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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1952
Page
2
A compilation of scattered notes and forecast data from various cities and weather figures. The report blends local weather forecasts for Iowa and Wisconsin with a police anecdote about a Chicago man misusing 1951 plates, plus archival river crest notes and a genealogy line referencing Montgomery and Bishop.
The Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids area notices include a divorce petition between Ethel M Card and James E Card and multiple public safety fines for speeding reckless driving and improper registration. Birth announcements report daughters and sons born to families in St Luke s Iowa City Anamosa Oxford Urbana Winthrop and other towns with funeral notices for Elkader What Cheer Anamosa Oelwein Oxford Urbana Winthrop.
SEATTLE AP Five East Iowans aboard the navy air transport M M Patrick and Frederick Funston docked here Wednesday from the Far East. They are Cpl. Ralph E Betts Gelwin Cpl Wayne J Clement Marion Cpl Leland W Doty Rapids Sgt Richard J Mitzner Tipton and Sgt Edward M Wiebold Blairstown.
Regular monthly meetings announced for the Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club and Maine Lodge. Bake sale at Yager's by Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church. Visitation allowed for Mrs. Suchomel post-surgery. Apollo Commandery to confer on five candidates with refreshments. Local court fines for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Corrections issued for Rose Marie Dryml and Fish family notices. Various notices on rentals, furloughs, military duties, and community activities including square dance classes and an innocence plea in traffic court. Also reports on a 12-day Japan trip home for Corporal Doty and family notices.
DES MOINES AP reports Iowans paid 213,280,182 in federal taxes in the first three months of the year, with an additional 44,100,000 in the first 23 days of April. Most receipts came from income taxes. other payments covered gift, excise, estate, unemployment, and carrier taxes. Halpin noted 18,679,784 has been to 324,709 Iowans since.
Verba F Anthony born November 16 1902 in Illinois died after illness at a Cedar Rapids hospital at 10 50 a m Thursday He married Priney Gatto May 29 1929 in Baltimore Survived by his wife his father Bert Anthony of Winchester Illinois and three sisters He was a member of St Patrick church Father Rosensteel Council No 2169 Washington General Assembly and a member of the American Racing Pigeon Club and the National Federation of Federal Employees Local No 261 Funeral arrangements to be announced Friends may call Turner chapel after 1 p m Friday
Joseph John Kopecky 72 of 1823 First Street SW Cedar Rapids died at 3 30 p m Wednesday after a long illness. A retired employee of Wilson and Company he was born in Litomysl Czechoslovakia Oct 12 1879. Survived by wife Anna a daughter Mrs Clarence Miller three sons Wesley Joseph Lumir six grandchildren and sister Rose Cernohorsky all of Cedar Rapids and a sister in Czechoslovakia. Services at Janeba Funeral Home 8 30 a m Saturday with Rev A W Chihak burial in St Johns cemetery Rosary to be recited at 7 30 p m Friday at the funeral home by Father Chihak and Cadets of St George. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mrs. George Wag liner of 1024 Favenue NW Cedar Rapids died at her home Wednesday after 40 years as a resident. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Turner chapel led by Rev E LeRoy Carter of St Andrews Evangelical United Brethren. burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Praha Rebekah lodge No 5 and T Z Cook post No 11 Woman's Relief Corps will attend. friends may call at the chapel.
Services for Capt. A L Huls Hizer Jr who died in a B 36 bomber crash in Washington will be held at Brush chapel at 2 p m Saturday Burial is in Cedar Memorial cemetery Survivors include three brothers Frank Raymond and Robert all of Cedar Rapids and a sister Mrs Kenneth L Frankhauser of Tipton
Services for Mrs. Charles J. Blazaitis of 948 Twelfth Street NE are set for 3 p.m. Saturday in the Rohn chapel with Rev. F. L. Hinshaw of St. James Methodist church officiating and Cedar Rebekah lodge No. 494 taking part. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
In Minneapolis health officials called smorgasbords unsanitary and urged the city council to halt licenses for venues serving the Danish spreads. Acting administrator Dr. Clare Gates argued the cost of sanitation must come first and noted violations of ordinances protecting food from dust and contamination. Health official K E Dykoski said the aim is sanitation, not an outright ban.
West Union Red Cross chairman C. J. Anderson announces residents north Fayette county are asked to contribute $600 for Iowa flood relief. In Toledo the junior senior high banquet is planned for May 9 at the President hotel in Waterloo.
A petition for commercial rezoning of a residential tract near the Oakland apartment development was filed Thursday with Cedar Rapids city council. John W. and C. L. McHugh seek to build a grocery and drug store on the site, part of lot A in Dudek's first addition near Oakland road NE. Council referred the matter to the City Plan Commission for recommendations.
The Cedar Rapids city council clash with AFL workers escalated as union leaders pressed for a vote and the mayor urged a revote on a wage and hour plan. City attorney cited legal limits on strikes against government, while CIO members watched and prepared to vote.
Text of a New York state supreme court decision cited in a strike meeting. Railway Mail Association vs Murphy 1943 326 US 88 is referenced. The editor notes the ruling addresses whether to tolerate or recognize actions by labor.
Washington AP reports combat flying glamor has faded after two wars. A proposed system of incentive pay, including $45 monthly hazard pay for many veterans, may attract more youths to the Air Force. Senate committees and a Hunt task force study the bill amid pilot and navigator shortages. The May cadet class is projected to be about half of needs, while ground duty candidates exceed demand.
Dr. Thomas Suchomel was reappoint ed to the City Band Commission for a term ending May 22, 1957. City council acted on four existing band commissioners recommendations. Secretary Joe Stoddard reported last year’s band activity with about 22 000 attendees across 18 concerts. Equipment purchases included sound gear a music library apparel and chairs. The council placed the report on file.
Cedar Rapids city council approved summer park concession awards at Ellis Bever and Daniels parks. Bever went to Curtis O King for 201.50, Ellis to King for 455.55, Daniels to Ray Crowley for 368. Other bids included John R Stewart 161.60, E M Pennell 50, Louis Golad 226, and King 36.51.
In Buenos Aires President Juan D Peron said he would gather rumor mongers in Argentina in groups of 200 and send them to build roads in Patagonia to keep them busy and productive. He criticised foreigners for financing a climate of revolution to topple his government.
Rome reports the government has presented parliament with a record budget for the next fiscal year totaling 2.132 trillion lire about 3.411 billion dollars. Defense and Atlantic Pact participation account for 28.5 percent of the outlay.
Reportedly a severe storm wrecked a ship carrying British colonists near Bermuda. The tale inspired William Shakespeare to imagine The Tempest, linking real peril at sea with dramatic creation.
Clarence Kriz, 28, of 1101 Sixth Street SE, pleaded innocent before Judge Floyd Philbrick to a charge of false uttering of a check. He allegedly wrote a false $25 check in Cedar Rapids last Friday and is held in jail in default of $1,500 bond.
Three account suits reached default judgments on Thursday. Plaintiffs, defendants and awarded amounts include St. Luke's Hospital versus Kenneth and Betty Burke totaling 191.88 dollars, R. M. Chapman versus Morris and Katherine Potter 207.48 dollars, and J. T. Hecker versus Roy F. and Mary Leeper 183 dollars.
On Wednesday and Thursday three suits were dismissed by the plaintiffs. The divorce actions were Lucille M. Townsend versus Harvey J. Townsend and Effie M. Bowman versus Thomas F. Bowman. The third case, a damage action, was George Pelisek versus Loren E. Boots.
The will of Mary C Holets who died December 4 was admitted to probate Thursday. It names her son Louis L Holets as sole heir and the First Trust and Savings Bank of into Rapids as executor without end.
Two automobile accident damage suits were filed Wednesday. L. V. Dierdorff sued Ted D. Roke and Western Transportation Co. for $92.94. Amna Andrews sued Paul Eaton for $263.99.
Jackson AP report credits Dr. Vernon Fox a 35 year old psychologist and assistant deputy warden with shaping the mutiny settlement at Southern Michigan prison. Fox known to inmates from Starr Commonwealth aided negotiations while arguing for parole board changes and broader inmate treatment. He gained trust by speaking the convicts language and conveying guard protection aims. The governor G Mennen Williams supported Fox’s approach during the standoff and Fox’s influence is described as pivotal in ending the rebellion.
Jack Cowart, an ousted agriculture official and former assistant to the production and marketing administrator, was convicted after seven hours of deliberation of taking 1374 to aid Capital Prefabricators of Tyler, Texas, in collecting a government claim against the Commodity Credit Corporation. The jury urged mercy. Cowart awaits a motion for a new trial.
Flood waters freed adult bluegills and 400 bass from ponds while 1,400 fish may spawn three to five million offspring for Iowa streams. At Davenport meteorologist L W Dick warned the crest would reach the Quad Cities by Sunday. Water roared past the Hamilton Keokuk bridge approaches as Bridge Supt William J Ingram called conditions the worst he had seen.
The Missouri River flood crest neared Kansas City after breaking a dike and flooding the Sherman air force base. Officials feared higher levels as 75 soldiers defended levees while 100,000 residents fled. Rail service resumed on routes through Council Bluffs and Sioux City as girders and bridges faced flood-driven damage. Gov Beardsley praised Iowa guardsmen for their crucial flood relief efforts along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
The Gazette invites readers to mail ballots by midnight Friday for a governor straw poll. Democratic candidates are Herschel C. Loveless and Otha D. Wear. Republican candidates are William S. Beardsley, Kenneth A. Evans, and W. H. Nicholas. Ballot appeared in last Sunday's issue.
Cedar Rapids City Council heard rock and earthwork costs for three street projects. Total rock and other work amounts were estimated at 6 000 and 22 100 dollars respectively with grading filling and tree removal to be covered by the Public Improvements Commissioner.
Former RNC chairman Car R eece accuses the Truman administration of spending vast sums to promote Eisenhower as the Democrats best bet. He cites a propaganda push from passport stamps to a Gruenther speaking tour aiding Eisenhower's campaign and a dual mission for public relations and to drum up a spontaneous convention march.
PHILADELPHIA AP The world is out of tune on musical education says Henry S Drinker a Philadelphia attorney and avid musician He criticizes overemphasis on making children pseudo professionals and argues music should nurture character He also faults professional musicians and critics for treating performance skill as an end rather than a means to discover beauty in music The remarks reflect concern about taste and education in the arts.
Michael Cambridge 11 of 1801 Johnson avenue NW suffered forehead lacerations when the car he rode in collided with another at First avenue and Tenth street W. He was taken to a doctor's office. The drivers were David Cambridge of 1801 Johnson avenue and Leonard Gauger of 1609 B avenue NW.
A 47 year old Muscatine mechanic, George Harell, was killed Thursday when a car he was working on fell on him. He suffered a brushed chest in the accident.
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