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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1946
Page
3
The Cedar Rapids Gazette issue for Sunday December 15 1946 presents a historic mid-December edition with local news, weather, and society notes. Included are community updates, events, and brief reports reflecting postwar Iowa life.
Des Moines AP report shows 38 of 70 responding lawmakers favor state rent control if federal restrictions end while 32 oppose. The poll notes varied stances on housing law revisions and use of pre-fabricated houses, with limited consensus on housing priorities for the January session.
Des Moines AP reports state departments seek operating funds totaling 55.3 million for the 1947 49 biennium, up from 38.1 million approved in 1945. Three departments request 26.13 million for general improvements, in addition to 12.67 million already approved for building programs not yet carried out due to material and labor shortages.
Louis E. Kulp of Muscatine was exonerated of blame in the death of Charles E. Latta of Elmwood Park Ti in a highway crash near Grandview. An inquest in Columbus Junction Friday cleared Kulp, who drove the truck involved in the collision with a car driven by Orville Latta of Chicago, son of the deceased. Orville Latta remains hospitalized with injuries.
Coe College trials conference days where no classes are held and libraries stay open. Professors will host informal coffee chats on campus to foster direct student contact and deeper learning.
Wyoming ranchers fear a prolonged winter will bring a grave feed shortage. State statistician George Knutson reported hay appears sufficient for an average winter but oil meal feeds are unavailable. Sheep growers buy corn while cattlemen seek protein pellets as livestock show loss of flesh from tight rations and bad weather.
A rural fire service system runs with a five member board and a 20 member crew led by Chief Cripps. Dysart and Lowden join eastern Iowa towns with volunteer units and city funded gear. Dysart operates a 1941 Chevy booster truck. Lowden receives a new fire apparatus while residents donate for equipment and pay small city-run fees.
The report describes a fire building with a station and clubrooms on the second floor. It notes insurance charges for country fires and lists Vinton’s two trucks fitted with force pumps fog extinguishers chemical tanks and gasoline fog extinguishers. One truck with an enclosed seven man cab serves country fires.
At Ottumwa naval air station William Ross Anderson of Shaker Heights Ohio became the first of 145 aviation cadets sworn in as midshipmen under the Holloway plan. Anderson had studied electrical engineering at Bucknell and Yale and served as cadet regiment commander.
The discussion notes that widespread teacher strikes could antagonize the public. It references that the District of Columbia and several states prohibit public officials from striking, meaning national groups risk legal violations if they sanction such actions.
WMT establishes a Farm Radio Scholarship at Iowa State College to support a journalism student entering farm radio as a career. The recipient will serve as campus correspondent for WMT, broadcasting features and school news, while receiving a 1000 dollar award for the year. Chuck Worcester presented the 1947 scholarship to Dr. Charles E. Finley, noting the need for trained farm radio editors.
Wells Beach Fire Chief Donald A. Moody spotted a deer grazing on the sands along a beach road. He returned home to load his gun and then dropped the deer with one shot from the seawall.
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