Weather and obituaries fill a November 28 1952 daily record
The issue reports a Southwest Central region forecast with light snow ending in the afternoon and a gradual temperature change, plus weekend weather notes. It lists funeral notices for Benischek, Chord, Blong, Bailey, Arbogast, and other local deaths, along with marriage licenses, divorce petitions, births, and juror, traffic, and fire notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicarge
Minneapotlx
Denver
Rev Orleans
Orka
Farso
Pheomix Ar
Madison
Seattle - Bh
Miami
Sioux City
Community Chest Sets New All Time Record in Cedar Rapids
The 1952 Cedar Rapids Community Chest drive finished with 24 622 subscribers contributing or pledging donations. The final audited total was 236 748 09 dollars, slightly above the 235 229 68 raised in 1951 and beyond the 234 goal. Prior to Thanksgiving the Chest office distributed posters to larger businesses and industries urging contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest
Cedar Rapids
Feiden
Walker leaves $24 thousand estate to adopted children
Former New York mayor James J. Walker died in 1944 leaving a net estate of 24068 dollars with 5090 dollar bequests to his adopted children James and Mary Ann. The estate tax appraisal lists Janet Allen Walker of Miami Beach and Nan Walker Burke as beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Walker
James
Mary Ann
Janet Allen Walker
Miami Beach
Nan Walker Burke
Copper Boom Reawakens Michigan Copper Country
Copper mining surges in northern Michigan driven by RFC and government loans totaling 100 million dollars. Prospectors, scientists, and engineers repopulate Keweenaw looking to extract billions of tons of ore from sites like White Pine and Osceola as new flotation methods and stable prices revive a once dormant industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Eastman
Calumet
Mich
INS
Michigan
Porcupine Mountains
Lake Superior
Keweenay
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tven
Nature
RFC
Teans
Hecla
Osceola
Keweenaw Peninsula
Aes
White Pine
America
Two Men Jailed For Larceny in Tavern Coat Case
Lillian Haddy testified that two men stole a coat from Sammy's tavern on 604 B Avenue NE around 5 30 p m. They were spotted in a second tavern at Parkson 318 First Avenue NE where police arrested them after finding six shirts and six pairs of gloves stolen from Kresge's. The suspects Carl Henry Jones 32 at large and Judd G Stennett 48 Shenandoah Peds were arraigned on grand larceny charges before Justice Charles Benesh and given until Tuesday 2 p m to plead with bonds set at 2000 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
George Shotwell
Harold Richardson
Marion
Charles Benesh
Charles C. Collins
Forty-fourth Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Arless Harger
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Miles Adams
Lillian Haddy
Sammy's Tavern
B Avenue
Park
Son’s
First Avenue
Kresge’s
Carl Henry Jones
Judd G. Stennett
Shen- Jendach
Mayhem Charge Dismissed After Settlement in Tavern Fight
Tom McMurrin of 544 H Street SW had a mayhem charge dropped after he and Paul Scott of Evansdale settled the case. Both admitted responsibility for a November 22 fight outside a tavern, sharing court costs. Scott, who required 13 stitches for a bitten ear, attended the hearing with other witnesses present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom McMurrin
Thamas McMurrin
H Street
Paul Scott
Evansdale
McMurrin
Charles Benesh
Scott
McMutrrin
Deaths of Birlen Spencer and Leslie B Hughes
Birlen Spencer 60 of Cedar Rapids died in a hospital at 7 pm Friday after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Irene two daughters Reba Schulty in Chicago and Mrs Harris Davenport son Kermit Cedar Rapids two brothers and six grandchildren. Services Monday 1 30 pm Monahan funeral home burial Ainsworth cemetery. Leslie B Hughes Cedar Rapids resident 40 years died 4 15 am Saturday after brief illness. Survived by wife Ada two sons Charles William and Cecil two stepchildren five grandchildren. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at Brady mortuary after 1 pm Sunday. City official Walter Williams acquitted of assault and battery at Fort Dodge. Williams denied the charge, Hooper accusing him of striking during airport snow removal photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Melvin Wessel
L Street
St. Luke’s
George Schamberger
Midway Drive
Johnson Avenue
Roy L. Olinger
Springville
George E. Horning
Marion
Kirkwood
W. G. Keehn
Keehn
F. Keehn
Glenway Drive
Sheri Nichols
E. G. Nichols
Meadowbrook Drive
Independence
Leo T. Schuler
Schuler
Marengo
Henry Gode Drygoods Company
Fresno
Calif
Bady
Hoover Funeral Home
West Liberty
George Angerer
Iowa City
St. Joseph’s Church
Snider
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Manchester
Shelly Funeral Home
Clarence B. Joslin
Cedar Falls
Oakland Cemetery
Marquette
Judy Flaine
Orland Scheffert
Birlen Spencer
Wenty-Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Bushnell
Spencer
Theresa Irene
Reba Schulty
Chicago
Douglas Harris
Davenport
Kermit
Melvin Spencer
California
Blake
Crawfordsville
Monahan
H. G. Schwegler
Ainsworth
Leslie B. Hughes
Tue
Sedalia
Ada
Charles William
Cecil
Anna Mae Severe
Joseph William Chalder
Brady Mortuary
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Ne . Co
Fort Dodge
Walter Williams
R. L. Hooper
Hooper
Williams
Hailstones Reported In Levinger Michigan Town
NO EXAGGERATION reports hail as large as golf balls in LEVERING Michigan. George Sparks and Wendell Johnson freezing the hail in a deep freeze while avid T. Emery notes the event. David T. Emery of Hammond Indiana former Cedar Rapids resident dies. Two Emery siblings drive a 1910 Model T Ford to a prize exhibit in Mt. Vernon delays attendance for funeral services in Hammond.
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Levering
Mich
George Sparks
Wendell Johnson
Avid T. Emery
David T. Emery
Hammorti
Ind
Cedar Rapids
J. C. Emery
Scituate, Mass
John Emeryoff
Charles Lane
Irving
Cursing Parrot Sparks Nationwide Adoption Offers
A Brookfield zoo visitor accused a spicy tailed parrot of vile cursing and sparked a nationwide flurry of adoption offers. Zoo director Robert Bean received wires and calls from people offering to reform the bird while most said they would not be deterred by swearing. A 78 year old woman even asked to take the parrot to “perk things up a bit.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Zoo
Robert Bean
Fails To Get Title Man Sues for $760
Howard Perrigo sues LeRoy and Lorna Colbert for 760 alleging he paid 260 down on a 500 lot and the Colberts did not provide title when due. He seeks 260 plus 500 damages from the failed deal and two other related suits are noted involving Edward J. Dahms and Marie Anderson and the Clem Fleury Equipment Co against the Willman Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Perrigo
LeRoy
Lorna E. Colbert
Perrigo
Colberts
Edward J. Dahms
Marie Anderson
Nurses Sought as Accomplices in Winnie Judd Escape
AP reports two nurses from the state hospital for the insane are hunted as possible accomplices in Winnie Ruth Judd’s sixth escape. Judd, 48, escaped by squeezing through a hole in a bathroom window screen. officials suspect inside help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenis
Stat Hospital
Winnie Ruth Judd
Trunk
Herb Barnes
The
Palpital
Phoenix
Tucson
Sumer
Youth Eyed by Soviet New Party
Report from London notes that in the Soviet Union the new party presidium and enlarged secretariat show a push to youth. Georgi Malenkov remains influential while Nikita Khrushchev and Stalin era leaders still hold sway in a power shift toward younger officials and a larger, better educated party base.
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New Party
W. A. Eyser
London
Russia
Mikhailov
Comigistst
Central ‘Committee
Istmie
Josef Stelin
Politburo
Iat
Communist Party of the
Soviet Union
Georgi M. Malenkov
Stalin
Leutenant
Jook
Nikita
Khrushchev
Malenkov
City Briefs and Local Notices Roundup
Mercy hospital reports Robert F Barta route 3 in good condition after surgery with visitors permitted Thursday. A traffic case against James L Hoerner Central City dismissed by Judge William J Matias after a Sept 21 incident at Seventeenth street and Avenue N E. Central Park church Cub pack awards to 18 youths including David Schothnan Ted Dailey and others. Two Cedar Rapids youths guilty of gasoline siphoning with suspended sentences. R J Carstens promoted to captain while serving in Korea. son of local residents. Seaman Robert E Kohl on leave with parents after duty in Japanese waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Barta
Mercy Hospital
James L. Hoerner
Central City
William J. Matias Ae
Seventeenth Street
Avenue
James Bromwell
Kew
Terry
Scheinberger
Richard -‘McCoy
Bruce
Santomas Palmer
Ana’ ‘Lancy
Wee
Central Parkey Ciniad
David Schothnan
Ted Dailey
Richard Farkword
David cCor
Robert
Bick ‘Wheeler
Artes. Nimmer
Bobby “All White
Richard Hopkins
Bill Kuba
John Baldwin
David Moore
Donald Myers
Robert ‘Platner
R. J
Carstens
Army’ Combat Engineers
Korea
Fred Carstens
Sixth Avenue SE
Marion
Des Moines
Carsteng
Tredat Rapids
McKinley High School
Down State College
Robart E. ‘Kohl
Earl FR. Kohl
Mound Avenus
Iowa Music Educators Meeting Concludes Today
Des Moines reports a conference closing with a concert by 1,500 student musicians and officer elections. Delegates from multiple states attended a session highlighting education and music programs amid a broader education focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Music Educators Meeting
Des Moines
Music Educators Association
Dhevention
Beatrice “Kulturny
Krone
University of South
California
Gretchen University Education
Orion Dalley
Univer
Michigan
Weauen
G. Melnikov
Tien
Communist Party
Saidjals
Ukraine
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Seecsesee
Woodlawn Cementery
Arbogast
Wein
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Sum
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Norway
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Mt. Vernon
Edward B. Lawrence
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Mildred E. Morris
William N. Yates
Mary A. Henderson
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Newton
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Donald Deamer
Madge A. Morrow
Edward L. Morrow, Jr
Jimmy Walker
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Ike
David McDonald
Clem Fleury Equipment Company
Willman Company
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Fleury
Murses
Judd
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Hedwig Samuelson
Seapanel
Oleti
Mar
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Jen E Lapes
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