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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1948
Page
2
Partly cloudy with scattered showers in Iowa forecast Tuesday through Thursday and warm highs in the 80s. The record lists numerous municipal court fines for various offenses and multiple births announced in St Luke's and Mercy notices, plus a Tipton death and funeral details.
Two men paid fines totaling 125 dollars in traffic court after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Gerald Bouquet of 3015 Second avenue SE collided with Kenneth Limerly at Tenth street and First avenue E. Bouquet fined 50 dollars. James Kahler of 1274 Third avenue SE was arrested on Third avenue SE near Second street for speeding and reckless driving. he was fined 75 dollars.
Patrolman Robert McDermott discovered the break-in at Baum Feed store 116 A avenue NE at 1 45 a m Sunday. He spotted two men in the alley. they fled. Loot reported includes several hand sprayers and a cash box with 12 cents.
Chicago hosts the American Dental Association annual meeting with about twelve thousand dentists expected from Sept. 13 to 17 for the 89th gathering. Host city, dates, and attendee count highlighted.
Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry charged that a multi million dollar export license fraud raises prices and endangers the economy. He cited forged documents bribery and illegal sales uncovered by his Small Business Committee. The Commerce Department has tightened licensing procedures and safety paper to curb the racket.
Willard Brazil, 22, of 611 Ninth avenue SE, held in city jail after a knifing at 617 Ninth avenue SE during a dancing party. Injured were Lee Mims, Mrs Elmer Becicka, and Emmitt Doolin all described as Negroes. Brazil fled to Iowa City where arrested hours later.
Cedar Rapids city council passed a rezoning ordinance converting two 150 foot highway strips near No 149 to light industrial use allowing W J Hughes to sell land for a motel. The plan resolved a long dispute over whether motels fit hotel or gas station categories and treated hotels and motels as identical for zoning purposes.
All-Iowa fair runs August 15 through 21 with Kids Day August 16 and Farm Family Day August 17. Helicopter appearances land before the grandstand in afternoon and evening shows. Free for children under 15 to grounds and 10 am grandstand show. Bargain midway pricing until 5 pm. Free circus acts at 1 and 5 pm behind grandstand. Farm Family Day features 24 eastern Iowa families as guests of the Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants bureau.
John McHugh aged 83 former president of the Chase National Bank of New York died Sunday at his home in Chappaqua New York after a heart attack He retired in January 1934 as chairman of the executive committee but remained active on Wall Street as chairman of the Discount Corporation His career spanned roles from telegrapher apprentice to bank president during mergers that formed Chase.
A congressional probe into sharp price increases by major firms, led by Rep. Spence and aimed at United States Steel, was proposed to the House Banking Committee. Chairman Wolcott noted steel executives might testify. Rep. Smith urged avoiding industry scapegoating while Spence pressed for testimony from company leaders. Wolcott cited a prior joint committee review that found no report on last spring’s steel price rise.
Harold T. Livingston, 61, chief engineer of the Rock Island railroad, died Sunday in Chicago. He and his wife, formerly of Cedar Rapids, left there in 1917. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon in Chicago with burial at Mountain Grove, Missouri.
Charles Kroul of Ely dies Saturday. Visitation at Brush chapel Cedar Rapids, service at 2 p.m. Tuesday conducted by Rev Ludvik Burian. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery Solon. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral rites for A C Anders of 823 Tenth Street SE are set for 2 30 p m Tuesday at Mt Zion Baptist Church with Rev D O Bell of Waterloo officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at Rice funeral home.
St Luke s hospital plans a 1.5 million expansion with ground breaking hoped for next summer. Ellerbe and Company of St Paul Rochester will consult in Cedar Rapids for two days starting Tuesday. Architects and hospital committees will decide allocation between building and new equipment with completion possible in one to two years.
The Calvary male quartet from the Bible Institute of Los Angeles will perform at Edgewood Community Church at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday. Leader and pianist Bruce Parker of Mt Hermon California directs Elmer Hiebert and Bob Goertz of Dallas Oregon Cliff Custer of Oakland California and Dick Cook of Eugene Oregon. The students, training for the ministry, are on a Gospel tour and have appeared on the Bible Institute Hour radio program.
Des Moines AP The state interim committee accepted Gov. Blue’s invitation to join a study of state salary conflicts. A bipartisan three member subcommittee was named to work with state officials on salary equalization and to review budget constraints across departments.
Iowa attorney general rules that private institution costs for dependent and delinquent children must be paid from the county poor fund rather than the juvenile fund. Polk County will face a gap between about 64 000 and 87 000 dollars after budgeting 50 000 from the levy, while operational costs run about 85 000.
The Iowa legislative interim committee approved a series of Board of Control projects including a 324 patient Mt Pleasant state hospital building at a cost of 1 353 202 and remodeling the women’s infirmary. Funds available include 926 080 in the state hospital fund with 427 122 to be transferred from the general fund.
Figures from Cedar Rapids police traffic bureau show two additional deaths and multiple injuries as eight months of the safety contest run by the Young Men's bureau continues.
Washington UPI Porter accuses Republican leadership of wasting time on political bickering in price control hearings. He tells the Senate Banking Committee that action on prices and inflation is needed, noting Democrats absent at Capehart’s presiding moment and urging focus on the crisis.
Budenz details a Chicago based party paper and a national finance committee. He names Weiner Harris Crumbine Golos Derba Biddleman and others as leaders and says the party used blackmail against quiting members. He cites Moscow subsidies and Kremlin trained leaders.
Milo Jilovec of 1322 Eighteenth avenue SW was fined 25 dollars and costs by Judge Harry S. Johnson after pledging guilty to leaving the scene of an accident without identification. Police report he struck Richard Clark’s car at Ellis park Pavilion and fled, Clark pursuing until Jilovec stopped briefly.
The Cedar Rapids recruiting station announced five eastern Iowans enlisted in the U.S. Army. Named are James C. Paxson of Toledo James L. Scott of Maquoketa Gordon R. White of Maquoketa Charles H. Craven of 719 Avenue NE and James A. Stewart of 1015 Third Street SE.
Shanghai AP report says Chow Nan iu, a Kiangsu refugee, sold his wife Ma Feng wen for 55000 Chinese dollars about 6.50. Mrs Chow protested to authorities. Ma was arrested while Chow remained at large.
Dave Armbruster, University of Iowa swim coach and Olympic champion mentor, was honored at Cedar Rapids Country Club with a traditional post victory dunk. Alumni encircled him, removed glasses, and tossed him into the pool after a dinner gathering attended by 600-plus guests. Jenkins and Keyes helped stage the stunt. Armbruster returned for dinner alone.
The Iowa State Executive Council approved a five year lease renewal increasing Cedar Rapids downtown liquor store rent from 150 to 300 dollars per month. The building site is owned by Blanche Wilson of Los Angeles. A Hartley store lease renewal was also approved with rent rising from 30 to 40 dollars monthly.
All ten Cedar Rapids dairies met minimum July milk standards per City Dairy Inspector A R Menary. The report lists each dairy with butterfat content, cream butterfat, and bacteria counts, noting many as Very Low plate counts and several at Low. detailed entries include Bindler Roy Past and Vit D Guer, Cedar Heights Farm, Cedar Valley Past and Homo, Davis Dairy Past and Special, Dows Dairy Past Jer and Homo, Krebs Dutch Girl Past and Homo, Northwood Past, Sanitary Past, Mello D and paper carton, Searles Past and Guer and Hol and Homo, Sunny Dale Past, and Sunrise Cereal Milk among others.
GOP leaders say Herbert Brownell Jr. is the Dewey campaign hub in Washington coordinating policy with Capitol Hill. They joke the slogan is Dont make a move without seeing Herb while stressing Dewey has not dictated actions.
About 2000 people attended the Cedar Rapids Concert Band program in the Plaza on Sunday. It was the fourth in a weekly Local 137 AFM series with soloist R Cedric Anderson, Roosevelt school instrumental supervisor, performing Atlantic Zephyrs and Roses of Picardy. The audience favorited Toy Trumpet, with a multi musician ensemble. Smythe chaired the AFM committee. Moehlmann’s term as director ends, Anderson to conduct the final four programs.
Toronto police captured the man who robbed Richard Anderson of 55 dollars. The suspect was placed in the same city jail cell with Anderson, and the $55 was found in the suspect’s sock.
United States district court ruled Griffith Beems and Elizabeth Beems Isett must pay $236.90 for trial costs while the Schoonovers bear the $3,519.41 accounting bill. The defendants were ordered to buy minority shares for $45,000 after a school supply company stock dispute. The case, filed spring 1945, could close the Metropolitan suit in this court.
Erhardt 18 of Waukon pleads guilty to reckless driving connected to a fatal July 7 two car collision west of Waukon. Justice of the Peace fines him 106 dollars plus costs and imposes 30 days in jail, with an appeal filed and bond set at 500 dollars. Victim LaVonne Burseth 20 was injured fatally in the crash while traveling with Erhardt.
Floyd Brown of 866 Fourth Avenue SE and Mike Nosek of 1017 First Street SE were fined $25 and costs each in police court after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. They were arrested at 12 10 a m Sunday in Huber's tavern during a fight.
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