Weather and public notices from Iowa towns and cities
Partly cloudy forecast for Thursday with highs 66 to 72 in the northeast and 72 to 78 in the southwest and easing winds. Overnight May totals and May normal precipitation listed. Marriage license for Paul Vifan and June Drew Cedar Rapids. Drunkenness and disturbing the peace fined Edward Knoebeil. Multiple divorce petitions filed. Several fires and car violations reported with fines. Obits include Burl L. Sloan funeral set in Independence Brandon and Emma Ruasser Elgin deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Alexandria Bicentennial Stamps On Sale Thursday
The Cedar Rapids post office announced 5,000 Alexandria Virginia bicentennial stamps would go on sale Thursday morning. Other notices include local surgery, civic club meetings, a furlough, traffic fines, a peace incident, wholesalers meeting, and Masonic degrees in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Cedar Rapids
Boy Scouts Graduated from Webelos to Scouts
Jerry Mallicoat and peers including Billy Ives Bill Waite Bob Gable Joe Miller Richard Straley Michael Augus tine Bob Hicks and Bob Hruska along with Webelos David Smith were advanced to the Boy Scout ranks in a local ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ticoat
Jerry Mallicoat
Billy Ives
Bill Waite
Bob Gable
Joe Miller
Richard Straley
Michael Augustine
Bob Hicks
Silver Arrows
Bob Hruska
Webelos
David Smith
Hruska
Boy Scouts
Concert Series Membership Roll Closes Saturday
The Community Concert Association urges new members to apply by Saturday May 14 as the annual drive closes. All seats go to members and no single tickets will be sold this season. Concerts at Paramount Theater will feature Clifford Curzon, The Revelers, Julliard String Quartet, Wagner Opera Company, and Mascagni and Leoncavallo works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acacanian
Association
Paramount Theater
Montrose Hotel
F. G. Kellogg
Fourth Avenue SE
Paul S. Ray
Coe College
Community Concert Association
Clifford Curzon
Revelers
Juilliard String Quartet
Wagner Opera Company
Mascagni
Cedar Rapids Featured in Saturday Evening Post
Cedar Rapids will be the featured city in the June 18 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. John Bird wrote the Cities of America piece to be promoted by a Post publicity man. The article will highlight agriculture clean city government and the city's diversified industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Saturday Evening Post
Word
Robert Caldwell
Chamber of Commerce
Caldwell
John Bird
Post
Martin Elected Head of Credit Men’s Group
C. H. Martin was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Association of Credit Men at the annual meeting held Tuesday. The group, consisting of Cedar Rapids wholesale credit men, met for luncheon at the YMCA with new officers including Lloyd Gates first vice president and Mrs. Dorothy Miller second vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Martin
Cedar Rapids Association of Credit Men
Cedar Rapids
Y.M.C.A
Lloyd Gates
Dorothy Miller
Charles Kriz
Milo O. Hanzlik
Leo Kucera
Roy H. Koehn
David R. Pugh
Agnes Powers
Nelle Crawford
Beardsley Delivers Free Collie Pup to Des Moines Woman
Des Moines housewife Mrs John Daniels accepted Gov William S Beardsleys offer of a free collie pup shipped at his expense to anywhere in Iowa The pup wandered onto the Beardsley farm near New Virginia last week and was described as smart and friendly by the governor as the delivery was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Daniels
William S. Beardsley
Iowa
Beardsley
New Virginia
Two Men Die in Moline Plane Crash
In Moline Illinois two men died when their small army BT 13 trainer plane crashed after takeoff from Quad Cities airport. Pilot Donald Steele 31 and his brother in law Norman Chamberlain 30 were killed as the aircraft plunged from about 150 feet and burst into flames after leaving the airfield on a short pleasure flight. Steele had purchased the plane in Des Moines on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline, Ill
Moline
Quad Cities
Donald Steele
Norman Chamberlain
Steele
Des Moines
Noskas Win Court Ruling on Trailer Sale Deposit
Mr and Mrs Leo Noska retained the 19 foot house trailer and the $400 down payment after district court Judge M C Hamiel ruled the Noskas could keep both the trailer and the down payment. Sanford had agreed to pay 300 more at possession and monthly installments but vanished before delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Noska
William Sanford
M. C. Hamiel
Sanford
Noskas
Sanford Grace
Hamiel
Allen Motor suit dismissed with prejudice
Paul Leiken filed a $2,655 claim against Allen Motor Company. The petition was dismissed with prejudice by Judge M. C. Hamiel on the plaintiff's motion after the case went to trial before a district court jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Leiken
Allen Motor Company
M. C. Hamiel
Gas Company Granted Permit for 4300 Feet Gas Main
The county board of supervisors approved the Iowa-I Illinois Gas and Electric Company to lay 4300 feet of four inch steel gas main from First Avenue to Edgewood Road SW. A class B beer permit was issued to James McInerney, doing business as the Melody Lane on Sixth Street Road SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Iowa-I
Illinois Gas and Electric Company
First Avenue
Edgewood Road
James McInerney
Sixth Street Road
Myers Will Names Executrix After Cedar Rapids Church Bequest
The will of Carolyn Myers who died April 30 was admitted to probate on Wednesday. Daughter Marjorie Topinka was named executrix without bond. Myers left $500 to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Cedar Rapids. A house and a diamond ring were left to Mrs. Topinka and her daughter.
Will of Annie Gloss Admitted to Probate
Annie Gloss died April 28 and her will was admitted to probate on Wednesday. The Merchants National Bank was named executor with bond of $5,000. The Baptist missionary group of the Federated Church of Central City received a $500 bequest in addition to relatives named in the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Gloss
Merchants National Bank
Baptist Missionary Group of
Federated Church of Central City
Will of Barbara Lamer Probate Names Executors
The will of Barbara Lamer was probated on Wednesday naming William Buch tela as executor with a $2,500 bond. William and her son James were named to share the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Lamer
William Buchtela
William
James
Senate Vote Fails on 5 Percent Economy Plan
Washington AP reports senators seeking a 5 percent cut in the Treasury and Post Office budgets lost the bid. The 45 to 37 vote blocked suspending rules to add the measure to the departments’ appropriation bill for the fiscal year starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Post Office Department
Senate
Work Starts On S U I Library At Iowa City
University of Iowa begins construction of its first dedicated library building on the central campus with a ceremonial blast of the excavator. President Virgil M. Hancher signals the start as about 3 000 spectators look on with speakers Dean E T Peterson and Prof M Willard Lampe among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.U.I. Library
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Virgil M. Hancher
Hancher
E. T. Peterson
M. Willard Lampe
Iowa Optometrist Association elects new officers
George Warkentine of Cedar Rapids was named president elect at the Iowa Optometrist Association meeting in Des Moines. Dawson E. Grimm of Cedar Rapids was reelected secretary treasurer. M. L. Knutson of Mason City was chosen president as the three day convention concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Warkentine
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Optometrist Association
Des Moines
Dawson E. Grimm
M. L. Knutson
Mason City
Jurors Hear Details In Hattman Case At Roosevelt Hotel
Testimony centers on room 729 at the Roosevelt hotel where Byron C. Hattman died. Des Moines witnesses describe blood stains a hammerlock and a struggle heard from room 629 below as investigators view a scale drawing of the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crissman
Roosevelt Hotel
Kudrna
Milner
Rutledge
Cedar Rapids
Tom Condon
Hartman
Condon
Des Moines
Sheets
Eugene E. Potstock
Potstock
Hartman’s
Heart Attack Fatal To Peter Nelson 64
Peter Nelson 64 of 1424 Second Street SE collapsed in a southside tavern and died at Mercy Hospital shortly before noon Wednesday. Coroner says death from heart attack. Nelson worked at Iowa Steel and Iron Works. body sent to Polansky funeral home. Relatives not located yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Nelson
Second Street
Mercy Hospital
Robert Brosh
Nelson
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Polansky Funeral Home
Anamosa prisoner attempts death in jail
George Meeks an inmate of the Jones County Home attempted to end his life Tuesday night He was found on the jail floor with a neck wound and was hospitalized Wednesday morning His condition was reported as good He had been jailed for drunkenness
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Anamosa
George Meeks
Jones County
Meeks
Episcopalians Name Officers At Iowa Convention
Delegates to the Episcopal diocese of Iowa annual convention elected three clerical and three lay members to the standing committee and chose alternate delegates to the San Francisco general convention. Miss Olive Adams was elected president of the woman's auxiliary and a budget of 810000 was adopted, up 12009 from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Episcopal Diocese of
Iowa
L. S. Burroughs
Ames
Charles Gunnell
Waterloo
G. W. Smith
Des Moines
E. E. Hr
Trinity Parish
Frank R. Wilson
The
American Bible Society
New York
H. L. Horton
Mercer
Iowa City
J. D. Griffith
H. L. Davis
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Gammack
Dean Johnson
Robbins
Shenandoah
McGee
Arthur M. Brayton
Charles Forsberg
Harlan Soper
Emmetsburg
Ways and Means
Leo J. Capen
Frank Collard
Pinney
Clinton
Realing
Muscatine
Trustees of
W. E. Christopher
Virgil Hancher
Harold Newcomb
Forrest Geneva
Cutter
Dubuque Deere Plant Workers Approve Strike Authorization
Members of Local 94, UAW, authorized a strike against Deere and Company by an overwhelming vote. The executive board announced the authorization and said it may call a strike if and when necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
UAW
Deere and Company
Deere Tractor Plant UnionVotes On Strike Action
Waterloo AP reports Local 838 UAW president Carl Dahl calls a mass meeting for 6 100 Deere workers to vote on granting the union executive board permission to call a strike if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Carl Dahl
UAW
John Deere Company Tractor Works
Deaths James W. Goodell 73 Rapids resident
James W. Goodell aged 73 of Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 6 50 p m Tuesday after a brief illness He was born in Galena Newfoundland August 19 1876 Surviving are a daughter Nellie at home and a sister Mrs Williams of Chicago Services will be conducted Friday Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Goodell
Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Galena, NL
Nelli
Williams
Chicago
Oak Hil
Mrs Mary E Stankee Dies At 63 In Marshalltown
Mrs Mary E Stankee, 63, died Wednesday morning in a Marshalltown hospital. She had been living with Mr and Mrs Robe Hegewald in Newhall. The body was taken to Turner Chapel in Cedar Rapids. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Stankee
Marshalltown
Stankee
Robe Hegewald
Newhall
Turner Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Mrs Pohorsky Dies After Lingering Illness in California
Mrs. Joseph Pohorsky of Sou Gate California died Tuesday after a lingering illness. She and her husband were former Cedar Rapids residents. The body will be brought to Cedar Rapids for funeral arrangements to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Pohorsky
Sou Gate
Calif
Pohorsk
C Dar Rapids
St Luke’s Observes Hospital Day With Open House
St Luke’s hospital will observe National Hospital Day with an open house on Thursday. Visitors may tour the medical library record room emergency department and the pharmacy. Exhibits posters and a movie program are prepared by hospital staff and refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Franchise Voted In Des Moines Based Utility Renewal
Voters approved a 20 year franchise for the Iowa Power and Light Company of Des Moines by a six to one margin at a special election in Council Bluffs. The tally was 6,117 to 1,005.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Iowa Power and Light Company
Des Moines
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Record
Bismarck
Denver
Duluth
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Sioux City
Cc. R. Weather
Eesiedt
Paul Vifian
June Drew
Dorothy Stewart
Lawrence Stewart
Edward Knoebeil
Avenue NW
Esther Pazour
Stanley Pazour
Barbara McMickle
Albert McMickle
Albie Prochaska
Stephen Prochaska
Mt. Vernon Road
Still Alarm
Company No
Cigaret
First Avenue NE
Colonial Baking Company
General Alarm
Companies
Mercy
Lisbon
St. Luke’s
Harold Ehresman
Tipton
Ronald Schueler
Marion
Robert Pfeiffer
Second Avenue SE
James Wilson
Solon
Richard Nebergall
Thomas Dietz
Route 4
Reed Cooper
Nineteenth Street
Jack Robertson
K Avenue NE
Vearl Andrews
A Avenue NE
Floyd Paul
A Avenue
William Serbousek
Eleventh Street
Donald Heires
Gene van Horn
Ninth Avenue
Vernon Joyner
Bealer Court
LeRoy Jayne
Vernon Road
K Avenue
van Horn
Stanley Holliday
Memorial Drive
George Sanders
Tenth Street
Albert Madeson
Twelfth Street
Claude Jones
Daniels Street
Fourth Street
Carl Glass
Laura Sackett
Joseph Nemec
Twenty-ninth Street
Charles Stolba
Twenty-first Street
Holliday
Sander
Laurence Peterson
Central City
Stanley Jandik
Eighteenth Ave
Nue
H. M. McTavish
E Avenue
Woodie
Seventh Avenue
F. E.corey
Third Street
Brandon
Burl L. Sloan
Germany
Peoples Funeral Home
Independence
Brandon Methodist Church
Elgin
Emma Ruesser
Danville
Elgin Baptist Church
Oxford
Arthur J. Hummer
Mabel Fountain
Artesia
N.M
Ellen E. Wallick
Wilson Funeral Home
Dwaine K. Gaines
Sixth Avenue SE
Horsemen’s Club
Hitching Post
City Cab
Dia
Adv
Stookey
Stephen W. Stookey
Fort Worth
Donald Graham Stookey
Texas Oil Company
Arthur N. Witt
Robert Witt
Third Avenue
Sheppard Air Base
Texas
Scottfield
B Avenue NW
Fifteenth Street
Peace County
Edward Knoebel
Cedar Rapids Wholesale Association
C. C. McIntyre
United Air Lines
Hawaii
Arthur School
John Wortman
David Grant
David Hanson
David Reid
Dick Lucore
Jimmy Vick
Galen Westendorf
Dick Holt
Wolf
Bill Moore
Dennis Johnson
Ronald Church
Billy Wallace
Todd Reinschmidt
Michael Hogan
John McKim
Paul Rohrbacher
Billy Meltzer
Bear
John Welch
David Filip
Tom Wilson
Lion
George Powers
Joe Rink
Ronnie Augustine
Jim Murray
Gold Arrows
Bill Prastka
Tom Griffin
Gary Phillips
Larry Snyder
Gary Mal
Lape
Florist
Srd Ave
Second Avenue
Barta Hesser
Funeral Directors Dial
Clarence Beatty
Cedar Rapids, Lowa
Lawrence Tibbett
Nelson Eddy
Helen Traubel
Nathan Milstein
Jose Iturbi
Gregor Piatigorsky
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ballet Russe
Jooss Ballet
Paul Draper
Larry Adler
C.R
Martin
Credit Men’s Group
Allen
Lamer
Burkhalter
Insurance Agency
DIAL
Burkhalter, Jr
Eugene Potstock
Defense Counsel
Alvin Steinke
Gloria
Vaneta Barton
Hattman
Emerson Electric
Milton I. Moldafsky
William A. Washer
Albert Detert
Maurice F. O'Neill
Byron C. Hattman
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
John Hattman
William Crissman
J. E. Heiserman
W. J. Kudina
Leland Duncan
F. H. Foster
Brosh
Sid Milner
Oy Gibson
Deepwell Kookall
Cartwright
Third Ave
Episcopalians
Dubuque Deere
Mary Stankee
Insura
McLean
Nee Group
Insuranc
Buy Mclear
Farmers Insurance Group
GLEN
Gabardines
Axon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!