Weather Summary and Local Death Notices May 27 1949
Saturday forecast for Iowa cities includes partly cloudy skies and a warming trend with highs near 75 in the east and 85 in the west. Showers likely Saturday night with clearing and cooler conditions Sunday. Emergency weather figures, dawn sunrise at 4 36 and sunset at 7 33. Local obituaries note deaths in Center Junction Independence Dysart Oelwein Arlington and other communities with funeral details forthcoming.
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Miami
Enver
New York
Sioux Lit
Iowa
West Portion
East Portion
Molotov Plan Viewed as Failure by U S Officials
Washington reports that the Molotov plan for Eastern Europe is failing. Diplomatic officials cite economic troubles in satellite states and say Moscow has drained resources rather than sending recovery goods, contrasting it with the Marshall plan.
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Washington
Europe
Russia
United States
Trial Recital Details Rutledge Hartman Courtroom Tale
The closing arguments recount Hartman and Rutledge in a murder case. Milner denounces the state’s case as fantasy while praising Mrs. Rutledge and criticizing Crissman’s questions. Elderkin defends Rutledge and questions motive, stressing reasonable doubt and the solemnity of justice.
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Milner
Rutledge
Montrose Hotel
Dr. Rutledge
Crissman
Roosevelt Hotel
Elderkin
Jury in Linn county hears 1948 accident case
A Linn county jury began deliberations at 10 a.m. Friday in Judge Floyd Philbrick's court on a $12,675 personal injury and property damage suit filed by Henry Hewitt. He alleges damages for injuries to himself and to his son's truck after a car driven by Jack Skalicky rammed the parked vehicle on K street SW near Nineteenth avenue on March 12, 1948.
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Linn County
Floyd Philbrick
Henry Hewitt
Jack Skalicky
Hewitt
K Street
Nineteenth Avenue
Skalicky
Dow Will Is Admitted to Probate in May
The will of Fred C. Dow, who died May 18, was admitted to probate Friday. A brother Grover Dow was named executor without bond. The estate is bequeathed to Dow’s mother.
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Dow
Fred C. Dow
Grover
Mr. Dow
Suit Dismissed Against L. L. Harris In Prejudice
Interstate Finance Corp dismissed its suit against L. L. Harris with prejudice on Friday. District Judge Floyd Philbrick granted the motion of the plaintiff.
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Interstate Finance Corporation
L. L. Harris
Floyd Philbrick
Hopper Cleared Of Riot Conspiracy Charge
A Waterloo jury acquitted Everett Hopper former chief steward of the United Packinghouse Workers Union at the Bath plant of riot conspiracy charges. The verdict came after five and a half hours of deliberation. Hopper was accused of conspiring with other union leaders at the plant to incite the fatal riot last May during which a union picket was killed.
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Waterloo
INS
Everett Hopper
United Packinghouse Workers Union
Bath
Hopper
Truck Driver Returns Purse Lost in Street
Mrs. Clara Gray misplaced her purse on the car roof while loading groceries. At Second Street and Fourth Avenue SW the bag vanished containing $22 and a $50 watch. A truck driver recovered it at First Avenue and First Street E and returned it without accepting a reward.
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Clara Gray
Seventeenth Street
Second Street
Fourth Avenue
First Avenue
First Street
Marengo Baby Narrowly Rescues Poison Bread Incident
AP report from Marengo states Marshal Robert E. Smith warns his 15 month old daughter narrowly avoided ingesting poisoned bread left near the family dog. The bread smeared with peanut butter contained poison and was placed at the kennel but moved before harm. Smith says the toxin was easily detected and recovered.
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Marengo
Robert E. Smith
Marshall Smith
diplomats doubt Vishinsky plan for German control board
Paris talks on Germany see West skeptical over a Soviet backed four power control body with veto by each of the Big Four. Vishinsky cites Eastern zone gains while Bevin questions Russia about its aims and reparations amid refugee flows to the West.
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Paris
Russia
Foreign Ministers
Bologne Woods
Germany
Vishinsky
Robert Schuman
France
Dean Acheson
United States
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Allied Control Council
Bevin
Vishi
Soviet
Acheson
Senate asks FBI to probe Reuther shooting
The Senate approved a resolution urging President Truman to order the FBI to investigate the shooting of Victor Reuther CIO official in Detroit. Senator Vandenberg suggested anti Communist links and noted Reuther’s recent anti Communist activities in Western Europe as an emissary for the U.S. government.
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INS
Senate
Truman
FBI
Victor Reuther
Detroit
Europe
Sens
Humphrey
D-Minn
Ferguson
R-Mich
Subversive squad aids probe into Victor Reuther shooting
Detroit police expanded the probe into the near fatal shotgun attack on Victor Reuther, brother of CIO Unit ed Auto Workers president. A single suspect, Ford striker Charles Barabash, 47, was released on non support charges after police said his comments reflected misinformation from a hardware store owner.
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Detroit
Victor Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Marvin G. Lane
UAW
Ford Motor Company
Charles Barabash
Dearborn
Henry Russell
Barabash
Reuther
Heirs Referred to as Errors in Estate Letter
Decatur AP reports county clerk Laurence Tangney aired a Springfield attorney letter about an estate probate. The letter repeatedly calls the heirs "errors" and describes a child involved in the settlement as a "minor error."
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Decatur
Laurence Tangney
Tangney
Springfield
Droge Transfers Property To Daughter Amid Assault Case
Mrs. Marjorie Droge 50 free on bond pending a preliminary hearing for assault with intent to murder has transferred the family home in Council Bluffs to daughter Mrs. Geraldine Jennings. Also transferred were a Droge building another home and about 160 acres of nearby farm land. Droge is accused of shooting A. W. Carter 71 whose condition Friday was described as good.
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Council Bluffs
Marjorie Droge
Geraldine Jennings
County Recorder’s Office
Droge
A. W. Carter
Carter
Mental Health Talks Scheduled for Tonight
Panel discussion on mental health will be held tonight at 6 30 during the annual meeting of the Council of Social Planning Speakers include Dr Leo B Sedlacek Cedar Rapids psychiatrist the Rev D Keith Irwin Dr Ralph Ojemann of the University of Iowa and Dr Wilbur R Miller director of the SUI psychopathic hospital The council will distribute its annual report and elect new officers.
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Council of Social Planning
Leo B. Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
Keith Irwin
Ralph Ojemann
University of Iowa
Wilbur R. Miller
SUI Psychopathic Hospital
Minnesota Officer Named Saipan Civil Governor
Captain Walter C. Holt naval officer at the University of Minnesota was appointed civil governor and military commander of the Saipan district under United Nations trusteeship.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Walter C. Holt
University
Saipan
United Nations Trusteeship
Growth in Iowa Manufacturing 1939 to 1947
Iowa's manufacturing sector outpaced national growth from 1939 to 1947 per the June Iowa Digest. Employment rose from 88,000 to 140,000. payrolls up 224 percent vs 210 percent nationally. plants increased from 2,541 to 2,965. Value added grew from 243 million to 673 million, while share of national value added declined from 1 percent to 0.9 percent.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Business Digest
University of Iowa
Deaths Amos Miller Robb services set for Saturday
Amos Miller Robb of 424 First Street SW dies Wednesday. Services will be held at Brush chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with Dr. Marion H. Williams officiating. Burial at Bohemian National cemetery. Born Rock Falls, Illinois, April 18, 1879, he came to Cedar Rapids in 1939 and was employed as a night watchman by Link Belt Speeder Corporation. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Amos Miller Robb
First Street
Brush Chapel
Marion H. Williams
Bohemian National Cemetery
Rock Falls
Ill
Robb
Cedar Rapids
Link- Belt Speeder Corporation
Charles Musker 88 Dies in Chicago
Charles Musker 88 a Cedar Rapids resident for many years died in Chicago at 1 50 p m Thursday Surviving are five sons Walter Cedar Rapids Charles Jr Oakdale and Herbert Dan and John Chicago a daughter Mrs Emil Roberness Chicago Services will be conducted Monday in the Haggard funeral home at Oak Park Ill
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Peter Prahm
Monticello
Center Junction Presbyterian Church
Independence
Reece Locker Elliott
Swan Funeral Home
Coggan
Thomas J. King
St. John’s Church
Iowa City
Matilda Folda
Newberg
Ore
Beckman
Dysart
Clara Kessler
Wonder Funeral
Earlviille
George Allen
Earlville
Spokane
Wash
Elberon
Emil P. Skrable
West Union
Carrie Bernau
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Oelwein
Henry Kalm
Ocelwein Lutheran Church
Arlington
H. E. Bond
Gleim Funeral Home
Riverside
Mary Ellen Yeggy
Charles Musker
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Walter
Charles, Jr
Oakdale
Herbert
Dan
John
Emil Roberness
Haggard
Oak Park
Ill
Services for L. J. Rick Teacher? No
Services for L J Rick 79 retired Cedar Rapids building contractor who died Wednesday at his farm home near Urbana will be held 1 30 p m Saturday at Beatty chapel with Rev C W Harrop officiating Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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L. J. Rick
Cedar Rapids
Urbana
Beatty Chapel
C. W. Harrop
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mrs. J. J. Johnson 97 Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. J. J. Johnson aged 97 died Friday at Tama after a brief illness. She had lived with her daughters Mrs. Allan M. Stewart of 910 Center Point Road NE and Mrs. Porter Whetstine of Toledo for 21 years. Surviving are six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She was a member of Atkins Presbyterian Church. Services are at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Henderson Funeral Home in Toledo, with burial in Parkers Grove Cemetery.
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J. J. Johnson
Tama
Johnson
Allan M. Stewart
Center Point Road
Porter Whetstine
Toledo
Atkins Presbyterian Church
Henderson Funeral Home
Parkers Grove Cemetery
Services for Mrs. Alice Tiffany
Mrs. Alice Tiffany dies in Iowa City hospital after two weeks there. Funeral in St. Paul’s Methodist chapel at 1 30 p m Saturday, conducted by Dr. Marvin B Kober. Burial at Sandy Creek New York. Mrs Tiffany widow of Arthur H Tiffany born May 5 1865 near Sandy Creek has lived in Cedar Rapids since 1887 and belonged to W C T U Woman’s Relief Corps Rock Island Women’s club Cedar chapter O E S. She had been a member of St Paul’s church since moving to Cedar Rapids.
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Alice Tiffany
Second Avenue SE
Iowa City
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Marvin B. Kober
Sandy Creek
N.Y
Hohenschuch Mortuary
Tiffany
Arthur H. Tiffany
Iowa City Hospital
Death of A. Carl Price prompts Cedar Rapids ties
A. Carl Price age 45 died suddenly Thursday night at his San Francisco home. He left Cedar Rapids in 1943 after living there for years. Survived by his wife three children Robert C Carol Jean and Tommy his mother three sisters and two brothers all in California. He was a past master of Mizpah lodge in Cedar Rapids. Services will be in San Francisco.
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A. Carl Price
San Francisco
Cedar Rapids
Robert C
Carol Jean
Tommy
California
Mizpah Lodge
Brewer Services for Clarence H Brew er at Polansky chapel
Funeral services for Clarence H Brew er of 823 Tenth Street SW are set for 2 30 p m Saturday at the Polansky chapel with Rev H G Schwegler of First Lutheran church officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call.
Police Nab Burglar Suspect in Building
DES MOINES AP Albert Charles Wessling 31 of Sioux City arrested Friday found inside Beers Radio and Sales Company office. His brothers Joseph 37 and Marvin 29 also of Sioux City were arrested nearby in a car. All three held in city jail. Albert charged with breaking and entering. brothers held for investigation.
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Des Moines
Albert Charles Wessling
Sioux City
Beers Radio and Sales Company
Albert
Joseph
Marvin
Paul Castelline
Castelline
Cedar Rapids Parks Petition Campaign Aims for July Vote
A coalition led by Soboda plans to circulate petitions over about ten days to trigger a city council vote on a tax levy for park purchase and development. If passed, voters would decide within 30 days, with the earliest showdown in mid July.
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Soboda
Ellis Park
Parks Committee
City Plan Commission
Richard C. Jones
Citizens
Cedar Rapids
Skvor
Iowa
Memorial and church services announced citywide
The city schedules memorials and worship services including Lar Dees Memorial Service at First Baptist with Dr. David Berger speaking, Shueyville Evangelical United Brethren church services led by Rev. Lyle K. Anderson, and a Camp Cemetery memorial on Mt. Vernon road with Rev. J. B. Eyestone. Also notes a post office stamp issue and local business ads.
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Mercy Division No
Division No
B. of L. E
First Baptist Church
David Berger
Shueyville
Lyle K. Anderson
Shueyville Evangelical United Brethren Church
Camp Cemetery
Mt. Vernon Road
J. B. Eyestone
Mt. Vernon
Babich Murder Case Moves Toward Trial Date
Milwaukee AP Judge Herbert J. Steffes denied a defense motion to dismiss a first degree murder charge against Milton Babich and ordered a trial set for June 8.
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Milwaukee
Herbert J. Steffes
Milton Babich
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