Weather and city notices from the Daily Record May 21 1951
The issue lists daily weather data for multiple cities with high and low temperatures and precipitation, followed by a detailed Iowa forecast showing showers in the southeast, slow clearing, and temperature expectations. It also includes a long municipal weather summary, sunrise and sunset times, and year-to-date rainfall and degree-day figures. The latter section records a divorce petition among local names and a list of traffic, drunkenness, and other fines with individuals and addresses, plus several birth notices from area hospitals.
White House debate on MacArthur ouster continues
At a White House conference on April 7 Bradley recounted advisers urged no decision until weekend study and input from other leaders. Attendees included Acheson Marshall Harriman and the Joint Chiefs. Fresh clashes followed as senators debated Truman policy versus MacArthur’s war plan with Taft Brewster McMahon and others weighing in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Bradley
State Acheson
Defense
Marshall
W. Averell Harriman
MacArthur
Sen
Fulbright
Taft
Robio
Truman
McMahon
D-Conn
Council Weighs Van Vechten Park Dump and Outbuilding Plan
Cedar Rapids debate focuses on keeping the city dump at its present Van Vechten park site while plans advance for a future contracted dump off Ely road. A separate petition opposes two small dwellings on O avenue NW, with residents urging legal checks to protect property values and neighborhood well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Vechten Park
Avenue NW
Richard C. Jones
Hennessey Brothers
Cedar Rapids
Ely Road
River
Clarence L. Sedive
Legal Department
Building Department
Board of Health
Fire Department
Sedive
Estate of Mrs Gray details extended Cedar Rapids kin
The will names nieces and nephews with shares ranging from one half to two, appoints C F McDaniel executor without bond, lists Coe College graduate Mrs Gray and her 30 year teaching career, and notes residence at 1405 Seventh Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Services set at Teahen chapel with burial in Parsons cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanelle McConkie
Volney) McFadden
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Helen McDaniel
W. J.) Clark
Newport
R. I
Alice McDaniel
R. E
Trumbull
Syracuse
Clyde M. Lutes
Poulsbo
Wash
John D. McDaniel
Robert Lee
Texas
Rachel McDaniel
C. A
Kunath
San Angelo
Margaret Lutes
Elmber B.) Raffelson
Olympia
W. L. McConkie
Carroll, Ia
J. P
Obituaries: Bowman Keller Faligo Emmett in Iowa towns
Kalona Catherine Anderson Bowman 72 died Saturday funeral held Monday in Methodist church burial Sharon Hill survivors include sister Mrs John Wilhelm Cedar Rapids Tipton Margaret Jane Keller 80 died Sunday services Tuesday 2 pm Wilson funeral home burial Tipton Masonic cemetery Oelwein Frank Faligo 74 died Friday services Tuesday 9 am Sacred Heart church Rosary Monday 8 pm Brant funeral home Lamont Mrs Joe Emmett 69 died Saturday services Monday Methodist church burial Compton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Catherine Anderson Bowman
Methodist Church
Sharon Hill
John Wilhelm
Cedar Rapids
Tipton
Margaret Jane Keller
Wilson Funeral Home
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Oelwein
Frank Faligo
Sacred Heart Church
Brant Funeral Home
Lamont
Joe Emmett
Compton Cemetery
Navy Enlistee Storm and Reserve Training Reported
Svein C. Storm, 26, of Cedar Rapids route 2, is a navy veteran who enlisted as a marine enlistment and will undertake reserve training. Gordon R. Ribble of 806 Eighth Street SW Cedar Rapids is a seaman recruit in the Cedar Rapids organized navy reserve unit who reported to Great Lakes for two weeks of recruit training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Svein C. Storm
Storm
Gordon R. Ribble
Eighth Street
Great Lakes Naval Station
Border Veterans elect Iowa department officers at Davenport
Allan C Norton was elected senior vice commander of the Iowa Department of United Mexican Border Veterans at a Davenport state meeting. New officers include Clare M Draper G E Sims Frank L King James N Taylor Herman Schloss Henry Crowell and Orrie Donley. Alfred L Moudy installed officers and spoke on a congressional bill to extend World War I era benefits to Mexican border servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan C. Norton
Forest Drive
Iowa Department of United Mexican Border Veterans
Davenport
Clare M. Draper
Waterloo
G. E. Sims
Clinton
Frank L. King
James N. Taylor
First Avenue
Herman Schloss
Fifth Street
Henry Crowell
Orrie Donley
Alfred L. Moudy
Indianapolis
Moudy
Cedar Rapids Seeks 16875 for United Defense Fund Drive
Cedar Rapids has been asked to raise 16875 through its Community Chest for the United Defense Fund. The request, received by B D Silliman, totals 1022 percent of the national quota, with New York City and other sources funding the rest. Major beneficiaries include the USO and several national welfare organizations. The measure will be reviewed at the welfare bureau’s next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Community Chest
United Defense Fund
B. D. Silliman
Public Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
New York City
UDF
United Service Organizations
American Social Hygiene Association
National Recreation Association
United Community Defense Services
Korea
USO
Welfare Bureau
Linn Second in Motor Use Tax
DES MOINES UP The state collected 13 867 548 65 in sales taxes and 2 323 691 61 in use taxes for the quarter ending March 31 a tax commission report showed Monday Polk county led use tax on new motor vehicles with 128 397 01 Linn county 59 556 82 Woodbury 51 413 10 Black Hawk 47 640 30 and Scott 54 667 75 Sales tax on foods totaled 3 098 147 57 general merchandise 4 091 114 01 motor vehicles 1 404 008 40 and miscellaneous items 1 032 497 34 Cities and their sales include Iowa City 189 601 51 Anamosa 30 647 16 Cedar Rapids 678 001 81 Washington 60 942 23 Decorah 52 813 03 and Sigourney 20 752 69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Tax Commission
Polk County
Linn County
Woodbury
Black Hawk
Scott
Iowa City
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Decorah
Sigourney
Nursing Home Fire Claims Life In Midtown Manhattan
An elderly patient died from burns after a fire at a midtown New York nursing home on Monday. Fifteen residents were evacuated to safety from their rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Midtown Manhattan
Death of Hubert I. Shafer 60 Cedar Rapids linotype operator
Hubert I. Shafer 60 of 161 Twenty fourth street drive SE Cedar Rapids died by suicide Sunday his body found by his daughter in law at 8 a.m. He was born April 23 1891 in Kinross and moved to Cedar Rapids from Maquoketa. He worked as a linotype operator at The Gazette until retirement two years ago and is survived by his wife Ruth Anne Miller two children and three grandchildren. Services Tuesday at Turner chapel at 1 30 p.m. with burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert I. Shafer
Twenty-fourth Street
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Shafer
Charles Shafer
Kinross
Maquoketa
Ruth Anne Miller
Troy Mills
Shafer
the Gazette
Frank W. Scheible
Charles H. Shafer
Roy S. Shafer
Harry Shafer
Rocky Ford
Colo
Ellery Shafer
Denver
Services for Ambrose J. Doyle Held in Iowa and Arizona
Ambrose J. Doyle 53, a former Cedar Rapids resident, died in Whipple Arizona. Services will be at St Patrick's church Tuesday with burial at Mt Calvary cemetery and graveside VFW honors. Born Tipton March 24 1898 he was a Milwaukee railroad worker and WWI veteran. Surviving are three sisters Sister Mary Ruth Dubuque Sister Mary Clarice Chicago and Mrs Katherine Perley Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose J. Doyle
Cedar Rapids
Whipple
Ariz
St. Patrick’s Church
Francis W. Doyle
Imogene
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Teahen
Tipton
Doyle
Milwaukee Railroad
Engineer Corps
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Milwaukee
Mary Ruth
Dubuque
Mary Clarice
Chicago
Katherine Perley
Baron Kosina dies at 42 in Cedar Rapids home
William Joseph Kosina aged 42 of 79 Eighteenth Avenue SW died at his home at 6 45 p m Sunday. He was born in Cedar Rapids June 9 1908 and attended St Ludmila and Grant Schools. Surviving are his mother four sisters and four brothers. Funeral services by Rev A W Chihak will be at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Janeba Funeral Home with the Rosary Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Burial will be in St John Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Joseph “Baron” Kosina
Eighteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
St. Ludmila’s
Grant
Marie Kudina
Marie Durek
Wesley Bartosh
John Craft
L. O. Thomas
Portland
Ore
Jerry
Edward
Frank
Leo Kosina
Kosina
Prokop Velky C. S. A
Janeba
A. W. Chihak
St. John’s Cemetery
Chihak
Services for Mrs. Ferris Risk in St. George church
Mrs. Ferris Risk longtime Cedar Rapids resident died Saturday. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in St. George Syrian Orthodox Church officiated by Father J. S. Yarid of Grand Rapids. Burial in St. George cemetery. Calling hours at Turner chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferris Risk
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
St. George Syrian Orthodox Church
J. S. Yarid
Grand Rapids
Mich
St. George Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Death Notice for Walter Brazauski of Cedar Rapids
Walter Brazauski 35 of 301 Thirty-third street NW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital after a brief illness He was born in Clinton February 19 1916 and worked as a bricklayer The item notes Mary Aleknus of Chicago as a related contact However the fragment ends abruptly with a continuation about Mary Aleknuski
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brazauski
Thirty-third Street
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Mary Aleknus
Chicago
Margret R. Newkirk, Cedar Rapids Resident, Dies at 53
Margret Ruth Newkirk, 53, of 814 First Street SW Cedar Rapids, died Monday. Born August 21, 1897 in Parnell she moved from Iowa City to Cedar Rapids. Survived by 11 children, two sisters, nine grandchildren, and many relatives. Husband and daughter Anna preceded her in death. Body at Teahen chapel. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margret Ruth Newkirk
First Street
Cedar Rapids
Parnell
Iowa City
Robert Slaughter
Los Angeles
Sherman E. McNabb
Albert Ward
Paul Newkirk
Eugene
Loreles
Harold W. Fish
William Newkirk
Nadine
Kathleen
Joy
Agnes Meador
Ernest Turnipseed
Anna
Teahen Chapel
Defense Build Up Will Block War Says Norway Leader
Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen of Norway told Luther College listeners there is no imminent danger of war while democracies build up their defenses. He arrived in Decorah during a U S tour with Mrs Gerhardsen and Hans Olav. He warned Norway would fight to the last man if invaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Einar Gerhardsen
Norway
Luther College
Gerhardsen
United States
Hans Olav
Madison
Wis
Einar Lunde
Iowa
Gerhardsen Visit Highlights Norwegian Postwar Ties
Prime Minister Gerhardsen notes Norway’s sense of security from Marshall plan aid and the Atlantic Pact while visiting Luther College in Decorah and Luther Prairie Lutheran Church. He cites postwar reconstructions funded by Marshall plan dollars and says defense spending has risen tenfold since before the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Oslo
Gerhardsen
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
Mississippi
Luther College
Decorah Posten
Olav
Prairie Lutheran Ihurch
City Briefs and Local Notices Roundup
Planned Parenthood clinic to meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at St. Luke's hospital. Agnes Clem ent, 1431 Fourth avenue SE, patient at Mercy hospital. Memorial service for Valley camp Royal Neighbors Wednesday at 8 p.m. Maine lodge hall, 838 First avenue NE. Optimist Club tour of Town Electric Light and Power Company powerhouse after noon luncheon Tuesday at Roosevelt hotel. Berlin Weber fined 100 dollars for reckless driving after striking a parked car at 312 Eighth avenue SW. Ga zette ad section urged for help wanted. Jack Krebs, son of Claude Krebs, arrived in Sasebo Japan assigned to USS Gloucester. Allen Lowell to speak at Cedar Rapids Chamber luncheon on juveniles in industry and parole responsibilities at the Y.M.C.A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin Weber
Cudahy
Wis
Paul Kuber
Thirty-second Street
Robert Rathbun
First Avenue NW
Frank Covey, Jr
Chicago
H. Flenn Sickles
Third Street
Robert Williams
Marion
Vernon Premley
Ladora
Charles Anthony
Twelfth Street
Joseph Kriz
cCecil Meeker
Ottumwa
Bert Render
Dubuque
Oliver Klein
A Avenue
B. M. Port
Sid Niles
First Avenue
Gerald Newport
Wilson Avenue
Amiel Slick
G Avenue
John Rosenberg
E Avenue NE
Opal McAtee
Glass Road
Raymond Rassler
First Avenue NE
Robert Foltz
Robert Frank
Fourteenth Avenue
Shady George
Tenth Street
David Hunt
Avenue NW
Elmer Schwitter
M Avenue NE
George Shakespeare
Philip Sweet
Central City
Robert Engle
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Arless Harger
Fifteenth Street
Charles Perrin
Hubbard Avenue NW
Arlessa Harger
Olive Uhlenhopp
Thirtythird Street
Arthur Clark
Ellis Boulevard
Valley Camp
Royal Neighbors
Maine Lodge Hall
Optimist Club
Electric Light and Power Company
Roosevelt Hotel
Eighth Avenue SW
Krebs
Tokyo
Jack Krebs
Claude Krebs
Sasebo
Japan
Gloucester
Navy
First High School Summer Concert Set for Wednesday
Monona listeners may hear the first high school summer concert on Wednesday at 8 p m on Main Street. Band director A P Branse announced the event and urged attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monona
Main Street
A. P. Branse
Drowning case in Marion seeks new trial
Saturday action renews court battle over a $10 000 damage claim in the 1950 drowning of Richard Coon age 22 in a water filled ditch dug by George Mann near the Coon home. The administrator for the child's estate asks for a new trial arguing insufficient evidence and trial errors by Judge Penningroth and defense allegations of parental intoxication and negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Coon
Marion
George Mann
Merle
Adam Coon
Mann
Coon
Sam Hill
Hill
Edward J. Dahms
M. Hullinger
William O. Gray
Cedar Rapids
C. H. Moyer
Dahms
Hullinger
Bertha E. Larimer
Clarence Platte
Robert J. Jacob
Denver
Platte
Donald E. Larimer
Jacob
Drunk Driving Charges Filed Against Three Men
Three men faced drunk driving charges in true informations filed Monday. John Karelvicz 9 of Chicago pled guilty and was fined 300 plus costs after a side swipe of a City Lines bus near the Taft hotel. Jack William Comstock 37 of Mt. Vernon pled guilty and was sentenced to 90 days in county jail. Matthew Robert Lawrence 39 of 1200 Third Avenue SE entered a guilty plea of innocent in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Penningroth
John Karelvicz
Chicago
Jack William Comstock
Mt. Vernon
Comstock
Matthew Robert Lawrence
Third Avenue SE
Karelvicz
Vaude Fellwock
City Lines
Second Avenue
Harry Schultz
Thirty-fourth Street
Karelincz
Taft Hotel
Cornell College
Robert Sweet
Ed Gill
Charles Fels
Harry Cloud
Lawrence
Second Street SE
Harold Cerveny
Howard Oliphant
Gene Morey
Second Street
Roosevelt Hotel
Complete Noble Jury Selection
A Waterloo mother jailed for refusing a segregated jury drew laughter from Linn county jurors in a damage suit hearing. Floyd Noble sues the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway for 75000 over a 1950 crash involving a WCFN train and his car, with trial set in Judge Floyd Philbrick’s court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Linn County
David Elderkin
Elderkin
John Locher
Floyd Noble
Amboy
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway Company
W.C.F
N. Train
Noble
Floyd Philbrick
Justin W. Albright
Cedar Rapids
Leo J. Cohrt
Behrens Pleads Guilty in Larceny From Building Case
Harry J. Behrens, 21, of Mt. Vernon Road SE, pled guilty Monday to larceny from a building during the daytime and received an eight month sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Behrens
Mt. Vernon Road
Behrens Charged in April 21 Bishop Cafeteria Theft
Behrens faced charges for stealing clothing from the Bishop Cafeteria on April 21. He appeared before Judge Charles Penningroth, withdrew a former innocent plea, and received four months suspended jail time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Behrens
Bishop
Charles Penningroth
Drexler Trust Ends As Elmer Drexler Seeks Court Action
Elmer E. Drexler of near Central City asks the district court to terminate a trust he formed August 5 1947 with his sisters Cynthia and Cassie Drexler of Marion. He says he conveyed a one fourth interest in joint property to them to manage under the trust. He also seeks a full accounting and any property or funds the court finds he is entitled to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Drexler
Elmer E. Drexler
Central City
Cynthia
Cassie Drexler
Marion
Daniel Drexler
Case Dismissed After Wife Withdraws Assault Charges
Lester D. Bowers of Mt. Vernon Road SE was released from county jail Monday after his wife withdrew assaults and battery charges from Saturday night. Justice Miles Adams dismissed the case on payment of the costs. Bowers was arrested about 6 p.m. Saturday by Deputy P. J. Whittemore on an Adams warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester D. Bowers
Mt. Vernon Road
Miles Adams
Bowers
P. J. Whittemore
Adams
LaPlant-Choate Settles 95000 Suit Out of Court
A $95 000 damage suit against LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Co of Cedar Rapids was settled out of court with dismissal with prejudice. The plaintiffs Perry Brothers and L E Harris claimed defective TS 300 Moto Scrapers caused losses on a Kansas construction job. Details of settlement were not disclosed. The case originated Oct 15 1949 and involved extensive court filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids
Disd
Henry N. Graven
Federal
Ralph V. Harman
W. C. Shuttleworth
Kansas
Cedar Rapids Sets June 14 Bidding for Bever Paving
City council schedules June 14 as bid date for Cedar Rapids first major paving project of 1951. Concrete work on Bever avenue SE and Thirty-fourth street includes 37-foot and 25-foot widths costing about 82 000 total with city and property owner contributions. City to pay roughly 14 800 of 37 60 foot section costs and 10 000 toward Bever avenue segment. Project funds come from state road use tax allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bever Avenue
Memorial Drive
Thirty-fourth Street
Thirtieth Street
Bever
Thirtieth
Thirty-fourth Streets
Beckwith Defense Opposes Admitting Alleged Statement
In Morrison Iowa Edward Beckwith’s attorneys challenged admitting an alleged post arrest statement. Beckwith faces murder charges in the June 22 1949 mutilation slaying at a tavern walk in cooler. Blood stained exhibits including Beckwith’s shorts towel and bathrobe were entered as evidence after initial foundation issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Edward Beckwith
Morrison
Beckwith
Irma Jean Stahlhut
Grundy County
Jon Meyers
Robert Buckmaster
Max Studer
Meyer
William Meyer
B. K. Willoughby
Studer
Willoughby
Plan hearing for zoning dispute over noisy business
City council debates rezoning and noise limits as Williams Burgus clash over protest and extensions. Sedive promises reconsideration Thursday with redrafted measures on fencing shrubs and gates while officials weigh impact on property values and park use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedive
Crissman
E. A. Prochaska
Two Plays To Be Given By Franklin Thespians
Franklin high school's Thespian troupe will present two student directed one act plays in the auditorium. Jim Reeder the senior honor Thespian directs the Tuesday show with Marge Hahn and Bob Houseman as assistants and Connie Clark as stage manager. A second one act is directed by Farrell Gay with assistants Ann Lichtenstein and Dennis Gordon for a lower grade assembly on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin High School
Jim Reeder
Marge Hahn
Bob Houseman
Connie Clark
Farrell Gay
Ann Lichtenstein
Dennis Gordon
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Daily Record
Bismarck
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Phoenix
Duluth
Seattle
Municipal
Edward D. Holliday
Mary Elizabeth Holliday
Arnold Balk
Lois Tollefson
Joe Keith Bostetler
Catherine Richardson
Donald Schueppner
Templeton
Shirley J. Winders
Belle Plaine
Superior Court
William Zach
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Lester Lockwood
Rudolph Rodriguez
C Avenue NE
Arthur Barness
Twenty-first Avenue
William Skrolla
Tenth Avenue SE
Lester Gress
Raymond Cone
Mt. Vernon Read SE
Mercy
Franklin Jacobi
Atkins
William Reid
Vernon
LeRoy Byam
McKinley Street
Robert Lyness
Ryan
Leon Benesh
Walker
Charles Rees
St. Luke’s
Sen. Brewster
R-Me
George
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Brewster
Wiley
Mr. Truman
Jones
O Avenue NW
Leslie Anthony
Coe Graduate
Ben Brazanski
Cedar Rama
State United Mexican Border Veterans Elect
United Defense
C.R
Linn
Doyle Services
William J. Kosina
Risk Services
Mrs. Newkirk
E. C. Bailey
Gazette
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood Clinic
St. Luke’s Hospital
Agnes Clement
Fourth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Harry Behrens
Florist
LaPlant-Choate
Charles P. Vernier
Steve Roosa
Ada Aneta Duffy
Daniels Street
Bernard Melvin
Duffy
Port
KCRG
Dick Yoakam
Pat Patterson
Yoakam
Fulton Lewis
Mutual
Fred Hall
W. Howard Smith
Williams
Franklin Thespians
Joan B. Turner ON
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