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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1945
Page
1
The Daily Record lists Tuesday high and low temperatures with scattered precipitation readings for multiple cities and includes an Iowa Agricultural Forecast with cloudy and warming trends through Thursday and Friday. It also records birth announcements, marriages, and several local legal fines and penalties with names and addresses where provided.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced the shutdown of the entire alcohol-based butadiene operation. Three large plants at Institute West Virginia Kobuta Pennsylvania and Louisville Kentucky will be kept on standby. Other alcohol to butadiene facilities costing about 8.3 million will be removed and styrene operations costing nearly 29.4 million will also be ended.
An advertisement extols Kellogg's All-Bran as a natural food that adds bulk to aid regular elimination without laxatives. It claims the product provides iron calcium phosphorus vitamins and protein from whole wheat bran, promoting health and growth.
The United States and France announce a $550 million credit to finance American purchases approved under lend lease but not contracted when it ended. The Eximbank will supply loans at 2 3/8 percent for 30 years, subject to French assembly ratification. Purchases move through American private trade channels.
Dr Harold Gunderson an extension entomologist at Iowa State College will speak at the Lions Club luncheon Thursday at the Roosevelt hotel. Mrs Luella Smith of 719 Eighth Street SW is confined to University hospital in Iowa City after eye surgery and is reported in fair condition. The Allied League parliamentary procedure class at the YMCA tonight has been canceled due to illness of instructor Willard Elwood.
Members of the Rock Island Women's Club will gather at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Y W C A for a business program preceding a family party.
The Eagle Players directed by Art Adams will charter a bus to Schick General hospital Sunday for a minstrel show at 6 p.m. The event is arranged with the Red Cross camp and hospital committee to entertain patients.
Lance Daily Jr son of Mr and Mrs Lance Daily 810 B avenue NE fractured his leg Tuesday afternoon after slipping on ice near No 3 fire station along B avenue NE between 14th and 15th streets He was transported to St Luke s Hospital by ambulance for treatment.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Coolidge of Owatonna Minnesota arrived Tuesday to attend the revival at Ellis Park Church of God where they once served as co pastors for seven years. Rev Emmett C Arther of Wichita Kansas conducts meetings at 7 30 p m daily with the concluding sermon Sunday morning.
Average Cedar Rapids retail food prices fell about half a percent from mid September to mid October. Fresh fruits and vegetables dropped 1.7 percent and chick ens were 6.6 percent lower. Eggs rose 1.2 percent and fish 3.9 percent.
Secretary of State Byrnes rejects claims the State Department blocked FBI inquiry into an alleged Soviet agent seeking top wartime secrets. He says he never heard of the incident and that no agent was asked not to be investigated or arrested.
Dr. Rothwell D. Proctor of Cedar Rapids rises from commander to captain in the U S naval reserve medical corps. A former eye ear nose and throat specialist with 19 years practice, he served at Corpus Christi and Hawaii, ending as chief of service at Oahu’s naval hospital. He starts terminal leave at his mother’s home and plans to resume his Cedar Rapids practice early next year.
London AP reports Dr Cosmo Lang died at 81 after collapsing at a railway station. He served 13 years as Archbishop of Canterbury and 20 years as Archbishop of York, resigning in 1942. Lang was a stern critic of King Edward VIII and opposed his abdication, famously calling Edward’s actions strange and sad in a radio address after the throne quit.
Descriptions from the bunker depict Hitler’s deteriorating health and erratic conduct as April 1945 paves way for fall. Eva Braun polishes her nails, Bormann clings to his desk, and Hitler rants over a decaying map while planning Wenck’s doomed counterstroke.
Mrs. Clyde Shomler reported a break in at the lunch room on Sixteenth avenue SW with candy bars taken. The Foxhead tavern lost between 10 and 12 dollars from the cash register after a night break in. Mina Hoskins reported a 43 dollar lost purse at Penney's. Jean Hoffman reported a theft of three dollars and a twenty dollar pair of glasses at Club One-Nine Teen last Saturday.
Harvey Long of Illinois told the Iowa Sheriffs Association that reform schools must adapt to tougher inmates and pursue mental hygiene to address delinquency. He emphasized understanding causes behind actions as vital as proving guilt. Assistant Commissioner W A M Kemp, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said frontier days are over and Canadians are law abiding.
Services for E W LaPlant 73 of 2118 Blake Boulevard who died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Tuesday will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Thursday with Rev Blaine Hyten of Kansas City officiating. Entombment follows in the Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs. Elsie Green aged died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home Monday. Services are set for 1 30 p m Thursday in the Moon chapel with Rev Floyd L Hinshaw officiating. Cremation will follow. Friends may call at the chapel.
Services for Mrs Millie Kirk Patrick age likely in 302 Seventh Street NE are planned at Beatty chapel at 3 30 p m Friday with Rev F H Ward and the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary officiating Burial will be in Linwood Friends may call at the chapel
Word arrives of the death Monday of Arthur Neessen of Lake Crystal Minnesota. His widow is Anna Marie Voss a former kindergarten teacher at Hayes school for years.
The navy announced a widened release rule for reserve enlisted personnel 38 years old or older with dependents, counting wives as dependents. About 35,000 are affected, though many already qualify under the point system. The change excludes active regulars and those under medical or disciplinary action.
Walter Wisehart aged 47 of 799 Shaver Road NE was fined $100 and costs by Judge Harry S. Johnson after pleading guilty to reckless driving Following a late Monday accident at First Avenue and First Street West Wisehart failed to stop for a red light and turned into First Avenue striking pedestrians Mrs W E Walker and Mary Lod while another vehicle collision occurred involving Earl Christensen. Police reported Wisehart admitted drinking.
Han na Astrup Larsen, 72, editor and author who promoted American Scandinavian relations, died at her Elmsford home. A Decorah, Iowa native, she had edited The American-Scandinavian Review since 1921 and was decorated by three Scandinavian countries.
The emergency housing committee reported progress in Cedar Rapids as the first precinct found rooms for 15 people and the ninth precinct reported rooms for seven. all were turned over to the Veterans Information and Service center. Co chairman Howard McLaughlin said canvassing continues slowly noting a downtown building with three apartments sold for industrial use and six rooms in a building with rental handling issues. All ninth precinct rooms were available for rent when transferred. The committee remains hopeful for more findings from other precincts.
Gov. Blue appointed Hal Lang Alfred Dement Wayne Raymond and Reuben Hargrove to the Iowa Real Estate Commission. Terms run one to four years starting January 1 and members receive ten dollars per day plus expenses up to fifty days annually. Secretary Wayne Ropes chairs the panel and aims to hold an informal meeting December 17 to map initial plans.
Pe p Robert Schroeder wanted by Cedar Rapids police for stealing a wallet with 370 dollars in checks and currency from Rich a Maine discharged sailor on Nov 19. He was arrested by Chicago police and held for naval authorities after overpowering a guard at Great Lakes and fleeing a work detail. The two men had been in Cedar Rapids at the Maine uncle's home before the incident.
Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and warmer conditions through Thursday in Cedar Rapids with a low around 30 tonight. Temperatures rise into Thursday as clouds linger, while Chambers Inskeep notes a 36 degree afternoon reading, up from 23 Tuesday and 20 Wednesday morning. Davenport and Lamont reported low and high readings nearby, with light flurries noted in Iowa.
Samuel Simon, 34, manager of the J and S meat division of Dubuque Packing, was sentenced to 90 days in the house of correction and fined 2500 dollars for violating OPA ceiling prices. He pled guilty to overcharging retailers 19869.44 dollars. The co-defendant firm was dismissed. Simon takes full responsibility.
Courthouse Concrete Materials and Construction of Cedar Rapids wins a Linn County contract for 21 855 to surface 7.25 miles of secondary roads in Clinton Marion Brown Otter Creek and Monroe districts. The board also to post four bridge warnings and approves a land sale and a cigarette permit. Ruth Bottorff named clerk at 120 per month.
Melvin Wells eighteen of Anamosa pleaded guilty to larceny of property over twenty dollars and was sentenced to one year in the county jail. He was found with a stolen car near Union Station after leaving the depot in Cedar Rapids. Wells and Charles Valght had driven the car for hours and planned to leave it at the depot. Wells may be released after four months on suspension of the remaining term.
The Spring Grove Minnesota live stock exchange appeals a Linn county district court dismissal of its 2878 suit against the Cedar Rapids Iowa Livestock Exchange over a 1942 cattle sale. Dismissal Feb 8 was for failing to file an amendment to the petition, with Cedar Rapids seeking 5000 in countersuit and fees.
The amendment signed by Richard H. Buresh, president, fixes authority levels from ten thousand to fifty thousand dollars. The document outlines the updated spending limits and the signing process for future approvals.
Judge G K Thompson Wednesday dismissed two petitions filed by Handler Motor Co against Gordon Mitchell last July. Dismissal was at the plaintiff request. A lien for withholding tax of 771.43 for January through June against Messinger and Sons and A D Messinger, 1127 Fifth Street NW, was discharged Wednesday. Linn County Attorney William W Crissman is in Des Moines attending a 3 day state convention of county officials.
The Senate on a voice vote approved a 550 million dollar UNRRA appropriation, maintaining a pledge to fund 1.35 billion in UNRRA aid. Sen McKellar argued restrictions on press access belong in a separate measure, not this bill.
Des Moines firms and Teamsters union officials reached agreements to move hundreds of tons of merchandise from strike-bound warehouses. Eligible recipients may pick up items or send company trucks for delivery under stipulation arrangements.
In Atlanta the Young Democrats of Georgia hosted a forum on privileges of citizenship for high school students. The event encouraged questions and participation, including one student asking how to form a Young Republican club.
Dr. Thomas Hunt Morgan a 1933 Nobel prize winner and Caltech biology professor died Tuesday after a brief illness in Pasadena California.
Rob ert E. MacDanel dies in Cedar Rapids on November 16. M rs Christina MacDanel named executrix. Bequests include M ’ s Zion Baptist Church and Bethel AM E Church in Cedar Rapids each receive 50. Gideon Society 100. American Bible Society annuities and bonds 100. Life membership for Robert J. MacDanel and Lorene MacDanel Chehak, and Katherine Mitchell niece 190. Remaining estate to executrix after these distributions.
The policy states that all contributions to the People's Forum must not exceed 400 words and must include the writer's full signature and address for publication.
Richard Stephens of Crawfordsville thanks The Gazette for the agricultural page. He commends Ray Anderson’s successor Rex Conn and the recent series on Conn's trip through the South for informing Iowa farmers about neighbors in other areas.
Washington reports seven more army divisions placed on the inactive list, raising total to 26 since V J day. The 74th Red Bull, 38th Cyclone, and 43rd Winged Victory National Guard divisions are among those inactivated, with others including the 66th Black Panther infantry and several armored units from Europe and the Pacific.
President Eric Johnston announced the appointment of Byron Price as vice president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Price, a former wartime director of censorship, will lead the association's Hollywood office.
Articles of incorporation show Swab Motor company has 50000 capital in common stock. The firm will operate as a garage and sales agency handling motor vehicles and accessories at wholesale and retail. Directors and officers include Oliver J. Swab president treasurer Frances H. Swab vice president both of 1407 Third avenue SE and V E Richtarik secretary of 517 C avenue NW.
An amendment filed Wednesday to be of incorporation changes the corporate name to Buresh Motor Inc. The filing notes an increase in capital stock from the prior amount.
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