Weather and city notices from Cedar Rapids area
A mixed forecast shows considerable cloudiness Friday night with scattered showers, temps near 75 to 80, and cooler by Tuesday. Local crime and public notices list fines for traffic and nuisance offenses, plus several births, marriages, and deaths in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Bismarck
Mipolis
Chicago
New York
Denver
Phoenix
Duluth
Seattle
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
Wholesale Prices Fall 0.3 Percent in Week
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.3 percent drop in average wholesale prices for the week ended Tuesday. Grain and meat led declines, down 1.9 percent and 1.2 percent respectively, as the index stood at 182.2 percent of the 1926 average. Prices remain 12 percent above January freeze and 16.1 percent above pre Korea levels.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
National Fraternity Slated for Coe College
John Hill of Chi Beta Phi at Coe College announces that the campus will gain Iota chapter status of Phi Kappa Tau, a national fraternity. The Coe chapter, chartered in 1920, was deactivated during a low mood era.
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Coe College
John Hill
Chi Beta Phi
Coe
Iota
Phi Kappa Tau
Four Die in Gunfight in Hill Country Ambush
In Hill Country near Boaz Alabama four officers were fatally shot during an ambush as they confronted suspected bootlegger Aubrey Kilpatrick. Sheriff E M Boyles Guntersville Police Chief Leonard J Floyd and Deputy Washington Bennett died. Deputy James Lang was injured and later died. Kilpatrick was killed in the exchange.
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Boaz
Ala
Sand Mountain
E. M
Zeke” Boyles
Guntersville
Leonard J. Floyd
Aubrey Kilp
Washington Bennett
Bennett
James Lang
Albertville
W. W. Porch
Kilpatrick
D. C
Gadsden
Porch
Boyles
City Briefs and Community Notes from Des Moines and Surroundings
Injuries from a machinery accident leave Bill Alcorn in critical condition at St. Luke's hospital. St. John's Lutheran church in Ely announces Sunday services with Rev. Raymond Tiemeyer as supply pastor. Navy Mothers plan a downtown Cedar Rapids tag sale, materials pickup at 8 a.m. in the coliseum. A Garden Tour on May 19 in Cedar Rapids offers 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with tickets at $1. Mercy division 51, G I A to the B of L E meets Sunday at 2 p.m. with dinner at 5:30. Sunshine Mission speakers include Rev. James Lee with a Palo choir. Classified ads urge readers to place want ads by dialing 2-1121. Ambar Grotto ceremonial Saturday in Z C B J hall features auxiliary dinner at 6:15 and entertainment. Mrs. Grant B. Munger hospitalized after emergency appendectomy at Mercy hospital. Mrs. Bert Cane 방문 son Sgt. Jack Condon hospitalized for skull fracture, awaiting care at Fort Campbell.
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Bert Cane
Bever Avenue
Jack Condon
Fort Campbell
Sgt. Condon
Japan
Ames Man To Testify On Rejected Air Force Bid
J P Lawlor of General Filter Company in Ames will testify May 23 before the Senate House Small Business Committee regarding his firm’s low bid for mobile demineralizers that was rejected in favor of Refine Corporation of Omaha. The air force face scrutiny over procurement practices following complaints from lawmakers. Air force officials will also testify.
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Washington
Ames
Air Force
Senate House
Small Business Committee
Gillette
D-Ia
J. P. Lawlor
Lawlor
General Filter ‘Company
Refinite Corporation of
Omaha
S. Gillette
Talle
Cunningham
Iowa
Andrew Petersen 64 Dies in Cedar Rapids Rites Monday
Andrew Petersen 64 longtime Western Union employee in Cedar Rapids died Friday at a local hospital after a long illness. Born July 6 1886 in Germany he emigrated in 1890 and joined Western Union in 1900 later serving as automatic chief operator and operations supervisor. Survives include son Donald W. Petersen daughter Mrs Willis Hahn second wife Clare Young Nichols two sisters and six grandchildren. Services 3:30 p.m. Monday at Turner chapel with Crescent lodge and Commandery escort. Master Masons meet 3 p.m. at Crescent lodge. visitation after 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Germany
United States
Petersen
Western Union
Elgin
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Petersen
Donald W. Petersen
Silvis, Ill
Willis Hahn
Sioux City
Clare Young Nichols
Crescent Lodge
No. 25
A.F
A.M
el Kabir Shrine
Apollo Commandery
First Congregational Church
Linden Camp Modern Woodmen
Valley Camp Royal
Turner Chapel
J. Richard Wagner
Masonic Hall
Deaths Michael Lee England infant son of Otho England
Infant Michael Lee England died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Otho England a sister Connie Yvonne and grandparents Carl Miller William England all of Cedar Rapids. Private services will be held in Turner chapel Saturday with cremation committal.
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Michael Lee England
Otho England
Wilson Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Connie Yvonne
Carl Miller
William England
Turner Chapel
Death of 20 month old Mary Dianna Massey
Mary Dianna Massey died after a brief illness in Rockford road SW at 11 45 p m She was born in Monticello on August 15 1949 She is survived by her parents Floyd and wife Massey and siblings Bonnie Louise Patricia and Thomas Her grandparents are James Massey Maquoketa and Mrs Thomas Hayes La mont The body was moved to Maquoketa for funeral services at Carson and Balster chapel at 2 p m Saturday Burial will be in Esgate cemetery near Maquoketa
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Mary Dianna Massey
Floyd Massey
Rockford Road
Monticello
Bonnie Louise
Patricia
Thomas
James Massey
Maquoketa
Thomas Hayes
Lamont
Beatty Chapel
Carson and Balster
Esgate Cemetery
Obituary for George F. Stewart of Cedar Rapids
George F. Stewart 48 of 1320 Center Point road NE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born May 8 1903 near Blairstown he moved to Cedar Rapids from Vinton. Survived by wife Adelka daughter Georgeann and son Allen Ray two sisters Mrs G A Carlson of Vinton and brothers Homer J of Farmington Michigan and John E Stewart of Redwood City California. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday in Turner chapel Rev F A Munneke Daniels Park Presbyterian Church. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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George F. Stewart
Center Point Road
Stewart Maintenance Service
Cedar Rapids
Blairstown
Vinton
Adelka
Georgeann
Allen Ray
G. A. Carlson
Homer J
Farmington, Mich
John E. Stewart
Redwood City
Calif
Turner Chapel
F. A. Munneke
Daniels Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Blast Kills 30 French Soldiers at Nhatrang Harbor
A French troop transport exploded in Nhatrang harbor killing 30 soldiers and injuring 100. The blast, blamed on a fire in the hold where munitions were loaded, occurred as the ship carried troops and ordnance.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Nhatrang
Van Fleet Praises Embattled Troops In Korea
Lt Gen James A Van Fleet, commander of UN ground forces in Korea, told his troops that the non Communist world watches their every move with pride and prayer. He called them heroes of the hour and age for their courage and sacrifice on the front.
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U. S. Eighth Army Headquarters
Korea
INS
James A. van Fleet
U.N
Elusive jailbreaker Karpa captured after nerve wracking chase
Joseph Sharney known as Karpa escapes through Cedar County woods and swamps, sheds clothing to blend with farmers, and evades a long manhunt before a swift Cedar Rapids police pickup pursuit ends his flight. He is charged in connection with a Lincoln Neb. jail breakout and later arrested in Tipton driving a stolen car.
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Matias
Karpa
Willey
Dickinson
Tipton
Isley
Cedar Rapids
Maybank to Push Agency for Small Business Defense Contracts
Senator Maybank of South Carolina announced plans to introduce a bill Monday to create a federal agency aimed at helping small businesses win a larger share of government defense contracts.
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Washington
Maybank
D-S.c
Theft reported in farm yard and trailer prowling near Cedar Rapids
Sheriff deputies investigated the theft of five rolls of 80 red barbed wire from Harold Ross's farm near the Cedar Rapids water works. A separate report from Mrs. Wendl Spinka cited a Wednesday home prowling on Ellis road NW with two lockets, a pair of earrings, and a cigarette lighter valued at about $45.
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Sheriff’s Office
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Road
Harold Ross
Wendl Spinka
Charles Chase Fined For Assault and Battery
Charles R. Chase, 24, of 810 Eleventh Avenue SE, found guilty of assault and battery. He was fined $100 and costs by Justice Miles Adams, with $50 suspended. Chase allegedly assaulted special deputy sheriff Harry Ackerman at Melody Lane tavern on Sixth Street Road SW. He pled innocent Tuesday and was freed on $200 bond.
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Charles R. Chase
Eleventh Avenue SE
Justice of the
Miles Adams
Adams
Chase
Harry Ackerman
Melody Lane
Sixth Street Road
Justice Adams
Arrest Man at Lisbon For Kentucky Officers
Linn county sheriff's office held Jurey S. Howell 54 of Bowling Green Kentucky on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Howell was arrested Thursday in Lisbon by Town Marshal George Kohl at the request of Russellville officials.
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Linn County Sheriff’s Office
Jurey S. Howell
Bowling Green
Russellville
Howell
Lisbon
George Kohl
Hofmaster will admitted to probate and related notices
The will of Charles J Hofmaster who died May 4 is admitted to probate naming his wife Anna Hofmaster as sole heir and his son Ervin Hofmaster as executor without bond Leona Wise obtained a divorce decree annulling her marriage to Connie Tex Wise Two suits were dismissed a divorce action by Winnogene J Bressler against Whitner M Bressler and a damage suit by Francis Spinka against Lloyd McGranahan Mary E Bisdorf sued James P Bisdorf for separate maintenance Kenneth L Moon sued the Milwaukee Railroad for 295.78 for car damage after a Milwaukee train hit it at the Twenty rot street NE crossing on Dec 8 1950
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Charles J. Hofmaster
Anna Hofmaster
Ervin Hofmaster
Winnogene J
Kenneth L Moon Friday
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
Twentyrot Street NE
New Wage Scales for Cedar Rapids Trades Announced
Cedar Rapids Building and Construction Trades Council reports new wage scales for 30 trades effective May 1 with a 10 percent cap over January 1950 wages under Wage Stabilization Board rules. Operating engineers Local 234 did not publish a new scale. some trades have earlier or later contract dates and reopeners if WSB rules change.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Building and Construction Trades Council
AFL
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Ehanasa
Sawyer to Obey Unless Excused
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer said he will obey a U S court of appeals order unless the Supreme Court excuses him. The remark signals the Supreme Court may be asked to intervene in a government versus private interests dispute over a steamship company.
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Washington (Ap
Sawyer
U. S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids Dogs Win Big At All Breed Show At Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids entries dominated the third annual All Breed Dog Show at Hawkeye Downs. Best in Show went to Golden Knoll Shot Shot owned by Mrs Russell Peterson of Waterloo after edging Tyronne Farm Clancy Irish setter by Jack A Spear Tipton in the sporting group. Kennel Association members entered 44 dogs, winning 31 ribbons.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
Farm Youth Center
Russell. Peterson
Waterloo
Tyronne Farm
Clancy
Jack A. Spear
Tipton
Cedar Rapids Kennel Association
Davenport
Muscatine
Suzanne Hahn
William F. Fieseler
Edward Kopecky
Marengo
Reeder
James Reeder
Center Point Road
Jerry
Mac
McGill
William J. Macauley
Indian Road SE
Russell Peterson
Jack A. Spean Tipton
A. W. Herweg
Arlington Heights
Ill
Sale Brooks
Robert
Bettye Wessale
Svanhill
Whirlaway
Mildred Tebeau
Overland
Cedric of
Heying-Teckel
John F. Jones
Rockwell City
Guyman
Beagle
Lawrence A. Guyman
Madison
Wis
Trond III
Norman Fuhlrodt
Des Moines
Walke
Roberta
W. E. Brown
Denver
Parader
Stephen Field
Omaha
Charle
Aeger
Boxer
Olive Robinson
Dorothy Franklin
Kansas City
Arry Vom Menkenmoor
Viva Brandt
Milwaukee
Mac’s Welton
William J. Macaulay
Gil-Wolf
W. H. Gilbert
T. Louis Wolf
Edward Brace
Springfield
Frost
Sealyham
Leonard Worley
Peoria
Moneybox Jr
Pomerian
Golden Rule Kennels
Clu Mor Nina
Stanley E. Ferguson
Lake Geneva
Sieglinde V. Momeyer
Alice H. Roberts
Allen
Clinton
Steward Allen
Maryville
Keeshonden
Blakeen
Verna
Richard Jeffery
Lakewood
Colo
Beating alcohol and insanity central to Beckwith murder case
In a trial outline, Beers argues Beckwith was intoxicated and of diseased mind making him incapable of crime. He cites a contested confession obtained by State Agent Studer. Dr. Morgan testifies Mrs. Stahl died from multiple stab wounds with no sexual assault. prosecutors seek first degree murder. Witnesses Lynch Peters and Lock describe tavern night with Mrs. Stahl. Lock admits she sat on his knee and drank whisky.
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Morrison
State Supreme Court
Glenn Beers
Beers
Beckwith
Robert Buckmaster
Harold W. Morgan
Mason City
Myron Lynch
George Peters
Vern Lock
Grundy Center
Lock
Five Coe Faculty Members Resign
President E C Cummings announced the resignations of five Coe College faculty members. Harlan G H Bartram, Asunda Castagna, William A Lull, Donald Minnick and Robert L Winestone will depart at the end of the current semester.
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Coe College
E. C. Cumings
Harlan G. H. Bartram
Asunda Castagna
William A. Lull
Donald Minnick
Robert L. Winestone
Cedar Rapids Cadets Parade at Pella Tulip Festival
The Cedar Rapids Cadets will join the Tulip festival in Pella on Saturday. Officials say the group performs in the Saturday afternoon parade and then a street demonstration drill. About 40 members travel by chartered bus with a smaller group of the cadets' parents accompanying them.
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Cedar Rapids
Pella
Canets
KCRG Radio News Schedule Highlighting Anchors
A listing outlines KCRG broadcast times with Dick Yoakam Pat Patterson Fulton Lewis and Fred Hall as anchors. It covers morning noon and evening news bulletins plus world voices and final newscasts.
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Dick Yoakam
Gazette
Pat Patterson
Yoakam
Fulton Lewis
Mutual
Fred Hall
KCRG
Beckwith Refuses Jury Duty Contempt Sentenced in Rockwell City
Judge Shannon ordered a recess and swore in the jury. Mrs. Watson refused to serve. For contempt she received six months in the Rockwell City women’s reformatory. Beckwith’s trial continued Friday with 11 jurors. Beckwith, 31, faces a mutilation killing charge in Irma Jean Stahl’s case.
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Fusal
Shannon
Mrs. Watson
Rockwell City
Beckwith
Irma Jean Stahl
Beardsley Faces Protests Over Waterloo Jury Refusal
DES MOINES INS reports Gov Beardsley received telegram and telephone protests concerning Mrs William Watson Waterloo mother jailed six months for refusing jury service in the Beckwith case. He said the matter was referred to the supreme court and offered no further comment.
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Des Moines
INS
Beardsley
William Watson
Waterloo
Beckwith
Supreme Court
U S Sues California Lettuce Growers Over Crop Destruction
The government filed an antitrust suit against California lettuce growers alleging crop destruction to raise prices. Attorney General McGrath seeks an immediate restraining order to stop further damage.
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Washington
California
McGrath
Loyalty Review Order Expands Inquiries and Reopens Cases
President Truman issues rules allowing new loyalty inquiries and authorizing agency heads to reopen about 9300 cases. Any worker may be fired if reasonable doubt exists, shifting from a standard that required more than reasonable doubt.
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Washington
Truman
Motor Transport Advisory Group In C R Planned
Cedar Rapids plans to form a motor transport advisory committee at the request of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Harold Ewoldt of the Chamber of Commerce Traffic bureau and James Miller of Kansas City discussed forming local and district panels to study emergency transport, equipment, and personnel needs. Hugh DeWees of a local trucking firm attended the Davenport meeting with Ewoldt.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Ewoldt
Traffic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
James Miller
Kansas City
ICC
Davenport
Ewoldt
Hugh DeWees
Defense Transportation Administration
Armed Forces Day Observance With Admiral Ryan Speech
The Cedar Rapids observance features Rear Admiral Daniel W. Ryan as main speaker on A Salute to Freedom. Activities include color guards, equipment displays, a 2:30 parade finale, a 7 p.m. dinner dance, and in uniform entry to Armar ballroom and Cedar Court dance hall. A rain plan is not specified.
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Armed Forces Reserve
Daniel W. Ryan
Naval District
Edgewood
Admiral Ryan
Coe College
University of Tyne
Naval Service
Linn County Reserve Officers Association
Armed Forces
Armar
Cedar Court
Forresters Hall
New York City Official Charged With Duty Neglect
New York City's Chief Magistrate John M. Murtagh faces a neglect of duty charge tied to his time as investigations commissioner under Mayor William O'Dwyer from 1946 to 1950. Brooklyn DA Miles F. McDonald pressed the case as his counsel Lloyd Paul Stryker awaits May 28 defense motions.
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NEW York
New York City
John M. Murtagh
William O’dwyer
Brooklyn
Murtagh
Miles F. McDonald
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Stryker
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Gawe Ws
Ck Ee Ee
Municipal
Cloyd Frye
Chambersberg
Donald Christian
Sixth Street
Jacob Walsh
Tenth Street
Superior Court
John Gillespie
James Hurley
Edward Bowman
George Witwer
Fifth Avenue
Leo Wittengle
Oakland Road
Gladys Peterson
Sixteenth Street
Fred Clyde
First Avenue NW
Robert Giovanazzi
Daniels Street
F. E. Mitchell
Waubeek
August Neubauer
Tigerton
Otis Road
George Klinkhammer
Dorothy M. Fotsch
Robert Graves
Betty Rank
June Turner
Hugh A. Turner
Helen J. Schmied
Richard J. Schmied
Mercy
James Stoner
Herbert Trapp
Highwood Drive
Everett Fulmer
Fifth Street
Robert J. Burns
Second Street
St. Luke’s
Erwin Stamp
Vernon
James Crawford
Twenty-fourth Street
Merrill Grove
Thirty-fourth Street
Jack Myers
Avenue NW
Manchester
George Dichtelmiller
Gill Funeral
Oakland Cemetery
Elkader
E. C. Fitzpatrick
Compton
Lenton Adams
Dan Barton
Rochester
Rere
Alcorn
Bill Alcorn
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ely Church
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ely
Raymond Tiemeyer
Polio Insurance
Ray Moore Agency
Adv
Navy
19Th St. SE
Mercy Division
B. of L. E
K. P
Sunshine Mission
James Lee
The
Bible Baptist Church
Palo
Ambar
Ambar Grotto
Z.C.B.J. Hall
Munger
Grant B. Munger
First Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Andrew Petersen
Fifth Avenue SE
England
Mary Massey
van Fleet
Cedar County
Lyle Dickinson
Arthur Ibsen
Clarence
Sharney
Fred Carstens
George Matias
John Ebsen
Mt. Vernon Road
Twenty Eighth Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Ebsen
George
Stanwood
Charles Chase
Kentucky
Will
Leona Wise
Connie Tex Wise
Mary E. Bisdorf
James P. Bisdorf
Lea Beu
Asbestos Workers
Boilermakers
Brickmasons
Carpenters
Electricians
Wwe
Glaziers
Plasterers
Sheet Metal Workers
Yitats
C.R
U.S
Motor Transport Advisory Group
Cmdr
R. S. Glessner
Office Supply
Second Ave
Florist
Lapes
Third Ave
John B. Turner & Son
Second Avenue
S.E
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