Rescue Crews Battle Drifts In Colorado
Civilian rescue teams using army trucks and weasels push through 10 foot drifts to aid snowbound ranch families and 40 000 cattle in southern Colorado. Twelve people died and a thirteenth was missing as a second storm worsened conditions.
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Wallenburg
Colo
Colorado
Pueblo
Willis
Walsenburg
United States Weather Bureau
Denver
Fort Collins
Arthur L. Allen
Colorado State Livestock Commission
Allen
Lowry Field
Parker
James Madison
Weather, fire, and births listed in Cedar Rapids area update
Increasing cloudiness and milder temperatures forecast with a mix of precipitation, rain, and snow through midweek. Sunday night fire at 512 Memorial Drive SE damages a residence of Charles Eieliane. Numerous birth announcements listed from St. Luke's Mercy Schofield Barracks and other locations, noting dates in November.
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Iowa
Denver Girl Is Baptized With 24 Christian Names
Paul A. Henning welcomed his 16 day old daughter Mary Ann Bernadette Helen Therese Juanita Olivia Alice Louise Harriet Lucille Henrietta Celeste Corolla Constance Cecile Margaret Rose Eugene Yvonne Florentine Lolita Grace Isabelle Henning at St Elizabeth's church. A Seattle man with 17 given names inspired the practice claiming she may add more when confirmed.
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Denver
Paul A. Henning
Iun
Seattle
Henning
Mary Ann Bernadette
Helen Therese
Juanita
Olivia Alice Louise
Harriet Lucille Henrietta Celeste Corolla
Constance Cecile
Margaret Rose Eugene Yvonne Florentine
Lolita Grace
Isabelle Henning
St. Elizabeth’s
Fire Destroys Vet's Home Interior on Memorial Drive
A fire of undetermined origin gutted the residence of Charles Metelman at 512 Memorial Drive SE Sunday night. Metelman, a Coe College student recently discharged from the army, lost all interior belongings and clothing including new suits.
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Charles Eieliane
Memorial Drive
Charles Metelman
Metelman
Coe College
War Commander of Army Air Transport Resigns
Lt. Gen. Harold L. George, wartime head of the Army Air Transport Command, resigns to join civil aviation as resident and chairman of the board of Peruvian International Airways. He leaves after nearly 30 years in uniform to lead the new international airline.
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Washington
INS
Harold L. George
Air Transport Command
Army
George
Peruvian International Airways
Armistice Day Reflections and Local Celebrations
A university official cites 60 WWII dead and 5 missing from Coe, noting 1,536 alumni served and 2,840 trained. He urges pride and action to realize sacrifices’ ideals. Armistice night events: Hanford post memorial dances at the Memorial Coliseum and VFW hall, with live bands and floor shows through the night.
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Coe
Kerosene Stove Blamed for Trailer Fire Deaths
A kerosene stove caused a fire that destroyed a converted trailer home in Lincoln, killing three small children. Fire officials ruled the blaze started Monday and traced the deaths to the stove incident.
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Lincoln
INS
Deaths Frank J. Lawrence Cedar Rapids resident
Frank J. Lawrence indicates he died at 7 50 am Monday after a long illness at his home 704 E Avenue NW Cedar Rapids He was a member of St Patrick s church and will have a funeral at 9 am Wednesday conducted by Msgr D J Lenihan Burial will be in St Joseph s cemetery Prairieburg Rosary recited by the Monsignor at 8 pm Tuesday in Teahen chapel.
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Frank J. Lawrence
E Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Stanley
Francis d
Marion T
Richard
Viola Myers
Betty Jean Lawrence
Dolores Marie
Victor J
Anamosa
Mike
Prairieburg
John
Oxford Junction
A Ee
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Lenihan
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Msgr. Lenihan
Teahen Chapel
Edgar R. Tubbs Dies After Lingering Illness
Edgar R. Tubbs 60 of 904 H avenue NW Cedar Rapids died in a local nursing home at 9 45 p m Saturday after a lingering illness born in South Dakota March 20 1886 he was a fsa for the Chicago and North Western railway member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way and the Maccabees Surviving are his wife Mary Snenicka Tubbs two sons Edwin and Charles E both at home and a brother Earl of Cedar Rapids Services will be conducted in the Brush chapel at 2 p m Tuesday by Theodore B Hlubucek Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery friends may call at the chapel
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Edgar R. Tubbs
H Avenue
Cedar Rapids
South Dakota
Chicago and North Western Railway
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
The
Maccabees
Mary Snenicka Tubbs
Edwin
Charles E
Earl
Brush Chapel
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Obituary of Cedar Rapids Resident John F. Kloubec
John F. Kloubec 60 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died at his home 119 Fifteenth avenue SE at 5 20 a m Monday after a long illness He was employed by Wilson and company Born September 25 1886 in Cedar Rapids he was a member of Karel IV Z C B J He leaves a daughter Lenore at home a son Joseph R of Cedar Rapids three sisters Mrs Fannie Reisa Mrs Anna Koob and Mrs Edward Rompet and three grandchildren The funeral will be held at the Brosh chapel at 2 p m Wednesday Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
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John F. Kloubec
Cedar Rapids
Hame
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Wilson and Company
Karel IV
Z.C.B.J
Mary Holecek Kloubec
Lenore
Joseph R
Fannie Reisa
Anna Koob
Edward Rompet
Brosh Chapel
Bohemian National Cemetery
Infant Dies After Sudden Illness in Local Hospital
Orvilla Jean Jones, three months old and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville E. Jones of 932 Fifteenth Avenue SE, died at 5 40 a m Sunday after a sudden illness. She was born August 16 1946. Survivors include five sisters Mary Jane Odessa Wandalee June and Helen Jones and a brother Ferman Jones all at home and a grandmother Mrs Rose Jones. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Body at Turner Mortuary.
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Orvilla Jean Jones
Orville E. Jones
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Mary Jane
Odessa
Wandalee
June
Helen Jones
Firman Jones
Rose Jones
Turner Mortary
Storm in Louisiana Kills Man Injures Mother and Baby
Atlanta AP reports a storm near Morganza and New Roads Louisiana at about 6 30 p m Sunday killed a man and injured a mother and her infant. Only two houses were demolished and no further casualties or damage are known. The American Red Cross said details were sparse from its East Baton Rouge chapter.
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Atlanta
American Red Cross Regional Disaster Headquarters
Morganza
New Roads
East Baton Rouge
Invent Names For Children Urged By Prof
Evanston NL UP reports Northwestern University professor Guerin Fucilla advocates naming children for ear appeal rather than tradition. He cites examples like Reba from Rebecca and Angelina, Alden from Alice and Donald, Joalyn from Josephine and Evelyn, and notes names can influence personality. He mentions Leon Battista Alberti's Renaissance revolt and recalls Percy Hammond as an example.
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Gladys
Thomas
Paul
M S
Plato
Reba
Rebecca
Angelina
Alden
Alice
Donald
Joalyn
Josephine
Evelyn
Italy
Leon Battista Alberti
Fucilla
Leroy
Percy
Hunter Hammond
Percy Hammond
Fucila
Hammond
Guerin
President Truman Leads Armistice Day Observance
President Truman led Armistice Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery. He told the crowd the welfare of the United States and the world rests on peace and warned against future wars, urging a peace that avoids another global conflict for the causes of World Wars I and II.
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Washington
Ins
Truman
America
Arlington National Cemetery
United States
Winters Grip Tightens Across Rockies and Plains
A new disturbance from the weather bureau in Chicago threatens a 36 hour wintry siege across the Rockies and Western Plains. Deep snowfalls and subzero ground temperatures mark the outbreak with Colorado Nebraska Iowa South Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin recording zero to five degree readings as Valentine and Trinidad report the coldest readings.
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Rocky Mountains
Plains
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Minesota
Wisconsin
Valentine
Trinidad
Colo
Sioux Falls
S. D
Bus maniac takes wheel at Chicago CS Lines terminal
A swift-walking pedestrian bent by temptation jumped into a king-size red and yellow Chicago Surface Lines bus at a CS Lines terminal. He drove it down the street until police recovered the vehicle later on Chicago's west side.
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Chicago
INS
Chicago Surface Lines Company
West Side
Three Hurt In Crash In Des Moines
Three Sigourney residents were injured in a car truck collision in Des Moines Saturday night. They are Mrs. John Cossens age 45, her daughter Mrs. Bernadine Schutt age 23, and Schutt’s 19 month old son.
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Des Moines
INS
Sigourney
John Cossens
Bernadine Schutt
Decontrol effects eyed by Cedar Rapids firms in 1946
Cedar Rapids industry leaders foresee mixed impacts from ending price and supply controls. Lumber and building materials face higher costs and possible shortages, while retailers aim to absorb rises rather than pass them on. Newsprint supply may loosen, but prices could still rise.
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William C. Crawford
Kings’ Crown Plaster Company
Halford T. Barry
Chandler Company
Syndicate Clothing Company
Herbert A. Levin
Prices Won't Go Wild After Decontrol Says Industry
Industry spokesmen warned some price increases would follow the lifting of price controls but said overall inflation would be kept in check. A UPI survey notes housewives expect no skyrocket and prefer more available consumer goods as decontrol spreads through food, clothing, autos, building materials, furniture, steel, and coal sectors.
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Levin
Cedar Rapids
Rex Dean
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Dean
Iowa Tractor and Machinery Company
C. M. Daniel
Farmers Implement Store
Dan L. Schwitters
Cedar Rapids’ Heavy Industries
Kenneth Lindsay
Iowa Manufacturing
Lindsay
Eddy Paper Corporation
H. B. Lien
The
Box Corporation
Chicago
Lien
Southern Paper Mills
United Press
Agriculture Department
Lew Hahn
National Retail Association
Chrysler
Hudson
Ford
Atlanta
Lewis Brown
Johns Manville
New York City
OPA
Joseph Griswold, Jr
Grand Repidsrniture Company
Steel
Hit-Run Charge Filed Against Truck Driver
George Martin of 2696 Fruitland Boulevard SW was charged with leaving the scene of an accident Saturday near Greene Square after a dump truck struck a parked car owned by Charles Hoover of Robins. A passerby left Hoover’s note with the license number. patrolmen found the truck near 14th Avenue and 14th Street SE.
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George Martin
Fruitland Boulevard
Greene Square
Martin
Charles Hoover
Robins
Hoover
Jerry Navratil
Art Zimmerman
Fourteenth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Fire at A. and P. store causes $2000 damage
Fire at the A and P store in Waterloo caused an estimated $2000 damage early Monday. Officials said the furnace door was left open and rubbish was set near it.
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Waterloo
INS
A. and P
Fists Fly As Auto Hits Pedestrian In Sunday Incident
A car strike and subsequent melee occurred around 12 10 a m Sunday injuring Pernicka. William Miller and Glen Schultz resisted medical aid for Pernicka as police separated the group. Frederick Share was charged with reckless driving and his father with disturbing the peace. his mother with drunkenness.
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William Miller
Eleventh Avenue SE
Glen Schultz
Pernicka
Rutherford Share
Schultz
Miller
Frederick Share
Two Publishers Freed Of Contempt Penalties
In Little Rock Arkansas the state supreme court freed L Christopher Bates and his wife Daisy Bates publishers of the Arkansas State Negro weekly from contempt penalties. The court ruled there is no law allowing jail for contempt in this context and the union freed the publishers.
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Little Rock
Administration of Justice
Unanimous Union
L. Christopher Bates
Daisy
Vandals Burglarize Waltonian Camp Near Troy Mills
Deputies report the Waltonian camp east of Troy Mills was entered last week. Cooking utensils and silverware were taken after locks and windows were broken. Amos Smith, the custodian, found the break Sunday as neighbors recalled seeing youths drive onto the grounds the prior Tuesday night.
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Troy Mills
Larry Condon
Monty
Amos Smith
Condon
Quintuplet Girls Born Prematurely Die in Florida
Duval county hospital authorities announce the premature birth and death of quintuplet girls to an 18 year old Negro mother. All five infants were alive at birth but died within 30 minutes. Each weighed about a pound and a quarter and were developmentally around four and a half months. The mother Dorothy Ross is reported in good condition. Father James Ross is a laundry washman.
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Jacksonville, Fla
Duval County
Dorothy Ross
James Ross
Victim of Election Day Slugging Dies in New York
New York AP reports Jn Scottireggio aged 42, a Republican district captain, slugged last Tuesday while heading to a polling place, died Monday in a hospital. The incident occurred amid election day violence and prompts ongoing police inquiries.
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N.Y
New York
Jn Scottireggio
Past G.A.R. leader Isaac Sharp dies at 98
Isaac W. Sharp, 98, former national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, died Sunday night in Warsaw Indiana. He was born in Troy Ohio.
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Warsaw
Ind
Isaac W. Sharp
Grand Army of the Republic
Troy
Ohio
Britain tightens guard as Jewish underground threats loom
London reporting that Scotland Yard installed extra security at Whitehall and major sites after claims Jewish underground groups planned attacks. Attlee, Montgomery, Hall and others said targeted. heightened measures include armed guards, lockdowns, and central briefing, with ties to Irgun and Stern reports.
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London
Scotland Yard
Whitehall
Attlee
British
War Office
George
Buckingham Palace
Parliament
Britain
New York
Foreign Ministers Council
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Admiralty
Viscount Hall
Montgomery
London News
Irgun Zvailami
Stern Gang
Hall
Evelyn Barker
Palestine
John Shaw
GOP Committee Sets Meeting on 1948 Prospects
The Republican National Committee planned a Washington meeting for December 5 to discuss prospects for victory in the 1948 presidential campaign.
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Washington
INS
Republican National Committee
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Vinton
Everett Brown
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Mercy
Lloyd Evans
Fifteenth Avenue
Darrell Schumacher
C Avenue
Wilbur Matus
Twenty-first Avenue
Richard Allaire
Twenty-third Street
Schofield Barracks
Oahu
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Warren W. Chamberlain
Sgt
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East Chicago
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Dickerson
Mary Esther Bergen
Guy
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Calif
Jack A Tewalt
Tewarts
Army Air Transport
Florist
Third Ave
Peters
Christ of Galilee
Hanford Post
Post 788
Memorial Coliseum
Armory
S.E
Jones Infant
Louiisiqna
Negro
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West Randolph Street
Ill
Edward Ellis
Evanston, NL
Northwestern University
Ted
Heamee
Paul Means
Voluntary Ltd
Reo
I H. Maloney
R. D. Hunt Company
Maloney
John L. Lewis
S. Bjelland
Hamilton Seed and Coal Company
Cedar Rapids Coal Dealers Association
Rayon
Toman
Third Avenue
Eens Vicks
Yaabaeiedien
T’s CO Furniture House
Second Ave
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G.A.R. Head
G.O.P
J. G. Kintz SO
Fourth Avenue
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