Truman Heads off Lockstep in Price Control Bill
Senate sponsors welcomed President Truman's help as they battle more than 50 amendments to the price control bill. Maybank said the President's letter would aid defeating crippling riders and predicted passage without major restrictions. The President warned that wage and price powers could be narrowed by numerous provisos and noted floor amendments favoring certain industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
Maybank
D-S.c
Senate Banking Committee
Barkley
Congress
Weather and court notes from Tipton area update
Minnesota and Iowa weather summary with highs and lows, precipitation, and wind at noon. Court records list intoxication sentences, fines for disturbing the peace, and traffic violations along with local obituaries for Tipton and Waukon residents.
Two Cedar Rapids Photographers Displayed in National Exhibit
Two Cedar Rapids photographers had work accepted for a national loan collection of the Photographers' Association of America. Wes Panek and Lyle S. Wessale were chosen from 40 000 entries amid 916 prints by 459 photographers from 43 states DC and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Photographers’ Association of America
Wes Panek
Mt. Vernon Road
Cherie
Lyle S. Wessale
Vernon Drive
Photographers’ Association
Chicago
States
District of Columbia
Canada
Panek and Wessale
Edgar A. Guest Poet of the People
A reflective note from Edgar A. Guest remarks on family quarrels and advice from a father about staying out of others disputes. He cautions that meddling leads to conflict and torn tables, urging focus on one’s own affairs to avoid trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Three Auto Crashes Leave Five People Hurt
Friday night three accidents caused minor injuries to five people. Carl Kirwin and Alice Kirwin and Mrs. Walter Musker were treated at St Luke's after a 6 p.m. collision at C avenue and Fifteenth street NE. Kirwin faced a license charge. William Musker was charged with failing to yield. A later 7 p.m. crash at E avenue and Center Point road NE injured Mrs. Bessie Stoll. Orville Healless was charged for reckless control and paid a $5 fine. At 11:45 p.m. William Hesse was treated at St Luke's after an accident caused by Thomas Kent who was convicted for running a red light and fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Alice Kirwin
Firsh Avenue
Walter Musker
C Avenue NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
C Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Kirwin
William W. Musker
E Avenue
Center Point Road
Bessie Stoll
Norman P. Stoll
Thirty-fourth Street
Orville D. Healless
Thirteenth Street
William of Chyle
Madison Street
Healless
William Hesse
Thirty-sixth Avenue
Thomas L. Kent
First Avenue E
Kent
Allied Push In Korean War Focuses On Kumhwa Breakthrough
Forces in the Naktong bulge near Changnyong press toward Kumhwa as U S and South Korean troops push back Red forces. The 27th Regiment rushed in to reinforce, aiding a counterattack that knocked out several Red tanks and widened the Allied advance. Around 2200 enemy casualties were reported for a single day along the perimeter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naktong
Changnyong
Taegu
Kumwha
U.S
John H. Michaelis
Waegwan
MacArthur
Harold Graves Seriously Injured in Ohio Crash
Harold Graves of Independence Ohio, former Cedar Rapids resident, remained in serious condition at his home Saturday from injuries suffered August 10 in an automobile accident between Cadiz and Cleveland. Ten persons were reportedly hurt. Graves faced multiple pelvis fractures, shock and internal injuries. He is the son in law of Mrs E W LaPlant of Cedar Rapids and his wife is Fern LaPlant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Graves
Independence
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Cadiz
Cleveland
Graves
E. W. LaPlant
Fern LaPlant
Propellers Seen as Orchard Saving Weather Aid
In Maryland a spring cold spell threatened fruit crops but trucks with mounted propellers heated the air 50 to 100 feet above the ground. Tests indicate a seven to eight degree rise in orchard temperatures, though officials caution that proof requires more study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
George Brancato
U. S. Weather Bureau
Brancato
Row over Money Ends in Romance
A $40 theft case in Miami was dropped after the prosecuting witness revealed she had married the defendant. Eugene Adkins confessed he married Lily McCoy after her arrest, and said their romance began from her attempts to recover the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Eugene Adkins
Lily McCoy
Ben Willard
Adkins
Miss McCoy
Cat and mouse share meal in back room display
In Chillicothe Missouri Jim Amick, a produce store operator, bought a cat after noticing mice in the shop. He looked into the back room to check on the situation and found the cat sharing her plate of food with a mouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe, Mo
Jim Amick
Widow Survives on 27 Dollar Civil War Pension in Peru
The 99-year-old widow of diplomat La Pointe, once American consul in Peru, lives on about 27 dollars a month. A favorable exchange rate lets her income stretch, and her family notes she helps relatives. La Pointe, Boston native, earned fame for raising the American flag in Peru in 1879, earning public gratitude and a street name plus a monument.
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Memphis, Tenn
la Pointe
Peru
Oswaldo Tudela
Lima
la Ponte
Boston
Chile
Tudela
Thief Is Honest When It Suits Him
Santa Fe New Mexico state comptroller Jim Hannah finds humor in a missing gas cap incident. He bought a replacement then discovers an old cap with a note from an honest thief explaining the mix up and returning the cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
Jim Hannah
State ‘Comptroller
Two men accused in $5 bill come on in Niles
Police say Leslie J. DePry and Gene Belknap, both 20, posed as furniture salesmen to lure women with offers of five dollar bills. They convinced authorities the ruse was to start their sales patter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles, Mich
Leslie J. DePry
Gene Belknap
Regional Park Officials and C R Meeting Conclude Conference
Cedar Rapids hosts the Mid-Continent Regional Parks and Recreation Conference with about 125 delegates from eight states and Canada. Officials voted to set up a training institute at a university, tentatively Minnesota, for 1952, with Winnipeg chairing the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Upper Midwest
Mid-Continent
Walter Roy
Chicago Park District
Canada
University of Minnesota
Charles L. Barbour
Winnipeg
Felix K. Chainin
Minneapolis
Ernest Johnson
St. Paul
Faribault, Minn
Heirens Writes Life Story From Prison
William Heirens, 21, imprisoned on multiple life terms for murder and robberies, begins writing a diary style life story at Menard. He is housed in the psychiatric division and says he studies mathematics and engineering in cell at night while remaining hopeful for a possible break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menard
Stateville
Joliet
Heirens
Ex-Union Leader Said to Await 15,000 Back Pensions
Chicago report notes Michael Donnelly, former AFL Meat Cutters president, last seen six years ago in San Francisco. Patrick Gorman says Donnelly, now in his 70s, led the union 1898 1905. a 1904 strike and a 1905 1916 absence followed. Back pension of 15000 plus 3000 yearly for life proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AFL
Michael Donnelly
Patrick E. Gorman
Donnelly
San Francisco
Gorman
Fort Worth
Texas
Deaths Mrs Henry Haegg Dies at 57 in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Henry E Haegg aged 57 of 1746 First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids died at home Friday night after a brief illness. Survived by husband, daughter Norma Lou and son Henry Haegg Jr both at home, four sisters and a brother. Born February 24 1893 in Plymouth she trained as a nurse and served in World War I. Funeral Tuesday at 2 in Turner chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery.
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Henry E. Haegg
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Norma Lou
Henry Haegg, Jr
Robert McClintock
Mason City
Delbert Pryor
Slayton
Minn
Thomas Cummiskey
Currie
John Harry
American Legion Auxiliary
Linn County
King’s Daughters
Turner Chapel
Marvin B. Kober
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Willard N. McPherson Rites Planned in Cedar Rapids
Willard N McPherson 58 of Cedar Rapids died suddenly in a local hospital at 815 p m Friday He was born December 25 1899 in Birmingham Iowa and had lived in Cedar Rapids 24 years Surviving include his wife Edna four children two daughters two sons two sisters and two brothers Funeral services set for 5 p m Monday at Turner chapel with Rev Frederick Haag officiating Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard N. McPherson
L Street
Cedar Rapids and Marion Street Car Company
Cedar Rapids
Mr. McPherson
Birmingham
Edna
Joseph Zitek, Jr
George J. Oujiin
Frank
Robert McPherson
Velma McPherson
Mabel McPherson
Fairfield
Roy
Denver
Ernest
Colorado Springs
Turner Chapel
Frederick Haag
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral for Otto Kucera in Monticello
Otto R. Kucera 37 of Monti cello and former Cedar Rapids resident died Friday evening in a Monticello hospital. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Congressional Christian church Monticello. Burial at Bohemian National cemetery Cedar Rapids. He is survived by wife Lucille, mother Emma Kucera 809 Tenth Street SE Cedar Rapids, and sisters Mrs. W J McKenna St Louis and Mrs. Ben McGlashing Cedar Rapids. Body at Goettsch funeral home Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto R. Kucera
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Congressional Christian Church
Bohemian National Cemetery
Kucera
Lucille
Emma Kucera
Tenth Street
W. J. McKenna
St. Louis
Ben McGlashi
Rosemead man Charles Cerny dies. Cedar Rapids ties noted
Charles W. Cerny, 58, of Rosemead California and a former Cedar Rapids resident, died Friday morning at home. Funeral arrangements are pending. He is survived by wife Bess, daughter Evelyn of Rosemead, sisters Mary Piedlu and Lillian Coats of Cedar Rapids, and brothers W. C. of Los Angeles and Edward of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Cerny
Rosemead
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Cerny
Bess
Evelyn
Mary Piedlu
Lillian Coats
W. C
Los Angeles
Edward
Rivers Shift Mark Site of Lewis and Clark Camp
At Alton Illinois the Mississippi has moved about a mile east and the Missouri more than a mile south since 1804. Madison County Historical Society mapped the Lewis and Clark expedition camp location for their Westbound exploration, finding the camp now about three quarters across the Mississippi from the east bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Ill
Madison County Historical Society
Colorful Five Color Rug Pattern 670 Ad
Readers are urged to mail 20 cents for crochet pattern number 670 to Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. This attractive rug uses leftover yarn in a crescent slipper stitch and single crochet. Rug measures 24 by 31 inches and mailing address is listed with payment and name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Dept
P.O
Chicago
Til
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Lll
Flying Club to Open Building Tonight in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Flying Club prepares to open its Hunterfield facility with a public open house tonight. Rear parking is available and all area flyers are invited, including nonmembers, with Dysart's at 1515 1st Ave East as a nearby landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flying Club
Cedar Rapids
Hunterfield
Dysart’s
1St Ave
Cedar Rapids residents cited for helping at two crashes
Cedar Rapids man and woman Eloise Plummer and Clifford Jansen were cited by the Iowa Department of Public Safety for aiding at two highway accidents. Plummer provided first aid at a July 26 crash near the city, while Jansen transported injured to a hospital after a July 15 accident near Keystone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Eloise Plummer
Clifford Jansen
Plummer
Jansen
Keystone
Frank Peruzzi
Denison
Two More Polio Cases Reported in Cedar Rapids
The wife of a man hospitalized with polio is among two new patients listed Saturday in Cedar Rapids. The year’s fourth family cluster raises the city total to 67 for 1950. Mrs John Griffiden, 34, of 4420 Bowling Street SW, is hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Her husband, 40, is at University hospital Iowa City. The second new case, Mrs Robert Hendryx, 29, of 801 Twelfth Street NE, is at Mercy and later Iowa City with partial paralysis. Previous two-member family clusters include a mother and 10-year-old son, a young brother and sister, and a mother and infant daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercy
John Griffiden
Bowling Street
University’ Hospital
Iowa City
Robert C. Hendryx
Twelfth Street
Mercy Hospital
Movement of Wounded Sped by New Vehicle
Wounded servicemen from Korea are to be moved faster at Fairfield Suisun Base California as crews from the Fifth and Ninth maintenance squadrons converted a 40 foot flatbed trailer into an ambulance like vehicle. The improvised ambulance carries 30 patients per trip from planes to the base hospital and is built in seven days of around the clock work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield-Suisun
Calif
Korea
Strike Pact Reached in New York World Telegram Tie Up
The CIO American Newspaper Guild and New York World-Telegram and Sun tentatively settled a two month strike after a 15 hour all-night bargaining session with federal mediators. Guild delegates will recommend the settlement but terms await membership vote Tuesday night by about 400 strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
CIO American
Guild
New York World-Telegram
Sun
Capitol Phoenix Lacks Cornerstone Among Public Buildings
The Arizona state capitol in Phoenix is noted as one of the few public buildings in the United States without a cornerstone. The comment highlights unique architectural detail of the historic structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona State Capitol
Phoenix
4-H Baby Beeves Average $31.10 at Hawkeye Downs
Forty-five 4-H calf buyers and farmers attended the Hawkeye Downs sale after the county achievement show. The grand champion Angus shown by Jim My Trachta of Marion sold for $40.50 per hundred and earned $374.62 on a 925 pound calf. Reserve grand champion Hereford shown by David Dohnalek of Cedar Rapids sold to Bath Packing for $33.50 per hundred, 1,045 pounds bringing $350.07. Purchasers included Wilson and Company Rath Packing Company Killian Company Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission Co Meats etc. The sale was organized by Linn County 4-H with staff from Peoples Bank and Trust Company and Iowa Live stock Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Downs
Jimmy Trachta
Marion
David Dohnalek
Cedar Rapids
Bath Packing Company
Wilson and Company
Rath Packing Company
Killian Company
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission Company
Mechanicsville
Frozen Foods
Schmid Implement Company
Springville
Happel and Sons, Inc
Me Too Store
Marion Me Too
Witwer Grocer Company
Jack Yager
Harmony Cafeteria
Rees and Schwitters
Farmers Elevator
Vondracek
First and Savings Bank
First Trust and Savings Bank
Iowa Tractor and Machinery Company
Linn Co-op Oil Company
Sixteenth Avenue
Jack Gill
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Birmingham Cattle Company
Quaker Oats Offers Wage Increase to FTAW Local 110
Quaker Oats and local 110 of the Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers union discussed new wage terms. The company offered 7 to 13 cents an hour increases retroactive to May 29, 1950, plus a 7 cent base raise and specific job-class increases. A wage reopening after June 22, 1951 was proposed. Union talks shifted from 16 to 13 cents an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Oats Company
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers Union
G. K. Davis
Quaker Oats
Woman Found Dead in Home by Own Action
Mrs. Ernest Krause, 59, was found dead in her basement at 1632 Ellis boulevard NW. Linn County Coroner Robert Brosh ruled death by own action by hanging, noting despondency over ill health. The death occurred after 3:30 p.m. Friday. husband discovered the body Saturday morning. Beatty mortuary handling funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Krause
Ellis Boulevard
Linn County
Robert Brosh
Krause
Municipal Airport
Beatty Mortuary
Continuance Granted Landry on Crash Count
Virgil Landry of 3255 Vine Avenue SE was granted a continuance on a charge of failing to keep a City Lines bus under control. Judge William Matias set Thursday 9 a.m. to enter a plea. Landry drove a bus that collided with a car driven by Mrs. Robert Earl of Stanwood, injuring her back and chest and sending her to Mercy hospital, where she was reported in good condition Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Landry
Vine Avenue
City Lines
William Matias
Landry
Robert Earl
Stanwood
Mercy Hospital
Reservist Call Would Strip Four Churches
Four area churches could lose their pastor if Rev. Martin Werfelman, an army reservist with a lieutenant’s infantry commission, is called to active service. He serves Redeemer Lutheran in Dickinson and Grassy Butte, St. Paul’s Lutheran in Belfield, and the Medora Lutheran Church. He faces a physical exam in Fargo Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson
N. D
Martin Werfelman
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Grassy Butte
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Belfield
Medora
Fargo
Wellington Koo Meets U S Chiefs in Tokyo
Chinese Nationalist ambassador Wellington Koo arrived in Tokyo from Taipei and met with General Douglas MacArthur and Vice Admiral Charles T. Joy, commander of the U S Far East naval force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
INS
Wellington Koo
United States
Taipei
Formosa
Douglas MacArthur
Charles T. Joy
U. S. Far East
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Bill Whittling
Daily Record
Bismarck
Chicatto
New Orleans
Duluth
City
Iowa
Cc. R. Weather
Binh Pisa
Municipal
C.R
Linn County Medical Society
Davenport
Belle Avenue
Second Street
Superior Court
William L. Rimmer
Seventh Street
Jacob Girton
Racine
Wis
Ivan E. Parson
Oscar Yarbrough
Florence
Ala
Donald Betts
A Avenue
Merlin Groat
Sixth Avenue
James D. Myers
Taft Hotel
Doris M. Simmon
Third Avenue
Perry Tingler
Fourth Street
Victor Henderson
Central City
Arthur Steinke
George Rompet
Lisbon
Bill John Lattner
Cottage Grove Avenue
St. Luke’s
Robert T. Werning
Avenue
Ivan Dunn
Center Point
First Avenue NE
P. J. Paulson
Park Avenue SE
W. N. Blood
Reed L. Cooper
Nineteenth Street
Helen Abdo
Memorial Drive
Marvin R. Murray
Sixteenth Street
A. H. Simminds
Fifth Avenue
Wayne Haughenburg
Amana
Angelo Barbiebi
Garwin
U. S. Construction Company
Tipton
Mary Ellen Straub
Sheets Funeral Home
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Waukon
William Reynolds
Paris
Ray Forsberg
Waterloo
Clyde Parker
Ken Hastie
The
Young Men’s Bureau
Richard W. Brooks
C. H. McCloy
University of Iowa
Alice Whipple
Des Moines
Parks
Chairin
Henry Hennings
William van Hook
Rochester
William Volz
Richard C. Jones
Nevin Nichols
Henry Haegg
Gaure Wheeler
U. S
John Paul Smith
Cuba
Marvin Happel
Johnson Avenue
Polio Insurance
Ray Moore Agency
Adv
Christ
Fleur de Lys
Bethel A. M. E
Hugh White, Jr
H. W. White
Meadowbrook Drive
City Cab
Dial
C.R. Man
Downs
Quaker
FTAW
Lapes
John B. Turner & Son
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