Agricultural Forecast and City Court Highlights
Weather outlook for Yowa area calls for partly cloudy skies with showers in western and northern zones through Tuesday, clearing cooler south and east by midweek. Police court records note multiple cases of drunkenness, disturbing the peace, reckless driving, and others with small fines. Also reported are several marriage licenses, thefts, and a rich list of local births and notices from St Luke's and Mercy. Army vets claim a method for quick freezing milk to keep for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinana the Forese
Miami
Chicago
Minneapolis
New York
Duluth
Phoeniz
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Yowa
Showdown on Coal Awaited Deadline Near
Washington faces a pre election coal crisis standoff as John L. Lewis threatens a miners walkout. The Truman administration weighs whether to honor the May contract or risk workers quitting four days before the election. Krug Steelman and GW of the solicitor general review the pact to see if reopenings are possible under the November 1 claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
White House
Interior Krug
Krug
John R. Steelman
George Washington
Solicitor General's Office
Krug-Lewis
United Mine Workers
Tributes Paid to Sanford in Book Trade 50 Years
Sixty four Morris Sanford associates attended a dinner at the Roosevelt hotel to mark his fiftieth year in the book and stationery business. Samuel R. Hawkins and Gordon D. Barger delivered tributes as Miss Heath presented a wrist watch and portfolio with 90 letters from friends nationwide. Barger acted as toastmaster as a technicolor film “Our Iowa” and footage of the old store were shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Morris Sanford
Roosevelt Hotel
Samuel R. Hawkins
Gordon D. Barger
Morris Sanford Company
David
Ingrid Bergman Objects to Race Bar in Washington Theater
Ingrid Bergman said she would not have come to the capital if she had known Negroes are barred from the theater hosting her play Joan of Lorraine at Lisner Auditorium George Washington University. She urged that entertainment be for everybody and stated she hadn’t known such discrimination in America before arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ingrid Bergman
Joan of Lorraine
Maxwell Anderson
Lisner Auditorium
George Washington University
Committee For Racial Democracy
Bergman
America
Deaths Anna Kurka 73 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident
Anna Kurka 73 longtime Cedar Rapids resident and office assistant to the Crawfords for 56 years died after a brief illness in a local hospital. Born April 19, 1873 she attended Cedar Rapids Business College and was the first Cedar Rapids woman employed as a physician's assistant. Surviving relatives include a niece and nephew, services set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Turner chapel, burial in Bohemian National cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Kurka
Cedar Rapids
G. E. Crawford
Jennings Crawford
Lynn Crawford
Fourth Avenue
Miss Kurka
Crawfords
Cedar Rapids Business College
Cecil FP. Miller
Rock Island
Benjamin F. Kouba
Portland
Ore
Walter Sarel Carr dies in Chicago after brief illness
Walter Sarel Carr former Cedar Rapids resident dies Friday in Chicago after a brief illness. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Lilly Cortez of Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs. Felice Trosper and Canetana Cortez both of Cedar Rapids and three brothers Edwin Carr Minneapolis Daniel Cortez Jersey City N J and Juan Cortez Chicago. Services will be at 2 30 p m Thursday at Christ Sanctified Holy church Cedar Rapids by Rev H G Darden. Burial in Linwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Sarel Carr
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Lilly Cortez
Twelfth Avenue SE
Felice Trosper
Canetana Cortez
Edwin Carr
Minneapolis
Daniel Cortez
Jersey City
N. J
Juan Cortez
Christ Sanctified Holy Church
H. G. Darden
Linwood Cemetery
Infant Linda Johnson Died. Services Planned At Mt Vernon
Linda Sue Johnson infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Johnson of 82644 Seventh street SW died in a local hospital early Monday born Oct 25. Survived by grandparents Mr and Mrs Lester Cook Mr Vernon and Mr and Mrs Ora Johnson Flatt UK Services will be held at the grave in Mt Vernon cemetery at 10 30 am Tuesday. body conveyed to Brady mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Sue Johnson
Gilbert Johnson
Seventh Street
Lester Cook
Vernon
Ora Johnson
Flatt
Mt. Vernon
Brady Mortuary
Annexation Decision Set for Troy Mills Area
A special election on annexation of Prairie Valley Evergreen Oak Grant Newton Center and parts of Spring Grove and Fairview districts was held at Troy Mills school from 12 noon to 7 pm Monday. Results will be announced Tuesday. About 160 pupils attend the consolidated school and 60 more may enroll if annexation succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Mills
Emmett Shafer
Prairie Valley
Evergreen Oak
Grant
Newton Center
Buchanan County
Spring Grove
Fairview
Linn County
Shafer
Organization of Landlords Begun in Cedar Rapids
A half dozen Cedar Rapids landlords met Saturday night to form the Landlords' Protective Group to oppose OPA control over rents. Albert Phelps was named temporary secretary and placed an advertisement seeking landlords to contact him by letter. If enough interest gathers, the group will be perfected and a campaign launched. Phelps aims to eliminate OPA rent controls or secure upward rent revisions where justified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Landlords’ Protective Group
OPA
Albert Phelps
Avenue NW
Phelps
Courthouse Tax Liens Dismissed on Two Accounts
Two federal tax liens filed for allegedly unpaid income tax in 1943 were dismissed Saturday. Lemuel M. Curtis of Center Point faced $33.98 and Charles Wanken of Marion faced $50.83. A Junior League story hour at 4 15 p m Tuesday at the Sixteenth Avenue branch library will be read by narrator Mrs Richard Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel M. Curtis
Center Point
Charles Wanken
Marion
Sixteenth Avenue
Richard Miller
Ministers Install D A Loferski as Association Head
The Rev. D A Loferski rector of St Johns Episcopal church was installed at 10 a m Monday as president of the Cedar Rapids Ministerial association in services at the First Presbyterian church Mr Loferski was vice president of the association last year The Rev F L Hinshaw pastor of St James Methodist church again was installed as secretary treasurer a post he also held last year Loferski said an election for vice president will occur in January to assume the presidency next June He has held roles as a social service staff member at Cathedral shelter Chicago and as chaplain and instructor in religion at various institutions He was a delegate to the fifty fifth triennial convention in Philadelphia and remains active in church work within the diocese
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cedar Rapids
Loferski
Seabury Western Seminary
Evanston
Ill
Episcopal Social Service
Cathedral Shelter
Chicago
Bridewell
Cook County
St. Catherine’s School
Richard Campbell
Grace Episcopal
Chiang Kai-shek Meets Marshall on Peace Plan in Nanking
Gen Chiang Kai-shek arrived from Formosa and conferred with Gen George C. Marshall on a mediation proposal to end the Chinese civil war. The plan outlines ceasefire measures with Manchuria garrisons, local and higher administration powers, and the political consultative council resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Manchuria
Great Wall
Political Consultative Council
Chiang
Antung
Chefoo
Shantung
Mrs. H. G. Kruse 75 Dead at Vinton
Mrs. H. G. Kruse, 75, longtime Vinton resident and widow of Henry Kruse former Cedar Valley Daily Times publisher, died Saturday. Surviving are four children Marion P. Kruse Frank B. Kruse Bertram H. Kruse and Mrs. Emil Bordewick, plus 11 grandchildren. Funeral plans awaited the return of Bertram Kruse and Mrs. Bordewick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
H. G. Kruse
Henry Kruse
Cedar Valley Daily Times
Marion P
Frank B
Bertram H. Kruse
Emil Bordewick
Buhl
Idaho
Bertram Kruse
Woman struck by propeller in Cedar Rapids area flight
LaVonne Koopman of 823 Cam Burncourt SE was reported in fair condition at St Luke's hospital after being struck by the airplane propeller Sunday. She suffered possible fracture of the left arm and cuts on the left hand. James Gildroy of the highway patrol said Koopman was riding in a plane piloted by Jerry Merchant of Garrison. Merchant landed the craft in a field about 22 miles west of Cedar Rapids. Koopman walked to the front of the plane and was struck by the propeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVonne Koopman
Camburncourt SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
James Gildroy
Highway Patrol
Miss Koopman
Jerry Merchant
Garrison
Merchant
Cedar Rapids
Lure of Fur Coats Disastrous for Coyote
In Mitchell South Dakota a coyote drawn to a fur store window wandered from the countryside. The animal leaped at fur coats prompting Officer Art Newman to fire a shot. The incident ended with the coyote dying and the coat display undisturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell, S. D
Mitchell
Art Newman
Overland Greyhound Adds Schedules to Key Routes
Overland Greyhound Lines announced new bus service expanding from Chicago to Los Angeles and Salt Lake City to the Northwest. The company already runs five daily trips on the Chicago to Los Angeles route. Beginning November 4 nine daily schedules will serve all towns along the route including Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Northwest
Overland Greyhound Lines
Overland Greyhound
Cedar Rapids
Wartime Ink and Industry Reveal Hidden Homefront Efforts
Frederick C. Othman surveys a Civilian Production Administration volume detailing wartime civilian industry. Calavo growers raise funds for avocados, others build ink bottles and secret factories, from Memphis to Los Angeles, with firms like Moody Bible Institute and Mary Pickford Co contributing millions for defense. The piece notes a hidden ink factory cost 8.49 million and quips about spies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick C. Othman
Washington
Mary Pickford
Moody Bible Institute
America
Mr. Fisher
Memphis
Tenn
Civilian Production Administration
Calavo Growers of
California
Farm Valley Foods, Inc
Osseo
Minn
RFC
Fisher Lime and Cement Co
United Wall Paper Co
Aurora
Blue Bird Pie Co
Springfield
Ohio
Midwest
American Viscose Co
Marcus Hook
War Department
Terre Haute
Ind
Hen Pheasant Stalks Into Theater Lobby
In Webster City Iowa a hen pheasant wandered into the theater lobby during harvest festival decorations 1514 hours before hunting season. Workers caught the bird and released it at the town edge near a cornfield to face life in the wild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Percy Long
Webster Theater
Prayers Outside Window Uplift Boy with Polio
Kansas City reporting that 11 year old Philip Bowers, stricken with poliomyelitis, was uplifted by outdoor prayers from the In the Name of Jesus Church outside his bedroom window during a Sunday service. Neighbors noted about 12 members prayed over an hour while quarantine barred entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Fred Bowers
Jesus’ Church
Philip
Bowers
Sioux City Man Dies on Highway 30
Sioux City resident F. Kassel about 60 died of a heart attack Monday afternoon while changing a tire on highway 30 two miles east of the junction with 218 west of Cedar Rapids. He was driving toward Cedar Rapids with a house trailer hitched to his car when the flat occurred. Patrolman Charles Fels said he collapsed while jacking up the vehicle. The body was taken to the Dewey funeral home in Blairs Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Kassel
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Kassel
Charles Fels
Dewey Funeral
Blairstown
Milwaukee Road Posts Nine Month Loss Versus 1945 Profit
Milwaukee Road reported a net loss of 1,563,918 for the first nine months of 1946, reversing a 11,437,132 profit in the same period of 1945. The AP dispatch notes the significant year over year decline in earnings.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Six Fines for Drunkenness and Disturbing Peace
Six men received $25 fines in police court on Monday for drunkenness and disturbing the peace tied to Saturday night incidents. Clyde Perrigo, unlisted address, charged by his mother for breaking furniture and striking her at home. Joe Svihlik, 59 Twenty-second Ave SW, fined after alleged assault at Snyder's tavern. Milo Jilovec, 6140 Ave NE, fined for drunkenness and disturbance per his wife’s complaint. Wilfred and Kenneth Finn of Kenridge Terrace were jailed for a fight in the 3100 block of First Ave E and charged with disturbing the peace. Charles Reed, 888 Center Point Rd NE, fined after being picked up by police at his mother's request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Jilovec
Caenue
Clyde Wilkam Perrigo
Joe Svihlik
Kenneth
Wilfred Finn
Kenridge Terrace
Charles Reed
Center Point Road
Clyde William Perrigo
Nancy Melchior
Avenue NE
Twenty-second Avenue
Snyder's Tavern
Walt Bishop
Tom Gaines
Svihlik
Vaude Fellwock
Felix Barta
Jilovec
Wilfred
Kenneth Finn
Glenn
Two Men Fined For Driving Too Fast
Orrin B. Gorsch of 1115 Sixth Street NW was fined 25 and costs in police court for reckless driving. Patrolmen Rubey and Overman said he sped from Fifth to B avenues E and across the F avenue bridge. Melvin G. Van Natta of Marion was fined 25 and costs for speeding, clocked at 48 mph from Twenty-seventh to Thirtieth streets on First Avenue E Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Peters
Twelfth Street
Orrin B. Gorsch
Sixth Street
Melvin G. van Natta
Marion
Joseph Barton
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Joe Quigley
Hiway Hotel
Tad Horak
Eighth Avenue SE
Henry Keppenham
Homestead
Pat McNeil
Second Street
Sone
W. A. Hutchins
Thomas J. Hantley
Mechanicsville
Verne Greene
Twenty-fifth Street
George Rubey
Henry Overman
Third Street
Fifth
B Avenues E
F Avenue Bridge
First Avenue E
Eight C R Men Enlist In Iowa National Guard
Eight men have enlisted in headquarters company first battalion of the 133rd infantry regiment Iowa National Guard Captain Ray R Murdock announced Monday The new enlistees are Louis D Jedlicka Dale K McBride Robert B Wood William J Pesek Howard I Kelley Allen N Hamer Clinton J Farrington and Richard E Henson Those interested in guard service can learn at the Armory office on A avenue and Sixth street NE between 7 and 9 each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
133Rd Infantry Regiment
Iowa National Guard
Ray R. Murdock
Louis D. Jedlicka
Ely Avenue
Dale K. McBride
First Avenue
Robert B. Wood
Madison Street
William J. Pesek
Mt. Vernon Road
Howard I. Kelley
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Allen N. Hamer
O Avenue
Clinton J. Farrington
Seventh Street
Richard E. Henson
National Guard
A Avenue
Sixth Street NE
Cedar Rapids trailer camp project advances with contractor arrival
Ralph M. Pickering arrives to oversee Cedar Rapids renovation work on a housing camp for veterans. Materials and a power saw are unloaded for use at a mobile shop near a double trailer. Pickering plans to secure veteran help and fix leaky roofs first, aiming to speed interior work as crews begin.
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Cedar Rapids
Bing
Fishburn
Ralph M. Pickering
Newton
Kenridge Terrace
Pickering
Gazette
Kenridge
Veterans’ Organizations
the Gazette
Teachers College Dad Day Set With Band Day Tie
Cedar Falls Iowa Teachers College invites about 2400 fathers to Dad's Day this Saturday with Nov 2 designated as Band Day. Myron J Russell director of the college band says invitations are in the mail as roughly 1000 high school bandsmen plan to visit. The main event is the Panthers vs North Dakota State Bisons grid game on Latham Field with a massed band salute to Panther dads before the game and at halftime.
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Cedar Falls
INS
Iowa
State Teachers College
Myron J. Russell
Teachers College Panthers
North Dakota State Bisons
Latham Field
Russell
Deadline Oct 31 for Federal Tax Returns
Herman Stecklein, chief of the Cedar Rapids division of the internal revenue department, reminded employers that all employment and withholding tax returns for the quarter ended Sept 30 are due not later than Thursday Oct 31. Stainless steel first came into prominence in the early 1900s, introduced by an Englishman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Stecklein
Cedar Rapids
Internal Revenue Department
YMB Semi Formal at Cedar Rapids Country Club
The Young Men’s Bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual semi formal dance on Thursday November 7 at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Tickets cost $2 per couple. Call 5135 or write to the Chamber for reservations. Music by Larry Foster. Lloyd Holmes is general chairman with Harold Ward and James Brady handling ticket sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Bureau
The
Cedar Rapids
Link Belt offers three options to Koehler over lot and building
Link Belt attorneys claim offers of 3500 for Koehler’s lot and building were made. A $3000 offer postponed paid rent for 90 days, and a no money swap proposal would move and rebuild the house on Fourth Street with utilities and furnace. Residents argue the ordinance favors Link Belt and requires rezoning for heavy industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craven Shuttleworth
Link-Belt
Koehler
Affer
Link~ Belt
Fourth Street
A. W. Bass
Frank K. Hahn
Shuttleworth
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Daily Record
Donald D. Huggins
Hopkinson
Margaret Corcoran
Monticello
Charles R. Steece
Anna Steece
Jane Ellen Gleim
Donald Duane Gleim
Pearl Reade
Graydon Reade
Police Theft Report
Nadine Wolfe
Oliver Klein
C. E. Fleure
Second Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Clara Swerkert
Daniels Street
George Miller, Jr
Fifth Street
L. E. Misel
St. Luke’s
Elwood Olson
Hamilton Street
Lavern Proctor
Velmar Wood
Stanwood
Robert Edgar
Norva Hotel
William Robertson
Harold Bair
Tipton
Randall State
Manchester
James Rife
Floyd Cartright
Fourth Avenue SE
Charles Lensch
Fairfax
Donald Austin
A Avenue NW
Norman Brown
Allview's Drive
Mercy
Kenneth Beatty
J Avenue NW
Iver I. Brecht
Walter Baumegartel
Middle Amana
Berlyyn Berhow
Seventeenth Street
Harley Hartman
Route 3
Army
C.R
Walter S. Carr
Business Men's Assurance Co
Wyatt E. Maupin
Burton Caruthers and Willam
Si) Reed
Cegar Rapids
American Ride
Dial
Slate
Seeeer
Lotem
MR. McCauley
Em~ployer
Joan
Personal Finance Co
222
Ave. SE
2Nd Ave
Association
John Bturner & Son
Fashion Frocks, Inc
Cinnati, Ohio
Med
Amana Society
Lapes
Third Avenue
Teachers College
Ken
Quinn Agency
Higley Bldg
C. M. Boland
Walter Fry
Don Kensinger
Roy R, Orr
Occidental Life Insurance Company of
Country Club
Sloan
Sloan’s
Texas
Uncle Sam
Breakfast Food Company
Omaha
Nebraska
Fifth Ave
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