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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1948
Page
8
Partly cloudy skies with rising temperatures through Wednesday snow likely Friday in southeast. Temperature range Wednesday high 20 to 25, low 10 to 15, Thursday high 25 to 28. Divorces listed for several couples. Births reported at Mercy St Luke's and surrounding areas. Obituaries note deaths in Manchester Sumner Hopkinton Winthrop Tipton. Police reports include traffic violations and local incidents.
Cedar Rapids post office reports the Christmas rush with 360 508 outgoing letters and 14 671 92 in receipts. 1 894 outgoing parcel post sacks and 203 560 incoming letters set records while extra staff work to meet demand.
Nearly a thousand recreational and comfort articles made by Ce dar Rapids school pupils were sent to hospitals across the country for Christmas. Items included tray favors caps covers and memory pads and were produced under supervision of Junior Red Cross sponsors at Franklin Roosevelt Cleveland Johnson and Hayes schools and others.
Sgt. Dotson, long in ROTC and army service, re enlists for three years. He plans to return to Coe College assignment near Omaha where he has served eight years, with a wife and two children. He has served in cavalry artillery engineers and infantry and became an air force man in December.
The transcript shows Levine describing early 1939 contact with Chambers about Soviet spy activity and a secret Berle-Chambers meeting. Mundt pressed for names and leads tied to state department leaks while noting six names including Laurence Duggan. Levine offered no further independent information on Duggan.
Rice is an annual grass feeding millions. Most varieties grow with roots submerged in water, while other species thrive on ordinary land.
Anna Cecilia Dalton 71 of 348 Garden Drive SE Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 12 am Tuesday after a short illness Born Oxford October 30 1877 she lived in Cedar Rapids 47 years Survived by two daughters Mrs B O Bruce and Mrs Joe Toman both of Cedar Rapids a son Leo A Dalton of Cedar Rapids a sister Mrs Mary McAndrews of Adair a brother John Brennan of Des Moines eight grandchildren and one great grandchild Services at St Matthew's Church at 9 am Thursday conducted by Rev James Kearn burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery Call at Brady Mortuary Wednesday Rosary by Father Kearn at 8 pm in the mortuary
Mary Jean Bender four months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Adalbert Bender 379 Sixteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids died at 7 10 p m Monday after a brief illness She was born August 12 1948 in Cedar Rapids Surviving are her parents sister Carolyn Ann and grandparents W C Bender of Cedar Rapids and Lena Borcherding of Hampton She was a member of Bethany Lutheran church The Turner chapel will conduct services at 1 30 p.m Thursday led by Rev E W Waggazer Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Mrs Herbert L Hinton 112 Third Street NW Cedar Rapids died at 9 am Tuesday after a lingering illness Born in Champaign North Carolina she moved to Cedar Rapids in 1923 She was a member of Salem Evangelical church and Malta chapter O E S Surviving are her husband Dr Herbert L Hinton a daughter Lois Hinton of Cedar Rapids a brother I O Trotter and a sister Maude Suttle both of Champaign The Rohn chapel arrangements to be announced later Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday evening
Funeral services for Harry Black of 507 Ninth Avenue SE will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday at Bethel AME Church conducted by Rev C H Copeland. Military rites will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery by the American Legion. Friends may call at Rice Funeral Home Wednesday.
Services for Ray C. Gardner of 1724 Twelfth Street NW will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of Memories at Cedar Memorial Cemetery conducted by Rev. Paul J. Stevens. Burial follows at Cedar Cemetery with Monahan Funeral Home handling arrangements until 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Services for Mrs. Morrison are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Chapel of Memories Cedar Memorial cemetery. Burial will follow in Cedar call at the Brosh chapel.
Funeral services for Richard Henson, age 114 percent of an address, will be held Friday at 10 30 a.m. in Beatty chapel conducted by Rev F H Ward. Burial follows at Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
The Cedar Rapids navy recruiting station on Tuesday announced four enlistments. William E. Trumpold of 1524 E Avenue NE, Robert D. West son of Otis L. West of Onslow, Willard F. Hardy from 1217 Eleventh Street NW, and Frederick E. Mally of route 4 Cedar.
The 1947 injury suit filed by Richard E. Long against Lumir Blahnik and John L. Berger settled out of court. Long sought 88 676 82 dollars for injuries from a 40 pound crane block falling 24 feet at Iowa Steel and Iron Works yard. The settlement amount was not disclosed. insurance through Home and Erection Co of Minneapolis funded most of the payout.
Amby Meyer, 32, of Fairmont, Minnesota, was sentenced to six months in the county jail after pleading guilty to false uttering of a check in district court. Judge G. K. Thompson suspended the sentence as Cedar Rapids police arrested him following a warrant issued by County Attorney William Crissman. The charge arose from presenting a $90.37 check at Montgomery Ward on October 2 to pay for automobile tires. the check was drawn on the First National Bank of Fairmont and returned marked no account.
Joseph J. Vance, 24, of Des Moines, pled guilty to passing a worthless $20 check at an aha bank near St Luke's hospital. Judge G K Thompson suspended the seven year term and Vance remained held in Linn County jail as Omaha authorities prepare to return him to Nebraska to face a similar charge.
Officials of bus drivers local No. 638 opened contract negotiations with Cedar Rapids City Lines at a Tuesday meeting. Representing the company were E. A. Prochaska Cedar Rapids manager and R. E. Totten Chicago regional manager. Prochaska said daily meetings were likely this week and the current contract expires December 31.
Five homeowners entered the Cedar Rapids Christmas window decoration contest announced by Supt. Nevin Nichols with co sponsors the Playground and Recreation Commission and Iowa Electric Light and Power Company. First prize a Westinghouse iron. second and third prizes a pin up lamp and glass coffee maker.
Kiwanis club won first place among six service clubs in a fund raising contest for the Cedar Rapids Christmas Exchange program. Capt W W Kyle of the Salvation Army aided the effort as Kiwanis volunteers used a dental stunt on a sidewalk patient to attract donations, collecting 560 in one hour.
Des Moines AP Browner Vincent L. Browner a Des Moines grocer and Democratic candidate has begun an election contest against Republican incumbent Paul Cunningham. Browner seeks a rematch of the Nov 2 vote arguing Polk County precincts with old voting machines affected results. The case will be decided by the newly elected U S house.
Kiwanis volunteers earned a silver kettle for first place in the Service Club Day fundraiser. Second place went to a four club with about $280. Lions Club finished third. Other groups Including Business and Professional Women Canopus Woman's and Quota clubs raised roughly $1,200 for Salvation Army aims. Capt. Kyle urged mail donations to reach a $5,400 goal to fund dinners for 400 children, 400 food baskets, and shopping tours for kids. Baskets are being packed Tuesday and Wednesday. call for free Christmas trees and family basket needs. Sinclair Oil contributes trees at Second Street and Fifth Avenue SE.
A flash fire swept three floors of the Westminster hotel in Philadelphia killing a 75 year old babysitter Mrs M Drost and 55 year old VA employee Charles Mabe. About 50 guests escaped or were rescued as flames trapped others on ledges. Firemen carried several down ladders after they shouted for help.
Franklin Equipment Company in Monticello will close next week for inventory. Workers will receive regular wages as a Christmas bonus and those on inventory will be paid for hours worked. United Auto Workers Local 353, 71 members, received its charter Monday night. FEW members switch to UAW last month. NLRB election for official bargaining agent expected approval. Union dues checkoff authorized. FEW officers become UAW officers until March elections.
In about 94 precincts relying on older voting machines, the official tally did not credit him with straight party votes. The discrepancy raises questions about machine counting and party-affiliation tallies across the precincts.
Washington office reports 347 White House employees were given leather bookmarks embossed with the message I would rather have peace in the world than be President Christmas greetings from the and Mrs. Truman.
The American Federation of Musicians provides a string quartet to perform a half hour program for patients at St Luke's Hospital today and Thursday. Music is broadcast to all rooms through the paging system.
Police Captain Ray Murdock smelled smoke at 2 25 a m and found smoke seeping from the floor. Basement check showed an oil furnace leak and a small fire in front of the door. City firemen responded quickly and extinguished the blaze, though furnace controls were damaged.
Promotion manager Leo Cole of Station WMT reported to police that $19,210.08 in checks and $76 in cash were stolen from a locked filing cabinet over the weekend. Police found no forced entry, suggesting a used key. the largest missing check was $19,192.71 from a New York agency.
Hollywood singer Al Jolson beams a Christmas gift to Cedars of Lebanon hospital a two acre Mulholland Drive estate and a 14 room house are donated to the hospital as a year end charity move by Jolson.
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