Kill the flies and guard against disease with DDT
A crowded city page notes health guidance to use DDT around refuse cans and doorways to kill flies and prevent disease. The forecast lists temperatures, precipitation, and wind while reporting local marriages and deaths. Weather warnings from Kansas City call for much colder air and frost in Nebraska and Kansas Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
INS
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Weather map details cool air spreading across the Midwest
The leading edge of the arctic air reached Des Moines at 6 30 a m as winds turned northward. Rain continued in southeast Iowa with totals varying by location while a warm Gulf air mass moved north. Rain totals over 24 hours included Des Moines 0 65 inches and Ottumwa 1 76 inches. Highs reached 65 Sunday, 62 overnight, noon 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Gulf Region
Iowa City
Burlington
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Spencer
Atlantic
Mason City
Ottumwa
Lamont
Cedar Rapids
Cops Push State Uniform Law To Bar Non Officers
DES MOINES AP Delegates at the Iowa Chiefs of Police Association will consider a resolution to make it a felony for non city police to wear the standard uniform and badges. The move follows a similar measure approved by the Iowa State Police Officers Association to prevent plant guards dance hall supervisors and other special officers from wearing city police attire. Police say unauthorized wear leads to misconduct and misrepresentation. Most Iowa police uniforms are blue or tan or a mix of both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Chiefs of Police Association
Iowa State Police Officers Association
Sioux City
Mediation Board Seeks Two-Week Rail Strike Delay
The National Mediation Board asked railway trainmen to postpone a planned strike for two weeks. The dispute over crew assignments on Union Railway affects about 1,200 workers and could disrupt steel mills in the Pittsburgh area, tying up production and risking worker layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Mediation Board
CST
Union Railway Company
Pittsburgh
Three Major Oil Firms Cut Prices in St. Louis
In St Louis three major oil companies Gulf Oil Shell Oil and Standard Oil cut regular and ethyl gasoline by half a cent per gallon on Monday. Other suppliers studied the action as they watched the price changes unfold across the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
INL
Gulf Oil Company
Shell Oil Company
Standard Oil
Second Czech Bishop Put Under Police Guard
Archbis hop Josef Matocha of Moravia the second ranking Czech prelate was placed under heavy police surveillance after a church government peace offer. Two officers guard his Olomouc palace and a police agent accompanies him. authorities cite safety. Moravia reports say 60 priests lost government salaries for reading pastoral letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
INS
Josef Matocha
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Olomouc
Josef Beran
Matocha
Beran
Strike Threat Looms on Britain's Rail Lines
London reports workers on Britain's nationalized railroads plan to strike Monday amid anger at the labor government. Union leaders sought to restrain members after the conciliation board rejected wage demands in weekend meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INL
Britain
Deaths John Divis 1877 Cedar Rapids retiree
John Divis died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 8 am after a brief illness. Born in 1877 in Czechoslovakia he lived in Cedar Rapids 51 years and worked for the street department until retirement five years ago. He was a Modern Woodmen member with 24 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services in the Polansky chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Divis
L Street
Cedar Rapids
Street
Czechoslovakia
Modern Woodmen of America
John W
Anna Urban
Lumir Ceynar
Joseph
Ralph Callhoun
Lester Seiler
Claude Anderson
Lester
William Warren
San Diego
Frank
Navy
Cuba
Polansky Chapel
Cedar Rapids Woman Dies In Maquoketa Crash
Ruth Amanda DeSilva Fulkerson, a Cedar Rapids resident for 30 years, is fatally injured in a two car crash seven miles west of Maquoketa Saturday at 3 50 pm. Born June 24 1898 at Allerton she was married Aug 10 1916. Surviving husband son mother four sisters and one brother. Services pending. Body at Turner mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C. Fulkerson
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Maquoketa
Ruth Amanda DeSilva
Allerton
Samuel C. Fulkerson, Jr
Walter DeSil
Miss Ellanor McMillan dies in Arizona at 2
Miss Ellanor McMillan daughter of Mrs L E McMillan died at Tucson Arizona Saturday after a lingering illness She lived most of her life in Mankato Minnesota moved to Cedar Rapids in 1947 Surviving besides her mother are a brother Geddes McMillan of Preston Minnesota a sister Mrs Paul Grimes of Tucson She was a niece of Mr and Mrs Glenn McMillan Services will be conducted at the Fry-Holland funeral home in Vinton at 1 30 p m Thursday by Dr Carroll C Roberts pastor of First Christian church of Cedar Rapids of which she was a member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellanor McMillan
L. E. McMillan
Tucson
Ariz
Mankato
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Geddes McMillan
Preston
Paul Grimes
Glenn McMillan
Johnson Avenue NW
Fry-Holland
Vinton
Carroll C. Roberts
First Christian Church of
Sister Mary Bertha 71 Dies in Cedar Rapids Convent
Sister Mary Bertha 71 a nurse formerly at Kalispell Montana hospital died Sunday morning at Sacred Heart convent Cedar Rapids. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Michael Mc Laughlin of Bankston she joined Sisters of Mercy in 1907. Survived by five sisters Catherine Pinn Farley Mary Reynolds Holtville Calif Elizabeth Maselmann Chicago Ellen Stratton Dubuque and Jane McLaughlin Des Moines. Services 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Mt Mercy chapel conducted by Rev Louis Wendling burial in Mt Calvary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bertha
Cedar Rapids
Kalispell Hospital
Mont
Sacred Heart Convent
Michael McLaughlin
Bankston
Sisters of Mercy
Catherine Pinn
Farley
Mary Reynolds
Holtville
Calif
Elizabeth Maselmann
Chicago
Ellen Stratton
Dubuque
Jane McLaughlin
Des Moines
Obituary of Fred Nichols former Cedar Rapids resident
Fred Nichols aged 62 died at his Marion route 3 home at 5 a m Sunday after a long illness. A retired watchman, he formerly worked near Quaker Oats. Survived by daughter Shirley Crabtree of Clear Lake and sister Mrs S E Williams of Denver. wife Grace died in an automobile accident last year. Service at Barta Hesser chapel with arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Nichols
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Shirley Crabtree
Clear Lake
S. E. Williams
Denver
Grace
Barta-Hesser
Charges Against Burke Outlined By Hughes Clift
Cedar Rapids officers outline misconduct charges against suspended Patrolman Carl Burke. Chief Jesse Clift and Safety Commissioner Gordon Hughes specify drinking disorderly conduct and unruly behavior at Hawkeye Downs and at police HQ. Burke, 16 years on force, says he was jumped off duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
Hughes, Clift
Carl Burke
Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission
Jesse Clift
Gordon Hughes
Civil Service Commission
Clift and Hughes
Hawkeye Downs
Clift
Hughes
Force
Fairground
Elliott Roosevelt and Faye Emerson Reported Separated
New York reports Elliott Roosevelt and actress wife Faye Emerson have separated with no divorce planned yet. A separation agreement is likely first step. they wed in December 1945. Faye remains in New York pursuing stage film and radio work while Elliott stays at Hyde Park managing Roosevelt interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Lone
Faye
East 66Th Street
Mary Boland
Zachary Scott
Elliott
Hyde Park
Roosevelt Farm
William Crawford
California
Elizabeth Donner
Philadelphia
Ruth Googins
Forth Worth
Texas
California Wife Crowned Mrs. America in 11th Contest
Frances L. Cloyd, 23, wife of Arthur T. Cloyd Jr., from San Diego, won over 29 other married contestants to be named Mrs. America. The 5 foot 6 inch blonde mother of three will travel home to California by reciting recipes to housewives at county fairs. She earned the title through a 50 50 scoring mix of beauty and wifely skills and arrived with handmade items like a towel washcloth and a tat-edged pot-holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
Frances L. Cloyd
California
Industrialist and Wife Die as Mansion Burns
G. Stanley Porter, 63, chairman of Argus Inc., a Michiek camera maker, and his wife Marguerite died in a weekend blaze that razed their lavish summer mansion in Jackson. Fire officials planned to confer with the state police on whether arson should be investigated, but no foul play was indicated and the cause remained undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
G. Stanley Porter
Argus, Inc
Camera Manufactor
Marguerite
Glenroy Walker
Woman Reports 750 Diamond Ring Missing After Fire Alert
Verda McCullough reported a $750 diamond ring missing from her home at 1008 Fourth Avenue SE after an unidentified man ordered her to leave by phone claiming the house was on fire. Detectives noted a larger ring and a diamond studded watch remained in the drawer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verda McCullough
Fourth Avenue SE
Linn County Grand Jury Drawn for September Term
The Linn county grand jury for the September term of district court was drawn Monday and began session after instructions from Presiding Judge M. Hamiel. The seven jurors are N. B. Aler Buffalo township E. N. Bell Maine township Glenn Blaine Bertram township J. J. Booth Marion L. J. Dennis Washington township Paul Fleming Boulder township George Olinger Springville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
M. ©. Hamiel
N. B. Aler
Buffalo Township
E. N. Bell
Maine Township
Glenn Blaine
Bertram Township
J. J. Booth
Marion
L. J. Dennis
Washington Township
Paul Fleming
Boulder Township
George Olinger
Springville
Cook Pleads Innocent on False Utterance Charge
Ernest J. Cook of Des Moines, 26, pleaded not guilty in district court to uttering a forged instrument. He remains held for trial after an Aug. 31 arrest by Deputy Harlan Snyder and Detective L B Marshall following a $31 Kansas bank check passed at Star Printing Company and returned as not theirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest J. Cook
Des Moines
Cook
Harlan Snyder
L. B. Marshall
Kansas
Star Printing Company
Perez seeks annulment of 1948 marriage to Gomez Perez
Augustine Perez Monday filed a petition asking for annulment of his Sept. 1 1948 marriage to Gau delia Gomez Vda Hernandez Perez. He alleges the marriage was not in good faith on her part and was never consummated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustine Perez Monday
Gaudelia Gomez Vda Hernandez Perez
Polish Countess To Speak at YMB Meeting
Countess Maria Pulaski a Polish spy during World War II will speak at the first fall meeting of the Young Men's Bureau on September 22 Roy Swanson said. Other speakers include Frank Carideo Iowa football coach at the September 29 Civic bureau meeting and Marquis Childs Washington columnist who will speak Thursday night at 6 15 p m at the Chamber with reservations streaming in and a sell out expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Pulaski
Young Men’s Bureau
Roy Swanson
Monay
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Carideo
University of Iowa
Civic Bureau
Marquis Childs
Washington
Chamber
Childs
Rent Law Review Slowed by Court Hearing Delay
Chicago AP report notes a three judge panel postponed a ruling on whether the 1949 national rent control act is constitutional. A Sept 29 hearing before Judges Major Igoe and LaBay will revisit the government's motion to dismiss the suit, after District Judge Shaw found the act unconstitutional for delegating war powers to states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.S. Supreme Court
J. Earl Major
Seventh
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeal
District Court
Michael L. Igoe
Walter J. LaBay
Elwyn R. Shaw
Congress
LaBay
U. S. Supreme Court
July Cedar Rapids fire losses hit low for 1949
Chief E P Kohout told the city council that July fire losses in Cedar Rapids totaled 785 dollars, with 537 dollars in buildings and 248 dollars in contents. Buildings valued at 625200 dollars and contents at 265300 dollars were insured, only 2.50 uninsured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
E. P. Kohout
Kohout
Morgenthau and wife treated for pneumonia in New York
Former Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr and his wife Elinor Fatman Morgenthau were hospitalized in New York. Mrs Morgenthau was listed in critical condition after entering Aug 31 with pneumonia. Morgenthau himself was hospitalized Friday with suspected pneumonia and was described as in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
INS
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
New York Hospital
Phillip Gray To Speak At St Pauls Tuesday
Phillip Gray world traveler and artist with the International Committee on World Literacy will speak at 8 Tuesday in the parlors of St. Pauls Methodist Church. He assists Dr. Laubach in preparing reading materials for natives abroad and just completed a nine month literacy tour across Siam India Australia New Guinea and Korea. Gray designs drawings for the program and will join a January mission to Africa. In Cedar Rapids he stays with Lillian Clark and Leone Sutherland at 1811 Bever Avenue SE. his home is Boulder Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Gray
St. Paul’s
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Gray
Frank C. Laubach
Siam
India
Australia
New Guinea
Korea
Laubach
Africa
Cedar Rapids
Franklin High School
Lillian Clark
Leone Sutherland
Bever Avenue
Boulder
Colo
Memorial Drive Bus Route Change Asked of Council
A resident urged the council to remove buses from Memorial drive SE citing a newly resurfaced oil street. City officials noted opposing petitions and the need for paving, with buses for schools and locals continuing service. Williamson’s letter was taken for study after 15 minutes of discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Drive
R. R. Williamson
Citizen Williamson
Williamson
City Briefs and Local Notices Highlight Thursday Club Meet
City Briefs report upcoming meetings for the Cedar Rapids Sunrise Club at KCRG studios Thursday at 7 30 p m with invitations open. Exchange Club notes new officers to be elected Tuesday noon at the Montrose hotel. Shrine Stag invites Master Masons to Hawkeye Downs Friday. Fall Meetings announce Knights of Pythias start tonight at 8 p m. Returns tell of Lulu Jones coming home from a New York visit. Attend convention notes L A Lower and wife returned from a large magicians gathering in Colorado. Visitors describe State Center relatives visiting Cedar Rapids. Public notices cover the death of Mrs Ira Coy and resumption of duties for relatives. Fines report Gordon Wear paid 25 dollars for reckless driving. Brothers Joseph and George Womacka fined 150 dollars for reckless driving after racing on First Avenue E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Wear
Central City
Sixteenth Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Joseph
George Womacka
Mallory Street
William Matias
George
First Avenue E
Fourteenth Street Parking Ban Sought by Local Families
Fourteen Street NE residents petitioned the city council Monday to ban trucks from Fourteenth Street NE between G and Haven avenues. They say heavy traffic tears up the street and endangers children. Council sent the matter to the police traffic department for study and recommendations. A second request from Russell J. Thoman seeks a 30 minute parking zone 60 feet wide at his barber shop 111 Twelfth Street SE to allow curbside parking while Coe College is in session. He offered to pay for signs and expenses if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth Street
Police Traffic Department
Russell J. Thoman
Twelfth Street
Coe College
Thoman
Steel Wage Crisis Shifts as Fact-Finding Board Delays
The steel wage dispute heats as the wage policy committee delays decisions on extending the truce or accepting findings. A potential nationwide strike looms after the fact finding board’s 12 percent average rise was rejected by CIO aligned unions. Production slows at Carnegie-Illinois and Inland Steel plants as unions weigh the president's truce proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
CIO
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Brotherhood of Railroad
Union Railroad
U.S. Steel Connec
East
Chicago
Ind
Inland Steel Corporation
Randall
Eege Ag
Navy V-6 Enlistments Open to All, Four- and Six-Year Navy Posts
Cedar Rapids navy recruiters announce open V-6 civilian reserve enlistments for men and women while regular Navy enlistments remain for four and six years. One and three year options are closed except 17 year olds may enlist and serve until 21 with possible discharge or re enlistment. Army air force quota expanded with immediate enlistments available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Navy Recruiteo
Navy
Ira Rehmel
Army
Gordon Johnson
Air Force
Rail Officials Tell Of Business Upswing
In Des Moines Rock Island railroad directors and officers reported optimism for a continued upswing. President J D Farrington said improvements were seen in the last 30 days, while Edward E Brown said May 1 marked the low point and orders rise across lines. Eleven of fifteen directors attended with Deere and Company president Charles D Wiman among the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines (Ap
Rock Island Railroad
Des Moines
J. D. Farrington
Rock Island
Edward E. Brown
Charles D. Wiman
Moline
Deere and Company
Veterans Face 10 Cents Per $100 Bonus Check Charge
Cedar Rapids clearing house spokesmen said veterans cashing state bonus checks must pay 10 cents per $100 because the checks are drawn outside the city. The same rule applies to Iowa state checks. the 50 cent maximum applies to a $500 bonus. Those who put the check on account avoid the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Hearings for 22 on Citizenship in Cedar Rapids
The U S district court opens its September term Tuesday in Cedar Rapids with naturalization of 22 applicants led by Judge Henry N. Graven at 10 a.m. The oath will be given by Lee McNeely as Legion and Boy Scouts participation is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Henry N. Graven
American Legion
Boy Scouts of America
Lee McNeely
Iowa
Joseph Linden
Waterloo
Germany
Jacob Plestanek
Third Avenue
Yugoslavia
Albert G. Colbourne
L Avenue
Britain
Rachel A. Porter
Seventeenth Street
Belgium
Mary Young
Fourteenth Street
Meyer W. Rosen
Longwood Drive
Russia
Lydia Rodriguez
Seventh Street
Dysart
Eleanor Sternchuk
Sixteenth Avenue
Poland
John Spicka
Eighth Street
Czechoslovakia
Elsa Christiansen
First Avenue
Norway
Jarmilla Hutchinson
Southland Street
Lena Wendt
Clarence
Josephine Sebetka
Mason City
John Mandas
Tenth Street
Greece
United States of America
Everett Nemer
Mildred B. Strader
Carl
Melvin Hein
George J. Kleiman
Abbie Benson
Rock Island Railroad
John B. Heeter
Logan E. Jensen
Wayne P. Jensen
Judge Graven
Kenneth F. Peterson
Charles H. Johnson
W. H. Wenkstern
W. H. Wenkstern Corporation
Viking Tool and Machine Corporation
Car Thief Drives Off With Hudson After Deal
Cedar Rapids police seek a car thief who took a 1948 Hudson after owner watched. Frank Wetzel of Wathan Motors said a man naming himself Kenneth Delano asked to test drive to meet his father for the down payment, then disappeared. Iowa City police say a man matching the description passed a bad check in a service station Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Frank Wetzel
Wathan Motor Company
Kenneth Delano
Route 1
Robert Ag~new
Delano
Iowa City
Post Office Reports On Polio Appeal Drive
Cedar Rapids post office reports a nationwide polio fund drive with about 40 letters. Acting Postmaster J. W. McLaughlin said letters go to Des Moines for state polio fund processing. Among donations is $7.80 from two unknown girls about 12 who sold a neighborhood newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
J. W. McLaughlin
Des Moines
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Eee
Minneapolis
York
Los Angles
Baer
Ois
Odie Keesr
Gormal
Municipal
Cc. R
Linn County Medical Society
Sun
Robert L. Mayes
Bernice P. Chrnaoski
Mayme M. Strachota
George C. Strachota
Country Club Parkway SE
General Alarm
George Willits
Clinton
Lyle Huss
B Avenue NE
At Mercy
Virgil Boddicker
Watkins
Robert Lyness
Ryan
Wesley Nosek
C Street
David Perkins
Ralph Bowser
John Spore
Tenth Avenue SE
Joseph Michael
Walker
St. Luke’s
Ray Sorenson
Shellsburg
Paul Brundidge
Fifth Street
Robert Mollenhauer
Kenneth McShane
Harlan Chamberlain
Glen Smith
Parsons
Kan
Charles W. Morgan
Morgan
Jane Ann Herdlicka
Louis W. Herdlicka
Glen Sorenson
Joseph Womacka
John Nemec
Fifth Avenue
Richard DeSotel
Melvin Crocker
Lisbon
Robert Scott
Carl Arnold
Edmund Parker
Bowling Street
Leonard Ward
Anamosa
Kent Williams
Donald Keister
F Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Neal Spain
Arnold Carlberg
Leo Meyer
B Avenue NW
Doris Gerenson
Thirteenth Avenue S
David Powell
Powell
Edward Webster
First Avenue SW
Methodist Church
McGregor
Mary Strausser
Sigourney
Christian Church
Delhi
William Edwin Dolly
Gill Funeral Home
Manchester
Calmar
Fred Bermatz
Spillville
Walford
Joseph Zarecky
Flandreau
S.D
Halla
Earlville
John Ham
Willard Hospital
Congregational Church
Carol Frances Hamling
Nicholas Hamling
Sacred Heart
Marengo
H. W. Brandt
Harrison Funeral Home
Weather Bureau
Helena
Sheridan, Wyoming
British Rail
8. C. Fulkerson
Sister Mary Bertha
Dorothy Kilgallen
America
YMB
C.R
Public Improvements
David L. Williams
Williams
Rock Streets
City Lines
Win-Rites
KCRG
City Cab
Dial
Adv
Exchange Club
Montrose Hotel
Star of the West Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
Joyce Underwood
Lulu Jones
C Avenue NW
David Bower
L. A. Lower
Third Avenue SE
Colon
Mich
States
State Center
Elwood Armbrecht
Center Point
Lena Armbrecht
Theo
Oliver Armbrecht
Ardis
Marlys
Lee S. Coy
Clair
Twenty-first Street
Malcolm Coy
C. O. Lunning
Madison
Wis
Prairie City
Ira Coy
Coy
Springfield, Mass
Post Office
Mortua
Barta
Hesser
Funeral Directors Dial
John B. Turner & Son
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