Weather and notices from Daily Record October 23 1948
Iowa forecast fair and warmer Sunday then partly cloudy Monday Tuesday slightly cooler in west. Temperatures Sunday high 62 northeast 66 northwest. Sunday low 38 northeast 42 southwest. Monday high 68. Marriage licenses listed Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Springville Center Point Blairstown Amana Tipton Evanston Cedar Rapids. Divorces and births noted. Fires and traffic fines. Iowa deaths: Clemson Dinan services listed.
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Bismarck
Miami
Chicago
Denver
Ub. S
Marle
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Iowa
Harold Hawkins
Doris Blarton
Cedar Rapids
John McNabb
Betty HanrAhan
Ottumwa
David A. Kelley
Eleanor M. Stewart
Springville
Dale L. Krumm
Center Point
Laurel Barton
Wayne Haughenbury
Blairstown
W. Jane Gratchen
Amana
William Bates Cies
Sterling
Martha Joan Phillips
Tipton
Lyman R. Wing
Evanston
Katherine Bryan
Birth of a New World film to be shown Sunday
A sound film titled Birth of a New World will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Community auditorium at Covington by the Cedar Rapids Seventh Day Adventist church. There is no admission charge. The technicolor picture portrays Daniel and biblical history to explore current world problems including Palestine the Berlin situation and Western Europe.
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Covington
Cedar Rapids
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Daniel
Palestine
Berlin
Europe
Ickes Attacks Dewey in Montana Speech
Harold L. Ickes derided Thomas E. Dewey in Great Falls Montana saying Western natural resources would be opened to private exploitation if Dewey won. He called Dewey “the boy in sneakers” and ridiculed his teamwork pledge, labeling his team “the wrecking crew.”
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Great Falls
Mont
Harold L. Ickes
West
Thomas E. Dewey
Interior
Dewey
G.O.P
Harry S. Truman
Ickes
Ickes Attacks Dewey Aides On Western Policy
Interior Secretary Ickes, criticizing Dewey’s campaign, names GOP lawmakers he accuses of aiding private power interests and opposing public projects. He asserts Dewey avoids oil and power plans and claims Republicans pledge to return tides and oil reserves to states, risking Western resources.
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Dewey
Washington
Congress
Ickes
Rep
Barrett
Sen
Robertson
Wyoming
Taber
R-N.y
House Appropriations Committee
Jensen
Interior Appropriations Committee
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
G.O.P
Belle Plaine Youths Injured In Car Crash
Two Belle Plaine youths Clarence Brecht and Lawrence Bigby were injured when a tire blew on a model T Ford near Koszta seven miles southeast of Belle Plaine. Bigby suffered a broken rib and punctured lung while Brecht had head and back injuries. They were moved from Belle Plaine to St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids. both were listed in fair condition Saturday morning.
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the Gazette
Belle Plaine
Clarence Brecht
Lawrence Bigby
Koszta
Bigby
Brecht
Donald C. Newland
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Coe Faculty Members Attend Iowa English Conference
Three Coe college English professors Vernon E. Lichtenstein George Clark and Signi Falk attended the Iowa Conference of College Teachers of English at Parsons College Fairfield Friday and Saturday. About 150 English teachers gathered as delegates to discuss a new placement test for freshmen devised by the conference.
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Coe College
Iowa Conference of College Teachers of English
Parsons College
Fairfield
Iowa
Coe
Vernon E. Lichtenstein
George Clark
Signi Falk
Boy 3 Hurt After Run Into Car In City Intersection
Dean Wolfe a three year old son of Mr and Mrs Edward S Wolfe of 2350 Blakely boulevard SE sustained a bruised forehead and left knee when he ran in front of a car driven by Francis Biethenst at 5 20 p m Friday. He was taken to Mercy hospital and treated and released. The accident occurred at the intersection of Third street and Tenth avenue SE.
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Dean Wolfe
Edward S. Wolfe
Blakely Boulevard
Francis Biethenst
Eighteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Third Street
Tenth Avenue SE
Boone County Auditor Dies of Heart Attack
Otto D. Braker acting Boone county auditor and Republican candidate died of a heart attack at his Ogden home on Friday. A 56 year old who filled the office last December after Herbert Fitzgerald resigned, Braker’s name would appear twice on the November ballot. He was unopposed.
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Boone County
Boone (Ap
Otto D. Braker
Ogden
Braker
Herbert Fitzgerald
Elephant Trunk Fatal Blow Kills Circus Musician
In SEARCY Arkansas an elephant strike fatally injured Benjamin Ablsam a 53 year old trapdrummer with the King Brothers circus. He was seated in a dressing tent near the elephant camp when a trunk swing knocked him from his chair. He died after four hours of paralysis and suffering.
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Searcy
Ark
King Brothers Circus
Benjamin Ablsam
New York
Abisam
Record corn yield of 224 bushels per acre claimed
Eugene Funk of Funk Brothers Seed Company reported a world record yield of 224 bushels of corn per acre on a five acre field near Wayland Iowa using a new G type hybrid. Washington agriculture officials said they have no record, with the highest known being 194 bushels per acre on experimental lands. The average national yield is about 41.7 bushels and Iowa's is roughly 59 bushels.
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Bloomington
Eugene Funk
Funk Brothers Seed Company
Funk
Wayland
Agriculture Department
Washington
Iowa
Export-Import Bank weighs loans to new Israel state
The Export-Import bank said it would consider American loans to Israel, lifting its ban due to unsettled political conditions. In Pittsburgh, Harry Truman Jr. asserted voting privacy, replying to reporters at his Dewey Street home.
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Israel
Washington
Pittsburgh
INS
Harry Truman,Jr
Dewey Street
Chinese Reds Drive at Shinsi Hulutao Beachhead
Nationalist headquarters in Mukden confirms that the Communists launched a new offensive against the Shinsi Hulutao beachhead on Saturday, signaling intensified Sino conflict in Manchuria.
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Nanking
Mukden
Shinsi-Hulu- Tao
Deaths Drop. Blasberg and Niles Families Noted
Detroit widow Emma Karlan Blasberg dies at her brother Conrad Karlan’s home after a brief illness. Surviving: two sons Emil and Harry, two grandchildren, brother Conrad Karlan. Funeral plans set for Detroit with Mortenson chapel handling arrangements. J B Niles mourns sister Lela M Niles in Daytona Beach after illness. Miss Niles previously taught music at Huntington College and Europe study. Private services held for infant Bouldin twins in Rapid City. families listed. Joe Louis backs Thomas E. Dewey for president. prize egg day auction yields 235 dollars in Red Wing Minnesota.
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J. B Niles
Thirty-seventh Street
Lela M. Niles
Daytona Beach
Fla
Cornell College
Horace Miller
Kansas
Huntington College
Montgomery
Ala
Niles
Europe
Smykle Funeral Home
Anamosa
Squeaky Shoes and a Stranger’s Smile
The narrator recalls childhood Sundays when squeaky Sunday shoes drew attention and mock shame. A distant memory resurfaces as a stranger’s smile echoes the past, rekindling the connection between past embarrassment and present empathy through Edgar A. Guest’s reflective verse.
Queen for a Day crowns Compton mother in Iowa show
Mrs. Charles A. Rolfes of Compton California won the Mutual program title after seven tries earning a trip to Amana Colonies eastern Iowa a home freezer and a 50 yard line seat at the Iowa Notre Dame game in Iowa City She had sought baby glamour photographs of her 8 month old son the winner was chosen after six prior attempts and the Queen For A Day broadcast airs on KCRG at 1 pm weekdays.
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Charles A. Rolfes
Compton
Calif
Convonent
Jack Bailey
Rolfes
Hear
Gillette
Z.C.B.J. Hall
Adv
KCRG
City briefs from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas
Aberdeen and Plover notices list calls for ill relatives affecting City resident City briefs note stock sale options at Peoples Bank and Trust Co Gundling Investment Co ad. Cedar Rapids Retail Merchants Bureau to meet at Roosevelt hotel to discuss 1949 plans Senator Gillette to speak at Z C B J hall Oct 26 Another brief reports Cedar Rapids post office receiving 10000 Indian Centennial stamps for the centennial sale weekend at Krebs Dutch Girl location Henry Gundling Jr will spend weekend leave from St John’s military academy. ranked third in September scholarship among 450 students.
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Henry Gundling, Jr
Twenty-fifth Street
St. John’s Military Academy
Delafield
Wis
Henry Gundling
Gundling
Post Office May Get Garage in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids post office may lease a 70 by 90 foot garage for five to ten years to house seven trucks plus two incoming and four on order. Bid deadline is November 20 with about 6,000 square feet required and location to be within reasonable distance of the post office.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Baldwin
J.C. Ciccarelli
Des Moines
Baldwin
Civil Service
Pup Keeps Vigil Then Finds Home Near Shoes
An ATLANTA AP report tells how a sad-eyed brindle pup spent three days by worn shoes beside a railroad track. R L Brogdon, a steel worker and farmer, adopted the dog who still guards the shoes, though he roams happily at the rural home.
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Atlanta
R. L. Brogdon
Brogdon
W. H. Phillips
Reformatory Escapee Held at Webster City
Hermid Sweet, 25, an escapee from the Ana mos a reform school on Oct 11, was held in Hamilton County jail after a forged $20 check attempt at a clothing store. He fled the county courthouse men’s room claiming illness and was recaptured nearby.
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Webster City
Hernard Sweet
Anamosa
Hamilton County
Sweet
Television Receivers in Autos Labeled in Crisis
CHICAGO AP Use of television receivers in automobiles was described as a personal crisis by the national safety council. The matter was discussed at the council's national safety congress. The council urged drivers to keep eyes on the road and traffic and said staff would study actual and proposed installations visible to passengers only.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
National Safety Congress
Strife in Colombia as Union Leader Killed in Strike
In Bogota AP reports a union leader was killed by a soldier amid a three day banana plantation workers strike in Magdalena department. The conflict follows escalating labor disputes and tensions between workers and state forces in the region.
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Colombia
Bogota
Magdalena Department
Women head to Chicago for synchronized swimming symposium
Mrs William Henning and Mrs Henry Gundling depart from 1730 Second Avenue SE and 1122 Twenty-fifth Street SE to attend the National Synchronized Swimming Symposium at the Illinois Athletic Club in Chicago. Rule changes in AAU synchronized swimming will be discussed and Detroit national champions will give a demonstration.
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Chicago
William Henning
Second Avenue SE
Henry Gundling
Twenty-fifth Street
Illinois Athletic Club
A.A.U
Detroit
John Hoffman Named Chair For 1948 Cedar Rapids Parade
John Hoffman was named chair man of the 1948 Cedar Rapids Christmas parade by Jerry Hiland president of the Chamber of Commerce Young Men's bureau Friday. The parade kickoff of the Christmas season is sponsored by the Chamber Retail Merchants bureau and the Y M B. Ken Moon and Bob Prastka will assist. Committee members will be appointed next week.
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John Hoffman
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Hiland
Chamber of Commerce Young Men’s Bureau
Hiland
Ken Moon
Y.M.B
Bob Prastka
Y.M.B. Board
Hoffman
Courthouse Clouser Sentenced for Farm Break
Martin J. Clouser was sentenced to five years in Anamosa reformatory by Judge J E B Heiserman after pleading guilty to grand larceny for breaking into Wesley Oliphant’s farm house 14 miles north of Cedar Rapids on highway 150 Oct 10. He was surprised by the Oliphants, escaped, then captured later that afternoon hiding on Bill Barlosh’s farm.
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Clouser
Martin J. Clouser
Anamosa Reformatory
J. EB. Heiserman
Wesley Oliphant
Cedar Rapids
Oliphant
Oliphants
Bill Barlosh
Abatement of Sewer Line Nuisance Suit Filed
Robert and Hazel Melsha sue Helen Dinnie Smith and Bohemian Savings and Loan to enjoin and abate a sewer line nuisance crossing the Melshas lot during building work. They seek damages of 100 dollars per day from Friday until abatement. Correction notes Barbara Svoboda will beneficiaries should read William George and Lewis Stritesky.
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Robert
Hazel Melsha
Helen Dinnie Smith
Bohemian Savings and Loan Association
Melshas
Smith
Barbara Svoboda
William, George and
Lewis Svoboda
Lewis Stritesky
North Palestine flareup reported along Syrian border
Reports from both Arab and Jewish sources claim severe fighting erupted in northern Palestine near the Syrian border. Syrian troops and irregulars under Fawzi el Kaukji clashed with Israeli forces around the Manara area. Jews blame Syria. Arabs say Israel initiated mortar fire on Syrian positions. Syria protests to the UN. Israel reports protest to the UN headquarters in Haifa.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Palestine
Fawzi el-Kaukji
Manara
Beirut
Syria
United Nations
U.N
Erie
Haifa
Anti-Delinquency Drive Backfires in Mountainside NJ
Mountainside New Jersey plans to curb teen delinquency by after school programs. The board of education says the effort backfires as parents complain children have too much evening activity leaving little time for homework.
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Mountainside
N. J
Board of Education
Walker and Companion Fined in Los Angeles Police Court
Actor Robert Walker pleaded guilty to being drunk and dis orderly and paid a 50 dollar fine. His companion Thelma Patricia Byrnes 22 pleaded guilty to drunk driving and paid 150 dollars as an alternative to 30 days in jail. A radio officer said Walker resisted booking and fought officers at the station. He claimed to be drunk for 25 years and blamed the incident on himself. Byrnes drove the car erratically, pursuing a chase of about three blocks before pulling over.
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Los Angeles
Robert Walker
Walker
Thelma Patricia Byrnes
L. L. Brown
Brown
Jennifer Jones
Barbara Ford
John Ford
Barbara
E. C. Wiener
Miss Byrnes
Jenner Quits Key Republican Post
Senator William E. Jenner asked to be relieved as chairman of the Republican national committee speakers bureau to devote himself to Indiana politics. Jenner cited appeals to deliver speeches in Indiana and named former Rep. George Stewart to replace him, denying any link to the Kerr report or state elections issues.
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Washington
William E. Jenner
R-Ind
Republican National Committee
Horace M. Coates
Jenner
Senate
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
G.O.P
Indiana
Hoosier
Francis J. Myers
D-Pa
Kerr
Myers
United Press
Philadelphia
Dewey
Brownell
George Stewart
Delaware
Enlistments Announced by Army and Air Force
Cedar Rapids recruiting station reports repeat enlistments in both services. Army enlistees include Kenneth M. Wieseler Wahpeton. Clarence W. Otterman Traer. Glen H. Kamerling Lisbon. Darrell L. Phillips Thompson Street SE. Leslie W. Benson and Matthew K. Merritt Marengo. Charles E. Meyers Marengo. Air Force enlistees are Leslie W. Benson and Matthew K. Merritt?
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Army
Air Force
Cedar Rapids
Army and Air Force
Kenneth M. Wieseler
Eleanor Motsch
Wahpeton
Clarence W. Otterman
Clarence Otterman
Traer
Glen H. Kamerling
Glen Kamerling
Lisbon
Darrell L. Phillips
Ruth M. Korsmo
Thompson Street
All Army
Leslie W. Benson
Robert Benson
Sixth Avenue
Matthew K. Merritt
Ben F. Merritt
Marengo
Howard Ll. Meyers
Milo Hala Dies At Home Near Amana At 49
Milo Hala 49 of near Amana died at his home at 1 20 a m Saturday after a lingering illness He was born in Johnson county June 29 1899 and was a member of Z C Br lodge No 400 Surviving are his wife Alice a son Donald at home a daughter Mrs Leonard Kloubec of Amana his parents Mr and Mrs Anton Hala a sister Mrs Beaubienne and a grandson Funeral arrangements are in complete Friends may call at the Polansky chapel in Cedar Rapids after 7 p m Saturday The body will be taken to the residence early Sunday
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Milo Hala
Amana
Johnson County
Z.c.br. Lodge
Alice
Donald
Leonard Kloubec
Anton Hala
Beaubienne
Polansky
Cedar Rapids
Rehired Drunken Fireman Sparks Rail Board Critique
The Railway Age charged that the National Railway Adjustment Board issued a decision forcing a Southeast railroad to rehire a fireman who twice threatened a locomotive crew while drunk. The Atlanta and West Point line fired R. T. New after an investigation deemed unfair, the board referees allegedly acting without legal limits.
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Chicago
Railway Age
National Railway Adjustiment Board
William H. Spencer
University of Chicago
Atlanta and Westpoint Railroad
R. T. New
Spencer
Meredith released on $15000 appeal bond in kidnaping case
Former actress Madge Meredith, imprisoned for 11 months, posted a $15,000 appeal bond after Superior Judge Charles W. Fricke granted release pending appeal. Originally $100,000 bail. Meredith, 26, from Iowa Falls, Iowa, had been convicted December 11, 1947, of kidnaping and assaulting her former manager Nick Gianaclis.
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Los Angeles
Madge _Meredith
Charles W. Fricke
Nick Gianaclis
Gianaclis
Hollywood Hills
Miss Meredith
Marjorie May Massow
Iowa Falls
Nick
Notice of Administrator Appointment in Linn County Iowa
Notice is hereby given that on October 22 1948 Francis E Maish was appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Jacklyn Mac Marsh late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted must pay promptly. Those with claims must file them with the Clerk of Linn County Iowa District Court.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Jacklyn Mac Marsh
Dstrict Court
Francis E. Maish
L. Moon
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Maplewood Drive
Donald Siggins
Vernon
William Quaas
Marion
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Sixth Avenue SW
At. Mercy
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Dan Martin
Gene Jeys
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Universal Foundry Corporation
S Avenue NE
Milwaukee Railroad
Ninth Avenue
L Street
Franklin School
E Avenue
Twentieth Street
Frederick T. Freeman
First Avenue NE
Tracy Gibbon
Palo
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Connie R. Riley
Nineteenth Street SE
Thomas Abodeely
Third Avenue SE
Ilegal
Edward J LeClerc
Nineteenth Avenue
Walton P Keller
F Avenue
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Deatns
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St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
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God
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Mansfield
Murray
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Conrad Kar-lan
Nineteenth Street
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Emil
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St. Petersburg
Trinity Lutheran Church
Turner Chapel
Mortenson
Lela Niles
Bouldin Infants
J. J. Molloy
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
John
James Bouldin
Richard J. Bouldin
Rapid City
S. D. Beatty Mortuary
Barbara Anne
J. S., Bouldin
Oakland Avenue
Louis
Joe Louis
Albany
Red Wing
Minn
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
C.R
C. A. Rolfes
Aberdeen
Ray Wickham
Fifth Avenue SW
S. C
Alex Wickham
Plover
W. P. Rohrbach
Fifth Avenue SE
Peoples Bank and Trust Co
Gundling Investment Co
Dial
Retail Merchants Bureau of the
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Senator Gillette
Z.c.b.j.hall
Cedar!Rapids
Krebs
1St Ave SE
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Ken
Cook Paint & Varnish Co
First Ave
Crisco
EN Food Market
Mt. Vernon Road
Lapes Florist
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