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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1952
Page
2
Cloudy and warm weekend with scattered storms and cooler Monday. Iowa City area highs near 70 to 85, with a northeast wind. Births and deaths noted in multiple towns. births at St Luke's Mercy and other hospitals. Police reports list drunkenness fines and traffic violations. public notices include public sale reminders and cemetery burials in surrounding counties.
A 16 year old Basin Wyoming boy was jailed in Denver and charged with impersonating a federal officer by writing to a widow pretending to be President Harry S Truman. The letter asked for $2000 to aid a Plymouth Michigan veteran with missing limbs, and was mailed after the youth ran out of hitchhiking funds. The case was bound over for trial with possible delinquency charges.
Four indicted in Chicago on charges of kickbacks in the sale of restaurant equipment to post exchanges. Lt Col Charles Lancaster. Barry Lackes. Theodore Spring. Louis Katzman face counts of conspiracy and taking or paying rebates tied to Leitner Equipment sales totaling about 200000 dollars between 1947 and 1949 across 12 states.
Funeral services for Harry W. Platt age 60 of 321 Fourth avenue SW Cedar Rapids will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Rohn chapel conducted by Rev Richard Goins of the Christian church at Marion. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
William H. Abel 45 president of Central National Bank shot himself after accusing Lillian B. Robinson 47 of defrauding the bank of 450000 over four years. Abel failed to appear for questioning. Robinson, president of Ideal Insulators, faced forgery charges. The bank sought receivership amid blackmail claims tied to a former employee.
The 1,589 ton tug USS Sarsi hit a mine off Hungnam North Korea Aug 27 and sank 16 minutes after the blast. Two dead three missing four seriously injured eighty eight survivors, including Lt. William M. Howard. Minesweeper Zeal and destroyer Boyd rescued and aided in operations off Korea.
Gov Adlai Stevenson returned to Springfield from a whirlwind East tour saying he was very much pleased with the vibrant enthusiasm of people he met. He noted strong energy among Democratic organization workers and volunteers. He will rest over the weekend and depart for Detroit on Labor Day.
United Nations Soviet delegate Jacob A. Malik said he is not worried about post UN duties. He will return to Moscow next month and expects to find another job, noting there is no unemployment in his country.
Firefighters auxiliary plans regular meeting at Firehouse No 3 Wednesday at 7 30 p m Vacancy for lady patient at Steele s Nursing Home 2 6995 Adv The Gazette Want Ad Dept open until 9 30 a m Monday Labor Day to take ads for publication in The Big Labor Day Edition Just Dial 2 1121 Adv Money Stolen The theft of 35 dollars reported to police by Darrell Rawson 1134 Sixteenth Street SE from locker at McKinley school during football practice Granddaughter Dies Rosemary Slaughter 12 daughter of Mrs Eugene Newkirk and Robert Slaughter of Tu junga California died at home Survivors include grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Barta 408 K Avenue NW and Mr and Mrs Jesse Slaughter 1120 Ellis Boulevard NW
A 39 year old Cedar Rapids man LeRoy Robert Johnson of 397 Fifteenth Avenue SW was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with lascivious acts on his nine year old daughter. The county attorney filed preliminary information in justice court and Johnson is held in the county jail in lieu of $2,000 bond.
Harold Cleo Henderson of 1210 Third avenue SE was arraigned by Judge Penningroth on a car offense of drunk driving. He faces a 3:45 a.m. arrest at Twelfth street and Third avenue SE. bond set at $1,000. plea deadline is 9 am Tuesday.
Donald Hadsell aged 50 pled guilty in district court to obtaining money by false pretenses. He spent the weekend in Fort Madison penitentiary after Cedar Rapids police said he bought a watch from Boyson's last June on a sales contract and forged his brother's signature. He had been released from prison last February after a prior related sentence.
The Midwest Fruit Company was awarded a $1,000 judgment against Ben Kramer, operator of a motor freight carrier, for failing to deliver a load of produce from Tolleson, Arizona, turned over on June 22, 1951, in Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids lodge No. 304 of the Loyal Order of Moose sues P. J. and D. J. Buch of Buch Sales and Service for 350 dollars in back rent. The petition says the tenants rented 129 Third Street NE, agreeing to pay 100 dollars monthly, with the last payment on June 15, 1952.
Arthur L. Smith, 26, of Marion pled guilty in justice court to petty larceny after being arrested at 11 01 p m Friday. He was fined $50 and costs with $25 suspended by Justice Miles Adams for stealing a 100 pound keg of nails from the Iowa Steel and Iron Works.
The Imperial Chemical Company of Shenandoah sues A G and Janet Thurman of Federal Hybrids Seed Corn Company for 612.36 owed on an overdue account. It seeks the amount plus five percent interest from January 21.
Shirley Mae Cooper filed against Bert Cooper a divorce petition that was dismissed without prejudice Saturday on the plaintiff’s motion.
Don McNeil of Batavia files an accident damage suit in district court claiming his car was damaged by Donald Randolph of Cedar Rapids in Ottumwa on May 26, 1951. The petition seeks $138.07 in damages.
Cheryl Svoboda five of 1523 street SW sustained minor cuts and bruises Friday afternoon in a two car crash on highway 149 about a mile north of Fairfax. She was taken to Mercy hospital for treatment. The sheriff's office said she was thrown from a car driven by her father Leon after his vehicle struck the rear of one driven by Carlyle Strang of 1316 First avenue NW. Strang told officers he had slowed at the signal of a highway worker. The highway is being surfaced in that area.
Coe college professors Gordon H. McNeil and Signi Falk serve as delegates to Phi Beta Kappa’s twenty third Triennial Council. The meeting takes place at the University of Lexington Kentucky September 3 to 6. McNeil on a year’s leave heads the Coe chapter with Elizabeth Windsor acting in his duties while he teaches at Northwestern. Falk serves as Coe chapter secretary.
Four of five gang members were arrested within 12 hours of Officer Harry W. Bending Jr.’s fatal shooting at the Des Plaines Time Finance robbery. Jerry Wyatt 24 admitted planning the crime. Jack McCann 21 Dennis Gessner 22 and Richard Smokey Green 26 were rounded up. Elton Meyers remained sought. Two girlfriends Verna Myran 19 Minneapolis and Carolina Provo 19 Chicago were also seized.
The mayor's plan to cut schedules faces union opposition and a call for council consultation. Andrew and other union officers notified the city council at a special meeting, warning four drivers may lose jobs. The union seeks cooperation from other trades to discourage coworkers from using bus stops, while officials note downtown parking changes may affect service. The city attorney questions whether transit is essential to city life as riders decline.
Gov. John Davis Lodge announces the interim appointment of William A. Purtell to the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Brien McMahon. Purtell, 55, of West Hartford, will serve until next January and had won the Republican nomination to run against Sen. William Benton for a full six year term.
FBI agents arrested Lt. Samuel J. Catalano of Schenectady on a charge of absconding with 10 408 in checks and cash from Scott Air Force Base Belleville Illinois aboard Friday.
The school board grapples with overcrowding at Cleveland school and approves transferring 6 A and 6 B students to other buildings while a long term plan is studied. Parents from several areas oppose leaving the district. The board backs a bond issue to fund new classrooms and adjourns after a lengthy session.
Carl Herried, 70, confessed he shot his incurably ill wife of 50 years at her hospital bed after she allegedly asked him to relieve her suffering. He then attempted suicide, saying the pistol would not fire. doctors and a judge were present during the decision to hospitalize her prior to the shooting.
Stanley Taylor, 27, of Windfield, Illinois, an employee in the Milwaukee Railroad commissary, suffered a severe head injury Friday when a falling refrigerator car door struck him in the railroad yard. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for treatment.
In West Berlin a funeral service for Friedrich Schoenherr drew about several hundred Communists who disrupted the event with anti West Berlin chants. Police arrested about 30 after the crowd refused to disperse and clashes broke out.
DES MOINES Iowa holiday weekend crowds filled the state fairground for the final phase of the 1952 exposition. Attendance so far trails last year by over 10 000 yet officials expect near record totals for the weekend. Friday turnout reached 43908 with total attendance to date 353418 compared with 363552 a year ago.
Enlistment notices announced two local youths on a Cedar Rapids recruitment day. Richard L. Perrin, 19, of Iowa City, joined the Marine Corps and departed for recruit training at San Diego. Louis A. Mertka, 17, of Springville, signed with the Air Force and headed to Parks Air Force Base in California for basic training.
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