Every Member Canvass Opens Sunday Across Cedar Rapids
More than 25 Cedar Rapids and Marion churches join the Cedar Rapids Marion Council of Churches to launch the Every Member canvass on Sunday afternoon. Budgets exceed 250 000 dollars, aiding local and foreign church work as Loyalty Sunday marks the start. Ed Zeller and Byron K. Anderson lead planning with church leaders, opening at the First Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids and Marion
Cedar Rapids-Marion
United Church
Anderson
First Presbyterian Church
Russell F. Knapp
Harley N. Steele
Weather and town notices blend with court reports
Partly cloudy forecast with higher Sunday temperatures and light northwest winds. Monthly rainfall totals, noon readings, and a burst of local crime and court entries follow. Disturbing the peace and traffic fines are listed with several divorce petitions and marriage licenses among obituary notes from Calmar Monona and West Liberty.
Two Cedar Rapids Youths Fined for Disturbing the Peace
Two Cedar Rapids youths William T. Moore aged 18 and Francis R. Spinka aged 19 were arrested for disturbing the peace by fighting over a girl. Judge Harry S. Johnson fined each $25 and costs, suspending $15 of the fines on good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Moore
Seventeenth Avenue
Francis R. Spinka
N Street
Cedar Rapids
Harry S. Johnson
Guerilla Raid Reaches Near Athens in Palio koundoura
The army said guerrilla raiders attacked Palio koundoura, 18 miles northwest of Athens, marking their closest approach to the capital this year in a Saturday report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Paliokoundoura
Courthouse Check Writer Sentenced to 10 Years
Arnold Turner pled guilty to uttering a forged instrument and received a ten year term in Fort Madison penitentiary. Judge G. K. Thompson handed down the sentence after Turner admitted passing a $25 check at a Cedar Rapids tavern last September bearing the forged name Joe Cahalan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Turner
Fort Madison
G. K. Thompson
Turner
Cedar Rapids
Joe Cahalan
Suspended Sentence Revoked for Helen Wild
Judge G K Thompson ordered the six month suspended jail term against Helen Jane Wild to be imposed. The revocation occurs as she faces a second false check charge filed November 10 against her and her father Charles Wild. Charles Wild, 60, pleaded guilty and was given a six month suspended sentence. Helen Wild pled innocent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Jane Wild
G. K. Thompson
Miss Wild
Charles Wild
Hamilton Street
Wild
Morrissey Gets Six Months Suspended Sentence
John Joseph Morrissey pled guilty to breaking and entering before Judge G K Thompson. He admitted entering Floyd Dougherty’s residence at 4100 First Avenue NE last July 6 and was sentenced to a suspended six month term. Items missing included a radio camera watches a necklace and a lavaliere.
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John Joseph Morrissey
G. K. Thompson
Morrissey
Floyd Dougherty
First Avenue NE
Vozenilek Files Suit for Separate Maintenance
Delores N Vozenilek of Linn County filed a petition in district court seeking separate maintenance from George Vozenilek. The action requests financial support and relief from the marriage, with case details filed in the Linn County courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delores N. Vozenilek
Linn County
George Vozenilek
Three Linn County suits dismissed on motions
In Linn county district court on Saturday three suits were dismissed on motions of the plaintiffs. The cases dismissed were Floyd Brecht vs. Louis W. Nikodim. Hazel Cairy vs. Robert Cairy, a divorce. and Lucille Anderson vs. William and Howard Rupperle, damages.
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Linn County District Court
Floyd Brecht
Louis W. Nikodim
Hazel Cairy
Robert Cairy
Lucille Anderson
William and Howard Rupperle
Judge awards damages to Roy Dumond vs Cline and insurer
Judge M C Hamiel on Friday awarded Roy Dumond judgment of $125 against Frank and Mabel Cline and U S Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore. Dumond sought the amount for damages resulting from a wrongful injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Hamiel
Roy Dumond
Frank and
Mabel Cline
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Baltimore
Dumond
Franks Sues Webb over Lumber and Coal Account
S. M. Franks Friday filed suit against Mr. and Mrs. Cato Webb seeking 258.27 as allegedly due on an account for lumber coal and other merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Franks
Cato Webb
Local suits seek small debts from 1942 promissory note
William C. Roach Friday filed suit against W. F. Brown and Ruth M. Brown for 610.55 on a promissory note dated July 25, 1942. Dale and Leola Littell Saturday sued Lloyd Butterfield for 114.65 on a grocery account. Leslie Bright filed Saturday for 377.26 from R. J. MacNamara on a dishonored check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Roach
W. F. Brown
Ruth M. Brown
Dale
Leola Littell
Mrs. Lloyd Butterfield
Leslie Bright
R. J. MacNamara
Bright
Widow Receives All Henry Chavis Property Under Will
The will of Henry W. Chavis, slain Ames Canning Company owner, names Mrs. Chavis executrix and life income beneficiary. Upon her death, income goes to his daughters Mrs. Carl Rehnblom of Ames and Mrs. Ralph Hagen of Santa Monica. Chavis was shot near his farm home on November 8 as investigations continue with two arrests made by June.
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Nevada
Henry W. Chavis
Ames Canning Company
Chavis
Story County
Carl Rehnblom
Ames
Ralph Hagen
Santa Monica
Calif
El Kahir Shrine Fall Class Named For Ed Dieman
The El Kahir Shrine initiated its fall class in a Memorial Coliseum ceremony attended by about 1,500. Ed Dieman was honored for his work visiting Masonic sick. The 97 new nobles include Cedar Williams, Russell Somerwell, Herbert Stewart, and many others from multiple Iowa towns.
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el Kahir Shrine
Ed Dieman
Memorial Coliseum
T.ieman
Clyde Landis
F. A
Fuzzy” Ahring
Chanters
George Fanborg
Stewart Sh
Ray Stoner
Robert L. Parcell
John E. Norrgard
James Mitchell
Ira A. Lowell
Mathew Lorenc
J. Leonard Kline
Ed Y. Jones, Jr
Donald E. Johnson
Edward R. Heilman
Clarence F. Heilman
Michael J. Griffin
Earl T. Grassit
Leonard H. Gauger
Paul E. Fidler
Harry P. Doolittle
Birchel R
Ronald W. Schueler
W. Gerald Thomas
Iowa Falls
Leo C. Jorgensen
Joe L. Weiher
James L. Rummel
Condition of Youth Injured in Hunting Accident
John Richling, 20, injured in a hunting accident near Van Horne, was described as in good condition by St. Luke's hospital. He is a University of Iowa student and son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Richling. The injury occurred when a companion's gun discharged while four youths hunted. his father applied a belt tourniquet before they traveled two miles to their car and he was taken to Cedar Rapids by ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Richling
van Horne
St. Luke’s Hospital
Richling
W. E. Richling
Seventeenth Street
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Stephen Pazdera Fined for Reckless Driving
Stephen F. Pazdera of 1936 Grande Avenue SE was fined $50 and costs by Judge Harry S. Johnson in police court Saturday after being found guilty of reckless driving. Pazdera pled innocent to the charge stemming from an accident on Third Avenue SE last Tuesday when his car struck a parked moving van.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen F. Pazdera
Grande Avenue SE
Harry S. Johnson
Pazdera
Third Avenue SE
Correction Notice and Local Bazaar Announcements
The Gazette lists a correction for Elaine Lawrence in the Franklin high school honor society photo and notes a St. Luke's hospital transfer for A. J. Odegaard. Bazaar events include St Wenceslaus November dates and an American Legion Thanksgiving Turkey Bazaar at Memorial Building with free admission.
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Gazette
Elaine Lawrence
Franklin High School Honor Society
Miss Lawrence
American ‘Legion
Memorial Building
Kasenkina Declares Forever U S Stay After Escape
Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina, 53, a Russian schoolteacher who leaped from the Soviet consulate window, said she will never return to Russia and plans to live in the United States. She spoke at a guarded news conference at Roosevelt Hospital, expressing pride in American freedoms and the desire to become an American citizen while seeking teaching work after recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oksana S. Kasenkina
Russia
America
Roosevelt Hospital
United States
Mrs. Kasenkina
Man Cleared Self After Truth Test Named Him Killer
In Martinez California William Peck a 24 year old ex sailor denied being in Kenneth Long’s Richmond home on the murder day and freed after the truth serum testimony by Kenneth Long who named him as killer under sodium pentathol. A psychiatrist recorded the session and defense counsel introduced it as evidence stirring the trial. The judge ordered Peck released and told him to go home.
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Martinez
Calif
Kenneth Long
Long
William Peck
Richmond
Air Force
Peck
George T. Davis
Medford
Ore
Mrs. Long
Kenneth, Jr
Kenny
Hugh Donovan
Three Marshalltown Sisters Injured In Spate Of Misfortune
May Vogel 79 fell breaking an arm while two sisters Lou 74 and Fannie 66 are hospitalized after a week earlier auto crash at a downtown intersection that seriously injured both. Police investigate missing possessions from the accident scene as all three sisters rest well.
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Marshalltown
May Vogel
Lou Vogel
Fannie Vogel
Lou
Two Bus Passengers Injured in Crackup
Two Greyhound passengers were hospitalized after a bus ran off a highway embankment west of Estherville Iowa. Mrs Starr oferville suffered a fractured arm and Eveline Hoff man of Watford City ND had a broken nose and facial injuries. Driver Harold Clark of Omaha blamed blowing snow for the loss of control at the junction of highways 9 and 71 ten miles west of Estherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Greyhound
Here
Spirit Lake
Marvin Bradley Fined $300 for Drunk Driving
Marvin Bradley, 43, of Palo, pled guilty in Linn county district court to drunk driving after a Friday accident. Judge G K Thompson fined him 300 dollars but let him pay 100 and costs now with the balance at 50 dollars monthly installments. Bradley’s car collided with Oren D. Smith’s car in front of Smith’s home at 4 30 p m, pushing Smith’s car 32 feet into a light pole. Bradley was treated and released from St Luke’s hospital for a chin cut.
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Marvin Bradley
Palo
Linn County
G. K. Thompson
Bradley
Oren D. Smith
Johnson Avenue
Nnw
Smith
St. Luke’s Hospital
Siding Deals Contained to Arbitrate in Cedar Rapids
Four house owners in Cedar Rapids faced pushy Royal siding sales tied to asbestos cement shingles. One widow canceled after a payment misunderstanding. work began on back of her home. The company offers include a $25 refund and verbal promises, with cancellation fees differing between contracts.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Storm Delays and Dwindling Snow in Iowa Towns
Winds and sleet cut long distance service as snowfall accumulates in northwest Iowa towns. Sioux City records three inches with Spencer Cherokee Estherville at two and one inch respectively. Drifts form due to strong winds while Cedar Rapids receives only a trace mix. Temperatures swing from a 58 degree high to a 31 degree low. United Air Lines signals weather impact at Cedar Rapids Munich airport with wind gusts and visibility concerns.
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Ghicarsi
New York
Phoenix
Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Spencer
Cherokee
Estherville
Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
Cedar Rapids Munich
Ieee
Deaths Mrs. Robert Knight 77 former West Liberty resident
Services for Mrs. Robert Knight 77 will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Snider funeral home in West Liberty. Born near Atalissa November 24 1870 she had been bedridden since September 8 and lived many years in Cedar Rapids with time in California. She married Robert Knight of Pasadena in 1931 who died in April 1947. She survived by three nephews and two nieces. A Gazette correction notes she did not die in West Branch.
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Robert Knight
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Atalissa
Snider
Death of Nancy Hickey Mackey widow of David Mackey
Nancy Hickey Mackey 84 of 91 Wilson avenue SW widow of David Mackey and lifelong Linn county resident died at home Saturday after a long illness. Born December 23, 1863 near Cedar Rapids she leaves four daughters three daughters in law fifteen grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. She belonged to St Patrick church funeral services to be announced friends may call at Teahen chapel Sunday.
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Nancy Hickey Mackey
Wilson Avenue
David Mackey
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Mary
Edward Poduska
Edward Hartl
Ely
Charles Viktor
St. Patrick’s Church
Five Hurt in Des Moines Car Crash
Five Des Moines residents were injured in an east Des Moines crash on Easton Boulevard. Driver Paul Frueh, 22, and Kenneth Kritchard, 25, were unconscious midmorning after being moved to Veterans Hospital. Harold Robinson, 23, Herbert Kile, 21, and Richard Sanders, 18, suffered serious injuries and were treated at Broadlawns General Hospital before transfers. Police described a loss of control sending the car into a mailbox and pole before striking a tree and returning to the street.
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DES Moines
Paul Frueh
Kenneth K. Kritchard
Harold E. Robinson
Herbert Kile
Richard Sanders
Frueh
Kritchard
Broadlawns General Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Robinson
Kile
Broadlawns
Sanders
Easton Boulevard
Training School Inmates Linked With Burglaries
A youth from the Iowa Training School for Boys bound over to the Hardin county grand jury faced breaking and entering charges after admitting burglaries tied to the institution. Donald Neighbors of Waterloo, 18, admitted planning early Monday and Wednesday thefts with loot traced to hidden spots. Three younger escapees were captured and returned to the school, with other burglaries at Marathon Oil and an elevator in Steamboat Rock linked to the group.
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Eldora
Iowa Training School
Hardin County Grand Jury
Paul Hodgson
Donald Neighbors
Waterloo
Hardin County
Hodgson
Neighbors
King
Steamboat Rock
Marathon Oil Station
Des Moines
Board of Control
Notice of Estate of Clara in Linn County Iowa
Death of Clara in Linn County Iowa probate filing announces estate administration. Creditors are requested to present claims for payment to the undersigned executor and attorneys Barnes Chamberlain Hanzlik Wadsworth.
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Clara
Linn County
Iowa
Barnes, Chamberlain
Hanzlik Wadsworth
Grange Backs Oleo Tax Repeal If No Deception
The National Grange endorsed repealing federal and some state oleomargarine taxes if sales are not as butter. Delegates debated for over two hours and expect repeal efforts in Congress. The resolution also urged injunctions and arbitration to curb strikes seen as a public threat while affirming workers' rights to organize and picket peaceably.
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Portland
National Grange Convention
Grange
Congress
Senate
House
The
Farm Organization
Driver Hits Pedestrian in Police Court
E. P. McMinds aged 52 of 505 Fifth avenue SE suffered side bruises Friday when struck by a car at Fifth avenue and Fifth street SE. He was taken to St. Luke's hospital. The car driver Jack Bates of 2309 Mt. Vernon road SE was fined $5 and costs for failing to yield the right of way.
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E. P. McMinds
Fifth Avenue SE
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jack Bates
Mt. Vernon Road
Injured Atkins Youth Receives Gifts From Townsfolk
Richard Rathje, a 15 year old from Atkins, was presented a radio phonograph, an album of records, and $59 in cash by Atkins residents at St. Luke's hospital Friday. His left foot was injured in a hunting accident on November 15, as reported by Mrs. John Jennings and two other Am s residents. Rathje’s condition was listed as fairly good Friday afternoon.
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Atkins
St. Luke’s Hospital
Richard Rathje
John Jennings
Alfred Hartkemeyer
Adam Michel
Ams
Rathje
Philadelphia to be 1949 American Legion convention site
The American Legion chose Philadelphia as its 1949 convention city, dating Aug 29 to Sept 1, and rejected bids from Miami and New York. The group will also hold its spring session in New Orleans. An economic report urged extending federal rent controls and backed housing aid for veterans through direct loan programs and veteran preference in federal housing sales.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Philadelphia
Legion Executive Committee
Miami
New York
New Orleans
Economic Commission
Legion
Appointment Notice in Linn County Iowa Probate
Public notice from Linn County Iowa regarding the appointment of an executor for the estate of a deceased resident. Creditors are requested to present their claims by the specified date at the Linn County Clerk’s office.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Linn Counte
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Cc. R. Weather
Chambers Inskeep Optical
L Street
Companies 5
Justice Court
Jack Howard Hale
Birmingham
Ala
H. R. Churchill
Mary E. Stinger
Theodore Stinger
Lucille L. Hrabak
Donald W. Hrabak
Nelle A. Evans
Ralph Evans
Frances J. Smith
Pauline W. Cahill
Kenneth L. Cahill
Carrie Beranek
Fred J. Beranek
Walter Stephen
Alma Horak
George E. Dennis
Agnes E. Watterson
Carl R. Jass
Phyllis van der Sluis
William Burgess
Ruth Klein
Louis E. Nelson
Janice F. Bissell
Robert D. Hudson
LaVonne E. Miller
Marion
Donald L. Herring
Mt. Vernon
E. Daphene Shaver
Coral Gables
Fla
Charles F. Butler
Lois Peters
Wilmer Lint
Elmerine Bowers
Robert P. Marshall
Westchester
Joy Louise Cope
Springville
Stephen Francis Pardera
Maynard P. Allbrecht
Westwood Drive
Delos H. Gardner
B Avenue NE
Orval J. Hinz
Anamosa
Norman B. Shears
Seventh Street SE
Leo Smith
Fourth Avenue
William Ellington, Jr
Ellis Terrace
Richard E. Norton
Tenth Avenue SE
Jack M. Bates
Second Avenue SE
Maynard Hall
First Street
Wayne K. Meier
A Avenue
Mercy
John Rutan
Don Ferguson
Vernon
Harold Andrews
First Avenue NW
Donald Collins
Richard Harrington
Watkins
St. Luke’s
Charles Dennis
H Avenue NW
Ottumwa
Otto Simmer
Simmer
Margaret Reasland
Robert Reasland
Third Avenue
Calmar
Frank Hywiek
St. Aloysius’ Church
Monona
Dan Donahue
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Snider Funeral Home
Helen Wild
John Morrissey
C. Atlee Wilcox
Fairfax
F. Keith Listebarger
Decorah
Hubert T. Posahl
Cedar Falls
George L. Goodwin
Central City
Albert J. Schueler
Carl A. Stoltz
Amber
George Siebels
Brandon
Martin A. Gillam
Waverly
Erwin Iserman
Floyd
Wayne W. Gauger
Independence
Opal H. Keller
Manly
Irvin L. Wren
Guttenberg
Fred J. Friedlein
Olin
John A. Phillips
Onslow
Alva B. Streeper
Oxford Junction
Marvin Westphal
Randalia
Dale H. Wale
Stanwood
Richard C. Meyer
Toronto
Claus von Essen
Toledo
Louis F. Boll
Stephen Pazdera
A. J. Odegaard
Longwood Drive
Dial
City Cab
St. Wenceslaus
Marshalltown Sisters In Hospital
Frank Byers
Royal Company
Minnesota Company
Royal
Lilly
Mrs. Knight
Ovid A. Martin
Labor Issues
Philly
Norent
Canada
SOWA
Canada Dry Tiling Company
Gedar F Rapids
Rapti
Canada Bottling Company
Oreventy
Pipickan
Any
Rae
Pone A. F
USS
Milo O. Hanzlik
2Nd Ave. SE
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