Weather and police notes dominate daily record items
The Daily Record reports cold highs and scattered showers in the Iowa forecast with a cooler weekend. police notes include multiple fines for traffic offenses and a purse theft at Montgomery Ward. Navy recruiting launches peacetime changes and lists two Iowa enlistees bound for San Diego boot camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ward
Second Avenue SE
High Seas
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
San Diego
Calif
Carl Joseph Martinec
Vinton
William Thomas Rugger
Oxford
Navy Seeks Parental Consent for Ages 17 to 21
Navy recruiters in the Federal Building advised that youths aged 17 to 21 must have written parental consent to sign up. The change narrows the wartime standard that allowed 18 year olds to apply without consent, signaling a stricter policy on enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Federal
All-City Music Winners Listed in Elementary Section
Winners of first division ratings in the elementary instrumental section were announced by John E. Hutchins. The list includes Alto horn Shirley Fox Baritone Ben Schneider Trumpet Tommy Barta Charles Dillingham Keever Davis Emmanuel Gianopulos Floydene Guernsey James L. Manley La Verne Noeller Dean Rissmiller Nancy Scott Irvin Sigmunds Pete Stein Johnny Wicks Trombone Wendel Lee Caldwell Stewart Cooper Daniel Helmich Don Scholl Marlin Smith Drum Gordon Snyder Marimba Patricia Jones Violin Barbara Bernstorf Susan Casteel Ann Crocker Janet Louise Davis Billy Delp Ned DeMarco Lee Frankel Joan Gaumon Mary Hilton Nancy Hogan Virginia Hoyt Leland Ireland Karen King Susan McIntyre Cornelia Montgomery Margaret Moorcroft Lucile Northcutt Camille Partzline George Pauk Carol Ann Shimer da Alice Stenzel Kayleen Thompson Helen Waline Mary lyne Wells Barbara Williams Phyllis Boyd Fred Korensky Shirley Norman Carol Donnelly Cello Joyce Holets Clark Lupton Flute Barbara Booth Lorin Meade Clarinet Bob Pellycourt Margaret Butterfield Mary Helen Hickman Douglas Houghton Kaye Lambert Barry McCabe Wayne Mead Leona Ohlman Billy Roberts James Sandercock Darwin Van Skike Saxophone Jimmy Barnes Judges were Lloyd Oakland William Gower Hymie Voxman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt High School
John E. Hutchins
Shirley Fox
Ben Schneider
Tommy Barta
Charles Dillingham
Keever Davis
Emmanuel Gianopulos
Floydene Guernsey
James L. Manley
LaVerne Noeller
Dean Rissmiller
Nancy Scott
Irvin Sigmunds
Pete Stein
Johnny Wicks
Wendel Lee Caldwell
Stewart Cooper
Daniel Helmich
Don Scholl
Marlin Smith
Gordon Snyder
Patricia Jones
Barbara Bernstorf
Susan Casteel
Ann Crocker
Janet Louise Davis
Billy Delp
Ned DeMarco
Lee Frankel
Joan Gaumon
Mary Hilton
Nancy Hogan
Virginia Hoyt
Leland Ireland
Karen King
Susan McIntyre
Cornelia Montgomery
Margaret Moorcroft
Lucile Northcutt
Camille Partzline
George Pauk
Carol Ann Shimerda
Alice Stenzel
Kayleen Thompson
Helen Waline
Marlyne Wells
Barbara Williams
Phyllis Boyd
Fred Korensky
Shirley Norman
Carol Donnelly
Joyce Holets
Clark Lupton
Barbara Booth
Lorin Meade
Bob Pellycourt
Margaret Butterfield
Mary Helen Hickman
Douglas Houghton
Kaye Lambert
Barry McCabe
Wayne Mead
Leona Ohlman
Billy Roberts
James Sandercock
Darwin van Skike
Jimmy Barnes
Lloyd Oakland
Cornell College
William Gower
Iowa City
Hymie Voxman
University of Iowa
Small Fire Reported at Me Too Building Office
Four engine companies responded to a 1 p.m. Friday call at the Me Too building at Second avenue and Third street SE. A small fire in Dr. C. V. Lehman’s second floor office was started by a bunsen burner igniting a window drape, burning a window sill and baseboards before containment. Smoke filled the dental office and adjacent suites on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Me Too
Second Avenue
Third Street SE
Dr. C. V. Lehman
Dental
School Bike Registration Set for April 1 in Grade Schools
Traffic Captain Jesse H. Clift announced that bicycle registration will begin in grade schools on April 1. A full patrol schedule will be published later. Cyclists not in grade school should bring bikes to the police station for 1946 license tags, with William Haritakis on duty 9 am to 6 pm Saturday in the station garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse H. Clift
Clift
William Haritakis
Women Urged To Limit Hosiery Purchases In 1946
Washington dispatch reports the Civilian Production Administration urges women to buy at most one pair of nylon stockings every two months and one pair of rayon stockings every three months to prevent shortages through 1947. Herbert Rose notes 1946 hosiery peak is reached and production cannot rise soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Civilian Production Administration
Herbert Rose
CPA
Rose
No Settlement in Painters' Strike
The Brotherhood of Painters Local 447 reports no major progress after recent talks with painting contractors. Union seeks retroactive wage increases and double time on Sundays while contractors agree to some raises but oppose retroactivity and Saturday overtime. An international representative will visit Cedar Rapids to resume negotiations as the current contract expires April 1 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and
Local 447
the Gazette
Wage Adjustment Board
D. J. Boyd
Boyd
H. L. Johnson
Painters Union
Cedar Rapids
Saas
Naval office created for inspector material in midwest
Lt. R. J. Wayland heads the Inspector of Naval Material office at the Collins Radio plant. The office, created and operating since Feb 1, will inspect all navy material manufactured or purchased in Iowa Nebraska and part of Illinois. It is one of five in the ninth naval district channeling naval procurement and inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Wayland
Collins Radio Company
Navy
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Ninth
Naval District
Suit Over Life Estate of Woman in Linn Boulevard Home
Mrs. Harriett Campbell sues Russell Markert to determine her rights in the property at 2011 Linn Boulevard SE. She alleges an oral July 1942 agreement where Markert paid mortgage costs and rent, granting her a life estate, while he lived there at times and later vacated without rent. She says Markert plans to sell, disregarding her claimed rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriett Campbell
Russell Markert
Linn Boulevard
Campbell
Markert
Bohemian Building and Loan Association
Markett
Four Collection Suits Filed in District Court
Four civil actions were filed in district court to recover sums owed. D. E. Wears sues George Rutan for 74.77 for goods bought last November. Wears also sues L. C. Arnold for 210.52 for December to February purchases. Hatch and Brookman claim 499.40 on a note signed by R. C. Smythe on December 22, 1944. Collins Employees Credit Union seeks 393.10 or foreclosure on a car against Karl E. and Eleanore M. Weigel, alleging a 600 loan Feb. 21, 1945, with monthly installments of 33.50, defaulted since September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Wears
Wears Standard Service
George Rutan
Rutan
Wears
L. C. Arnold
Arnold
Hatch and Brookman Company
Eighth Avenue SE
R. C. Smythe
Collins Employes Credit Union
Karl E. Weigel
Eleanore M. Weigel
Cedar Rapids
Weigels
She Retains Custody of Child and House in Divorce
Genevieve O Ward receives permanent custody of their minor child and $15 weekly alimony to rise with Harold J Ward’s earnings. She also gains all bank deposits. Ward must repay a 1000 loan within 18 months and receives title to a house at 2505 First Avenue SE. Ward’s address is 2641 Country Club Parkway SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve O. Ward
Harold J. Ward
Floyd Philbrick
First Avenue SE
Ward
Country Club Parkway SE
Skalsky Sentenced to 30 Days for Delinquency Charge
Judge Floyd Philbrick ordered Lester W. Skalsky to 30 days in the county jail after a guilty plea to contributing to the delinquency of a 14 year old Cedar Rapids girl. County Attorney Crissman’s March 17 charge cited immoral conduct. The judge did not plan to impose a fine. Skalsky listed 526 First avenue NW as his address and said he is not married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skalsky
Floyd Philbrick
Lester W. Skalsky
Cedar Rapids
William W. Crissman
Philbrick
Garrett Gets Judgment On 2 Promissory Notes
Merrill Garrett as executor of Mrs. J. P. Haines estate received a judgment on two promissory notes Thursday from the court. The ruling resolves claims against the estate and determines repayment terms.
Promissory notes totalling four thousand dollars contested
Judge G K Thompson presided over a case against R E Geiger and Carolyn Geiger on two promissory notes from 1935 to Mrs Haines. The defendants failed to appear at the hearing. The notes carried 6 percent interest and were due in one year. Geiger's addresses were given as Newell and Cherokee. Garrett set the total due with interest at 5760 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Thompson
R. E. Geiger
Carolyn Geiger
Judge Dismisses Kohl Divorce Request
Judge Floyd Philbrick Thursday dismissed the divorce case filed by Charlotte V Kohl against Douglas A Kohl at Mrs Kohl’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Philbrick
Charlotte V Kohl
Douglas A. Kohl
Mrs. Kohl
Kline Defends Price Control in Des Moines
Des Moines AP report quotes Walter D. Kline, OPA district director, arguing price control should stay until supply meets demand and goods are on shelves. He says price adjustments are based on need, not politics, and concedes past mistakes while noting relief is needed in some industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Walter D. Kline
OPA
Kline
Consumer-Labor Agriculture Joint Advisory Committee
CPA
British Radio To Keep Ban on Ads
Britain will extend the non commercial BBC model for at least ten more years after evaluating wartime programs from American hosts like Bob Hope Bing Crosby Jack Benny and Charlie McCarthy. Officials weighed higher quality against ads and chose to retain a commercial free system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
United States
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Jack Benny
Charlie McCarthy
BBC
Europe
Red Secret Police Agents in Canada
Igor Gouzenko testified that NKVD operatives are active across Canada in a Soviet espionage ring. He described the Soviet military attache office as part of a system seeking secret information that could harm the state of the country it is taken from.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
NKVD
Canada
Igor Gouzenko
Gouzenko
Pittsburgh Fire Destroys Food Stocks Downtown
Fire swept three blocks in downtown Pittsburgh early Friday destroying a dozen food and supply buildings. Damage estimated at 500000 to 700000 dollars. Fourteen firefighters injured by debris and collapsing walls as 40 freight carloads of butter lard sugar paint coal and other products burned. Worst city fire in 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Fiorello LaGuardia Nominated to Lead UNRRA
Fiorello LaGuardia former New York mayor was nominated by UNRRA’s central committee to become director general to head the relief agency’s global food drive. The full council will vote at the UNRRA meeting, with the nomination already seen as tantamount to election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United Nations
Central Committee
UNRRA
Herbert H. Lehman
la Guardia
Weatherman's Name to Be Revealed Saturday
The Gazette reports readers' curiosity about the local weatherman and will publish his picture on Saturday. Temperatures hovered around 60 at 2:30 p.m with sun, and a slight drop plus possible rain is forecast for eastern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa Auto Dealers Rally Behind OPA Curb Plan
About 700 Iowa auto dealers at the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association convention heard National Official D C Barnhart say an amendment to the OPA price control act could cut 75 percent of their problems by lifting ceilings when 75 percent of production is reached. The crowd cheered a question about fighting the OPA but did not back a big protest. 15 placard-bearing men demonstrated briefly. Earlier Governor Blue urged demobilization of Washington bureaucrats to accelerate production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
OPA
Iowa Automobile Dealers Association
Washington
D. C. Barnhart
National Automobile Dealers Association
Robert D. Blue
Deaths of Charles Babcock Near Springville
Charles Babcock a farmer near Springville died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 1 30 p m Thursday born in Maquoketa August 19 1883 he lived near Maquoketa until five years ago married March 18 1907 to Mabel Prianix Surviving are his wife four children and several relatives Services will be held at the Hunt Funeral Home Springville at 1 p m Saturday and 3 p m at the Maquoketa Methodist Church burial in Mt Hope Cemetery Maquoketa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Babcock
Springville
Cedar Rapids
Maquoketa
Mabel Prianix
Dorothy Mann
Otis
Stanwood
Louise Brian
Allerton
Francis Fairbanks
Anamosa
Russell
Sheridan
Kissimmee
Fla
Minnie Rion
Nancy Bradley
Hunte Funeral Home
Methodist
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Mrs Louis A Kacena Rites Pending In Cedar Rapids
Mrs Louis A Kacena 56 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died at home 1267 Third avenue SE at 1 50 am Friday after a long illness Born Oct 16 1889 the former Caroline Brems she was married Nov 17 1909 Surviving include husband three sons Louis of St Joseph Mo Martin and Robert of Cedar Rapids mother Mrs J F Brems Sr two brothers George and Joseph both of Cedar Rapids and three grandchildren Funeral arrangements not completed Friends may call at Turner chapel
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Louis A. Kacena
Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue SE
Caroline Brems
Louis
St. Joseph
Martin
Robert
J. F. Brems
George
Joseph
Cedar
Funeral rites for Mrs. H Ellsworth Stebbins
Funeral services for Mrs. H Ellsworth Stebbins of Pomona California will be held at Oak Hill cemetery at 1 30 p m Saturday the Rev R F Galloway of Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church will officiate She belonged to Westminster Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids and First Presbyterian Church in Pomona
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ellsworth Stebbins
Pomona
Calif
Oak Hill Cemetery
R. F. Galloway
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
Stebbins
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
First Presbyterian Church
Death of Mrs Florence B Curtis
Former Cedar Rapids resident Mrs Florence B Curtis died at her Pasadena California home on March 8. She was a past worthy matron of Cedar chapter O E S. Surviving: son Stanley of Pasadena, daughter Mrs Byrde Taft of Glendale, and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Church of Flowers in Glendale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence B Curtis
Cedar Rapids
Pasadena
Calif
Cedar Chapter
Stanley
Byrde Taft
Glendale
Church of Flowers
Funeral services set for Knud Wallen at Turner chapel
Funeral services for Knud Wallen of 214 Second Avenue SE, who died Thursday, will be held at 1 30 p.m. Saturday in Turner chapel with the Rev. Carl Manfred officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh cemetery, Louisa. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knud Wallen
Second Avenue SE
Turner Chapel
Carl Manfred
Shiloh
Louisa
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. R. G. Austin
The body of Mrs. R. G. Austin of 511 Twenty first street NE was moved Friday from the Moon chapel to the Foster funeral home in Webster City where funeral services are set for Saturday afternoon. Burial will follow in Webster City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Austin
Twenty-first Street
Moon Chapel
Foster Funeral Home
Webster City
Mrs. Pfeifer Charged With Rent Violation
Lumir Pfeifer owner of an apartment building at 419 Eleventh Street NW is charged in a Federal suit filed Friday by OPA enforcement attorneys. The action names Paul A. Porter OPA administrator as plaintiff to compel compliance with rent housing regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumir Pfeifer
Eleventh Street
OPA
Paul A. Porter
Rent Overcharge Suit Under Emergency Price Control Act
Plaintiff accuses Mrs. Pfeifer of charging $10 monthly excess rents for four months. Suit seeks injunction to restrain further overcharges, damages of $120 and court costs.
Fifty Attend Clinic on Newscasting in Iowa
About fifty people registered at a Friday Iowa radio news clinic at the Roosevelt hotel. Off the record sessions addressed challenges for newscasters, with a noon luncheon. Attendees included Art Stringer of Washington with the National Association of Broadcasters and Bill Ray of WMAQ Chicago, among many represented stations such as WOW Omaha WOC Davenport KRNT Des Moines KSCJ Sioux City KOIL Omaha KFJB Marshalltown KSO and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Radio News
Roosevelt Hotel
Art Stringer
Washington
National Association of Broadcasters
Bill Ray
WMAQ
Chicago
WOW
Omaha
WOC
Davenport
KRNT
Des Moines
KSCJ
Sioux City
KOIL
KFJB
Marshalltown
KSO
KGLO
Mason City
KVFD
Fort Dodge
KBUR
Burlington
WHO
KMA
Shenandoah
WSUI
Iowa City
KROS
Clinton
WOI
Ames
KDTH
Dubuque
WHBF
Rock Island
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Courtroom chatter on cylinders and planes continues
The testimony returns to geometric debates as Mabee questions Frye about whether a courtroom can be a cylinder. Frye argues size affects perception, while Judge Graven notes the court is convinced. The discussion shifts to planes, surfaces, and the meaning of flatness with Mabee and Frye trading quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabee
Frye
Henry N. Graven
Akron
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Angeles
Vincent L. Markwell
Kenridge Terrace
William Fowler
Fourteenth Street
Gerald Wolfe
L. J. Schlitz
Sylvester V. Williams
Mt. Vernon
Morley Dolash
Sinclair Avenue
H. F. Himel
Rapid City
S. D
Melvin Hasley
Eastern Boulevard
Donald L. Flaherty
Monticello
Paul McDonald
Frank Ronnebaum
Edgewood
Robert P. Bell
First Street
John Stoner
Raymond van Hamme
B Avenue NW
V. L. Capen
Bever Avenue
Jack M. Broxy
C Avenue
William L. Shebetka
Tenth Street
John S. McCullough
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Richard J. Fosdick
A Avenue
W. F. Grady
Fifty-first Street Drive
Lowell M. Taylor
Higley Avenue
Witlackl
George Wit
Robert Harold Slaughter
Marie Lillian Slaughter
Ida L. Senft
Benjamin R. Senft
Oakland Avenue NF
Thirtyfourth Street
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Mercy
Arnold Koberle
Louis Krejci
Roy Smith
First Avenue NW
Charles Fitzgerald
Twelfth Street
St. Luke’s
George Benson
Seventh Avenue SE
Milford Heck
Marion
Commonwealth
Pater Tee
Siegel
Second Ave
S.E
Naval Office
British Radio
Red Secret Police
Fiorello
Florence B. Curtis
Wallen
Pfeifer
Richard C. Jones
Barthol
Omew Park
City Arborist
Commission
Sioners
Lapes
Christ
Gil Dodds
Wheaton College
Wheaton, Ill
Lina
Winifred Larson
Minneapolis
Francis Swanson
Virginia Heaton
Pianist
Coe College Chapel
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