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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1952
Page
2
A reader note style weather digest reports variable temperatures across cities with snow expected in the north and west regions. It lists winds, precipitation totals, and December normals, plus a batch of divorce decrees, alarms, traffic fines, and numerous birth announcements from local hospitals and towns.
A weekend ice storm leaves roads snow packed and slippery across Des Moines Osceola Red Oak and other areas. Chains urged in several counties. Bells telephone service largely restored in Cedar Rapids but new outages arise near Iowa City as wind and ice threaten lines. By 2 30 pm Cedar Rapids reports two inches of snow with 34 degrees.
Stanley Mrs Warren Buckett, 78, died Saturday. Services were held Monday and burial was in Stanley cemetery. Manchester Roy H. Smith, 44, Delhi postmaster, died Sunday. Body at Gill funeral home. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Elmer Noble 41 of 1239 Eleventh Street NW pled guilty Monday to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was fined 100 dollars and costs and given a 30 day suspended sentence after being accused of showing obscene pictures to two teenage boys. Noble was arrested Saturday by juvenile officers.
Examiners J. E. Walker of What Cheer and Charles J. Nauman of Storm Lake started a biennial audit of Linn county books in Cedar Rapids. They expect to audit all county books for 1951 and 1952, a job projected to last about eight months.
Three fire departments battled a two hour blaze at the Ivan Randall grocery store and locker plant in Whittier. The fire began near 11 a.m. during a storm blackout and was likely caused by an air compressor motor. Damage focused on storage and utilities with smoke affecting merchandise. postal inspectors checked post office losses as the only working telephone line was blocked by smoke.
Cedar Rapids police ask the city council for a $30 per month pay raise and three weeks vacation after 15 years of service. The request mirrors an earlier filing by city firemen as wage deliberations begin after all city worker groups submit requests for 1953.
Army air force recruit station in Cedar Rapids reports three East Iowans enlisting in the air force and one army veteran re-enlisting. Jack L. Andrew 21 of 1001 Fourteenth avenue SW returns as corporal after army ordnance corps service and sends to Camp Crowder Missouri. The air force recruits Gene R. Jones 20 Williamsburg Patrick D. Ryan 19 1426 Seventh avenue SE and James L. Anderson 19 Vinton depart for Parks air force base California for training.
The Agriculture Department forecast a 15 percent drop in next spring's pig crop, signaling reduced pork supplies next year. The 1952 fall pig crop was down 11 percent from the prior year, with total meat supplies expected to be similar per consumer due to more beef slaughter. Higher corn and feed costs and better profits from beef drove the hog decline.
Cedar Rapids city council heard two bids Monday for printing a new city code for 420 books bound in buckram or paper. Laurance Press offered 2542.08 and another press 2, with the low bid averaging about 6.05 per copy after review by the city clerk, attorney, and finance commissioner.
A mother Dorothy Hoitt and four children Walter 13 Charlene 9 Betty Ann 7 Rosemary perished in a home fire and explosion in Chicopee early Monday. The father was severely burned and leaped from a second story window before paramedics arrived. he was treated for shock at a local hospital.
Representatives of four Quad Cities newspapers and striking AFL printers will meet Tuesday with Federal Mediator R. E. Hall in an exploratory session. Mass picketing by the International Typographical Union at Illinois plants ended, with pressmen and stereotypers back on regular schedules.
Des Moines council approved a new city ambulance service contract with McGrevey Cab Company. Ambulance calls through the police department will cost $6. if not paid by the patient, the city is billed a maximum of $5. The firm has long held the contract, which expired two years ago and has operated month to month since. The prior charge per trip, set in October, was $5.
Roy Osmundson of Iowa City is appointed special assistant attorney general for the board of education. He will be paid by the board and will represent it in property condemnation proceedings in Des Moines.
William Steward, arraigned on an intoxication charge in Mineola New York, says he is willing to spend Christmas in the county jail and adds you get the best Christmas dinner there. He spoke after the arraignment on Sunday.
Washington report notes Cedar Rapids is certified as a critical defense housing area under Public Law 96, authorizing controls on housing and extending rent stabilization. Public Law 139 status remains undecided as Housing Agency studies the area for possible certification and loans for defense worker housing.
Senator Gillette probes Voice of America in the Middle East after an 18 day trip covering India Pakistan Iran Iraq Lebanon Egypt Saudi Arabia and Israel. He and aides say state radios and information service publications are more effective than VOA programs and urge shifts in policy.
Des Moines Iowa two attorneys Ed White Jr and Leland White opposed the Iowa Conservation Commission plan to condemn land for a Shelby county state park. They likened the tactics to Hitler's program and said the move was unprecedented. The council scheduled a follow up meeting while the commission projected land needs and soil conservation requirements for the project.
Arthur Norman 63 of 504 Ninth Street SW Cedar Rapids died at 11 a.m. Sunday after a brief illness. Owner of Norman Pattern Works he was born in Chicago and moved to Cedar Rapids from Waukegan. Surviving are wife Bessie Strang two grandchildren a daughter Mrs. Paul Kosbau a brother Roy Norman and sister Mrs. Hubert Henry. Services Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Barta Hesser chapel with Crescent Masonic lodge escort burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Master Masons to meet at 2 p.m. at the Masonic lodge.
Miss Mary E Murphy 80 a Fairfax resident for 69 years died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home Sunday. Born in LaSalle NL August 3 1872 she taught public school and belonged to St Patrick s church and the Altar and Rosary Society. Survived by 19 nephews and nieces. Services Tuesday 9 30 am at St Patrick s Fairfax with burial in St Patrick s cemetery. The body was moved from Teahen chapel to Fairfax residence for Rosary Monday night.
Mrs. Jack Reed of 908 Ninth Street SE Cedar Rapids died Saturday from an accidental shooting. Funeral services planned at Mt Zion Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday, led by Rev. Percy Burt. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Receiving hours start Tuesday noon at Rice chapel. Survived by husband two daughters Gloria and Marcia her mother Mrs Early Jones of Cedar Rapids and her father Allie Culp of Kansas City Kan.
Affia Cadwell Stewart widow of Andrew Stewart and longtime Atkins resident died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 1:30 a.m. Monday after a long illness. Born November 15, 1871 near Covington, she leaves only nephews and nieces. She belonged to Atkins Presbyterian church and Turner chapel services are set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday with burial in Fairfax cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Irene J. Brown widow of the late Dr. Charles Brown and former Cedar Rapids resident died in Denver. Among the survivors is a daughter Mrs. George F. Lee.
The services will be held at Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Tuesday for Dr Russell Cole a resident of Cornell college He will be buried in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel after 10 a m Tuesday
Mrs. Frank Kuhn, 58, a former Cedar Rapids resident and Mercy Hospital nurse, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Sunday night. She was a Mercy hospital school of nursing graduate active in local civic work. Survived by two daughters Mrs Leo Morrissey and Mrs Gerald Borgstahl Cedar Rapids. three sons Clarence and Francis Spillville and Joseph in the U S armed forces at Jacksonville Florida. 10 grandchildren. three brothers and four sisters. Funeral at 10 a m Wednesday in St Wenceslaus church Spillville with body at Balik funeral home Spillville.
The Salvation Army fund shortfall led to reallocating $50 for the transient dinner. The mission plans a 6 pm dinner tonight with chicken, dressing, pot pie, vegetables, potatoes and pumpkin pie. Rapids resident Mary Stark, 67, died Sunday after a long illness. born in Germany November 19, 1876, she is survived by four siblings. St Patrick's Church service set for Wednesday at 9 am with interment at St John's cemetery.
Mrs. Fred L. Herlren formerly Georgia Mae Ressler and Cedar Rapids resident until 1950 dies in Valentine Nebraska. Services set for 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Matthew’s Church with burial in St. John’s Cemetery. Rosary at Brady Mortuary 8 p.m. Monday and viewing for friends at the mortuary.
The Sunshine Mission plans an annual Christmas dinner funded by food donated earlier this season. The program aims to feed transient residents and share holiday cheer through community support.
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