Weather and deaths mark the Daily Record November 17 1948
The daily sheet lists high and low temperatures and precipitation for cities including Williston and Miam. It includes an Iowa agricultural forecast for Thursday, notes rain and snow flurries, and records wind, normals, and airport data. The issue also reports a divorce petition and a string of local death notices with cremation and service details.
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Iowa
Atlas
TOGEF
Mbers Inskeep Optical Company
High Frequency Sound Can Harm Animals
Short note warns that extremely high frequency sound may be lethal to animals. Expert cautions about exposure levels and potential irreversible damage to hearing and physiological systems. Further study urged to determine safe limits and protective measures.
Nurse Shortage Blamed on Wages and Work Conditions
Miss Etta Rasmussen, superintendent of nurses at St. Luke's hospital, told Kiwanis club members that in ten years the nation will need 200,000 more nurses. She cited about 300,000 current nurses, 20,000 graduates annually, and argued wages and working conditions drive shortages.
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Etta Rasmussen
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kiwanis Club
Miss Rasmussen
Deaths Rose Beman 83 Cedar Rapids resident
Rose Beman 83 of 1557 B Avenue NE Cedar Rapids widow of William S Be man and longtime Cedar Rapids resident died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 11 10 p m Tuesday after a brief illness Born February 14 1865 in Colon Michigan she is survived by three daughters Mrs Lucile Mae Kelly Mrs W J Morris and Mrs Hazel Edwards two sons Dr Charles L Beman Milo G Beman a sister Mrs Everette House a brother Ed Moore twelve grandchildren and seven great grandchildren She was a Methodist and services will be at Turner chapel Friday at 1 p m Rev J Arthur Young will officiate Burial will be at Eldora Friends may call at the chapel.
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Rose Beman
Avenue NE
William S. Beman
Cedar Rapids
Beman
Colon
Mich
Lucile Mae Kelly
W. J. Morris
Hazel Edwards
Mondamin
Charles L. Beman
Mrs Minnie Klinck Dies in Cedar Rapids at 78
Mrs Minnie A Klinck aged 78 of 418 Twenty first street NE Cedar Rapids died Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital She was born March 5 1870 in Flora Illinois A Church of the Brethren member She leaves three sons Vernon Buffalo New York Walter Denver Colorado Eugene Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs C O Bachtell Montesano Washington two sisters Mrs Frank Ward Cedar Rapids and Mrs C E LeGrant San Diego California a brother Edward Rhinehart Shellsburg Four grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral arrangements await with Kuba funeral home to announce details
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Minnie A. Klinck
Twenty-first Street
Cedar Rapids
Flora, Il
Church of the Brethren
Vernon
Buffalo
N. Y
Walter
Denver
Colo
Eugene
C. O. Bachtell
Montesano
Wash
Life Sentence Debate Stirs Governor Commutation Effort
Crissman explains how section 789.13 of the code shapes indeterminate sentences, arguing the current text forces life terms for many felonies. The governor's committee seeks amendments to include treason and murder, which now carry life as the maximum.
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Smith
Anamosa Reformatory
Crissman
Governor's Committee On
Indeterminate Sentences and Life Terms in Prep for Rape Law
The article recalls a 1936 Supreme Court ruling where two bank robbers with life terms appealed to have their records altered, but the court upheld life sentences. It notes a later legislative fix for rape, clarifying imprisonment for life or term not less than five, with judges allowed to grant shorter sentences despite indeterminate provisions.
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Supreme Court
Fort Madison Penitentiary
John M. Rankin
Linn County Establishes Four New Road Districts
The Linn County board of supervisors set up four new secondary road districts 248 to 251 after a public hearing with no objections. They also scheduled December 14 for a hearing on district 252 and appointed Ben F. Hole as a member of the board of apportionment for assessments. The Lanning Lime Company earned a third extension on its contract to surface 14 districts due to late delivery of crushing equipment. The board also approved new heavy cross traffic warning signs at two intersections and at Red Ball and another west of Lafayette to curb blind-spot dangers.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Coggan
Lafayette
Stram
Whittier
Springville
Ben F. Hole
Fairfax
Thomas B. Yuill
Lanning Lime Company
Marion
Linn
Red Ball
Cedar Rapids
October Relief Case Totals in Linn County Rise
Relief cases in Linn County reached 370 in October, up from 339 in the same month last year and 295 in September. Of the October total 93 were family relief, 48 single relief, and 229 medical and burial. 262 were service cases. Poor fund expenditures were 9454.79 with refunds of 611.34. Major costs included 1574.77 for dependent children aid, 1499.79 hospital bill, and 1087.19 food.
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Linn County
Boats collide off Skiathos. 20 dead
Dispatches report two sailboats collided Monday off Skiathos island causing 4 passengers and crewmen to perish. The incident prompted rescue efforts and investigations by Greek authorities.
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Athens
Skiathos
Lincoln station story hour features Miss Redmond
City briefs note a 4 15 p m Lincoln station story hour led by Miss Catherine Redmond. Other items include St Wenceslaus Bazaar dates November 17 18 19 20 poultry prizes eats and evening fun.
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Lincoln Station
Catherine Redmond
St. Wenceslaus
Two Injured in Auto Accident Near Lisbon
Jack A Frew of 3311 Carlisle NE seeks 11764 in Linn County district court against Western Transport Co and Wayne Jasper Clark for injuries from a Nov 23 1947 crash a mile east of Lisbon on highway 30. He collided with Charles Valgrt at Sixth St and Fifth Ave SE injuring Frew and his wife who was hospitalized. Passenger Neil Gabrielson suffered a mouth laceration. police charged Frew with failing to yield right of way.
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Jack A. Frew
Carlisle Street
Western Transport Company
Wayne Jasper Clark
Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Frew
Lisbon
Linn County
Charles Valgrt
Seventh Street
Mercy
Valgrt
Neil Gabrielson
Second Street
Two YMB Officials To Go To National Meeting
Three Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce officials will attend conventions this week. Ken Hastie and Roy Swanson will represent the Young Men's bureau at the national Jaycee officers meeting in Tulsa on Friday. Robert Caldwell will attend the Iowa Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries fall conference starting Friday in Ottumwa.
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Haha
Z. E. Hahn
Iowa- Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Ken Hastie
Roy Swanson
Young Men’s Bureau
Jaycee
Tulsa
Robert Caldwell
Chamber
Iowa Association of Commercial Organization
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids Residents Confront Breach Claims Over Siding
Cedar Rapids homeowners faced breach of contract claims after outside siding firms canceled agreements. Discrepancies appeared over stipulated damages 75 dollars and 240 dollars for two 960 dollar jobs. Local officials warned about written contracts and required bonds for street work. Residents urged to verify estimates and avoid unsigned completion certificates until work is finished.
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J. H. Lilly
Lilly
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis Better Business Bureau
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Hitchhiker Vanishes After Ride With Boone Man
Carl Burgett of Boone gave a drenched hitchhiker a ride during a rainstorm near Marshalltown to Cedar Rapids. The traveler identified as Bob Leland stole Burgett’s 1949 gray Mercury with license 87877 and fled with $25 and clothing after spending the night in Burgett’s hotel room. Police fear Leland, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 165 pounds, may be headed for Chicago.
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Carl Burgett
Boone
Burgett
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Bob Leland
Leland
Chicago
Ruling on Sierk Case Postponed
Davenport Iowa AP reports District Judge Matthew Westrate postponed ruling on the impeachment action against Hugo C. Sierk a 58 year old Scott county supervisor. Westrate will announce a decision within days following an Oct 24 incident in which Sierk allegedly drove a county car into a ditch while intoxicated.
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Davenport
Matthew Westrate
Hugo C. Sierk
Scott County Board of Supervisors
Westrate
Sierk
Ford says fourth round of pay raises is inevitable
Henry Ford II told a Philadelphia policy committee that a fourth wage increase is inevitable as prices rise from higher wages and materials. He opposed price controls, defended profits, and supported the Taft Hartley act, noting it remains workable though politicized.
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Philadelphia
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Ford Asoo
Chester
Washington
John S. Bugas
Jackpot Winner Owes It to Wife
Ralph Harris of Echo Minnesota won 22500 in a radio contest after his wife correctly deciphered a sound sequence. Harris credited her for the win while he was a traveling representative for a Minneapolis milling firm. He said he usually travels but tries to be home for the Tuesday night giveaway.
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Echo, Minn
Minneapolis
Ralph Harris
Harris
Peter
Hearings Open on Wilson Plant Vote Bids
The National Labor Relations Board opened hearings in Chicago on petitions seeking a decertification and an election at Wilson and Company's meat plant. A second petition by the Packinghouse Workers Union also seeks an election. The UPWA accuses Wilson of refusing to bargain since last spring's strike.
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Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Wilson and Company
Wilson
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Secord
Packinghouse Workers Union
UPWA
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