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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1946
Page
2
The Washington bureau reports labor department findings on rising living costs from Oct 15 to Nov 15, with a 2 percent overall increase and a 17 percent year total. Food prices drove the rise, up 4.5 percent, while fats and oils surged 65 percent and meats about seven percent.
In Lincoln Nebraska University officials report no evidence of meteor debris after an early week flash. Dr C B Schultz of the geology department and museum director says claims of meteor fragments on Seway county farms are unfounded as of Saturday.
The army and navy announce clemency freeing 1,700 prisoners for Christmas. All detainees have good conduct records and their sentences would expire early next year according to a joint war and navy departments release.
The Iowa state banking department announced Swea City bank organized with 45000 dollars capitalization at Swea City. It is scheduled to open shortly after the first of the year.
National sweep of teacher discontent sees more than a dozen strikes or threats as unions push for cost of living, with shortages and large classes fueling unrest. Schools in Paterson New Jersey Norwalk Connecticut Rankin Pennsylvania McMinnville Tennessee Fort Dodge Iowa and Minneapolis Minnesota report closures or settlements amid demands up to 1200 dollars.
Political notes discuss Robert D. Rice seeking a nonpolitical state public safety commissioner and a possible Dewey victory if Mrs. Dewey becomes first lady. It also surveys teaching pay debates across the United States, including raises in California and New York City, and NEA recommendations amid postwar shortages.
Ethel C. Johnson administrator of Howard C. Brown's estate sues J. F. Connell and Robert J. Connell for 15000 in district court alleging the sedan owned by Robert Connell and driven by J. F. Connell struck Brown after an accident four miles north of Iowa City on Highway 218.
Hungarian violinist Imre Waldbauer arrives to assume duties as concertmaster of the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra. He will head the university string department and play first violin in the faculty quartet, succeeding Arnold Small who resigned for California.
In eastern Iowa farmers band together to fund modern rural fire services. Keystone and Shellsburg display cooperative protection with volunteer departments, new trucks, and shared city hydrants. A 1946 Ford replaces an aging Reo as a 250-member effort expands equipment and coverage for 200 nearby farms.
Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon reported no evidence of foul play in the November 26 Lisbon fire death of Mrs. Carl Schlemmer. He classified it as an apparent suicide but kept the case open for further investigation due to the body’s near total destruction, which prevented definite identification and cause determination. The blaze occurred on the Schlemmer property after Schlemmer left for Cedar Rapids and their four children headed to school.
A Centerville fire at the Pure Ice Company caused about 15000 dollars in damage. The brick building housing a garage burned with five trucks destroyed. An area used for displaying ice boxes suffered heavy damage.
The body of Marion E. Davis aged 64 was found in a field one half mile north of West Amana. Williams C. E. Van Dyke Iowa county coroner ruled the death a heart attack. Davis had lived in the Amanas about 30 years and was last seen Thursday. He had no known relatives.
Jacob Shares age 75 a former banker in Bleck Hen county died Saturday at his home here Surviving are his wife a son the Rev Roman Shares of Plymouth Rock and four daughters Services will be held here at 10 a m Tuesday
A citizen committee urged major changes to Iowa juvenile correctional programs, favoring rehabilitation over punishment. The report recommends transferring Eldora and Mitchellville facilities to the state board of social welfare, creating a unified department, and expanding study and foster care services to prepare youths for return to society.
The charter for a co op grocery store for all married students at the University of Iowa was approved by Secretary of State Wayne Ropes. The store will be housed in a university owned shelter on the Iowa Riverbank near Riverdale trailer village, and was authorized November 22 by university officials at the request of residents of emergency housing units. Downtown stores were deemed inaccessible to the veterans’ trailer community.
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