Weather and legal notes from the Daily Record of March 26 1946
The issue lists daily weather highs and lows for several cities including Bismarck and Miami with precipitation amounts, Iowa Agricultural Forecast predicting fair and mild days, and windy conditions. It also records multiple local legal notices and police actions such as divorce petitions and decrees, drunkenness and disturbing the peace fines, new births, and traffic infractions with names and addresses where readable. Specific cases include Lorraine V Bann vs Archie W Bann and Wilma Lillian Gardner from R E Gardner, plus numerous named individuals with fines ranging from 1 to 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lorraine
Bann
Archie W Bann
McAtee Sentenced After Nighttime Assault Case
County Attorney William Crissman opened proceedings noting the court's wide discretion in a case involving McAtee accused of assaulting five girls hired as babysitters on March 15. McAfee's attorney cited his client's intoxication and family duties as factors. Judge Thompson cited lack of prior record. Sentencing ranges from five years to life with appeal bond set at $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAtee
McAtees
William W. Crissman
McAfee
Roy Cook
Thompson
Kemper to Quit GOP Finance Chairmanship
James S. Kemper will resign as chairman of the GOP national finance committee at a Washington meeting next Monday. His secretary said Kemper, now in Palm Springs, will tender his resignation in person to devote more time to his private business. He heads Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty and three other insurance groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemper
G.O.P. Finance
Chicago
James S. Kemper
GOP
National Finance Committee
Washington
Ethel MacDonald
Miss MacDonald
Palm Springs
Calif
Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company
Hess and Ribbentrop Refuse to Testify in Trial
Rudolf Hess and Joachim von Ribbentrop announced through their lawyers that they will not testify in their war crimes trial. Ribbentrop cites illness and speech difficulties, while the U S prosecutions argues he is able but fears cross examination.
Ribbentrop Accepts Responsibility at War Crimes Trial
Joachim von Ribbentrop told the international military tribunal he accepts full responsibility for his acts as foreign minister of Germany but pleads innocent on all counts of the war crimes indictment. He followed Goering and Hess in opening his defense as the court rejects claims the Versailles treaty was signed under duress and unjust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
Joachim von Ribbentrop
International Military Tribunal
Germany
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
David Maxwell Fyfe
Bertram Seeks Annexation Impacts on Cedar Rapids Schools
Bertram township weighing annexation to Cedar Rapids as Forest Lane and Rosedale schools serve about 45 children. Cedar Rapids would need at least one extra bus. taxes from Bertram may be insufficient without state aid. Bertram board calls annexation practically unanimous though one member declined to serve. Committee appointments set through March 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Forest Lane
Rosedale
Cedar Rapids
Bertram Township
Cedar Rapids Independent School
Bertram
Cedar River
Board
J. C. Blodgett
Bertram Board
Penningroth
James Scolaro
Ed Moorman
Tudor Wilder
Blodgett
Frank Biderman
Mental Tests Sought for Doomed Slayers at Fort Madison
A request for an immediate sanity examination of Philip and William Heiney, father and son to be hanged at Fort Madison penitentiary Friday, was filed with the state board of control. The board indicated they would likely announce a decision that afternoon after a meeting with attorney W. K. Welty of Spirit Lake and a brief consult with Gov. Robert D. Blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Philip
William Heiney
Fort Madison
State Board of Control
W. K. Welty
Spirit Lake
Board of Control
Welty
Robert D. Blue
Election Call Ordered for John Deere Harvester Workers
The National Labor Relations board directed that an election be held among experimental department employees at John Deere Harvester Works, East Moline, Illinois, to determine a collective bargaining agent.
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Washington (Lp
National Labor Relations Board
John Deere Harvester Works
East Moline
Ill
Plague Flares Up as U.S Truce Teams Move
In Manchuria outbreaks of bubonic plague prompt Soviet quarantine of three cities including Changchun, Darien, and Kirin. American doctors warn vaccines are only partially effective against bubonic and pneumonic plague. Red Army orders are unprecedented, but officials hope truce teams can still move northward.
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Peiping
INS
Manchuria
Changchun
Darien
Kirin
Red Army
Vets Urged to Carry Draft Card Despite Service
In San Francisco, FBI official Clinton Stein urged veterans to keep their selective service classification card. He noted many veterans discard their cards, but registration and classification must be carried by draft age men regardless of prior service. The FBI will hold men found without cards until selective service boards are verified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
FBI
Clinton Stein
Cedar Rapids City Briefs Touch on Local Events
The Junior Benefit program of the King's Daughters will be held at the Y M C A Thursday evening. Mount Mercy junior college of Cedar Rapids has been accepted into the National Federation of Catholic College Students. Mrs Lucy Sturgeon of Hillsboro Illinois will leave Sunday for Moline after a seven weeks visit with her sons. Sister Mary Sldephonse and Sister Mary Pierre of Mount Mercy faculty attend the North Central Association sessions in Chicago. Cedar Rapids Coin club meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Y M C A club rooms with Lloyd Gettys of Davenport and Iowa Numismatic Association visiting. Ninth graders invited with parents to Club One-9-Teen Thursday 7 to 10 p.m. at 11934 Third Avenue SE. A parents night program and refreshments planned. Sister Mary de Lourdes heads Mount Mercy music dept and attends the National Catholic Music Education Association conference in Cleveland with Sister Mary Leo of Oelwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Mercy Junior College of
Cedar Rapids
National Federation of Catholic College Students
Lucy Sturgeon
Hillsboro, Ill
Moline
Lawrence Sturgeon
Twenty-second Street
Thomas Sturgeon
Thirteenth Street
Mary Sldephonse
Mary Pierre
Mount Mercy Junior College
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Chicago
Palmer House
Coin Club
Y.M.C.A
Lloyd Gettys
Davenport
Iowa Numismatic Association
Third Avenue SE
Sister Mary de Lourdes
National Catholic Music Education Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Music Educators
Mary Leo of
Oelwein
Immaculate Conception
Painter union arbitration visit delays in Cedar Rapids
Joe Gross international representative of the Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers AFL was due to arbitrate a six day old painters strike in Cedar Rapids but had not arrived by Tuesday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gross
The
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers
AFL
Cedar Rapids
RFC Loan Agency To Aid Businesses Buy Surplus
Herbert S. Daniel, manager of the Omaha RFC loan agency, announced Tuesday that the agency will assist small businesses in buying surplus property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RFC
OMAHA
INS
Herbert S. Daniel
Omaha Loan Agency
Tank Arsenal Foundry Sold to Indiana Firm
The War Assets Administration announced the sale of the Bettendorf Iowa Quad City tank arsenal foundry to American Steel Foundry Company of Indiana Harbor Indiana for 1,290,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Assets Administration
Bettendorf
American Steel Foundry Company
Indiana Harbor
Ind
GM To Call Men To Jobs After Strike Stand Reversal
Detroit AP General Motors plans to recall the first of 175000 production workers idle since the CIO United Auto Workers strike began November 21. A spokesman said a great majority of nearly 100 GM plants nationwide would issue the back to work order, reversing a prior stance that held no plants would reopen until UAW locals voted to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
International plan eyed to control atomic energy
Lilienthal committee and state department propose UNO licensed global authority to supervise atomic production, with know how shared by the United States and world shipments watched to outlaw bomb use. Senators note many questions remain and recall of Acheson expected for fuller brief. Crossroads task force schedules Bikini tests for July with two experiments planned within weeks. President selects Hatch Saltonstall May Andrews to join scientists Oppenheimer Compton Dewey Newell Searles in civilian panel. navy to provide a technical evaluating board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNO
United States
Lilienthal Committee
Acheson
House
Congress
Crossroads Task Force
High Command
Hatch
D-N.m
Saltonstall
R-Mass
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Rep. Andrews
R-N.y
J. Robert Oppenheimer
University of California
Karl Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bradley Dewey
Dewey and Army of Cambridge
Mass
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Bath
Maine
Fred Searles, Jr
New York
James F. Byrnes
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Navy
Centennial Committee Secretary Appointed
Mrs Edith McElroy of Des Moines, a club woman and president of the women's affairs division of the Chamber of Commerce, was named secretary of the state centennial committee. Lester Milligan said a managing director may be hired later as the committee established an office in the state house. The Des Moines meeting noted strong local organizing momentum and planned a state rally in late April or early May for county and local centennial committees and enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Edith McElroy
Chamber of Commerce
Lester Milligan
Statehouse
Milligan
Deaths Charles Calder former Cedar Rapids truck operator
Charles Calder 79, former operator of the Calder Van and Storage Co., died in Los Gatos after moving to California 15 years ago. A Cedar Rapids resident for 30 years, he owned parts of properties now housing Kenwood Transfer and Newmans. Survived by a daughter Alice Seabrook and four sons, plus siblings. Services Wednesday at H. W. Seramur chapel in San Leandro, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Calder
Calder van
Cedar Rapids
Los Gatos
Third Avenue
Eighth and
Tenth Street
California
Calder
Fourth Avenue
Kenwood Transfer
Denecke Block
Newmans
Alice Seabrook
Des Moines
Thomas
John
Wisconsin
Paul
Charles
Minneapolis
Adeline Davis
H. W. Seramur Chapel
San Leandro
Calif
Services for Andrew Trygg in McGregor and Swede Ridge
Services for Andrew Trygg of McGregor who died Monday will be at Pilkington funeral home in McGregor at 2 30 p m Wednesday and at Evangelical Lutheran church on Swede Ridge at 3 p m Burial will be in Swede Ridge cemetery Surviving are seven children including Mrs Ted Becker and Elmer Trygg of Cedar Rapids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Trygg
McGregor
Funeral services held for Mrs Leonard Powers in Clinton
Funeral services were conducted in Clinton Monday for Mrs. Leonard Powers who died Friday at 51. She was a sister of John Webster of 507 B avenue NE. Surviving are her husband seven children 17 grandchildren and seven other brothers and sisters.
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Clinton
Leonard Powers
John Webster
B Avenue NE
Funeral services for infant Frank Joseph Gallo
Services for four month old Frank Joseph Gallo son of Mr and Mrs Michael Gallo Marion will be conducted at 10 a m Wednesday in the Bartal Hesser chapel with Rev Paul Miller officiating Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery
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Frank Joseph Gallo
Michael Gallo
Marion
Bartal Hesser Chapel
Paul Miller
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Har lan D Hotz at Moon chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Harlan D Hotz of Taft hotel will be held at 1:30 PM Wednesday in the Moon chapel with burial in Center cemetery near Morley. Friends may call at the chapel. Lynda Joan Radeke infant daughter of Mr and Mrs K C Radeke of 412 Seventh avenue SE died in a local hospital at 7:25 PM Saturday and was cremated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan D. Hotz
Taft Hotel
Moon Chapel
Center Cemetery
Morley
Lynda Joan Radeke
K. C. Radeke
Seventh Avenue SE
Housing order tightens limits on veteran homes
CPA officials say no cap on number of projects during the order. The National Housing Administration will green light veteran homes under an emergency program while prioritizing scarce materials for low cost or rental housing. Regional CPA offices in 71 cities will work with advisory committees to screen projects for essential need and potential impact on the housing program. The order bans unauthorized arenas and similar structures unless they qualify for repair allowances, and it excludes already authorized veteran homes and many public works from its reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CPA
National Housing Administration
Federal Housing Administration
Small
Ray Short Advocates 2 Point Christianity
Cedar Rapids insurance man Ray L Short spoke at the YMCA during the second of four Lenten luncheons for laymen urging a two point Christianity. He urged God centered Christ like faith and a militant positive force to meet todays problems by faith and action in business and social life. He called for Christians to act rather than be passive and to face issues openly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Ray L. Short
Cedar Rapids
Short
By Luck Vitamin Bottles Held Deadly Drug
Washington dispatch reports a federal food and drug inspector narrowly saved possibly 98 people after discovering vitamin bottles labeled as a harmless water solution actually contained a deadly oil solution of estrogen. The inspector found the error during routine sampling and the manufacture faces action.
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Washington
INS
Food and Drug
P. B. Dunbar
The
Food and Drug Administration
House Appropriations Committee
Dunbar
Penicillin Growth Rate Is Doubled
Madison Wisconsin. A new penicillin strain labeled Q176 developed by University of Wisconsin researchers may double national output. It was found by accident in Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation labs and is now available to manufacturers. Current U S output is about 700,000,000,000 units monthly with US demand around 800,000,000,000 units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
United States
Wisconsin
Nash Finch strike widens as Cedar Rapids union seeks recognition
A union dispute in Cedar Rapids expands after a Monday 7 am strike by AFL teamsters pressuring Nash Finch to recognize their majority. Management says eight workers are on strike with 19 or 20 of 28 at work. Union officials vow continued picketing and nonviolent action while warning customers to cooperate with the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
AFL
Nash Finch
Do. J. Rasdal
James D. White
Nash-Finch
White
Chang Chen Named Head of World Arms Group
General Chang Chen, senior Chinese delegate to the United Nations military staff committee, was named chairman of the world arms group until April 30. He was elected unanimously by the Big Five at the initial staff meeting. Soviet General Vasiliev withdrew, allowing Chang to assume leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Chang Chen
United Nations Military Staff Committee
World Arms Group
Chang
Big Five
Russia
United States
Vasiliev
Courthouse Divorces Dismissed in Local Case
Judge G. K. Thompson dismissed Velma Gardner versus Leonard G. Gardner divorce petition on Tuesday February 17 1045. Dismissal granted at the request of Mrs. Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Thompson
Velma Gardner
Leonard G. Gardner
Evacuation Sparks Tank Movements in Night City Streets
As the Soviet government announced the start of Red troop evacuation the garrison loaded trucks and moved tanks. By midnight 14 tanks including Sherman American builds and Russian mediums thundered through village streets toward the north.
British MPs to Tour Middle East Over Iran Troop Drawdown
London AP reports two MPs Brigadier A. H. Head and Michael Foot will fly to the Middle East for an unofficial inspection of Iran. They aim to verify reports from Moscow and Tehran that Red troops are withdrawing. The trip, lasting two to three weeks, follows arrangements by Foreign Undersecretary Hector M McNeil who expects no major barriers.
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London
Britain
Middle East
Iran
Moscow
Tehran
A. H. Head
Michael Foot
Hector M McNeil
Japanese Sponsored Law Aims Severe Penalties for Black Market
Allied headquarters approved a proposed law to harshly punish black market activities in post exchanges and government supplies between occupation troops and Japanese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Allied Headquarters
Bases swap pact looms as talks stall on future sites
Washington reports five years after the Roosevelt Churchill agreement the US retains a 99 year lease on six Atlantic bases across the Bahamas Jamaica St Lucia Trinidad Antigua and British Guiana. Details on future use remain undisclosed though Puerto Rico remains key for air training and other Caribbean bases will matter.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Atlantic
United States
Bahamas
Jamaica
St. Lucia
Trinidad
Antigua
Caribbean
British Guiana
South America
Europe
Puerto Rico
U S To Pick Up Axis Science Data
The House appropriations committee backed a civilian army program to obtain Axis scientific knowledge costing hundreds of millions. A $400000 grant funds Commerce to send teams to Germany and Japan to interview Axis scientists examine secret documents and inspect plants in occupation zones. Bradley Dewey of the American Chemical Society says thousands of American workers would be employed abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
House Appropriations Committee
Germany
Japan
Department of Commerce
Bradley Dewey
American Chemical Society
Maniac Escapes From Bellevue Ward In New York
Police hunt Leonard Gains a 38 year old six foot negro described as highly violent after he broke from the psychopathic ward at Bellevue hospital. He felled a nurse with a metal chair and terrorized a woman nurse before fleeing into busy New York streets wearing a blue coat and trousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Leonard Gains
Ray Milland
Gains
Wallace Lucker
Bodies for sale in Fort Madison 9
The bodies of Philip Heiney and his son William Heiney are scheduled for hanging at the state prison Friday and are unlikely to be claimed by relatives. Lillian Hanna, Philip's niece, has asked if the University of Iowa would consider purchasing the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
INS
Philip Heiney
William
Lillian Hanna
Philip
University of Iowa
Soviet Exit From Manchuria May Be Real Thing
CHUNGKING UP The Red army has begun a full scale withdrawal from Manchuria in line with a promise to have the last Russian soldier out by April end. Liu Chieh confirmed the start of the exit while noting the government lacks details. Officials see this as the start of a final pullout and fear renewed friction and possible clashes as forces shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Red Army
Manchuria
China
Liu Chieh
Chiang Kai-shek
France Drops Spain UNO Fight and Seeks Big Five View
Paris sources say France will not press the Madrid regime issue at the current UN Security Council session. Instead Paris proposes that Britain and the United States bring the matter to the Big Five foreign ministers council for consideration. France cites union pressure relief and the need to avoid unilateral action with Russia in the council.
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Paris
INS
UNO Security Council
Foreign Office
France
Britain
United States
Madrid
Russia
Francisco Franco
Josef Stalin
Foreign Ministers’ Council
UNO
Housing conference urges deregulation and skilled labor push
Table discussions led by Simpson Whitlock and industrialists highlighted removing government controls, letting supply and demand set prices, abolishing OPA, training skilled workers, revising codes, discarding subsidies, and limiting non essential construction. Speakers warned against rapid low cost housing that could create slums. Governor Blue called the conference satisfactory and urged action at federal, state and local levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue
Lakes Shipping Opens Earlier on Great Lakes
The Great Lakes shipping season started two weeks early as the freighter Sir Thomas Shaughnessy cleared the St Marys River locks marking the opener at Sault Ste Marie Michigan with UP reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault ST. Marie, Mich
Upper Great Lakes
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
Key St Mary’s River
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Daily Record
Monda
Bismarck
Miami
Denver
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Wilma Lillian Gardner
R. E Gardner
Charles Probst
Margaret Probst
Fifth Avenue
Fourth Street
Blake Cne SE
First Avenue
Ralph C. Vavra
Loretta M. Fisher
Harold Littell
Betty Vande Walker
Cedar’ Rapids
Philip L. Feske
Waterloo
Juanita Ebaugh
Cedar. Falls
Charles A. Brandt
Marjorie P. Clouse
D. A. Cook
Bernice M. Cook
William Short
Grand Hotel
Frank Spinka
N Street SW
Patrick A. Coleman
Walker
Donald J. Moroney
First Avenue NW
Lynn Blair
Nineteenth Street
Homer D. Madison
Mercy
Arnold Hagerman
St. Luke’s
Reinhart Kiepke
van Horne
Harold Willis
William Soper
Carlisle Street
Leo Miller
Vernon Avenue
Kansas City
Mmo
Lumir Felter
C Street
Henry W Willis
Fifth Street
Charles R. Dohrn
Harold Werald
Ames
Harley L. Sawyer
Central City
Glenn Caldwell
Betty B. Simmer
Sixth Street
Jack Hirtz
North Liberty
J. F. Chapin
H Avenue
E. R. Pratt
Garden Drive
Skogman Construction Company
Robert Prastka
Charles Penningroth
George Visliscel
J. K. von Lackum
Moorman
von Lackum
Dwight Krumboltz
George Kosek
Douglas Grant
Krumboltz
Grant
Kosek
Mrs. Krumboltz
Frank E. Williams
St. Louis
Senate Banking
James K. Vardaman
Jta
Vardaman Shoe Company
Vardaman
Federal Reserve Board
U.S
King’s Daughters
Tank Arsenal
Gallo Services
Hotz Services
Ray Short
Clarence Beatty
Black Mart
Monahan Mortuary
First Ave
F. J. Monahan and
Wm. J. Stewart
Army
Great Britain
U. S
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Maniac
N.Y
Aan
Mons
Florist
Spain
Simpson
Whitlock
WJ Uep
Lundine
Texaco
Rv Ptt
Ae Puan
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