Marion Girl Wins Iowa Prize in Navy Essay Contest
Dolores Harford, 15, Marion high school student, was named Iowa winner in the Navy League of the United States contest in Washington. She receives a $50 prize from The Gazette and will be honored as the state winner. Her entry was submitted by The Gazette. Ruth Tate, 17, Belmont Massachusetts, won first prize of $1,000 bond in the national contest from fifty thousand participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Harford
Marion
Washington
Iowa
Navy League of the United States
Miss Harford
Navy Harford
The
Gazette Company
Gazette
Bert Harford
Twenty-fifth Street
Ruth Tate
Belmont
Mass
United States Navy
Jealousy Confession in Algonac Baby Slaying Case
Muriel Wrightman 23, an unmarried mother from Algonac, confessed to strangling her 10 week old niece Shirley Ann Little last December in a jealousy fit over her own baby Victoria Ann. She was jailed in St Clair County after surrendering in Detroit. Police expect murder warrants and may exhuming the infant’s body to strengthen the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
St. Clair County
Muriel Wrightman
Algonac
Detroit
Ferris E. Lucas
Michigan
Jeanette Grosso
Anna Lee Ratliff
Miss Wrightman
Victoria Ann
Shirley Ann
Lucas
Albert L. Ratliff
Marlington
W. Va
Clergy Services and Masonic Meetings in Cedar Rapids Area
The Rev E B Page of Clinton will conduct Universal Brotherhood of Light services at K P Hall 420 First Ave NE at 730 tonight. Century Cabs 5146. Jan Hus Lodge No 51 I C C F to confer initiatory degree on Cedar Rapids and Monticello candidates Wednesday at 730 pm at Sokol Hall. Trowel Chapter No 49 meets Tuesday 730 pm followed by Royal Arch degree and refreshments. Rev J Hamilton Dawson of Des Moines will lead Ely Lutheran church services Sunday at 730 pm with sermon The Renewing of the Mind.
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E.B. Page
Clinton
Universal Brotherhood of Light
K. P. Hall
First Avenue NE
Jan Hus Lodge
1.C.C.F
Cedar Rapids and
Monticello
Sokol Hall
Trowel
Royal Arch
J. Hamilton Dawson
Des Moines
Ely Lutheran Church
Man Arrested for Drunkenness Misstates Address
William Cole gave police an address 216 Fourth Avenue SW when arrested for drunkenness Thursday but does not live there. Mrs George Wichman at that address reported Saturday.
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William Cole
Fourth Avenue
George Wichman
Group To Probe Mitchellville and Eldora Schools
Des Moines AP Specialist inquiry will examine Eldora state training school for boys and Mitchellville training school for girls. The Public Administration Service will start the survey with $5,000 funding, with a contract proposal to be signed for state use. The probe follows Gov. Blue’s fall appointment after an inmate’s death from alleged beating.
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Des Moines
Eldora State Training School
Mitchellville Training School
State Penal Institution
Statehouse
F. H. Cooney
Carroll
Fort Madison
Anamosa Reformatory
Rockwell City Women’s Reformatory
Manchester Debaters Win in State Meet
IOWA CITY AP Muscatine and Sioux City Central high schools won the class A debate titles in the 40th Iowa High School Forensic League tournament. David Stanley of Muscatine won ex tempore while Leonard Strasburg of Iowa City High won original oratory and will receive University of Iowa scholarships. Six more university scholarships to winning team members will be announced later. Fort Dodge took second in class A and Manchester earned top ranking in class B.
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Iowa City
Muscatine
Sioux City Central
David Stanley
Leonard Strasburg
Iowa City High School
University of Iowa
Fort Dodge
Manchester
Deaths C R Sutherland Attorney Dies
Charles R. Sutherland 70, long Cedar Rapids attorney and Milwaukee rail road counsel, died Friday night at his Winnetka Illinois home after a long illness. Born May 25 1875 Center Junction Iowa he led a Cedar Rapids firm then moved away fifteen years ago. Survived by wife Alice Albright he held York Rite offices and was active in A M and Masonic bodies. Funeral in Winnetka Monday at 4 p m then Cedar Rapids grave side service Tuesday at Oak Hill with Rev George Bryant. Friends may call Turner chapel until Tuesday noon.
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Charles R. Sutherland
Milwaukee Railroad
Winnetka
Ill
Mr. Sutherland
Cedar Rapids
Cook, Hughes, Sutherland and Taylor
Center Junction
Alice Albright
Sutherland
York Rite
Grand Lodge of Iowa
Crescent Lodge No. 25
A. F
A. M
Apollo Commandery
Iowa Consisory
George Bryant
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs W J Mocha in Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Mrs W J Mocha former Cedar Rapids resident who died Wednesday in Tulsa Oklahoma will be held at Mt Calvary cemetery graveside at 10 a.m. Monday conducted by Rev J D Kearn pastor of St Matthew's church. The body will arrive in Cedar Rapids Sunday and go to Turner chapel for calling after 2 p.m. Sunday.
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W. J. Mocha
Cedar Rapids
Tulsa
Okla
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
J. D. Kearn
St. Matthew’s Church
Turner Chapel
Obituary of Jerome M Mulherin Lisbon farmer dies at 58
Jerome M Mulherin 58 a Lisbon resident and farmer died at a local hospital at 4 p m Saturday after a short illness Born September 23 1887 at South Amana son of John and Ellen Wall Mulherin he married Mary Colgan February 6 1917 in Fairfax He is survived by his widow three daughters five brothers and one grandchild Funeral services will be at St Joseph s church Lisbon at 10 a m Tuesday with burial in Lisbon Friends may call Brady Mortuary after 3 p m Sunday
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Jerome M. Mulherin
Lisbon
South Amana
John
Ellen Wall Mulherin
Mary Colgan
Fairfax
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Rosalie Ellen Fladoos
Racine
Wis
Mary Adelaide
Chicago
Elaine Cecile
Dennis
Frank
Cedar Rapids
James
Iowa City
Walter
Belle Plaine
Mechanicsville
Sharon Fladoos
St. Joseph’s Church
Father Goodman
Brady Mortuary
Funeral services for John Barger in Teahen chapel
John Barger 78 a retired building contractor died at 4 30 am Saturday. Funeral services set for 2 30 pm Monday in Teahen chapel with Rev Frank Ward of the Sunshine Mission conducting and burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Barger
Teahen Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Frank Ward
The
Sunshine Mission
Cedar Falls Man to Face Charges in Cedar Rapids
Wendell Heideman a 28 year old Cedar Falls man was brought to Cedar Rapids to face larceny and assault and battery charges before Justice of the Peace W A Rail. He was arrested by highway patrol on a warrant and held for local authorities. Circumstances could not be learned Saturday night.
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Wendell Heideman
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
L. B. Marshall
Carl Burke
Justice of the Peace
W. A. Rail
Heideman
Highway Patrol
Ball
Ben Ross Former Idaho Governor Critically Ill
Doctors described former Idaho Governor C Ben Ross as critical after he entered a Boise hospital ten days ago for heart ailment treatment. Ross, a Democrat, is the only person to serve three terms as Idaho governor and held the office from 1931 to 1937.
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Boise, Idaho
INS
C. Ben Ross
Boise
Ross
Idaho
Grand Jury Will Question Schmitt in Bedford Case
County Attorney Ralph Jones said Henry Schmitt the Lenox horse trader would be a cellmate as the grand jury convenes. Schmitt admitted killing Dorothy Orm's husband and pleaded guilty to second degree murder, receiving a 99 year sentence but remains in county jail awaiting the grand jury. Judge George A. Johnson set bond at 50 000. Dorothy Orm was killed November 4 1943.
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George A. Johnson
Schmitt
Worm
Housing Delays Blamed on OPA By Lumbermen
Joseph T. King of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association charged at a Senate Banking Committee session that OPA price policies hamstrung the building of veterans homes. He questioned Chester Bowles' prefabrication preference and CPA plywood price adjustments delaying projects.
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Washington (Lp
Congress
OPA
Joseph T. King
National Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Senate Banking Committee
Patman
King
Chester Bowles
CPA
Detroit transit strike threatens public service shutdown
Detroit and Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes clash as division 26 may vote to strike. A walkout could halt 1.8 million daily riders including 150 000 students, jeopardizing city transit unless wage demands are met.
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Detroit
Edward J. Jeffries
Detroit Street Railway
Jack Storey
Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
DSR
Division 26
Jeffries
Sign Painters in C R Get 25 Cent Wage Hike
Cedar Rapids journeyman sign painters received a 25 cent hourly wage increase to 1.50 at a Friday night union meeting. Sign Scene and Pictorial Painters Local No. 1096 announced, with Laverne Larson as secretary treasurer. Helpers and apprentices on the sliding scale also gained proportionate raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Clift Reminds About Bicycle Registration at Schools
Traffic Capt. Jesse H. Clift reminded elementary pupils that bicycle registration starts at schools tomorrow. The Gazette published the full two week schedule. registration at the police station is only on Saturdays. A deadline for 1946 plates will be set after school registrations end.
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Jesse H. Clift
Bevin Appeals To Russia For Mutual Trust
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin urged in a posturing address that nations join in mutual trust to outlaw settling disputes by force. He avoided naming Russia while signaling it, called for reports on disputes and an end to negotiating under duress. He argued peace and imperialism cannot mix and defended open raw materials and Greece elections.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Bevin
United Nations Security Council
Greece
Britain
India
Nazi youth plot unearthed in postwar Germany roundups
U S and British authorities expose an undercover Nazi youth network aiming to build an economic base and steer German politics toward the Fuehrer principle. Willi Heide Mann, a former Hitler Youth colonel, heads funds and firms in two zones while counter intelligence screens members. Ringleaders planned a merger with a northern group led by Willi Lohel as part of a long range revival, though no link to Martin Bormann is found.
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Germany
Sibert
U. S
Axmann
Willi Heidemann
Hitler Jugend
Hitler
Heidemann
Counter-Intelligence Corps
Willi Lohel
Reich
Martin Bormann
Edelweiss
Beer shortages loom as imports grow and production shrinks
Wartime rationing and postwar limits reduced U S breweries from 2000 in 1933 to about 492 now. In 1945 the U S shipped 3 596 685 31-gallon barrels of beer to troops abroad. Cedar Rapids stores will see few cases and draught beer may vanish as breweries cut draught production. Taverns may shorten hours to match sale windows.
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Mississippi
Isale
Iowans Hold At Least Three Billion In Wealth
Des Moines reports state records show at least three billion dollars in cash or equivalents held by Iowans. The sum includes bank accounts war bonds postal savings and loose change compared with 1940 retail spending and 1920 cash levels.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Jazz Era Teens Smarter Now Than In 1923 1942
Dr. Frank H. Finch told a psychology meeting that high school IQ has risen. Tests show teens today average nearly three quarters of a year mentally ahead of jazz era students in 1923 and 1942, despite enrollment increases.
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ST. Louis
Frank H. Finch
University of Illinois
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Finch
Kiel
Plucky Nurse Dies After Elevator Entrapment at Mercy Hospital
Chicago reports a 17 year old nursing student Gloria Cagnola died after being trapped in an automatic Mercy Hospital elevator. Firemen freed her after 45 minutes of entrapment while the rescue torch burned the cab. The teen cried for air as she struggled to breathe, dying minutes after removal.
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Chicago
INS
Mercy Hospital
Patrick Kenealy
Piney
Gloria Cagnola
Gloria
Kenealy
Cut in OPA Powers Seen
Washington AP reports the House banking committee foresees possible reductions in OPA authority after hearings. Bowles warned that ending price controls after June 30 could hinder inflation curb efforts and trigger production slowdowns with renewed fears and jitters across the country. Lawmakers echoed Bowles noting a last-ditch fight against power cuts when closed sessions resume next week.
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Washington
House Barking Committee
OPA
Price Agency
Chester Bowles
Bowles
House Banking Committee
Iraq Turkey Treaty Of Friendship Reported
Ankara radio said Saturday night Turkey and Iraq signed a treaty of friendship with a protocol for mutual assistance on public order. The report came from London via AP.
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London
Ankara
Turkey
Iraq
Iran Crisis Deepens Over Soviet Troop Withdrawals
The text of a letter from Secretary General Trygve Lie to the republics asks for more documentation on whether troop withdrawals from Iran are conditional on other subjects. Soviet troops move toward Pahlevi while Britain and the United States press the council. Bevin criticizes coercive power plays as Iran fends off Kurdish attacks near the Iraq border.
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Ala
Trygve Lie
Lie
Soviet Union
Azerbaijan
Gilan
Mazanderan
Gorgan
Khorassan
Iran
Tehran
Caspian Sea
Pahlevi
Moscow
United States
Britain
Council
Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
Byrnes
Washington
Truman
Mahmoud Hassan Pasha
Henri Bonnet
Bristol
England
Ernest Bevin
Iraq
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Call Century Cabs
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Bungalow Cooking School
Mitchellville
Eldora
ATL
Mate Ine
Uch
Cedar Rapids Monument CO
3Rd Ave
Clarence Beatty
Third Ave
C. R. Sutherland
Mrs. Mocha
Ben Ross
Trede Merk
Wilken W. Hoon Co
C.R
Clift
First Ave
America
Mexico
New York
S.E
Iowa Memorial Company
Third Avenue
Bezdak —Florisuts
Johnson Ave
Dial
Marion Bivd
Nicui
Florist
Frank W. Bartament
Barta-Hesser
Cedar Rapids’ Funeral Home Beautiful
Frank W. Barta
Jay W. Hesser
Presse
Fifth Avenue and
Eighth Street
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