Cookie Bachtell longtime Cedar Rapids cook dies at 69
Warner Claude Bachtell known as Cookie died in a local hospital at 3 28 p m Monday after a brief illness He worked 16 years as a cook at Camp Wapsie Y and did catering for weddings church receptions and private parties Born January 24 1886 in Volga City he married Edith Schenenberger in 1913 Surviving are his widow a daughter Mrs Maurine Miller a grandson Ronald Miller two brothers Vern Bachtell of McGregor and Ernest Bachtell of Arlington Ind a sister Mrs Leafie Henderson of Cedar Rapids and several nieces and nephews Services will be at Turner chapel 3 30 p m Thursday Rev George Stauffacher officiating burial in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Claude Bachtell
Cedar ‘Rapids
Camp Wapsie Y
Volga City
Edith Schenenberger
Cedar. Rapids
Maurine Miller
Ronald Miller
Cedar Rapids
Vern Bachtell
McGregor
Ernest Bachtell
Arlington
Leafie Henderson
Bachtell
First Evangelical Church
Turner Chapel
George Stauffacher
Linwood Cemetery
Daily Record wartime ration notices and local notices
Meat red stamps through E1 good to Oct 31. sugar stamp 38 five pounds through Dec 31. Shoe stamps 1 2 3 4 valid indefinitely. OPA not canceling. Ration office in American building. Weather and Iowa forecast. local police fines for curfew drunkenness yield right of way and parking violations. Several births, a cigarette fire, and divorce petitions including Maude Boyce vs Stanley Boyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
American Building
First Avenue
Second Street
A. T Pleane
Pierce Raps State Boards at Iowa Municipalities Meet
Frank Pierce executive secretary of the League of Iowa Municipalities told delegates at the forty-seventh annual convention in Burlington that Iowa should be governed by law not state boards. He urged a law to bar boards officials and employees from enacting rules without written approval from the attorney general. The convention opened with remarks from Burlington's Mayor Max Conrad and featured sessions led by Ft. Madison's Mayor L C Burton. Gov Robert D Blue was set to speak at a banquet Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Iowa
Frank Pierce
League of Iowa
League
Pierce
Senate
Towa
Max Conrad
L C Burton
Ft. Madison
Frank K Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Robert D Blue
Navy luncheon to spotlight Cedar Rapids veterans and musicians
Cedar Rapids Navy day luncheon at the Montrose hotel will feature CAPT Slars and navy musicians from Ottumwa. Five unit rhythm band, a Skyers 28 piece ensemble, and singers will entertain. Principal speaker CAPT Harry Sears with additional talks by Captains Anderson and Cleaves if weather allows. Reservations through local hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Navy League of the United States
Montrose
Ottumwa
Henry Haegg
Navy Day
Skyers
Wilson
Bluejacket
Great Lakes
WBWS
Columbus
John
Hotel Morrison
Chicago
Harry Edward Sears
Naval Air Primary Training Command
Naval Air Station
Glenview
Ill
Samuel C.C. Anderson
Mark Anderson
Willis E. Cleaves
Washington
Navy Day Observance at Cedar Rapids Schools
Four high schools will participate in a Navy day observance in Cedar Rapids with Saga Friday. McKinley’s assembly includes a speaker from the navy recruiting station and Sea Scouts will open and close the program. Wilson’s assembly features musical numbers and Roosevelt’s Roosevelt day program recites navy achievements. History classes at Franklin will be devoted to naval study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
McKinley
Assembly
Navy
Sea Scouts
Wilson
Roosevelt
Franklin
Chest over top in Cedar Rapids War Chest drive
The Cedar Rapids Community War Chest men’s group, led by Henry Gundling, surpassed the stepped up quota of 6528. Ira B. McGladrey reported 192 090 44 dollars pledged against 234 921 total as of Tuesday morning. He urged wage earners who have not pledged to donate to finish the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Community War Chest
Ira B. McGladrey
Henry Gundling
McGladrey
Gundling
Larry Vavra
Russell Knapp
Louis Alcorn
Charles Filipi
Lee Winterberg
De Boer Solo at Coe Chapel Service
Hendrick De Boer Dutch tenor sang The Lord's Prayer at Sinclair Memorial chapel as part of a Tuesday morning service directed by Dr David I Berger. He is scheduled for an evening concert at 8:00 o'clock in the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David I. Berger
Sinclair Memorial
Coe College
Hendrick de Boer
de Boer
Renee Cardell
Mary Helen Mobry
Barbara Chartier
Albert Durer
Dr. Berger
Japanese Army Chief Apologizes to People
In Tokyo on Monday night War Minister Sadamu Shimomura stated that army leaders must openly and jointly apologize to the Japanese people for all the wrong faults of the military. He stressed accountability at the top levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Sadamu Shimomura
Merchants Bank Wins Bid on Cedar Rapids School Bond Issue
The Cedar Rapids independent school district sold a $750000 bond issue to Merchants National Bank at a 1 percent low bid plus a $1325 premium. The issue will fund two new schools and additions to two others with retirement planned by 1960. Bids for workers compensation and auto insurance were sought, and Ida M. Schroeder resigned as Van Buren school teacher effective Oct 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Independent
Merchants National Bank
Ida M. Schroeder
van Buren
Governor Holds Closed Session Over Eldora Boys School Riot Fears
Gov. Blue met with an interim committee in a closed session after a telephone tip from Fred N. Cooper, new Eldora boys training school superintendent, warned of plans for another riot and mass escape. Reports said 18 boys escaped the Eldora institution on Monday and an inmate robbery at a tailor shop and billiard parlor netted about 80 dollars, a gun and clothing. Chief R. W. Nebergall of the state bureau of investigation delivered volumes of records to the meeting as part of an ongoing inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
INS
Fred N. Cooper
Robert D. Blue
Des Moines
Iowa Training School For Boys
State Interim Committee
Blue
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Investigation
Royall Nominated To Aid Patterson
President Truman nom inates Brig. Gen. Kenneth Royall of Goldsboro North Carolina as undersecretary of war to succeed Robert Patterson. Royall served in field artillery in WWI and rejoined the army after Pearl Harbor becoming brigadier general in 1943. Richmond Keech sworn in as administrative assistant to the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Kenneth Co. Royall
Goldsboro
N. C
Royall
Robert P. Patterson
Henry L. Stimson
Raleigh
Field Artillery
Pearl Harbor
White House
Richmond B Keech
Linn County Reports Tuberculosis Fight Gains
At the semi annual Linn County Tuberculosis association meeting 224 new cases were located and treated in six months. 105 former patients treated and 186 chest x rays given. 120 patch tests and 14 additional patch tests plus 20 x rays by Mrs. Gertrude Carey. Lectures by Mrs. Carey and Irene Carlson highlighted efforts toward eradication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Linn County Tuberculosis Association
Lucile Christie
Tuberculosis Association
Gertrude Carey
Irene Carlson
New York
National Tuberculosis Association
Marguerite Pfeffer
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Court Order Freezes Cash in Ice Show Dispute
A Linn county court ordered the Lions club to withhold receipts from the Hollywood Ice Time Cedar Rapids performances and appointed James Scoval as temporary receiver. Plaintiffs A. C. DeLuca and Ralph Dinie of Akron claim insolvency by owner Margaret Williams of Chicago and seek dissolution of the partnership with Williams and accounting of over five thousand dollars. The suit cites a Sept. 24 partnership formation and a 71.4 percent share of net profits for DeLuca and Dinie with specific loan and hotel expense claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood
James Scoval
Linn County
A. C. DeLuca
Ralph Dinie
Akron
Ohio
Margaret Williams
Chicago
Miss Williams
M. C. Hamiel
W. L. Fahey
Scoval
DeLuca
Dinie
Governor Loquacious: Blue To Speak At Cedar Rapids Laymen Dinner
Governor Robert D. Blue will arrive at St. Paul’s Methodist church at 6 p.m. for the first annual all-city laymen’s dinner in Cedar Rapids. He will be the principal speaker at the following meeting as S. R. Hawkins leads the organizing efforts for a united church campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Blue
St. Paul's Methodist Church
S. R. Hawkins
United Church
Cedar Rapids
City Briefs and Local Ads Note Wednesday Events
Fried chicken supper bazaar at First United Presbyterian Wednesday for 75c. Bring tire certificate. 6.00x16 tires available at Rapids Chevrolet Co. 601 1st Ave. E. Larry Janda, 3, operative son of Mr and Mrs J F Janda, underwent surgery Tuesday at St Luke's. Personnel managers committee of manufacturers bureau Chamber of Commerce to meet Roosevelt hotel Wednesday noon on insurance programs. Paul V. Wilson, attorney, moved to 208 Hasek Budg new phone 2 2356.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapids Chevrolet Co
1St Ave. E
Larry Janda
J F. Janda
Bever Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
the Manufacturers’ Bureau, Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Hotel
Paul V. Wilson
Hasek Budg
Miles City Soldier Loses Billfold at Paramount Theater
Clair Kaufman of Miles City Montana reported losing a billfold with 450 to 500 dollars and a $60 raw pearl at the Paramount theater. Police search for the missing billfold proved unsuccessful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Kaufman
Miles City
Mont
Paramount Theater
Uniform request for Red Cross dressings volunteers
Volunteers making surgical dressings for the Red Cross must obtain uniforms by week’s end. They may pick them up at 309 Granby building to clear space for production workers by removing several boxes of dresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Granby Building
Guests Flee Hotel Blaze In Des Moines
A fire on the top floor of the 75 room Manhattan hotel in Des Moines drove guests from rooms Tuesday morning. The blaze damaged a fifth floor room and reached the attic before firefighters gained control. Guests evacuated via ladders, fire escapes, stairs, and the elevator. cause was not immediately determined. Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Clifton of Spencer were guests who appeared to be out for breakfast when flames began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Manhattan
I. L. Clifton
Spencer
Truman outlines universal training plan for national service
President Truman defends universal military training as a non conscript program. Trainees would be civilians, not enlisted, with civilian roles in shipyards and factories if war comes. Selected youths could receive college aid but must return to serve as junior officers after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Organization
Truman
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Navy man McQueen earns multiple medals after war
McQueen was among 150 men, only 12 remaining able to walk out. He retrieved his rifle and a guard, healed his hand without medical care, and survived near loss of a finger. He received a 90 day leave with parents, faces medical exam and possible discharge, then plans to re enlist. He holds several decorations including Distinguished Service Medal with Corregidor cluster, Presidential citation, and multiple service ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McQueen
Dow A. McQueen
Second Avenue SE
Japan
Philippines
Aviation gas,oline and toluene output rises in war years
US production of aviation gasoline and toluene climbed from 19 000 000 barrels in 1941 to 196 000 000 barrels in 1944 reflecting wartime expansion of fuel materials and petrochemical output.
Penal Survey Group Named
Gov. Robert D. Blue named six Iowans to form a committee to probe state penal institutions. Members include Grace Gilbert King, Mae A. Lynch, P. M. Longshore, Clarence Johnston, Richard Mitchell, and F. H. Cooney. The board of control added two investigators, Harriet Ballard and H. A. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Robert D. Blue
Grace Gilbert King
West Union
Iowa American Legion Auxiliary
P. M. Longshore
Woodward
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs’ Social Welfare Division
Mae A. Lynch
Pocahontas
Clarence Johnston
Ottumwa
Board of Control
Blue
Harriet Ballard
Cedar Rapids
H. A. Johnson
Surviving the Aleutian Typhoon Night of Ruin
A first person account describes a brutal typhoon at an Aleutian camp. Tents collapse under wind, metal beds and planks fly through the air, and structures snap or tear apart. Amid the chaos Red Cross kitchens and doughnut stores shelter refugees as nurses and GIs evacuate to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Okinawa Shelter Life During Typhoon Strife
On Okinawa the shelter at a factory was filled with refugees and Aleuts moved into clubmobiles. A dengue case and a pneumonia patient were accommodated in tight quarters as the storm battered the island. Eventually relief arrived from Manila, Guam and Hawaii, and plans to evacuate home began amid reports of extensive damage and high winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
G.I
Marine Fighter Group
Okinawa
Lewis Seen Back In AFL by Jan
CINCINNATI, Jan. 1 1946 time frame framed as likely reunion progress for John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers with the AFL. An AFL official stated Lewis could rejoin before year end if he accepts an executive council seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
AFL
Jan
Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Mrs J Leo Kadgihn Dies in Iowa City at 55
Mrs J Leo Kadgihn age 55 died at her Iowa City home after a lingering illness. Born Geraldine Proctor in Cedar Rapids she moved to Iowa City 17 years ago with her husband whom she wed in 1913. Funeral plans will be announced. Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs Samuel Kostero of San Luis Obispo Cal a son Henry of Iowa City her mother Mrs Charles H Proctor Cedar Rapids three sisters and two brothers. A son Captain Robert K Kadgihn was killed in Burma on July 30 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Leo Kadgihn
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Geraldine Proctor
Hohenschuh Mortuary
Samuel Kostero
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Henry
U. S. Army
Charles H. Proctor
Glenn Hopkins
Albert Jenkins
Walter Neilson
Milwaukee
Richard Proctor
R D. Proctor
U S. Navy
Robert K. Kadgihn
Burma
Obituary for Vance Amspoker of Cedar Rapids and misbach death
Vance Bason Amspoker 76 of Cedar Rapids died at home after a long illness. Born March 6 1869 in Iowa City he married Martha Thomas in 1897. Survived by widow two daughters Lucille Moor and Helen McMurrin son Loren Amspoker six grandchildren all in Cedar Rapids. Employed 40 years at Quaker Oats retired locally. Funeral 1 30 p m Thursday Turner chapel. Friends may call. Also notice James L Misbach of 820 Second Street NW killed Monday from a fall at the North Western bridge. services 2 p m Wednesday Beatty chapel burial Shilo cemetery. Brother Clarence Misbach of Niles Michigan listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Bason Amspoker
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Cit
Marth Thomas
Lucille Moor
Helen McMurrin
Loren Amspoker
Cedar Rapids; Also Six Grandchildren Mr. Amspoker
Quaker Oats Company
Turner Chapel
James L. Misbach
North Wester Bridge
Beatty Chapel
George A. Stauffacher
Shilo Cemetery
Brother
Clarence
Niles, Mich
Cedar Rapids Woman Dies in Vancouver After Family Loss
Mrs Nellie McMorran Naville died Friday at her home in North Vancouver British Columbia where she had lived since the death of her only child Harry. Born March 22 1872 in Cedar Rapids she leaves husband William L Naville a sister Mrs S A Sharp and two Vancouver nieces. Services and burial were held Monday in Vancouver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie McMorran Navillej
Cedar Rapids
Vancouver
British Columbia
Harry
William L. Naville
S A. Sharp
Louis Averill Sanford Dies in Chicago After Cedar Rapids Roots
Louis Averill Sanford born in Cedar Rapids and longtime resident died in Chicago on Monday. He was the son of Charles and Harriet Averill and nephew of A Averill, all of Cedar Rapids. Survived by wife Faith and son Austin. He graduated from Armour Institute in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Averill Sanford
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Charles
Harriet Averill
A. Averill
Faith
Austin
Armour Institute
Death notice for Theodore Saxon in Cedar Rapids area
Theodore Warren Saxon, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Saxon, 126 Elmhurst Drive, died at 8 a m Tuesday after a long illness. Born October 28, 1921 in St Mary Kansas, he moved with his parents to Cedar Rapids in 1929. Surviving are numerous uncles and aunts. Body taken to Moon Chapel pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Warren Saxon
W. T. Saxon
Elmhurst Drive
St. Mary
Kan
Cedar Rapids
Moon Chapel
Services for Mrs Mary Elle Brownell Held Wednesday
Services for Mrs Mary Elle Brownell widow of the Rev. Hiram Huston Brownell who died Sunday will be held in the Turne chapel at 10 30 am Wednesday Rev Dr H K Galloway will officiate Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elle Brownell
Hiram Huston Brownell
Turne Chapel
H. K. Galloway
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mrs. Anna Gorup Dies at 69 in Independence
Mrs. Anna Gorup aged 69 of 1004 Seventeenth Street NE died at 7 10 a.m. Monday in Independence. She was the wife of Joseph Gorup. The body is at Brosh chapel with funeral arrangements not yet complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Gorup
Seventeenth Street NE
Independence
Joseph Gorup
Brosh Chapel
Rites Planned For Mrs Barbara Michal Funeral Set At Barta Hesser
Services for Mrs Barbara Clara Michal who died Sunday at her son Louis Michal's home 1055 Tenth Avenue SE will be held at Barta Hesser chapel at 10 30 am Wednesday conducted by T B Hlubucek Burial is in Bohemian National Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Clara Michal
Louis Michal
Tenth Avenue SE
Barta Hesser
T. B. Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
German pathologist Neumann arrested in Shanghai by American forces
Robert Neumann, a German pathologist sought for Nazi war crimes, was arrested by American forces in Shanghai, according to reports learned on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Robert Neusmann
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warner C. Bachtell
Daily Record
Bismarck
Miami
Minneapolis
Denver
Los Angeles
Sioux City
William H. Lingo
Third Street
Harold Wilson
Forest Drive SE
Gerald Pollock
C Avenue
Gilbert Gillis
Vinton
John Henderson
B Street
John J O'Connor
Fourth Avenue
Ben Ludwicek
D Street
Fourth Avenue SE
Ruth Conrad
St. Luke’s
Robert Mungo
Twentieth Street NW
Mercy
Dean Hawkes
High Amana
Paul J. Kelley
Bealer Court SE
Pfe
William Davis
Tenth Street SE
Keith Russell
Janet Shimerda
Oxford Junction
Merley Little
Helen Tefr
Elaine A. Peterson
Frank W Peterson
Maude B. Boyce
Stanley H Boyce
Lapes
Third Avenue
Capt
Slars
Richard Wilson
George John
Des Plaines
Selma Jones
Wilma Hulsebus
Ida Uthe
Coe Chapel
Jap Army
John Turner
Merchants Bank
Bulletin
Patterson
First United Presbyterian
Ervin F. Stepanek
Jay Hesser
Armed Services
Mrs. Ballard
Yphoon
G.i.’S
G.l’s
Hotel New Yorker
Manila
Guam
Hawaii
Clarence Beatty
Whird Avenue
Vance B. Amspoker
Misbach Services
Nellie Naville
Theodore Saxon
Brownell Services
Michal
Neumann Arrested
Pet
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