Weather notes and late 1950s traffic court items
A garbled weather and civic notices page reports Friday temperatures in the 60s to 80s with forecasts of partly cloudy skies and continued cold into Sunday. It lists wind at Municipal airport NW at 8 knots, sunrise 6 38 and sunset 5 03. The section also records speeding and intoxication fines, court judgments, and funeral notices from towns including La Crosse Prairie du Chien McGregor Dubuque Davenport Keokuk and Marion.
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la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
McGregor
Dubuque
Davenport
Fall
Keokuk
Deaths George Shedrick Geyer retires police captain dies
George Shedrick Geyer 1886 12 13 to Cedar Rapids died at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. He was married to Annie Elizabeth Baldwin in 1925 and worked as a police captain for the Pennsylvania railroad. Surviving: his wife two daughters and four grandchildren. Funeral services set for Turner chapel with Masonic rites. burial in Linwood.
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George Shedrick Geyer
Eleventh Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Pittsburg
Annie Elizabeth Baldwin
Chicago
Annie
Gertrude Griffin
Tampa
Fla
Mary Elizabeth Grisham
Geyer
St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church
Blair Masonic Lodge
A. F
A. M
Iowa
el Kabir
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Mt. Hermon Lodge
Linwood Cemetery
Masonic Hall
Bertha Frantz of Palo Dies After Brief Illness
Bertha C Frantz 67 wife of C V Frantz of Palo died at 7 45 am Saturday after a brief illness Born July 29 1876 near Toledo she married March 27 1901 near Toledo She was a member of Baptist church and W S C S of the Methodist church Palo Surviving are her husband two daughters Mrs Charles Wiener Tama and Mrs Walter Wright Cedar Rapids two sons Charles and Alfred Palo one sister Mrs Mary Headley Cedar Rapids five grandchildren and one great grandchild Services Tuesday at 1 30 pm from the Palo church conducted by Rev George H Goodrick Burial in Palo cemetery Friends may call Turner chapel after 6 pm Saturday and until noon Tuesday.
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Bertha C. Frantz
C. V. Frantz
Palo
Toledo
Frantz
Baptist Church
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Charles Wiener
Tama
Walter Wright
Cedar Rapids
Charles
Alfred
Mary Headley
Palo Church
George H. Goodrick
Palo Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Death of Viola E DeVault at Cedar Rapids
Viola E DeVault widow of Oren J DeVault died at 12 05 a m Saturday at her daughter and son in law Ralph Whitlock home Born Belle Plaine a Cedar Rapids resident for years She attended Washington high school Cedar Rapids business college First Church of Christ Scientist Surviving daughter sister Ethel Graham two grandchildren Services Monday 130 pm Turner chapel first reader Cedar Rapids burial Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Viola E. DeVault
Bever Avenue SE
Oren J. DeVault
Ralph Whitlock
Belle Plaine
Cedar Rapids
DeVault
Washington High School
Ethel Graham
San Francisco
Turner Chapel
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Downtown Cedar Rapids brawl leaves two hospitalized
Two men, Everette Jakubowski 20 and Donald Hauskins 18, were hospitalized after a street fight near the Western Union office in Cedar Rapids. Police charged Scott Sanders 20 and Robert Stastny 18 with disturbing the peace after a separate 1:10 a.m. altercation on Third Street NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Everette Jakubowski
Daniels Street
Donald Hauskins
A Avenue NE
Jakubowski
Scott Sanders
Robert Stastny
Seventeenth Street
Sanders
John Reilly
Stastny
Third Street
Eisenhower campaign spreads by telephone across Iowa
In Des Moines the Iowa Republican organization joined the White House effort to get out the vote. State leaders, including National Committeeman Robert Goodwin and National Committeewoman Anna Lomas, plan to make 10 calls each to mobilize GOP voters. Governor Beardsley supports the drive, aiming to finish calls by noon.
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Des Moines
Iowa Republican
Eisenhower
Robert K. Goodwin
Anna Lomas
Red Oak
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Don Pierson
Enid Robinson
Hampton
Pierson
Virginia
Beardsley
Iowa
Helen Vanderberg
Shell Rock
Clyde Hendrix
Clinton
Clyde Bradford
Henry Godlove
Indianola
Merle Travis
Bedford
J. F. Walter
McGregor
Joe Kimmel
Davenport
John McDonald
Dallas Center
Clem Dodson
Armstrong
Clarence Knutson
Clear Lake
Dynamite Plot Targets Ohio Senatorial Candidate Bender
A seven inch half pound stick of dynamite was found in the rear floor of Rep. George H. Bender's 1946 Cadillac in his Ohio estate driveway. Detonator cap exploded but the blast did not injure him, as police note the plan aimed to ruin the car, not kill him. Bender, recovering from a house subcommittee probe into Cleveland labor racketeering, calls the act stupid and threatening. His son in law reported a prowler around the estate during the investigation.
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Chagrin Falls
Ohio
George H. Bender
Bender
Edna
House Subcommittee
D. Joseph Bartlett
Bartlett
Washington
Verdict Upholds Rogers as Trigger Verdict Refutes Suit
A Hollywood jury ruled Friday that Roy Rogers and his performing horse Trigger are not liable for damages sought by Mabel Smeyne. Smeyne, 52, claimed serious injuries from a 1951 filming incident when Trigger kicked her, but the jury deliberated 35 minutes and dismissed her $186,000 suit.
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Hollywood
Roy Rogers
Trigger
Mabel Smeyne
Six Executed in Iranian Spy Case
Six of twelve army officers convicted in a Communist spy case were executed by firing squad Saturday. The remaining six were granted permission to appeal to the civilian supreme court.
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Tehran
Supreme Court
Philadelphia Shipping Halt in Waterfront Labor Dispute
Employers shut all dry cargo handling in the port of Philadelphia in a clash with the longshoremen's union over a foreman. About 6,000 workers across Philadelphia Chester and Wilmington were idled, though old cargoes, tug boats, and ship movement continued.
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Philadelphia
SNS
Chester
Wilmington
Del
Man Charged in Cedar Rapids Death Posts Bond
Edward Allen Lee a 21 year old Black man charged with manslaughter in the October death of Thomas Kehne was released on a 2500 bond from Linn county jail. Kehne 23 was found dead in his Cedar Rapids apartment after a head injury from a pint bottle flung through a car window by Lee on October 2.
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Edward Allen Lee
Linn County
Lee
Thomas Kehne
Cedar Rapids
Kehne
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Indecent Exposure
Willis F. Shaner of St. Petersburg Florida pleaded guilty to an indecent exposure charge in Linn County. Judge Floyd Philbrick sentenced him to six months in the Linn County Jail with three months suspended and ordered psychiatric treatment after release. A 30 day treatment report must be sent to County Attorney Willis A. Glasgow. Shaner was arrested by Cedar Rapids detectives after two women passengers at Union Depot reported exposure on a station platform.
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Willis F. Shaner
St. Petersburg
Fla
Linn County
Floyd Philbrick
Shaner
Willis A. Glassgow
Cedar Rapids
Union Depot
Rock Island Railroad
Lipp Released on Bond in Fugitive Case
Charles V. Lipp aged 42 of 110 First Street NW was released on $500 bond after arraignment on a fugitive information filed by County Attorney Willis A. Glassgow at the request of San Diego officials. Lipp is wanted in California for failure to provide for a minor child. Judge Floyd Philbrick scheduled a hearing for November 30 at 10 am.
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Charles V. Lipp
First Street
Willis A. Glassgow
Glassgow
San Diego
Calif
Lipp
Floyd Philbrick
Kenneth Wright Charged In Vehicle Thefts Case
Kenneth Wright, 23, of 823 Fourth Avenue SE, was charged in municipal court with operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. An information filed by County Attorney Willis A. Glassgow set a hearing for November 15. Wright's bond was set at $500 after a charge of taking a car owned by John Bading of Cedar Rapids last Tuesday.
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Kenneth Wright
Fourth Avenue
Willis A. Glassgow
Wright
John Bading
Cedar Rapids
Wife recounts night out ending with husband missing after pills
The account describes a woman saying she drank at a bar last night, returned to find her husband missing, wore her wedding dress, and took 19 sleeping pills. Police reported the death attempt or disappearance is under investigation.
Teens linked to high speed car thefts across Iowa
Ten agents questioned two 14 year olds in Winchester as authorities traced a string of car thefts from Cedar Rapids to Clinton and Indiana. A high speed chase in Clinton ended with a 15 to 16 year old trio fleeing after a crash while police recovered several stolen vehicles and linked a Cedar Rapids suspect to a northwest Cedar Rapids Cadillac theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Robert Martin
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Cherry-Burrell Company
First Street
Third Aver Hue
Clarence Selken
L Street
Jacob L. Marshall
Marion
Second Avenue
Third Street
Third Avenue
John Hanna
Indiana
Robert Beers
Fourteenth Street
Rockford Road
Thirty-third Avenue
Hanna
Salem Church To Dedicate Its New Chancel Sunday
Salem Evangelical United Brethren church in Cedar Rapids marks its seventy fifth anniversary with a 10 30 am dedication of a new chancel later a noon dinner for Bishop C H Stauffacher and guests. Dr R H Aurand will speak and a 2 30 Old Friends Hour honors former pastors. The event honors founder’s son and church leaders as a 1930s era gym addition is noted.
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Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church
Cedar Rapids
C. H. Stauffacher
Kansas City
R. H. Aurand
Cedar Falls
George Holsinger
Myron Pals
Paul McKinley
Park Parks
Lloyd Goettel
Leonard FE. Dea
Dr. Aurand
Bishop Stauffacher
Salem Church
George Stauffacher
John A. Dowd
Fort Dodge
Velma Ebinger Goettel
Salem
Zion Evangelical Church
J. E. Stauffacher
City Briefs and Notices From Local Page
Surgery patients and hospital updates include George J Schultz undergoing surgery at Mercy hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles Van Talge returned from Ironton Missouri due to illness in Mrs Van Talges brother Joe Jeffroie. A rummage sale by Kings Daughters is set for Monday and Tuesday at 519 7th Ave SE. Susan Steffes, 25, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Steffes, is hospitalized at St Luke's with pneumonia. no visitors. Hawkeye yearbook staff selections include Jacki Fashimpaur and Beth McDonald. Political note urges voters to back Democrats and criticizes large Republican ads in Linn County.
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Charles van Talge
Westwood Drive
Ironton, Mo
Susan Steffes
Charles Steffes
L Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Linn County
Pairs of Suits Filed Involving Debt Claims
Two lawsuits filed Friday and Saturday name Rock Smith Company as plaintiff against Neighborhood Electric Service a Glenn H Smith and Daniel L Cullivan partnership over 400 on a sales contract and Lewis Lynch against Carl H Neil son over 450 on a promissory note and filed in the same period.
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Rock Smith Company
Neighborhood Electric Service
Glenn H. Smith
Daniel L. Cullivan
Lewis Lynch
Carl H. Neilson
Resignation of Rev Lester Pearson Certifies New Call
Reverend Lester Pearson, pastor of the Christian Church at Garwin for three and a half years, resigns effective Nov 10 to accept a call from a church in Coggon and will also serve the Troy Mills church. Reformation Sunday observed by Eastern Iowa churches. The Bishops' Appeal for Korea to aid relief and rehabilitation aims for 1 million dollars. Billy Graham film Souls in Conflict shown at Memorial Coliseum Cedar Rapids with Youth for Christ, 7:30 p.m. free will offering.
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Lester Pearson
Christian Church
Garwin
Coggon
Troy Mills
Iowa
Martin Luther
Castle
Wittenburg
Germany
National Council of Churches
Bishops’ Appeal For
Korea
United States
Billy Graham
Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
Youth For Christ
TV Actress Takes Drug Overdose
Lynn Carver a 30 year old redheaded film and television actress was treated at a Los Angeles general hospital for an overdose of sleeping pills. She said she and her husband Doyle Bryant had a fight after their Sept. 14 marriage.
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Hollyood
INS
Lynn Carver
Los Angeles General Hospital
Doyle Bryant
Kierkegaard Based Opera to Debut in Boston
Uel Barber prepares first performance on November 28 in Boston tied to the assembly of the National Council of Churches. The work draws on four Kierkegaard prayers and marks a notable religious arts event amid church activities in Iowa and nationwide.
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Uel Barber
Boston
Assembly of the National Council of Churches
Soren Kierkegaard
Lutherans Told Of Church Needs At Washington Prairie
Special to The Gazette Decorah eight Lutheran bodies met at Washington Prairie Lutheran church for a two day home missions conference. Dr H Conrad Hoyer executive secretary explained why missions focus on cities and suburbs and urged consolidation of rural churches to free pastors for new urban and rural missions. He urged continued rural strengthening and a second thrust of church planting in areas of need.
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Decorah
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
Division of American Missions
National Lutheran Council
H. Conrad Hoyer
Hoyer
Woman Uses Iron To Rout Burglar In Pasadena
Eleano r Ann Dunlap faced a thief threatening her children. She used a hot iron to strike the burglar, who fled after losing four dollars in small change from her purse.
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Woman
Pasadena
Eleanor Ann Dunlap
Paralyzed voter casts early ballot in California
Mary Ann Huff, paralyzed for five years and confined to an iron lung, voted early by absentee ballot in VAN NUYS. She moved only her head and used a pencil held in her teeth to mark the ballot. She urged others to vote and exercise their democratic rights.
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van Nuys
Calif
Mary Ann Huff
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Rogers, Trigger
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3Rd Ave
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Murdoch
Center Point
Walker
Edward A. Lee
Florida
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Seventeenth Avenue SE
Royal J. Matthews
Thirteenth Street
Theodore J. Mahoney
C Avenue NE
Bob Trefz
Trefz
Martin
Addfioka Church News
George J. Schultz
Twenty-fifth Street
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King’s Daughters
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University of Iowa
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Gah Uspi
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Sunny Funny
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