September 3 1948 Daily Record weather and notices
Temperatures show highs near 89 to 93 with cooler nights across Iowa. Forecast calls for generally fair conditions Saturday and scattered showers late weekend, with warmer Saturday and a possible cooling by Monday. Justice Court reports include multiple fines for intoxication speeding and driving offenses. Fires at local facilities and several births noted. Deaths listed for Anamosa, Earlville, Independence, Oelwein, Elkader, Manchester, Coggan area.
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Angeles
Slowx City
Iowa
Lowan Sentenced for Railway Express Theft
Leslie W. Thompson of Bloomfield was sentenced to one year and one day in federal jail after pleading guilty to stealing interstate railway express funds. The stolen amount totaled 2148.50 with full restitution made. Thompson admitted hiding the money in woods near Ottumwa on April 36 and an FBI agent found 1386.70 recovered from a tin can.
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Des Moines
Leslie W. Thompson
Bloomfield
Thompson
Charles A. Dewey
Cloid I. Level
Ottumwa
FBI
Benes Bade Him Return to US
Milwaukee AP John Benes, who turned 78, said he was not surprised by Eduard Benes death former president of Czechoslovakia. He recalled Eduard’s strokes and said he left Czechoslovakia last June after Eduard told him to go home and not discuss conditions there.
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Milwaukee
John Benes
Eduard
Czechoslovakia
John
Friends
Prague
America
Benes
Deaths Mrs Emil J Zoble Cedar Rapids resident dies at home
Mrs Emil J Zoble a Cedar Rapids resident for 67 years died at her home at 5 31 p m Thursday after a brief illness She was born October 13 1877 in Teleci Bohemia Surviving are her husband a son Edwin J Zoble of Casper Wyoming two daughters Irene F Zoble and Mrs Cletus Erlacher of Cedar Rapids four grandchildren a sister Mrs Anna Doubravsky of Cedar Rapids and two brothers Frank Bohac of Los Angeles and Wesley Bohac of Chicago She was a member of Hus Memorial Presbyterian church Services will be held at 3 30 p m Saturday in the Barta Hesser chapel burial will be Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil J. Zoble
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Teleci
Bohemia
Edwin J. Zoble
Casper
Wyo
Irene F. Zoble
Cletus Erlacher l
Anna Doubrasky
Frank Bohac
Los Angeles
Wesley Bohac
Chicago
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Zdenek F. Pauk
Oak Hill Cemetery
Services for John Svec in Brush chapel Saturday
John Svec died Wednesday at 1612 Maplewood Drive NE. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Brush chapel conducted by Rev. Zdenek F. Pauk. Burial will be at Bohemian National Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. The family requests no flowers.
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John Svec
Maplewood Drive
Brush Chapel
Zdenek F. Pauk
Bohemian National Cemetery
Services for Pfc Eugene R Jackson at Beatty chapel
Funeral services for Pfc Eugene R Jackson son of Mrs John Jackson 323 Third Avenue SW will be held in Beatty chapel at 1 30 p m Saturday with Rev A Timothy Starr of Dairydale Church officiating Military rites by Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion will be conducted at Oak Hill Cemetery Friends are invited to attend
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Eugene R. Jackson
John Jackson
Third Avenue SW
Beatty Chapel
Timothy Starr
Dairydale Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
Des Moines Twins Win Health Contest Championship
Iowa’s champion twin babies of 1948 are Jerry Lawrence and Jean Louise De Marce of Des Moines. They scored 99.207 of 100 points in the baby health contest judged by Mrs. F. R. Kenison. The twins, 15 months and 14 days old, are children of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson De Marce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Jerry Lawrence
Jean Louise de Marce
F. R. Kenison
Nelson de Marce
Vandals Looted Plane Wreckage Near Fountain City
Northwest Airlines president said severe turbulence may have damaged other planes besides the Fountain City crash that killed 37. Vandals entered the roped area, rifling through bloody debris of the dead and took a purse like a friend found. A package addressed to radio station KDAL Duluth, believed aboard, was missing. The contents remain undisclosed.
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ST. Paul
Northwest Airlines
Fountain City
Wis
NWA
KDAL
Duluth
Shoes Stolen From Car Recovered Near Dump Site
DULUTH Minn A thief took 77 left shoe samples from the car of E C Cooper a Center Point Nebraska shoe salesman but soon after the footwear were recovered where he dumped them The shoes were all for the left foot indicating a mishap or partial theft solved locally by finder assistance.
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Duluth
Minn
E. C. Cooper
Center Point
B 29 Loss Report During British American Maneuvers
London dispatch reports two B 29 Superfortresses developed trouble during joint maneuvers begun to test a knockout blow on London. One plane fought fire for 30 minutes over The Netherlands and its 11 crew parachuted. all survived. A second aircraft over Scheveningen also sent a mayday and several crew members parachuted, with no further details on injuries.
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London
Netherlands
Flushing
Holland
Schevignak
Britain
Will of Elmer A. Runkle Probate in Linn County
The will of Elmer A. Runkle died August 21 and was admitted to probate in Linn County Friday. Gifts include $1000 to First Congregational Church, $500 to Congregational Church Building Society, and $300 to YMCA YWCA Children’s Home Home for Aged Women and Jane Boyd. Grandchildren John H. Runkle Jr Jean Killen Austin Betty Runkle Stone receive $1000 each. Remainder divided equally among three children Merrill H. Runkle Floy K. Killen Evelyn R. Moore named executors without bond.
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Elmer A. Runkle
Williams and Hunting Company
Linn County
First Congregational Church
Congregational Church Building Society
New York
Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
Jane Boyd
John H. Runkle, Jr
Manchester
Jean Killen Austin
Newton
Betty Runkle Stone
Laurel
Miss
Merrill H. Runkle
Floy K. Killen
Evelyn R. Moore
New York Coin Matcher Charged with Forgery
Clinton L. Caldwell of New York City was arraigned in Linn county district court on forgery charges. Judge Floyd Philbrick set a Tuesday 10 a.m. plea deadline and appointed counsel. Caldwell, held on $2,000 bail, allegedly forged Carl R. Roberts name on a $45.14 Merchants National Bank check, which E. R. Thomas cashed after meeting Caldwell in a tavern and receiving $20, keeping the rest.
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Clinton L. Caldwell
New York City
Linn County
Floyd Philbrick
Caldwell
Carl R. Roberts
Merchants National Bank
E. R. Thomas
Oliver Geinzer Sentenced for Larceny of Tractor Batteries
Oliver Geinzer aged 24 of 4106 Mt Vernon avenue SE began serving 30 days in Linn county jail for larceny of two batteries from tractors shipped on the W C F N railway, his employer. The offense occurred on November 1, 1947, and the sentence was imposed by Justice of the Peace H R Churchill.
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Oliver Geinzer
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Linn County
W.c.f.&n. Railway
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
Cab Operator Sues Over $373 Damages From Feb Accident
Maurice Wilson cab operator sues Ralph Root for 373.63 claiming damages from a February 17 collision at Fifth Avenue and Second Street SE. Wilson alleges his cab driven by Howard Wilsey collided with a truck driven by Root.
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Maurice Wilson
Friday
Ralph Root
Wilson
Fifth Avenue
Second Street SE
Howard Wilsey
Railroad sues for freight charges on egg cases May 6 1947
The Chicago and North Western Railroad Company Friday sued Frank J. Peterson of Mt. Vernon for $209.15 alleged due on freight charges for a carload of used empty egg cases on May 6, 1947. Dr. S. M. Lehr Friday filed suit against Charles and Dorothy Kilpatrick seeking collection of an alleged $109.50 account. Judge G. K. Thompson Friday awarded Bear-Stewart Company default judgment of $113.12 against Ernest G. Paul on a verified account.
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Chicago and North Western Railroad Company
Frank J. Peterson
Mt. Vernon
S. M. Lehr Friday
Charles
Dorothy Kilpatrick
G. K. Thompson
Bear-Stewart Company
Ernest G. Paul
Army discharges man A W O L for 28 years
Monterey California UP reports the army will mail an undesirable discharge to Harry Newman 47 who surrendered after 28 years of absence without leave. Newman walked away from Troop B 11th Cavalry at the Monterey Presidio on June 13 1920. Under statute of limitations the army cannot prosecute.
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Monterey
Calif
Army Department
Harry Newman
Newman
11Th Cavalry
Monterey Presidio
Rally Speaker Saturday Night at Youth for Christ
The Rev. Paul B. Smith of Toronto will speak at the Youth for Christ rally at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the board of education auditorium with the topic Facing the Facts. Harold Youngberg of Gothamberg Nebraska leads song and piano. Connie Krapf a Coe graduate sings and plays piano. YFC girls trio will sing. Meetings occur every other Saturday night.
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Paul B. Smith
Toronto
Canada
Youth For Christ
Board of Education
Jamaica
Great Britain
United States
Harold Youngberg
Gothamberg
Neb
Connie Krapf
Coe
Y.F.C
Strikes On Both Coasts Halt West and East Shipping
The AP reports nationwide disruption as 12,000 Ha Bridges CIO longshoremen halt port traffic from Canada to Mexico on the West Coast while 10,000 New York truck drivers and helpers Idle as AFL Local 807 strikes enter a third day. Retail outlets face supply cuts and rising food prices are expected.
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Associated Press
CIO
Canada
Mexico
New York
AFL Teamsters Local 807
Soviet Pen Pals Seek Canadian Arctic Photos
Ottawa officials report Soviet zone pen pals in Europe asking Canadians for letters and Arctic harbor photos. Caution urged to avoid naive exchanges amid an Arctic intelligence drive. residents of Ellesmere and Baffin islands were targeted with offers to share photos of distant cathedrals and scenery along the coast.
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Ottawa
Europe
Canada
External Affairs Department
Ellesmere
Baffin Islands
Arctic
Pair Fined On Reckless Driving Charges
Thomas McDonald and David Zurka were each fined $25 and costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving in traffic court. Judge Johnson suspended $15 of each fine. Arrested at 8:55 p.m. Thursday by Highway Patrolman James Clapp, they were clocked at 55 mph on First Avenue East near Ce-Mar Acres.
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Thomas McDonald
Third Avenue
David Zurka
Seventh Avenue
Willoughby Barnhizer
Second Avenue
Francis Hawland
Marion
Frank Popelka
Eighth Street
Harry Erickson
D Avenue
Evelyn Zerzanek
Ridgewood Terrace
Lloyd Sidwell
Twelfth Avenue
Donald Schmidt
Woodland Drive
Joe Musel
Center Point Road
James Clark
C. J. Hopewell
Twenty-seventh Street
Johnson Avenue NW
Thirty-seventh Avenue
Johnson
James Clapp
First Avenue E
Ce-Mar Acres
Earl Manholtz
E Avenue NE
Harry S. Johnson
Ted Longfellow
Twelfth Street
Ralph Stewart
F Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Chicago Man Injured By Freight Car Mishap
Frank Sheehan aged 53 of Chicago was struck by a freight car while it was being switched near Beverly. He suffered lacerations and bruises and was taken to Mercy hospital after the incident occurred about 9 p m Thursday. Deputy Sheriff R D Spooner investigated.
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Frank Sheehan
Chicago
Beverly
Sheehan
R. D. Spooner
Mercy Hospital
Motorcyclist Injured In Crash With Auto At City Intersection
Gordon Martin 26 of near Hawkeye Downs suffered facial cuts when his motorcycle collided with a car at Fifth Street and Sixth Avenue SE. He was treated at Mercy hospital and released. Driver of the car was Don Corcran of Vinton.
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Gordon Martin
Hawkeye Downs
Fifth Street
Sixth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Don Corcran
Vinton
Monroe Home Sold at Public Auction in Leesburg
Historic Oak Hill estate once used by President James Monroe and linked to the Monroe Doctrine was sold at a public auction in Leesburg Virginia for 220000 dollars. The sale closes a chapter in early American historical holdings and transfers ownership to new property interests.
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Leesburg
Oak Hill
James Monroe
City Briefs and Local Notices From Cedar Rapids
City briefs report staff changes at Cedar Rapids public library with leaving librarian for Lansing Michigan. others note a local man’s army enlistment, a supper meeting, post office Labor Day closure and various church services. Fines issued for peace disturbing incidents involving Earl Manholtz and Ted Longfellow with Ralph Stewart.
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Ted Longfellow
Twelfth Street
Ralph Stewart
F Avenue
Earl Manholtz
E Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Armour Shipping Dividend Payment Declared Suspended
Armour and Company, Chicago, says no dividend on common stock now. Chairman A Eastman cites high meat and livestock costs, unsatisfactory results, February price drop, a 10 week strike, and fierce competition for reduced livestock supplies pushing prices beyond meat sale values. December had declared 30 cents a share prior payments.
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Chicago
Armour and Company
A. Eastman
Nine Arrested for G I Grave Theft
BRUSSELS UP reports nine persons arrested on charges of stealing rings and gold teeth from U S soldiers buried at a war cemetery in Fosses near Namur. Six arrested were American war graves commission workers exhuming bodies for shipment to the United States. three were Namur jewelers.
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Brussels
United States
Fosses
Namur
American War Graves Commission
Dynamite Caps Stolen From Farmer Car in Des Moines
Police report more than 200 dynamite caps stolen from a farmer L. W. Pedrick's car parked at a Des Moines filling station. Pedrick said he found the caps missing from the glove compartment after leaving the car for a tire repair Thursday night.
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Des Moines
L. W. Pedrick
Bodies Returned of 1566 Americans Killed in Alaska Theater
The state department announced that 1,566 American war dead killed in the Alaska theater have been returned to the United States for final burial.
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San Francisco
United States
Eduard Beneš A Life Marked by Czechoslovakia’s Trials
Eduard Beneš rose from student contact in Prague to foreign minister in exile, guiding Czechoslovakia through Munich and into wartime recognition. He later led from exile, maintained unity among diverse factions, and faced the 1948 Communist coup before resigning for health.
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Masaryk
Benes
Liberation
Hapsburg
Prague
Two Deaths Cedar Rapids Traffic Toll Since March 15
Figures from the traffic bureau show eight months of accidents and injuries in Cedar Rapids with a toll of 516. The data support a safety contest sponsored by the Young Men's bureau.
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Cedar Rapids
Traffic Bureau
Police Department
Young Men’s Bureau
Prague Political Scene and Masaryk Funeral Reference
The passage notes a political scene centered on Prague with later references to the return of a figure to Prague for a single trip to attend the funeral of Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk, son of Thomas Masaryk, marking a notable event in Czech political life.
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Prague
Jan Masaryk
Thomas Masaryk
Dissenters Walk Out at Vet Meet
Lyall T Beggs of Madison Wisconsin was nominated without opposition as senior commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars after rump delegates walked out and nominated their own junior candidates. Clyde A Lewis of Plattsburg New York was nominated without opposition as junior vice commander in chief. The rump group nominated Jacob S Miller of Indianapolis as junior vice commander in chief. Miami chosen for 1949 encampment.
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Chicago
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pa
Behid
Jacob S. Miller
Indianapolis
Catlow
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Miami
Mother Admits Killing Children in Grants Pass Case
Frances Irene McCurdy, 38, admitted killing her two children, Pamela Rose aged 11 and Paul Bernard aged 10, at a Grants Pass auto court. She said she fed them sleeping pills then stabbed them while they slept, claiming poverty and $75 monthly relief was insufficient to support them. She notified police anonymously hours after the killings.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Portland
Frances Irene McCurdy
Gold Hill
Pamela Rose
Paul Bernard
Polio precautions restrict Iowa City football squad
In Iowa City on a Friday, about 105 high school football candidates were required to undergo daily polio symptom checks before practice. A freshman sophomore player, Jim Shank, 15, contracted polio earlier in the week, prompting coaches and players to pledge to avoid public gatherings during a 14 day incubation window to safeguard the season.
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Iowa City
Jim Shank
D. F
Fitzpatrick
Espionage Probe Delayed a Week
Washington AP The House Un American Activities Committee postponed the resumption of its Red spy hearings to September 15 from September 7. Chief investigator Robert Stripling said the delay allows the committee and staff to complete preparations.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
Robert Stripling
Death of Another Red Chieftain Announced
In London, Radio Moscow reported the death of Sergei G. Lukin deputy minister of light industry and a member of the Communist party central control commission. Moscow said he died on Thursday with no cause given. Col. Gen. Andrei A. Zhdanov, who died Tuesday, was buried in Red Square, he led the Cominform and was among Russia’s top four leaders.
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London
Radio
Moscow
Sergei G. Lukin
Communist Party Central Control Commission
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Red Square
Zhdanov
Cominform
Russia
Wallace Backers Face Setback in Minnesota Ballot Fight
In St. Paul the Democratic Farmer Labor party factions split as the state supreme court recognized right wing electors backing President Truman and ordered the left wing slate removed. Wallace supporters move to place their ticket on the ballot by petition after the ruling.
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ST. Paul
Wallace
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
State Supreme Court
Truman
Fires at prowler in Des Moines yard
AP reports in Des Moines that 47 year old carpenter Alva Morgan fired a shotgun at a man he said was prowling in the Morgan yard Thursday night. This marks the third prowler incident in East Des Moines within two weeks with gunfire exchanged.
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Des Moines
Alva Morgan
Carpenter
Morgan Yard
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Justice Court
Floyd Plank
Sixteenth Street SE
Loren Coolahan
Ernest Sheran
Hubert Price
Ill
Carl Frank Reeder
Eleanor May Barnes
Harry F. Lee
Doris Elaine Ruggles
Michael P. Thomas
Velma Cook
James L. Pountney
Gertrude E. Maltas
Delmar
Phyllis M. Schrader
John H. Schrader
Martha Jane Neathery
Jesse L. Neathery
Georgiana Bates
Jack M. Bates
Edward O. Woods
Nettie E. Woods
Furnace
Fifth Street NW
LaPlant-Choate
St. Luke’s
Robert Schlotterback
Atkins
Buss Adams
M Street
Joseph Bennett
John Lechky
Third Street
Ralph Throndson
Harold Schrader
Eleventh Street
At Mercy
Louis Schoettmer
Shellsburg
Harold Cerveny
Twenty-eighth Avenue
John Lucas
Thirty-third Avenue
Anamosa
Guy Austin
Martelle
Smykil-Goettsch
Earlville
Hubert Nurre
George Hartert
Heege
Oelwein
Stephen D. King
Sacred Heart Church
Elkader Bert Wathen
Garber
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Lewis E. Diercksen
First Lutheran Church
Coggan
Arthur Schott
St. John’s Catholic Church
Lisbon
Lowan
Emil Zoble
Svec Services
Jackson Services
Des Moines Twin Babies
Turner
2Nd Ave. SE
Army
A.W.O.L
Canadian Arctic
Monroe
Hotel Roosevelt
SKY Grill
Whazel Scheiber
Public Library
City Library
Lansing
Mich
Roosevelt Hotel
Dial
City Cab
John A. Rooth
Dubuque
Fort Knox
Townsend
Townsend Victory Club No. 8
K. of P. Hall
Ann Novak
St. SE
Shuerville
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Lyle K. Anderson
Fairfax
Armour Shipping
G.I
Paris
Eduard Benes
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
University of Chicago
Third Republic
Czechoslovak
Klement Gottwald
Gottwald
Goethe
Third Ave
Clarence Beatty
Michael Koury, Jr
Michael Koury
7Th St. SE
Koury
Mike
Minnesota
Krebs
3Rd Avenue
Hartmann Mayfair
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