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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1948
Page
2
Iowa weather forecast shows fair skies with a cooler Wednesday and possible rain or snow by Friday. Justice and police court records list fines for drunkenness and traffic violations plus a note on several births and deaths in local communities. Senator McKellar recounts a hotel hallway altercation with Silliman Evans and expresses regret.
A one man seaplane crashed in Jamaica Bay near International Airport as it flew from Brooklyn skyport. Charles Rezba, the pilot, was rescued dazed but unharmed after coast guard launches and helicopters were dispatched.
An alert motorist called police as a crowd of several hundred clogged the main drag. Harold Walker, 20, climbed a telephone pole to remove the body, which turned out to be a fully clothed store mannequin.
Washington AP report reveals Senator McKellar accused of striking Silliman Evans publisher of the Nashville Tennessean in a Mayflower hotel corridor. McKellar acknowledged the confrontation during a Sunday night meeting on the hotel’s sixth floor about two weeks prior.
Senator McKellar of Tennessee said he literally kicked Jack Anderson from his office after a recent dispute with the columnist Drew Pearson staffer.
The John Lambert family of four refugees from Latvia arrived in Greene Iowa boosting the population to 1604. They settled in a five room furnished apartment with their children Harold aged five and Anne two and a half. Lambert organized a Latvia to Sweden flight in 1944 and a 46 day voyage via Dover Bermuda and Boston after buying a 50 year old sailing craft. A Greene garage man named Harry Downs helped arrange immigration clearance and a job offer.
Sumner Welles, former undersecretary of state, was found unconscious in a frozen field near his Oxon Hill Maryland home. Police, who planned to question him, dropped the case after Mrs. Welles said she is satisfied there was no foul play. his condition was described as satisfactory with potential risks to fingers and toes.
Services for Clarence Ray Ing ham 2010 First Avenue NE will be at Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev Marvin B Kober and Rose Croix lodge Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Mrs. William G. Dixon a Cedar Rapids resident for 43 years died at her home at 2 p.m. Monday after a long illness. Born August 19, 1889 in Lafayette she married Mr. Dixon February 12, 1934 in Vinton. Survived by husband three daughters Vivian Barker Rouberta Heckscher Betty Saunders two sons Robert Ringsmuth Richard Ringsmuth and six grandchildren. She was a member of St Pauls Methodist church and the American Legion auxiliary. Funeral services will be held at Turner chapel Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Marvin B. Kober. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Kathie Scorpil 87 of Rockford road SW widow of John Scorpil died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 1 48 p m Monday after a brief illness Born in Germany May 6 1861 she came to the United States 58 years ago and lived in Cedar Rapids area 44 years Surviving are four daughters two in Iowa one in Rock Island and one in Cedar Rapids plus 10 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren She will be laid to rest at Oak Hill Cemetery Solon with services at Brush chapel at 2 p m Thursday conducted by Rev Zdenek F Pauk Friends may call at the chapel.
Thomas W. Fagan of 1700 Sixth Avenue SE died Sunday. Funeral services set for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church with Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. M. Molloy. burial in St. Peter's Cemetery Temple Hill. Rosary to be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Monahan Funeral Home. visitation follows. The Gazette yesterday omitted the brother Bernard of Onslow.
Joseph F. Starman died Sunday at 1512 Seventh avenue SE. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday in Polansky chapel with Rev. Zdenek F. Pauk and Jan Huslodge 1.C.C.F. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. He belonged to the International Association of Machinists lodge No. 831 and other groups listed in yesterday's Gazette.
Services for T/5 Wilbur Foster of 1406 Third Street NW who died in the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium on January 15 1945 will be held at 3 30 p m Thursday in Turner chapel conducted by Rev Floyd Hinshaw pastor of St James Methodist church Military services will follow in Cedar Memorial cemetery by Veterans of Foreign Wars post 788 Friends may call.
Funeral services for William Godfrey Pulda will be conducted in the Brush chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday by Rev. J. D. Kearn. Burial is set in St. John's cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
State patrol reports road conditions from normal to very slippery across Des Moines to Cedar Rapids regions. Areas including Cherokee Spencer Rock Rapids Estherville Humbolt Algona Webster City Mason City Waterloo Dubuque show icy, slushy, or hazardous highways with rain and wet spots near Davenport Burlington and Keokuk.
Carl S Miner of Chicago, director of Miner Laboratories and a former Coe student, won the 1849 Perkins medal from the American section of the Society of Chemical Industry for furfural development. The 70 year old chemist, born in State Center and educated at Coe and the University of Chicago, will receive the award at a New York banquet January 7 with Coe president Byron Hollinshead invited.
Paris AP reports the United Nations Security Council ordered the Netherlands to release captured leaders of the Indonesian republic within 24 hours. The resolution was introduced by China's delegate Dr Hsia Ching ling and acted on Tuesday.
Batavia reports the sultan of Soerakarta has resumed governance in close cooperation with Dutch civil authorities as Dutch troops sweep through the Indonesian republic. The communique cites plans to start distributing textiles and provisions soon. Dutch losses in nine days include 41 killed and 99 wounded. four planes lost, two likely shot down by anti aircraft fire from Japanese forces.
Washington reports that Senate Republicans offered rebels a larger role in policy making. The plan would expand the policy committee to eleven and elect leaders by conference vote, with liberal wing figures pressing for full election by secret ballot.
Five youths held Gordon Biddle up at his Wilmington home and tied him with his Christmas neckties. They ransacked the house for about thirty minutes, stealing goods valued at 425 dollars.
At Peiping’s famed open air market many government soldiers shop for civilian clothes as part of daily life amid ongoing tensions and routine purchases.
Ray E. Morris pleaded guilty in a courthouse to uttering a forged instrument. Judge G K Thompson sentenced him to an indeterminate 10 years in Fort Madison penitentiary. Morris admitted passing a $100 check with forged Eldred J Stalman name, stolen from Stalmans desk in Fairfax. Morris worked as a farmhand for Stalman.
Frank J. Dvorak sues Stella and H. Staves seeking conveyance of lots in Carpenter's Third addition Cedar Rapids. He claims he bought the property from Mrs. Staves on November 9 for 2000 dollars through Slavia Realty Company and that possession has been denied.
Russell R Hatch Tuesday named executor without bond of his wife’s will dated before her death December 9 He is sole beneficiary Mrs Byron A Barlow confirmed executrix of her husband’s will dated before his death December 4 She is sole heir
President Truman refused to expand on his comment that certain leaders in Russia were willing to reach an understanding with the United States on world peace. He told reporters to keep guessing, then smiled and walked away. Press Secretary Ross had said the President would not name them.
Seven earthquakes struck Reno within four and a half hours Monday night with the third quake causing noticeable shaking in city hall and prompting an early adjournment of the city council meeting. No damage was reported.
City briefs report an Odd Fellows funeral service for Joseph F. Starman at Sokol hall at 1 30 p m Wednesday. Other items note Mrs Mozey convalescing after surgery, Optimist Club luncheon with Lt Day, YMB board changes, and local fines for disturbing the peace and drunkenness.
Two large boxes of used clothing a Christmas tree and a large basket of fruit donated to a community drive. Volunteers note the items will support those in need during the holiday season.
Jesus A. Diaz showed a knack for trouble by driving into three police cars and a civilian vehicle outside the San Pedro police station. He ended the spree with a jail stay on a drunk driving charge.
The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars attacked a proposal to merge all government hospitals under a national health bureau. They opposed any plan removing veterans hospitals from the Veterans Administration jurisdiction, despite recommendations by a Hoover commission subcommittee.
Funeral services were held in Grand Junction Iowa for William Brechler father of Dr Paul Brechler University of Iowa athletics director. He died in Portland Oregon on December 24 while en route to a family reunion in Palo Alto California over the holiday weekend.
A blaze destroyed multiple business structures in West Liberty by the Louis Morris properties. Five establishments burned down leaving only a shell of the drug store. Nine families totaling about 32 people from above the shops sought temporary lodging with other residents. The affected households include Emil Johnson and family, Robert Lightner and family, Cliff McIntire, R W Roth and children, Daniels family, John Schmeltzer and children, Hiram Weage, Dick Wellen and child, and Rodney Morris with spouse.
Sgt John Kent, 30, married his Italian sweetheart in an overseas telephone ceremony performed by a Fort Worth minister. The wedding ends nine days of waiting and red tape. a church remarriage is planned when Kent reaches Milan on leave, likely late January, before possible overseas orders after the new year.
Washington reports plenty of seats remain for the inaugural parade with more than 20,000 tickets sold yet many still on sale at 2.50, 3 and 4 dollars.
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