Weather and city notes from Des Moines October 1925
Des Moines daily weather and civic notes report mostly fair cooler conditions with a Tuesday night low in the 40s to 50s and a Wednesday high 60s to 70s. Airport wind 18 knots, sun rise 6 am, moon set early, and 1955 precipitation totals and September normals noted along with local river and dam data.
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Orleans
York
Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Bebe
Municipal
Harold F Ewoldt Named President of Traffic League
Harold F. Ewoldt, traffic manager of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce, was elected president of the Iowa Industrial Traffic league at its annual meeting Tuesday in the Roosevelt hotel. J. H. Logan of the Davenport Chamber of Commerce was named vice president and Glenn Mineur of the Maytag Company in Newton was elected secretary treasurer. Board members named include Carl A. Hansen Des Moines Chamber A C Shaw Curtice Company Clinton Thomas Vincent Bath Packing Company Waterloo R W Wighton Sioux City Chamber Clayton Woren son Mason City Brick and Tie Company R D Walter Farley and Lotcher Company Dubuque Dale Farr Lennox Furnace Company Marshalltown and Paul Gans Deere and Company Moline. Topics included general transportation problems of the state and proposed legislation affecting motor carrier transportation.
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Harold F. Ewoldt
Cedar Rapids
Carl A. Hansen
Des Afomee Chamber
A C. Shaw
Curtice Company
Clinton
Thomas Vincent
Bath Packing Company
Waterloo
R. W. Wigton
Sioux
City Chamber
Clayton Worenson
Mason City Brick and Tie, ‘Company
R. D. Walter
Farley and Lotcher Company
Dubuque
Dale Farr
Lennox Furnace Company
Marshalltown
Paul Gans
Deere and Company
Moline
Many Papers Believe the Will Not Run
United Press reports a cross section of newspapers expect Eisenhower will not run in 1956. Nixon is the leading substitute. Dewey Knight Herter and others are named. Some editors fear the heart attack could end his political career, while others deem a candidacy “inconvenable.”
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United Press
Eisenh Nover
Nixon
Eisenhower
Mixon
Chicago Sun - Times
GOP
Milton S,raelhower
Igov
Thomas E Dewey
New York
G.O.P
Govs
J. Goodwin Knight
California
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
William Stratton
Tihnes
Fred Hall
Kansas
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
Sen
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Ruling on Which State Crash Occurred in Asked
The national safety council is asked to decide if Sunday night traffic deaths on the Ak-Sar-Ben bridge are Iowa or Nebraska fatalities. Omaha traffic officials say charges may hinge on jurisdiction as crashes began on the Iowa side and a head-on collision occurred on the Nebraska side. Dale A. Price of Omaha and Leo J Mathys of Dow City are named victims. Harold Zeigler seeks reelection as treasurer.
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Omaha
INS
National Safety Council
Ak-Sar-Ben
Iowa
Nebraska
Jean
Whinnery
Council Bluffs
Harold Zeigler
Dale A. Price
Treasue
Leo J Mathys
Fuling
Dow City
Oct
Imen
Assessments for Oiling Streets Are Now Payable
City Treasurer Walter E Miller announced special assessments for a year of street oiling and Seaman surfacing are payable now at city hall. The 1955 total is 51716 81, up from 47998 79 last year. About 16701 26 has been paid so far. Payments by Oct 20 may be mailed or made in person. after that unpaid amounts will be certified to the county auditor with next year’s property taxes. Early payment lowers overall city costs and eases tax bill impact next year. Also payable before Oct 20 are rock surfacing and sidewalk repair assessments for those notified by postcard, with payment by mail or in person at Muller's fifth floor office.
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Cty Hall
Walter E. Miller
Miller
Muller
Ioor
Beulah the chase hound dies after 64 fugitive captures
Beulah the 64 fugitive chasing bloodhound died of a heart attack in Live Oak Florida. Her owner Sheralf Hugh Lewis recalled that suspects believed they could escape until Beulah took to the trail and outsmarted them.
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Beulah
Live Oak
Fla
Sheralf Hugh Lewis
Hitchhiker Held After Shooting of Iowa Driver
Osceola authorities hold Joe Pierson, 32, of Des Moines on assault with intent to murder after he shot Melvin Goeldner, 57, Osceola, who was driving when Pierson was picked up Monday night. Goeldner survived with a bullet wound to the right side. Pierson was detained by a service station operator before sheriff’s arrest.
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Iowa
Osceola
Clarke County
Warde Reynoldson
Reynoldson
Joe Pierson
Des Moines
Melvin Goeldner
Goeldner
Pierson
Hannibal
William Jones
Kenneth Likes
Molotov Invited To Dulles Dinner
New York INS reports the Big Four foreign ministers plan an informal dinner tonight to discuss Germany and disarmament ahead of the Geneva talks on October 27. Dulles invites Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov along with MacMillan and Pinay to exchange views in a social setting and ease potential Russian hurt over Tuesday’s closed conference.
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New York
INS
Germany
Geneva
Dulles
Molotov
MacMillan
Pinay
Willl
Lgven
Waldorf Towers
Russia
Deaths and funeral notices in Cedar Rapids area
Cedar Rapids area obituaries list Sam Estes 52 of Twentieth street NE died after a brief illness. He leaves Edith Katsis Estes, a son Dr Maurice Estes Cedar Rapids, a daughter Mrs David Wolf Dallas, five grandchildren, siblings and other relatives. Burial at Eben Israel cemetery after 11:30 am service with Rabbi Reznikoff. Also noted are Dr Williiam Finn former Cedar Rapids dentist who died in Pittsburgh, services at Oak Hill cemetery and Turner mortuary details. Other notices include Charles B Tomkins, 75 former Cedar Rapids resident died in Los Angeles, and Don C Cook 67 of 2012 Fourth avenue SE funeral at Barti-Hesser Chapel with Masonic rites.
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Sam Estes
Twentieth Street
Cedar Rapids
Russia
Edith Katsis
Mason City
Maurice Estes
David Wolf
Dallas
Texas
Joe
Charles
David Estes
Los Angeles
Sophia Kollman
Ray Everhart
Estes
Beth Jacob
Temple Judah
Turner Chapel
Marvin M. Reznikoff
Eben Israel Cemetery
Williiam Finn
Pittsburgh
New York
University of Pittsburgh
Twentyfiot Street
Finn
Iowa State Dental Society
American College of Dentists
Charles B. Tomkins
Harry A. Palmer
Nineteenth Street
Tomkins
England
McGladrey, Prouty and Tomkins
Christian Science
Crescent Lodge 25
A.F
A.M
Gerstrude
Doris
L. Wearney
Wellesley, Mass
Don C. Cook
Fourth Avenue SE
Arnold H. Marzelf
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Crescent Lodge No. 25
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Masonic Temple
DeMolay Officers Postponed as City Briefs Update
A Thursday DeMolay installation for the Order of DeMolays was postponed. Various community items follow, including Lions Club film night at Roosevelt hotel, Business Men's Breakfast Club talk by Bill Barnard, and Linn County youth group meeting at the Roosevelt Thursday at 8 pm.
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DeMolas
Lions Club
Henry Gundling
Australia
Roosevelt Hotel
Bill Barnard
Franklin High School
Business Men's Breakfast Club
Alcove
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Linn County South Committee
Paxton trial details alleged abuse before 4-year-old Brenda Kay Paxton death
In San Antonio AP report FBI agent testifies stepfather Robert Lee Paxton described slaps and whippings on Brenda Kay Paxton before she died of a brain hemorrhage last May. The couple, Brenda Kay and Evelyn, with Japanese-born wife Tsuhiko, faced the court as Paxton stood trial for murder. Brenda Kay reportedly refused her peas, was slapped, and later found unresponsive in bed after a prior episode. The FBI recounts Paxton's account of the events from May 10 through the following morning.
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San Antonio
Jaxton
jTsuhiko
Brenda Kay
Evelyn
FBI
Paxton
Brooke
Man Shoots Self Over Frustrating Fly Incident
Salem New York AP report details farmer Herbert Dillon 40 after a day in fields aims revolver at a buzzing fly on porch. Bullet hits left thigh. he takes wounded child Brenda Kay to Brooke Army Hospital. Cross-examination reveals alleged spousal beatings and multiple bruises on the infant. tentatively linked to subdural hemorrhage.
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Salem
N. Y
Herbert Dillon
Dillon
Brooke Army Hospital
Brenda Kay
Dean
Neal
Paxton
Bud Appleton
Iittle
Raymond Kresensky Coe Graduate Dies in Des Moines
Des Moines Raymond Kresensky 57 a 1922 Coe college graduate was found dead at his home Monday after friends failed to reach him He appeared to have suffered a heart attack Sunday and died before summoning aid A former pastor at Bellevue First Presbyterian 1931 32 he led the WPA Iowa Writers Project 1935 40 editing and publishing Iowa guide He taught in New Virginia and other Iowa towns and wrote poetry Survivors include brother Louis Kresensky Mankato Minn and sister Mrs Don Allen Des Moines Services were planned at Dunn Funeral Home.
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Des Moines
Raymond Kresensky
Coe College
McCormick Theological Seminary
First Presbyterian Church
Bellevue
WPA
Towa
Fowa
Hawkeye State
Algona
New Virrginia
Iowa
Towal
Louis Kresensky
Mankato
Minn
Don Allen
Dunn Funeral Home
Haars Estate Probate Names Haars Siblings And Farm
Gertrude Haars died September 11 with a will admitted to probate. Each of five brothers receives a token dollar. Philip Haars inherits a 120 acre Spring Grove Township farm. Remaining estate divided among Philip and William Haars, Leona Walser, Elsie Haars, and nephew Philip Charles. Carl A Becker named executor with a $5,000 bond. A Lisbon youth pled innocent to a larceny charge involving tires tubes and cigarettes from a service station. B T Howell sues John D Fisher for possession of a 1950 dump truck and $650 in damages for alleged wrongful detention. Eleanor Candler dismisses a divorce suit against Hugo A Candler.
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Gertrude Haars
Carl
Fred
Theodore
Herman
Ernest Haars
Philip Haars
Spring Iove Township
Linn County
Philip
William Haars
Leona Walser
Elsie Haars
Philip Charles
Carl A Becker
Marlin H. Fisher
Lisbon
Servce
B. T. Howell
John D Fisher
Fisher
Mother Is Home Baby Still Sought After Hospital Theft
In San Francisco Hanna Marcus 29 returned home with her recovery cited while police continue to search for her infant son Robert stolen from a hospital nursery. Dr Sanford Marcus 34 had authorized the move as their other children Richard 3 and Susan 2 will join at the new suburban home once rooms are ready.
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San Francisco
Hanna Marcus
Robert
Sanford Marcus
Marcus
Richard
Susan
Vandals Break Into Local Bakery and Mix Supplies
Providence AP reports police sought vandals at Homestead Baking Company after entry on Tuesday. Intruders scattered 1,500 pounds of sugar and flour, 50 gallons of salad oil, and a case and a half of soft drinks on the bakery floor.
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Providence (Ap
Homestead Baking Company
Marion youths charged in Cedar Rapids beer thefts
Nine Marion youths were arrested by Cedar Rapids police on three thefts from a distributor. Four were arraigned for larceny in the nighttime. four others were turned to juvenile authorities. Names include Stewart Carsner Frederick Block Edwin Keyes and William Larimer Jr. Bonds set at 500 each.
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Marion
Cedar Rapids
Stewart Carsner
Frederick Block
Edwin Keyes
William Larimer, Jr
John Kuba
Carsner
Charles Benesh
Kuba
First Street NE
Larimer
Heaviest U S twins born nine and eight pounds in Philadelphia
Margaret Margavitch, 33, gave birth to twins who weighed nine pounds two ounces and eight pounds 54 lots will be offered at a Coin Club auction. The Ceda Rapids are among the heaviest twins on record in the U.S. The birth occurred Monday and the couple’s account includes a nine-pound birth and an eight-pound sibling. The Coin Club will meet at the YMCA Wednesday at 8 pm. C. McIntyre of the Chamber of Commerce Speakers Bureau will give an illustrated talk on The World in a Week Friday at 8 pm in St. John's Lutheran Church Newhall.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Rapids
Margaret Margavitch
Coin Club
YMCA
Daugh
Newhall C
McIntyre
Chamber of Commerce Speakers Bureau
St. John's Lutheran Church
Newhall
Local Farmer Drills Backyard Well During Drought
Francis Koopman in EURON SD drilled a backyard well to water his lawn during a recent dry spell. The following week, rain began, changing his water situation and highlighting DIY drought responses.
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EURON
Francis Koopman
Atomic Industry Show Opens First U S Trade Fair
Washington report on the first Atomic Trade Fair marking the atoms-for-profit era. About 70 U S corporations present hundreds of millions in investment, displaying a working miniature reactor, radioactive material capsules, and key metals like uranium zirconium titanium thorium as signs of the nuclear age business future.
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Iddles
Eisenhower
U. S
Mrs Myron George Dies at 86 in Central City
Central City Berthal George, 86, died Monday night at her daughter’s home in Central City. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 PM at the Methodist church, burial in Oakhill cemetery. A noted crocheter, her Last Supper crochet hangs in the church sanctuary. She was born November 6, 1868 in Beil Switzerland and immigrated in 1893. Survivors include her daughter, two grandchildren, two great grandchildren and brother Ceasar Maeder of Galena.
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Masonville
Immaculate Conception
Central City
Myron George
Oakhill Cemensy
Passmore Funeral Home
Anamosa
James Conway
Chicago
Met. Namara Funeral Home
Berthal George
Legion Auxiliary
Beil
Switzerland
United States
Rudolph. Zimmerman
Monticello
Prairieburg
Colorado
Central
Ceasar Maeder
Galena
Court Hearing Set on Bond Reduction Plea
A federal court in Cedar Rapids will hear Benny J M Lewis, 49, Brooklyn NY, on Oct 14 at 10:30 am as he seeks to reduce his $10,000 bond for interstate transportation of obscene material. Co defendant Robert K Shannon, 40, Massillon OH, is free on $1,000 bond. both arrested Aug 30 by FBI for transporting obscene publications to Cedar Rapids. Both have waived to the federal grand jury.
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Henry N. Graven
Cedar Rapids
Federal District Court Clerk's Office
Linn County
Benny JM. Lewis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lewis
Robert K Shannon
Fourth Avenue SE
FBI
Shannon
Massillon
Ohio
Federal
Hatoyama Denies Moscow Invitation Report
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Hatoyama on Tuesday denied he had received an invitation to travel to Moscow to discuss Japanese Soviet relations. The denial follows widespread speculation about top talks and potential shifts in diplomacy.
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Tokyo
Hatoyama
Moscow
Monticello Man Fined for Drunk Driving
Donald Leytem, 26, of Monticello pled guilty to drunk driving and was fined 300 dollars plus costs by Judge B J Maxwell after being arrested Saturday night for erratic driving north of Mt Vernon. Two others pleaded innocent and a second offense charge hangs on Robert L Benn.
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Donald Leytem
Monticello
B. J. Maxwell
R. E. Wood
Third Avenue SE
Robert L. Benn
G Avenue NW
Benn
Leytem
Highway Patrol
Mt. Vernon
Wood
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon Road
Forty-Second
Tama
Central City Firm Wins Linn County Home Kitchen Contract
The Linn county board of supervisors awarded John Waggoner Construction Company of Central City a contract for kitchen remodeling at the county home. The $11,273 bid covers basic structural changes in the back basement area. Waggoner was the sole bidder after the board previously rejected a bid for plumbing equipment and sought no new plumbing bids.
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Board of Supervisors
Linn County
John Waggoner
Swisher Couple Appeal Tax Commission Ruling
R. J. and Blanch Bauman of Swisher appeal district court from a State Tax Commission decision on income tax for 1951 and 1952 claiming $15643 due in addition to taxes already paid. They sought dismissal of the charge, which the commission denied, asking the court to reverse and dismiss CBS.
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R. J
Blanch Bauman
Swisher
District Court
State Tax Commission
Baumans
Tax Commission
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LaCrosse
Dam No
McGrogor
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Keokuk
Calif
Polk County
Henry Garland
Radiological Society of North America
American College of Idiology
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Garland
Garry Thomas
Phyllis J. Gardner
Descourt
Maines
John M Frame
Dar Rapids
Arlene Mi
Holladay
Ernest Holladay
Geraldine G. McEnany
Dorrance McEnany
St. Luke's
Linneman
Eleventh Street
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Favenue
Pooley
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Floyd
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Werling
Bryce
Tipton
Carlson
Vincent
Burkhart
Dale
Dumond
Fiftieth Street NE
Davison
Donald
Alt C Avenue NW
Peoria
Gilbert Miller
C Avenue NE
First Avenue
First Avenue NE
Hubert Gustoff
Bever Avenue
Shirley Ford
William Strader
Johnson Avenue NW
Norman Alsbury
Henry Moser
Amana
Larry Stephenson
Orville Copley
H Avenue NW
Redmond Smith
Grande
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Paul Mathersin
Howard Scovel
Seventh Avenue
Arthur Harang
A Avenue NW
Traffic League
Ike
Milwaukee Journal
the Journal
South
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White House
Charlotte Ob
Atlanta Constitution
Paul Mulherin
Fifteenth Street SE
Fifth Avenue SE
Tenth
Fifteenth Streets
Oelwein
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Regis Harrington
Ed McCarthy
Percy Ward
Charles Rueffel
Forrest Berland
Ernest Welsh
Tracy Small
William Finn
Cook Services
Merveaux
National Office Machine Dealers Association
Electrolux
Joe Heiberger
17Th Street
Smulekoff
Roosevelt
St. Andrew's
St Ardres's Eub Church
St James Church
Ellis Boulevard
Ady
Stark
Robert Stark
First Avenue NW
D. J. Lenihan
St. Patrick's Church
Linwood Cemetery
Msgr
Lenihan
Daughters of
Isabella
Brady Mortuary
McVey
Lester Earl McVey
Thirty-ninth Street
Keith, Tabor
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
Clinton Gadbow
Church of the Nazarene
Barbara Parks
Barbara Alice Parks
Royal G. Parks
Cleveland
Karl Swanberg
Mt Vernon
Iowan
Coe
Eleanor Candler
Hugo A. Candler
Murdoch Funeral Homes
Center Point
Walker
Atomic Industry
Joseph L. Myler
Washington
Atom
The
Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc
Alfred Iddles
Babcock G. Wilcox
Atorm
Monahan Mortuary
Monahan and
Stewart
Pirat Avenue
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Vernon Ave
John B. Turner & Son
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