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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1955
Page
2
December weather figures and forecasts including temperatures and precipitation across cities. Notices list numerous funeral services and obituaries for residents of Cedar Rapids and nearby towns with dates, times, and burial locations.
Ray James Langham of 326 Wilson Street SW Cedar Rapids cafe owner and former bowling alley proprietor filed a bankruptcy petition in federal district court. The papers list debts of 13074.18 including 3700 in taxes and assets of 2323.92 with 1750 exempt. Referee John H Mitchell of Fort Dodge is handling the case.
John H Choate president of Choate Equipment Company of Cedar Rapids suffered a deep chin cut in a Sunday night auto crash on highway 122 north of Davenport. Scott county sheriff's office logged the 9 55 pm accident and said the cause was not yet known. Harold R Bell of Tipton, driver of the other car, was uninjured. Choate was taken to Mercy hospital, Davenport, held overnight for observation and expected to return to Cedar Rapids Monday afternoon.
Des Moines Iowa executives and the attorney general agreed to settle a 2036 claim by the University of Iowa hospitals against Irene Brown Cedar Falls for 1500. Brown was severely injured in an automobile accident and spent about four months in 1954 in SUI hospitals. The attorney general's office says Brown appears totally disabled with questions of liability to the state and that the 1500 offer should be accepted.
Officials said service will run on existing schedules and routes during the strike. The settlement gives drivers eight cents an hour retroactive to Oct 1 and two more cents effective Oct 1, 1956, bringing base pay to $1.62 per hour under the new contract through Sept.
Independence deputies foiled a jail break at the Buchanan county jail when Richard Campbell and Myron Lynn started a mattress fire and pulled wires. Both men, held on concealed weapons charges, face arson and destroying public property counts. Campbell is wanted in Silvis on armed robbery and is AWOL from the Army.
Iowa highway safety chief discusses reviewing current speed laws and removing end speed zone signs while pursuing safer limits. He cites five new electric speed detectors and cooperation from trucking firms as progress, and mentions potential an aerial patrol arm next spring to enforce limits.
Moscow radio hinted former Soviet Premier Malenkov has been promoted to first deputy chair man of the council of ministers. The report from London cites the station describing him as first deputy premier.
In Singapore the report that Alfred Hitchcock was missing after an unscheduled Bangkok visit proved false. Hosts said a Dutch airline hostess told them the Hitchcock couple left their flight in Bangkok and disappeared into Southeast Asia, but officials later confirmed no such disappearance occurred.
Former President Harry S. Truman, recovering from an intestinal ailment, made a brief visit to his Kansas City office on Monday after falling ill Friday. The illness was disclosed Sunday.
W A Sheaffer Pen Company will stop enforcing its fair trade pricing and add high volume mass merchandisers to its authorized dealer list while preserving suggested retail prices. The move draws mixed reactions from GE Macy’s Sunbeam and retailers as court action already targets a New Jersey seller for below minimum prices.
A jury was chosen and testimony began Monday in the trial of Tex Longhorse Canyon of Burlington Wisconsin. He faces charges of breaking and entering the Meyers Service station on Twenty second avenue and Sixth street SW last May 28. Police arrested him minutes after the break in was sighted. The defendant allegedly took 698 cents in cash a flashlight and a pack of cigarettes. Jurors named include Shirley Nelson Pauline Smid Ann Maire Mary Blazek Charles Fikers Helen Riker Hollie Casey Bessie Ehrenberger Robert Hackett Clara Koch Samuel Cook and Henry Moore.
A 24 year old Cedar Rapids man Clifford E. Barrett of 706 First Street SW received a 90 day county jail term on larceny from an auto charge. Judge Floyd Philbrick ordered the sentence begin November 25 with release on Christmas Eve and the rest suspended for good behavior. Barrett pled guilty and faced related charges for two accomplices at the same address.
John J. Elarton 22 was ordered to plead by Friday at 10 a.m. after a district court appearance on a larceny of a motor vehicle charge. He was arrested by Cedar Rapids police after driving a truck reported stolen near Union depot. Owner Carl Ruble of 937 Twenty second avenue SW. Elarton admitted taking the truck orally. TheRailsback family executors of Gary Railsback’s estate were named Ida Mae Railsback and Gary Lewis Railsback Jr.
The Skelly Oil Company received a declaratory judgment finding it owes nothing to the creditors of Everett Ford and the Ford Construction Company. Ford Construction started a station for Skelly Oil but did not finish it. Defendants in the suit included Ford Farmer's State Bank of Marion and the U S government.
AFL-CIO leaders say they will not form a separate labor party or seek to capture any party. They insist workers should learn on issues and oppose those who oppose them. Walter Reuther defends continued political action within the two party system and endorsing candidates by issue, not party. He and other top officers are elected vice presidents of the AFL-CIO.
Clerks in the money order section at the Cedar Rapids post office returned to their old window No. 11 in the north end of the lobby after a temporary move to the south lobby near the stamp windows. Officials say the Christmas rush requires using the new money order window for stamps temporarily.
Clyde W. Briles 47 of Ottumwa died early Sunday when his car hit the rear of another vehicle four miles south of Osceola on Highway 137. Briles wife and Mr and Mrs Ralph Wymore of Osceola were injured. Arnold Northrup of Ottumwa escaped injury. Services for Briles will be held at the Baptist church in Ottumwa at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Surviving are his wife Edna three children Richard Robert and Mrs Betty Dudley all of Ottumwa two grandchildren his father A C Briles of Cedar Rapids four brothers Elmer of California Wilby of Texas Albert and Ralph of Cedar Rapids and two sisters Mary Meade of Cedar Rapids and Hazel Behernd of Grand Mound.
Mrs Henry W Hofferd 96 moved from Norway to Cedar Rapids died at her daughter s home after a lingering illness. Born Sept 1 1859 in Iowa County she leaves five sons one California resident and six grandchildren. Anton M Marek 73 of 1018 Second St SE died at Oakdale sanatorium after 13 years illness. He is survived by wife Alma Kurik Marek two sisters and is to be buried in Czech National cemetery after services at Brosh chapel.
Services for Charles N Sumner of 2106 L Street SW will be held at the Janeba funeral home at 2 p m Tuesday. Dr H Hughes Dill of St Pauls Methodist Church will conduct military services at Linwood cemetery with Veterans of Foreign Wars post 788. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Word arrived of the death Friday of Anjanette Cady Leigh a longtime Buchanan schoolteacher until her marriage ten years ago She belonged to the Hesperian club the Wesleyan Service Guild of St Pauls Methodist church and Chapter GM of PEO Funeral services will be held in Amboy Minnesota on Wednesday
A train struck a car at a grade crossing in Greenville on Sunday, killing six people aboard the car. Investigators said the collision occurred as the train passed the crossing, with authorities confirming the fatalities and urging caution at rail crossings.
American Bosch division announces a new gasoline injection system for passenger cars claiming about 10 percent extra peak horsepower and 5 to 15 percent better fuel economy in load performance. For engines designed for the system, output could exceed 25 percent with improved economy.
Mayor Meaghan is sworn in and pushes routine council business including a wage raise to end Cedar Rapids 54 day transit strike. Two applicants for the assistant city attorney post were present: Nick E. Lillies and Gerard J. Glaza, with eight or ten names on the list. Halvorson becomes public improvements commissioner January 3. Meaghan plans to seek reappointment for city attorney Garberson.
Five post offices Cedar Rapids Amana Marion Monticello and Vinton invite applications for a Civil Service exam to create an eligible list for clerks and carriers. The test will be at the Cedar Rapids post office with details to follow after January 5. Starting pay is 70 dollars a week, with potential raises to 2.35 per hour. eligibility requires 18 years of age and local residence.
Clover Farm Stores held its annual Christmas party for Cedar Rapids area personnel at the Roosevelt hotel on Sunday afternoon and evening. About 200 attendees from roughly 650 stores within a 60 mile radius heard master of ceremonies C. J. Rasdal of Nash-Finch Company announce the sponsor’s plans while Frank Osmansky, the Mello-D Men quartet, and Dieman Bennett school dancers provided entertainment.
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