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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1946
Page
1
Iowa forecasts show Saturday fair and cooler with later warming through Sunday and Monday. City court notices list multiple fines for traffic violations including speeding and failure to stop, with amounts ranging from 1 to 106 dollars and costs.
The Linn County Bar honors eight longtime members including a state supreme court justice and four Linn county attorneys at the first memorial service since 1941. Tributes praise Judge Grimm and Judge Haas for steadfast constitutional interpretation and diligent public service.
Prout Furniture at 210 Third Avenue SE has reopened under local briefs. The reopened former showroom signals renewed activity in the downtown area with no additional details provided.
Knights of Columbus recite the Rosary at Kuba funeral home for Mrs. Alvin Phillips at 8 p.m. Friday. Also note Want Ads close at 2 p.m. Saturday for the Sunday Gazette. The Rev. Lyle K. Anderson speaks on Is Your Heart In It at 9:30 a.m. Sunday service at First United Brethren Church Shueyville. Sunday school at 10:30 and Christian Endeavor at 8 p.m. Hanford post carnival party Tuesday 6:30 p.m. at Coliseum Armory. call 9726 to attend.
An 18 year old Brooklyn sailor named Frank Loiaco jumped into two feet of water near the Illinois Central station in Waterloo and broke his neck. He was rescued by a fellow sailor and taken to a Waterloo hospital where doctors report a paralysis below the chest. The incident occurred after a long troop train trip from the west coast.
Hollywood actress Claire Trevor finalized a divorce from former Navy officer Cyles Dunsmoor in superior court. Trevor testified that after his service he failed to seek employment while she continued working, and she retained custody and $50 monthly support for their three year old son. She described a scene when Dunsmoor insulted people in Hollywood.
The United States opened effort for a streamlined international law code suited to the atomic age. Herschel V. Johnson urged studies and recommendations to guide the General Assembly’s Sept 23 session and help the legal committee address postwar tribunals Nazi decrees and UN charter agencies.
Jill Brohm an 18 year old daughter of H D Brohm vice president of Wieboldt stores has been missing since Saturday night after a community street dance. Police report her parents fear she may be harmed and note she would contact them if free. The family lives beside radio maker Paul V Galvin whose wife and maid were murdered by a prowler in October 1942.
Three wills were probated Friday with executors serving without bond. Nellie E. Newell to execute Charles E. Newell’s 1938 will, leaving estate to Nellie and the couple’s two sons Dale and LeMarre. Amil Lawrence’s widow Julia Lawrence and Ralph V. Kula to execute. Mrs. Lawrence to receive all but 150 dollars if she remains widow, otherwise estate to four children on remarriage. Lawrence died July 5. 100 dollars to St Joseph’s church and school Prairieburg and 50 dollars to pastor. Julian L. Northrup died July 29. entire estate to wife Ollie P. Northrup, named executor.
C E Pearson files suit against Clarence J Mower and Marie Mower seeking 600 dollars in commission for arranging Bernard H Port to buy a Merion house and about 24 lots. He says the buyers engaged him April 6 and he produced a buyer July 1 at 12000 dollars sale price, but the Mowers refused to complete the sale.
The Personal Finance company of Cedar Rapids filed suit against Daniel G. Spain Friday seeking $136.72 on a $200 note signed April 16, 1945 and due last April 16. Interest through July 31 is included in the claim.
At his own request Harold Bachman of 422 Second Street NW had his $250 suit against John A Werner Viola M Werner and Mrs H C Werner dismissed in district court Thursday Bachman filed March 14 claiming the amount due on a $650 promissory note dated November 11 1944 payable on demand.
The Iowa department American Legion Auxiliary votes to make Iowa Girls State an annual, permanent event and to establish a memorial fund honoring deceased past presidents of the organization.
Porter urges Cedar Rapids to hire a traffic safety engineer and expand patrols and training in driving education. He cites national benchmarks and warns that downtown parking pressure lowers property values. Increased staffing and systematic accident investigations could raise the city into the upper third of its population group.
Two similar auto accidents occurred within 90 minutes at Fifth avenue and Fifteenth street SE. In both, southbound Fifteenth traffic failed to yield. First crash at 8:40 involved Mrs. John S. Reid and Mrs. Mary Myers with Reid hospitalized for bruises. second at 10:05 involved John E. Bales and Mrs. Anne Goodman with bruised foreheads and right elbow, charges mirrored.
Rio de Janeiro dispatch reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower at a press conference saying another war is not inevitable but liberty-loving nations must maintain defenses until a world organization assumes the duty of keeping the peace.
Robert Litts of route 3 was fined 25 dollars plus costs in police court Friday for speeding. Officers clocked him at 45 mph on Third street from Sixth to Fourth avenues. Two other speeders Crandall Weaver and Robert D. Coover, both on motorcycles, were fined 25 dollars with 10 dollars suspended after court appearance.
Mrs. Marguerite Munden 79 of Cedar Rapids died at 5 30 am Friday in a local hospital after a long illness. She was born August 10 1867 in Clinton. She is survived by two sisters and eight great grandchildren. Her son Dr. R E Munden Linn county coroner died three years ago. Rosary will be recited Sunday at Brady mortuary and services Monday at Immaculate Conception church. Burial in Linwood cemetery.
Mrs Joseph Sgarlata a Cedar Rapids resident for 27 years died at 3 a.m Friday at her home 386 Seventeenth street SE after a long illness. Born November 20 1884 in Milwaukee Wisconsin she married Sept 16 1910 Survived by husband two daughters Carla and Mrs Edward R Dreshler four sisters Miss Elizabeth Feiner Mrs Mayme Anslinger Mrs E Grube and Mrs Walter Clasen and a brother John Feiner Funeral home is Barta Hesser.
Mrs. Frank Allen a Cedar Rapids resident from 1896 to 1934 died at Passavant Hospital Chicago on Thursday. She had lived with her son in Evanston since 1934 and is survived by four daughters and 11 grandchildren. Her husband and a son preceded her in death. Funeral services and burial will be in Evanston.
Funeral services for Mrs Lillian Hart 620 I avenue NW Cedar Rapids resident for 32 years who died in a local hospital Wednesday will be held in Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Saturday Rev H K Galloway will officiate and burial will be in Monticello cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
Robert Joseph Lopour day-old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph F Lopour of Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 2 a m Friday. Survived by parents and grandparents Joseph Lopour Joseph Kos all of Cedar Rapids. Services held at 1 p m Friday in Polansky chapel with Rev Anthony W Chihak. Burial in St Johns cemetery.
Mrs Leo Shirk of route 1 Cedar Rapids died Wednesday. Services set for 2 p m Saturday at Janeba Trachta funeral home conducted by Rev A J Stokes and Praha Rebekah lodge. Burial in Cedar Memorial park. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Government guidance outlines how veterans may claim terminal pay from the Army Navy and Marine Corps with offices in St Louis Washington and Washington DC Applications are available at recruiting offices. Eligible veterans receive pay at their last enlisted grade with a daily subsistence allowance and quarters allowance for certain ranks. Bond maturity is five years from separation with a one year application window.
L J Ronnenberg pled guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 300 dollars plus costs. He paid 50 dollars and costs and may pay the rest in 25 dollar installments each month tenth day. A 60 day license suspension and 90 days jail if default were imposed. The charge stemmed from a collision on C street SW with Claude Hiatt’s car near Sixteenth avenue. Ronnenberg left the scene but was later apprehended at his home.
In St Louis a chair lifted by a gust of wind carried from a third floor window by a pair of slacks caused a fatal accident. The chair struck an aged unidentified pedestrian who died instantly.
U S Senator Claude Pepper told Iowa labor delegates that a temporary armistice in the fight to destroy labor has given unions time to re form. He urged a $0.65 minimum wage, security for workers retiring at 55 or 69, and a three point foreign policy focusing on aid to democracies, trade, and world peace. He urged parity for agriculture and promised to reintroduce his 65 cent minimum wage bill.
Sub regional Veterans Administration offices in Cedar Rapids relocate from the Paramount building to the Smulekoff building at 111 Third Avenue SW next week manager David R. Roberts said. The move aims to accommodate growing workload and staff with plans to expand service points across eastern Iowa.
A woman named Mary Evans and her two children were taken from a train in Cedar Rapids around 4 a.m. Friday at Omaha authorities request. Omaha detective Capt. Howard Walsh said Evans had stolen $200 from a man in Nebraska City. Sgt. Dale Cunningham and patrolmen George Davis and Gene Morey searched the train. Evans was jailed to await arrival of Omaha police.
Lester F. Hickman 33 of Shenandoah was electrocuted while repairing an electric light line in Sidney Iowa on Thursday. He worked for the Shenandoah district. The accident was reported by AP from Sidney.
Parcels to the British zone in Germany, excluding Berlin, may be sent starting Monday. Each parcel must weigh 11 pounds or less and measure 72 inches in length and girth combined. Only one parcel per week per addressee, containing only relief items. Postage is 14 cents per pound.
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