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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1946

Page

2

Byrnes Flies to Berlin on Speech Eve

Secretary Byrnes travels to Berlin on the eve of a Stuttgart speech accompanied by Senators Vandenberg and Connell and former State Department advisers. He plans first hand study of Germany and postwar relations with the Big Four, meeting Lt. Gen. Lucius Clay in Berlin and traveling via Stuttgart to hold talks with American occupation officials. Clay predicts Byrnes will deliver a clear statement of U S policy in Europe and lift the American resolve.

Stuttgart Byrnes Vandenberg R-Mich Connélly D-Texas State Department Germany Berlin Lucius D. Clay Paris Joseph T. McNarney Frankfurt Clay Europe

Parker to Speak at First Christian Church

Clyde Parker, superintendent of Cedar Rapids public schools, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Christian Church. More than 500 invitations were sent to school board members principals teachers Coe College faculty local officials and First Christian Sunday school officers and pupils. Dr Carroll C Roberts host pastor planned the first annual back-to-school service with singing led by Roberts. A reception for public school teachers follows in the church living room and children will be entertained in the dining room.

Clyde Parker Cedar Rapids First Christian Church Board of Education Coe College First Christian Carroll C. Roberts Roberts

Stanwood Man Fined For Reckless Driving

Erwin J. Ropa of Stanwood was fined $100 and costs in police court Thursday on a reckless driving charge. Patrolmen Leland Nelson and Jerry Navratil arrested him after following the auto for several blocks, noting erratic driving from Third Avenue and Tenth Street SE to Mt. Vernon Avenue and First Street SE.

Erwin J. Ropa Stanwood Ropa Leland Nelson Jerry Navratil Third Avenue Tenth Street Mt. Vernon Avenue First Street

Notice to Creditors in Linn County Iowa Will

Public notice from Linn County Iowa warns that Stanley M Nielsen attorney announces the need for all persons with claims against a will to file them duly authenticated in the office of Linn County District Court. Dated September 4.

Linn County Iowa

Time To Halt Reds Says AFL Leader

President William Green of the American Federation of Labor told Veterans of Foreign Wars delegates that the United States must halt aggressive tactics of Soviet Russia and its Communist dependencies. He urged a sterner policy and real measure toward world peace based on justice.

Boston William Green American Federation of Labor Russia Yugoslavia AFL United A Green

Sheriff's Sale Notice in Linn County Iowa Auction

A sheriff sale notice issued in Linn County Iowa announces the public auction of a 1945 truck to satisfy a judgment in favor of A L Marine against W A Ball. The sale for cash will be at the Cedar Rapids courthouse on August 11, 1946, with Deputy R D Spooner handling proceedings.

Tee District Court Linn County Iowa W. A. Ball A. L. Marine, Naprense George A. Krebs Gertrude Ds Penee Cedar Ra Linn Cedar Rapids H. Smith Sherif R. D. Spooner

Cedar Rapids OKs Gas Storage Tank Construction

Cedar Rapids city council approved building two 18 000 gallon liquid gas storage tanks at A Street and Twenty second Avenue SW. Approval came with recommendations from City Engineer James Lilly Frank Young and Fire Chief E P Kohout. The firm plans to fill cylinders for sale like Bapane Gas and Rapid Gas.

Iowa

Bogus $26 Check Passed at C R Jewelry Store

Walter Shearer of Garmoe Jewelry reported a $26 counterfeit check passed at the C R Jewelry Store on Third Street SE. The check, drawn on Merchants National Bank and made out to Lewis Allen, bore the signature Clarence Drake, marking a second similar incident with those names, according to Detective L B Marshall.

Walter Shearer Garmoe Jewelry Company Third Street SE Merchants National Bank Lewis Allen Clarence Drake L. B. Marshall

A and P Store Closing For Remodeling This Week

The A and P store at 222 Third avenue SW will shut September 16 and 17 for remodeling and reopen September 18. Manager Ivan Belthius said extensive work is planned. Earlier plans delayed closure to September 9 and 10 with a September 11 reopening.

A and P Third Avenue SW Ivan Belthius

Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County

Notice is hereby given that a hearing on the last will and testament of Lewis J. Baker will be held in Cedar Rapids Iowa on September 5 at 9 o clock a m before the district court for Linn County The firm Crissman Bleakley appears as attorneys for the case and there may be an admission of the will in probate proceedings.

Linn Lewis J. Baker Cedar Rapids Iowa

GM may seek new price boosts in 1947 plan

GM President C E Wilson accused government wage price policy of delaying production and signaled the company would seek price boosts of 100 dollars on each car. He criticized OPA actions as discriminatory and warned of wage strikes and material shortages unless controls on resources and imports were lifted. The automaker expects 6,000,000 vehicles produced annually within a year, by January 1948.

Detroit General Motors Corporation C. E. Wilson Wilson OPA

Last Rites Sunday for Lt. Col. Robert Shaw

Funeral services are planned Sunday afternoon at Memorial hall in Sigourney for Lt. Col. Robert J. Shaw of Sigourney and Des Moines who died August 2 in an army hospital in Munich Germany from a heart attack. Full military honors will be accorded. the Rev. Delois Marken of Des Moines will conduct. An AP dispatch had reported Saturday services.

Sigourney Robert J. Shaw Des Moines Munich Germany Memorial Hall Col Shaw American Legion Delois Marken

Notice of administrator appointment and claim procedures

Public notice records that on April 30 an administrator was appointed for the estate of a Linn County resident. Creditors are directed to present claims at the county office for authentication and immediate payment processing.

Linn Linn County Iowa

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Second Avenue SE Okinow Riginale Craemer'’s Fashion Shops Mademoisell Chormeng Hamilee Parker Stanley M. Nielsen C.R Crissman & Bleakley Axmear Robert Shaw Kubicek, Attorney Ana By Erwin Cohama’s Craemer
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