Fire Alarm At Town Steel And Iron Works
Daily Record reports a general alarm sounded for smoke from a core oven at Town Steel and Iron Works located at Eleventh avenue and Fourth street SE, with Companies No 4 and 5 responding. Birth announcements list new sons and daughters born May 28 29 30 to multiple families in St Luke's Mercy and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Steel and Iron Works
Eleventh Avenue
Fourth Street SE
St. Luke’s
Alvin Edaburn
Sixth Avenue
Lawrence Millburn
Ninth Street
W. R. Hayworth
Twenty-eighth Street Drive
George Lawrance
Marion
Richard Gourely
Thirty-second Street
At Mercy
Ray Formanek
Chelsea
Obituary notices batch includes Blozvich Wendell Taylor Hoffman
The notices list eight day old Larry Allen Blozvich and Conrad Wendell both to be buried in Cedar Memorial and Raetz cemeteries. Arthur Taylor and Pythian lodge members attend services at Turner chapel with Cedar Memorial burial. Walter Hoffman died in Iowa City after long illness. services at Immaculate Conception church and Mt. Calvary cemetery. Rosary by Msgr Molloy. Mrs Tom Guinn dies at 90 after lingering illness. Tulsa memorials planned. family requests no flowers. body to Tulsa then Tulsa burial Memorial cemetery. calling hours at Beatty chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Allen Blozvich
Frank E. Blozvich
Johnson Avenue NW
Beatty Chapel
F L Hinshaw
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Conrad Jacob Wendel
Twelfth Street
Turner Chapel
Grant F. Anderson
Raetz Cemetery
Atkins
Arthur B. Taylor
Thirty-fifth Street
Merton Green
Pythian Lodge
Pythian Hall
Walter T Hoffman
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Anna
Daniel
Army Air Forces
William Donald
Mary Ann
Michael Hoffman
Edward Kober
Frank Miller
Tom Guinn
Avenue
New Haven
Methodist Church
Tom
F. D. Manahan
Oklahoma City
R. H. Lamb
Glendale
Calif
T. C. Felix
S. S. Sheppard
Columbus
Ohio
R. D. Sheppard
Pittsburgh
Tulsa
Okla
Memorial Cemetery
Foremen May Call Off Ford Strike
Detroit United Press report says the Foreman's Association of America may vote to end its nine day strike against Ford Motor Company. A Sunday meeting of 3,800 striking foremen will decide if they return to work after Ford offered a 10 percent wage increase for 20,000 other supervisory and salaried workers. Keys said Ford’s John S. Bugas told him the raise would not apply to foremen until the strike ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Foreman's Association of America
Ford Motor Company
Robert S. Keys
Independent Union
Keys
John S. Bugas
Ford Industrial Relations
Woman Dies At Parents’ Gravesite In Minnesota
Frances Bartholomew, 60, a retired teacher, visited her parents’ cemetery to decorate their graves on Thursday and collapsed dead across the graves. The incident occurred in Minneapolis according to reports.
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Minneapolis
Frances Bartholomew
Congress Told Of Two-Price Farm Aid Plan
M B Ronald urged Congress to create a two price farm aid system to guarantee farmers full production costs and raise nutrition via a self-financing food stamp plan. He proposed a surplus disposal corporation jointly run by the agriculture department and farmers to set quotas and dispose of surpluses.
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Congress
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
M. B. Ronald
W. R. Ronald
Daily Republic
Mitchell, S. D
Ronald
Agriculture Department
Midwest
Iowa
Townsend Meeting and Local Sales Notice
Townsend Victory club 8 will meet in K of P hall Sunday for a 6 p.m. baked ham supper. Hall Bicycle Co. advertises Schwinn bicycles 39.85 and tricycles 7.50 at 109 Second Ave. SE with evening hours. Shuleyville and Swisher church notices include service times and locations with a talk by Rev. Lyle K. Anderson and Rev. Paul R. McDowell respectively.
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Townsend
Townsend Victory Club No. 8
P. Hall
Schwinn Bicycles
Merichandise
Hall Bicycle Co
Second Ave
Walt Moscript
Shueyville
Lyle K. Anderson
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Christian Endeavor
Swisher
C.F.A. Hall
Reusant Twins
Cedar Rapids
Paul R. McDowell
Homer Had a Bad Day When He Hit Judge’s Car
Homer C Kennedy 43 of Center Point struck the parked car of Judge Floyd Philbrick on First avenue E. The crash pushed the judge’s car into Mrs Gladys Showers battered Marion vehicle. Kennedy was arrested after admitting drinking and was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Homer C. Kennedy
Center Point
Kennedy
First Avenue E
Floyd Philbrick
Gladys Showers
Marion
Traffic Deaths Drop 14 Percent From Last Year
The National Safety Council reports 9 250 traffic deaths in January through April 1947, down 14 percent from the same period in 1946. April saw 2 300 deaths, a drop from April 1946, despite rising mileage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Memorial Day rites mark veterans lot ceremony and parade
Rabbi Schaalman urged duty in memory of the dead during memorial rites at Linwood in the Spanish American War veterans' lot. Rev. George Zachar and Rev. D A Loferski joined as speakers. The service featured prayers, benediction, music, wreaths, a naval volley, and a large parade with strands from Coe College bands and multiple veterans groups.
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Rabbi Schaalman
Linwood
George Zachar
Stone City
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Father Zachar
Immaculate Conception Church
Father Loferski
St. John’s Choir
Coe College
Stanley Wesley
P. EB. Lowe
Women’s Relief Corps
Gen. Logan
R. A. Duthbert
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Legion Vfw
Thel Coe Rotc
Women's Relief Corps
Daughters of Union Veterans
Ladies of the G. A. R
Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gold Star and Navy
the Red Cross
Iowa Volunteers
Boy Scouts
Cubs
Potato Flour Proposed to Cut Potato Surplus
The House authorized its agriculture committee to probe wiping out an 80 million dollar potato surplus with 4 percent potato flour in bread. Rep. Shafer said baking with potato flour could improve bread flavor and align wheat prices with other commodities, while Rep. Eberharter warned it might create a future wheat surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Agriculture Committee
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
Rep. Shafer
R-Mich
Shafer
Rep
Eberharter
D-Pa
Nagy Forced Out As Premier of Hungary by Reds
Budapest AP reported Premier Ferenc Nagy of the Small Landholders party resigned from his vacation in Switzerland after alleged pressure from the minority Communist party. Aimed at full Communist police state and nationalizing major banks, Nagy faced coups and purges as 18 party members earlier quit in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagy
Hungary
Reds
Budapest
Ferenc Nagy
Switzerland
Communist Party
Erno Mihailfyi
Social Democrats
National Bank
Obituary notices from Iowa list multiple deaths and memorials
Deaths reported in Waukon Ossian South English Manchester and surrounding areas include James Buggy 70 Minneapolis Elif H Johnson 80 Stavanger church burial Stavanger cemetery Halvor Paulson 80 Ossian John William Raplinger about 71 What Cheer Highland cemetery Marion and Howard sons Mrs Elmer Kleppe Ossian Mrs Henry Johnson Ossian Eveline Smith 70 Manchester burial Oakland Cemetery plus note on farm size increase recent in United States farm size up by 50 acres since 25 years and 20 acres since five years
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Waukon
James Buggy
Minneapolis
Michael Buggy
Ossian
Elif H. Johnson
Stavanger Lutheran Church
Stavanger
Ole
Carrie Johnson
Freeport
Halvor Paulson
First Lutheran Church
Elmer Paulson
Elmer Kleppe
West Union
Henry Johnson
John William Raplinger
Highland Cemetery
What Cheer
Marion
Keswick
Howard
Manchester
Gill
Eveline Smith
Oakland Cemetery
Edwin A. Smith
Fred A. Smith
Overell Defendants Examine Bloodstained Evidence in Murder Case
Defense attorneys and experts met in secret to study bloodstained clothing and other physical items tied to the Overell yacht murders. Beulah Overell and George Gollum prepare for trial as investigators turn over a stanchion, planking, and related items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Calif
INS
Overell
Beulah Louise Overell
George Gollum
Otto A. Jacobs
Gollum
Newport Beach
Walter E. Overell
Orange County
Beulah
Miss Overell Weeps at Jibes by Spanish Fiesta Parade
Beulah Louise Overell, accused of murdering her parents, sobbed in her jail cell after hearing cruel taunts from students during a Spanish fiesta parade near the Orange county jail. Proceedings described the display as distressing to the accused and noted the crowd chanted Beulah’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Calif
INS
Beulah Louise Overell
Orange County
Beulah
Beulah Louise
Slight Farm Price Decline Reported
The agriculture department reports a slight drop in farm prices from mid-April to mid-May. The May index of prices received by farmers stood at 272 percent of the 1909 14 average, down from 276 in April, with the parity index also declining for the first time in eight months. Dairy products and meat animals led the decline, while cotton and some vegetables partially offset the drop.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Father Flanagan Arrives in Seoul for Six Day Visit
Father Edward J. Flanagan founder of Boys Town arrived in Seoul from Japan for a six day visit at the invitation of Maj. Gen. Archer L. Lerch the American military governor.
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Seoul
Korea
Edward J. Flanagan
Boys Town
Japan
Archer L. Lerch
Thousands Lose Farm Department Jobs Under House Cut
Washington AP report notes that thousands of Agriculture Department employees nationwide face severance on July 1 if the House budget bill passes. The 28 percent reduction targets agencies including PMA and Farmers Home Administration, with many offices to close and counties to adjust grants.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate
House
Truman
Department
Farflung Production and Marketing Administration
AAA
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Civil Service
Anderson urges national fertilizer policy and program
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson urged Congress to establish a national fertilizer policy to boost production and safeguard mineral resources. He called for widespread adoption of better farming systems with liming materials, private industry plant facilities, and exploration and conservation of fertilizer deposits, opposing a government fertilizer plant. Benjamin Franklin was the first head of the U. S. postal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anderson
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Banquet Speaker for B'nai B'rith Dinner in Montrose
Louie Pickus, president of District Grand Lodge No. 6, will speak at the B'nai B'rith Family Banquet at the Montrose hotel. The program includes memorial services for Henry Monsky, who died May 2, and installation of officers for 1947-48 led by installing officer Jack P. Galway.
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Louie Pickus
Grand Lodge No
B'nai B'rith
Montrose Hotel
Iowa State College
Kent College of Law
Pickus
Waukegan
Ill
Henry Monsky
Monsky
Maurice Nathanson
Paul Rapoport
Elmer Rosenbaum
Marvin Feder
Norman Lipsky
Jack Yager
Jack P.galway
Flyers Who Came Through Flock to Graves of Buddies
Arlington officials report a steady flow of young veterans visiting graves of fallen buddies at Memorial Day. Many carry overseas ribbons and seek only to find a specific grave, receiving a map and thanks in return. The article notes the five WWII airmen buried in a common grave and the scale of Decoration Day observances at the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Army
Navy
Wallace P. Lynn
Military Burying Ground
Memorial Day
Arlington Cemetery
Lynn
Yugoslavia
Arlington
Iowa men linked to regional robberies and prison terms
Nethergall stated Dilliner is free on a $5000 bond awaiting a hearing on burglary tools possession. Osborn and Davis remain in the county jail. The two jailed men are to be questioned about Des Moines and Iowa safe robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborn
Davis
Nethergall
Des Moines
Iowa
First Vacation in 25 Years Ends in Airliner Crash
A couple on their first vacation in 25 years, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice F. Donahue of Trenton New Jersey, died in the LaGuardia airliner crash. They were en route to Ukiah California to visit a daughter Mrs Howard Cheever. Their daughter Ellen, 20, a Wooster College student, waited in Cleveland for news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
INS
LaGuardia Field
Maurice F. Donahue
Trenton
N. J
Ukiah
Calif
Howard Cheever
Ellen
Wooster College
Cleveland
Senate doubts veto on Truman tax cut
In Washington Senator George predicts the Senate will uphold any Truman veto of the income tax reduction bill. He says he will not vote to override, and no White House word on Truman’s plans. The House and Senate are set to ratify the conferees’ agreement, with a July 1 deadline looming and new tax withholding tables ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
George
Truman
Senate
White House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Harold Knutson
R-Minn
Airliner Crash Witness Details Firestorm After Takeoff
Witnesses describe the takeoff as normal until the jet disappeared from sight and burst into flame at the crash site. Riordan and Ogden observed the plane two thirds consumed by fire with the tail intact and firefighters treating injured rescuers including Edward McGrath, 43, of New York. Flight captain Baldwin, a 15 year veteran, lives in Brooklyn.
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Ogden
American Airlines
Riordan
Edward McGrath
New York
Baldwin
Army Air Force
Brooklyn
Plymouth Man Acquitted in Rut McGurk Murder Case
Plymouth Massachusetts Charles Goodale aged 26 was acquitted on Friday of the murder of Rut McGurk. The verdict ended a high profile trial as jurors delivered the verdict after closing arguments and jury deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Mass
Charles Goodale
Rut McGurk
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Daily Record
Blozvich Services
Wendel Services
Taylor Services
Walter T. Hoffman
Chester H. Gross
Rpa
United States
A.W.O.L
William Shull
Indianapolis
Fort Knox
H. G. Fussell
T. B
F. M. Davison
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Homer
Judge
Owe Eco
Worl Pic
Sydney Smith
Gold Star
Second Avenue Bridge
Naval Firing Squad
Cedar River
Navy Mothers Club
Anthony W. Chihak
St. Wenceslaus Church
America
Coe
VFW
American Legion
Moose Lodge
Frank Hahn
Overell Defense
Miss Overell
County Agriculture Adjustment Agency
PMA
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Kansas
Benjamin Franklin
U. S. Postal Service
Tony Nassif
Second Avenue SE
Flowers
Lapes Florist
Third Avenue SE
John B. Turder & Son
Ave. S.E
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