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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1947
Page
4
Washington officials launch a new phase of the anti-inflation drive led by Housing Expenditure Frank R Creedon urging construction industry and building trades to reduce prices and costs to make houses affordable. White House aides expect private industry meetings to press wage and price actions nationwide.
C R workers and allied unions announce a mass walkout affecting Wil son and Company and ten other firms including Quaker Oats, LaPlant Choate, Link Belt, and Midland Engineering. About 2 000 machinists and 50 AFL unions prepare buses and private cars to Des Moines for the state capital protest.
AFL unions plan a one day work stop in Des Moines and across Iowa. Retail Clerks, Truckers, Carpenters and Painters join the action, with utilities and transport trimmed. Beer sales banned in Des Moines during the protest to keep order as police and highway patrol coordinate crowd control.
Mrs. Redus riding in a derailment near Bryan Ohio feared for her husband Clyde Andrews Jr 70yearold conductor in the forward car. A fellow passenger helped her to the hospital but he had already died. She continued home to Centralia bravely.
Press reports from Rome say a train loaded with 20 tons of explosives exploded in Fiume on the Italo Yugoslav frontier. About forty were killed and more than one hundred injured as a large section of the railroad yard and surrounding area suffered severe damage.
The article notes that the southern fox squirrel is the only squirrel in the United States with a white nose and white ears, highlighting its distinctive markings.
Des Moines AP Marilla Vander Meulen a 14 year old from Pella wins Iowa spelling contest with hydran geas and paralleling. Herbert E Hammer 13 of St Joseph takes second after a close final bout. Vander Meulen is the daughter of Dr and Mrs H C Vander Meulen.
Mrs. Margaret Elfreda Aldrich widow of Herbert Aldrich of 844 Seventh Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at home after a long illness. She came to Cedar Rapids from Millersburg in 1902 and was active in St. Pauls Methodist church Cedar chapter 184 OES and a charter member of Gethsemane White Shrine. Funeral 1 30 p m Turner chapel Tuesday burial Millersburg cemetery. Friends may call after noon Monday.
Mrs Georganna M Dawson 78 wife of William J Dawson died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a several weeks illness. Born July 18 1877 in Washington Penn she was a Cedar Rapids resident 35 years. Burial in Linwood cemetery with Rev L E Wardle officiating. Surviving husband and friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Miss Mary Duster of 1724 Grande avenue SE were set for 10 15 a m Monday at Immaculate Conception church led by Monsignor John M Molloy. The St Isabella Circle planned a Rosary at 2 30 p m Sunday at Brady mortuary followed by the Daughters of Isabella at 4 p m. A parish Rosary by Monsignor Molloy was scheduled for 8 p m. Friends could visit Brady mortuary. Burial was to be in Mt Calvary family plot.
Miss Clara M. Shaughnessy formerly of Cedar Rapids died in Chicago on Thursday. Funeral services will be held at St. Patrick's Church at 9 a.m. Monday led by Rt. Rev. Msgr. D. J. Lenihan. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Monahan funeral home, where friends may call. Burial follows at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
Mrs Will Richardson of 1115 Second avenue SE reports the death of her sister Miss Ida McQuown of Boone at 9 30 p m Friday. The Cedar Rapids native lived in Muscatine 15 years. Services set at Fairbanks chapel Muscatine Monday afternoon with burial in Muscatine.
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Randa are set for 2 p.m. Monday at the Barta Hesser chapel conducted by Dr. Carrol C. Roberts. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend.
Deputy Whitte and Identification Officer Walker returned from Lincoln Nebraska with Vajgrt 21 who is wanted on grand larceny charges. He is alleged to have stolen 53 dollars from the Second Street filling station cash register on April 10. His wife is named on a Cedar Rapids warrant for abandonment of four children.
Havana reports three surprise witnesses will testify that John ter Mee insulted the dancer Patricia Schmidt prompting her to shoot him aboard the yacht Saura. Patricia Schmidt, 21, is represented by Rene Castellanos, a Cuban educated attorney hired by a Cuban millionaire.
Henry A. Wallace told about 1,000 Norwegian trade union leaders in Oslo that Churchill dares not reveal the private convictions of his group that war is inevitable. Wallace called himself a Progressive Tory and condemned Britain’s leaders for not fighting for peace.
The National Federation of Telephone Workers urged government pressure to spur wage offers as a nationwide strike by 340000 workers continues. AT&T has offered regional arbitration while unions push for a $12 weekly raise and additional benefits.
Gov. Dewey urged a clear restatement of laws on public employee strikes to prevent chaotic government. He warned that permissible strikes could bring calamitous results, noting police and firemen actions could dwarf past disasters like Texas City.
David Wayne Knupp, 4, son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Knupp route 4 Washington Iowa, died when he fell from a moving car driven by his father about 13 miles south of Muscatine on Highway 61. The parents said the child apparently pulled the door handle and was thrown to the pavement.
Belle Plaine area mourns 60 year old Myrtle E. Ealy who died at home Friday. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Peffer's Funeral Home conducted by Evangelical church and the Woman's Relief Corps. Surviving are husband eight children a brother a sister and five grandchildren.
In Cleveland a 45 year old mother pleaded not guilty to second degree murder in the shooting of her 14 year old mentally retarded son. Detectives quoted her saying she did not want to leave the boy alone after she contemplated suicide.
David E. Lilienthal warned that the United States has fallen behind in atomic energy since World War II and urged a renewed, government-led nuclear education effort. He said U.S. momentum dropped from five to 15 years behind and stressed ongoing worldwide spread of nuclear knowledge.
James Gatchel of Garner was elected 1947 48 president of the Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America at a two day convention in Fort Dodge. Other officers include Dean Gardner secretary John Woline reporter and state vice presidents Paul Robinson Coggan Robert Nestagle Clyde Meyer Dean Stocker Donald Beck Weight Lewis and district secretaries and reporters. Notable awards went to Dale Hoover in public speaking Roy Ryan Andrew Cubit Ivan Ludington Carl McNeil and others.
The United Packinghouse Workers CIO will move its farm labor relations office to Des Moines. President Ralph Helstein announced the shift on Saturday and named Lee R. Simon, formerly with the Des Moines Register and Tribune, as director. He said the Des Moines office will inform farmers about labor issues and educate the union membership on farm problems.
An unidentified middle aged man leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, dying shortly after the fall. Coast Guard locate his body within 30 minutes. He is recorded as the 77th self inflicted death on the span, occurring within hours of a stunt man leaping earlier.
IOWA CITY University of Iowa students will elect delegates to the student council and board of trustees of student publications on Tuesday. Thirty seven candidates filed for posts including two men and two women on the council and three on the board. The Tailfeathers key award winner will also be named for athletic and sportsmanship efforts. Candidates include Earl Banks Bernie Bracher Leo Cabalka Bob Collins Bob Graham Dick Hoernes Dick Ives Bill Kerr Ed Kemp Bob Matters Emlen Tunnell Murray Wier and Herb Wilkinson.
David E. Lilienthal told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that his Senate confirmation as Atomic Energy Commission chair would likely not have occurred without a press he called overwhelmingly fair, decent, independent, and above partisanship. He spoke during his first public appearance since the bitter confirmation battle.
Gerald Snow Welch an 18 year old ex navy man with schizophrenia killed Dolores Fewkes 16 by gunshot and beating then brought the body to the Pasadena police station. He confessed stating a pact to die by his own hand but did not follow through.
Cedar Rapids stamp club will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the Montrose hotel. Call Century Cab's 2 way radio dispatched 5146.
Rabbi Herman Schaalman of Temple Judah will discuss Palestine in the world picture today at the Rotary Club luncheon at noon in the Roosevelt Hotel. Also note bungalow cooking school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday with advertisement.
Robert Wray, held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese in Bataan, will recount his three years as a POW at the Optimist club noon luncheon Tuesday. Stepanek Tailor moves to 608 1th Ave SE Adv.
Captain James R. French son of Mr and Mrs W G French of 2542 Meadowbrook drive SE and his wife and children Gary and Dennis have returned from Saipan where he served in an anti aircraft unit in the Pacific for three years. He has been in the service five and one half years and is now on terminal leave. Their son Gary four and a half months was the first white child born on Saipan. All union barber shops in Cedar Rapids will close Monday.
In Athens a Communist source reports internal quarrels within the guerrilla movement. A faction led by Gen. Markos Vafiades opposes a Greater South Slavia plan that would cede parts of Greece to Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. The rival group favors dismantling Greece.
Robert Miller of Marion was charged with failing to control his vehicle after a Saturday night crash on First Avenue. His car struck the rear of a stopped vehicle driven by Marion Wolfe as traffic lights at Fifteenth Street caused a collision. No injuries were reported to either occupant.
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