Vet Accused Of Stealing Atom Papers
Chicago man John Robert Lepman 26 arrested on charges of destroying government property and embezzlement for taking diagrams and documents from Los Alamos while serving as electronics aide. Indicted by a Santa Fe grand jury, he admitted taking some papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Robert Lepman
Los Alamos Atomic Energy Project
FBI
Lepman
Belden Stratford Hotel
U. S
Edwin K. Walker
O. S. Grand Jury
Santa Fe
Los Alamos
Jack Arnold Welfeld
Welfeld
Weather and notices from Daily Record
Weather report with highs and lows for Wednesday and precipitation tallies. agricultural forecast shows cloudiness and showers spreading across the state. Divorces listed. police court fines noted. multiple marriage licenses issued. various court actions for intoxication embezzlement driving and parking. Obituaries and death notices from Monona Tama Manchester Hawkeye South Amana Oxford Junction Iowa City and Manchester entries.
AWOL Airman Slashes Wrist After AWOL Charge
Pvt Christopher H McCallum Jr 18 of Strawberry Point Iowa was released from hospital after slashing his left wrist three times during an AWOL incident at Fort Crook Nebraska Guards were alerted by fellow prisoners and a small knife was found in his tobacco can at the hospital He had been awaiting return to Lackland Texas for an AWOL charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Crook
Neb
Christopher H. McCallum, Jr
Strawberry Point
James G. Folley
Offutt Air Force Base
McCallum
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Folley
Tom Phelps Injured as Milk Truck Ditches
Tom Phelps, 23, of 204% First Avenue W, suffered a lacerated arm when his milk truck slid into a ditch in the 3100 block of J Street SW. Police said bottle cases toppled and pinned him against the truck. He was treated and released at St. Luke's Hospital by Ambulance Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Phelps
First Avenue W
J Street
Phelps
St. Luke's Hospital
Rev Molloy Attends Bishop Heelan Funeral
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. John M. Molloy of the Cedar Rapids district will join church dignitaries at Bishop Edmond Heelan’s funeral in Sioux City. Heelan died Monday at age 80. services are Friday at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of Epiphany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Molloy
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Edmond Heelan
Sioux City
Molloy
Heelan
Cathedral of Epiphany
Girl Undergoes Heart Surgery in Chicago
Patty Demmel six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs G A Demmel of 1500 C Street SW underwent a heart operation in Chicago by Dr Willis Potts a noted blue baby specialist. Her condition was reported good after the surgery and she may return to Cedar Rapids within ten days. Dr Potts was recently in the news when his son disappeared and later appeared in Texas with the air force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Demmel
G. A. Demmel
C Street
Chicago
Willis Potts
W. R. Johnston
Demmel
Patty
Cedar Rapids
Dr. Potts
Texas
Air Force
Three Enlist in Army One Joins Air Force
Cedar Rapids recruiting station announced three air force enlistments Vernon F. Dvorak Marvin F. Hesse and William G. Stagg all sent to Sheppard air force base Wichita Falls Texas for basic training. Lester L Johnson from La Porte City enlisted for three years in the army and was sent to Fort Knox Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Cedar Rapids
Army and
Vernon F. Dvorak
J. A. Dvorak
Third Avenue
Marvin F. Hesse
Frank J. Hesse
Tenth Street
William G. Stagg
Edward Stagg
Solon
Sheppard Air Force Base
Witchita Falls
Texas
Lester L. Johnson
Emery Johnson
la Porte City
Army
Fort Knox
Marshall outlines postwar goals for UN, Palestine and Asia
General Marshall urges democratic Austria and Israel Palestine admissions to the United Nations. He calls for early demobilization in Palestine, refugee repatriation, regional economic aid, a unified Korea, secure Greece, and a negotiated Indonesia settlement. He backs an international atomic energy system and armament reduction with guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Germany
United Nations
Austria
United States
Palestine
General Assembly
Security Council
Marshall
Count Folke Bernadotte
Korea
Greece
Indonesia
Netherlands East Indies
Deaths Frank Turecek 82 Shueyville resident
Frank Turecek 82 died at a Tipton nursing home after a long illness. Born February 18 1866 in Cincinnati Ohio he leaves five sons Edward F William J Emil H Louis and Frank J twelve grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Services are set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at United Brethren Church Shueyville with Rev Lyle K Anderson. Burial in Shueyville Cemetery. Friends may call at Brosh chapel Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Turecek
Shueyville
Tipton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Edward F
William J
Swisher
Emil H
West Branch
Louis
North Liberty
Frank J
Cedar Rapids
Lyle K. Anderson
United Brethren Church
Brosh
Funeral services for Mrs Gunda Barnes
Funeral services for Mrs Gunda Barnes of Cedar Rapids will be held at 1 30 p m Friday in Turner chapel with Rev G S Hartong presiding Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Mrs Barnes 28 years a Cedar Rapids resident died Tuesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Robert A. Kennedy
Gill
Hawkeye
Almon Wickham
Gunda Barnes
Fourth Avenue
G. S. Hartong
Trinity Methodist Church
Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Cedar Rapids fiddler Edward Mathis
Funeral services for Edward Joshua Mathis at 3 30 p m Friday in Turner chapel with Rev G S Hartong officiating. The Cedar Rapids area old time fiddler died Wednesday and will be buried in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at Turners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Joshua Mathis
Twenty-second Avenue
Turner Chapel
G. S. Hartong
Trinity Methodist Church
Mathis
Cedar Rapids
Linwood Cemetery
Turners
Lumbermen meet in Cedar Rapids on cement shortages
William Badeaux and Robert Laird told Cedar Rapids lumbermen that eliminating the multiple point cement leasing has narrowed cement supply for Iowa’s five cement firms. The regional group will probe material shortages and consider redistributing rock lath plaster base and cement to housing needs while backing removal of the 40 percent Canadian plywood tariff to lower costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
William H. Badeaux
Minneapolis
Northwest Lumbermen’s Association
Iowa Retail Lumbermen’s Association
Robert Laird
Des Moines
Badeaux
Iowa Group
District Six Lumbermen
Judy Didn’t Jump at Tulsa State Fair
Judy the jumping mule failed to perform at the Tulsa State fair as crowds of about 1000 watched. Officials said the animal would jump on its own initiative but Judy balked at the 30 foot diving platform and the act was called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Judy
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
A. C. Owen
Marion Corn Festival Opens Tonight
The three day Marion Third Corn festival sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce opens in the business district tonight with a 7 p.m. KCRG broadcast from the park and a 7 30 p.m. Marion high school band concert directed by Paul Wright. At 8 30 p.m. the festival queen will be crowned in a ceremony presided over by Mayor M H Biddick with the four runners up in attendance. Exhibits include corn canned fruit and vegetables in the show tent on Main street and over 500 entries in the fancy work exhibit at the Methodist church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Chamber of Commerce
KCRG
Paul Wright
M. H. Biddick
Main Street
December Draft Quota Smaller Than November
Iowa’s second draft call quota for December will be about 235 men, higher than the 175 in November, according to State Selective Service headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Selective Services
Miss America In Hollywood Arrives Amid Welcome
Beatrice Shopp of Hopkins Minnesota sixteen year old Miss America arrives in Hollywood after winning the title. She says she has no desire for husbands or contracts and plans to study vibraharp at a Minneapolis school of music. She jokes about misquoting loving to clean fish and notes Minnesota lakes and fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Beatrice
Bebe” Shopp
Hopkins
Minn
Miss Shopp
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids council faces teamsters censure over police promotions
A Cedar Rapids teamsters letter assails the promotion of Fred Carstens to police inspector and chief, citing favoritism and disregard for seniority. The union urges council reform and harmony in the police department while mayor Hahn notes the issue will be studied after a tentative survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Maude Krebs
Hahn
Berlin mayor appeals to Soviet for freedom to ease tension
Acting Berlin mayor Ferdinand Friedensburg urged Col. Serge Tulanov to grant Germany political and economic freedom to avert European war. He blamed Soviet sector police for Berlin riots and said Soviet interventions fuel nationalism and anti Soviet sentiment. He argued a free independent Germany would be a friend to the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ferdinand Friedensburg
Germany
Serge Tulpanov
Friedensburg
Girls 4-H Meeting in Manchester
Delaware county 4-H club girls meet September 29 at the Farm Bureau office from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Marjorie Love stead from the state 4-H office will supervise the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Delaware County
Farm Bureau
Marjorie Lovestead
State
4-H
Roper Poll in The Gazette on Thursday
A Roper Poll appears in The Gazette on Thursday detailing public opinion trends. The survey reports shifts in attitudes toward local issues and highlights notable responses from residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roper
the Gazette
Two Sisters Charged With Pension Larceny
Dorothy Lahache and Gladys Randak of 1935 E Avenue NW are charged with petty larceny for allegedly taking 20 from an old man’s pension on Sept 1. They will appear before Justice H. R. Churchill on Friday. the case cites intoxication and a witness account linking John Voss at the Diana food shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lahache
Gladys May Randak
E Avenue NW
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
John Voss
Diana Food
Second Avenue SE
County Relief Aid Rises Sharply in August
Linn county relief loads climbed from 270 cases in July to 326 in August, an increase of 56 cases and 21 more than August 1947. August expenditures, net of refunds $426.87, totaled $9,644.89, with largest items being aid to dependent children $3,493.23 and food $1,151.54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Gertie Paris Sues for Damages Over June Accident on Glass Road
Gertie Paris filed a suit against Kenneth R. Willman seeking 126.97 dollars in damages from an accident dated June 25 on Glass road near Linn Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertie Paris
Kenneth R. Willman
Glass Road
Linn Junction
State case against Waldrone Burton continued
Case of the state against Wal dron Burton charged with a second offense of drunk driving was continued over the September term by Judge M C Hamiel Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldron Chase Burton
M. C. Hamiel
Judge Rules for Wray in $135 Account Judgment
Judge Floyd Philbrick awarded Robert M. Wray a $135 default judgment against Charles Kamberling on an account. James W. Stick sued Thomas F. Bowman Jr and Effie Bowman for $119.50 on an account for groceries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Wray
Charles Kamberling
Floyd Philbrick
James W. Stick Thursday
Thomas F. Bowman, Jr
Effie Bowman
States debate sales tax on food and impact on families
Beardsley and state officials discuss eliminating the food tax to aid low and fixed income households. Iowa collects a one to three percent tax while several states exempt food. the proposal would redefine food items and adjust deductions. A four person family spends about $16.23 weekly on groceries with about $68 yearly in sales tax, potentially halved to $34 under Switzer’s plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beardsley
Iowa
California
Ohio
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Michigan
Earle Smith
State Tax Commission
Smith
Switzer
Burglars Loot Safe At Legion Quarters
Burglars moved a safe from the basement storeroom of the American Legion home in GaUesburg Illinois. They knocked off the combination knob and stole about 500 dollars in cash. The building was under repair and access was gained by removing a board from a covered window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg, Ill
American Legion
McCormick Improves After Virus Pneumonia Treatment
Fowler McCormick 49 chairman of International Harvester Company spent a restful night at St Luke's hospital undergoing virus pneumonia treatment. Physician reports he is continuing to show improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fowler McCormick
St. Luke's Hospital
McCormick
International Harvester Company
Tax collections total for Cedar Rapids August
Cedar Rapids has received 15524.18 in August tax money from County Treasurer Frank Bates. City Treasurer Walter Miller reports current taxes collected this year total 778067.70 with 3971.83 in delinquent taxes bringing the grand total to 782039.53. The current tax collection rate stands at 61.61 percent, close to last year’s 61.622 percent. The full year levy is 1262882 with special taxes collected to date 5932.37 and certified on rolls 6990.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Frank Bates
Walter E. Miller
Miller
Emergency Funds Sought for State Institutions
The state board of education asked Thursday for an emergency appropriation of 287 310 to support operating costs of state institutions. The request was before the legislative interim committee at the statehouse, which deferred action. The state board of control also sought emergency funding to finish the fiscal year ending June 30, but a precise figure was not yet known. The committee plans to aid the boards but will guard against exhausting funds beforeJanuary legislature. The committee still holds about 935 000 of 2 000 000 allocated for emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ean
Board of Education
State Legislative Interim Committee
Statehouse
State Board of Control
Control Board
Boards of Education and Control
City Briefs and Local Notices in Cedar Rapids
Courteous taxi service and meeting notices fill a Cedar Rapids page. Fines include $25 for Tessie Perrigo after a drunkenness and disturbance plea. Local groups Apollo Commandery and I O O F hold meetings, plus a post office stamp sale and a gubernatorial candidate speech by Carroll Switzer in Linn park Bever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
United States
C R Woman Arraigned On Embezzlement Charge
Elizabeth Strausser aged 18 of 1415 Bever Avenue SE waived to the grand jury after arraignment in justice court on a charge of embezzlement by agent. She was jailed then released on $500 bond. Police say she, as cashier of Davis Cleaners, took money. complaint by Mrs. Lucille Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Strausser
Bever Avenue SE
Grand Jury
Justice Court
Davis Cleaners
Lucille Jones
111 Polio Patients In Omaha Hospitals Record
Two Omaha hospitals reported 111 polio victims, a likely regional record. Children’s Memorial Hospital with 100 beds cared for 50 polio patients, while Douglas County Hospital held 61. New admissions include six year old Lyle Thomson of Dow City, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OMAHA
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Douglas County Hospital
Childrens Hospital
Lyle Thomson
Dow City
Czech Captain Sentenced to Be Hanged for Spying
Prague AP report says Staff Captain Rudolf Hrazdilek of the Czechoslovak army was sentenced Wednesday night to hang for spying for Britain. Government also announced 32 others under arrest on espionage charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Rudolf Hrazdilek
Two Deaths in Eight Month Safety Contest Report
Traffic bureau of the police department provides eight month accident figures for the safety contest sponsored by the Young Men's bureau. The report notes two deaths and various injuries as part of the statistical summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traffic Bureau
Police Department
Young Men’s Bureau
Grimm Brothers Appeal Life Term On Technicality
Des Moines based appeal argues Donald and Billy Grimm sought to overturn life sentences for robbing the Norwalk Cumming State Bank of 496 dollars. The brothers pled guilty Jan 10 after a two hour chase and capture in Bevings ton area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Donald
Billy Grimm
Norwalk-Cumming
Iowa Supreme Court
J. O. Watson, Jr
Indianola
Iowa
Watson
Warren County
Don Hise
Grimm Brothers
Billy
West Des Moines
Dallas County
Bevington
Iowa Surges Ahead In 1947 Income Boom Versus 1929
Iowa shows a 110 percent rise over the 1929 peak in per capita income payments in 1947, with an average of 1144 dollars compared to 546 in 1929. The central region including Iowa held about 28 percent of U S income payments, down slightly from 29 percent in 1929. Iowa’s 1940 to 1947 increase reached 136 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Commerce Department
U. S
Central Belt
St Mark's Lutheran Launches Building Campaign
The St Mark's Lutheran church building drive begins Friday at 6 30 p m with a dinner at Salem Evangelical United Brethren church First avenue and Third street SW The Rev Roswell V Peterson of Chicago will speak on Builders that Succeed The new church sits at First avenue and Twenty first street NE Out of town guests include Rev Mr and Mrs O T Engquist of Des Moines and Rev Mr and Mrs Carl Soderbloom of Vinton The St Mark's choir will sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church
First Avenue
Third Street
Roswell V. Peterson
Chicago
Augustana Lutheran Church
St. Mark’s
Twenty-first Street
O. T. Engquist
Des Moines
Carl Soderbloom
Vinton
Linn county Red Cross delegates to Chicago meeting
Four Linn county Red Cross representatives will attend a regional gathering in the Stevens hotel Chicago with delegates from eight states. The Cedar Rapids group includes John Beck William O Gray Mrs Paul Huston and Mrs Wells Peck executive secretary. Peck will stay for a two day executives meeting Sept 30 and Oct 1. A similar set of meetings will follow in Texas for southern Midwest chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Chicago
Stevens Hotel
Cedar Rapids
John Beck
William O. Gray
Paul Huston
Wells Peck
Peck
Texas
Midwest
Opera Dean Dead in Boston at 88
Eugene C. Cowles, 88, longtime dean of American light opera, died after a long illness in Boston. A plaintive ballad he wrote as a light opera star in the 1890s, Forgotten, remains a popular radio request item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Eugene C. Cowles
American Light Opera
Berlin Quarrel Heads to U.N. If Russians Reneg
Paris reports that Sir Hartley Shawcross said the Berlin dispute will be taken to the United Nations assembly if Russia rejects a final three power note for quick settlement. British, French and U S ministers had sent identical notes to the Kremlin asking yes or no on possible Berlin terms per Moscow and Berlin talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United Nations
Berlin
U. N. Assembly
Russia
Hartley Shawcross
Britain
France
United States
Kremlin
Moscow
Shawcross
U. N
Man Confesses He Slew Nurse in Arkansas
A 28 year old mechanic confessed to police he killed Betty Jane McCall a 25 year old Veterans Hospital nursing official after raping her at a nightclub and driving to a secluded spot. He described a quarrel and hand bite before she died and later surrendered with a friend. He faces rape and murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Veterans Hospital
Tom Downie
Tommy Edwin Black
Betty Jane McCall
Black
Edwin Dunaway
Downie
Miss McCall
Police
Cub Pack 19 Opens Busy New Year Meeting
The first Cub Pack 19 meeting of the year was at Lincoln school with 28 cubs 12 committeemen and 10 mothers attending. New cubs Robert Stull Donald Blumenshine and Joseph Hlavacek were initiated and Floyd Barcus Wayne Edgington Jack Herman Jack McLaughlin and Bob Schamberger graduated into Scouting. Awards went to Ernst Klouda Bob Schamberger David Jordan Jack Herman Charles Vanourny Larry Smith Douglas Sargeant Charles Waldron Harold Broxey Freddie Forsythe Wayne Edgington Jimmy Mote Jimmy True and Floyd Barcus. Den mothers Mrs Earl Edgington and Mrs R C Schamberger received certificates and Den Two took the attendance trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Robert Stull
Donald Blumenshine
Joseph Hlavacek
Floyd Barcus
Wayne Edgington
Jack Herman
Jack McLaughlin
Bob Schamberger
Ernest Klouda
David Jordan
Charles Vanourny
Larry Smith
Douglas Sargeant
Charles Waldron
Harold Broxey
Freddie Forsythe
Jimmy Mote
Jimmy True
Den
Earl Edgington
R. C. Schamberger
den Two
Two British Newsmen Shot Down in Plane
Arab Legion reports a Jewish fighter plane downed an Arab airliner over Trans-Jordan on Thursday. Victims include David Woodford of the London Daily Telegraph and John Nixon of BBC. One Arab killed, two passengers and the pilot injured. UN observers probing the alleged truce violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ammam
Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion
David Woodford
Middle East
London Daily Telegraph
John Nixon
British Broadcasting Corp
Legion
United Nations Palestine Truce
Hongkong Fire Toll Climbs After Wing On Warehouse Fire
The Wing On Company warehouse fire near Hongkong left 135 dead and 115 bodies recovered as rescuers sifted through ruins. Fifty seven injured, fourteen critical, with damage unofficially around 4 million dollars. Many bodies crowded stairways amid a panic from an initial explosion of stored chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Record
New York
Miami
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Denver
Leatrice Lytle
Donald Lytle
Helen Grady
Donald Grady
Tessie Perrigo
West Ranch
E. J. Trimble
Laurana Allen
Roy Ehrmann
West Amana
Marie Schaefer
Amana
Eilis Terrace
Genar Alarm
Companies 2
Frank Andrada
Dalhart
George Merrill
First Street
Robert Mally
Fourth Street
Ed Hovorka
Eighth Street
E. H. Tg
Higley Building
Abraham
Third Street SE
Mercy
Lloyd Tilley
Division Street
Joseph Arce
Ellis Terrace
Edward Hanna
Thirteenth Street
James French
Donald Ayes
Thirty-fifth Street
St. Luke’s
Roy Schoonover
Beveravemue
Duane Arnold
Twenty-eighth Street Drive
Ralph McCright
Coggan
Monona
Porter W. Jones
Tama
Harry J. Ferguson
South Amana
Martin Shoup, Jr
Oxford Junction
Norman Latare
John Latare
Iowa City
Josephine Katzenmeyer
Hohenschuh
Robert J. Robinson
Albion
Gill Funeral Home
Charles A. Armstrong
Shelly Funeral Home
Lowan
Rev. Molloy
Bishop Heelan
Free Palestine
Mrs. Barnes
Mathis Services
Fred Carstens
Tom Condon
Carstens
Teamsters
Council
White
Teamsters Local
Dial
City Cab
Vv. F. W
V. F. W. Post
Young Men’s Bureau Safety Committee
Y.M.C.A
Theodore Kubicek
The
Wheel Inn
Apollo Commandery
Masonic Temple
Order of the Red Cross
Malta
Jackson School
Maine Lodge
C.F
First Avenue NE
Westrom
Merchants Bank
Shepard Field
Lester Nassif
Army Ground Air Corps
Shepard Field Air Base
Wichita Falls
Exas
Mike Nassif
C.R
Bandit Brothers
Dean Dead
U.N
Man
Cub Pack 19
Call Lapes Florist
Third Ave
MUL
Tato Ey Ee
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