Weather roundup and county notices from daily record
The Daily Record reports weather with highs around 90 and lows near 50s across cities Tracked are Iowa forecast notes showing fair conditions to midweek with warming trends and easterly winds. The record lists court fines for disorderly conduct intoxication and traffic violations, plus recent birth announcements and local obituaries from towns including Anseles, Sioux City, Vinton, Fayette, Dysart and Cedar P. Nearby fire damage on Forty third Street SE is noted with multiple company responses.
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Miami
Minneapolis
Weetenle's
Sioux City
Iowa
U S Refutes Soviet Charges Over Kasenkina Case
The United States closed the Kasenkina case with a note to the Soviet embassy on September 9 denying Russian officials were denied access to Oksana Kasenkina and Mikhail Samarin. It rejected claims of kidnapping by the Tolstoy Foundation and said the teachers were free to see officials but not compelled.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Oksana Kasenkina
Mikhail Samarin
Soviet Union
FBI
The
Tolstoy Foundation
Kasenkina
Foundation
House Occupants Free Snake from Spider Web
An eight inch garden snake trapped for four days in a spider web at a Utica home was released by the occupants. County humane official Robert Boundy criticized the cruelty. The owner planned to give the snake to a boy as a pet and said he would feed the spider to the snake.
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Utica
N. Y
INS
Robert Boundy
County Humane
House Destroyed by Stove Blast in Se Street Fire
A defective oil stove exploded Sunday at 5 52 p m igniting a fire that destroyed a house on Forty third street SE near Mt Vernon road Police said the home belonged to Jim Harrison 76 an invalid A friend W J McLaud 76 stayed to care for Harrison and was burned on face and hands trying to move the stove He was treated and released at Mercy hospital The loss figure was not available.
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Forty Third Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Forty-third Street
Jim Harrison
W. J. McLaud
Harrison
McLaud
Mercy Hospital
P T A Sets Six Million Member Goal
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers aims for six million members in the coming year as announced by its president in Chicago.
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Chicago
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Courthouse J.R. Murphy Charged with Breaking and Entering
A county attorney filed an information Monday charging James Russell Murphy age 23 of 521 Fifth Avenue SE with breaking and entering. Murphy was arrested Sunday by city detectives and officers after being found hiding in a closet by Marguerite Campbell. He had previously been arraigned June 22 in district court on larceny of a motor vehicle and released on 2000 dollars bond. awaiting arraignment on the new charge, he is held in Linn County jail.
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J.R. Es
James Russell Murphy
Fifth Avenue SE
Murphy
John Kuba
Jerry Navratil
Ralph Misesell
George Pelisek
Marguerite Campbell
Linn County
Miller Charged On Assault Count
Cecil Eugene Miller, 55, of 719 H Street SW, was charged by the county attorney with assault with intent to commit great bodily injury. He allegedly struck Harry Thomas, 1406 Tenth Street SE, at 1:45 a.m. Sunday in a lunch room fight. Thomas was taken to Mercy Hospital with an eye injury and uncertain vision recovery. Miller was arrested at 3:15 a.m. Sunday by Detectives Navratil, Kuba, and Stusak after information that Thomas had been brought to the hospital.
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Cecil Eugene Miller
H Street
Miller
Harry Thomas
Tenth Street SE
William Walker
Thomas
Mercy Hospital
Jerry Navratil
John Kuba
Leonard Stusak
Linn Grand Jury Sworn in Monday
The Linn county grand jury for the September term was sworn in Monday at 10 a.m. by Judge M. C. Hamiel. Seven jurors were named including R. T. Remner of Washington township as foreman, and others from Alburnett Springville Cedar Rapids Central City Lisbon.
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Linn County
Grand Jury
M. C. Hamiel
R. T. Remner
Center Point
Washington Township
D. R. McCreery
Alburnett
Otter Creek Township
O. J. Emmons
Springville
John Fox
Cedar Rapids
Clinton Township
Andrew M. Kuhn
Walker
Grant Township
Earl Batchelder
Central
Dysart Man Held For Drunk Driving
Dysart resident Charles Gerald Whitmore, 36, was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a 4:20 p.m. Saturday arrest on Highway 30. Deputy Sheriff Pete Whittemore and Officers C. J. Farrington and Robert Buresh detained him, driving a semi-trailer truck.
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Charles Gerald Whitmore
Dysart
Whitmore
Pete Whittemore
C. J. Farrington
Robert Buresh
Unlicensed bicycles seized by Cedar Rapids police
Cedar Rapids traffic officers collected 18 bicycles at Roosevelt school for lacking new license plates. Traffic Captain L W Remington said the bikes will be held a week and then returned to their owners after they buy the 25 cent plates. Patrols will visit other schools soon.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt School
L. W. Remington
Park Honors Pershing in Missouri Dedication
The state of Missouri dedicated a 1,850 acre Pershing memorial park near Pershing's birthplace in Laclede. Maj. Gen. William D. Connor of Gloucester Massachusetts delivered the principal address, honoring General John J. Pershing with ceremonies spanning the weekend.
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Pershing
Missouri
Laclede
John J. Pershing
William D. Connor
Gloucester
Mass
Cooperative Starts Cedar Dam Project
The First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative began preliminary clearing and earth moving on the Cedar River in Muscatine County after receiving a Federal Power Commission permit. Work under Dave Russell includes gullies fill and brush clearance as survey crews prepare contour lines for the storage reservoir. projected cost ranges from 18 million to 25 million dollars with bond financing planned and no federal funds. The state opposes the project and may seek a rehearing or federal court action if denied.
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Muscatine
Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative
Federal Power Commission
Cedar River
Muscatine County
Dave Russell
Harry Strong
Davenport
Repo
Atalissa
Strong
Towa
FPC
Co-Op
Westwood Water Project Costs Rise and Financing Debated
Westwood officials discuss skyrocketing water main costs adding about 18000 to the project and the need for financing plans under the assessment method due to delayed returns. A construction bid contract would follow finalizing bids as a solution to the long, costly undertaking amid ongoing drought and dry wells.
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Blomquist
Un-American Activities Panel Names Arthur Adams Key Figure
Washington INS report says House Un-American Activities Committee named Arthur Adams of New York as the key figure in its probe of Communist spying on atomic secrets. Chairman Thomas announced Bernays was questioned and described as a former Communist party member.
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Washington
INS
House un-American Activities Committee
Arthur Adams
New York
America
Thomas
R-N.j
House
Eric Bernays
Bernays
Communist Party
Father Missing Wedding Won Over By Bedside Vows
At Cliffside Park New Jersey Arthur C Spout lay ill with pleurisy and phlebitis but his only daughter Gladys Spout wed her fiancé Helmut E Schrank in a bedside ceremony performed by Rev John A Clark The father died the following day after the ceremony and before the reception The witnesses and couple kept the vow despite the tragedy.
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Cliffside Park
N. J
Arthur C. Spout
Hoboken
John A. Clark
Gladys Spout
Helmut E. Schrank
Spout
WAC WAF Enlistments Open to Women Sept 27
The Army and Air Force will begin enlisting WACs and WAFs on September 27 with applications open for Sept 15 at Cedar Rapids. Eligible are women 18 to 35, high school graduates or equivalent, with or without prior service. Married applicants with no dependents under 18 and prior service may also apply. WAC training at Camp Lee Virginia and WAF at San Antonio Texas.
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Army
Air Force
Cedar Rapids
WAC
Camp Lee
WAF
San Antonio
Texas
Deaths Captain Ritenour Dies Suddenly in Eastern Hospital
Captain Maurice T. Ritenour 29 of Northampton Mass died suddenly in a Northampton hospital. A World War II Army Air Forces transport pilot awarded the Air Medal for rescuing a ferry crew in Canada, he served at Westover Field. He leaves wife Miriam Hungerford and daughter Lucinda, with his father Dr Charles Ritenour and sister Mrs Norman Thompson. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Maurice T. Ritenour
Northampton
Mass
Mt. Carroll
Ill
Methodist Church
Coe College
Universal Engineering Corporation
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Army Air Forces
Alaska
Canada
Yukon Territory
Westoverfield
Miriam Hungerford
Lucinda
Charles Ritenour
Norman Thompson
Champaigne
Barta-Hesser
Waubun Man Josef Nemec Dies After Six Weeks Ill
Josef Nemec of Waubun Minnesota died at 5 30 am Sunday in Hitterdal following a six weeks illness. He was a Cedar Rapids resident for 24 years and lived in Waubun 36 years. He helped found Prokop Velky No 7 Z C B J and belonged to Woodmen of the World. Surviving are five daughters Mrs A Rompot Cedar Rapids Mrs Fred Gerner and Mrs Harry Gerner of Hitterdal Mrs Wesley Hartl Fairfax and Mrs Edward Johnston and Miss Frances Nemec of Minneapolis two sons Leo and Joseph of Waubun ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren and a sister Mrs Mary Kilberger Cedar Rapids.
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Josef Nemec
Waubun
Minn
Hitterdal
Cedar Rapids
Prokop Velky No. 7
Z.C.B.J
Woodmen of the World
A. Rompot
Fred Gerner
Harry Gerner
Wesley Hartl
Fairfax
Edward Johnston
Frances Nemec
Minneapolis
Leo
Joseph
Mary Kilberger
Barta-Hesser
Solon Man Joseph A. Zenishek Dies in Iowa City Hospital
Joseph A. Zenishek 62 of Solon, retired implement dealer, died Sunday evening after a brief illness at an Iowa City hospital. Lifetime Solon resident, he belonged to Modern Woodmen of America. Survived by wife Mary Zobel Zenishek and son Alvin of Solon. Services at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary’s Church Solon, Rev. Carl F. Clems. burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Friends may call at Brosh Chapel Solon.
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Joseph A. Zenishek
Carl F. Clems
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Brosh
Services for Nathaniel Waites in Mt Zida church
Nathaniel Waites died in Los Angeles last week. Services will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday at Mt Zida Baptist church with Rev B F Hunter officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at Rice funeral home Wednesday afternoon and evening. Mt Olive lodge No 17 members are asked to attend the lodge hall at 7 p.m. Wednesday to participate in the services.
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Nathaniel Waites
Los Angeles
Mt. Zida Baptist Church
B. F. Hunter
Oak Hill Cemetery
Rice Funeral Home
Mt. Olive Lodge
No. 17
Lodge
Death of Anna Widra at 72 in Ely home of Stelciks
Anna C Widra aged 72 died at 11 45 p m Saturday at the Maplewood NE residence of Mr and Mrs Vincent Stelcik where she had lived seven years Born in Cedar Rapids November 6 1875 she moved with her family to Ely where she resided 65 years Survived by cousins in Cedar Rapids and Ely Services will be held at 2.
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Anna C. Widra
Vincent Stelcik
Maplewood Drive
Cedar Rapids
Ely
Funeral service details for Janeba home
The service will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Janeba Funeral Home with Rev. Fred Samek officiating. Cremation committal to follow. Relatives request no flowers. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Janeba
Fred Samek
Infant twin sons die. services to be held
Henry and Harley Swacick, infant twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Swacick Jr. of Omaha, Nebraska, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Surviving grandparents include L. B. Marshall of Cedar Rapids and H. H. Swacick Sr. of Greenbush Michigan, with two great grandmothers F. W. Marshall and Mrs. M. Stone of Cedar Rapids. Graveside services are set for 3:30 p.m. Monday at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery conducted by Rev. Allan E. Schoff of Central Park Presbyterian Church.
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Henry
Harley Swacick
Henry H. Swacick
Omaha
Neb
Cedar Rapids
L. B. Marshall
H. H. Swacick
Greenbush
Mich
F. W. Marshall
M. Stone
Cedar Co
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Allan E. Schoff
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Death Notices of William B Alexander Former Cedar Rapids Resident
Former Cedar Rapids resident William Byson Alexander died at 1 30 am Saturday in a Veterans hospital Wood Wisconsin after a brief illness. Born March 12 1899 at Tama he married Elizabeth Streitner August 3 1920 in Cedar Rapids. He served as a corporal with the Forty first infantry in World War I. Survived by wife son Billy Alexander of Union Grove Wisconsin two sisters Mrs Fiossie Burgess Cedar Rapids Mrs Dorothy Carmen California and one brother Edward Alexander Cedar Rapids. Funeral service 1 30 pm Tuesday Turner chapel Rev L T Olson burial Spring Grove cemetery Covington with American Legion Hanford post military rites. Friends may call at the chapel.
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William Byson Alexander
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Hospital
Wood
Wis
Mr. Alexander
Tama
Elizabeth Streitner
Alexander
Forty-first Infantry
Billy Alexander
Union Grove
Fiossie Burgess
Dorothy Carmen
California
Edward Alexander
Evangelical Church
Americal Legion
Turner Chapel
L. T. Olson
Spring Grove Cemetery
Covington
Hanford Post
American Legion
Death of John J. Fannon in Cedar Rapids
John J. Fannon of 925 Ninth Street SE Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 7 45 p m Sunday after a lingering illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Margaret Brune of Dubuque son Owen Fannon of St Paul sister Mrs Mabel O Hara of Cedar Rapids brother Michael Fannon of St Paul and several nieces and nephews Graveside services to be held Tuesday at 11 a m at Mt Calvary Cemetery Burial at Mt Calvary Friends may call at Brady mortuary after 7 p m Monday.
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John J. Fannon
Ninth Street
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Brune
Dubuque
Owen Fannon
St. Paul
Mabel O'Hara
Michael Fannon
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Mt. Calvary
Brady Mortuary
Fred Kovanda Dies After Month Long Illness
Fred Kovanda known as Fritz died at his home 2287 Blakely boulevard SE at 7:30 a.m. Monday after a month long illness. Born March 4 1875 in Czechoslovakia he lived in Cedar Rapids about 40 years and belonged to the brick layers union. Surviving are two stepdaughters Mrs George Jakoubek and Mrs William Klepach Cedar Rapids a stepson Frank Danko Laguna Beach California and a brother in Czechoslovakia. The body is at Polansky chapel where services will be announced later.
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Fred Kovanda
Fred
Fritz” Kovanda
Blakely Boulevard
Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
Bricklayers’ Union
George Jakoubek
William Klepach
Frank Danko
Laguna Beach
Services for Sgt Harry L Rich Held at Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Sgt Harry Leroy Rich 21 son of Mr and Mrs Mer vil Rich route 3 will be held in Beatty chapel at 1 pm Wednesday with Rev Clyde Scott of Walker officiating Military rites at Boulder cemetery near Central City will be conducted by Ray post 376 of the Walker American Legion
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Harry Leroy Rich
Mervil Rich
Route 3
Beatty Chapel
Clyde Scott
Walker
Boulder Cemetery
Central City
Ray Post 376
Walker American Legion
Daubenmier Funeral Planned for Local Resident
Funeral services for Ephraim J. Daubenmier retired farmer and Cedar Rapids resident of eight years will be held at 1 30 p m Wednesday in the Turner chapel. He died Saturday.
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Ephraim J. Daubenmier
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Kenwood Methodist Pastor J Arthur Young Burial Plans
Rev J Arthur Young pastor at Kenwood Methodist Church will be buried in Mt Vernon Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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J. Arthur Young
Kenwood Methodist Church
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Federal Judge Grants Break to War Veteran in Clemency
Des Moines AP A 26 year old ex G I held captive by the Japanese for over three years was sentenced to 60 days for operating a car without owner consent but released on six months probation after his attorney argued he was drinking and had no intent to steal. The lawyer said Yoder was a slave in a Japanese coal mine after capture on Corregidor and weighed only 80 pounds at liberation.
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Des Moines
G. I
John Edward Yoder
Charles A. Dewey
Yoder
Corregidor
Tyler School Break-In Involving Three Child Suspects
Three children confessed to a weekend break-in at Tyler School, stealing $4. A 4 year old girl and two boys aged 5 and 6 admitted to investigators Detective John Hanna and Captain Stanley Davis that they entered the building Saturday afternoon. One boy said he gave 75 cents to an older brother, 15, to buy a car.
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Tyler School
John Hanna
Stanley Davis
Hanna
Boxing Championship Night At American Legion Armory
City brief notes a boxing event titled the Table Top Boxing Championship of the World set for 8 p.m. Tuesday September 14 at the American Legion Armory Memorial building. Also listed are Elks lodge balloting at Cedar Rapids 251 and a fried chicken supper at Center Point Methodist Church on September 15. Police report a break in at Tankar service station 720 Center Point Road NE with $16.95 and a table model radio stolen. break in found by patrol at 2:50 a.m.
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Hanford Post
American Legion
Memorial Building
Tankar
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Export Freight Rate Boost Threatens Cedar Rapids Firms
Cedar Rapids manufacturers could lose about 135000 dollars annually if a six cent per hundred pounds rise in export and import freight charges is approved by port line carriers. Grant Maples of the chamber traffic bureau will attend hearings in Chicago to seek suspension and an ICC review for about 20 local exporters.
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Cedar Rapids
Maples
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Major Parties Report 1948 Campaign Spending Totals
United States political parties report two and a half million dollars spent in eight months of 1948. Democrats led with 838,712 spent, Wallace Progressive party and PAC total 737,604, Republicans 641,351. Wallace ran a deficit of 237,735. Wallace receipts 499,869 balance 18,529. Republicans began with a cash cushion, ending 115,896 in the red despite 641,351 outgo.
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Washington
INS
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Republicans
CIO
Democratic National Committee
Republican National Committee
PAC
Wallace
Child Suffers Head Wound After Falling From Boat Lock
Leon Dunn, 9, of 119% F avenue NW, tripped and fell off the west end of the dam boat lock Sunday afternoon. He was pulled from the river by Glen Forrestal and taken to St. Luke's Hospital where five stitches were placed over his right eye and three in the back of his head.
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Leon Dunn
F Avenue NW
Glen Forrestal
Third Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Two Deaths in Cedar Rapids Traffic Toll
A report notes two fatalities in Cedar Rapids traffic since March 15 linked to ongoing accident tolls and injuries. The piece references a safety contest by the Young Men's bureau as part of month long efforts to curb crashes.
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Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s Bureau
Texans Offer Reward for Eskimo Women to Dallas
Two Dallas men flew to Seattle to enlist three Eskimo women to fly to Dallas. Pilot Lew Leach and Walter Stonebraker said L. L. Horne, oil executive, bet $20 000 he could have the women in Dallas by next Thursday. Each willing woman would receive 200 dollars and a promised return within a week. Seattle found at least three women willing to listen, but the port could not locate the Texans.
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Seattle
INS
Dallas
Lew Leach
Walter Stonebraker
L. L. Horne
Lone Star
Texas
Horne
Gillette Urges UN Charter Reform At Davenport
Democratic Senate hopeful Guy M. Gillette told the Davenport Rotary Club and press conference that the United Nations must be amended to fulfill its original duties or be rebuilt into a new world organization. He said the U N has deteriorated into rival coalitions instead of a cohesive body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
United Nations
Guy M. Gillette
U. S. Senate
Iowa
Rock Island Given More Time on Truck Line Bid
The Iowa Commerce Commission extended the Rock Island Motor Transit Company’s deadline to October 20 to supply additional data for its Cedar Rapids to Decorah truck line application. H and W Motor Express of Dubuque protested, arguing overlap with its own routes. Oral arguments will follow after the new data is reviewed.
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Rock Island
Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Rock Island ‘Motor Transit Company
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
H. and W. Motor Express Company
Dubuque
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