Iowa Weather Forecast and City Notices
Iowa forecasts clear and cool with a rising temperature Friday night into Sunday. Highs 64 to 67, Lows 38 to 41. At Iowa Machine Company a switch engine fire triggered a general alarm. Local court notices include several fines for traffic and intoxication and multiple divorce decrees and births listed for area residents.
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Denver
Los Ang
Sioux City
Iowa
State
Iowa Machine Company
Eighth Avenue SW
Feigned Death to Survive at Alcatraz Siege
Guard recounts ten hours lying on a cold cell floor feigning death after a gunfight at Alcatraz. Joseph Cretzer and three other convicts rained fire into cells as guards, including Lt. J. H. Simpson, were wounded. Bernard Coy killed several guards early, then the assault ended with outside guards rescuing the survivors.
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Coy
Thompson
Miran Edgar Thompson
Amarillo
Texas
J. H. Simpson
Carl Sundstrom
H. W. Weinhold
Ernest Logerson
Miller
Cecil Corwin
Dstrom
Simpson
Cretzer
Bernard Coy
Reformatory to Lose Its Tobacco Industry
Des Moines AP reports the Anamosa reform school will close its tobacco industry next week, cutting 11 inmate jobs as the facility stops turning raw tobacco into cigaret makings and chewing tobacco. The board will switch to tobacco from other sources and provide inmates two five cent sacks or a ten cent plug if they want smoking tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Anamosa
State Board of Control
E. W. Carlsen
Theft Reported Of Spare Tire And Fishing Gear
C L Danahauer reported the theft of a spare wheel and tire from his car parked in front of his home on April 30. Fishing gear including a fishing pole reel and hip boots was stolen from a second car near a filling station at First Avenue and Tenth Street SE. Total value listed at 29.95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Danahauer
First Avenue W
Irst Avenue
Tenth Street
Coal Shortage Triggers Early Closings in Muscatine
Muscatine residents endure the first statewide dim-out as coal shortages force all business houses to close at 6 p.m. and prompt churches to hold union services due to dwindling supply at the municipal electric plant.
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Muscatine
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Court
The Linn County District Court announces probate of a will for Joseph at 900 Cedar Rapids Street. Proceedings set to confirm the will and appoint executors with attorney Willits A. Glasssow listed for the case. Court documents indicate dates in 1946 and reference the Cedar Rapids area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will. Jows
Linn County
Ibe
Reliance Workers Reject Garment Union Vote
Reliance Manufacturing workers in Anamosa again vote against Amalgamated Garment Workers union as bargaining agent. The latest of three elections since April 1944 ends 41 to 38 against the union after being ordered by the War Labor board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Amalgamated Garment Workers Union
War Labor Board
Mrs LeRoy Fortner Recovering After Mercy Hospital Surgery
City briefs report Mrs LeRoy Fortner of 701 Tenth Street SE underwent surgery at Mercy hospital Thursday and is now permitted visitors. Also notes attorney William O Slade moved his office to 419 Guaranty Building and Dr R M Laughlin opened practice at 205 Guaranty Bank Building.
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LeRoy Fortner
Tenth Street SE
Mercy Hospital
William O. Slade
Guaranty Building
R. M. Laughlin, M.D
Guaranty Bank
Burglars Take $2 From Oujiri Grocery
Detectives report two burglars broke into the Oujiri grocery at 935 Sixteenth Avenue SE between 7 30 p m Friday and 6 35 a m Saturday. They escaped with about $2 in small change after forcing the rear door, according to Josephine Oujiri the proprietor.
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Oujiri
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Josephine Oujiri
Drought Hits Southwest Wheat Crop With 50 Million Bushel Loss
CHICAGO AP Drought damaged the winter wheat crop in the Southwest by nearly 50,000,000 bushels in April. Statistician C. M. Galvin of James E Bennett and Company based the figure on inquiries to grain dealers and elevators nationwide. The estimate is the largest private crop assessment, surpassed only by the Agricultural Department survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. M. Galvin
James E. Bennett and Company
Galvin
Agricultural Department
Bad Check Artist Victimizes Four C R Merchants
Four Cedar Rapids stores report fraudulent checks on April 24 tied to Louise M. Martin and James R. Crawley. The items include Three Sisters, Higbee's, Lober's, and Okinow's with checks for 39.50 drawn on Davenport's First Trust and Savings. Police describe the suspect as about 40, five feet five, 160 pounds.
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Cedar Rapids
Police Detective Bureau
Iowa City
Waterloo
Three Sisters Women’s Apparel Store
Second Street
Higbee’s
Lober’s Shoe Store
Okinow’s
Second Avenue
Louise M. Martin
James R. Crawley
Mutual Benefit Survey Company
First Trust and Savings Bank of
Davenport
W. J. Kudina
Deaths Mrs Gardner 33 Viola resident dies after brief illness
Mrs Welcome H. Gardner aged 33 of Viola dies in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. She formerly ran College Beauty shop in Cedar Rapids before moving to Viola five months ago. Born August 30 1912 in Mt Etna she lived in Fairfield prior to 1938 and married in 1941. Surviving husband parents siblings and extended family. Funeral Tuesday at Behner chapel Fairfield with burial in Fairfield Memorial cemetery.
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Welcome H. Gardner
Viola
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Etna
Emma Melda Abbey
Fairfield
House Advances 1947 Budget For Commerce State and Justice
The House approved 365,168,758 for the commerce state and justice departments for fiscal 1947. Debates centered on Henry Wallace funding, with Republicans failing to cut the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce by 4.46 million and the census bureau by 15 million. FBI funding and pay increases for J. Edgar Hoover were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Commerce, State and Justice Departments
Commerce Department
Secretary of Commerce
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Rayburn
Texas
Census Bureau
Justice Department
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Tragedy in Chicago Attic Trunk Mystery
Chicago police report two young brothers Chester Lesniewski nine and Anthony Liczkowski eight were found dead in an attic trunk Friday. Authorities say it appears an accidental death from confinement during play with no signs of violence. One boy held a toy pistol.
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Chicago
Ray Crane
Uniformed Police
Chester Lesniewski
Anthony Liczkowski
South Side
Crane
A. L. Brodie
Hit and Run Scooter Accident Reported on First Avenue
Police logged a hit and run involving a motor scooter rider on First Avenue East near Seventeenth Street. The rider said a car ahead turned left into Seventeenth Street, struck him, knocked him down, and fled the scene. He reported injuries to the back and arm.
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Hartcourt NE
First Avenue E
Seventeenth Street
Patton
Ener Yan
Court rules Campbell must vacate Linn Boulevard property
Judge M C Hamiel determines Russell Markert owns the property at 2011 Linn boulevard SE and that Campbell must move by July 1. He finds Markert purchasing from Bohemian Savings and Loan on a May 15 1942 contract, while Campbell had occupied part of the building for 18 dollars monthly and blocked showings. Campbell previously claimed Markert agreed in July 1942 to take over payments but stay tenant. court says Markert entitled to possession with July 1 occupancy by Campbell under conditions to respect tenant rights.
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M. C. Hamiel
Harriett Campbell
Linn Boulevard SE
Russell Markett
Campbell
Markert
Hamiel
Payment of Accounts Sought in Two Suits
Two suits filed seek judgments for 731.73 and 143.62. Dedic Construction asks for 731.73 from John and Bernice Frick over a 1941 remodeling bill with last payment Aug 8, 1941. Leo Wagner seeks 143.62 from Walter and Bernadette Fitzgibbons for gasoline items and loans from 1941.
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John Dedic
Dedic Construction Company
John H. Frick
Sixth Avenue SE
Dedic
Fricks
Leo Wagner
Eighth Avenue SE
Walter and
Bernadette Fitzgibbons
Fitzgibbons
Sixteenth Street NE
Wagner
McCoy seeks separate maintenance and child custody
Wilton M. McCoy of 112 Twenty fourth Street NE files for separate maintenance against Edwin D. McCoy. McCoy owns the E. D. McCoy Insurance Agency and earns about $10 000 yearly. Married April 22 1933 at St Joseph Missouri they have a ten year old daughter. Mrs. McCoy seeks custody and monthly alimony citing bonds cash and other real property interests.
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Wilton M. McCoy
Twentyfourth Street
Edwin D. McCoy
McCoy
E. D. McCoy Insurance Agency
St. Joseph
Two Wills Admit Probate For Zabokrtsky and Bailey Estates
Saturday probate records reveal the wills of Mary Zabokrtsky also known as Mary Shub and Frances S Bailey. Zabokrtsky who died April 18 in Cedar Rapids leaves her estate to her three daughters Blanche Svoboda Tena Svoboda and Emma Preston with Blanche Svoboda to act without bond. Bailey estate to be managed by Frances S Ray who will receive her daughter's property under a will dated March 25 1943 with executorship without bond.
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Mary Zabokrtsky
Mary Shub
Frances S. Bailey
Zabokrtsky
Cedar Rapids
Blanche Svoboda
Tena Svoboda
Emma Preston
Frances S. Ray
Bailey
C H Rinner Held for Mass Household Thefts
Charles H Rinner, 65, of 1018 Sixth street SE, was arrested Friday night on grand larceny charges after allegedly hiring a truck to haul away items from Minnie Whiting’s room in Jim Block. Detectives Jake Stusak and George Connell recovered a heater, ice box, chair, and trunk. bail set at 1000 dollars.
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Charles H. Rinner
Sixth Street
Rinner
Minnie Whiting
Jim
State Hospital Is Low on Coal
Mt. Pleasant state hospital faces about a one week coal supply as shortages bite. Additional cars and diverted shipments from Glenwood state school and Independence hospital are being arranged, with Anamosa reformatory ready to help. Other institutions risk shortages if strike extends beyond a week. Central Fiber Products sought relief, receiving three cars but warning it only buys time.
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Des Moines
P. F. Hopkins
State Board of Control
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Glenwood State School
Mt. Pleasant
Independence State Hospital
Anamosa
Hopkins
Fort Madison
Illinois
Central Fiber Products Company of
Tama
Miller
Lucas Calls for Seizure of Mines
Sen. Lucas of Illinois called the coal strike an insurrection against the government and urged President Truman to seize idle mines unless John L. Lewis yields. He described the walkout as political and revolutionary, arguing the government must outlaw such strikes to preserve itself.
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Washington
Sen. Lucas
D-Ill
Truman
John L. Lewis
Senate
St Joseph Detains Dotson on Bad Check Charge
Lee Dotson, sought for a bad check count, was arrested in St. Joseph Missouri. Inspector Kudina said Dotson allegedly forged two checks for 85 dollars and 28 dollars in Cedar Rapids last November. St. Joseph authorities requested continued hold for local prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Dotson
St. Joseph
W. J. Kudina
Dotson
Cedar Rapids
Kudina
Clark Seeks Air Free Corridor in Austria Showdown
Gen. Mark W. Clark asked Marshal Ivan S. Konev to discuss freedom of the air for Allied forces in Austria after a series of Russian harassment incidents. Konev’s reply described as disappointing denied the C-47 was in a U.S. corridor. a second formal protest by Clark remains unanswered.
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Vienna
Mark W. Clark
Ivan S. Konev
Austria
Clark
Konev
United States
Rock Far from Quiet Des Moines Pair Found
Des Moines couple Nile A Graves and his wife visited a prison official for five days on Rock. Graves recalls a murder within 30 minutes of their arrival as a prisoner stabbed another and died in the prison hospital. They met Mr and Mrs Michael Commerford, head of Alcatraz prison hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Nile A. Graves
Humane Societies Push to End Calf Roping at Rodeos
Iowa federation of Humane Societies plans amendments to anti cruelty laws to abolish calf and steer roping and to ban sale of dyed or live baby chicks as Easter toys. President Carl H. Lambach and Treasurer Joseph Sadowsky announced the push at the Midwest Humane conference with over 50 representatives from nine states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Federation of Humane Societies
Carl H. Lambach
Davenport
Joseph Sadowsky
Cedar Rapids
State Federation
Midwest Humane Conference
Animal Protective Societies
Thurston Confirmed as Ambassador to Mexico
Walter Thurston was confirmed by the Senate as ambassador to Mexico in Washington. The official decision sets Thurston to lead diplomatic relations with Mexico, reflecting continuing U S engagement at the ambassadorial level.
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Thurston
Mexico
Washington
Walter Thurston
The
Army Expands Negro Troop Use Under New Policy
The army implements a new policy widening use of Negro troops to units no larger than a regiment about 2700 men. Negro units will have white officers replaced by qualified Black officers and a one to ten ratio to white troops. Units may be stationed where local attitudes are more favorable.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Regular Army
Engle Links Scholarship and Poetry in Coe College Talk
Paul Engle told Coe College Friday night that scholarship and poetry are tied, noting a poem moves like emotion while containing knowledge. He argued poets learn facts then render them as imaginative thought and read from his own works. Phi Kappa Phi elected new officers: Swanson as president, Keck VP, Windsor secretary, Meyer treasurer, Cone journal correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Engle
Coe College
Phi Kappa Phi
Honorary Scholastic Fraternity
Engle
Leonard W. Swanson
Warren Keck
Elizabeth A. Windsor
Alfred W. Meyer
Marvin Cone
VFEW to Elect District Officers
Delegates of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Second district plan to elect district officers at the VFW building in Cedar Rapids on Sunday. A weekend program includes a district meeting for posts in Jones Linn Scott and Jackson counties, a candidates class, and a concert by the Cedar Rapids post band with dancing in the evening.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Second District Convention
VFW
Cedar Rapids
Adrian Eyler
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Montrose Hotel
Jones, Linn
Scott
Jackson Counties
David McMahon
Clinton
Cedar Rapids Post Band
Rabbit Show at Hawkeye Downs Closes Sunday
A total of 442 rabbits are entered in the Iowa State Rabbit Breeders show at Hawkeye Downs. The event runs until 4 p.m. Sunday with judging starting tonight at 8 o clock. The public can attend and election of officers is set for Sunday at 10 p.m. at the sales barn.
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Iowa State Rabbit Breeders Association
Hawkeye Downs
Don McGuire
Death of Mary Ann Laetare noted in Marion obituary
Marion residents mourn Mary Ann Laetare ten-year-old daughter of Walter and Willa Willis Laetare of Olin who died Friday after a long illness. Survived by parents grandparents Peter Laetare of Olin and others. funeral arrangements pending. Also listed are local notices of veterans, church services, and Sunday school schedules in the Marion area.
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Walter Wills
Seventh Avenue
Mary Ann Laetare
Walter
Willa Willis Laetare
Olin
Marion
Peter Laetare
Family Deaths and House Guests Reach Across Iowa
Robert Carey Johnson visits his grandparents the E V Careys while his parents Mr and Mrs Clifford O Johnson of Dubuque, formerly Marion, travel to Fort Dodge after the death of Johnsons stepfather Pete Munson. J P Slater family returns from Marshalltown due to Nicholas Slaters death. O M Carson hosts weekend guests Mr and Mrs Ormand Henninger of Chicago and their children.
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Robert Carey Johnson
E. V. Careys
Clifford O. Johnson
Dubuque
Marion
Fort Dodge
Johnson
Pete Munson
J. P. Slater
Marshalltown
Slater
Nicholas Slater
O. M. Carson
Carson
Ormand Henninger
Chicago
Mrs Mills Returns to Tampa After Visit
Mrs. H. R. Mills, guest of her brother Charles Granger, has returned to Tampa Florida after an extended visit.
Marion church schedules and services list
A compendium of church announcements in Marion notes Bible school times and morning worship at several churches. The Baptist church lists Rev. Charles Moore as pastor with Burris evangelistic program in Cedar Rapids. Other churches include St. Josephs Catholic and Christian Congregational with stated sermon topics and youth activities.
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Spiritual Life Group
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Carl T. Wuerffel
Prairie Chapel
A. B. Curran
Epworth League
Seventh Day Church of God
Sixth Street
Ninth Avenue
W. W. McMicken
Charles Moore
Bible School
Alvin A. Rasmussen
Jackie Burris
Burris
Cedar Rapids
St. Joseph’s
T. J. McElliott
Vernon H. Carter
Christian Youth Fellowship
Congregational—Church School
E. J. Wykle
Free Methodist
Carl M. Cunningham
James P. Gable
Youth Fellowship
C. V. R. de Jong
Westminster Fellowship Group
First Presbyterian Church
Arion Male Chorus to Appear at Shellsburg
The Arion Male Chorus of Chicago will sing at Federated church Sunday morning and give a 2 pm concert. Soloists David McKain Oscar Green Evangeline Johnson and Howard Sandlund will perform with the group. George Mensik will speak at the service and accompany the chorus on tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellsburg
Arion
Chicago
Federated Church
David McKain
Oscar Green
Evangeline Johnson
WMBI
WDLM
Howard Sandlund
George Mensik
Mrs A W Gluba Heads for Hawaii to Join Navy Husband
Mrs A M Gluba and her nine month old son started from Cedar Rapids to join Chief Pharmacist's Mate Gluba in Honolulu. They travel by train to San Francisco and will sail next Friday to live near Waikiki Beach in a four room house four blocks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Road
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Twelfth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
A. M. Gluba
Mate Gluba
San Francisco
Islands
Waikiki Beach
Court Fines Reckless Driver in Police Court
Charles C. Cummiskey of 121 Seventh Street SW was fined $100 and costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving in police court Saturday. Patrolmen Carl Badger and John Zenisek arrested him around 12 40 a m for erratic driving that nearly struck a car in front of the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Cummiskey
Seventh Street
Dan E. Taylor
Oakland Road
Harold Merkl
Tenth Street
W. E. Dorsan
Morning Sun
Lloyd W. Whiting
Eighth Street
C. E. Moes
O.R.C
Carl Badger
John Zenisek
Cummiskey
Notice of Probate for Jennie McArdle Will
The Clerk of the District Court in Cedar Rapids Iowa announces a probate hearing for the last will and testament of Jennie McArdle deceased to be held May 6 1946 at 9:00 AM at the Court House Cedar Rapids Iowa. Attorney Fred W Hann represents the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Prams Court
Jennie McArdle
Cou
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Arthur
Fred W. Hann
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Record
Allen P. Finn
Billie Leaf
al Doyle
Third Avenue
Robert S. Barkier
E Avenue
Ben Williams
C Avenue
Justice Court
Frank Pavek
Second Avenue SE
Justice H. R. Churchill
Bertha Cray
Harry B. Cray
Betty Lou Bruna
Robert John Bruna
Charles Chado
Mary Chado
Anna Brejcha
Charles Brejcha
Frances Bonner
Joe W. Bonner
Charles Engler
Georgina Mark
Harley E. Gladwin
Thelma R. Sword
Melvin Lloyd Houser
Miion
Elsie Jean Garey
Rendville
Ohio
Wayne Rohr
Florence Rohr
Wayne Lenton
Marengo
Fern Day
William E. Novak
Oxford
Irene M. Vanoray
Solon
St. Luke’s
Robert Johnson
Leo Aler
Center Point
Clyde Harrison
Fourth Street NW
Richard Alexander
Claude Ward
Manchester
Frank Anderson
Tenth Avenue SE
Robert R. Baker
Alcatraz
United Press
William A. Miller
Sundstrom
Reformatory
Reliance Workers
Oujiri Grocery
Southwest
C.R
Wilton McCoy
C. H. Rinner
Hastings Mississippi River
Pall
Passendceaety
Rise
Prairie du Chien
Dubuque Eee
Gordons Perry Wee
Venport Osseeses
Cedar River
C. RB
State Hospital
Lucas
Humane Societies
Nosovy
10 Roquefort
Pete
Charlie
Ubki
King Feats
VFEW
Marion News
Charles IL Slater
Minneapolis
Charles Slaters
Nassif Apartments
W.—v
Harry Schulz
Wallace Radeke
Bobby
Magil Lutz
G. L. Martin
Harold Martin
St. Louis
Clarence Reinhard
Beloit, Wis
Marion Churches
A. W. Gluba
Husband
Hawaii
Rev. Rasmussen
Coliseum
Waldemar Argow
Joseph Fort Newton
the Peoples Church
3Rd Ave
6Th St. SE
Peoples Church
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