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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1952
Page
13
Daily Record weather summary reports cool turn and scattered rain around the Midwest with highs in the 40s. A district list includes divorce petitions and multiple arrest fines plus several obituaries and death notices from Elkader Oelwein Waverly Elgin Lisbon and Omaha, with births and new arrivals noted in local hospitals.
Fire Chief E. P. Kohout urged adherence to the city fire code section on holiday decorations. He warned against untreated cotton batting straw dry vines leaves and similar flammable materials in public venues and noted light bulb adornments must not be wrapped in paper or other combustibles. He said materials can be used if flameproofed with an approved treatment mix of borax boric acid and water.
James L. Wright 67 longtime Buffalo Evening News chief Washington correspondent died after a long illness. He covered the capital for over 40 years reporting on presidents from Taft to Truman and once accompanied Coolidge in 1927. Survived by widow Marie two sons two brothers and a sister. Funeral planned for Tuesday in Washington.
An aeronautical division of Minneapolis Honeywell says it has built an automatic fighter jet pilot the Ell that can control flight and steer toward a target. Robert Kutzler cites radar and fire control hookup for an automatic attack while noting human oversight remains possible but vulnerable to error. The unit is prepared for installation on the RB 66 twin jet bomber for the Air Force.
The Cedar Rapids area lists a YMB Social Committee meeting at Brute Walker home 327 Fourteenth Street SE at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday. Keith Gardner of 33 F avenue NW fined 25 dollars for drunkenness and disturbing the peace after arrest at Sammy's tavern. Other items note YMB dinner plans, 1953 council meetings, a funeral attendance in Centralia for Elizabeth Edmonds, Dr. A W Navratil ad, Speakers Bureau talk on Southern Speech at Montrose hotel, and John Allen of Iowa State College named music recognition award winner.
Bertha Stark elected worthy matron of the OES in Traer with a full slate of officers listed. Monona reports Michael Geraghty injured at Rogness sawmill and Clarence Nevermann breaking a leg en route to school bus duty. Union City township fire at Armin Luettchen farm destroys granary and workshop with 1500 bushels grain, 350 bushels corn, tools, and nets lost. Postville decorates streets for Christmas with evergreens and lights. Marian De Witt elected worthy matron of the CBS with officers named. Delta notes Homer Rohloff named worshipful master of the Masonic lodge with a full slate.
Britain’s coronation committee lifted its ban on televising the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2. The committee re viewed the issue after protests from ITV owners and others and approved extending TV coverage to parts of the service.
The Civic bureau of Nominations asks for nominations for the annual Distinguished Civic Service Award to be presented at the Chamber of Commerce meeting early next January. Nominations must be filed by December 15 at the Chamber office.
Washington. Labor Secretary Tobin urged labor to close ranks against its enemies as Republicans loom, while Adlai Stevenson told the CIO that a Republican administration could still serve labor’s interests. The piece also reports multiple obituaries from Cedar Rapids, naming Karel V lodge members and local families.
The piece notes how Roosevelt built a class struggle base and attacked enemies in campaign rhetoric. It contrasts F D R and Truman with a new tone as Stevenson changes strategy after an election where two decades of tactics failed to repeat, signaling a realignment in political messaging and methods.
John B. Robinson a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and Universal Engineering Corp employee died at Cedar Rapids hospital at 10 30 a m Monday after a brief illness His body is at Turner mortuary with funeral arrangements to be announced.
Vice President elect Nixon said Taft is a team player and will work smoothly with the new administration. Nixon spoke after returning from Mexico City where he represented Eisenhower at inauguration ceremonies for Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.
In Manchester the Community Congregational church raised its next year’s budget in under three hours as 46 men split into two teams and collected pledges totaling 327 dollars above the annual amount. Pastor Rev. David Davids rang the church bell at 8 p.m. to mark 100 percent success and the volunteers were hosted to lunch afterward.
Washington reports a House subcommittee plan to tighten federal housing rules including warranties and bonds in new home contracts. Builders oppose warranties and bonds, while advocates push stricter site inspections, tougher codes, quicker owner complaint handling, and better standards.
The Wednesday night Cedar Rapids Institute of Radio Engineers meeting is canceled because speaker Frank McIntosh of Washington DC cannot attend. The next section meeting is set for December 17.
The Iowa Council of Family Relations named Dr. L. C. Murray of Des Moines president and Dr. Glen Hawkes of Ames executive secretary. Also elected were Paul Seydel of Maquoketa as vice-president Prof. Lydia Swanson of Ames as vice-president Mrs Wilma Mumford of Council Bluffs as vice-president and Miss Clive Holliday of Cedar Falls as recording secretary.
One man fined and two others given suspended sentences after guilty pleas to criminal charges. Harvey Wiltsey 50 of 31114 Fifth avenue SE paid 100 dollars and costs for lascivious acts with a child with 200 down and 50 monthly. William Nikitopoulos 72 received a three month suspended sentence after voluntary commitment to Linn county home as an aged indigent. Earl Fenstrom 41 of Chicago received a suspended seven year term for a false check charge with restitution and payment of outstanding bills required.
Cedar Rapids police filed drunk driving charges Monday against Fred William Krall 65 of 512 McKinley street SE and Samuel W Clark 38 of 2908 Madison street NE Krall arrested shortly after midnight after a collision at First street and Second avenue SW he allegedly tried to leave the scene and was released later on $500 bond Clark was nabbed around 2 am Sunday by Highway Patrolman James Gildroy after an Alburnett area crash involving Howard and Harold Stevenson Harlan Hite and Darwin Paul he was held at St Luke a hospital
The United Fire and Casualty Company is ruled liable for damages in a Vern Remy motor vehicle accident from August 1950. Remy sued for 79 000 in the U S district court at Waterloo and the Linn county entry reversed Judge Heiserman. Court actions dismissed include Edward Dahms vs Marie Anderson and Frank Cerven y and Daisy Osborn vs Frank Yordhues.
Safety Unit requests rights to produce own ammunition in Des Moines. Iowa Department of Public Safety says current annual spend for ammo is 11 000 dollars and with 14 200 dollars in equipment it could boost target practice within the same budget. Governor Beardsley prompts council to study the proposal. council also approves Grundy Center liquor store lease at 90 dollars per month, five dollars higher than before.
Enlistment of two Eastern Iowa men for service with the air force was reported Monday by the army and air force recruiting station in Cedar Rapids. Both will take their training at Parks air force base in California. They are Leo E. Stepanek, 19, of Cedar Rapids route 2, and Daryl D. Dvorak, of Belle Plaine.
Five air force officers were killed when a blaze tore through a two story frame barracks at Rapid City air force base. Six others were burned and one broke an ankle leaping from a second story window.
A Columbia University optometrist, Dr. William Fein bloom, developed a clear image lens aimed at aiding nearly blind persons to watch television and perform daily tasks without assistance, marking a potential improvement over earlier devices.
A Waukon ambulance driven by D C Gilbert was damaged when it ran a red light with siren on and was struck on the side by Dana Sherwood at First Street and Eighth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids. Gilbert was en route to Iowa City with a patient and no injuries were reported. It was the second such emergency-vehicle crash in Cedar Rapids in two weeks.
The Cedar Rapids city council granted the Seventh Day Adventist church permission to solicit free will offerings door to door and play Christmas carols on a sound track. Rev. T Nickum said offerings would fund welfare work and promised the system would not become a public nuisance.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced a loan of 65,090 dollars to George J. Bucell of Calmar Iowa a poultryman who sells 35 percent of his eggs to the army. He plans to pay off existing RFC debt and increase working capital.
Thumper the rabbit escaped after three days trapped under a porch vent in Des Moines. Mrs Faye Rinard and her father hammered a hole in the brick to free the rabbit who then bolted away, much to her relief and neighbors’ astonishment.
DES MOINES INS Gov Beardsley did not demand firing but inquiry at budget hearings noted. Grant Cunningham confirmed Eleda Ellingson resigned last Friday and was not at work Monday. Other council members declined to comment. Ellingson served as the council bookkeeper.
The Gazette clarified that Robert Benish of 515 Eighth Avenue SE did not have a gun taken directly from him. Police say the loaded shotgun came from his apartment kitchen as officers struggled with him and his wife removed the ammunition clip.
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