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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1952
Page
1
Daily Record weather and local notices recount temperatures across cities, precipitation, and five day outlook. Includes police actions, court sentences, and obituaries from Iowa towns such as Fort, Oelwein, Monticello, and Waubeek with names like Bailey Taylor and LeRoy Wagner. church services and graves.
Dr. O B Jesness of the University of Minnesota told the American Farm Bureau Federation that farmers should not depend on farm price supports to sustain national prosperity. He urged focusing on overall economic health and productivity rather than subsidy and government guarantees. He warned against complacency and stressed responsibility to contribute to national income.
Hazel Todd reports a billfold containing 38 dollars stolen from her purse left in a restroom at the Allison hotel. The purse was turned in at the desk, but the billfold was missing.
A one day ticket sale drive for the Ten Outstanding Young Men banquet in Cedar Rapids January 17 will be conducted Wednesday by teams of the Young Men's bureau and Civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Tickets at 15 dollars may be ordered at the Chamber of Commerce office. Ticket sale chairmen are Dick Fetzer and Les Buse with captains for YMB and Civic bureau listed.
John Ely Jr was elected treasurer of the Linn County Democratic Central Committee Monday night. He succeeds Frank Cravens who resigned the post last week, according to Committee Chairman R E Birkicht.
President Eric Johnston of the Motion Picture Association of America urged creation of an international economic general staff in the United States to boost the Free World’s economic might. He said the effort should mobilize the best brains to raise living standards and foster global growth alongside arms spending.
The CIO Shipbuilding Workers urged President Truman to abolish wage controls immediately so they can negotiate a raise before Christmas. In a telegram, they said Bethlehem Steel’s contract, a bellwether for the industry, has sat with the Wage Stabilization Board since September without action.
Berlin authorities say three American servicemen may be held as hostages or for a Soviet soldier seeking asylum in the U S sector. The men Lt Horace Sincere Homestead Fla Pvt Raymond Michalowski Perth Amboy N J and Pvt Lieutenant Night Los Angeles have remained beyond usual detention time.
London reports Cmdr C H Lightoller aged 78 the only surviving officer of the Titanic which sank in 1912 with the loss of more than 1500 lives died Monday in London.
Judge M C Hamiel awards Charlotte Lillie 5269 80 against Helen Sellers and Thomas J Hunter for injuries from a March 18 1950 highway collision in Linn County The ruling covers concussion cuts bruises car damage and lost work The accident involved a car driven by Lillie colliding with a truck operated by Hunter and owned by Sellers
Duane E. Rethmeier 22 of 1673 Eighth Street NW was ordered to plead by 9 a.m. Saturday to a larceny charge before Judge Charles Penningroth. An attorney was appointed. He allegedly stole a box containing between 85 and 90 dollars last Friday from Dale Sylvester, a housemate. Bond set at 1500 dollars.
The Cedar Rapids Red Cross urges remaining industries to complete their blood donation pledges ahead of the bloodmobile visits on January 12 13 and 14. About 900 donors are needed per trip and the public is asked to call 3 2673 to pledge.
Robert E. Taylor, 31, of 1607 Fifth Avenue SE, was free on $1,000 bond on a charge of false uttering of a check. He waived to the grand jury on the charge before Justice of the Peace Charles Benesh. Taylor is accused of writing a false $600 check on November 14 to pay for a car.
Four account suits filed Monday and Tuesday list plaintiffs defendants and amounts sought. A B Lake versus John D Whitman and Mabel Whitman for 180.40. Lim back Lumber Company versus Raymond J Driscoll for 221.13. A B Lake versus Richard Perkins and Peggy Perkins for 136.88. Mercy Hospital versus James and Mabel Phelan for 116, with Mercy Hospital seeking an additional 275.47 against Phelan alone.
Four judgments issued over two days list only the plaintiffs, defendants and sums: A W Peterson Inc vs Fred A Ehlis 120 dollars Limback Lumber Co vs Walter Wilson 422 89 H L Miller vs Eugene H and Carol McCullogh 182 32 and H L Miller vs Albert and Iven Haynes 135 45.
J. W. Pirie filed suit to remove Mr. and Mrs. Willard Clary from a house on property Pirie leases. He alleges the Clarys were given notice to vacate but refused to leave.
Two account suits were dismissed Tuesday by the plaintiffs. They were St. Luke's hospital vs. Charles and Ethel Boxwell and F. Agee vs. Ernest and Marion Ula.
ANAMOSA AP Jack Masterson 25 Des Moines convicted of attempted manslaughter for cathedral stabbing of his former girlfriend Theresa OConnor 25. He has been transferred from the reformatory to the State Psychopathic hospital in Iowa City. Warden Foss Davis said Masterson, earlier sentenced to five years for the stabbing, had been slipping mentally. Defense argued he was sane at trial. Davis said the hospital will inform reformatory officials when he is well enough to return.
President of the Rockefeller Foundation testified before a House committee that the foundation funded the Institute of Pacific Relations 1926 to 1950 to foster international understanding in the Pacific and not to promote communism. He noted funds supported studies on Russia and communism to understand Red propaganda.
Center Point, Ia. Willer, 28, was found dead in his home after his wife Doris returned from a Masonic meeting. A shotgun lay four feet from the body with two empty shells. He had planned a Masonic installation but stayed to care for three children. Surviving: wife, three kids Kent Jalene Janene, parents, a sister, and several relatives. Burial at Center Point Cemetery after services Thursday.
Daniel Murphy, 23, fell from a twenty foot scaffold on Monday and struck his head on concrete. Fellow workmen revived him and he returned to work.
CHICAGO UP Judge Harold G Ward on Tuesday denied William Heirens petition for a new trial in the Triple Slayer case.
Lt. Col. Irene O. Galloway of Carroll Iowa was named to succeed Col. Mary A. Hallaren as director of the Women's Army Corps effective Jan. 3 1947. Galloway has served in the WAC since 1942 and was formerly an adviser in the European theater. She had led the WAC training center at Fort Lee Virginia since last month. Col. Hallaren will receive a new assignment to be announced.
Joy Thompson parked downtown then found a parking ticket she paid. At home she learned her mother had driven off with the Thompson car, mistaking another car of the same model and color for hers.
President Truman announced a Friday day off for federal workers creating a four day weekend from Christmas through Sunday December 26 through 28. The move aims to extend holiday time and improve morale amid the wartime and postwar period.
The Cedar Rapids school board approved an insurance advisory group to oversee bids and prevent favoritism. Iowa National’s bid won and a separate bid for Auto Owners Insurance was noted. Gasoline bids and Garfield school addition purchases were also approved, with low bidders favored.
Osceola sheriff reports $12,500 in securities stolen from widow Minnie Hansen found under papers Tuesday morning. The loss included $10,000 in U S bonds and $2,500 in postal savings certificates plus $15 cash. Thieves likely discarded the items after realizing they could not cash or market them.
A UT meteorology assistant professor Kenneth H. John drives a mobile weather bureau car with a mounted thermometer to compare downtown and residential climate in Austin. The survey aims to guide architects and engineers in using climate advantages in building design.
F W Damour, 384 Twenty first street SE Cedar Rapids an insurance man died Monday night at his son William s home in Peoria Illinois where he was visiting They will be returned to Cedar Rapids for arrangements by Turner chapel Born and educated at Lyons now North Clinton he married Sue E Childs of Clinton He came to Cedar Rapids in 1901 and ran a large grocery and market on Second avenue SE later at 315 17 Second avenue SE He led the business 21 years selling it in 1922 He then served as collector of delinquent personal taxes for Linn county until 1935 when he opened a Cedar Rapids insurance agency Active in civic and fraternal affairs he held office in the Cedar Rapids Association of Insurance Agents.
Margaret Smith Hart wife of H C Hart dies at home in Cedar Rapids after a long illness. Born November 16 1893 in College Township Linn County she married H C Hart September 6 1945 in Winterset. Survived by husband four sisters four brothers 19 nieces and nephews and members of Union Evangelical church. Services in Turner chapel at 1 30 pm Wednesday conducted by Dr Kenneth Metcalf burial Cedar Memorial cemetery friends may call.
Marie Faragher Greene widow of Jonas Greene died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 9 15 a m Tuesday after a long illness She was born Monticello February 10 1864 and resided in Cedar Rapids since 1926 Surviving are three sons Howard John Forrest a daughter Mary Peet six grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren Funeral services at 2 p m Thursday conducted by Rev James M Webb burial in Riverside Cemetery Anamosa Friends may call at Rohn funeral home Wednesday
A service was conducted at Turner Chapel on Tuesday honoring those remembered in the community. Attendees gathered for prayers and reflections in a quiet, solemn ceremony at the church on the day.
Services for Frank Hosek a lifelong Cedar Rapids and Fairfax resident who died Sunday at his daughter Mrs Joe Dusils home 17 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids will be held at Brush chapel at 2 p m Wednesday by Rev Zdenek F Pauk Final rites and entombment follow at Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
The Cedar Rapids Board of Education approved the disability retirement for Mary Redmond a McKinley teacher effective December 1 after illness. Board members Sandoe Jordan and Mrs. Van Cleve will meet with two teachers welfare representatives to study changes to the salary schedule with a meeting planned this week or next. Superintendent Clyde Parker noted any changes must occur by mid January to aid next year hires. The board set its next regular meeting for December 22 and scheduled a meeting with the advisory citizens committee for December 15.
Three change orders for completed work on the revised kitchen layout at Garfield school's new addition were approved with reluctance after board members said the changes should have been covered in earlier plans. The additions will bill O F Paulson Construction Company 767 dollars, R P Matthews Plumbing and Heating Company 625 dollars, and Cedar Rapids Electric Supply Company 206 dollars.
City health officer Dr Challed at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota hospital stay noted. Donald N Thompson sworn in as a member of the organized naval reserve division in Cedar Rapids. Daughters of Isabella host potluck supper and Christmas party at KC clubrooms with 50 cent gift exchange. Patty Redies undergoes appendectomy at St Luke's hospital. Cedar Rapids Coin Club moves meeting to YMCA with Christmas box social. Nellie Hayes injured in fall at home. treated at St Luke's hospital. Robert A Sundberg on 30 day leave from Moffit Field California. Licensed Practical Nurses hold January meeting with potluck and Christmas gift exchange.
A 2 4 mill levy fund shows a deficit of 23780 56 prompting Secretary Lundquist to say additional transfers from other sources will follow the 50000 already moved. Garfield addition work has exhausted all 212 mill levy funds from taxation and money for work comes from other sources. A driver named LeRoy Wagner 52 was fined 100 and costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving at C Street and Fifteenth Avenue SW. Harold M Becker of the People’s Foodway was named a Pillsbury Grand National winner and received a wrist watch for a merchandise display in the firm’s baking contest.
The board approved a change order crediting the school system with 150 for work by the Wheatland Company involving five heater rents at the stadium.
Officials filed a letter from the Johnson school PTA expressing confidence in the board for bond-issue plans and offering future assistance. Johnson spokesmen urged action soon on formulating a new project to expand school housing facilities.
The Cedar Rapids board of adjustment approved two requests on a 14 hour meeting Monday afternoon. Frank L. Buser may build a house on a divided lot at 339 Twenty-second Avenue SW with reduced rear yard setbacks. The Adamses may add a two stall garage at 612 Thirtieth Street Drive SE on a hillside with a stipulation to remove the garage within 25 years if development or terrain changes occur.
Robert F. Smith of Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 11 15 p m Monday after a long illness. Born March 30 1882 he lived on the Covington road his whole life. He married Lillie May Hanson February 18 1903 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by a daughter Beulah Smith Anderson two sons Theron S Smith and Verlam R Smith a sister Belle Lazenby a brother Sam Smith eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was a member of Edgewood Community Church. Burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Services for Mrs. Frank Muzik a longtime Cedar Rapids resident who died Monday at her daughter’s home will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Wesley Trachta’s chapel 210 Johnson avenue NW conducted by Rev. Zdenek F. Pauk. Burial will follow in the Czech National cemetery. Mrs Muzik was a member of ee Vlastia Zofie Podlipska o. 19.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wayne Fielder of 235 Twentieth Street NW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 3 a.m. Tuesday. The child is survived by two sisters Aletha and Maria, both at home, and grandparents Peter Otsen of Marion and Edward O. Fielder of Cedar Rapids. A private cremation committal followed.
Wednesday marks the final day to apply for Christmas aid through the Christmas Exchange of the Community Christmas Planning Committee. Applications are taken in person at Salvation Army headquarters from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Richard G. Lawrence chairs the planning committee and Capt. W. W. Kyle leads the Salvation Army unit.
The Adventure club of Cedar Rapids for handicapped children will hold its annual Christmas party Thursday at the Salvation Army youth center 1123 Third street SE. It starts at 4 30 pm with a turkey dinner for families and children. Santa Claus will visit and local radio entertainers will feature a program of Christmas songs and stories performed by the children.
Darrell B. Swift of Spencer died when his truck collided with the Milwaukee Sioux passenger train at an elevator crossing in Whittemore on Tuesday morning. Swift was employed by A and M laundry in Spencer.
The Linn County Tuberculosis Association reports on Tuesday that it remains $9,702.61 short of its $25,000 goal to fund its program in Linn County next year.
In Fort Worth Texas three ministers appeared in corporation court as principals in a single traffic case. One minister faced a careless driving charge while another, his companion, testified as a witness. The third participant was officer W C Bullard, a part time minister.
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