dorothy Mae lifeless beside her. Linn county coroner Dr. T Frank Hersch ruled suffocation as the cause. The infant, born January 15, is survived by her parents a brother and two sets of grandparents. The body was moved to Moon funeral chapel for Tuesday services at 2 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Clarence N. Moore
Forty-ninth Street
T. Frank Hersch
Linn County
Dorothy Mae
H. Moore
Harlan Butters
Cedar, Rapids
The
Moon Funeral Chapel
Tuesay
Missing heiress found in suburban rooming house
Suzanne Froedtert, 16, heiress daughter of Milwaukee magnate Kurtis Froedtert, disappeared March 11 from an exclusive Madison boarding school. Found with Ollie Williams, 24, a truck driver, in Highland Park rooming house. Both in custody. Mann act and juvenile delinquency counts filed. Witnesses note a man’s voice mentioned prison records.
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Detroit
Suzanne Froedtert
Ollie J. Williams
Suzanne
Kurtis R. Froedtert
Milwaukee
FBI
Madison
Wis
Williams
Ivan S. Brown
Highland Park Detective Bureau
Hillman Idie
Highland Park
Sue
Idie
Brown
Sue Muer
Miss Froedtert
No Auto Model Changes in 1946
Detroit AP reports the U S auto industry will skip midyear model changes to focus on volume. Ford Motor Co leads with a plan delaying 1947 models until after year’s start, signaling similar moves by other manufacturers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Killed in Action Says War Dept Declares Brecht
War department confirms Staff Sgt. Raymond P. Brecht aerial engineer on a B-24 was killed in action February 6, 1946, after being listed missing over the North Sea since February 5, 1945. He entered service October 21, 1941 and flew overseas December 1944 from Cheddington England. Surviving are his mother Mrs. Henry Brecht of Watkins four brothers and four sisters.
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Cedar Rapids
Raymond P
Jim” Brecht
War Department
Henry Brecht
Watkins
North Sea
Cheddington
England
Order of Foresters
St. Joseph’s Court
Norway
The
Eagles
Acrice
Rollin
Christian
Melvin
Harold
Deola
Bertha Barta
Fairfax
Mildred Woolstrchill
Virginia Barta
Artesian
S. D
Diabetic Woman Dies After Alcohol Arrest in Chicago
In Chicago a 54 year old woman identified as diabetic died in a county hospital after being held for 12 hours as an alcoholic. Police and investigators review officers actions and hospital examination notes. Dr. Colwell of Northwestern cautions the diabetes card should have prompted hospital care.
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Chicago
John T O’malley
Lillian Barbin
O'Malley
Brooks Musselwhite
Mrs. Barbian
Musselwhite
William Geisler
Henry Hanson
Arthur Colwell
Northwestern University
41 Points Eligible For Return March Twenty One
YOKOHAMA UP Enlisted men with 41 points will be eligible for return to the United States by March 21. Eighth Army headquarters announced Monday. First contingents of the 2,000 men affected will leave for the United States aboard the transport Marine Robin Marcel. 24 or 25.
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Yokohama
United States
Eighth Army
Robin Marcel
Chinese Red Charge Claims Li Chao ling Assassination
The Communist New China news agency reports on Sunday night that Kuomintang reactionaries assassinated Li Chao Ling, chairman of the Sino Russian Friendship Association, in Yenan China.
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Yenan
China
Communist New China News Agency
Kuomintang
Li Chao-ling
Sino-Russian Friendship Association
Woman Rescued After Two Weeks on Lonely Islet
A 43 year old woman from Van Nuys California was rescued by a coast guard crash boat after two weeks on Anacapa island off Santa Monica. She recounted a shipwreck that claimed her husband Roy Brown and friend John Barta.
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Los Angeles
Coast Guard
Roy Brown
van Nuys
Calif
Rocky Anacapa Island
Santa Monica
Maxine Trader
Brown
Port Hueneme
John Barta
Long Beach
Nancy Lee
Johnny
Anacapa Island
Navy
Barta
Coastguard
Williams Waives To Grand Jury In Manslaughter Case
Lawrence Wesley Williams 29 of 723 Fourth Avenue SE waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury after arraignment before Justice Howard R Churchill Monday. Bond set at 5000. Parole board agent attended. June LaVelle Davy Coe College sophomore died in crash. Hazel del Yates 18 Palo improved at St Luke's hospital. Two Coe students crossed First Avenue at Twelfth Street East when struck.
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Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Wesley Williams
Fourth Avenue SE
Howard R. Churchill
Williams
Justice Churchill
State Parole Board
LaVelle Davy
Coe College
Coe
Hazel del Yates
Palo
St. Luke’s Hospital
First Avenue
Twelfth Street
Egyptian Official Held Over Theater Bombing Charge
Cairo police detained Ahmed Ali a former clerk at Payne Field near Cairo on charges of bombing a movie theater last Sunday. Ali denied the accusation amid the investigation by Egyptian authorities.
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Cairo
INS
Ahmed Ali
Ali
Payne Field
R B Williams Fined for Drunk Driving in Cedar Rapids
Raymond B. Williams, 34, of 52 Cobbancourt SE, was fined $300 plus costs after pleading guilty to drunk driving following a head on collision on Fifth Street SE. Judge Floyd Philbrick ordered payment of $100 upfront with the remainder due in 90 days. John Fletcher of 2244 Bover Avenue SE reported Williams was on the wrong side of the street before the crash.
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Cedar Rapids News
Public Safety
Cedar Rapids
Raymond B. Williams
Cobbancourt SE
Floyd Philbrick
Williams
Fifth Street
Third Avenue
Philbrick
John Fletcher
Bover Avenue
Fletcher
Chapman To Be Named Krug Undersecretary
Julius A. Krug took office as secretary of the interior and immediately announced Oscar L. Chapman would be nominated as undersecretary.
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Chapman
Krug
Washington AP
Julius A. Krug
Interior
Oscar L. Chapman
Baruch Named U N O Atomic Board Representative
President Truman drafts Bernard Baruch, 75, for U N O atomic energy commission post. Baruch, financier turned public servant, will represent the United States on the 12 member panel guiding peaceful use and control of atomic energy. He led the War Industries Board in World War I and advised on rubber and demobilization in World War II.
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Washington
Truman
Bernard Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Baruch
Wall Street
Senate
United States
UNO Commission On Atomic Energy
Baruchi
War Industries Board
War Production Board
Armed Services
South Americans To View Cedar Rapids Industry
Twenty one South American engineers and experienced road machinery workers will visit Cedar Rapids next summer to study operation and maintenance of local equipment. Frank P. D Aquila, ex port sales manager for Iowa Manufacturing, announced at a Rotary luncheon. He said exchanges promote goodwill between South and North America. Three Cedar Rapids manufacturers have donated to a fund by the American Road Builders Association to sponsor the delegation's visits to U S plants, including in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Frank P. D’aquila
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Rotary Club
South America
North America
D’aquila
American Road Builders Association
United States
Reds Pulling Out of Reich London Hears
London report cites 75 percent of Russian occupation forces withdrawn from eastern Germany since VE day with only a small Soviet police contingent to follow. Withdrawal began mid-December, completion target March 5 postponed by transport issues. German estates used by troops to be handed to landless peasants. British and war offices denied the story.
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London
Germany
Berlin
London Sunday Observer
Foreign Office
Sunday Observer
War Office
John R Nickolls Killed in Action Over Germany
Sgt. John R Nickolls 20, gunner on a B-26 bomber, is listed killed in action over Germany per a war department notice. He previously was missing March 13 1945 after a crash near Frankfort. two crew survived. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs John T Nickolls and three sisters Marjorie Helen and Dorothy Ann. He received the air medal and posthumous Purple Heart and oak leaf cluster.
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Cedar
Nickells
John
Frankfort
Marjorie
Dayton
Ohio
Helen
Dorothy Ann
Gazette Photographer Robbed of $200 in Parking Lot
Gazette photographer Del Blumenshine was slugged and robbed of $200 after surprising an automobile prowler in the Gazette parking lot at Third avenue and Fifth street SE. He chased the thief toward Sixth street, but the suspect fled east in a car. police later searched the area without success.
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Cedar Rapids
del Blumenshine
Gazette
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Blumenshine
Sixth Street
Tenth Street
S Blumenshine
Giving Friend Carfare Nearly Fatal for Boy
Chicago report that Boyd Foster Jr a newspaper delivery boy 11 gave his last pennies to friend Alvin Johnson after a movie outing. Johnson lost his carfare and Boyd began walking home about 12 blocks when a hit and run driver struck him near a highway. He was hospitalized with a possible skull fracture.
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Chicago
INS
Boyd Foster, Jr
Boyd
Alvin Johnson
Alvin
Iran Seeks Oil Talks With Russia While Troops Leave
Iranian embassy in London says talks with Russia possible only after foreign troops depart. Premier Qavam’s grip unresolved as parliament dissolves. Tehran rumors warn of leftist coup, Red Army pressure, and oil as crisis pivot. Rosow detained by Red Army post. U.S. seeks UN engagement clarification. Moscow Radio denies expansionist aims and urges vigilance against incidents.
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London
Iran
Russia
Ahmed Qavam Es Saltanei
Tehran
Qavam
Ahmed Ahmedi
London Daily Telegraph
Moscow
Washington
Tabriz
Robert Rossow
Red Army
State Department
United Nations Security Council
United States
Rossow
Eral
INS
Radic
Soviet Union
Atomic Thorium Deposits Found in Travancore India
In London the house of commons heard that vast thorium deposits were found in Travancore, India. The element is valued for atomic energy potential and is claimed to be the state's property with measures set by state authorities and British representatives to control its disposal.
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London
INL
House of Commons
Travancore
Arthur Henderson
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Reich
John R. Nickolls
Dickers
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