Weather and obituary notices from Iowa City area
Partly cloudy with occasional rain in far east and scattered thunderstorms in the northwest Friday. Temperatures near 70s with a cooler Thursday night 46 to 55. Local wind, sunrise at 4 49 a.m. and sunset at 7 18 p.m. Several death notices and funeral arrangements across towns including Chelsea Arlington Manchester Tama Center Point and Springville referenced with dates and burial sites.
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Tenessen and Inc
Manly
Deaths: Garland A. Millburn longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Garland Addison Millburn 45 204 First Avenue NW Cedar Rapids World War I veteran died after a sudden illness. Survived by wife Helen Cutter Millburn daughter Margaret Deklotz five sisters three brothers and five grandchildren. Funeral 3 30 p m Saturday Turner chapel with VFW burial Linwood cemetery. Services held Tuesday in Compton California for Mrs Clarence C Seelye aged 89 lifelong Traer Cedar Rapids resident died in California burial there.
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Garland Addison Millburn
First Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Helen Cutters
Omaha
Margaret Deklotz
Shellsburg
Ethel Young
Florence Sorensen
Pearl Nemecek
Winnifred Langridge
Gladys Krohn
Floyd Millburn
Bruce Millburn
Faye i Millburn
Car
Shellsurg
Millburn
Trinity Lutheran Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Turner Chapel
A. R
A$chenbrenner
Linwood
V.F.W. Friends
Compton
Calif
Clarence C. Seelye
Traer
California
Seelye
Porter D. Reed
Esther Johnson
Ann Morrow
Ottumwa
Services for Benjamin Newell and Otto Wichman
Benjamin Boynton Newell of Cedar Rapids died Wednesday after 26 years as a resident. Funeral at Turner chapel Friday at 1 30 p m with Rev James M Webb of First Baptist Church. burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call. donations to Cancer or Heart Funds suggested. Mrs Otto E Wichman died Tuesday after brief illness. Service at Trinity Lutheran Church Friday at 3 30 p m with Pastor E H Widmann. burial Linwood cemetery. Beatty-Bearle chapel contact. memorial donations optional.
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Benjamin Boynton Newell
Grove Court SE
Cedar. Rapids
Turner Chapel
James M. Webb
First Baptist Church
Linwood Cemetery
Otto E. Wichman
Trinity Lutheran Church
E. H. Widmann
Beatty-Bearle Chapel
Services for Mrs. William B. Janish
Services for Mrs. William B. Janish of 1033 Center Point road NE Cedar Rapids who died at home Wednesday after a sudden illness will be held in Turner chapel at 1:30 am Saturday by the Rev Franklin T. Jones of Christchurch United Presbyterian. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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William B. Janish
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Man Thomas J. Shelly Dies After Long Illness
Thomas James Shelly a Cedar Rapids resident for 40 years died in a local nursing home at 8 am Thursday after a long illness. He was born in Lee County on March 31 1887. Funeral announcements will be made later. The body lies at Beatty Beurle funeral home.
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Thomas James Shelly
Cedar Rapids
Lee County
Beatty-Beurle
Gliding and Soaring Demonstrations Planned May 21
Members of the Chicagoland Glider Council will stage a gliding and soaring demonstration at Municipal airport on May 21. The Iowa Soaring Association announced the event and will meet Friday at 7 30 p m in the YMCA Y s Men s room to plan.
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Chicagoland Glider Council
Municipal Airport
Iowa Soaring Association
ISA
Y’s Men’s
YMCA
Car-Transport Crash Kills Woman Near Hills Junction
Mrs. Gilbert Mayman of Miami Florida died in a head on collision with a gas transport truck on US Highway 218 about 12 miles south of Iowa City. The crash near Oak Hill left a trailer dislodged and fire spread, with flames seen from Iowa City. George Parris who drove the transport escaped with minor burns. Highway Patrolmen Reddick and Smith conducted the investigation.
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Iowa City
Gilbert Mayman
Miami
Fla
George Parris
Fort Madi
Mayman
Parris
Richard Reddick
J. L. Smith
Wills admitted probate for Laura Turner and others
Laura Turner probate adds 1000 gifts to Home for Aged Women Cedar Rapids Mission Board and Board of Education. James H Clark and Elmer Erland wills also admitted with multiple heirs. Merchants National Bank named administrator with 40000 bond. Clark leaves Pearl as sole heir. Erland estate split among Otto Erland Tillie Nicholas and Pearl Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Turner
James H. Clark
Elmer Erland
Miss Turner
Home For
Cedar Rapids
Home Missions Board of National Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
Board of Education
Theterian Church
Merchants National Bank
Clark
Pearl
Erland
Otto Erland
Tillie Nicholas
Pearl Armstrong
Armstrong
Jury Panel Call Postponed by Linn County Clerk
Linn County petit jury panel of 90 members is not to report next Monday as trials were disposed of or continued. Clerk Arthur Axmear said the panel will instead report on Monday May 23 at 9 a.m.
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Arthur Axmear
Linn County
Axmear
Mt. Vernon Man Fined for Drunk Driving Charge
Jasper W. Brown, 39, of Mt. Vernon pled guilty to a drunk driving charge in Judge Charles Penningroth's court. He was fined $300 and costs after being arrested early Wednesday by the highway patrol. Officers said his car was parked on the shoulder with the motor running.
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Jasper W. Brown
Mt. Vernon
Charles Penningroth
Brown
Highway Patrol
Kinney Sentence Suspension Revoked in Cedar Rapids
Ross George Kinney, 29, at large, was ordered to serve a 10 year sentence for forgery imposed December 29, 1953, after Judge Charles Penningroth found Kinney wrote another false check in Cedar Rapids.
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Ross George Kinney
Charles Penningroth
Kinney
Cedar Rapids
Suits Dismissed in Hawkeye Express and Divorce Case
Two civil actions were dismissed this week. Paul Seifert vs Hawkeye Motor Express and Henry G Matejka Jr damage case. Dorothy B Schrimper vs Garwin L Schrimper divorce were dropped on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Paul Seifert
Hawkeye Motor Express
Henry G. Matejka, Jr
Dorothy B. Schrimper
Garwin L. Schrimper
Steel Unionists Map Talks with 6 Firms at Once
The United Steelworkers chair a strategy to seek a substantial wage increase in simultaneous talks with six major steel producers. U S Steel negotiations start June 7 with five others in Pittsburgh, as union seeks higher hourly pay from current average of $2.33. If no deal by June 30 a strike could follow, though observers expect about a 12 1/2 cent rise and no strike.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
David J. McDonald
McDonald
U. S. Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Republic Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Inland Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet
U. S.teel
Rioting by Rice Protests in Canton Kills 17 Peasants
Hong Kong dispatch reports Chinese Red soldiers shot and killed 17 peasants during rice riots in the Canton area of south China. The violence was described as recent and deadly.
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Hong Kong
Canton
South China
Two Eastern lawaels Return from Far East
Two servicemen from The Gazette area sail home aboard the naval transport Gen. D. A. Aultman arriving in San Francisco from Korea and Japan. They are Sgt. John D. Berger of Cedar Rapids and Sgt. Lowell W. Behning of Coggon.
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San Francisco
Gazette Area
D. A. Aultman
Korea
Japan
John D. Berger
Cedar Rapids
Lowell W. Behning
Coggon
Empty West Side House Is Ordered Torn Down
Cedar Rapids city council acting as the board of health ordered the demolition of a vacant house and shed at 356 Twenty seventh avenue SW. The property condemned on staff recommendation, with owner Anna Breslin identified. Officials require filling of any cistern or well and disposal of lumber piles. property deemed deplorable and unfit for human habitation.
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Twenty-seventh Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Board of Health
Anna Breslin
Third Avenue
Health Board
Grand Jury Slams Mental Patient Transfers to Unlicensed Rest Home
Dubuque county grand jury criticized state and county officials for transferring 14 mental patients from Independence to Ideal Resthaven operated by Madeline Tobin without a license. It urged removal to Independence and demanded full records of transfers be kept by the Mental Health Institute and Board of Control.
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Dubuque
Dubuque County
Grand Jury
District Court
Independence
County Board of Supervisors
State Board of Control
Mental Health Institute
Madeline Tobin
Tobin
Iowa
Henry Burma
Burma
Ideal Resthaven
City Council Tackles Street Parking And Detours
The council agreed to an ordinance banning parking within 125 feet of Sixteenth avenue on both sides of Sixth street and to prohibit parking for 150 feet around Sixth street near Sixteenth avenue. The proposed detour for highway 30 may run along Johnson avenue B avenue Tenth street NW First avenue W Williams boulevard Third avenue and Sixth street SW. City Engineer Frank Young noted unresolved grade issues on the highway 74 segment after meetings with highway engineers. Mayor Milo Sedlacek and Commissioners Stolba and Shank approved Thursday actions while Prochaska is on vacation and Jones remains hospitalized.
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Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Johnson Avenue
B Avenue
Tenth Street
First Avenue
Williams Boulevard
Third Avenue
Frank Young
Highway Commission
Young
Milo Sedlacek
Stolba
Stewart Shank
Cedar Rapids Council Approves Two Patrolmen and Meter Man
Cedar Rapids city council approved the appointments of two patrolmen and a parking meter maintenance man. Melvin W. Novak and George L. Mayfield join from a 10 name eligible list certified by the Civil Service Commission with Mayfield effective May 16 and Novak May 17. Merle L. Burton, already with the department, was named meter maintenance man effective May 9.
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Cedar Rapids
Melvin W. Novak
George L. Mayfield
Civil Service Commission
Mayfield
Novak
Merle L. Burton
Chicago Name Meaning Wild Onion Place
The phrase notes that Chicago is an Indian word meaning wild onion place and that it is one of hundreds of Native American names used for U.S. cities.
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Chicago
U.S
Means Elected Iowa Small Loan Association President 1955 56
George F. E. Means of Mt Pleasant was elected president of the Iowa Association of Small Loan Companies for 1955 56 at the two day annual convention. W C Carpenter of Cedar Rapids was succeeded as president. Other officers include John Peterson Des Moines vice president and M E Papeckapujuque secretary treasurer. New board members listed from Omaha Fort Dodge Chicago Des Moines Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Dubuque Clinton and re elected members from Sioux City Council Bluffs Waterloo Des Moines Oelwein Sioux City Wilmette Davenport. The event included talks and panels on finance and business with a president's reception and banquet closing the convention at Roosevelt Hotel.
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George FE. Means
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Association of Small Loan Companies
W. C. Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
John Peterson
Des Moines
M. E. Papeckapujuque
Ofce
Cliff Ogden
Omaha
J. B. Cross
Fort Dodge
Ferris Dunning
Chicago
David Waldinger
Richard
E. Pepper
Ottumwa
R. W. Landis
Edward Stotesbury
Dubuque
Fred Hinrichs
Clinton
Meyer S. Levitt
Sioux City
Jay Cherniack
Council Bluffs
Gene van Camp
Waterloo
W. H. Owen
William Hicks
Oelwein
Walter Ewald
A. H. Werner
Wilmette
Ill
A. C. Kelly
Davenport
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hotel
TV Program To Salute C R Next Tuesday
The Welcome Travelers show on CBS at 11 30 a m CST will feature Cedar Rapids with a Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce supplied city pictures and information. The program plans to include a family on air to receive a year’s supply of Quaker Oats a Penick and Ford My T Fine dessert and a Wilsons Certified ham as gifts.
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CBS Network
San
Cedar Rapids
Ten men pass exams for Cedar Rapids fire jobs
Ten men were certified by the Civil Service Commission Thursday as eligible for appointment to the Cedar Rapids fire department. The eligibles listed in order include Stanley Schoff and nine others with various street addresses. all but Schoff qualify for the soldier's preference.
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Civil Service Commission
Cedar Rapids
Thirty-fourth Street
James Hamilton
Ninth Street
William Gorman, Jr
Fifth Avenue
Jack M. Little
Thompson Street
Schoff
Paving Bids Highlight 1955 City Street Projects
The city tab lists major paving jobs for 1955 across NE SE SW and NW areas. Projects include seven inch hard surfacing with curb and gutter on numerous streets and alleys such as Thirty-sixth and Thirty-second streets NE and Tenth and Memorial drive.
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Thirty-sixth
Thirty Second Streets
Thirtieth Street
Twenty - Ninth Street
Eastern Avenue
B Avenue
First
A Avenues
Thirty-second Street
Iowa Avenue
Dairydale Court
Knoll Street
Twenty-eighth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Memorial Drive
Tenth Avenue
Wiley Street
Crescent Street
Grande Avenues
Blake Boulevard
Grande
Park Avenues
Eighth
Ninth Streets
J Street
Wilson Avenue
L Street
Twenty-first Avenue
Mallory Street
Twentieth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Eleventh Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Rockford Road
Ninth Avenue
Twenty -Sixth Street
GOP Labor Advisory Unit Criticized by Iowa Labor Federation
Sioux City report says the Iowa Federation of Labor adopted a resolution at its annual convention calling for withdrawal of federation members from the Republican Party Labor Advisory Council. It accuses the council of diverting labor votes to the GOP and failing to aid Iowa labor.
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Sioux City
Republican Party Labor Advisory Council
Iowa Federation of Labor
Iowa
Republican Party
Memorial Rites Of IOOF Lodges Set for May 31
A city committee of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs designated May 31 for a joint Memorial service honoring members who died in the last year. The event will be at Maine hall 838 First avenue NE at 8 p.m. James H. Woodside is chairman. Mrs. Clarence Meeker is secretary treasurer. Committee members plan placing IOOF and Rebekah flags on graves before Memorial Day. Members from Cedar Praha and Jan Hus lodges include Mrs. Andrew Schamberger Mrs. Thomas Rowell Mrs. Hubert Slocum Mrs. L. C. Schuknecht Mrs. Thomas Greene Mrs. W. F. King Mrs. Roy Jackman Mrs. H. W. Hopkins and Mrs. Andrew Haven.
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Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Maine Hall
First Avenue
James H. Woodside
Clarence Meeker
Andrew Schamberger
Thomas Rowell
Hubert Slocum
Cedar
L. C. Schuknecht
Thomas Greene
W. F. King
Praha
Roy Jackman
H. W. Hopkins
Andrew Haven
Haven Club
Dergo
Charles Bonwill
Ham
John Farley
YMCA
Allton
William Lane
Maine
J. H. Woodside
Ralph Chiver
Andrew Om
Louis Pochobradsky
Mike Kluda
Jan Hus
Rep Gross Calls for Benson Retirement in Agriculture
Washington reports Rep Gross urges the retirement of Secretary Benson. He cites past remarks mocking farm policy and the agriculture department. Other items include Apollo Commandery meeting plans and a licensing suspension for Keith Hoisington over a speeding charge.
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Rep. Gross
Benson
Washington
Rep
Gross
Funeral services for Emil Wendling in Manchester
Funeral services for Emil Fredrick Wendling 50 will be Friday at 2 pm at the First Betheran church Manchester burial in Oakland cemetery Born January 2 1905 he married Fannie Whitman at Ryan and farmed locally Survivors include wife three sons Richard Donald Francis a daughter Joyce his mother Mrs Eda Wendling two brothers Harry and Francis and two sisters Mrs Beryl Scott and Mrs Clarence Schlagel all of Waterloo and surrounding areas
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Manchester
Emil Fredrick Wendling
Betheran
Oakland
Fannie Whitman
Ryan
Richard
Donald
Francis
Joyce Wendling
Eda Wendling
Harry
Earlville
Dundee
Beryl Scott
Clarence Schlagel
Waterloo
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Daily Record
C. R. Weather
Mississippi
Dam No
McGregor
Keokuk
Norman Nielsen
Springville
Sharon Carson
Toddville
Leo McCune
Marilyn Lorimer
Bertha Lopata
Emil Lopata
Ella M. Curtis
John W. Curtis
Darlene B. Jones
Kennie L. Jones
St. Luke's
Listebarger
Keith
Fairfax
DeSotel
Arthur
Marion
Glass
George
Twenlfth Avenue
Poore
Wesley
Richmond Road
Souchek
Norwood Drive
Andrews
Leonard
Polehna
Milton
Southland Street
Albert
William
Amana
Mullen
Joe
Hard
Ray
Fifteenth Avenue
Saylor
Palo
Perez
Lloyd
Oscar Perrigo
E Avenue NE
Helen Sellers
C Street
Garrett Hiller
Keith Hoisington
Avenue NE
Leonard Ward
Gerald Roach
Danford
Willard Schmoke
Crescent City
Harold Wischmeyer
Chelsea
John W. Musel
St. Joseph’s Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Arlington
Almon Squires
Katherine M. Barry
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Masonville
Barry
Gill Funeral Home Iis
Tama
Russell K. Spear
Oak Hill Cemetery
Center Point
Lena V. Barker
Christian Church
Satchett- Murdoch Funeral Home
Emil IF
Wendling
Gill Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
Sarah Whitaker
Winthrop
William [Marshall
Frank Palik
Beckman
Oakland J
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Mt. Vernon Rd
Garland A. Millburn
C. C. Seelye
Newell Services
Wichman Services
Janish Services
Thomas J. Shelly
John B. Turner & Son
Trailer Tom Loose
Husband
Turner Will
David Turner
Harold F. Klinsky
Bever Avenue
Steel
Far East
West Side
Bezdek's Florists
Telegraph Florist
Marion Blvd
DIAL
Council
S. E
Association of
C.R
Murdoch
Walker
G.O.P
AFL
Catholic Laymen’s Club
Jessie Dixon
Robbins Road
Dianeeson
Reynolds Eve
Srons
Ndler Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Leland Wise
Twentieth Street
Carl Linder
Earl Caple
International Typographical Union
Linder
Hough
Hoegh
IOOF
Smulepeat
Harold Waite
E Avenue
Springfield
Apollo Commandery
E.T
Masonic Temple
Order of Malta
Snapdragon Pierson’s
Ellis Blvd
B Avenue NE
Henry Kosieradzki
Mercy Hospital
Europe
United States
Emil Wendling
Russelin
Cherd
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