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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1952
Page
1
The December 27 1952 Cedar Rapids Daily Record reports weather with mixed precipitation totals and forecast highs. It lists court sentences for intoxication drunkenness reckless driving leaving scene speeding and traffic violations. It also notes births marriages and deaths across Iowa towns with multiple obituaries and service details.
Fire Chief E P Kohout was readmitted to St Luke's hospital Friday after rib fractures caused a chest hemorrhage from a December 16 accident while en route to a fire. A transfusion was given to speed recovery though not an emergency. His condition was listed as fairly good and improving.
An Alabama woman and an Arizona man were treated at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a collision two miles north of Center Point on highway 150. Troy England of Globe Arizona and Mrs. Guy O. Mattson of Montgomery Alabama were in the two cars. Both in good condition.
The will of Dr. Arthur Wright Erskine, a renowned X ray specialist who died in Cedar Rapids on December 10, opened probate Friday. Betsy Smith Erskine is named executrix without bond and sole heir except for the medical practice and related items to Dr. James V. Prouty under a 100 month arrangement paying Mrs. Erskine 10 percent of gross receipts monthly, not to exceed 4200 dollars per year.
Myrtle Hempel Saturday dismissed a separate maintenance suit she had filed against L. B. Hempel.
Police in Cleveland investigated a prank at the city jail after a dictaphone was installed in a cell to record inmates. The device was ripped out and a sign reading dicta iphone pointed to the installation, leaving authorities puzzled about the high I Q claim.
Neptune is estimated to have a mass roughly 17 times that of Earth and a density about one quarter Earth's density, indicating a predominantly gaseous composition with a relatively low density for a giant planet.
Earl E Crabb chairman of Investors Diversified Services urged in a year end statement that a real era of good feeling on the domestic front could secure peace. He argued capitalism is a necessary democratic right and a key to world peace by uniting government business agriculture and labor in common purpose with minimal internal bickering. He welcomed a partnership approach for a harmonious middle of the road economy.
Wiesbaden Germany AP reports U S air force headquarters denied a Polish claim that an American aircraft based in Wiesbaden dropped two spies into Poland on November 4. The denial comes amid tense postwar intelligence tensions.
Baxter Boozler, 53, was jailed again Saturday for drunkenness, the second time in a week for the same offense in Detroit.
Joseph A Nejdl 84 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and a grocery store operator for 40 years died at home 928 Seventh Street SE at 2 30 am Saturday after a brief illness He was born February 23 1868 in Cedar Rapids He was a charter member and longtime secretary of St George branch of the Catholic Workmen of St Wenceslaus church Surviving are two daughters two sisters a brother eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren Services will be at St Wenceslaus Church time to be announced Friends may call Kuba funeral home after 1 pm Monday
D. L. Burrell, 95, a former Cedar Rapids resident, died Saturday at a Waterloo convalescent home. He lived much of his life in Urbana and retired to Cedar Rapids 15 years ago. He had been in the Waterloo home for three years. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
James P. Montross 68 of 2621 Wilson Ave SW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 11 a.m. Saturday after an extended illness. Born June 26 1884 in Millersburg he farmed there for years. Survived by wife Myrtle five children Everett Emma Mrs Floyd Lacy Mrs Charles Martin and Mrs Marlow Leitsinger. Body at Beatty chapel. funeral plans pending.
Durkin, 58, general president of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices, set to become secretary of labor on Jan. 20, advocates apprenticeship, education, and minimal strikes. He favors cooperation with employers, supports a tempered Taft Hartley, and aims to extend labor peace while pushing apprenticeship and skills training for union members. He notes the need for strong industry training as younger generations advance.
City police chief E M Crumby ordered officers to stop handling motorists coins left under windshields for meters after overtime violations. The unusual directing note aims to curb improper car with parking behavior in Grenada Mississippi.
In a Western Front valley near Panmunjom, soldiers describe shell danger and icy tempers as 1952 nears. Chinese observers watch 2000 yards away while troops recount hopes for a ceasefire and Eisenhower’s incoming presidency.
New York AP Ike aides say President elect aims for durable world peace with honor but fears being hoodwinked by the Russians at any conference with Premier Stalin. They expect Stalin to spell out in advance what he has in mind before any face to face talks. John Foster Dulles signaled the administration will challenge Moscow to prove sincerity.
Multiple short items report residents in the area: Fred Breneman recovering from surgery at St. Luke's with visitors allowed. Marvin L. Zeman Navy cook third class visiting his parents Alois and Mrs. Zeman. Carl N. Rick and family planning a move to Washington DC then live in Alexandria VA for Hecht Company duties. Jerry Gordon Mead fined $100 for reckless driving with 60 day license suspension after a Cedar Rapids crash. Forrest C. Davies hospitalized at St. Luke's after a door mishap. James F. O'Rieley assigned to the First Air Force legal office as assistant judge advocate. Harry K. Steckman recuperating at home after a hospital stay.
Bonn report details a Rhine to Danube link stretching from the North Sea to the Black Sea. If the World Bank funds 100 million dollars, opening could occur by 1960. without foreign money completion may stretch to 1982. The route would pass through eight nations, boosting German and Austrian shipping and linking major industrial centers.
Italian fortune tellers and crystal gazers in Naples and Rome predict 1953 will see the Korean conflict end that year but a world war III beginning in 1954. They foretell revolutions in France Italy and Germany with various disasters and political shifts.
A prowler forced entry into Louis Stepanek’s Cedar Rapids home on Friday evening but nothing was taken. The couple returned to find the intruder in the bedroom. Stepanek chased him outside but the prowler fled, leaving no items missing. Police note entry likely with a skeleton key.
Margaret Gabrielle Long known as Marjorie Bowne, a leading British historical novelist, died Tuesday in a London hospital at age 64, report says.
Public elementary and high schools cost about six billion dollars in 1951 while private schools totaled about one billion dollars.
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