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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1952
Page
1
The August 20 1952 issue reports Iowa City in a cool pattern with highs 75 to 84 and partly cloudy skies. It lists pollution pollen counts, traffic court fines, marriage licenses and divorces, and multiple obituaries with brief service details across Cedar Rapids Anamosa Decorah Iowa City and Oelwein with local names and ages.
An 18-year-old University of San Francisco student working a vacation job fell into a 30 foot grain tank at a hop and malt plant. He was buried by 14 tons of wet grain and pulled from the tank after more than an hour as firemen recovered his body. A rubber boot at the bottom outlet signaled the fatal mishap.
Ferne Wright of 717 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids reported a greenish meteor seen about 10 30 p m Monday to The Gazette. He plans to notify Prof C C Wylie of the university astronomy department to gather Iowa observations.
Paul A. Westcott of Mt. Auburn, 36, was listed in fair condition at St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids after a Tuesday truck crash near Belle Plaine. His vehicle struck a bridge abutment, overturned several times, and he was pinned in the cab until rescuers freed him.
Coroner's office continued the inquiry into 25-year-old Arline Maas found dead in her room at 719 First Avenue SW. Landlady Mrs. James Taylor reported the death. contents of Maas's stomach were sent to Iowa City for analysis and sleeping pills were found in the room suggesting possible overdose.
Thomas McMurrin, 21, of 544 H Street SW received 30 days in county jail after arraignment on a petty larceny charge. Police said he snatched a purse containing $19 from Mrs. John DeLay in the 200 block of First Street SE and was identified in a lineup.
Dwight D. Eisenhower plans a 6 p.m. Boise Capitol steps address from Denver, urging Americans to reject both extremes and follow a middle path. He will denounce leftist groups and criticize the current administration for pursuing Brannan farm plan socialized medicine and centralized government.
A 53-year-old Iowa City man, Frank Burnett, nearly scalped after tumbling from the North Western railroad bridge. He landed head first in a rock strewn area and required nearly 100 stitches. Police have not determined how the fall occurred.
Tokyo dispatch reports North Korea condemning Allied air strikes as barbaric. North Korean radio appealed to the world to end bombings and called for the ban on napalm or jellied gasoline, urging UN action.
Harry Subotnik 74 a retired grocer died in Des Moines Sunday after moving from Cedar Rapids about 25 years ago. Survived by his wife, a sister Mrs J Levich of Sioux City, and three brothers Abe of Cedar Rapids Nate of Des Moines and Aaron of Baltimore. Services were held in Des Moines.
Services for Hazel Hannah Anderson wife of Charles V Anderson of 820 N Street SW will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in Turner chapel led by Rev Milo Filipi and Calvin Helming with burial at Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Iraq's 17 year old king Faisal II canceled his schedule of visits and appearances in Chicago due to exhaustion. A State Department officer said the king stayed up late Tuesday after a long Ford plant tour in Detroit and walked extensively. The king and his uncle Prince Abdul Ilah sent their regrets.
Berkeley scientist Dr. Ralph W. Chaney argues continents have remained nearly fixed for about forty million years. His evidence from a round the world trip shows dawn redwood fossils shifting southward due to climate change, not continental drift.
The statement questions whether a queen bee holds real authority in a hive while suggesting she could be responsible for the deaths of vast numbers of bees. It contrasts popular belief with scientific uncertainty about leadership dynamics in bee colonies.
The United Fund of Iowa was added to Cedar Rapids Community Chest campaign goals totaling 11 000. The inclusion was approved at the Public Welfare bureau meeting of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce which administers the Chest. National United Fund goal is 19 451 340 with 78 percent to USO and the rest to defense related agencies.
Dearborn reports a U S silk program at Greenfield Village where 84 000 silkworms devour mulberry leaves for Ford Motor Company. The Hanks mill, moved from Mansfield Conn in 1935, uses antique hand tools and a hidden electric motor to produce silk thread with cocoons yielding 800 to 1 000 yards each, totaling about 28 pounds for the year.
University of Cincinnati historian Dr. Hilmar C. Krueger and Wisconsin researchers examine six centuries after Rome’s fall. They uncover early double entry bookkeeping in Genoa around 1317 and reveal debts of King Louis IV tied to crusades and Genoese bankers who bailed him out. The notes also mention Richard the Lionhearted and traders with India and Cathay after Marco Polo.
Linn county supervisor board grants Ted J. Birdsall indefinite leave from his county auditor post to take an executive job with the Republican headquarters during the campaign for the November 4 election. The leave begins next Monday and runs until election day. The meeting was led by Henry J. Hood and Martin Wiley.
Two itinerants Joseph P. Moreno and Roy V. Finger were held by Linn county authorities for investigation after a fire on a North Western freight car. Moreno, 49, Omaha, admitted drinking bay rum and waking to a canvas ablaze, signaling the crew to stop at De Witt. Finger, 61, Quincy, claimed no knowledge of the blaze.
Three separate account suits were filed Tuesday and Wednesday. Plaintiffs and amounts sought include Goodyear Service Stores versus Glenn and Ruth Rulliman for 156.48 dollars, Empire Crafts Inc of Newark New Jersey versus Rayma J Kellogg now Mrs Donald McLane for 155.39 dollars, and St Luke s Hospital versus Barbara Kettering formerly Barbara McCauley for 283.38 dollars.
Henry A. Reece Tuesday sues Norman Steine for 228.61 over a car collision on April 12, 1952 at Second Avenue and Seventh Street SE. The suit seeks restitution for vehicle damage.
Household Finance Corp. won a judgment of 228.07 dollars in a promissory note suit. Defendants Donald A. Liston and Ruth Liston Russfield did not appear to defend the case.
The will of Albert M. Jayne who died July 27 was admitted to probate on Wednesday. It names his widow Irene as sole heir and executrix without bond.
A 22 year old ex convict Carl Delbert Harris of Rock Falls Illinois admitted in signed statements that he robbed two Clinton businesses Tuesday night. His companion Donald Lee English is charged with armed robbery too. They were captured after the Rialto theater and Hilltop grocery robberies. Harris said he acted alone. English was just riding with him.
In Tehran six U S personnel, including two lieutenant colonels, were attacked as they drove through the city amid renewed clashes between Reds and security forces. Incidents included brick and rock strikes, a cabbage hit, and stone throwing near Stalin street and the Soviet embassy. Martial law reimposed after riots, with police and soldiers stabbed during clashes with Communist youths.
Jackson prison houses over 6 000 inmates in a single walled facility. Two unarmed guards guard each cell block, facing possible hostage situations and a $1 000 000 riot in April. Guards rely on psychology and fairness, not lies or friendship, to manage lifers and overcrowding.
Severe weather leaving shattered crops and damaged barns spanned Manchester to Cedar Rapids. Cattle losses valued around $15,000. 80 acres of crops ruined. lightning and hail destroyed barns and an oats mill. telecommunication lines down. residents assisted as roofs and doors failed under high winds.
President Truman ordered the internal revenue bureau to make public for inspection tax cases settled for less than the government's claimed amount. The openness applies to the basic elements of the original return and the compromise figures, while personal tax returns remain private.
Cedar Rapids measured a tenth inch of precipitation as a cold front from central Canada pushed storms eastward across Iowa. At 2 30 p m the temperature was 77 degrees after a high of 85 Tuesday and an overnight low of 67. Highs across the state Wednesday were expected near 81 to 91 with Thursday plans for 75 to 84 as the front moves in.
Rural teachers in Linn County will convene Friday from 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the courthouse with eight speakers including Margaret Bernsdorf, Marian Van Fossen, Philip Shive, Ralph Dewey, LeRoy Peterson, Evelyn Zebanek, and Walter A. Shupp presiding.
France plans to license the Inter Agra Export-Import Company to trade with Communist China for 2 billion francs in goods, as the first installment of an expected 8 billion-franc accord. The deal excludes strategic materials per UN embargo and allows other French firms later. China offers tea silk anise sausage casings in exchange for French manufactured goods drugs and fertilizers.
In justice court, James Chase, 20, was found guilty of assault and battery and received a 30 day sentence suspended on good behavior. Robert Berends, 19, was found innocent. Both were accused of attacking another man on Saturday night in Cedar Rapids.
Palo area couple, Mr and Mrs William Hootman, were slightly injured when their car lost control while passing a truck on highway 74 about a mile west of Palo. The vehicle struck a farm lane abutment and rolled into a cornfield before being taken to Vinton hospital.
Leo Etheridge, 33, inherits his mother’s $250,000 furniture business yet plans to stay as a salaried employee for about three years. He says the goal is to learn the operation first and then take over the enterprise.
Some scientists envision the world as three peninsulas radiating from a central Asiatic landmass: the Americas, Europe and Africa, and a third “drowned peninsula” of islands ending in Australia.
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